"Crying for what? Get up. The danger of the nation needs to be saved by the unity of you, my father and son." E Yufang frowned slightly, but his tone was still unusually gentle.

E Kun got up and asked tentatively, "Father and Marquis urgently summoned his sons, but there is a established strategy?"

"Let's not talk about the strategy first, your Chong brother has already set off for Danyang to marry the granddaughter of Xiong Qu. In this way, the state of Chu is willing to send troops, this matter ......" E Yufang raised his eyes and looked at his son's slightly dark face: "Do you have any objections?"

E Kun's face was still as calm as water, and he arched his hand and said, "My son has already figured this out a long time ago. The concubines of Jiang and Han are all sealed by the Zhou royal family, if there is no Chu State to suppress it, they will take advantage of the weakness of our country to attack it en masse, and the danger of the fall of the Hubei State is in front of us. For the sake of the community and the people, the children's personal grievances are nothing, and there is no objection to this matter."

"Good!" E Yufang slapped his leg: "In this way, we can talk about the strategy first." As soon as he beckoned, a waiter standing in the distance walked over with a large cylindrical object, and hung a sheepskin map on the pillar under the porch.

Huo Ran got up, pointed to the sheepskin map, and said, "The State of Chu has agreed to send 100,000 troops to feint to attack Hangu Pass, and to break through the pass and destroy the Zhou Chamber. The West Sixth Division was pinned down by the Lynx and was difficult to separate, and King Zhou would definitely be transferred to the Eighth Division of Zhou to reinforce and fight back. And our Hubei army can take this opportunity to seize Luoyi and carry all the goods, salt and grain of Chengzhou to China, so as to relieve the dilemma of lack of food in the country."

E Kun frowned and thought, "In this way, it will be beneficial to my Hubei army. But if the state of Chu is roasted on the fire like this, how can Xiong Qu be willing?"

"The widow has handed over the Copper Green Mountain to the Chu State." E Yufang forcibly endured the heartache, twitched the corners of his mouth, and continued: "Not only Tonglu Mountain, but the gains from this battle, whether it is land, population, or wealth, must be shared with Chu."

"That...... That's all it had to be." How can E Kun not understand that the patina mountain that his father had planned for half a lifetime to recapture was now about to give it up, which shows how the country of Hubei has reached a state of exhaustion.

He didn't tell E Yufang what kind of scene he saw along the way. After the collapse of the orchid madder, the Yi trading company cut off the supply of salt and grain to the Hubei country, and the price of grain in the city skyrocketed, and the countless common people in the countryside who abandoned their land to grow madder became even more hungry and cold, and could not bear the hardship. The displaced people had to flee their hometowns, and the Jianghan countries were affected by the speculation of orchid madder, and the grain harvest failed. Most people had to flee north to the Nakyi area of Chengzhou, only to hear that there was plenty of food there.

A man like Ekun, who grew up in a court where food and clothing had nothing to eat, could not imagine what it was like: the snow was heavy and the ground was full of frost, many old people and children were wearing only single clothes, shivering next to a small fire to keep warm, their skin was frozen purple, the children's hands were covered with frostbite, and their hungry eyes stared blankly at the bowl of cold thin porridge, as if it were their only hope.

There was no crying in the shack erected to house the displaced people outside Luoyi, only sparse sobbing, and the mother was holding her hot and feverish child, and she couldn't even cry when she was dying, but could only let out a faint cry of hunger.

Such scenes emerged in front of his eyes, and each time he had the ability to disturb his self-righteous heart, and also prompted him to rush to Echeng day and night. He wanted to stop all this and save the people of his homeland from dire straits. But can he do it?

E Yufang seemed to have finished his plan, looking at him directly, expecting him to make one or two additions, and then E Kun came to his senses and asked directly, "What should I do if the Zhou royal family does not increase the army in Hangu?"

"That Xiongqu will directly attack Hangu, destroy the two capitals, and destroy the Zhou royal family. That's what you do." Eyu Fang did not hesitate in the slightest.

"If the Eighth Division of Cheng Zhou divides its troops to rescue Hangu, what should we do?"

"This is where you and my father and son come into play. At that time, you can lead a large army to confront the king of Cheng Zhou, and the widows will divide their troops to seize the granary of Luoyi."

"The father's strategy is clear and meticulous, and the son has no objections." E Kun replied angrily: "My son is for the people's plan, and he is willing to fight to the death, and he will not turn his heels."

It had just begun to be spring, and the vast fields beyond the river began to pass day and night.

Cavalry, chariots, and hoplites rumbled in formations from the fields that had just melted the ice, and ox carts laden with grain and grass creaked from all the official avenues and field paths

Ran over, countless Scout Ranger flew through the field like meteors. The smoke and dust are filled, the flags are unfurled, the war horses neigh, the horns echo, and the ground in a radius of four or five hundred miles in the Chengzhou area is rolling rumbling and heavy thunder day and night, and choking earthy smoke and dust are scattered day and night.

In the middle of the day, a continuous number of Chu and Hubei battalions were set up on the Sanchuan Plain. And these military camps can be called unprecedentedly vast, from the westernmost Mianchi Fortress to the easternmost Hangu Pass, from the northernmost Yellow River to the southernmost Rushui, such as the Pass Fortress, the landscape shape of the victory and other places where soldiers must fight, a large number of military camps are stationed.

