Yuzhou, Xinzheng City.

In the palace of Zheng Guo, Emperor Zheng Lian received the news that the Liang Kingdom of Chuliang was facing each other in Yangxia County and Jiaodong County, and they were going to fight at any time, so he immediately summoned a crowd of ministers.

"Yes, yes!"

In the study, Zheng Lian's face was excited, pacing back and forth: "Chu State and Liang State fought, and the border between Yuqing and Qingdao was in flames, as long as the million-strong army of Chu State was not destroyed, Liang State would not want to invade my Zheng State again in the future." ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty! With the state of Chu as my barrier, I have a great Zheng western border, and I have no worries so far. ”

"The state of Chu was able to enter the urn, all thanks to His Majesty's strategy, and the ministers were still puzzled before, and they are really ashamed at this time."

"Of course, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and his wisdom is extraordinary, how can he be compared to mortals like me."

In the room, a group of Zheng Lian's close ministers began to sing praises with great eyes.

When Zheng Lian heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little fluttering.

However, at this time, Zheng Chan, the emperor's uncle and ruling man, frowned and said: "Your Majesty, Chu Liang is at war, and the disaster is leading to the east, which is certainly gratifying to my Da Zheng." However, Huang Xuan, the head of Chu Guoyang's summer camp, sent people to Xinzheng in the past few days, urging him to ask for 10 million stone grains and grass. The Chu army was greedy and excessive, and it was really difficult to deal with. ”

Someone next to him asked, "Didn't you give them half a year's worth of grain and grass for an army of millions?" Why did the Chu army still come to ask for food. ”

Last time, Zheng envoy Li Hu, in order to persuade Chu to accept Zheng Guo's conditions, agreed to Lu Yuan's proposal that Zheng Guo provide the advance grain and grass materials after the Chu army entered Yangxia County.

That is, an army of millions, half a year consumed.

This material roughly included 5 million stones, grain and grass, 10 million arrows, 100,000 bowstrings, 10,000 armor collars, 200,000 swords, guns, swords and halberds, and 10 million taels of silver.

To be honest, this expenditure was already very large, almost one-third of Zheng Guo's treasury at that time.

Not everyone is the state of Chu, recuperating for thirty years, the treasury is full, and the money and food are not spent.

Zheng Guo, like other Kyushu countries, has fought wars for more than ten or decades, and the rest of the family is very thin and not rich.

Taking out these materials at once, it is already considered to be cutting meat.

However, in the face of the strong pressure of the Liang State, at that time, Zheng Guojunchen gritted his teeth and undertook this expenditure for the safety of the western border.

But now it seems that less than a month has passed, Chu and Liang are still facing each other, and before the war has started, the Chu army first came to call the poor and find themselves to loot?

Zheng Chan said: "Your Majesty, the Chu army has levied 500,000 people in Yangxia County under the pretext, and in order to ensure the food consumption of these people and their families, we need to provide another 10 million stone of grain from our country.

Huang Xuan also said that these people and the people of Yangxia County are also Zheng people. Your Majesty, as the lord of the Zheng people, shouldn't you care about the lives of your own people? ”

Zheng Lian's face was a little ugly: "Zheng wanted to move these people away, but Chu State didn't want to. Now he is using these excuses and the people to blackmail me, what a hateful! ”

At the beginning, Zheng Guo said that it was to cede Yangxia County, but what was ceded was only the land of Yangxia County, not the people above.

After all, the situation in Zheng Guo today is really not good, there are only seven counties left in the country, and the population is about 20 million.

Now another county has to be ceded away, and the territory will shrink even more.

Although Yangxia County is located on the frontier, it has a population of 2.23 million people, which is already equivalent to one-ninth of the total population.

To send so many people to Chu State at once, Zheng Guo was of course reluctant.

But what Chu said was also very simple, not only land, but also people.

Otherwise, millions of Chu troops came to Yangxia County, and where they came into view, it was desolate, and there were no people for thousands of miles.

What does he eat, drink, and use in a place like this?

Therefore, the people of this county must not be moved, but must stay and provide services to the millions of Chu troops.

To be honest, this actually makes a lot of sense, and it is also necessary to supply the consumption of millions of Chu troops.

Therefore, Zheng Guojun's side, after discussion, could only grit his teeth and agree to this decision.

But who would have thought that their temporary concession would become an excuse for the Chu army to ask for accounts again.

