Chapter 165: The Third Line Dispatches Troops to Si Lizhou
At the end of the eighth year of Shengwu, the battle that lasted for more than half a year and swept half the world finally ended temporarily, on the surface Daming, Xia and Liao became the real winners, and Daming got the entire annexed state, and Shangdang County, which was occupied by Dazhao, and Yunzhong County and Wuyuan County, which were occupied by Daiguo, were all occupied by Daming. The Liao State occupied the Western Youzhou of Great Zhao, and the Liao State, which was almost destroyed by the Great Yan State, regained its strength from the beginning. Although Xia Guo didn't get anything, Tiefu Iron Horse became famous all over the world and became famous.
The sudden betrayal of the Xia State wiped out the hundreds of thousands of troops in Youzhou gathered by Da Zhao, the defense of the north of Da Zhao was almost empty, and the entire Western Youzhou was annexed by Da Ming. Zhao Lu, one of the few generals in the Shile period, committed suicide, and the generals of Great Zhao withered even more.
To everyone's surprise, the Great Yan Kingdom did not have any losses. At that time, Tie Fu and Da Ming put all their attention on Zhao Lu's army, and the more than 30,000 cavalry of the Great Yan Kingdom were not attacked too much, Xie Ai only sent out 10,000 people to drag them down, wanting to wait until Zhao Lu was solved before dealing with them. But no one expected that the commander of the Great Yan Kingdom would be so treacherous, they turned around and fled directly, more than 30,000 cavalry wanted to escape, and the Ming Dynasty had no choice, so they ran back to Dayan. The Great Zhao army without reinforcements can be imagined, but they also caused great casualties to Da Ming and Tie Fu. Especially the Tiefu people, Da Zhao hated them and wanted to die, the 130,000 people of the Tiefu army, 40,000 or 50,000 people were killed in battle, and more than 30,000 people died in the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that the strength of the Great Zhao army is strong, but in the end, the Zhao Lu army was still wiped out.
And Ran Liang also commanded 50,000 iron-blooded Praetorian Guards to suddenly appear outside Yanmen Pass, more than 100,000 people in Daiguo were defeated in a hurry, and only half of the more than 100,000 people ran back, and Daiguo's strength fell to the lowest point in history, and the Daiguo, which was feared by the world, had been consumed to the brink of extinction. Ran Liang reluctantly took all the territory occupied by Yunzhong County and other Daiguo, and Daiguo was forced to run back to the grassland, and Daiguo can be said to exist in name only.
At the same time as the battle of Youzhou and Yanmen Pass, Lu Zhong, the general of the Ming Kingdom, suddenly led the cavalry of the Eastern Army to appear in Shangdang County, and the Zhao soldiers of Shangdang County were caught off guard and were defeated by Lu Zhong, and Lu Zhong occupied the entire Shangdang County.
With the victory of several battlefields of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty completely took the state into its hands. The loss of this geographically important important place means that the Ming Dynasty can attack Dazhao's Sili Prefecture and Yizhou at any time. Da Zhao's strategy fell into passivity.
And after Wang Jie and Xie Ai defeated Zhao Lu, the two of them continued to act after a short rest. Wang Jie commanded the Tiefu army to sweep Youzhou, Xie Ai and Lu Zhong led the Northern Army and the Eastern Army to send troops to Silizhou, occupying Pingyang County, the loss of Pingyang County made Chang'an where Yongzhou and Bingzhou were completely linked together, and after getting Pingyang County, the Ming Dynasty finally achieved a strategic encirclement of Silizhou, and the fortifications of Silizhou Shi Di in the front suddenly lost most of their role.
And in the west of Youzhou, the original territory of Da Zhao was all occupied by the Ming Dynasty, after the defeat of Zhao Lu, the entire West Youzhou has no defense, most of the county guards of the counties in Youzhou surrendered, and the West Youzhou was almost useless.
