20demayo Chapter 185
Chapter 185
It is not difficult to see from the series of orders issued by Long Tian that Long Tian still has ideas for Xia State, but it just needs to be realized step by step.
After Long Tian's order was issued, the Northern Territory took action one after another. For a time, other forces in Xia State also felt the storm coming.
In Lucheng, Xiang Yu has not relaxed his training for some time. Even though he knew that he had not received the order to attack for the time being, Xiang Yu had been preparing.
On this day, Xiang Yu finally waited for a call from Cao Zhengchun himself, conveying Long Tian's order to attack, but Xiang Yu was very excited and immediately found Li Chengye to discuss.
"General Xiang, did the prince really give the order?"
Since Li Chengye defected to the Northern Territory, his life has been very smooth, which has also increased his sense of belonging.
"Of course, the prince ordered us to attack the alliance of various countries, but this is not our main task, you see."
As he said, Xiang Yu took out the map.
"Our goal is here."
Looking at the location on the map pointed by Xiang Yu, Li Chengye was shocked.
"This, we have to fight here? This is the city of Jin. If we want to get there, we have to not only attack the alliance of various countries, but also attack Jin. Isn't this too risky?"
Li Chengye's inherent thinking influenced him, and he didn't want the northern border to take such a big risk. It was not easy to fight all the way.
"General Li, don't you understand?"
"Now Jin invaded my Xia country, and the prince went to Zhenzhou to fight. If we can take this place successfully, we can completely block the retreat of the Jin soldiers."
"As long as we can successfully achieve our strategic goals, not only will the invasion plan of Jin be crushed, but we can also attack and defend. This is the best plan to resist Jin."
Seeing that Li Chengye didn't understand, Xiang Yu simply laid it out.
Now Li Chengye understood, it seems that the King of the North didn't take Jin seriously at all. Not only did he have to fight it back, no, according to this plan, once it is realized, it will not be as simple as repelling the invasion of Jin.
The invading Jin soldiers might be annihilated, and Long Tian might even counterattack, at least he would have taken the initiative.
Otherwise, there would be no need for Xiang Yu to open up the alliance of various countries and block the retreat of the Jin soldiers.
Thinking of this, Li Chengye was even more shocked. He didn't expect that this young prince, who had only met him once, would have such huge ambitions.
When the war in Xia was about to start and the future direction was still unclear, he actually thought about Jin.
You know, Jin is far away from the northern border, and there is a powerful enemy on the northern border, that is Liang.
On this basis, he also planned to attack Jin. This is not an ordinary courage. Li Chengye didn't know how strong the northern border was now.
"Since the prince has given the order, we should obey and take action immediately."
"But, you also know my situation, I will not express my opinion on decision-making, and I will follow your arrangements."
Li Chengye is very smart. He knows his situation and has no say at all, so he simply doesn't bother.
Besides, he doesn't want to spread his unlucky talent to the North.
"General Li, you don't have to worry, everything depends on human efforts."
"My Lucheng now has 700,000 soldiers. After several months of development, the strength of the soldiers has reached the third-grade warriors, which can be used."
"The target of this battle is the Jin Kingdom. The alliance of various countries is not our main attack direction, but we cannot help but be on guard."
"Therefore, I decided to lead 500,000 troops to break through the alliance of various countries, and you lead the remaining 200,000 troops to guard Lucheng."
Xiang Yu has already made a plan.
There are many large and small countries in the alliance of various countries. There is no time to destroy them all in this battle. Only some can be killed, mainly targeting the Jin Kingdom.
This requires Xiang Yu to act quickly. At the same time, Xiang Yu knows that Long Tian does not have many troops. If he brings more troops, it will be of great help to defend or attack the Jin Kingdom in the later stage.
With 200,000 Zhenbei troops guarding Lucheng, the alliance of various countries cannot defeat it, and Xiang Yu is also very relieved. Besides, there is still a Sun Wu in Zongzhou. At the critical moment, he will not stand idly by.
"General, why don't you choose the garrison commander? Please make another arrangement. I am worried about my lack of ability."
Li Chengye was still very moved by Xiang Yu's trust, but he still spoke. After all, he was forced to surrender to the north and was not Long Tian's direct line.
"General Li, you worry too much. This is the arrangement of the prince."
Xiang Yu did not say much. If there were other people available under his command, Xiang Yu would not use him, but at this moment, Li Chengye was the most suitable candidate.
Seeing Xiang Yu's insistence, Li Chengye took the opportunity to accept the order. In front of this new master, Li Chengye naturally wanted to perform well.
Although the weather is still quite cold now,It no longer affects the movement of the army.
There are many things to prepare for the 500,000-man army.
In order to move quickly, Xiang Yu decided to fight to support the war. Each soldier only brought three days of food. These food were used as spare food. If he wanted to survive, he had to continue to attack the enemy and plunder more food.
This can also be regarded as a kind of monetization incentive.
There are many cities that need to be attacked in this battle. Xiang Yu mainly carries siege equipment, but he cannot choose those large siege equipment. This matter really hurt Xiang Yu a lot of brain cells.
It is necessary to capture the city and not affect the speed of the army. For a commander, this is a test.
Fortunately, Xiang Yu solved these well. Even if he couldn't handle it, there were still old people. There were many masters sitting in the north. With the joint efforts of all parties, Xiang Yu soon led the army to the expedition.
On this day, Xiang Yu sent nearly a thousand people to clean up the scouts of the alliance of various countries, and the army set out immediately afterwards.
Although the alliance of countries is called a country, in fact, the overall size of the territory is only equivalent to the land of a state of Xia State, with dozens of cities, each governing its own territory.
Among them, the strongest Qiyun State only occupies three cities and has 200,000 soldiers.
However, Qiyun State is not Xiang Yu's target this time.
Xiang Yu's army directly swept along the border line and headed straight for Jin State.
Xing'an City, a small country that calls itself Xing State, has a population of less than one million and tens of thousands of soldiers, which is considered to be average in this alliance of countries.
On this day, none of the scouts sent by Xing'an City came back, which attracted the attention of some people, but they did not care too much.
Under the ice and snow, the scouts went out for reconnaissance and came back late unexpectedly, which was not a big deal.
It was just such a small mistake that Xiang Yu seized the opportunity.
500,000 troops suddenly appeared under Xing'an City without any warning, making the soldiers defending the city extremely desperate.
No one expected that Xia State would attack them at this time, and they were not prepared at all.
Even if everyone in the country of Star rushed forward, they would still not be able to defeat the opponent.