"It's okay, I'll arrange it."

Regarding Zhou Qing's proposal, Lu Yuan only thought about it for a moment, and then nodded in agreement. Then he thought for a moment and said, "After a while, I will find some more real people to go out of the mountain, and the number of real people in the country should increase to sixty-four." ”

Twelve years ago, after Lu Yuan's cultivation had been accumulated, he had broken through the realm of condensing the three qis.

This is a big hurdle, so the benefits after breaking through are also extraordinarily large.

After condensing the three qis, Lu Yuan's divine soul strength and mana were more than five times stronger than when the two qi were condensed.

Note that this five times is five times that of Lu Yuan's condensation of the two qis.

After the cultivation of the realm of condensing the two qi was consummated, at that time, Lu Yuan's divine soul strength was enough to support the consumption of the divine thoughts of the twelve clones.

This is an increase of nearly two-thirds from when it first broke through.

At this time, the fivefold mana of Divine Thoughts was enough for Lu Yuan to support the consumption of sixty-four clones.

However, before that, the state of Chu had been implementing the policy of partial peace and cultivation, and it was also in order not to cause panic among neighboring countries, so although he strengthened his divine soul, he did not immediately create a new clone.

Now that there is a demand, and the Northern Expedition is imminent, there is no need to hide it.

"Great, if there are really sixty-four real people to help, then there will be no problems in this Northern Expedition."

When Zhou Qing heard Lu Yuan's words, he couldn't help complaining in his heart, and secretly said that his master was completely unpretended, fifty-six real people, as long as there was a demand, he would take it out.

Is this not telling people that I created these real people?

Although his heart was full of slots, he still clapped his hands excitedly with so much vitality at once: "This time, my Dachu sent a total of 6 million troops, and based on the calculation of 100,000 troops per road, it can be divided into up to 60 soldiers and horses.

If one real person is in charge of the army, there will be four of the sixty-four real people.

The remaining four real people, plus His Majesty, can be in charge of five camps, each of which is divided into 12 soldiers and horses, commanding 1.2 million people.

The rest of the innate grandmasters in the country can be assigned to the soldiers and horses of the various battalions as auxiliaries.

In order to ensure that there is a real commander all the way; In one camp, there are ten people who can be mobilized by nature.

In this way, the soldiers and horses of the five routes marched together, and the army of six million crossed the river to the north, and hundreds of people were born to lose, and the Liang State would die. ”

The innate grandmaster of the Chu State, after these thirty years of accumulation, has now reached the number of seventy-two.

Of these 72 people, the provenance is quite complex.

There are not only the eight clones created by Lu Yuan before, but also the five disciples cultivated, Sun Siwen, Zhou Qing, Queen, Lingnu, Yin Huixuan, and himself, etc., the original core foundation of the Chu State.

There are also the congenital congenitals of the Xiliang Kingdom and the Tibetan tribes that subsequently surrendered, the congenital congenitals of the eighteen feudal states of Lingnan and the southwest, as well as some barbarian congenitals who have taken refuge from the South China Sea, the northwest, and the southwest in recent years.

In the end, these are the heirs that Lu Yuan grew up with.

These three major sources have made up the seventy-two innate grandeur of the Chu State today.

And among these seventy-two people, minus Lu Yuan's eight doppelgangers, minus the ten people who stayed on the battlefields in Lingnan and the southwest to defend Haikou and Yulin Yiren, and subtracted the four people who had to stay in the country.

In the end, fifty congenitals could be selected to participate in the Northern Expedition.

In this way, if the five major battalions are formed, each battalion can be assigned to ten congenitals in addition to the basic commanders of soldiers and horses, and the grandmaster-level combat power at the top level can be said to be abundant.

Fifty congenitals, sixty-four clones, plus Lu Yuan himself, in this Northern Expedition, the Chu State can dispatch a total of one hundred and fifteen congenital-level combat forces.

The number of innate beings is twice that of the Liang State, and the total strength of the Liang State is also twice that of the Liang State.

The above is just the difference in overall strength.

Today's Liang State, with Zhao Xu in the north, Wei in the west, and Haikou in the south, can be said to be enemies on three sides.

These three directions alone have involved more than eighty percent of the strength of the Liang State, and there is not much energy left that can be put on the southwest border location bordering the Chu State.

Anyway, as far as the state of Chu knows.

The number of Liang soldiers arranged on the border of Jiangbei is only 500,000, and the number of innate grandmasters will not exceed seven.

If this is calculated, then the difference in strength between the Chu State and the Liang State on the local battlefield in Jiangbei is not only two, but more than ten times.