After the change of ownership in Xiyouzhou, Dayan was so frightened that he quickly stopped the war against Yuwen Xianbei of Liao, beware of Daming beating rabbits with grass and occupying Dongyouzhou, you must know that Dongyouzhou is now an important tax place for Dayan.
After Wang Jie commanded the Tiefu army to occupy the entire Xiyouzhou, he actually handed over all these counties to the Liao State except for the Daijun in the westernmost part of the prefecture. He himself led nearly 90,000 Tiefu cavalry and 10,000 Ming cavalry, a total of 100,000 troops, directly into Yizhou, and the entire Yizhou was full of chickens and dogs. Either this city was captured today, or the city was taken down, Wang Jie gave full play to the mobility of the cavalry, did not oppose the fortified cities of Zhao State, and only attacked those small cities with poor defense, and achieved great results in a short time.
Yizhou is the most core area of the entire Dazhao, not only where their capital is located, but also the most densely populated and richest place in Dazhao.
Emperor Shi Hong of Zhao was furious, and gathered more than 200,000 troops from everywhere, with Taiwei Kui'an serving as the governor of the capital, wanting to leave them behind.
Wang Jie obeyed Chu Yun's order to consume Tiefu's troops, so the two sides faced each other head-on, and in the end, Wang Jie was defeated and retreated, and Tiefu's remaining 90,000 troops suffered 30,000 casualties. But they did not fail, and Wang Jie also caused great damage to Kui'an's army.
Wang Jie led the remaining 70,000 troops to join the 20,000 troops who came to support the Ming Dynasty and the 50,000 troops of the Liao State, a total of 140,000 people stationed on the border of Youzhou and Yizhou. Kui An fought steadily, tried several times, but did not find an opportunity, so the battle situation was stalemate again. Seeing that Wang Jie didn't leave, not only Shi Hong but also Dayan became nervous, and several forces continued to gather troops here, gathering hundreds of thousands of troops in a short time, and the eyes of the whole world were gathered on the border line between Youzhou and Yizhou.
For Da Ming, this time the action was to attract the attention of Da Zhao and the world, not to really fight Da Zhao and Da Yan. Even if it is a fight, there is no problem if the battle is lost, after all, the army of the Ming Dynasty is only tens of thousands of people, and the main force is the tens of thousands of cavalry of Tiefu and the tens of thousands of troops of the Liao State.
But for Da Zhao and Da Yan Guo, it is related to their national fortunes, and of course it is also the case for Tiefu and Yuwen Xianbei.
For Zhaoguo, Yizhou is the core area of Dazhao, once this time fails, then Daming will drive straight into Yizhou, and their foundation will be a mess. We are very familiar with the slogan "Defend the enemy from the outside of the country", most of the time this is not for the sake of looking good, but to prevent more losses. It is understandable that Da Zhao attaches so much importance to the Shadow Wing Boundary.
As for Da Yan, the Murong clan has silently developed its storage strength for so many years, and has survived several powerful opponents to death, and finally got Dongyouzhou, and is obviously not ready to give up easily. However, Da Yan knew that they were not the opponents of Da Ming and Da Zhao, Da Ming was so strong, and they also reneged on their alliance with Da Ming, so they could only follow Da Zhao closely. Youzhou is a bridgehead into the Central Plains, and it is also an important base that they have been desperately gaining for generations, and they must not allow it to be lost, otherwise once they return to Liaodong, they are not sure if there is such a good opportunity.
Da Zhao and Da Yan continued to increase their troops, and the total number of troops reached an astonishing 400,000. And the combined strength of the three countries on the Ming side is only 150,000 people, and the difference in strength between the two sides is very large, but the strange thing is that neither Da Zhao nor Da Yan is ready to take the lead, thinking about the achievements of Da Ming over the years, they are all a little afraid.
Although the situation in the world is calm, but in fact it is strange, the Ming single-handedly caused chaos in the world, but they do not have the consciousness to stir up the wind and clouds, because their goal is not Youzhou at all, for a place thousands of miles away from Chang'an, they are stupid to put so much energy, can they really take down the entire Youzhou and give it to the Liao State? Although Chu Yun married their woman, he was not so generous.
