Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 780 Big Han No.2 General
Xiting Kingdom, Loulan City.

The number of flags outside the city is unclear, and the tents are lined up around the city one by one, occupying almost all the places that can be seen by the naked eye, and the occasional roars of soldiers during drills can be heard from inside the tents.

Three banners were hung above Loulan City.

Fluttering in the wind, there was a fully armed soldier standing on the top of the city wall, looking coldly into the distance, holding the spear in his hand vigilantly.

At this moment, the city is in a state of complete martial law. Ordinary people dare not go out easily. The road is full of soldiers patrolling back and forth. You can hear the heavy footsteps, the sound of armor shaking, and even chariots. He and the horses were running continuously, and the loud sound of hoofbeats sounded, and the people hiding in the house became even more frightened, and they didn't even dare to peep at the door.

This city welcomed three distinguished guests today, because the identities of the three were too special, which led to the current situation.

In the county office, the three stood in the inner room, holding hands with each other, their expressions were very excited.

There are even more soldiers outside the inner room, and the entire county office is almost full.

Liu Xiang, Liu Ang, and Liu Qi met each other in the inner room and laughed.

Liu Ang is the tallest, and his appearance is becoming more and more rough, with a tendency to grow longer, while Liu Xiang is the oldest, but the smallest in stature. He seems to eat well these days and has obvious signs of getting fat. Now he is posing With a belly, he looked like a nobleman, while Liu Qi was still the same, with a dark complexion and a strong body.

Three princes and kings appeared in the same city at the same time, which is still very rare, and the momentum is of course extremely great.

And the reason why the three of them appeared here was because of the order of the temple. The Taiwei ordered that the three countries in the northwest should jointly send troops to support Zhou Yafu and capture Anxi's defense line, so as to achieve the strategy of dragging Anxi with poison and forcing the Anxi people to continue to consume national power. .

Han Xin knew too well how to deal with this kind of enemy who built a country by war. At first, the big man didn't think about breaking out too much conflict with Anxi. Strategically, the scale of sending troops should not be too small. Fortunately, the temple does not need to take action in person. With the development of various places, the strength of the locality has skyrocketed. This is an uneasy factor for the temple, but it is not without benefits.

As for the canal in the south, if the temples were to do it themselves, I really don’t know how much material and manpower would be consumed. Transportation alone would consume more than half of it.

However, due to the rapid development of the southern countries and the increase in national strength, there is no need to do more temples now, they can build them by themselves, call people locally, transport food locally, and reduce a lot of unnecessary losses. The local people go out during the day Serving corvee, maybe you can go back home to sleep at night, which is infinitely better than traveling thousands of miles to serve corvee and dying of exhaustion on the road.Liu Chang attaches great importance to the development of the local area, and has no fear of the vassal states, which can indeed play a key role in some aspects.

For other kings, with such strength, they would not dare to close their eyes even if they slept at night.

If the local princes dared to say that they could expand their territory, they would die suddenly the next day.

But in Liu Chang's era, all places were desperately doing things. Liu Chang was not afraid that they could do things, but he was afraid that they would not be able to do things.

All countries are frantically developing, and those who cannot develop are desperately increasing their own strength, and no one keeps their strength to hide their clumsiness.

It can be said that today's big Han has given full play to its full strength, and has not curled up and dared not make a move because of internal problems. In the early days of the Great Han, because of the problems of the domestic princes, it was too late to fight back against the Huns. After the chaos, when the central government cleaned up the place, it dared to free up its hands to deal with the Xiongnu and exerted all its strength. However, the power of the current Han Dynasty is stronger than that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because the localities and vassal states are replacing the Han Dynasty. Even if there is no scheduling from the temple, they will not be idle.

The same is true at this moment, facing Anxi, the temple did not dispatch any soldiers, and directly assigned them to the Three Kingdoms in the Northwest.

This is a feat that can only be seen in Liu Chang's era.

The alliance of the three kings.

