The New Year passed quickly.

In the first month of this new year, Lu Yuan still didn't wait for the news of Danding Dao.

This Daoist sect, as he suspected, chose to swallow his anger and remain silent, without sending anyone to take revenge.

There was no movement over there, but on the side of the Alliance, as the New Year passed, various news came one after another.

First of all, Ning Guo's side.

Towards the end of the first month, after several tosses, the information from there was finally delivered.

At the end of last year, after Su Xuange, the king of Su, resolved the rebellion in the country, he resolutely decided to send troops to conquer the southwest Yi despite the fact that the country had just experienced war and had not yet recuperated.

This time, the Soviet State dispatched a total of 30,000 forbidden troops, 30,000 county soldiers and 40,000 militia groups, and suddenly entered the Dali Kingdom along Shi'an Mansion in Yulin County.

Now in January, under the personal leadership of Su Xuange, the army of the Soviet State quickly defeated the eastern vassals and Tongshui State of Dali, directly occupied the eastern important town of the country, Muzecheng, and captured the first base point in the southwest.

At this time, the Soviet army was pursuing the victory, and had now reached Butou City, the central hub of Tonghai Kingdom.

As long as this city is captured, the army of the Soviet State can directly build a water city in the capital of Tonghai State, completely destroying this southwestern Yi country.

However, as a vassal of Dali's Fangbo, Tonghai Kingdom is no different in strength from the Barbarian State, although there is no innate grandmaster in the country, it is a little worse in terms of the gap in top combat power.

But there is no shortage of other first-class masters.

Therefore, when this country faced the pressure of the great enemy and was in danger of destruction, it also resisted desperately.

At this time, 30,000 soldiers and horses had been gathered and stationed in Butou City, preparing to desperately block the army of the Soviet Union.

At the same time, the water city was built in the rear capital, and in fact, it was desperately mobilizing soldiers and horses, and it was expected that 50,000 troops could be gathered to participate in the defense of the city.

Although these hastily assembled soldiers and horses are not very strong, they are no different from the township brave militia group. And in the face of Su Xuange, the innate grandmaster, it was also very difficult for them to resist.

But no matter how you say it, it is also an army of 80,000, if you concentrate on defense, Su Xuange wants to easily solve them, and it is not so simple.

Judging from the current situation, in less than two or three months, the Soviet army will not want to solve this country.

But two or three months later, the news of the invasion of Tongshui had already reached their suzerain, Dali. His own vassals were raided, and with the experience of the Chu State, it was naturally impossible for the Dali State to sit idly by.

It is foreseeable that the reinforcements from Dali should soon be sent to Tongshui country.

"By about March, we should be able to see the war between the Soviet Union and Dali."

After reading these news, Lu Yuan made these judgments in his heart, shook his head and smiled, and picked up another piece of information: "But with Song Guo's help to share the pressure, Su Xuange should feel much better." ”

The alliance formed by him was originally agreed to be on the day of the Lantern Festival in the first month of the fifth year of Shenwu, and the four countries marched together.

But I don't know if it was stimulated by the news that Zhou Qing broke through the innate on the side of his Chu State, and all of them launched an offensive in advance.

This time, the date of Ning Guo's dispatch of troops was advanced to the end of last year, and Song Guo also made the same decision.

On December 20 last year, Xie Ning, the king of the Song Dynasty, who had just boarded the plane for the founding of the People's Republic of China, was parading the army outside the national capital of Songping.

Then when the festival was over, he directly ordered that the 50,000 forbidden troops who had been read go north to conquer Dali.

However, it is different from the Tongshui country attacked by the Soviet Union.

This time, the Song State attacked the Black Tooth Ten Yi Kingdom, which was under the direct jurisdiction of Dali and located in the south of Dali.

These black-toothed countries are all small countries, and basically a country has a population of tens of thousands, tens of thousands, and can only muster tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and their strength is weak.

Therefore, after facing the sudden invasion of the Song Kingdom, he didn't have time to react at all, and the four Yi States were wiped out in an instant.

There were six Yi countries left, although in the end, they also reacted.

However, these Yi countries belong to different countries, and although they also have a suzerain, Dali, under their jurisdiction, they represent different interests.

At this time, in the face of the invasion of the enemy, they couldn't get together at all, they all raised their own troops in their own national capitals, and they just wanted to protect their own interests, and they didn't think about the coalition or anything.

But in their haste, how could the thousands or 10,000 or 20,000 people gathered be able to stop the wolf-like army of the Song Kingdom?

