Light snow fell from the sky, and the cold wind came from the north, blowing flags fluttering around.

Dongfang Wuyun stood at the head of the city, looking eastward, looking at the continuous military villages stationed along the south bank of the Han River outside the city, and his eyes couldn't help but feel a trace of worry.

The Chu people came too quickly and unexpectedly.

No one thought that the state of Chu, which had a good conversation and quickly reached a huge grain trade with him, would suddenly launch a sneak attack while trading grain.

More than 10,000 elites in Nanjiang Mansion, as well as hundreds of thousands of people recruited from various places in the army, were almost killed in one fell swoop under the surprise attack of the Chu people.

Even Nanjiang Mansion was also under the emptiness and was easily taken by the Chu people.

When the news came back to Nanzheng City, Dongfang Wuyun, who was checking the accounts at the government at the time, was shocked and dropped his pen.

He really couldn't figure it out, how dare and how could the Chu people send troops to Hanzhong?

With the current situation of internal and external troubles in the Chu State, where did he have the confidence to attack the Zhou State?

Yes, now that Zhou is surrounded by enemies on three sides, the situation is indeed very unfavorable.

But there are three battlefields in the Zhou State, Henan County in the east, relying on the Heluo natural danger, there are big rivers in the north of Henan County, and there are dangerous passes in the southeast, 200,000 troops are stationed, and the two generals of the Zhu State are sitting here, even if the Liang people 500,000 soldiers and horses come to attack, it is enough to protect themselves.

Shuofang County in the north, although there is no danger, but there is also a big river to rely on, there are many grasslands and deserts in the county, and the people are sad, which can also be regarded as a natural danger.

The most elite 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhou State in the northern Xinjiang were stationed here, led by two great generals of the Zhu State, who made it impossible for the Wei people to cross the river south for decades.

As for the two counties of He and Longer in the west, there are 400,000 troops, two generals of the Zhu State, two generals of the Protector State, plus more local militia groups, nearly one million soldiers and horses here.

Even those Tibetan people who came down from the snowy fields suffered a lot in the Helong War over the years, and they were killed one after another.

The two fronts in the north and east were unsafe, and the western front was in the upper hand, although it seemed that the Zhou State was in a difficult situation, but in fact, the foundation still existed.

If you are willing, even if there is a shortage of money and food in the country now, the imperial court can organize another 200,000 soldiers and horses, and equip a general to protect the country, so that he can lead the army to the south.

It is precisely because of such strong strength that Dongfang Wuyun can't figure it out, Chu State is pumping his brain, so he came to attack Zhou State?

Could it be that the other party has beaten some southwestern barbarians in recent years, and they are used to bullying those small countries, and they really think that they are invincible in the world, so they dare to come to the tiger beard of Zhou Guo?

Be.

With the development of the past two years, the state of Chu began to gradually advance from a small country to hegemony.

With an account of 8 million, 500,000 soldiers and horses, and five congenital people, it sounds really bluffing.

Compared to those brothers, this kind of strength is enough to suffocate people in a small country that is only one county or half a county.

But in the eyes of those real powers, it is actually nothing more than Erle.

As I said earlier.

As long as Zhou Guo is willing, he can send another general to lead 200,000 troops south at any time.

At that time, the garrison of Hanzhong County will be gathered, and there will be 250,000 soldiers and horses here, and two innate generals will be stationed.

This kind of strength is already equivalent to half of the Chu State.

And this is only equivalent to one-fifth of the Zhou State.

But the state of Chu wanted to draw out so many soldiers and horses, but it could only pour out the country.

The gap between the old hegemon and the new hegemon is so desperate.

But that's the case, the state of Chu still sent troops.

And in order to plan this war, so many preparations have been made.

First used the grain trade as a cover, and then secretly transferred its armor soldiers, taking advantage of the day of the transaction, Hanzhong's defense was lax, and he attacked in one fell swoop, completely opening the west gate of Hanzhong County.

At this time, tens of thousands of Chu soldiers came to the city, and the wide Han water ships were like clouds, and the Chu people had completely blocked this Hanzhong Xiongcheng from both sides of the water and land.

Compare it to.

Although Dongfang Wuyun received the news, he immediately closed the city gate and recruited armor soldiers in the city.

But in a hurry, how much can you react?

To this day, the city is still in a state of chaos and chaos.

"General."

