"After I leave, Kunhai Kingdom and Chili Kingdom will cooperate with Huang Zhenren to form a large army and enter the Nanzhao Kingdom itself."

In the Chu army camp, the big tent of the Chinese army, Lu Yuan looked at the rush to come, Li Chuan, the general of the Chili Kingdom, and Li Xiong, the Duke of Kunhai, and ordered majestically: "General Li, Kunhai Gong, this matter will be handed over to you, be sure to drag the main force of the Nanzhao Kingdom for me, so that it will not be allowed to aid the Jianchuan Kingdom in the north." ”

"Yes, obey the king's orders!"

Two echoes rang out below.

Li Chuan and Li Xiong both looked solemn, met the majestic gaze of the king in front of them, and nodded solemnly.

"Hmm."

Seeing this, Lu Yuan smiled with satisfaction, and then said with relief: "I know that the Kunhai Kingdom and the Chili Kingdom have been fighting for many years, and the people in the country are already poor and lacking, and the soldiers are tired. However, repelling the Nanzhao Kingdom and containing it in the land of Lihai is related to the stability of Great Chu in the southwest and Xichuan, and it must not be neglected.

Lone Ke assures you two that after defeating Nanzhao this time, there will be no more war in the southwest.

Even if there were, they would not recruit Kunhai and Chili again.

In the next few years, you will be able to recuperate, restore your people's strength, and enjoy peace in peace.

Therefore, in order to live a stable life in the future, in this last battle, we must do our best to help break the Nanzhao alone.

Completely beat this arrogant little country back to dust. ”

When the two heard this, they also cooperated, and they were both moved, and Li Xiong said: "The king is so kind, and the minister is grateful." In this battle, we will be brave and brave to defeat the clown of Nanzhao for my big Chu. ”

Li Chuan next to him also nodded hurriedly: "Chili Kingdom is also willing to do its best for Da Chu." ”

Lu Yuan smiled: "There are Kunhai and Chili here, and the southwest is lonely and worry-free." ”

At this point, the plan to jointly send troops has been decided.

……

After making an appointment to send troops together and comforting Li Xiong and Li Chuan, the two left separately to prepare for the dispatch of troops.

Lu Yuan was also preparing to pull out the camp and go north, but before he could deal with official business, a military report from the north ruined his good mood.

Inside the big tent, the atmosphere was slightly solemn.

After reading the information, he pinched the report of Xichuan County in his hand, and remembered the news that had been transmitted back from Xichuan in recent months that the Southern Zhao Army had provoked the border of Xichuan County of Chu State, Lu Yuan's face couldn't help but turn cold.

Since April, with the state of Chu against the state of Dachang and the state of troops again.

On the Xichuan side, after accumulating enough grain and grass and replenishing the troops, the Nanzhao army also began to restart the attack on Xichuan.

Zhao Changqing, the prince of the Nanzhao Army, personally led his troops to attack the Nanchong Banfu land that the Xichuan Kingdom finally mastered.

The battle for more than a month is extremely tragic.

Zhao Changqing personally wore armor and led the army to attack the city several times, and almost captured the city several times.

If it weren't for Lu Yuan's previous emergency to drop a forbidden army to assist in the defense, plus the Jihui Holy Monk holding the sick body, gritting his teeth and desperately, the surrounding soldiers assisted to repel him.

I'm afraid that half a month ago, Nanchong Mansion City had fallen.

But even so, in the bloody January, the city of Nanchong was already crumbling.

More than half of the original 8,000 defenders in the city have been killed. The forbidden army sent by Lu Yuan to assist in the defense also suffered more than 7,000 casualties, which can be said to be disabled.

In addition, it may be that he is angry that the Chu army came to aid the Xichuan Kingdom.

After the replenishment of the territory of Xichuan, the number of Nanzhao troops reached 100,000 again. In addition to 60,000, as Zhao Changqing went to besiege Nanchong Fucheng, the remaining 10,000 were left to garrison all parts of Xichuan, and the remaining 30,000 went out with all their strength to attack the border of Xichuan County of Chu State.

Although with the 20,000 forbidden troops, 10,000 soldiers, 20,000 Fu County soldiers who were stationed in Xichuan County, as well as the militia regiments of the same size, and the 30,000 Nanzhao troops, they could not gnaw at Xichuan at all.

But what is disgusting is that these Nanzhao troops tried to fight Xichuan County a few times, and found that the opposite side was a hedgehog at all, and they couldn't talk at all, but they were injured and killed more than 2,000 soldiers and horses.

