Diqiu.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it's not good, Liangcheng has been occupied by the Chu people."

Zhao Xi was awakened from his sleep in a series of panicked and anxious voices.

After receiving the news of the fall of Liangcheng, the generals of the Liang State in Diqiu City fell into a panic.

But after the panic, when they came back to their senses, they immediately realized that the situation had deteriorated to the worst step.

And if they don't prepare early and don't make amends, then everything will really be powerless.

The million-strong army of the White Horse Camp on the front line, Liangcheng, the most important transportation hub in Henan and Hebei, will be completely lost by Zhao Guo.

So the ministers of Zhao Guo, who reacted, didn't care about the night, so they immediately gathered into the palace and came to Zhao Xi's bedroom.

"Therefore, without any of you knowing, the Chu people suddenly descended from the sky and killed under Liangcheng, and then within a few days, they captured this important city."

Zhao Xi, who had sorted out the general development context, asked with an ugly face: "Is Chu Jun an immortal?" Hundreds of thousands of people, why did they suddenly rush to Liangcheng.

There are so many towns along the way, and there are two prefectures, are the officials in them blind?

So many Chu troops crossed the border, and no one reported to Diqiu?

There are also those local defenders, why don't they stop it, and just let the Chu army cross the border!

Aren't there 50,000 defenders in Wating County?

There is also An Qingyang, a congenital general, who handed over such an important place as Wating County to him, is this guy such a return to Lone and directly let the Chu people enter? ”

The questions were asked, showing the anger and fear, confusion and incomprehension in Zhao Xi's heart vividly.

And the ministers who gathered overnight, one by one, faced the questioning, they also lowered their heads and did not speak.

It looks like he was embarrassed to be asked, and he was speechless.

But the fact is that in addition to a little bit of shame, many ministers, like the crown prince Zhao Xi, were puzzled by the sudden arrival of the Chu army.

When the defense line was built, many ministers present went to the county with the prince to inspect the county.

At that time, it had already been confirmed that the fortification of this city was definitely worthy of the title of a heavy city, and it was extremely strong.

There are 50,000 troops stationed here, and there is a congenital grandmaster as a defender, even if the enemy attacks with ten times the strength, then even if the enemy has three or four people from the innate, he can resist Xiao Banyue.

As long as it can be supported for a while, when the country reacts, it is natural to send soldiers and horses to the front line of Wating to support.

Even taking a step back, even if the number of Chu troops coming is indeed too large and the strength is too strong, it is indeed difficult for Wating County to resist, and in the end it will not be able to wait for support.

But as long as Wating County sends the news back, a small delay of ten days and a half months is enough to mobilize troops and horses in the rear and rebuild a defensive line again.

Buffer, bridgehead, that's what Wating County does.

But now, this buffer bridgehead not only failed to play its due role, but the Chu army passed through here almost without hindrance.

Even the prefectures and counties behind Wating County have not been able to play their due role.

Not to mention blocking the Chu army and delaying the other party's action, even if you pass on a message, you can't do it.

directly made the princes of Diqiu City a blind and deaf person, and they were unaware of the progress and changes in the front line.

In the end, it was the bad news for tonight.

"Your Highness."

After a long silence, among the ministers, Chen Tai, the leading deputy of Nanjing, and the secretary of the military department, took the initiative to stand up and said: "According to the existing reports, the Chu people have advanced so rapidly this time, and it is because they have used a large number of prisoners, regardless of the dead and wounded.

In the first battle of Xingyang last year, our Great Zhao lost one million male soldiers, of which hundreds of thousands were captured by the Chu people.

In the first two months, the two counties of Nanyang and Henan in Wei State descended to Chu one after another, and hundreds of thousands of Wei people were used by the Chu people.

This adds up before and after, and Zhao Wei's prisoners and surrendered troops to no less than one million people.

Previously, the Chu people did not use these captives, but only treated them as coolies, and we also thought that the captives were newly surrendered, cherished their homeland, and their hearts were unstable, and they were basically useless.

Therefore, both the Chu people and our side ignored this force.

But now the Chu people's sword is on the wrong side, and they don't want to subdue the captives for a long time and absorb them for their own use.

Instead, he chose to use it as grass mustard and cheap mud in the short term, and directly used it to attack the city, regardless of the casualties, and attacked the big cities.

That's why we can achieve such results in a short period of time.

The fall of Wating County and the rapid loss of Liangcheng are all due to this.