At this critical moment, one by one still only thinks about himself, refuses to help other countries resist the enemy, and in the end it is difficult to escape the fate of being broken by each one.

"Now the latest information was sent on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and it has been more than 20 days since now. For such a long time, if the King of Song could seize the opportunity and be fast, he might have captured these ten small countries at this time. ”

Lu Yuan closed the information and closed his eyes in contemplation.

He had no doubts about whether the Song Kingdom could defeat these ten small Yi countries, and he didn't think that these small Yi countries could stop the Song Kingdom.

After all, as an innate grandmaster, this is a character who can reach ten thousand with one to ten thousand.

Without an ordinary army of Innate Grandmasters, the only way to fight against Innate Grandmasters is to gather thirty or fifty thousand people and have a few first-class masters to command.

First, let these first-class masters rely on their internal strength and aura to block the martial arts outer body of the Innate Grandmaster, and then the ordinary soldiers next to them rushed up and used their lives to consume the true qi of the Innate Grandmaster.

If you fight to die a thousand people like this, you can drain the true qi of the Innate Grandmaster, and finally force the enemy back.

This is the best way for a normal army to deal with the raid of the Innate Grandmaster.

But here's the thing.

Can those small Yi countries have this condition?

They only have a few thousand soldiers in total, a remarkable one or two thousand, and among them there are a large number of militiamen who have been temporarily conscripted, and their strength and courage are just like that.

It is simply unrealistic to expect them to be fearless of death and to attack the innate grandmasters who are like gods and demons.

Moreover, whether these small countries can come up with several first-class masters and let them drag the innate grandmaster is a question.

Under this huge gap in strength, these small Yi countries in the Heizhi region, basically Xie Ning led elite soldiers and horses, and then by him, the king of Song, he could take down the cities of these small countries with a single charge.

They couldn't stop the Song army at all.

"So now it's interesting."

Lu Yuan put together the two pieces of information about the Su State and the Song State in front of him, and took a rough map of the Southwest Yi from the side plate, his eyes wandered on it, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile: "There are strong enemies in the south and east, and now that you are attacked, what choice will you make?"

It was to save the south first, to solve the Song army that was inserted into his heart, raging wildly, and was not hindered in the slightest.

It's better to save the water country that is struggling to hold on and can't last two months.

Or simply save both sides together and attack separately.

I'm looking forward to it. ”

After reading the map, Lu Yuan put together the two pieces of information, and his heart was full of joy.

He knows.

Now Dali is no longer a threat to itself.

Facing the invasion of the Soviet Union and the Song Dynasty, a total of 150,000 soldiers and horses, two congenitals.

This kind of force, even if it is Dali, has to do its best to deal with it.

And the Dali Kingdom, which was involved in the war in the east and south, naturally had no spare strength to interfere in the affairs of the Dachang and the country at this moment, and help the other party resist the invasion of the Chu State.

Of the three major Yi countries in the southwest, one has now been disabled, and the other has been involved with all his energy, and half of his strength has gone.

The pressure on Lu Yuan's body was naturally reduced by half.

However, in addition to being happy, when he saw the last piece of information, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

This is intelligence from Nishikawa Province.

Xichuan, like the Soviet Union and the Song Dynasty, also launched an attack in advance, but the advance was not long, and only after the Spring Festival this year, the second day of the first lunar month, the troops were dispatched.

However, unlike the smooth start of the latter two countries, Ji Hui led the army to the south, and the results achieved were not great.

The country of Yi, which is adjacent to the Xichuan country, is the Nanzhao country. Specifically bordering it, this is the Jianchuan Kingdom, a large northern power under the tributary system of the Nanzhao Kingdom.

The Jianchuan Kingdom is extremely strong, a few points better than the Barbarian State, occupying about four prefectures, with 800,000 people in the country, and 200,000 troops can be raised.

Under the Jianchuan Kingdom, there are three small countries, namely the three kingdoms of Mos, Shunman, and Shiman.

Among them, Shunman and Shiman are located in the northwest of Jianchuan State, and are close to the plateau people further north. The country is located in the north of Jianchuan country, and it is close to Xichuan country.

Therefore, this time the southern expedition of Xichuan Kingdom, the first thing to fight was this grinding country.

The country of Mosome is only a small country, the people are only 30,000, and the soldiers are only 1,000.

The first step of destroying a small country at the beginning was smooth.