Then, instead of trying to attack Xichuan County at all, he blocked the roads leading from Xichuan County to Xichuan Province, preventing the people in Xichuan from fleeing to Xichuan County.

Once this trick is used, the effect is immediately extraordinary.

However, in a month, those Nanzhao troops intercepted nearly 10,000 Xichuan nationals, and directly cut off most of the channels for Chu to obtain displaced people in the Xichuan area.

That's it.

What is even more infuriating is that after the Nanzhao army intercepted the people of Xichuan, they wantonly tortured and killed, humiliated women, mutilated young children, and even cannibalism.

And when doing many of the above things, he still tried his best to provoke and ridicule in front of Chu Jun.

There were several times when the Chu army in Xichuan County couldn't stand it, and was seduced out of the city by the other party, and several major battles broke out.

Although in these few wars, the Chu army did not fall behind, and did not let the other party take any advantage.

But it seems that because of this, the tyrannical persecution of the fugitives caught by the Nanzhao army in Xichuan County has intensified and is outrageous.

Many of the above behaviors of the Southern Zhao Army have been continuously transmitted to Lu Yuan through the front-line reports and the secret recital of the Imperial City Division.

When he learned about it, he was naturally furious.

Although Lu Yuan is not a virgin, let alone a good person, he still has a bottom line in the end.

Just like his assimilation of the Southwest Yi, he sacrificed countless men of the Southwest Yi, but in essence, it was still for the purpose of assimilation, not indiscriminate killing.

Moreover, for the remaining old and young women and children of the Southwest Yi, Lu Yuan also made proper arrangements, and did not blindly kill, but arranged for the men of the Chu State to start a family, so as to support the survival of those Yi women and children.

Looking at the above, it can be seen that he has never slaughtered a certain group of people simply.

Even if it is to consume the Nanxi Yi men, it is also used in the name of requisitioning militia groups and participating in the war. It is through the means of war to be consumed, not simply slaughtered.

This point is fundamentally different from the pure massacre of the Nanzhao army.

One is to establish rules, and the other is to simply want to kill.

Even if the two seem to be similar in behavior, people's acceptance is completely different.

The Nanzhao army provoked the Chu army by massacring the people, which not only made people outrageous, but also undermined the foundation of Lu Yuan.

That's tens of thousands of people who can quickly digest it!

For Lu Yuan, who was already preparing to take over the Xichuan Kingdom, it was not the Xichuan people who were slaughtered by those Nanzhao troops, but his Chu people.

As soon as he thought of the luck provided by tens of thousands of people, he was killed in vain, and this kind of slaughter continued, Lu Yuan's heart was aching.

These many populations will be the foundation of the Chu State in the future, and they are the cornerstone that can provide a steady stream of luck.

Now being consumed by worthlessness, for him who is used to being diligent and thrifty, it is simply a crime.

In fact, he is indeed committing a crime, committing a great sin that destroys humanity.

Therefore, after receiving the news and initially stabilizing the Chili Kingdom, Lu Yuan couldn't sit still anymore and decided to immediately move troops to Xichuan to educate and educate those Nanzhao troops on how to behave.

On the territory of the Chu State, he dared to be so arrogant.

These barbarians, who have been nesting in small places in the southwest for a long time, are really arrogant, thinking that no one can cure them.

Now that the state of Chu has pacified the war in the southwest, and he can just pull out his hand, it is time for the Nanzhao people to see and understand, what is the great Chu Tianwei can not be committed.

So there is today's scene.

Lu Yuan summoned Li Chuan and Li Xiong to discuss the matter of conquest of Nanzhao.

finally received two dogs in the southwest, so it was natural to use them at this time, so that these two vicious dogs could help their owners bite the enemy fiercely.

In order to avoid the absence of the master and no one watching, the two vicious dogs turned their hearts and bit their owners in turn.

Therefore, this is a dispatch of troops, and the state of Chu will move, and the two countries of Kunhai and Chili will also move.

Lu Yuan had already decided that he would lead 40,000 forbidden troops to Xichuan to meet the local Chu army and attack the main force of the Nanzhao army there.

In the southwest, Huang Xuan led the remaining 20,000 forbidden troops, as well as the 40,000 Yi prisoners captured after several battles after crossing the river before.

This army will follow the south bank of the Yangtze River, from the Huichuan State to the land of the Jianchuan State, so as to cut off the retreat and grain route of the Nanzhao army in Xichuan, and completely block them on this side.

These guys are so arrogant and slaughter the future people of Chu State in front of the Chu army, so they will bear the consequences of doing so, and don't go back in the future.

Lu Yuan has already decided.