It's just that doing so is not without backlash.

The Chu people don't take prisoners as human lives, how can prisoners really be willing to serve their lives.

Therefore, in order to appease them, the Chu people made many promises, such as not sealing the sword for several days after capturing the city, and allowing those surviving captives to wreak havoc in the city to vent the beastly nature in their hearts.

Even the villages, towns and villages along the way were slaughtered and burned because of these soldiers who had corrupted military discipline.

In the local area, there has been no news back, mostly because the villagers and pedestrians who met the Chu army were killed by them.

As for those big cities, the minister heard that every time the Chu people passed, they would leave a part of the soldiers to besiege the city and seal it everywhere, leaving no gap.

In this case, even if the officials from all over the country want to summon them back, it is difficult to do so under the strict blockade of the Chu people.

Even those cities may be captured by the Chu people in a short period of time, and the people in the cities will die, and no one will be able to transmit the message.

In this way, they kill while walking all the way, coupled with the fact that they act quickly and do not stop along the way, relying on this kind of cruel means, they can naturally be a god general.

Caught off guard, we raided Liangcheng and took it away. ”

Chen Tai's face was slightly ugly, and he said, after sorting out several messages sent back, he finally cleared up a vague truth.

The other people in the hall, after listening to his story, looked not very good-looking.

Although it is only a rough description, everyone can imagine a group of soldiers who were forced to attack the city with ants, and the survival rate was almost ten deaths.

After the end of the war, in that extremely depressed and distorted mental state, what will be done?

Not to mention, the soldiers used by the Chu people this time are said to be on the Wei side, and the Wei army has already recklessly surrendered their pawns.

Some of these beast soldiers are leading, and the people of Zhao in the area where the Chu people have passed, then don't think about it.

Some of the ministers present whose hometowns are in that area couldn't help but hide their faces and cry after listening to what Chen Tai said at this time, and they cried bitterly.

Because they have been able to think of the miserable situation of falling into the hands of such a Chu army, which is mainly a pawn, and the people of the family who stayed in their hometown.

"The Chu thieves are hateful, they are in vain as the teachers of a great country, but they do such despicable things in the war, even those grassland barbarians are not as good. With their means, they also want to unify the world, I'm bah! ”

"That's right, as long as the people with lofty ideals in the world are not dead, with the tyrannical behavior of Chu thieves, don't want to dominate the world. Everyone will rebel against him, and we will not surrender! ”

"Pity the people of my hometown, but they fell into the hands of the Chu people, I ...... I...... Woowoo woo ......"

In the main hall, everyone denounced Chu Jun, and the anger and sadness in his expression, as well as the fear hidden behind it, were simply overflowing.

The sequelae of Lu Yuan's choice to use the surrender were revealed at this time.

He was cruel to the surrender troops, and in turn, the surrender would be cruel to those ordinary people.

It is always said that the strong swing the knife at the stronger.

But in reality, it is often the strong who oppress the weak, and the weak then oppress the weaker.

oppressed layer by layer, until the people at the bottom were forced to have no way to live, and they died full of resentment.

This is the reality.

Now, the Chu army is standing in the position of the oppressor at the top, and the soldiers are in the middle layer, and those Zhao people and ordinary people are at the bottom.

Of course, because of the tragic war, there were many casualties.

How can the ordinary people who have been affected by the war be any better?

In the end, it was even more miserable than those pawns.

When this kind of behavior spreads, it will naturally be despised by the world and make many people angry.

But after the anger, the people present were deeply afraid.

Chu people do things, so there is no lower limit.

And now, they have gained such a big upper hand, needless to say, there is a probability of more than ten percent, and the Chu people will definitely hit Diqiu City.

At that time, along the way, won't it be another catastrophe for the place?

There were many people present, but with the southward relocation of Zhao Guo's business direction in recent years, their families were settled in Dongjun.

Especially in the vicinity of Diqiu City, it is the focus of resettlement.

And these key areas are about to usher in the blow of the Chu army.

When I think of those beast soldiers, I will come to my home, and when I think of my wife and children, I will fall into the hands of the Chu army.

When I thought of Diqiu here, I would be surrounded by the Chu army.

Everyone present was unstoppably panicked in their hearts.

Everyone couldn't help it at this time, and they couldn't wait to return home, and then let their cronies and servants quickly rush back to the families scattered outside the city or in the nearby area, so that the family members could quickly withdraw to Diqiu City, not to Jizhou, Hebei.

