The atmosphere of the war was transmitted from the border to the court, and then from the court to the people.

If it were an ordinary war, many people would have started to flee to what they thought was a safe place.

But this time, with three kingdoms under siege and Li Guo surrounded by enemies on all sides, there is no so-called safe place anymore.

Whether it is a wealthy family or ordinary people, after being frightened and confused, they all know clearly that they can only support the front line and pin their hopes on winning this battle.

Those aristocratic families who resisted the wartime tax system also ceased their activities.

Most families obediently paid back taxes, money, and food.

Some families with great righteousness even began to take the lead in donating food and donations.

In the Hall of Houde, Lu Dingfeng had a strange expression when he saw the amount of donations and food donations brought by the prince from various places.

After Lu Yuanqing left, he wanted to beat his grandson again by the dragon bed, but luckily Jiang Yanni stopped him.

Lu Dingfeng sighed: "Looking at the money and food, you can see that Li Guo is not as poor now as it was when we conquered the country.

In the end, the country was almost destroyed by this turtle grandson.

Do you think I can stop being angry? "

Jiang Yanni comforted him and said: "With the accumulation of our ancestors and grandchildren over several generations, the people are still wealthy. It finally shows that we did not do useless work when we conquered the world."

Lu Dingfeng shook his head, "Ah Ni, hiding wealth among the people is completely different from hiding wealth among aristocratic families.

This time, those aristocratic families were willing to donate money and food, but they had no choice.

If the Three Kingdoms really invaded, not only would the country be destroyed, but all these aristocratic families would also be robbed.

They were willing to give money and food to protect themselves.

But in fact, the people in Liguo are also very poor.

If this turtle continues to do this, not only will foreign enemies invade, but the people will rebel just like we did back then.

Since Lu Qiankun's generation, Liguo has been on a decline. The country's power has been gnawed away by those aristocratic families until it is as empty as a servant, and it has attracted the covetousness of foreign enemies. "

Jiang Yanni didn't understand much about this, so he only persuaded Lu Dingfeng: "Don't Yuan Qing listen to you? Just teach him well from now on."

Lu Dingfeng raised his head and sighed: "What a pity, why don't our Lu family have a descendant as talented and strategic as Chu Tianjiao?

As long as my Lu family has such a descendant, even if it is a girl, I will definitely find a way to support her to take over the country. "

"For other people's children, just be envious. No matter how Jiaojiao kisses us, his surname will not be Lu.

But you said that you have a particularly beautiful great-great-grandson, but I haven't seen him yet. I'm quite curious. "

Lu Yu, who was mentioned by these two men, was taking the Uighur slaves and nearly 20,000 good horses, quietly taking a detour, trying to avoid the Beihu and Xirong people and return to the country of Li.

Looking at the yellow sand sky in front of him, Lu Yu couldn't help but have doubts. He drove his horse to the side of Uncle Jacob's horse and asked: "Uncle, are you really sure we are going the right way?"

Uncle Jacob was extremely confident: "How could it be wrong? After passing through this desert, there is an oasis in front of us. If we go further, we will reach uncle's home.

It's a pity that the uncle has no home now. "

Seeing the sadness and loneliness on Uncle Jacob's face, Lu Yu couldn't ask any more questions.

If he hadn't been reluctant to part with the 20,000 good horses behind him, he wouldn't have chosen to go back to China in such a big circle.

Lu Yu knew very well that the lack of horses had always been a worry for the king.

If there are enough war horses, the king can form a cavalry team that is more powerful than the Xirong cavalry and gallop on the battlefield.

He only hoped that when he saw the king, these horses could be preserved as much as possible.

Chu Tianjiao was really worried about the horses at this time.

The 50,000 troops sent by Marquis Liyang to reinforce the northwest finally arrived at Yumen Pass under the leadership of Wang Zhi.

But when he saw the equipment of these 50,000 people, Chu Tianjiao had a headache.

These are the 50,000 elite members of the Chu Family Army's Xishan Camp.

Leaving aside the weapons, at least they are usable and everyone has one.

But for the arrows of the archers, it is true that each person is only allocated five arrows.

Among the 50,000-strong army, there were less than 10,000 horses.

All others are infantry.

Wang Zhi changed defenses from Yumen Pass and returned to Beijing. He had also guarded Yumen Pass for many years before.

He clearly understood the importance of horses in fighting the Xirong people.

When he saw Chu Tianjiao, he said, "Miss, Lao Wang, I have brought all the horses I can."