Even if you capture the prisoners of the Nanzhao army in this battle, even if you don't kill them.

But the fate of these captives in the future will also be to use coolies as coolies to exhaust the last drop of blood and sweat for the construction of projects in various parts of the Chu State.

Only in this way can he redeem himself for destroying the luck of the Chu State.

At the same time, in addition to Huang Xuan, Kunhai and Chili will also each send 50,000 troops to join forces of 100,000. Then the innate grandmasters of the two countries, that is, Li Xiong and Li Chuan personally led, went to attack the Nanzhao Kingdom itself.

There are these two newly acquired vassals to contain the power of the Nanzhao Kingdom.

In this way, the war against Nanzhao will be fought from three battlefields by the northern, central, and southern armies.

The North Road Army was personally commanded by Lu Yuan, with a total of five forbidden armies, 10,000 county soldiers, 20,000 county soldiers, and 50,000 militia groups, as well as thousands of remnants of the Xichuan Kingdom, and Jihui, a half-disabled congenital composition, a total of about 180,000 people.

The middle army was commanded by Huang Xuan, with a total of a forbidden army and 40,000 Yi servant troops, totaling about 60,000 people.

The army of the South Road was commanded by Li Xiong and Li Chuan, and each country sent 50,000 soldiers, totaling 100,000 people.

The three armies were added together, and a total of 340,000 soldiers and horses were mobilized, and five congenitals, from south to north, launched an attack on the southern Zhao country together.

With such a strong strength, let alone just repelling the Nanzhao army in Xichuan.

Even if he directly destroyed the Nanzhao Kingdom, if Lu Yuan was willing to pay a huge price, it would be completely possible.

Therefore, when the whole plan was put in front of them, even if it was not long after the war ended, Li Xiong and Li Chuan, who were extremely tired in China, couldn't help but be moved.

Both of them can see that in the face of the strategy of Chu State advancing in parallel on three fronts and attacking together, it is absolutely impossible to resist it by relying only on Nanzhao and one country.

After all, although the Nanzhao Kingdom is large, it only has the territory of two counties. Although Lihai is rich, it can only support millions of people.

The entire Nanzhao Kingdom combined, with a population of about 2.5 million. Under full mobilization, at most 300,000 troops can be dispatched.

And now the most elite 100,000 troops of the Nanzhao Kingdom have gone north to Xichuan, wanting to seize this fertile land and go on an expedition.

This army has been personally targeted by Lu Yuan, the king of Chu.

Another Nanzhao biggest dogleg, Jianchuan Kingdom, which can also send 100,000 troops, also led troops by Huang Xuan to attack, and once again folded Nanzhaoguo's arm.

So in the end, the only thing that Kunhai and Chili needed to deal with was the 100,000 militia troops in Nanzhao.

Although after years of war, Kunhai and Chili have long been unable to raise standing soldiers because of poverty, and some of them are militia soldiers and horses.

But even if it's a militia group, there is a difference between them.

The militia groups of Kunhai and Chili have long been familiar with war after years of war, and many of them have seen blood, and they have some battlefield fierceness.

Nanzhao has been peaceful for a long time, and the country has not heard of military affairs for many years.

It is really suspicious that the people who have grown up in this environment can have some combat power in the militia groups that have been recruited.

Therefore, with the "arrogant soldiers" trained by themselves from the pile of dead, Li Xiong and Li Chuan, they consciously fought a "cowardly" Nanzhao army, and there was no problem at all.

Yes, in Nanzhao, there are indeed two innate masters. In terms of top-level combat power, the two countries have little advantage.

But they didn't think about destroying the Nanzhao Kingdom!

What Li Xiong and Li Chuan really wanted was to take advantage of this opportunity to go to Nanzhao to loot and loot some money, food, and population.

In this way, the vitality of the two countries, which has been weakened year by year due to the war, will be restored.

After Lu Yuan demarcated the border between the two countries and terminated the battle of Kunhai hegemon, in the Kunhai region, the strength of Kunhai and Chili has almost been finalized.

Kunhai has four prefectures, although they are all fertile land, but because of years of war, the total population of the country is only about 300,000.

The land of the six provinces of Chili State occupies a corner of Kunhai, and the land is not bad. Although there was no war in the rear, the population was greatly reduced after years of conscription and war, and there are only about 400,000 people left.

The total population of the two countries and one county is less than 800,000, which is even more miserable than the previous Xichuan and Hanzhong.

The devastation of this war on the two countries can be seen from this.

That's why.