With a tenfold gap to attack Jiangbei, Zhou Qing really couldn't imagine what Liang Guo could use to block it?

Once the Jiangbei defense line was broken through, the Chu soldiers were divided into five ways and entered the hinterland of Liang at once, and its soldiers and horses located on the border on three sides had no time to return to help, and the hinterland of Liang was completely captured by Chu.

Having lost the rear, it may even be that the capital of the country has fallen, and there are some remnants of the Liang State who are defeated, and there is no way out except to surrender to the Chu State.

This is the excellent situation that the Chu State has spent thirty years to create.

"It's okay to divide the five-way camp, but these five-way camps don't have to be all put in Liang State."

Lu Yuan agreed with Zhou Qing's plan in principle, but put forward his own ideas for some goals of this plan.

He pointed to the map in front of him, where the Wei State was located, and said: "Since the Northern Expedition has already begun, then when the war is completed, the previous hidings of my Chu State will inevitably be known to the world."

At that time, Wei Zhaoxu and other countries, hearing the strength of our Chu State, will inevitably be shocked and vigilant, and do their best to prevent the attack of our Chu State.

Even if the three kingdoms unite and merge the remnants of the Liang State, it is not impossible to confront me. ”

Although he already had an absolute advantage, Lu Yuan didn't have the idea of underestimating his enemy, and at this time proposed another very likely direction: "So in order to avoid this kind of thing from happening, or to weaken the impact of the incident in advance."

This is the Northern Expedition to the Liang State, and by the way, the Wei State was also destroyed, and I feel that it is very necessary. ”

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, his fingertips lightly circled the Wei region on the map, drawing the areas of Henan and Nanyang counties.

Obviously, what he said about destroying the Wei State was to take the two counties of this kind of state.

"By the way, the Wei State was destroyed?"

Zhou Qing frowned when he heard this, staring at the location of the Wei State drawn by Lu Yuan in contemplation.

Although the strength of the Wei State has declined greatly in recent years, it is also a large country with a population of 40 million, with two million standing armor soldiers in the country, and there are still more than 20 innate grandmasters left.

For such a big country to want to destroy it, it will require a lot of strength.

At the very least, it will definitely not be possible to solve it just by relying on Zhou Qing's planning all the way.

At least two camps, that is, forty-six innate and 2.4 million soldiers and horses, must have the strength to destroy the Wei State.

However, if two routes of troops and horses were divided to go to the Wei State, the troops that the Chu State could use in the Liang State would only be left with three camps.

Although this strength is still considerable, if you want to achieve the goal of destroying the Liang Kingdom, it may add a lot of twists and turns, and it is not so easy to complete.

So after thinking about it, Zhou Qing still shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it is better to destroy the Wei State sooner rather than later." But Wei is a big country, not inferior to Liang, and it may not be easy to destroy it urgently.

Now that the main energy of my Great Chu still needs to be put on the Liang State, I am afraid that there are not many forces that can be drawn out to deal with the Wei State.

Therefore, the top priority at the moment is to destroy the Liang State first.

After seizing the land of Qingzhou and integrating the old land of Liang State, my Great Chu can cross the two states in a row, with tens of millions of troops and more than 100 people.

This kind of strength, even if the three kingdoms of Wei, Zhao and Xu are united, is far inferior.

And I Dachu got Qingzhou, and I have half of the land of Zhongzhou, so I can accumulate strength from the volume, slowly plot, and cut it off one by one.

There is no need to rush this matter. ”

Zhou Qing painstakingly advised.

However, Lu Yuan listened to his worries, but smiled: "In fact, it doesn't take many soldiers and horses to attack the Wei State, just camp all the way." ”

Zhou Qing was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't believe it: "Camp all the way? ”

Lu Yuan nodded, and then moved his fingertips away from the direction of Wei and paddled to the Helong Land to the west, as well as the direction of the bordering grassland.

"Xiaoqing, look here, now the five counties of Yongxi and the southern part of the grassland have been occupied by barbarians who moved south and aliens from the west.

According to the report of Huang Xin, the governor of Hanzhong, the total number of barbarians in these two places is no less than 30 million.

With these migratory tribes, all people are soldiers.

There are 30 million people, and there are no less than 8 million soldiers and horses that can be dispatched, of which there are at least more than ten people who are born. ”

Lu Yuan reported a set of intelligence data, and then looked at his disciple with a smile: "Eight million soldiers, this number is almost half of my Great Chu Northern Expedition, and I am ready to use men and horses."