When the three brothers meet, they all have a lot to say at the moment. As the princes and kings who grew up together, they have a deep relationship with each other.

"Brother, please sit up."

Liu Qi turned around and asked Liu Xiang to sit on the top seat, and of course Liu Ang had no objections.

Liu Xiang shook his head, "This is your territory, how can you let me sit on it? You just sit on it!"

"Don't dare, my brother is the oldest, with my brother here, how can I let my brother sit at the top?"

Liu Ang laughed, "Brother, you can just sit down, if this fight continues, we will all have to stand here and wait when the chariot general triumphs!"

Liu Xiang had no choice but to sit on the top seat, with Liu Qi and Liu Ang sitting on his left and right sides.

Liu Xiang asked with a smile: "Is the situation in your country all right?"

Liu Ang said first: "It's not bad, but I don't dare to compare with my elder brother. The Hexi Kingdom conquered the Outer Qiang, expanded its territory for thousands of miles, the people in the country are rich, and there are good and fertile fields everywhere. A strong country. It is really enviable."

Liu Xiang straightened his stomach, raised his head and laughed.

"I don't dare to say that. Although the foreign Qiang was defeated, the land cannot be cultivated. What is the use of it? Because of the mausoleum, although the country is richer, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is still no way to go to the Central Plains." Than."

Liu Xiang looked at Liu Qi who was on the side, and said: "I still have to say that we are the king of Xiting, the Xiting Kingdom was so weak back then, but now it is the overlord of one party, and with the power of the Western Regions, it can even destroy the surrounding countries. There are countless livestock in the country, the roads are smooth, and the commerce is developed, it is the strongest in the Northwest."

Liu Qi shook his head in a low-key way, "In my country, most of them are barbarians who don't know how to educate them. How can we call it a powerful country? The Beiting Kingdom in Xi'an is the most important cotton supply place for the big Han. I heard that just Last year, the income from selling cotton exceeded the sum of the various miscellaneous items of Xiting Kingdom, and even the southern countries have to buy cotton from Beiting Kingdom."

Liu Ang smiled wryly, "I have nothing but cotton here. You come and go with merchants here, and business tax is not something I dare to think about."

The three of them flattered each other for a while, and Liu Xiang interrupted their flattery, "Okay, if you continue to brag, the Cheqi General will really triumph. This time, Father Zhong entrusted us with a heavy responsibility, let us join forces. Let's Let's talk about it."

"There is Zhou Bo in our country, but he was transferred to the temple, so I can only lead the army personally. We have to confirm the commander. Do you have anyone to recommend?"

Liu Qi didn't talk nonsense, "My national lieutenant has already died of poisoning, and our brothers are not good at leading troops. I suggest that Chai Guowei from Beiting lead the army."

"General Chai is the founder of the country. He has won countless battles and made great achievements in battle. It is not bad to let him lead the army, but if our three-way army does not cooperate properly, there may be big problems. Let him be the main general. The three of us As a lieutenant, work together"

What Liu Qi said was very serious, with clear thoughts and clear ideas. Obviously, he had considered these things a long time ago. He even explained clearly the route of dispatching troops and the location of supplies in various places. The other two princes and kings were a little confused when they heard it. Now, Liu Ang asked curiously: "It was only half a month after we received the order from the temple, and we led the troops here. You are farther away from the temple, and it is impossible to know the news before us. How can you treat these things like this?" Clear? Is it because the body is very close?"

Liu Qi rubbed his nose and said, "I am the closest to Anxi, so I thought about the possibility of going to war with Anxi in the past, and I was prepared."

Liu Xiang said with a smile: "I'm afraid I have already had the idea of ​​embezzlement, so I'm ready?"

Several people laughed again, and Liu Ang said confidently: "Qidu is ready, then we can send troops tomorrow, and we don't have to worry about other things at all. When we were in Chang'an, we spent the whole day Wandering around, I never thought that there would be a situation where we can join forces to send troops, but it's a pity that An is not here, if he is here, we will be considered all here!"

