Covering the sky and the sun, it is completely covering the sky and covering the sun.

Since the Chu army crossed the river, in one day, it seems that the shadow of the Chu army has emerged in the entire territory of Qingzhou.

They are like air, like water, pervasive, constantly permeating every place in Liang Kingdom.

And with the infiltration of the Chu army, the entire Liang State also lit beacon fires everywhere.

Beam.

Since April, the capital of the world's first empire has begun to be shocked three times a day.

First, in early April, an urgent report came from the south that the Chu army had crossed the Yangtze River and launched a northern expedition against the Liang state.

When the news came back, although the monarchs and ministers in Daliang City were also surprised, they had expected this and were prepared, so they were not panicked.

He only ordered the army on the southern front to be on strict alert, hold the city, and wait for reinforcements.

At the same time, it was stationed in the 200,000 forbidden army of Daliang, and another 100,000 people were dispatched, led by the general of Guozhong, to urgently support the front line in the south.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses stationed in Jiyin County in the north to guard against Zhao were also transferred back to 100,000, and a congenital master was appointed as the commander to rush to the south as the second wave of reinforcements.

200,000 reinforcements before and after, plus 700,000 troops on the southern front, and a total of eleven innate troops.

With such strength, even if the Chu army is attacked by a million troops, as long as the Liang army is determined to hold on, relying on the geographical advantages of the fortified city, it is enough to firmly block people in the south.

Therefore, after making these arrangements, Liang Guo was relieved in the court.

Although the war in the south is occasionally mentioned, it is no longer the center of gravity, and more energy is still put on the discussion of the battlefield on the Eastern Front.

As long as the Eastern Front can be won, then the 1.5 million army can be liberated and used elsewhere.

At that time, no matter how powerful the Chu army is, it will not pose any threat.

And Daliang, after defeating the Chu State, with the power of a great victory, is enough to deter the countries in the world that are about to move, and can sit in the entire Qingzhou safely and achieve the final victory of this Kyushu competition.

But this kind of sweet dream, not a few days later, things took a sharp turn.

Only half a month later, in late April, the first wave of reinforcements sent by Daliang had not yet left Gyeonggi Liang County!

Worse news came from the south.

There was a report from Donghai County that a large force of Chu troops had appeared in its own territory, numbering hundreds of thousands, and the beacon fires were continuous everywhere.

In just a few days, a large number of prefectures and counties have fallen, and there are even Chu troops near the county capital.

The situation is critical.

The entire county of the East China Sea was at risk of falling, and with the power of the county government alone, it was no longer able to resist the Chu army, and it urgently asked for the support of the imperial court.

When the news came back, the girder shook again.

Although Donghai County is located in the hinterland of the Liang Kingdom, it does not border with other countries and is not considered a frontier area.

But the county faces the sea to the west and has thousands of miles of sea territory.

In recent years, due to the ravages of pirates in the East China Sea, the Liang State has placed a large number of defenders in the coastal counties for the sake of maritime stability, and has built forts to curb the landing of pirates.

Therefore, in order to guard against the pirates, in addition to the original garrison, the two countries also sent a large number of soldiers and horses, so that the number of defenders of the army reached 100,000.

However, times have changed.

With the bitter exchange between Chu and Liang last year, the relationship between the two countries deteriorated rapidly, especially the development of the Jiaodong battlefield, which put Liang into a dilemma of shortage of soldiers and horses.

So after Yan Yunqing reported serious losses of soldiers and horses and asked for reinforcements at the same time, Liang began to transfer troops and horses from all over the territory to support the front line.

Tokai County is among those who have been transferred.

Of the 100,000 troops in the territory, except for 20,000 soldiers who were poor in combat power and were only responsible for local security.

The remaining 10,000 county soldiers and 70,000 soldiers were transferred out not long ago and sent to the front line of Jiaodong County to support Yan Yuntian.

Therefore, when the Chu army came over, there were only about 20,000 regular troops left in the entire Donghai County, and they were still second-line local troops with poor strength.

With this bit of strength, how can it be the opponent of the Chu army entering the country?

Lu Yuan sent nine pioneers, 100,000 people each, to quickly advance into the hinterland of the Liang State and quickly capture the territory.

As the second echelon of the Jiangbei defense line of Jiangxia and Guangling counties on the front line, together with Xingyang County, it is fortunate that Donghai County has been taken care of by the Chu army.