Chu Yun decided to completely realize the plan agreed by You Ziyuan and Zhang Bin this time, that is, to occupy Sili Prefecture, and now that the time is ripe, Zhao Guo's eyes have been seduced to Youzhou, and several forces are still increasing their troops. Wang Jie successfully attracted the world's attention to Youzhou. At this time, if you suddenly send troops to attack Si Lizhou, attack all the way from the front, all the way from Pingyang County, and all the way from Shang County, the three-way army will definitely be able to catch Si Lizhou by surprise. When the time comes, it is very possible to take the entire Sili Prefecture.
In the ninth year of Shengwu, the Ming Dynasty granted amnesty to the world, because his two concubines gave birth to a son and a daughter, but this is likely to be Chu Yun's last heir, at least in this world. After Chu Yun reached the realm of the Three Flowers Gathering Peak, the essence in his body was transformed into the purest energy, of course, Chu Yun believed that there was a way to solve this, after all, he had never heard of a martial artist who could not give birth to a child when he reached a certain realm, but Chu Yun was not ready to explore how to solve it, so he already had enough children.
Chu Yun stipulates that the first day of January every year is the Glory Day of Shengwu, of course, it is also called the Spring Festival, and stipulates that the first to fifteenth day of the new year will be rested, of course, in order to avoid problems in the country because of this half a month's rest, Chu Yun was the first in the world to invent the concept of multiple wages, of course, this is mainly for the army and officials, but Chu Yun believes that with the development of time, it will slowly become a national standard.
The Shengwu Festival is lively and lively with various activities, but Chu Yun has already come to Pingyang County, Chu Yun is ready to launch a sudden attack during the Spring Festival, and the third line will send troops to completely take down the rich place that is ranked among the best in the whole world, and it is also recognized as the center of the world.
Directly east, Commander Lu Zhong attracted the firepower of Shi Di, the assassin of Sili Prefecture, while Shangjun was led by Xie Ai, who was to help Lu Zhong break through the front Zhao army's defense line from the flank, and then besiege Luoyang, while Chu Yun was to sweep Hanoi County and Xingyang County, not only to cut off Shi Di's escape route, completely turn Luoyang into an isolated city, but also to stop Shi Hong's reinforcements. Although Da Zhao had deployed hundreds of thousands of troops on the border of the Shadow Wing, Da Zhao's actual army exceeded one million, and they were still able to squeeze out some reinforcements. You must know that if Da Zhao loses Si Lizhou, then their capital Yecheng will be very dangerous.
On the last day of the Spring Festival, the Ming Dynasty suddenly sent troops in three ways, Lu Zhong led an army of 50,000 to attack the front, while Xie Ai led 60,000 people to kill into Hedong County, Chu Yun personally led 100,000 troops to divide into two routes, one route was led by Chu Yun personally to Hanoi County, and one route was led by Ran Liang to kill from Ji County to Xingyang County.
The whole Sili Prefecture was in turmoil, and Shi Di wanted to abandon the city and flee under the vastness, but the arrival of a monk made him quickly settle down.
"Master, why are you here?" Shi Di personally led Si Lizhou Wenwu to greet him, this monk is the apprentice of the Living Buddha of Freedom, the world-famous monk Buddha Tucheng.
"Your Highness, the poor monk has come this time to help you avenge the murder of your father. Buddha Tucheng laughed a little wickedly, but Shi Di completely put his heart into his stomach.
Chu Yun didn't know that this guy who had already been in his own mortal book was going to make trouble for himself again, he led the army to destroy the ancient decay and occupy one city after another, Chu Yun's yellow flag was erected, and there was basically no city that dared to resist.