However, when Jihui led his 20,000 soldiers and horses to further south and attack Chengchengcheng, the northern important town of Jianchuan Kingdom, he was met with fierce resistance from Jianchuan Kingdom.

Because the Jianchuan country is close to the Aikawa country controlled by the Great Changwa country, this country knew the news of the invasion of foreign enemies in the southwest Yi region as early as possible.

Even when Lu Yuan's soldiers and horses hit the Huichuan Kingdom, it also caused a lot of nervousness in the Jianchuan Kingdom.

Because if Chu Jun breaks through the northern Lushui direction of the Great Changhe Kingdom, then along the road to the west of the Huichuan Kingdom, it will not take four hundred miles to reach the territory of the Jianchuan Kingdom.

And this 400-mile journey, if you march lightly, it only takes two days.

The war has reached his doorstep, and it is still rumored that the Chu army will win all battles and be invincible.

You say that Jianchuan is not afraid?

This is naturally scary.

Therefore, after the Chu army reached the Huichuan Kingdom, even if it had been blocked on the east bank of Lushui, the whole Jianchuan Kingdom was still afraid.

In order to avoid being like Aikawa Country, he was caught off guard by this sudden attack and had no power to fight back.

As early as October last year, Jianchuan began to gather a large army, and the national capital area maintained 50,000 soldiers and horses for a long time. At the same time, in various parts of the country, it is also in a semi-mobilized state at all times, and if necessary, it can pull out another 100,000 soldiers and horses at any time.

In the face of such a big country that is nervous and vigilant and actively preparing for war, it is conceivable what the result will be when Jihui leads the army from the north at this time.

Almost as soon as he attacked and destroyed the country of Mo, the news immediately spread back to the capital of Jianchuan country.

Hearing that his neighbor to the north called, the leader was still the lord of Xichuan Country, a congenital grandmaster, and the whole country of Jianchuan was naturally shocked.

Instinctively, they thought of the previous Chu army story.

Therefore, the Jianchuan Kingdom, which had collapsed to the limit, immediately sent out the 50,000 troops in the national capital to resist the Xichuan Kingdom.

By the time these armies had just arrived in Chengcheng City, the gathering had just finished dealing with the country of Mosa and led the troops here.

These Jianchuan army sent to the north are all regular troops trained all year round, and their strength is not bad. Among the generals of the unified army, there are also first-class masters.

At the same time, Chengcheng City is also a male city, the city is five zhang high, and there is a moat ten zhang wide outside, and it is not easy to attack.

With such a lineup configuration, even if the army of Xichuan Kingdom has Ji Hui, an innate grandmaster, if they want to gnaw this hard bone, there is little hope.

So not surprisingly, the Xichuan army was under the city of Chengcheng and bled into a bloody outlet.

Even if Ji Hui personally led the troops to attack the city several times, he failed to make a breakthrough, and he himself was firmly stopped by the first-class masters of the Jianchuan Kingdom and those elite soldiers.

In the end, after the Xichuan army died three or four thousand people, Ji Hui, who did not have much capital, had to suspend the siege because he felt sorry for his losses, and led the army to settle down outside the city to confront the Jianchuan army in the city.

However, this kind of confrontation is estimated to not last long.

Because of Jianchuan, the soldiers and horses from all over the country are still rapidly assembling, and it won't be long before a new batch of 100,000 troops will go north one after another to reinforce Chengcheng.

Waiting for 100,000 people to arrive at the city, the Jianchuan army that formed the city had 150,000 people.

In the face of such an army that is more than ten times larger than his own, even if Ji Hui is an innate grandmaster, it will be difficult to resist, and it is inevitable that he will eventually be defeated and retreat.

"I only hope that the old monk Jihui can give a little more strength, even if he can't beat the other party, don't retreat easily. Even if it's a nail, it's good to keep an eye on Jianchuan Country.

With him, the innate grandmaster, even if the Xichuan Kingdom has few troops, it can at least deter the Jianchuan Kingdom.

As long as more than 100,000 soldiers and horses can be dragged down in this country and the largest vassal state of Nanzhao can be abolished, Xichuan Kingdom can be regarded as playing its due role this time. ”

Lu Yuan pinched the information, his eyes worried.

Although he never expected that Nishikawa could play much of a role, it was also a bit unexpected that the opponent had such a bad start.

However, in Nanzhao, there was such a powerful feudal kingdom as the Jianchuan Kingdom, which also surprised Lu Yuan a little.

The land of Sifu, with a population of 800,000, a country of this scale, in terms of strength, is no worse than the Xichuan country, and may even be stronger.