"The people of Chu are really shameless, this autumn Yangxia County has a bumper harvest, and they can collect four million stone grains just by collecting taxes in this county. With the addition of what we gave them, even if we consumed an additional 500,000 conscripts, it would be enough to eat for a year. ”

Zheng Guoda Si Nong was in charge of finance, and said indignantly at this time: "Now I come to ask for food again, I don't have enough for myself, so what else is there to give him?" ”

Zheng Chan sighed and said: "But those Chu people threatened that if they didn't give grain and grass, then they would withdraw their troops and let the Liang people come over." This time, we attracted the State of Chu, but we offended the State of Liang fiercely. If Liang Guozhen comes, then my Da Zheng will be worried about losing the country. ”

Da Si Nong snorted coldly: "Yangxia County is such a good territory, if he Chu people were really willing, they would not have come in the first place." ”

Zheng Chan shook his head: "Having said that, we still have to rely on the Chu State, and now it's not good to offend them too much." ”

"Alright."

Zheng Lian interrupted the two quarrels, and then asked: "Ruling the country, I remember that the state of Chu is rich and prosperous, and it is the first in the world." It has been peaceful for 30 years, and the warehouse is full of money and grain, so there should be no shortage of money and grain, why do you want to use this method to ask me Zheng Guo for food at this time? ”

Zheng Chan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, although the State of Chu is rich, I heard that in the south of Yangzhou, there has been a land fire, and a large number of barbarian people who were forced by the earth fire began to move north frantically.

Therefore, since the beginning of this year, it has begun a large-scale migration of people from the southwest and Lingnan to the north.

This migration is expected to be in the tens of millions.

At the same time, the state of Chu was in the northwest Hanzhong, and I heard that it was also preparing to send more than 100,000 troops to unite with the Wei state and go out to sweep the barbarians in Yongxi.

In order to ensure the supply of this million army, it is necessary to use millions of people, which is the consumption of millions of people.

With these two items alone, the state of Chu will supply more than 10 million or even 20 million people with money and food.

Now that we have to ensure the consumption of the army of Yangxia County, I think that with the wealth of Chu State, it should be a little unbearable.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the Chu army tried to ask for food from our country. ”

Zheng Chan expressed his speculation.

"Is it the consumption of 20 million people?"

Zheng Lian whispered this number, which was larger than the population of his whole country, and while feeling envious of the strength of the Chu State, he also had some understanding of the difficulties of the Chu State.

Bearing the consumption of so many people, I'm afraid that even the Chu State will not be able to support it.

He thought so, then looked at Zheng Chan and said, "Ruling the government, Chu Jun's request, I, Zheng Guo, can agree." However, 10 million stone of grain is still too much, and I myself have to feed the army and the people, so I don't have so much food for them.

I will give Chu another three million stone grains at most, and this is the last time.

You can tell Huang Xuan what I mean, and if he is still not satisfied, then withdraw with the Chu army.

Although the Liang people are terrible, they are not as greedy as gluttony.

I, Zheng Guo, would rather face the Liang people than the latter. ”

Zheng Lian's tone was firm, and it seemed that he didn't want to be a big boss all the time, and now he was willing to give these, which was already the limit.

People also have tempers.

"Yes."

Zheng Chan listened to the emperor's instructions, saluted and replied: "The minister will definitely tell the Chu army and try his best to persuade them." ”

Zheng Lian nodded: "Then please govern." ”

……

The turn of Yuqing, the front line of Jiaodong in Yangxia.

In the early morning, the fog was thick, and more than ten Liang troops wearing green armor rode horses and went up a mountain.

"Is that the Chu military camp?"

Yan Yunqing stationed in the horse and looked into the distance, a few miles away, on the vast plain, an endless camp is located, from a distance, like a giant beast, people are afraid. couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The regulations are strict and the inspections are measured, so that people can't find the slightest flaw."

Huang Xuan is worthy of being a famous general in the world, and if he governs the army like this, it will be difficult to defeat.

Chu Junguo is my strong rival! ”

When someone next to him heard this, he was unconvinced and said, "Why does the general raise the Chu people like this." Five years ago, the general led a million-strong army to lead us to break the millions of troops of Wei, Zhao and Xu, and fought in Changyuan, which made the Three Kingdoms fearful.

In the end, if it weren't for the treachery of the Chu thieves and cutting off my grain and grass, the general would have led the army to destroy the Three Kingdoms.

That Huang Xuan bullied the Jiangnan rats in the past, and his record was mediocre, how could he compare to the Kyushu heroes who were defeated by the general?

is such a person, but he can also be blown into a famous general.

