Chapter 420 The Death of the Country
The cold is receding, and the spring is warm.
Braving the cold of the early morning, the army set out in a hurry.
"Time flies."
Lu Yuan looked at the endless dragon and couldn't help but sigh: "It's the second year of the Northern Expedition in a blink of an eye." β
Next to him, the second son Lu Hao failed to realize the sadness in his father's words, and said excitedly: "Yes, father, it's already the second year." This time I beat Liangdu, my son must play, father, you can't stop me anymore. β
In this Northern Expedition, there were too many innate grandmasters who needed to be mobilized, so Lu Yuan did not engage in any special treatment.
Among their own cadres and congenital children, all those who are interested in the battlefield are brought out, so that they can have a good experience of the atmosphere of war.
Those who do not want to remain in the country will continue to be assigned to the local counties and towns.
However, although he has the idea of exercising his own children, he is also his own cub in the end, and after exercising, Lu Yuan still pays great attention to their safety.
Therefore, in the face of some more dangerous battles, Lu Yuan restrained a few children, guarded them by his side, and did not let them mess around.
It is precisely like this, so in last year's huge Northern Expedition, a group of princes and princesses led by Lu He and Lu Hao also went to the battlefield several times, but they did not fight a few fierce battles.
Even with the innate grandmaster of the enemy country, he has not fought a few times, and he is basically bullying some weak chickens under the congenital.
It's cool to play like this, but it's really hard to say how much exercise effect you have.
Anyway, for now, Lu Hao is very dissatisfied.
Young people, they yearn for the pride and happiness of killing the enemy in the midst of thousands of armies.
Instead of accepting the established fate step by step under the protection of parents.
Lu Yuan glanced at his fierce son, and smiled helplessly: "Okay, okay, I won't stop you this time, let you go to the battlefield." β
As he spoke, he couldn't help but ponder whether his protection of those children was a little too much.
The young eagle has to grow up eventually, and it can't always be under its wing.
For a while, Lu Yuan couldn't help but have the mentality of an old father.
Belch...... Something seems to be wrong.
Well, with their own longevity, these children will probably survive until death, and they won't be able to survive themselves.
In this respect, he was really able to shelter his children for the rest of his life.
Silently sighing for his long life, Lu Yuan looked at his son who had been agreed, and said excitedly: "This time, the Liang people have gathered a million heavy soldiers in Daliang. On the front line of Shanyang, Rencheng and Yingling, nearly two million troops were also stationed.
Although I used 3 million troops to go on the Northern Expedition this time, it was not so easy to break the defense of Daliang City.
You want to go to the battlefield, and my father has no objection.
But we must remember that the killing field is ruthless, and nothing can be reluctantly advanced.
In the face of the enemy's temptation, you must be careful and careful, and you must not fall into an ambush and put yourself in a dangerous situation.
Do you understand? β
Lu Hao patted his chest and said: "Father, don't worry, the son has also been on the battlefield before, and if he knows that he is powerful, he will definitely not give people a chance." β
Do you really know?
Lu Yuan looked at his son's confident appearance, and always felt a little uneasy in his heart.
I don't know why, this son has not learned his own steadiness and prudence at all, and his personality is not like himself at all.
It's almost forty, and he's still so reckless and frivolous.
If it weren't for the blood induction, he could confirm that this kid was indeed his own species, and he would have thought that the queen had cuckolded him.
Alas, that's it.
has to worry about his own son.
This kid is like this, so he can only watch a little more, arrange one or two doppelgangers to take care of him, and don't let anything really happen to him.
Lu Yuan shook his head, thinking so in his heart.
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Just as Lu Yuan was still worried about the education of his children, Daliang City in the north, after receiving the news of the Chu army's northern expedition again, fell into a panic again.
Liang Palace.
"Zhuqing, the Chu soldiers have come to attack me again, and now they have arrived in Mengshan, how should I deal with it."
Emperor Liang's voice was a little tired, and he looked at the ministers gathered below and asked.
Now it is the fifty-second year of his accession to the throne, and the initial vigor has gradually returned to silence with the passage of time.
In recent years, because of the many difficulties faced by the Liang State, the constant hostility and siege of various countries has exhausted his mental strength.
Especially six years ago, after the great victory of the Liang State, the betrayal of the Chu State led to a domestic famine, and the earth-shattering Northern Expedition last year directly interrupted the Liang State's ridge Liang.