Over the years, Chu Yun has become the most famous general in the entire world after Shi Hu's death, as long as Chu Yun has basically not lost the battle in person, of course, this is also the credit of the Supervision Department, after all, no matter how powerful a person is, no one will help you publicize, and it is useless.
However, although Chu Yun won one after another, the Supervision Department found that something was wrong with the situation, because not only did his prestige make Chu Yun's march very smooth, but there was also a more important reason, that is, the veterans and soldiers of these cities were all emptied.
When Chu Yun occupied the county of Hanoi County, the feeling of being wrong reached its peak, not only did the original soldiers disappear in Hanoi County, but the wealthy families in it disappeared, but the cloth of the Ming Dynasty was very mysterious, and from sending troops to occupying Anyi County, it only took him more than ten days, and in such a short period of time, it was impossible for them to dispose of all their property and family members and take them away.
"Your Majesty, do you think it will be like twenty years ago, there are traitors among us?" After Zhou Yan finished speaking, Chu Yun's face sank, this is exactly where he doubted, although Chu Yun has the ability of the True Eye, and his strength has reached the heavenly level, but Chu Yun does not think that he is omnipotent, and Chu Yun knows that he is just an ordinary person, and he is not smarter than others, if he does not have more means, he may not be able to achieve these achievements.
Chu Yun's only bit of confidence is prudence, and the time eighteen years ago is still fresh in Chu Yun's memory, that is, the lesson of his life.
"Hmph, since you're ready to jump out, then come and see what the hell is sacred, I will never fall twice on a stone. Chu Yun sneered.
"Zhou Yan, you are one of my most trusted people, I want you to help me do something, can you do it?" Chu Yun turned to look at Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan immediately knelt down, looking at his firm eyes, Chu Yun nodded slowly.
Chu Yun has confidence, this confidence is the 100,000 iron-blooded Praetorian Guards under his command, Chu Yun believes that even if the whole world betrays him and is besieged by a million army, he can rely on these 100,000 people to kill and kill all the people who betray him.
Moreover, Chu Yun's strength makes Chu Yun full of confidence, even if his most trusted iron-blooded Praetorian Guard has rebelled, his own strength is also his own hole card. When Chu Yun reached the Heavenly Level, his life was as long as a thousand years, and the means were unimaginable to ordinary people. Even if Chu Yun didn't rely on anyone, just looking at his own strength, he could slaughter all the enemies little by little. Even if Chu Yun was the reason, he would be able to kill the entire Central Plains.
In the Immortal Martial Continent, the Heavenly Rank is an unattainable strategic weapon, let alone this world, so Chu Yun can't wait for those ghosts to jump out, so that he can worry less.
Chu Yun stood on the city wall and looked into the distance and shook his head, although he was an emperor, he had countless wives and concubines, and several children, but he felt very lonely, and this feeling was really devastating.
Lonely thoughts flashed through him, and Chu Yun quickly recovered, so he threw all these thoughts out of his mind. They have loyal subordinates, and they have confidants who love them, even if they are not by their side, even if they are separated by yin and yang, they will have to think about themselves and think about themselves, and they are not lonely.
"Where is Ran Liang?" After Zhou Yan left, his deputy Cheng Yang followed him, this Cheng Yang is a descendant of the martyrs of the Iron Army, his loyalty and ability are good, and he is also focused on cultivating by Chu Yun.
"Your Majesty, General Ran arrived in Ji County yesterday, and he must have begun to attack the city now. Cheng Yang said.
Since this is the case, let Ran Liang take down the entire Ji County, and I will personally lead people to conquer Xingyang County. The faster we are, the shorter the implementation time of the enemy's plan, the more flaws there will be, and the more beneficial it will be for us. Although Cheng Yang didn't know who the enemy Chu Yun was talking about and what flaws they had, he understood it earlier, and he immediately went to send a message to Ran Liang.
Watching Cheng Yang leave, Chu Yun prayed silently in his heart, those old ministers who followed him had better not let themselves down, he was not a murderer, he was very nostalgic, Chu Yun sighed lightly.