The famous generals in Jiangnan are like this. ”

Five years ago, more than 2 million troops from the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Zhao and Xu came to attack, and the Liang State was tired from fighting for a long time, and there were too many places to defend, so the troops were greatly divided.

In the end, under the patchwork of things, we can only gather an army of millions to deal with it.

At that time, the situation could be described as extremely critical, and the destruction of the country was only in the moment.

It was also at this time that Yan Yunqing stepped forward, received a heavy order, took over the responsibility of commanding the army against the enemy, and led a million-strong army to resist the more than 2 million troops of the Wei, Zhao, and Xu Kingdoms.

After careful study, Yan Yunqing believed that the internal interests of the three countries were different, each had its own thoughts, and there must be flaws in cooperation, so he boldly adopted the strategy of luring the enemy deep and breaking each one.

Taking advantage of Emperor Wei's eagerness to make military achievements, he induced the Wei army to break away from the coalition army, and the lone army went deep into Changyuan County, Xingyang County, Liang State, and then led the army to a decisive battle with Wei in the field of Changyuan.

The Wei army advanced rapidly, and the soldiers were tired, and in the face of the recuperated Liang army, they were not opponents at all.

In the end, it was broken by the First World War, hundreds of thousands of Wei troops died in Changyuan, and the Liang army won a complete victory.

After that, the Liang army took advantage of the victory to pursue, chased the fleeing Wei army, and killed the area where the second army of Zhao and Xu was stationed. The armies of the two countries were first frightened by the news of the defeat of the Wei army, and then they were coerced by the rout of the Wei army, and their morale was greatly lost, and they completely lost the heart to fight to the death.

Under the attack of the Liang army, he also lost his camp and fled with the Wei army.

In this way, Wei Zhaoxu's army of more than 2 million was defeated by the million-strong army led by Yan Yunqing, and more than one million people died.

The Three Kingdoms suffered a great loss of vitality, and they were no longer able to compete with the Liang State.

Yan Yunqing also took advantage of this battle to establish his reputation as a famous general in the world, and became a hot general in Liang and even the entire Kyushu.

To be honest, compared with this new star and celebrity, Huang Xuan, a famous general, is more than inferior in terms of record and fame.

It's no wonder that when Yan Yunqing praised Huang Xuan, some of his subordinates would be unconvinced.

"Well, although I have the trust of His Majesty and the help of my comrades, I have luckily gained some fame and am called a famous general.

But I know my own ability, so I don't dare to be complacent because of this, and I start to look down on the world. ”

Yan Yunqing listened to the words of his subordinates and shook his head: "The state of Chu rose from the recklessness, during which it pacified and defeated the heroes of Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, successively wiped out more than ten large and small countries, defeated the overlord of Zhou Ning, and subdued tens of millions of soldiers before it could have today's foundation."

Like such a Warring States established in a fight, how bad can its founding generals be?

It must be known that the Chu Emperor in Jiangnan is also a famous general. He became famous much earlier than me, and was respected by people all over the world forty years ago.

When it comes to knowing soldiers, there is no one in the world more than them.

To be a general under the command of such a person must have real skills.

Emperor Chu sent Huang Xuan to Yangxia, doesn't it show that the Chu general on the other side is powerful? ”

Yan Yunqing looked at his subordinates and said meaningfully.

Hearing his words, everyone looked dignified and a little solemn.

Even the man who had just spoken said no more.

This is not how good Yan Yunqing's eloquence is, he can unify the minds of so many people at once. It's the person he uses as an example, it's too heavyweight.

If you say that Huang Xuan, or the title of a famous general of many generals in Chu State, if you say it, there will be a lot of people who will come out to question it because of the problem of combat performance.

Then in the state of Chu, there is one person who is qualified as a famous general, and absolutely no one dares to do more beaks, and that is Chu Emperor Lu Yuan.

As Yan Yunqing said, Lu Yuan became famous more than 40 years ago, when he first debuted, he participated in the Northern Expedition of the Yue Kingdom, a war with extremely high gold content.

And in this battle, he shined, and in the battle array, he even killed Zhou Guoer's Xiantian Zhuguo, and achieved the first merit of the Northern Expedition.

Then he ran thousands of miles, in the territory of the enemy's three counties, back and forth, and killed him hard, reversing the decline of Yue in the Jiangbei battlefield in one fell swoop.

It can be said that most of the achievements of the Northern Expedition of the Yue Kingdom to the Zhou State were fought by Lu Yuan.