"How did you forget Yin?"

"It's not that I forgot, it's that he is no more than a prince now, and he has to salute us when he sees us, how can he be compared?"

Liu Ang made a joke.

Liu Xiang shook his head and said helplessly: "It's also because of him. The King of Yan didn't know where he learned it from. He was sent to serve corvee all day long, build cities, and build roads. From time to time, he wrote to me to complain. It’s not like a prince’s life is worse than that of a civilian husband!”

"Where did you learn it from? Of course, you learned it from our father Zhong. Not long ago, a group of corvee workers came from our country. Do you know who one of them is? Pingyang Houzi! I was shocked when I saw him Yes, he was sent by Father Zhong to serve in corvee."

"Is this way of teaching children really useful?"

Liu Xiang stroked his chin, "It's still useful, I'm going to let the child serve corvee when he grows up."

A few people talked about the situation of their children. Liu Ang had the most children. He had crazily given birth to sons over the years. Liu Xiang was the second with five sons. Liu Qi was even more miserable. He only had two sons.

"You can't do it, why do you only have two sons? I will write a letter to the temple and find you a few good matches. You only have three wives? Look at me, I have nine."

Several people chatted for a while, and then decided to send troops to the west the next day.

Liu Qi was very polite to them, showing humility all the way, which once made them feel very strange, especially Liu Ang, the two of them had some unpleasantness in the past, why did this guy suddenly become so polite?But Liu Qi knew in his heart that the Xiting Kingdom would benefit the most from fighting the Anxi people this time, and the Hexi Kingdom and Beiting Kingdom would not benefit at all. Of course, he should be more polite to them. If there is any discord, That had a huge impact on the entire war.

On the next day, the three kings took Chai Wu as their general, Xiting sent [-] troops, Hexi sent [-] troops, Beiting sent [-] troops, and they called an army of [-] to kill Shendu.

But at this moment, Zhou Yafu had completely fought against the Anxi people.

Zhou Yafu divided his troops into two, one led by A Lie, attacking Anxi's defense line from the north, and the other led by himself, attacking Anxi's defense line from the south, and the two armies launched an attack at the same time.

Facts have proved that the Anxi people's idea of ​​sending troops to the Xiting border is just a bait. They have hoarded a large number of cavalry there, preparing to attack the army with the Huns. The soldiers attacked Hanci Province and other areas, and met Li Guang's tenacious defense head-on. Li Guang, with an army of less than 5000 people, was stunned to defend the pass. Kouzi, and even their vanguard were shot and killed by Li Guang.

The Huns saw that there was no benefit, so they fled here. The Parthians did not get any benefit here, so they could only choose to return to the army to support their own defense line.

At this time, Li Guang chose to send out troops, biting Anxi's army, and launched an extremely wonderful night attack, which resulted in huge gains.

And when the Parthians turned their heads again, Li Guang led them around the pass again.

The Anxi people were extremely depressed by Li Guang's harassment tactics, and they couldn't sleep well day and night. The terrible thing was that the army of the Three Kingdoms in the Northwest appeared on the battlefield at this moment. Li Guang also led the troops to attack from the flanks. The Parthian cavalry was completely defeated and fled the battlefield after leaving more than 4000 dead bodies. The pursuit started from the rear, biting them with all their strength, and the two sides fought hard on the endless grassland.

When General Alie was frantically attacking the northern line of defense, Zhou Yafu adopted the tactic of splitting the line and inverting the line. He ordered Xia Houzao to lead an elite cavalry unit to break through the opponent's line of defense, and cooperated with the infantry under his command to fight back and forth five times. , within half a month tore up the Anxi people's defense line in the south, and attacked directly to the north. They wanted to attack the Anxi people with Ariel, but they were stunned by Zhou Yafu's extremely fierce style of play, and they hurriedly asked for help from the rear.