Under these countless setbacks, the male lord who once dominated Qingzhou and dominated the world completely disappeared.
In his place, there was an old man who was weak and exhausted.
Although judging from Emperor Liang's innate cultivation, he is now only seventy-two years old, he is just in the prime of life, and there are still good years to enjoy in the future.
But his biggest wish now is that he really doesn't have any ambitions, and the only thing he wants in his heart is to keep the last country of Liang and continue the foundation of his ancestors.
This is Emperor Liang's only wish.
However, this only remaining wish, the Chu people are unwilling to satisfy him.
Now that the three million Chu army is coming, taking away his land of six counties, he is not satisfied, so he is bent on taking away the entire Qingzhou and completely destroying the Liang State.
How greedy this is, how abominable it is.
How unbearable it is.
Emperor Liang found that he hated the Chu people so much now, and regretted it so much, that he did not eliminate the Chu State at all costs when it was just rising.
"Your Majesty, the Chu army is powerful and unstoppable."
In the crowd below, Yang Chen, a veteran and famous general of Liang State, Changyi Jun, stood up and said: "According to the minister's opinion, our army is still like last year, defending Daliang City, waiting for the enemy to retreat.
From west to east, the Chu people provoked countless enemies, such as the alien races in the Western Regions, the Wei people, the Zhao people, the Liang people, and the Zheng people, and the battle line stretched for tens of thousands of miles, all of which were their enemies.
To fight against so many enemies at the same time, the soldiers and horses that need to be mobilized are counted in the tens of millions.
And in the land of Lingnan, it was attacked by land fire, and the people were migrating, which was the consumption of tens of millions of people.
With so much money, even if the Chu people have cultivated for thirty years, no matter how rich the national strength of their savings is, it will be difficult to support such consumption for too long.
I don't need to do too much, I just need to wait for its food to run out, and then we can retreat from the Chu army. β
Yang Chen said what most people think today.
That is, the Chu army cannot last.
After all, the consumption of tens of millions of people is almost equivalent to the total population of Zhao, Xu and other hegemonic countries.
No matter how awesome the state of Chu is, it is impossible to support such a large number of unproductive people for too long, and after a long time, it will naturally withdraw its troops because of the exhaustion of national strength.
In fact, it has surprised and incredible many people that the Chu State has been able to survive until now.
Most people think that under normal circumstances, the Chu army should have been unable to support it last autumn.
Who would have thought that not only did he survive last autumn, but in the spring of this year, Chu Jun did not slow down, and he came directly again.
It's so incredible that a lot of people can't figure it out.
"Waiting for the Chu army to retreat, how easy is it, if the Chu army is not sure, how can it be possible to go north again this time. Trying to exhaust it is just wishful thinking on our part. β
Listening to Yang Chen's words, Emperor Liang shook his head, quite disappointed.
Although he didn't know how much grain he had in Chu, he knew that there was no trivial matter in the soldiers.
Chu Emperor Lu Yuan, as the most prestigious general in the world, how could he not know the hidden danger of lack of food in the army.
Last year, the Chu army retired once because of a lack of food, and suffered this loss.
Now that it is making a comeback, how can it be possible not to be vigilant and prepare enough food.
Therefore, on the Liang army's side, if you still want to wait for the naΓ―ve idea of waiting for the enemy to run out of food, and wait for the Chu army to retreat, it is definitely a beautiful idea.
The state of Chu will not give them a chance.
"Even if the Chu army has enough money and food and there is no worry about lack of food, the strength of the girder is enough to block the Chu army."
Seeing that Emperor Liang was a little pessimistic, Yang Chen hurriedly said: "In my Great Liang City, there are 300,000 elite people. Outside the city of Daliang, there are 400,000 soldiers and horses to defend it, and they set up a company camp for 50 miles.
Similarly, in the towns of Liang County, there are also 500,000 troops distributed, each guarding the big city, and there are local militia groups to help, which is enough to resist the enemy.
With these 1.2 million soldiers and horses, even if the Chu army comes to attack with 3 million people, it will not want to break through our Liang County.
It's hard to say if you can even touch the side of the girder.
Your Majesty should be worried. β
When the Chu army came last year, Liang Guo's side was indeed very flustered for a while.