Chu Tianjiao sighed, "Uncle Wang, I know. Our Xishan Camp is really poor!

I had left a thousand war horses each for Yongpingguan and Linhai before. Unexpectedly, it has been almost a year and the imperial court has not yet replaced the horses. "

Wang Zhi complained: "Going to the Shepherd Supervisor is just a decoration. In recent years, they have been better at raising dogs than horses."

Wang Zhi's words were not nonsense. Lu Yunkui loved to eat dog meat, and his actions had taken effect. In the aristocratic circle in the capital, eating dog meat had also become popular in recent years.

There was such a good land in Shangmujian, but there were not many horses to raise. The clever supervisor of Shangmujian opened several dog farms on the horse farm and raised dogs.

The 50,000 Chu family troops in the Xishan Camp are all veterans who can ride and shoot, and dismount and wield swords. Chu Tianjiao felt sorry for such a combat force. Because of the lack of horses, most of them could only be used as infantry.

There were originally 50,000 garrison troops at Yumen Pass, plus the 30,000 new recruits from Ganzhou Camp brought over by Chu Minyu, the total number was 80,000.

Together with the 50,000 newly arrived reinforcements and the 6,000 heavy armored cavalry brought by Chu Tianjiao, the strength of Yumen Pass increased to 136,000.

In the general's mansion, there is a hall with a sand table and map of the terrain near Yumen Pass.

Chu Tianjiao summoned all the generals to discuss strategies here.

Chu Yan's injury has healed a lot. Although he can't mount a horse to fight, he can walk on the ground without any problem.

Wang Zhi brought Li Yanghou's military order and appointed Chu Tianjiao as the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army in this battle.

Chu Yan was not dissatisfied at all for being passed over by his niece. Instead, he thought his eldest brother's decision was extremely wise.

"Commander, everyone is here, start talking!" Chu Yan looked at Chu Tianjiao with a smile and reminded.

Chu Tianjiao first saluted all the guards at Yumen Pass, "Generals, many of you are uncles who watched me grow up. Next, I will explain my strategies and tactics in detail. If you generals have any doubts, you can raise them. discuss.

But once the strategies and tactics are decided in this general's mansion today, no matter which general is assigned to perform what kind of tasks, please strictly implement them and strictly enforce the orders and prohibitions. "

The generals cupped their hands and said: "I will obey the command of the commander-in-chief!"

These generals of the Chu family army did not look down on Chu Tianjiao because of her young age.

This year, Chu Tianjiao has used his military record and political achievements to impress these generals from the bottom of their hearts.

Chu Tianjiao then pointed to the sand table and began to explain to these generals the necessity and urgency of the Yumen Pass counterattack:

"Xirong Khan Ashina Tuobao led a total of 400,000 troops in this southern expedition. There were 100,000 troops outside Guzang Pass, 200,000 troops outside Yangguan Pass, and 100,000 troops outside Yumen Pass.

I received a message from my father that Dongyi and Nanchu are now carrying hundreds of thousands of troops to invade our country's eastern and southern borders respectively.

The Three Kingdoms are under siege, the country is in crisis, and every inch of mountains and rivers is bloody. Generals, now is the most critical time for us soldiers to use our flesh and blood to drive away wolves and tigers, and protect our home and country.

Especially the war situation in our northwest is the key to determining the entire Four Kingdoms War.

If the northwest front wins, Dongyi and Nanchu will be nothing more than clowns. As long as we can free our hands, we will definitely be able to deal with them.

But if the northwest battle is lost, Dongyi and Nanchu will definitely take advantage of the situation and attack Beijing from the east and south.

At that time, the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed! "

These generals had privately heard that Dongyi and Nanchu had also declared war on Li Guo.

But when they heard Chu Tianjiao analyzing the battle situation so seriously to everyone, they realized that the key to the entire battle situation was actually him. They all stopped their smiles, held their breaths, and looked at Chu Tianjiao solemnly.

Chu Tianjiao continued:

"Due to the war on multiple fronts, this time in our northwest, we only have the 50,000 reinforcements brought by Uncle Wang.

My personal idea is that we must not only use our current combat power to defend the northwest, but we must also reverse the situation as soon as possible. When necessary, we can free up some troops from the northwest to support the southern front.

Therefore, I ordered General Wang to bring all the reinforcements to Yumen Pass.

We must concentrate our superior forces to fight a counterattack at Yumen Pass, and wipe out all the 100,000 Xirong enemy troops brought by King Zuo Xian outside Yumen Pass. "

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