The importance of this battle to the Yue State was no less than the Battle of Changyuan commanded by Yan Yunqing five years ago, which not only killed the Zhou people, but also lost the troops and lost their vitality, and changed the strategic offensive and defense between Zhou and Yue, so that they were no longer able to go south.

went further, recovered the lost land of Xichuan, and then recaptured the land of the two counties of Zhou.

Is this record not enough gold?

As for the subsequent battle of Chu Emperor Lu Yuan's conquest, it was to destroy a big country in the southwest, defeat a big country, expand a county, and serve the third vassal country. Later, it descended to the two kingdoms of Xichuan and got another county.

After the first battle, he broke millions of enemies before and after, killed two people, and won two counties and three kingdoms, and the gold content was also not bad.

The final battle of Annihilation was also the first country of Thanos, the third strong country, and the second small country, breaking millions of enemies, punishing three people, collecting all the land south of the Yangtze River and unifying Yangzhou.

This gold content is even higher and boundless.

What's more, this is a war that took place thirty or forty years ago.

At that time, the intensity and scale of the war were far less than they are now. At that time, the hearts of the people and the generals had not yet adapted to a large war of this scale and intensity, nor did they have the experience to command this kind of war.

And Emperor Chu not only commanded, but also won the war, which was simply a precedent of the times and pointed out the direction for those who came after.

Tell them how to fight.

Yan Yunqing, as well as these Liang generals in front of him, who had never read the analysis of every battle he commanded since Emperor Chu's debut, and studied the subtleties.

In the end, after analyzing and researching, everyone will come to a conclusion.

Emperor Chu, a true soldier immortal.

Well, Lu Yuan has always relied on himself for three points and Taoism for seven points in wars, and in this regard, he really deserves to be a soldier immortal.

His methods of warfare cannot be learned by others at all.

Such a character who came out of a textbook, the general he assigned, naturally could not be any worse.

No one dared to question it.

Otherwise, others are like Yan Yunqing now, and ask, are you more knowledgeable than Emperor Chu?

The topic was blocked in an instant.

Unless you think that you are more powerful than the Emperor Chu who opened the hanging, no one dares to underestimate the Huang Xuan he sent.

This is also the reason why Liang Guo immediately sent Yan Yunqing, a general, to deal with it as soon as he heard Huang Xuan's name.

Because thinking about it from the side, being able to break out of the title of a famous general from under the aura of Emperor Chu's soldiers and immortals doesn't it show that Huang Xuan is powerful?

"In short, judging from the camp in front of me, I can't see any flaws, even if I am put in Huang Xuan's position, the army is just like that."

Yan Yunqing summed up, thought about it, and added: "Maybe it's not even as good as him." ”

After all, it is an army of millions of people, and there is not the slightest flaw in the defense arrangement, and such a dispatch and management ability is terrifying to think about.

At least, it is difficult for Yan Yunqing to guarantee this.

It's not that he's incompetent.

But as a commander, no matter how powerful Yan Yunqing is, he can guarantee to manage up to 100,000 people, and he can do everything without leaving any flaws.

No matter how much it is, it is beyond your own energy, and you must appoint others.

can change to others, and it is difficult to ensure that the other party has the ability to govern the army perfectly without leaving any omissions.

Sure enough, thinking about it this way, Huang Xuanzhi is terrible, no, Chu Jun is terrible, it is too terrifying.

Yan Yunqing, who is good at looking at problems from the details, saw the terrible situation of the other party through the layout of a Chu military camp at this time.

It's not a Huang Xuan's terrible.

Because no matter how powerful the other party is, it is only one person, and compared to the army of millions, it is insignificant at all.

The terrible thing about the Chu army is that he can manage a million army in the same way as Huang Xuan himself.

This means that the quality of middle and high-level generals within the Chu army, even if it is not as good as Huang Xuan, it is not much worse.

This is not a famous general, but a group of famous generals.

As soon as he thought that he was making enemies of such an opponent, the pressure in Yan Yunqing's heart increased dramatically in an instant, and he no longer had the slightest idea of ease.

"Let's go, let's go to other Chu military camps to see if it's the same as here."

With a great shock, Yan Yunqing took his generals and eagerly went to the camps of other Chu armies to verify.

If all the Chu armies are like here, then this battle will really be as I said, and it will be difficult to lose.

No, you shouldn't think about winning, because that kind of Chu army is invincible at all.

What you should think about is how to keep yourself from losing, or lose less ugly.

While galloping on the horse, Yan Yunqing was on the way, and his heart was heavy.

Well, Lu Yuan's immortal art of war, once again, scared another person, and he was still a famous general in the world.

Before the battle of Chuliang officially began, the enemy's spirit had already bowed his head first.