But after the initial panic, when the monarchs and ministers of the Liang State reacted, the connotation that this original hegemon in the world should have immediately erupted.
Even if nearly half of the territory was lost, the remaining half of the territory of the Liang State still had a population of nearly 40 million.
Under the existential crisis, the desperate explosion of troops, in a short period of time, Liang Guo pulled out an army of four million again.
Of these four million troops, except for one million, they were distributed in Qingping and Jiaodong counties on the eastern front, which were used to defend against the Chu army and the Tang army.
The remaining three million people were almost all filled on the western front to defend against the invasion of Chu.
As the main beam where the national capital is located, 1.2 million people are allocated, most of whom are elite and strong.
In terms of defensive advantages, although the number of Chu troops is large, it is only about three times that of the defenders of Liang County.
This gap is enough to be smoothed out by relying on the advantages of the city wall.
"You're just common sense, but since Chu Jun started, how many times have you followed common sense?"
Emperor Liang shook his head: "If you follow common sense, Emperor Chu is a hunter, why can he dominate the south of the Yangtze River, and now my Liang who has just beaten me is almost dead?"
If it is common sense, how can the Chu people send tens of millions of troops without worrying about logistics?
Now we seem to be worry-free, but if the Chu army comes to the unexpected again, it is difficult for anyone to know whether the beam can be defended.
Don't forget, that Chu Emperor Lu Yuan is now the last monk in Kyushu.
Relying on it alone, he has the ability to turn the tide of the battle by relying on the immortal method, although he has not shown the immortal method, but I can't help but guard against it.
What's more, as the imperial capital, Daliang has been besieged several times, what a shame is this for my country?
When the people of the country see it, how does the people's hearts fluctuate?
If it can, it is still necessary to block the Chu army from the country and prevent it from violating our capital. β
With the rise of the Chu State, especially after last year's blockbuster, it defeated the first and second strongest countries in the world and shocked the world's attention.
The research of the people of the world on the Chu Emperor Lu Yuan, who single-handedly created all this, instantly became hot.
And with the deepening of research, all kinds of incredible things about Lu Yuan gradually became known.
What the people did not believe.
For example, the rumors that the Qinghuang two are real people are the doppelgangers of Emperor Chu are gradually believed.
Otherwise, how can you explain that those forty or fifty masters who suddenly appeared within the Chu State were almost equivalent to the innate second realm.
This is equivalent to the innate total of the entire Liang Kingdom.
The state of Chu suddenly appeared.
In addition to the immortal magic and Taoism, what other reasonable explanation can there be?
And with this immortal miracle in front of him, no one dares to guarantee that Chu Emperor Lu Yuan will not create a second miracle.
Therefore, Emperor Liang did not agree with the naΓ―ve idea that the Chu army could be forced back by only relying on stubborn defense in China.
Facing His Majesty's questioning, Yang Chen was also a little speechless.
Could he not know what Emperor Liang said?
Of course I do.
But what can you know?
Emperor Chu is so rebellious, people are good at immortal arts, what can you do with him?
I can't take it.
Now that all the monks in Kyushu have run away, some of the remaining immortal sects are just hanging the name of immortal gates, and there are a little more innate grandmasters.
In essence, it is no different from those Jianghu sects.
In this situation, do you want to take the rumored Emperor Chu, who is already comparable to Kyushu before his ascension, those first-class figures of the Daoist Lord?
Not an opponent at all, well.
In the face of this kind of incomprehensible person, what they can do is to try their best to cover it up and ignore it, and comfort themselves in their hearts.
Now that the emperor has revealed this matter, what is the use of it except to hit his own morale?
However, the monarch was worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and in the face of Emperor Liang's doubts, Yang Chen could only say: "If Your Majesty is worried, the ministers are willing to personally lead the troops to Mengshan to block the enemy for my Liang, and prevent Chu thieves from attacking my imperial capital." β
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded in the hall.
"No!"
"General, no!"
Several important ministers ran out from both sides one after another, and they all saluted towards Emperor Liang and Yang Chen.
"Your Majesty, the general is an important minister of the country, and it is advisable to sit in the capital of the country, and not to move lightly."
"Yes, as a general, how can you personally get into danger, if something goes wrong, the country will be shaken!"
"There are other famous generals in the country, General Yan Yunqing Yan is now in Shanyang County, if Your Majesty is worried about the safety of Da Liang, you can order him to enter Beijing and let General Yan deploy the defense of Liang County, why use the general."