At this time, the Anxi people got the information that the navy army led by Zhou Shengzhi landed in the hinterland of Anxi, plundered their cities, and destroyed their roads. There was almost no defense inside, and the navy landed everywhere, almost approaching the royal city of Anxi.

The rest of the country was shocked. They never thought that the war in such a remote place could threaten their royal city.

Before the Anxi people came back to their senses, Zhou Yafu had torn up the northern defense line from the rear, joined forces with Ariel, and gave up the territory he had already occupied, and went straight to the grassland of the Huns. Their purpose was easily seen, that is We need to join forces with Chai Wu to swallow the Anxi cavalry that was originally used to ambush them. The Anxi people clearly knew Zhou Yafu's thoughts, but they could do nothing to him. They could only shake the Xiongnu as an ally crazy, and wanted them to help drag Zhou Yafu's army. Give the cavalry a chance to escape, and promise with land and city.

The Huns joined in and fought against Zhou Yafu. Zhou Yafu divided the cavalry to the two sides and pushed in with infantry. Then the cavalry stormed the opponent's sides and defeated the Huns cavalry. The Huns fled away again.

Zhou Yafu became more and more proficient, and he continued to give orders to the troops in various places, and cooperated with each other. Anxi was defeated and retreated, and his reputation in the body became more and more famous.

And the good news began to come to Chang'an one by one.

Inside Houde Hall.

"Hahaha~~~"

"Is this the mighty Anxi man?!"

Liu Chang looked at the battle reports piled up in front of him. There were too many battle reports to count. There would be new battle reports almost every day. The big man was fighting against the Anxi people everywhere. Under Zhou Yafu's unified deployment, he just fought Anxi People can't take care of the head and tail, the deployment is quite chaotic, and there is no way to parry it. It is said that King Anxi gave up the king city and went north. Liu Chang laughed so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth, and even ate more meat than usual.

Zhang Buyi stood aside, and said with a smile: "It all depends on your majesty's merits and virtues. With your majesty's blessings, the big man is victorious in every battle, and no one can beat him."

Liu Chang looked proudly at Han Xin who was beside him.

"Master, how about my five-year peace plan?"

"First of all, this strategy was proposed by me. Secondly, it is impossible to settle down in peace in five years, and it will be about the same in 15 years. Finally, you did not contribute a little bit to this battle."

Han Xin said very calmly, and then looked at the battle report in front of him.

"Zhou Yafu can be alone now."

"I can do it too. I can be several faces."

Han Xin didn't bother to pay attention to this Zhu Zi, and looked at Luan Bu who was sitting in front of him, "Can the logistics keep up?"

Luan Bu shook his head, "I can't keep up. Now I'm relying on body poison and the logistics of the Three Kingdoms in the Northwest. Shentu Jia has repeatedly written letters. He is frantically transporting food for the army, but Zhou Yafu's battle line is getting longer and longer, and his logistics is getting worse. Zhou Yafu marched too fast, and there was no way to support it."

Han Xin nodded, "It's still a bit radical, but it's not a problem. I didn't expect to gain any benefits. As long as I can annihilate Anxi's army, control the north and south defense lines, and connect them as one, the goal of the campaign will be achieved. There is absolutely no need to march again."

Liu Chang was a little reluctant, he said: "Master, our navy is approaching the opponent's king city, why not just go to the king city and capture their king directly, once and for all!"

"The Anxi people didn't expect the battle to be so fast, and they were beaten so hard because they didn't prepare well. Once the king of Anxi started to dispatch the army with all his strength, they would leave the army of the big man in Anxi. How did Chai Wu harass them now? If Zhou Yafu can see this clearly, he will stop when he sees a good situation, and withdraw his troops to defend after annihilating the cavalry. Then he is qualified to call himself No. 2 will be."

"The No.2 general of the big man?"

Liu Chang was stunned, "Master, don't be so humble, how can you be ranked third? You are the second! Even if Zhou Yafu will die in peace, you will be the second!! He will never take your Location!!"

(End of this chapter)