Chapter 114: The Battle Begins
It can be said that on the day when the new monarch Zhao Zhan ascended the throne, Liyang, which had already lost Beiliang, Shuzhong, Qingzhou and other places, had been completely torn apart.
It was also in this situation that Beimang sent an army of 100,000 to launch a fierce offensive against Jizhou from Orange Island.
The first to bear the brunt was Zhao Wu, the great prince who held an army of 70,000.
However, relying on the thick walls of the city, it can barely support it.
But Beimang's army exceeded one million, and the 100,000 army was not so much an attack as a temptation.
Once there is not enough force to support the territory of Liyang, Beimang will not hesitate to break through to the border of Liyang from here.
After all, it is a road to the south, southwest or southeast.
Of course, the terrain of Jizhou is steep and narrow, and choosing to enter Liyang from Jizhou is naturally not as flat as the Beiliang side, which can allow a large enough army to enter Liyang unimpeded.
But compared with Beiliang, whose attitude is unclear now, this Jizhou can't be better.
What's more, with Liyang's current situation of being torn apart, how could the 70,000 troops of the great prince Zhao Wu alone be able to block his pace of going north and south like Bei Liang?
Jizhou was attacked, and the emergency battle report naturally quickly spread to Tai'an City.
However, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces and today's son Zhao Zhan are very embarrassed.
There are soldiers in Tai'an City, in addition to a small number of Imperial Forest Army directly in the hands of the royal family, there are more than 200,000 elites in the hands of Gu Jiantang.
This is also the power to guard the entire Tai'an City.
With the topography of Jizhou, sending 100,000 troops is basically enough to block Beimang's offensive.
But the question is, who will lead the army, and once the 100,000 troops are transferred, will the four feudal kings who are already ready to move directly attack Tai'an City?
There was silence in the courtroom.
Until Zhang Julu stood up.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority must be to stop Beimang from going south."
Zhao Zhen was terrified, but he couldn't help but be a little speechless when he heard the words at this moment.
"I naturally know that this matter is urgent, but in the current situation, the 200,000 troops in Tai'an City must not move, and those rebel kings are staring at me all the time, how can I stop Beimang from going south?"
Zhang Julu's face was calm, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty has ever heard that as long as Bei Liang is willing to take action against Beimang, the crisis in Jizhou can naturally be solved."
As soon as Zhang Julu's words came out, the court was in an uproar.
Since the day when Beiliang was judged to leave the sun, almost no one in the entire court dared to easily announce the word Beiliang.
Now, if you want to use the power of Beiliang to solve the crisis in Jizhou, no matter how you look at it, it's a little whimsical.
Zhao Zheng clearly realized that the danger of Jizhou was indeed the best solution.
He looked at Zhang Julu with a bit of hope.
"Prime Minister, has a way to get Bei Liang to make a move?"
Zhang Julu said calmly: "Blocking Bei Mang from going south has been Bei Liang's responsibility and mission for many years, even now, it is not easy to let go, as long as Your Majesty sends an envoy, Chen Qing has a stake, and promises to make a promise, Bei Liang will take action."
Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment, took a deep look at the expressionless Zhang Julu, and said slowly: "Then this matter will be handed over to the Prime Minister, I, fully support!"
Bei Liang, Xu Xiao took a bright yellow secret decree and handed it to Li Yishan.
"Sure enough, Tai'an City still sent a letter asking for help."
Li Yishan read the secret decree again, and his expression seemed to be smiling.
"One word side by side king, nine thousand years old, such a title dares to promise, it seems that this young new monarch is a little anxious."
He casually put down the secret decree and said, "As Mr. Zhuge said, in this battle, I Beiliang will not only fight, but also beat Beimang, Lord Wang, have you really made up your mind?"
Xu Xiao was silent for a moment and said, "Now that the matter is over, I Bei Liang has already been unable to help myself, how can there be any way out?"
As he spoke, his eyes lit up, and the whole person rose with an unprecedented murderous aura, and vaguely, there seemed to be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood
The breath of the air permeated the air.
"Stuck to Beiliang for more than ten years, this world may have forgotten the name of my Beiliang Iron Cavalry, this battle will let the people of the world see what is the real iron-blooded army!"
Li Yishan's eyes were in a trance, as if he saw Tu Xu Xiao, the high-spirited person who had destroyed the Six Kingdoms back then.
His heart trembled slightly, and he got up and bowed.
"The old man would like to go with the general."
Xu Xiao laughed, and his voice resounded almost throughout the Tingchao Pavilion.
On this day, the 300,000 iron horsemen of Beiliang were ready to go, and they only listened to Xu Xiao's order, and then they went north.
At the same time, the 200,000 troops that had shocked the world in Shuzhong left Shuzhong and went straight to Zhao Bing, the most powerful king of Yan pardon, among the four major feudal kings.
They were followed by five armies, numbering around 30,000 troops, marching in several other directions.
In this world, no one thought that Bei Liang would suddenly come out of the nest and launch an attack on Beimang.
In just one day, the border of Beimang, Gusai Prefecture was broken, and three days later, half of Gusai Prefecture fell.
And no one thought that Shuzhong would suddenly make a move against King Yan Yu.
With the momentum of thunder, the army of 200,000 launched a surprise attack on Yuzhou.
The 300,000-strong army of the king of Yan pardon was defeated.
However, Shuzhong did not start a war of annihilation, but drove it intentionally or unintentionally, and the 300,000 troops fled in the direction of Fengzhou.
There were even troops subordinate to Shuzhong along the way, so that although the army of King Yan Yu fled all the way, it would not be dispersed.
And every time King Yan Yu went to the realm of other vassal kings, asked for help, and was ready to fight back, Han Xin would always defeat him again strongly.
Until the four vassal kings gathered, the number of fleeing armies became larger and larger.
But also because of the rout all the way, it is getting closer and closer to Tai'an City.
On the other side, Beimang was shocked because Bei Liang invaded Gusai Prefecture.
Quickly began to mobilize troops to prepare for a counterattack.
However, after Bei Liang only left some people in a few dangerous passes in Gusai Prefecture, he went straight to Longjiao Prefecture on the side.
collided and fought again and again, and almost the whole world was in a mess.
And because of the proximity of the four feudal kings, Tai'an City is also difficult to stand alone.
The 200,000-strong army was outside, guarding against the four feudal kings from taking advantage of the situation to enter Tai'an City.
But what they were even more afraid of was the seemingly endless army in Shuzhong.
According to the intelligence summary of various places, the initial army of 200,000 in Shuzhong has already increased several times.
According to incomplete statistics, I am afraid that it has approached a million people.
No one could figure out where Shuzhong had pulled up such a majestic army.
And how can with the power of Shuzhong support the terrifying consumption of an army of nearly one million.
At this moment, there is only one month left before Li Chengqian sent a letter to Zhuge Liang that day.
On this day, the four major feudal kings, the new monarch Zhao Zhen, and the Empress of Beimang all received an invitation from Zhuge Liang at the same time, or a threatening letter.