Dongfang Wuyun was pondering, and a deputy general behind him walked over, and after saluting, he said: "The last general was ordered to train the soldiers and horses, and now in addition to the original 10,000 guards in the city, 2,000 guards of wealthy merchants in the city have also been requisitioned, as well as 20,000 young men in the city.

In addition, the defense equipment and armor materials of the various warehouses have also been carried out and distributed by the yaxia in the city.

With these 32,000 people, plus the general in charge, even if the Chu people have 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack, don't want to shake Nanzheng City. ”

When Nanzheng City was at its peak, it was claimed that there were 50,000 households, that is, more than 300,000 people.

But it was all the old yellow calendar from I don't know how many years ago.

With the wars over the years, especially twelve years ago, after Lu Yuan, who was still playing in Changsha at the time, led his troops to come here, Hanzhong completely declined.

At that time, after leading the Northern Expedition and conquering Hanzhong, Lu Yuan directly asked people to move 350,000 Hanzhong people from Hanzhong, with a population of nearly 2 million, to enrich the country.

After this relocation, the population of Hanzhong was directly reduced by half, and the remaining household registration was only one-third, more than one million people.

In recent years, with the governance of the Zhou State, Hanzhong County has gradually regained some vitality.

In addition, four years ago, after the war between Helong and Long, many people in Helong and Longxian fled here and settled down in order to escape the war.

The addition of a large number of immigrants and the resumption of local production have greatly stimulated the development of Hanzhong, making this place gradually have a bit of prosperity in the past.

But that's just a few points.

After more than ten years of development, Nanzheng City, which was once moved to an empty city, has only recovered about 100,000 people, which is not much worse than the more than 300,000 at its peak.

And the lack of population also makes it possible for one person from a household in the city to recruit only 20,000 people, and it is impossible to gather 50,000 people.

However, although less than 50,000 soldiers were gathered, the 32,000 soldiers and horses still made Dongfang Wuyun breathe a sigh of relief.

As the deputy general said, with these 30,000 people, plus his own innate grandmaster, even if there are 100,000 Chu soldiers outside the city, this Nanzheng City can be defended.

Not to mention, there are actually not many Chu people outside the city, and the Chu soldiers who camped on the south bank of the river, that is, in the east of the city, look at the size of their camp and the number of stoves, at most thirty or forty thousand people.

The water boater, which looks like covering the sky and the sun, stretches for more than ten miles, covering the entire river.

But the East is cloudless, and it is not uninhabited.

He came from an Oriental family, one of the twelve Shangqing families of the Zhou State, and served as the general of the domestic minister for generations, and his status is equivalent to the six surnames and seven clans of Linhai in Yangzhou.

Such a big family, the carefully cultivated contemporary leader, naturally cannot be a stupid generation.

There are Yangtze rivers in the territory of the Zhou State, and there are also some sailors, and Dongfang Wuyun has an in-depth understanding of the water war since he left the town of Hanzhong County, in order to guard against the Chu State.

Therefore, even if he has not really commanded the sailors, he can still see from his past vision that the number of sailors on the river in front of him is actually not much, and twenty or thirty thousand people is the limit.

Other words.

Even if the land and water armies are combined, the Chu people will have at most 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses. Among them, nearly half of the sailors who are not good at land warfare will have their combat strength halved when they go ashore, and they will not be able to use them for siege at all.

Let's ask, in the face of such an enemy, with a strong city to rely on, a large army to guard, and himself as the current grandmaster, Dongfang Wuyun naturally has the confidence to defend Nanzheng City.

As long as the Chu people don't continue to increase their troops. ’

Dongfang Wuyun silently added this prerequisite in his heart, and then turned back to the deputy general behind him and said, "You have done a good job in this matter, Ben will know." The Chu people are untrustworthy, despicable and shameless, stealing my city-state and attacking our army, which is extremely shameless.

His Majesty ordered me to guard the border of Hanzhong County and protect the southern border of the country.

Now that the Chu people are attacking, I am determined to hold on to this city, block the enemy outside the city, and thwart the sharp edge of the thief.

Now there are 32,000 soldiers in the city, and 200,000 stones of grain, which is enough to use.

I have ordered a messenger to report the invasion of the thieves to the land.

At most, it can be transmitted back to Chang'an in three days.

We only need to hold out for a few months, and Your Majesty can send hundreds of thousands of troops to the south to help.

As soon as the heavenly soldiers arrived, the thieves outside the city were wiped out in an instant.