And they all discouraged.
In recent years, Liang Guo has risen many famous generals because of frequent wars.
Among them, there is a snowy night, three arrows to retreat a million enemies of the divine arrow Bao Dajie; There is a lone army guarding the fortified city, blocking the enemy of a country for three years; There is Yan Yunqing, who broke a million troops in the Battle of Changyuan.
The above people are all the generals of the rise of the Liang Kingdom.
However, the stars rise quickly, and fall quickly.
The situation around Liang was too bad, almost all of them were enemy countries, and there was no truce every year.
In the face of long-term, frequent and brutal wars, even if it is a famous general, it is inevitable that the general will die immediately.
The Divine Arrow Bao Dajie and the Iron Wall Luo Yuanzai all died on the battlefield with the enemy in the wars over the years.
Yan Yunqing, who is now hot in Liang Kingdom, if nothing else, will probably be able to avoid this fate.
The only famous general who has been standing in the court hall of Liang for a long time and is alive and well is the Changyi Jun Yang Chen in front of him.
And the secret of his longevity is nothing, that is, he rarely goes to the front line of the battlefield, stays in the rear, and lets others work hard, so that he can naturally enjoy wealth and prosperity.
As the top family of ministers in the Liang Kingdom, Yang Chen is different from Yan Yunqing, Bao Dajie, Luo Yuanzai and others from the grassroots.
He is the core ruling class, and he is the trump card relied on by the royal family and ministers to rule the country, so naturally he cannot be consumed on the battlefield in vain.
With Yang Chen here, there is a row on the side of the imperial court, which can balance those famous generals who have risen at the bottom, and it is an important bargaining chip for them to gather power.
If something goes wrong with Yang Chen, then there will be one less important deterrent in the hands of the imperial court.
In the future, in the face of Yan Yunqing and other famous generals who have risen at the bottom, how should they be checks and balances?
The Chu army fought this time, it doesn't matter if the Liang army is defeated, or even if the Liang is lost, it doesn't matter.
Without Liang County, without Daliang, Liang is in the eastern region, there are still seven counties, there are still three million troops, and there is still a chance to make a comeback.
With these, the royal ministers can still be powerful and blessed in the Liang Kingdom, and they can continue to enjoy wealth and prosperity.
But if there is no Yang Chen, then it is difficult to say whether this full court, including Emperor Liang who is sitting above, can continue to maintain his current powerful position.
In the past, when the state of Liang was rising and at its peak, Emperor Liang's prestige was in full swing, and he could naturally suppress the government and the opposition.
At that time, a Yang Chen may not be able to affect Guozuo.
But now the state of Liang is declining, almost on the verge of annihilation, and the prestige of Emperor Liang has also been almost lost in successive failures.
At this time, a general who can strongly safeguard the interests of the royal family and the minister is particularly precious and important.
Therefore, seeing that Yang Chen wanted to take a risk, many ministers who were related to the stakes immediately stood up to dissuade them.
Looking at this scene, Emperor Liang opened his mouth, and finally thought about his own interests, but he still held back the words in his heart, and just said: "What Zhongqing said is right, the great general is responsible for the country, and it is indeed not to be moved lightly." β
Yang Chen seemed to have expected this kind of scene, and he didn't say anything when he heard the words, but just saluted and said, "Since Your Majesty doesn't want the minister to make a move, then it's okay." But His Majesty is worried, and he is indeed earnest.
Today's Chu State can deal with it with the strength of the Liang State alone.
With my army of 1.2 million and 3 million people in the Chu army, it is indeed possible to be invincible, and it is not enough insurance.
Xu also had an army of 500,000 in Dongping County and Le'an County, and there were also millions of troops in his country.
My Daliang is now blocking the Chu people for him, this is to prevent disasters for him, how can the Xu people only give some money and food?
Please send an envoy to the state of Xu, and ask the Xu people to send troops to help me resist the Chu people together. β
Yang Chen couldn't make a plan, so he offered another plan.
This time, Emperor Liang didn't say anything, nodded and said, "Accurate!" β
The important ministers of the hall also responded one after another.
The general is right, the Chu people are everyone's enemies, why do they have to pull everyone into the water only if they shed their own blood and sacrifice.
Xu Ren don't want to run.
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