Even if it was me, when I heard this power entrenched in the northwest of Great Chu, I felt my heart tremble, and I was worried every day.

And my Dachu is separated by a Longshan Mountain, which has natural risk protection, and those migratory barbarians are difficult to cross, and the protection is quite simple.

But on the Wei side, there is a smooth road with Yongxi and the southern part of the grassland, and there is no attempt to block it in the middle.

As long as those migratory barbarians were willing, they could easily reach Shuofang and Guannei in the Wei State.

If they can't intercept it in time, then these barbarians can kill the two counties of Henan and Nanyang in the heart of Wei at any time.

Therefore, in order to improve the defense of the west, the two million soldiers and horses in the Wei State now have to be dispatched 1.5 million people to be deployed in Shuofang and Guannei counties all year round.

Of the troops remaining on the Eastern Front, only 500,000 remained.

But even so, the defense of the western part of Wei was still difficult to be perfect, and from time to time barbarians broke through the defense line and entered Henan County.

Wei was also very worried about this.

Tell me, if at this time, I, Da Chu, take the initiative to propose that the two countries each send a million troops to take the initiative to jointly sweep away the barbarians on the front line of Yongxi and the grassland, so as to pacify the western territory of the two countries.

Faced with this proposal, how did Wei Guoguo choose? ”

After hearing this, Zhou Qing blurted out: "Of course I will happily agree." ”

About the matter of jointly sending troops with the Chu State to sweep away the migratory barbarians in the northwest.

In fact, as early as ten years ago, the alien races in the Gobi Desert in the Western Regions also joined the migration army, and the western border troubles became more and more intense.

The Wei State, which suffered the most damage, bordered the most, was pinned down the most, and couldn't stand it in the first place, took the initiative to put it forward.

It's just that at that time, Lu Yuan just wanted to recuperate and accumulate strength, and he didn't want to start any big war.

Moreover, the northwest border troubles are not too big for the Chu country with Longshan natural dangers.

Therefore, he has always rejected this proposal and has not agreed to Wei's request.

So even though Wei sent envoys to invite them every year, Chu never let go, and the matter dragged on.

"Yes, Wei Guo will definitely happily agree."

Lu Yuan smiled and nodded: "They have begged me for so long, if I agree to their request in the name of being impatient with the long-term harassment of the border barbarians, the Wei people will not be overjoyed?"

And if the other party agrees, then according to the requirements, I Dachu and I will each send millions of troops, take the initiative to go deep into Yongxi and the grassland, and sweep away those migratory barbarians.

In this way, millions of elite soldiers in his country were transferred out.

As for my Da Chu, I can bluff in the northwest, only using 200,000 soldiers from Hanzhong County, supplemented by 800,000 conscripted people, and bluff all the way.

In Xiangyang County, he secretly gathered millions of elites, and when the main force of Wei was out of the fortress, he crossed the river to the north and immediately rushed to take the two counties of Nanyang and Henan.

At the same time, the Hanzhong army could also directly turn back and attack the two counties of Wei Guannei and Shuofang, so as to contain the 500,000 soldiers and horses left behind in these two counties.

With this partial army, it can at least delay the Wei people for more than half a year.

At that time, with millions of people on the eastern front, there are more than 20 innate grandmasters, attacking 500,000 defenders on the eastern front of Wei, seven or eight congenitals, is it not an easy task?

As long as the two counties of Nanyang and Henan can be captured, even if the Wei State still has millions of soldiers in the two counties of Guannei and Shuofang, it is only dry bones in the grave, and there is nothing to be afraid of. ”

After these years of migration, the 40 million people in the Wei Kingdom, of which more than 30 million were concentrated in the two counties of Henan and Nanyang, and the people of the two counties of Guannei and Shuofang in the west were only four or five million.

Therefore, as long as the Chu State can take the two counties of Henan and Nanyang, then the core territory of the most elite of the Wei State will be controlled.

Its million-strong army on the Western Front will also face the dilemma of being cut off from logistics and controlling their families.

At that time, as long as those Wei soldiers didn't want to starve to death and didn't want to implicate their families, then there was no other way out except surrender.

With the loss of these soldiers and horses, and the loss of the core territory, even if the Wei State can continue the national throne in Shuofang and Guannei County, it is only a small imperial court.

Relying on the remaining four or five million people, what kind of wind and waves can be turned?

In the end, they will either be destroyed in the continuous wave of eastward migration of the barbarians, or surrender to the Chu State, and there will be no other way.