At that time, I will have meritorious service in guarding the land, and the emperor will give me the grace to be promoted to the knighthood, and I will be crowned with a wife and a son, but I will wait for leisure! ”

The war is about to start, Dongfang Wuyun, as an old soldier, knows that for the warriors, it is better to give benefits directly than to say more, so he began to make various promises at this time to boost morale.

Really.

After hearing that he was promoted to the rank of knight and sealed his wife and son, dozens of soldiers present, including the deputy general, were just brightened, and their breathing was a little shorter.

In recent years, there have been many wars in the Zhou Kingdom, and many talents have emerged in the eastern, northern, and western battlefields every month every year, repeatedly breaking the enemy army in the battlefield, collecting a lot of credits, and then rising to the top.

Many people who were originally only a small pawn, in the war, killed the enemy and beheaded the generals, accumulated merit and promotion, and were given knighthood and worship.

These many successful examples have naturally inspired countless people.

Martial artists join the army, except for eating with a mouth, who doesn't want to get ahead and worship the generals?

As for how many people become bones along the way to achieve this goal, no one cares at all.

Since they have eaten this mouthful of food, everyone has the psychological preparation of the horse leather shroud in their hearts.

They are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of not being rich.

Pity.

The three battlefields in China are extremely far away from Hanzhong.

Even if they heard about the rise of many ordinary generals, their hearts itched, and they hated to replace them, but they couldn't cross thousands of miles and run to the battlefield to fight and make meritorious contributions.

In the end, I had to nest in this Hanzhong Mountain, inspecting the place every day, depressed and unambitious.

Fortunately, at this point, everything has come to an end.

Those Chu people's brains were pumped, and they couldn't think of fighting Hanzhong.

These local defenders finally have the opportunity to show their strength, express their ambitions, kill thieves and make meritorious contributions, and serve the country.

The general is right.

As long as they can hold Nanzheng and Hanzhong, then when the imperial court reinforcements arrive, they will be a great achievement.

When the time comes, everyone present will be rewarded, and I am afraid that not everyone present will be able to be promoted to one or two levels, and they will be considered to have survived.

As for the Chu soldiers coming to the city, can they hold the city?

Looking at the not-so-dense camp of the Chu people outside, everyone was full of confidence.

But thirty or forty thousand people, which is not much different from the soldiers and horses in the city, what use can they have?

I have never heard of the art of war, ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and multiple to divide it.

Now the Chu people outside the city have not even doubled the number inside the city, let alone ten times.

Seriously.

With this amount of troops, they didn't know that the Chu people had the courage to attack Nanzheng.

What, Sailor?

In the past few years, I have heard of sailors driving boats and boats, crisscrossing rivers, but I have never heard of sailors attacking cities.

It's not that they look down on the sailors, it's really that the difference between water warfare and land warfare is really thousands of miles apart, and it's not a system at all.

A sailor, maybe you are on the boat river, you are an elite army with incomparable bravery.

But if you go ashore, at most you will be a civilian man with a strong killing skill, and you can't compare to those military warriors who have been trained for many years.

Therefore, they are all people's husbands, and instead of using the costly pawns as cheap people's husbands, it is better to collect people's husbands in the countryside nearby and use them as cannon fodder.

Those Chu people have a little brain, so they won't do stupid things to let the sailor go ashore.

That's what I'm going to do.

After the war, the king of Chu could also cut down the leading general this time and swept this loser into the garbage heap.

Of course, everyone also knows that the Chu State is attacking on a large scale this time, and the soldiers and horses are definitely not only outside the city.

For example, in the past few days, Baishi, Nanjiang, and Taibai have all sent back news asking for help, saying that Chu people have entered the country and attacked cities and plundered land everywhere, and the prefectures and counties cannot defend them.

Therefore, in addition to the Chu people who came by water, there should also be a lot of Chu soldiers on several other land routes.

According to the news received by the county town these days, the number of Chu troops on other roads is actually not very large, and most of them are only 10,000 or 20,000 people along the way.

These Chu soldiers are also responsible for capturing various prefectures and counties in Hanzhong, and they will also lose some during the period. After those prefectures and counties were defeated, they also had to divide their troops and garrison them, which reduced the number of troops by a few points.

Waiting for a series of consumption, all kinds of soldiers and horses will gather under the city again, whether the total number of soldiers and horses of the Chu people can exceed 100,000 is a question.

And the 100,000 Chu army wants to take down a Nanzheng City with 30,000 people to defend it, not that they look down on the Chu people.