As soon as the letter came out of Guguan, the banners and tents were stacked all over the field, and it was difficult for ordinary military horses to fly through with their wings.

It's unbelievable to say that the two countries that have been enemies for generations can be so united this time. Each of the two countries sent 100,000 troops, from the beginning of the liaison to the gathering of large armies, that is, a winter month. Moreover, the two countries are all elite soldiers, half of each foot and half of the horse, and they bring their own baggage for transportation, so that the total strength of the coalition army has reached 300,000, and the combat strength is 200,000.

The continuous large army camp, the agitation of the mountains and tsunamis, not to mention the Luoyi Zhou people, who had never seen such a battle, were stunned, and the Hangu defenders, who were accustomed to large army battles, were also surprised.

It is the spring seedling season and preparation season, and the farmers living in the suburbs gather in groups on the ridges of the mountains to watch the military drills, and they are all amazed. The businessmen who came and went between Guanzhong and Chengzhou were very excited, and immediately dispatched ox carts to transport all kinds of things needed by the soldiers to the barracks and sell them at low prices.

The morale of the Hubei army and the Chu army was high, and the generals were overjoyed by the merchant's labor and army bazaar. The officers and soldiers were the most happy, not only bought back the silk scarves and jade pendants and local specialties that they wanted to give to their beloved women on the day of the triumphant class at a low price, but also sold the soft things that were looted at a high price.

The businessmen were smiling, the soldiers were shouting, and everyone was happy. The fierce killing sound that filled the barracks in the wilderness and the laughter and laughter of this big market merged into a peculiar barracks landscape.

Everyone said that this was an ancient war, and the Great Zhou Dynasty was about to perish?

Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, who has ever seen such a use of troops? The Xia Shang Dynasty and the third generation of the army were fighting, and it was difficult for ordinary people to find a place if they wanted to see the excitement. Because the armies of both sides combined, there are no more than 200,000 at most, but any fortress pass or the outskirts of the capital is a battlefield for both sides.

The battle of Muye of King Wu of Zhou to destroy Shang was the largest military battle since the three dynasties, with 300 Zhou army chariots, 3,000 tigers, 45,000 infantry, and only 170,000 Yin Xu's army, and the combined strength of the two sides was only more than 200,000.

Now seeing that this company camp is nearly 100 miles away, the momentum of the battle is much more than that of the Battle of Makino.

The merchants and peasants inside and outside the Yellow River ran in fear and told each other: "The Hubei-Chu coalition army is at least 300,000, but I am afraid that the Great Zhou will die!"

With the exclamation of people, with the mouths of the business travelers who are running around the world, with the meteor express of the fast horse scout, it penetrates the palace city and the countryside and mountain villages, and the world is shaken for a while.

When the news reached Guanzhong, the government and the opposition were immediately uneasy, and the feudal lords and the eunuchs in various places reported the commotion of the people. Buried grain, fortified goods, has become a trend. The people of the Hexi Plateau, fearing that the lynx would take advantage of the fire and rob, have begun to flee to the hinterland of Guanzhong in an endless stream. And the timid countrymen have long been panicked and fled to the deep mountains and old forests.

Although there was no big commotion in the old Zhou people in Guanzhong, they also asked for war one after another. The patriarchs and elders of the major families continued to go to the official offices at all levels to inquire about the war, and compared with the passionate invitation to the war before the previous war, they were obviously a little more worried. The clansmen of the fiefdom of Zhaogong Longxi have already raised their clans into troops, and even the old men, women and children are competing to prepare all kinds of wooden sticks and iron tools, preparing for a bloody battle in Hubei and Chu!

There was a panic, a commotion, and a tragedy, which was unprecedented after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even when the "Three Eunuchs Rebellion" of the King Cheng, the old Zhou people were not so shocked and panicked.

Zhou Li Wang Jihu received the report and immediately issued the "Letter to the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Wild King", counting the strong will of the Great Zhou to defeat the military power and fight with all its might, and finally told the government and the opposition: "This king will personally unify the army to face the battle, and he will be able to defeat the rabble of the six countries in one battle." All Chinese people can

Everyone has their own business, there is no need to organize soldiers privately, and there is no need to flee in fear. But those who spread rumors and disturb the hearts of our people will be punished by law."

This Wang Shu was quickly sent to all parts of Guanzhong, and the officials immediately all went out to read the Wang Shu in the mountains and villages to calm the people's hearts.

In the middle of the day, the people of Guanzhong have generally settled down. But everyone has no bottom in their hearts, and they are really noncommittal about the "this king will personally lead the army to fight" mentioned in the king's book. A son of heaven who is only twenty-seven years old and has never fought a war, who can expect him to personally command the army? Even if he is pro-unified, he is just a strong army, who can expect him to really defeat?

But whether it is in the court, or in the wild people, everyone has seen through the key point of this royal book - there is no general in the Great Zhou Dynasty at present! Kui Duoyou is dead, General Yu Zhong is firmly stumped by the fox and cannot get out, although there is Rongyi in charge of the overall situation in the Central Plains, then the Guanzhong side can only save itself.

At this critical moment, Zhao Bohu, who was still the chief minister, had to generously ask for his life: "I will personally command the troops, and the king can send a general to take care of it, so it seems to be a foolproof strategy."