Only when you arrive in Jizhou, with a big river blocking it, can you stop those beast soldiers and come down safely.

I have to say that sometimes when the lower limit is broken, a person's deterrent power rises instantly.

And when the state of Chu is already the first hegemon in the world, it has broken through the lower limit.

Then its deterrence to all countries and the people of the world is simply at the level of a nuclear bomb.

Whoever hears of it, there is no one who does not become afraid.

The ministers of Zhao State in front of him are a living example.

"Enough!"

Just when the people were panicking, as the auxiliary minister of the Southern Capital, Chen Tai couldn't help it, and scolded loudly, making everyone shut up, before saluting Zhao Xi and saying: "Your Highness, the Chu people have taken Liangcheng, this city is the lifeblood of my Dongjun, once it is lost, the entire Dongjun will not be protected."

In this way, the southern capital Diqiu, which I, Da Zhao, has been operating for more than ten years, as well as the people of Dongjun, who are equivalent to half of the population of the country, will all be ceded to the Chu people.

And after losing these, is Zhao still Zhao?

Close to the land of Jizhou, Hebei, relying on the remaining eight million people above, even the size of the hegemon cannot be maintained.

At that time, there will only be one Jizhou that is about to perish, and I am afraid that Da Zhao will follow in the footsteps of Wei and become a small country that will gradually decline and perish.

How could the thousands of years of foundation of the Zhao Kingdom die in the hands of us like this?

So Liangcheng had to be saved and taken back. ”

Zhao Tai told the pros and cons, and then kowtowed and pleaded: "The old minister asks for his life, I hope that Your Majesty will immediately recruit all the soldiers of the Emperor Qiu, and at the same time, the people of the three prefectures near the Emperor Qiu, all men over the age of fourteen, must enlist in the army."

In this way, two million troops can be raised.

The old minister is willing to personally lead these armies to the front line of Liangcheng and fight to the death with the Chu thieves.

If you win, Liangcheng will return and Dongjun will be retained.

Defeated, the ministers and the army were killed, and the prince asked to lead the ministers and hundreds of officials to cross the river and return to Ji to save his life.

National events, the rise and fall of Zhao State, all lie at this moment.

Please also ask the prince for permission. ”

Zhao is not as good as Chu and Liang, and has a profound heritage, which can continuously produce famous generals in the world.

Just like other ordinary hegemons in Kyushu, there has always been only one famous general in Zhao Guoguo, and that is Chen Tai in front of him.

It's just that Chen Tai is too old, and now he is one hundred and thirty-five years old.

At this age, even for the innate grandmaster, it is already the twilight of the year when he is about to breathe at any time.

What's worse is that his perennial war career, especially in the past forty years, due to the great changes in heaven and earth, the war in Kyushu has intensified sharply, which has involved too much of his energy.

It can be said that all the major wars of Zhao in recent years have basically been presided over by Chen Tai, a veteran.

The management transfer of tens of millions of people all year round, the balance of pressure at home and abroad, and the fate of tens of millions of people in the entire country are all pressed on this veteran.

All of this drained his energy.

Even if it is an innate grandmaster, it is impossible to completely become an iron man.

The long-term and high-intensity energy consumption has made Chen Tai's fire of life quickly dim, and he gradually has a sense of exhaustion.

Therefore, as early as seventeen years ago, after personally leading the troops to seize the foundation of Dongjun, Chen Tai had gradually let go of the affairs in the army, and handed over the army to the juniors.

That is, as a child of the clan, Zhao Cheng, who is now presiding over the White Horse Front.

He retreated to the back line and took up the position of the secretary of the military department, and Qingfu sounded in the court.

Zhao Chengnai is a newly promoted general of Zhao State in recent years.

Not only is the martial arts qualification extremely high, but at the age of only sixty years now, he has already broken through to the innate second realm.

Since joining the army, he has also made extremely dazzling performances in all major wars.

Especially before, the first credit for Zhao Guo's capture of Dongjun was naturally Chen Tai, the coach, but the most dazzling merit under the coach was Zhao Cheng.

Born in a clan, strong, and prominent, plus young.

It can be said that Zhao Cheng, who has gathered so many dazzling halos, is naturally the next generation of military leaders of Zhao State.

Zhao Guo also cultivated him according to this standard.

However, the heavens did not grant the wish.

Zhao Cheng's training in the early years was really good, he made meritorious contributions in the army step by step, and his official rank was also rapidly improved, developing towards a trend comparable to Chen Tai.