With a full five-way army, 500,000 soldiers and horses, and five Lu Yuan clones, they entered this place with soldiers and horses.

With the cooperation of the five doppelgangers, they echoed each other, struck each other, diverted the tiger from the mountain, and other schemes, under instant communication, were played out of a flower.

In Donghai County, the hastily organized defense, as well as the spontaneous blocking and rescue operations of local governments, were torn to shreds in an instant.

In less than ten days, all the southern provinces of Donghai County fell.

At the beginning of May, the county town was breached in just one day under the personal action of the three-way army and the three doppelgangers.

In the following days, the flags of the Chu army were hung on all the cities of Donghai County.

At this time, the Fifth Route Army left a group of people and came down to guard the places.

The remaining four people went to Liang County in two ways, sniping at the reinforcements sent by Liang County on the one hand, and harassing the other country's capital on the other hand, in order to shake the hearts of the people of Liang and hit the prestige of the two countries.

The remaining two roads continued eastward to attack Chengyang County.

According to the original plan, it is ready to go all the way to the east and penetrate the three counties of Chengyang, Rencheng and Yingling. Then with the Yangxia camping army, the Yanyunqing army in Jiaodong was flanked to complete the purpose of the two armies.

Not only the East China Sea, but also the adjacent Xingyang County, was also attacked by the four-way Chu army, and the county town was lost and most of it fell.

The reason why only half of the territory has fallen, not the whole territory has been lost.

Mainly because Xingyang County is on the frontier, and there is a border with Weiguo in the west, in addition to the local non-external, Liang State also stationed 100,000 border troops here, and there are three innate grandmasters to testify here.

In general, the military strength of the county is quite good.

In the face of the invasion, it is not impossible to urgently recruit some people to get together and take out 200,000 soldiers and horses.

It was the Chu army here, although it fought smoothly in the early stage, but after conquering the county capital, its 100,000 border troops in the east have also completed mobilization and assembly.

Coupled with the conscription of the people, they finally gathered 150,000 soldiers and horses, joined the Liang army in Jiangxia County, and resisted the Chu State in the east.

In the face of these resolutely resisting Liang soldiers and horses, the Chu army in Xingyang County only had 400,000 people on four routes.

In the face of Liang Ren's resolute defense, it was difficult to take down the other party in a hurry.

So after a tentative fight, I found that the other party was a hard bone and it was not easy to do it.

The county's four-way Chu army did not force it, but left two people down to stick to the existing territory.

The remaining two people continued to the north and entered Jiyin County.

However, for the Liang army in Jiyin at this time, the mobilization has just been completed, and the second wave of troops preparing to go south has been assembled.

So one went north and the other went south, and the two sides collided together.

No surprises.

Facing the Chu army, which was twice as numerous and came suddenly, the Liang army, which was defenseless, was instantly caught off guard.

From contact to engagement, in just one day, the Liang army formed by 100,000 was defeated.

The remnants fled back to the county, and the Chu army attacked.

Within a few days, it swept through the southern provinces of Jiyin County, and there were signs of replicating the affairs of Xingyang County.

And this time.

Daliang City only reacted to the extent of the matter.

The East China Sea is in an emergency, Xingyang is in an emergency, Jiyin is in an emergency, and Chengyang is in an emergency......

Even Liang County, where the national capital is located, is in an emergency due to the twists and turns from the southern prefectures and counties.

In an instant, the entire western, southern, and central parts of the Liang Kingdom seemed to be shrouded in war.

There is also no peace in the east.

The only thing that seemed peaceful was the Northlands.

After receiving this lot of news, the entire court felt that the sky was about to fall.

"How could there be so many Chu Jun, where did they come from so many people?"

"Fake, all fake."

"What is the army of the Southern Front doing? What are they doing? How did the Chu army enter the hinterland of the country without hindrance and approach the national capital? ”

This is the reaction of the monarchs and ministers of the DPRK and China after receiving the news, as well as their fear.

If it is said that the Chu army has just crossed the river in the north, it is still on the southern front.

Many monarchs and ministers in Daliang City can also be high up and give instructions to the country.

After the Chu army approached Xingyang, the East China Sea, and then approached the three counties of Jiyin, Liangjun, and Chengyang, the beacon fire burned to Daliang.

Then these court ministers, like chickens that have been choked by the neck, began to tremble and become afraid.

King Qin!

Immediately, immediately, summon the general of the county guard of the world, King Qin!