Zhou Qing, as a general, of course, also knew the details of the Wei State now, and after listening to Lu Yuan's plan at this time, he said happily: "If you follow this strategy, you can indeed destroy Wei by camping all the way." ”

The all-way camp of the Chu State is not only twenty-three congenitals, but 1.2 million soldiers and horses.

Behind each road camp, there are more than 2 million armed men who help transport grain.

These armed people, when necessary, can also go to the battlefield.

Therefore, the number of men and horses available for one aspect of the camp is more than three million.

After careful scrutiny and strict training, it is already equivalent to the entire military strength of a hegemonic country.

Now with Lu Yuan's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, attack the east and attack the west, and destroy the Wei State, the success rate has been as high as more than seventy percent.

With this probability, it's enough to give it a try.

However, although I think it is feasible, whether it is a plan to destroy Liang or Wei, there is still a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

"Your Majesty, if you plan properly, it will not be difficult for me to do it. But this operation, as many as 18 million people and the whole country have been mobilized, and it is bound to be difficult to hide. ”

Zhou Qing asked about his concerns: "The two kingdoms of Wei and Liang border my Great Chu, and they have always been on guard against me, and in the land south of the Yangtze River, there are many spies and spies.

If I want to use troops, I'm afraid that I won't be able to hide it from the other party.

If he is prepared, if he wants to lead Wei and Liang to be fooled, it will not be so easy. ”

The standing army of Chu today is only three million people.

If you want to expand to the five million people who are scheduled for the Northern Expedition, you need to recruit another two million people in this half a year.

This alone is indispensable for movement.

Later, tens of millions of people were levied, and the momentum was even bigger.

The two kingdoms of Wei and Liang in the north, as long as they are not blind, it is impossible not to detect the abnormality of the Chu State.

Therefore, although Lu Yuan's strategy of luring the tiger out of the mountain and attacking the east and the west is good, as long as Wei is not fooled, it is just useless.

Lu Yuan smiled when he heard this: "This matter is easy." Nowadays, the South China Sea is in turmoil, and the natural disasters of earth fire are constantly approaching, which has threatened the southern Xinjiang of China's Great Chu.

I can ask the cabinet to issue an edict announcing that from the southern border of Great Chu, as well as those vassal states, the people will move north and resettle in the northern territory of Great Chu.

With such a migration of tens of millions of people and such a huge project, it is inconspicuous for me to recruit some soldiers and horses and mobilize all kinds of materials. ”

Zhou Qing said worriedly: "Directly relocating the people in the south, although this policy can cover up the actions of our army, but in this way, the production of my Dachu will be affected."

Immigrants need to consume food, and expeditions need to consume food, and although the positions are sufficient, they cannot withstand such a toss.

If you really do this, the grain reserves of my Chu State will support immigration and conquest at the same time, but I am afraid that it will not last for two years.

There are also those vassal states in Lingnan and Southwest that want to move their people, and the kings of those vassal states may not be reluctant. ”

"It won't take two years."

Lu Yuan said: "It won't take two years to destroy Liang Wei." This time, I mobilized 18 million people, 115 innate people, and what I wanted was to sweep through Jiangbei.

This is the trend of the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and one year is enough time to destroy these two countries.

And now the relocation of the people is not a useless work.

The place where they were about to move to was not Xiangyang Dongting Yuzhang and other places, but the land of Jiangbei.

The south is already unstable, not only the sea is coming, but the earth fire may not be able to pass twenty or thirty years, but it will also follow.

At this time, taking advantage of the small number of people in the country, it is also a good thing to move the people to the land of Zhongzhou in advance.

As for the vassal states, if they do not want to be cut down by the vassals, they can stay where they are and join the people of the Haikouyi who have moved north.

It's just that in this case, when it comes and they want to move to Zhongzhou, I won't agree.

You can tell those vassal lords what I mean, how to choose, and I believe they will make the right choice. ”

When Lu Yuan chose to divide the country, he just didn't want to spend too much energy of the Chu State in the southwest and Lingnan, so he could use all his strength to go north.

This was a temporary compromise.

Those vassal states should also know this in their hearts, and they should have expected that the Chu State would cut the feudal domain in the future.

After all, once the earth fire comes, he can't keep the country.

Whether you hand it over or not at that time makes a big difference.

At the request of the emperor, he chose to take the initiative to sacrifice the people, attached, and choose a decent one for himself.

Otherwise, even if Lu Yuan didn't punish them, without the backing of the Chu State, they wouldn't be able to keep themselves under the continuous wave of barbarians moving north.

will also cut off his future retreat, which can be described as nothing.

It is precisely because of this dependence that Lu Yuan is not worried, these feudal states are not obedient.