In everyone's opinion, at most at the age of sixty, Zhao Chengcheng is a new star of the new generation of Zhao Guo.

But at that time, seven years ago, it was only one step away from the standard of famous players.

A fiasco that moved him on his rise to prominence.

Wei took the initiative to invite Zhao and Xu to send troops to Liang together, wanting to completely solve this long-lasting battle for Zhongzhou with a decisive battle.

From the perspective of that time, after these years of development, the combined strength of the three countries has overpowered the Liang State, and they have obvious advantages.

On the contrary, it was the Liang State, after years of conquest, the national strength became more and more exhausted, and it gradually became difficult to support.

At that time, the decisive battle with Liang Guo was quite a good chance of victory.

Therefore, after receiving the invitation of Wei State, Zhao Xu Erguo happily followed this big brother and sent troops together.

Zhao Guo's side is even more to train the younger generations, and the candidates for the generals to lead the troops to fight are replaced by Chen Tai, a veteran who is already old, to Zhao Cheng, who has been carefully cultivated.

The purpose is to take advantage of this big war, and then the power of the great victory after the victory, to launch a new generation of famous generals of the Zhao State, so as to support the military circles of the Zhao State in the next hundred years.

Then, what the result was, it became clear to everyone.

Wei Guo's pit teammate is really not a thing.

A big defeat, attracting two allies, followed by a crushing defeat.

Not to mention a big victory, the two countries almost lost even their pants.

If it weren't for the Chu State to make a move, Zhao Xu Erguo would be afraid that he would spit out all the achievements of the development in Zhongzhou over the years.

In this case, Zhao Cheng's road to becoming a famous general has naturally been hit hard, and it is impossible to realize it again.

Especially seven years ago, after the fiasco of Nagagaki.

Zhao Guo, who was in a critical situation, even had to reactivate the veteran Chen Tai, who had returned to seclusion, and sent him to Diqiu to serve as the secretary of the military department, and the deputy of the southern capital to stay behind to stabilize the overall situation.

So now, the pillar of Zhao Guo is still only supported by Chen Tai, a veteran who may die of old age at any time, which can be described as precarious.

And in the current situation, the only one who can stand up and preside over the overall situation and save the situation is Chen Tai alone.

"Old general, if you go on the expedition, can your body still support it?"

Hearing Chen Tai's request for his life, Prince Zhao Xi couldn't help but be moved.

He knew that with the physical condition of this Zhao Guo Optimus Prime, if he really went out on the expedition this time, he would really go out with a coffin, and he might run out of energy at any time and die suddenly on the battlefield.

Loyal to the country to this part, the so-called dedication to the end, after death, is nothing more than that.

"The old man's body, the old man knows that if you want to say that it will last for three or five years, the old man really can't do it. But if it lasts for a year and a half, it's still fine. ”

Facing the prince's concern, Chen Tai shook his head and said: "With the current situation in Dongjun, without Liangcheng, which accepts supplies from Jizhou, Hebei, the decisive battle between my Great Zhao and the Chu army will not last long.

It takes a maximum of two or three months for the winner to be decided.

With my stature, I was enough to survive until the war was over. ”

Zhao Xi nodded slightly when he heard this, then looked at Chen Tai's serious face, and finally agreed: "Since the old general insists, the survival of Dongjun and the safety of Emperor Qiu will be entrusted to the old general."

Although the old general led the troops to the front line, all the things in the rear, alone in this Emperor Hill City, would definitely take care of it, and would never bother the old general. ”

Zhao Xi took out the talisman and handed it to Chen Tai in person, promising seriously.

Chen Tai took it and said solemnly: "Don't worry, the prince is at ease, the old minister is desperate, and he will protect me on the last journey of Zhao Jiangshan." ”

After saying that, he took the tiger talisman and turned to leave.

The army is about to be mobilized to go on the expedition, and the veteran is also going to gather the old troops and mobilize the troops and horses.

I don't know, I haven't been in the camp for a few years, but those little cubs still remember the old man. ’

On the way out, Chen Tai stopped, looking at the clear moon, with a trace of enthusiasm and gloom in his heart.

This great Zhao Jiangshan has been getting worse and worse since the defeat of Changyuan seven years ago.

Until now, he can only let an old man like himself go on the expedition.

Alas, that's it, the last battle of this life, just do it well.

As for Da Zhao in the future, he can't see it, and he can't care so much.

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