This was the first time that the Chu soldiers and rangers had arrived in Daliang City, and after causing panic in the entire city, the entire imperial court reacted and decided unanimously.

In Dongping County in the north, the 200,000 border troops were immediately transferred back.

The soldiers and horses of Shanyang, Jiaoxi, Donglai, Rencheng, and Yingling counties in the hinterland should also immediately assemble to Daliang.

The million-strong army in Jiaodong County can not move for the time being.

After all, the million Chu troops in Yangxia County are still threatened.

If they are transferred away, the Chu army will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them, and the consequences will be even more serious.

Liang Guo may be really finished.

But the 500,000 reinforcements that had just been sent out had to be brought back immediately.

There are also 100,000 border troops in Qingping County in the northeast, and half of them will have to be transferred back.

The monarchs and ministers in Daliang City began to search everywhere, and the local soldiers and horses that could still be mobilized in the country.

The state of Chu is menacing.

It can be seen from the fact that they were able to quickly conquer the two counties of Donghai and Xingyang, and at the same time the army attacked Jiyin County, Liang County, and Chengyang County.

The number of people on the other side's Northern Expedition this time is by no means the so-called million as expected.

Two million, or even three million, are possible.

Only a difference of several times in strength can quickly overwhelm the 500,000 defenders on the front line of Guangling Jiangxia.

Before they could react, they quickly broke through the defense line and entered the hinterland of the Liang Kingdom, while leaving enough strength to contain them.

Yes.

After careful discussion and verification, although the monarchs and ministers in Daliang City were panicked, they unanimously believed that the soldiers and horses of the southern front should not have been defeated, but were forced in the city by the Chu army and temporarily contained.

The important cities on the first line of Jiangxia and Guangling should still be in the hands of Liang State.

At this time, the Chu army that broke into the hinterland of Liang should only be the vanguard of the Chu army in the Northern Expedition, not the main force of the Chu army.

However, although this was confirmed, the monarchs and ministers of Liang still felt a burst of despair.

Judging from the news from the counties in the territory, this Chu army that has entered the hinterland should have as many as one million soldiers and horses.

Just the vanguard is partial to the army, there are millions of people.

Then how much is the total strength of the Chu Army's Northern Expedition?

Two million is just conservative, three million is normal, and four million is not impossible.

But where did the Chu army come from so many people?

You must know that they are in Yangxia and Helong, but they all automatically used a million troops!

Judging from the news from these two battlefields, the strength of these two Chu armies is not weak, and they are by no means sheep soldiers used to confuse people, but the real main force.

In the exclusion of the necessary remaining forces in the territory of the state of Chu.

So now the main force of the entire Chu army already has an army of six million?

6 million people......

Well, this number, indeed, is not unattainable.

More than ten years ago, when the Liang State was at its peak, an army of six million was also formed under the extreme mobilization.

With the Chu State occupying the entire Yangzhou, as well as a small part of the snow fields and Yongzhou, if you are really serious, it is indeed not impossible to get so many large troops.

But now in the territory of Chu State, hasn't immigration already begun, and the scale has reached tens of millions?

In this case, how did he get out of the army of six million?

Even if there are not six million, looking at it now, the minimum of four million soldiers and horses is extremely scary.

The monarchs and ministers of the Liang State couldn't figure it out, they really couldn't figure it out.

But whether they can figure it out or not, now that the state of Chu has invaded on a large scale, it is seeing that half of the western half of the country is about to fall, and even the capital is at risk of being lost.

In this moment of crisis, something must be done to save the situation.

Transferring troops from all over the country is just the beginning.

Because no matter how much the Liang side is deployed, they will gather a million soldiers and horses at most, which is already the limit.

But in the face of the Northern Expedition of the Chu State, the conservative two million, if more, it may be three or four million troops, even if there are some remnants of the southern defense line to help contain it, the Liang monarchs and ministers still have no confidence.

Therefore, a million soldiers and horses were mobilized, in order to defend Daliang City first.

As long as the girder is not lost and the imperial capital is still there, then the eight or nine counties that are still safe in the rear will continue to re-recruit troops and horses and allocate them to the front line to support.

As long as these territories are still there, then the Liang country can still support it.

But if the girder is lost, the capital of the country will fall.

Even if the emperor can hunt in the east, the court is still there, and the monarchs and ministers who have lost the Great Liang can really command the county guards and princes everywhere?