After all, although the Xichuan Kingdom has recovered in recent years, according to the investigation of the Imperial City Division under Lu Yuan, the population size of the country is between 600,000 and 700,000, which is more than 100,000 fewer than the Jianchuan Kingdom.

If you count the three small Yi countries controlled by the Jianchuan Kingdom, then the size of this country is estimated to be close to one million, and the difference in strength between the two countries is even greater.

If it weren't for the fact that there was Jihui, an innate grandmaster in Xichuan, who had an advantage in the top-level combat power, I was afraid that whoever invaded whom this time would still say that it was not necessarily?

It is precisely because the gap in strength between the two sides is so big that Lu Yuan can't help but start worrying about whether this guy Ji Hui will retreat.

If Xichuan Kingdom is unreliable, then when Jianchuan Kingdom lets go of his hand, cooperates with Nanzhao Kingdom, and runs together to help Dachang and Guo, then the enemies he has to face will have to be 100,000 more.

100,000 soldiers and horses, even if they are cannon fodder in the nature of a militia group, are a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.

Lu Yuan didn't want to see this happen.

"It seems that we have to give Jihui a little support and help, lest this old monk be reluctant to lose in his heart and be afraid of retreating."

He thought so to himself, and then he picked up a pen and paper and began to write a decree.

On the side of the Nishikawa Kingdom, from the current point of view, it is because of the lack of troops in hand, so it is possible to choose to withdraw the army.

In this case, the other party has no soldiers, so he can increase his troops.

Anyway, in Xichuan County, Han Shun still led 10,000 county soldiers in his hands, and there was nothing wrong with this soldier and horse parked over there. On weekdays, to suppress bandits and maintain law and order, there are also local government and county soldiers to deal with them, and county soldiers are not needed.

As for the duty of the county soldiers to resist foreign enemies......

Now in the Xichuan Kingdom, which is close to Xichuan County, Jihui has joined the Hezong Alliance and is leading soldiers and horses to participate in the battle on the front line. All the soldiers and horses of Han China were concentrated in the north, busy resisting the pressure of the Zhou state.

Neither of these countries has the ability or the strength to threaten the Xichuan County of the Chu State.

Since this is the case, Han Shun's 10,000 county soldiers are naturally idle.

"Let Han Shun lead the troops, as a part of the Hezong Alliance, to support Jihui. With this 10,000 soldiers and horses supplemented, Ji Hui's subordinates almost had 30,000 people.

With this strength, even if you can't make progress, it's always okay to find a city to defend in Jianchuan.

Hopefully he understands what I mean. ”

Lu Yuan thought in his heart, the order in his hand had already been written, he used the seal, and then called the guards, and let people quickly send it to Xichuan County.

And after doing all this, he pondered for a while, and then asked someone to call Li Xiong.

"Meet the King."

Li Xiong came in a hurry, and when he entered the door, it was like Lu Yuan saluting.

"Li Qing is here."

Hearing the movement, Lu Yuan came back from his contemplation, glanced at Li Xiong, and then said with a smile: "Previously, Qing asked me for my life, wanting to cross the river to attack the Dachanghe army. At that time, Lone rejected your offer, saying that he would wait for the right time.

Now, more than half a month later, the time has come. ”

Speaking of this, he picked up the three pieces of information in his hand and sent them to Li Xiong: "Now the three kingdoms of Su, Song, and Xichuan have all responded to Lone's call and sent their own troops to conquer Southwest Yi.

Dali and Nanzhao were both invaded by the three kingdoms at this time, and they were too busy to take care of themselves and were unable to take care of others.

The Great Changhe country is completely isolated and helpless.

Therefore, Lone decided to take Li Qing as the vanguard general, command the headquarters of 30,000 soldiers, and be the vanguard of our army, and attack the enemy army. ”

Lu Yuan's tone was majestic and said with unquestionable will.

Now his allies have all made efforts one after another, containing the two Yi countries that may come to the aid of the Great Changhe Kingdom.

And on the side of Dachanghe, under the confrontation in the past few months, the grain and grass have been continuously consumed, and there are faint signs that it cannot be supported.

The time and time are on their side, and what the other party holds is just like water.

Lu Yuan couldn't let go of such a decisive opportunity.

was about to take advantage of this opportunity to defeat the other party in one fell swoop.

'All three allies are so powerful, and I can't be left behind. ’

Looking at Li Xiong, who was a little excited and red after reading the information, he thought so in his heart.