Kunhai and Chili are now in urgent need of a large number of people to restore local production in the country. At the same time, a large supply of money and grain was needed to maintain the operation of the domestic imperial court.

Either way, the two countries cannot provide it on their own.

So in order to achieve the goal, in the end, there was only one choice, to expand externally.

And with the two countries also vassalizing to the Chu State, it is impossible for each other, who were originally in the same Kunhai region and the most suitable target, to fight again.

Therefore, if you want to expand externally, you can only find targets from countries outside the surrounding Chu State system.

Originally, the southern Dali country was a suitable target.

In the first month of this year, after a year of combing, the rebellion in the Tonghai region was successfully suppressed and the rule over the region was initially stabilized.

The Soviet Union officially announced the establishment of a county government in the Tonghai region, the establishment of Tonghai County, and the establishment of four prefectures and forty counties, and it was precisely to establish administrative jurisdiction over this place.

Immediately after the Su State, also at the end of the first month, the Song State also officially established Yinsheng County in the area of the Ten Kingdoms of Heizhi under its control, as well as part of the southern part of the Yinsheng region, and placed five prefectures and fifty counties, and began its own rule over the Southwest Yi region.

The establishment of Tonghai and Yinsheng counties of the two kingdoms of Su and Song suddenly cut off one-third of Dali's territory, causing the country to suffer heavy losses.

At the same time, in order to deal with the joint attack of the Soviet State and the Song State, Dali State had to station heavy troops in the Yinsheng area to deal with the aggressive offensive of the two countries, and was very busy.

At this time, if Kunhai and Chili come down from the north and sneak attack the already empty Yangtho countries in the north of Dali, they will definitely be able to return with a bumper harvest.

There is great hope even for taking the opportunity to occupy some territory.

But after losing the southern part of Kunhai, the Chili Kingdom no longer borders the Dali Kingdom. If you launch an invasion of Dali, you can only benefit Kunhai as a sworn enemy in the end.

The thought of letting this rival take advantage of him made the whole country of Chili uncomfortable.

Moreover, if the Kunhai Kingdom grows stronger, the threat to the Chili Kingdom will also grow stronger, and of course they will not be able to let this situation appear.

Similarly.

Behind the eyes of such an enemy as Chili State, even if the two countries were pressed by the Chu State, Li Xiong did not dare to hand over his back, and then assured to boldly attack Dali State.

Second, with the submission of the Chili Kingdom, the Dali Kingdom also sensed the threat to its north, and since April, it has gradually sent additional troops to the Yangtho region to guard against the invasion of the Kunhai Kingdom.

There are Kunhai and Chili inside to contain each other, and Dali is on guard outside, and they want to bargain in the Yangtho area, which is not so easy.

Therefore, although this plan has been in place, it has not been able to find an opportunity to implement it.

At this time, the suzerain's country ordered the two younger brothers to follow and attack Nanzhao together.

Li Xiong and Li Chuan put together on both sides, and in the face of the strong pressure of Chu State, they were also greedy for Nanzhao State, so they pinched their noses and put down their previous suspicions, and sent troops together to attack together.

So under the coordination of the Chu State, this war in which the Three Kingdoms attacked the Southern Zhao and the northern, central and southern routes advanced together officially kicked off.

On May 20 of the sixth year of Shenwu, Lu Yuan, the king of Chu, led 40,000 Chu troops to the north.

On the same day, the armies of Kunhai and Chili in the month of repairing Yue Yu swore an oath outside Yangcheng, announcing that they would respond to Dachu and send troops to conquer Nanzhao.

On May 25, Lu Yuan arrived in Huichuan Province.

met with Huang Xuan again, and encouraged the other party's 20,000 forbidden troops.

This protector of the country also officially swore an oath in the Huichuan Kingdom, and cooperated with the Kunhai and Chili countries in the south to launch an attack on the Jianchuan Kingdom under Nanzhao.

Lu Yuan stopped here for two days, and with the assistance of his officials, he set up a prefecture in Huichuan State.

It divided the two prefectures of Jianchang and Huichuan into its old land, and at the same time ordered officials to be transferred to the rear to take up posts in various prefectures and counties.

The 4,000 county soldiers who originally crossed the river together were actually assigned to various parts of the two prefectures, and with the officials who came to take office, they began to carry out preliminary sorting and rule in the two prefectures.

After staring at this place for three days, seeing that there was no problem, Lu Yuan continued to camp north.

On the third day of the sixth month, Lu Yuan led an army of 40,000 to officially arrive at Yuzhong Mansion in Xichuan County and joined the Chu army here.

The battle between the main force of the North Road and the Southern Zhao Army officially began.