And there is no girder as a barrier to intercept the Chu army.

The Chu army was able to continue to penetrate into the rear without hindrance, and regarded the entire eastern counties as a place to attack, wantonly occupying and raging, and the Liang State had no hinterland.

Therefore, whether it is for his own orthodox status or to preserve the last hinterland for the Liang State, Daliang City cannot be lost.

And with a million troops guarded, it was enough to firmly stop the Chu army and buy time for the rear to react.

Therefore, in addition to ordering the local Qinwang, the monarchs and ministers of Daliang also conveyed orders to let the county governments immediately recruit soldiers and horses, and get as many people as they wanted, and send them to Daliang.

To repel the Northern Expedition of the Chu army, he even said that even if he couldn't repel the other party, if he wanted to hold the beam, he had to at least ensure about two million soldiers and horses near the beam.

At the same time, the hinterland of the rear, as well as some border areas, at this time with so many soldiers and horses, also became extremely empty.

The Xu State in the north and the Tang State in the northeast may take this opportunity to send troops to attack and fall into the ground.

In this case.

After a large number of soldiers and horses have been drained, there is also an urgent need to reorganize a large number of new armies in the local and border areas to fill these military vacancies.

Based on this kind of calculation, it is conservatively estimated that Liang will have to recruit at least two million new troops to meet its military needs.

Therefore, at this time, what Liang Guo has to do is to hold Daliang City first, delay time, and strive for these recruits to be in place.

After the formation of these two million new troops, the number of soldiers and horses that Liang can control will reach four million; The soldiers and horses that can be used to fight on the Eastern Front and the Chu State can have more than 2.5 million.

At that point, it will be possible to try to counterattack to the east and regain the lost territory.

However, I don't know if at that time, many soldiers and horses in the eastern and southern defense areas were still there?

It's just that the current Liang Junchen can't think about it so much.

Because by the middle of May, the vanguard of the Chu State had already broken the blocking defense of the Liang army, and tens of thousands of Chu army iron cavalry were under the city of Daliang.

The beacon fire really burned to this world's first heroic city.

……

Jiangxia City.

Just as the beacon fire of Daliang in the north was burning, at the same time, the core of the southern defense line of the two countries, which is also the capital of Jiangxia County, finally opened its door to the Chu army.

The soldiers with high morale entered the city along the wide open gates and fluttering flags.

The flag of the Liang State hanging high on the city tower was directly lowered and replaced with the dragon flag of the Chu State.

Lu Yuan rode a snow-white horse, surrounded by countless gold-armored soldiers, and entered this Jiangbei Xiongcheng majestically.

On the streets on both sides, the Chu soldiers lined up cheered.

In the houses beside the street, pairs of frightened eyes watched through the cracks in the windows and doors.

Feeling this rich atmosphere, a trace of blood also rose in Lu Yuan's heart, and he couldn't help whispering: "Liang Guo, Zhongzhou, I'm here." ”

Conquering the southern defense line was easier than he expected.

The main reason is that the southern line of Liang is too wide, with 500,000 soldiers and horses, nine congenitals, and there are too many places to be garrisoned.

In this way, on average, the power that can be distributed by the various important towns is somewhat less.

Under normal circumstances, these are less, but in fact, they are nothing.

As long as one important town is attacked, even if it falls quickly, there is always news that spreads, and then the forces of soldiers and horses in other important towns can be assembled to deal with the invaders.

Relying on this mechanism, it is natural to defend the southern front.

But this time, the strength of the Chu State is too much.

Nearly 10 million soldiers and horses, 60 congenitals, a gap of more than ten times, is enough to crush everything.

The Liang army on the southern defense line didn't have time to react at all, and the Chu army, which was several times stronger than him, surrounded it.

There was no time to assemble at all, and in the case of weak troops, they were hit hard by the Chu State.

Millions of soldiers and horses besieged tens of thousands of people; Millions of soldiers and horses besieged more than 100,000 people; Three or five congenitals besieged one congenital; More than a dozen congenitals besieged an innate ......

There are so many examples.

In this case, the 500,000 army in the south of Liang was even easier than expected, and was broken by the Chu army.

The two counties of Jiangxia and Guangling in Jiangbei also fell into the hands of Chu after being supported for less than a month.

I like to cultivate immortals, please collect from the beginning of immortality: () Cultivate immortals, start from immortality and start to soak in the book bar The update speed is the fastest.