In fact, according to the common sense of the art of war, when the defenders are sufficient, the food and grass are complete, and the morale is strong, there are really few examples of being able to break through the city with three times the number of soldiers and horses.

Just looking at the strength on paper, it is normal for them to hold Nanzheng City.

If you can't hold it, that's amazing.

So from this point of view, it is not surprising why the soldiers from the east to the bottom are so confident in defending Nanzheng City.

It's not that they're too confident, it's that everything is supposed to be the way it should be.

Just when the Zhou generals in the city were boosting their morale and talking about it.

In the Chu military camp in the distance, only the golden drums were heard, and there was a lot of noise, and then I saw a group of Chu soldiers swarming out of the camp gate, and finally lined up the military formation three miles outside the city.

Looking at this appearance, how could the old soldiers at the head of the city not understand that the Chu people were planning to call for battle outside the city.

Sure enough.

After the Chu people finished arraying, after a while, they saw a Chu colonel, who quickly came out of the city, and shouted loudly.

"The people in the city listened to it, now our army is coming to the city, the army is 50,000, Hanzhong is shaking, and Nanzheng is terrified.

However, my general has always been Hongda, and he does not want to bully the widow with the crowd, and now he is willing to set up troops in the city, and you and I will each send 10,000 people to invite the general of the East to fight.

Now my Great Chu warrior is outside the city, and the Zhou people in the city, if there is the slightest blood, they can come out to fight me to the death.

I have heard that General Dongfang is a famous general in the world, and my general has admired him for a long time, and he will not be disappointed.

Dare you fight! ”

The little colonel shouted back and forth several times in Dongcheng, and the sound could be clearly heard within a few miles of the vicinity under the transmission of internal force.

After listening to the content clearly, especially the last sentence, after the battle, the people in the city suddenly surged.

In today's world of great controversy, the people are brave and brave, and the wind of martial arts is endless.

Even if it is a rural man, many of them will kill people with one or two hands.

In this case, people who are brave and ruthless are naturally indispensable.

At this time, they were provoked, and many people turned red and were eager to try, wanting to go out of the city to fight the Chu people.

The Chu people outside were right.

There are only 10,000 Chu soldiers outside the city, and the numerical advantage is not large.

With so many soldiers and horses in the city, there is no problem in gathering 10,000 warriors to go out of the city to fight.

In the absence of an absolute number of differences, as an old hegemon, the Zhou people don't think that they will be worse than the nouveau riche Chu people.

If you really fight, you will cut those southerners to pieces, but it's just Er'er.

In terms of psychological advantages, the Zhou people are not necessarily worse than the Chu people who have won consecutive battles over the years.

It's just that in the face of the restlessness below, Dongfang Wuyun was not affected by the provocation of the Chu people.

He waved his hand to stop the generals who wanted to invite the battle, looked at the military flag that had been raised on the Chu army formation outside the city, looked at the words "Chu" and "Qingyun" written on it, frowned and asked: "In the Chu State, have you ever heard of a general surnamed Qingyun?" ”

When several generals next to him heard this, they also noticed the general flag with the word "Qingyun" written on it outside Chengwai, and after being slightly stunned, they also frowned and pondered.

"Is there a person surnamed Qingyun in the state of Chu?"

"I haven't heard of it."

"The chief general of the Chu army outside the world, his original surname was Qingyun. Looking at the appearance that he can lead an army alone, most of them are also innate grandmasters, but why have they never heard of such a person before, could it be that they are new to the Chu State? ”

"Probably so. After the death of the old monk Na Jihui, he thought that the Chu State would lose a congenital, but he didn't expect that another person would make up for it so soon.

I said that why is the Chu State so bold, and under the internal and external troubles, it dares to send troops to fight my Zhou State, it turns out that there is a reliance behind it. ”

"The innate is endless, and the inheritance is orderly, no wonder the Chu State can dominate, it's really good luck. The state of Chu has really become a trend. ”

"Hmph, what luck?

In this world, I have never heard of a master surnamed Qingyun before, and the Qingyun Chu general outside is just a nameless person who has just achieved congenitalism.

With such ability, how can we be the opponent of the Eastern General.

In my opinion, it is this Qingyun who came, but it is a fortunate thing for us to wait.

In this battle, the king of Chu did not personally lead the troops, but appointed new people, which was a good opportunity given to us by God to break the Chu army and make immortal achievements. ”

The generals were full of arguments, and each had his own dispute.

But when the last person finished speaking, the discussion quickly subsided, and everyone looked approving.

For the last man's words were truly to their hearts.