Liu Che stood in a corner of the Xuanshi Hall and watched the people coming and going in the hall.

Huge maps hang on the walls.

Small flags representing the things of King Wu's army are dotted densely on the chessboard.

It is now the third day after Wu King Liu Bi crossed the river.

What is shocking is that after crossing the river, the Wu army made very rapid progress. As of today, the latest military report shows that the Wu army has arrived at the Liangguo Fortress, which is also under the Jibi City, a strategic location in and out of the Central Plains.

The messenger who asked for help from Liang Wang Liu Wu came to Chang'an with a blood letter asking for help from Jibi City.

Liu Che easily found the location of Jibi on the map. It was probably in Henan in later generations. It was a strategic location south of the Yellow River. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

Above the thorn wall is Suiyang.

Through the map, we can clearly see that if Jibi is lost, there will be no danger of defending Suiyang.

By then, Liu Bi will have many choices.

He could continue to go north and attack Suiyang, or he could go west and take Changyi, then go through Lantian to Wuguan to avoid the natural dangers of Hangu.

But now, due to the sudden and urgent situation, the only mobile forces that Chang'an can deploy are the northern and southern armies under Zhou Yafu and the more than 30,000 troops stationed in Bashang as a reserve to guard against the Huns' sudden attack from the Hetao area.

In total, there are only about 70,000.

Even if we recruit young people, we can only recruit 100,000 people.

Any more and it will be very difficult.

Because Guanzhong is also very large, it is not just Liu Bi who Chang'an needs to guard against.

Yan and Zhao in the direction of Dashan Pass and the Xiongnu behind Xiao Pass must be guarded against.

In order to monitor the Xiongnu and Yan and Zhao countries, the Liji Corps at the Great Wall could not be mobilized, and the cavalry group stationed in Longyou could only stay put.

Otherwise, if the Huns invade or Yan and Zhao attack, Chang'an will be attacked from both sides!

However, even with the current 100,000 people, it is not an easy task to go on an expedition.

There is a saying in later generations that once the cannon goes off, there is a thousand taels of gold.

At this time, when the army moves, there will be tens of thousands of money, and it is calculated in units of tens of thousands.

Now, the army has not yet broken out of camp, and the Shaofu's savings are rapidly decreasing like a dam releasing floods.

As you can imagine, once the army moves, it is estimated that almost half of the imperial treasury will be wiped out.

"Ah, why are the dozen or so cities before Jibi just like paper..." Yi Zong muttered softly beside Liu Che.

Liu Che quickly glanced at him and told him to shut up.

But just as Yi Zong said, Liu Che also felt that such a thing really made him feel a little embarrassed.

Before Jibi City, outside the boundaries of the Liang Kingdom, the Han Dynasty had more than a dozen cities that served as buffers between the Liang Kingdom and the Guandong princes.

Although these dozen cities are a bit small, the Han Dynasty has been running them for decades. Not to mention they are impregnable. It is always possible to delay King Wu's actions a little, right?

But the result was that in the cities of more than a dozen imperial courts, the defenders often used the magic power of Scud and disappeared without even seeing the shadow of King Wu's army.

Occasionally, a city guarding official who is more courageous and has a relatively straightforward personality wants to organize resistance.

result……

They couldn't even hold on to effective resistance for half an hour before the Wu army captured the city...

In the past three days, the entire court had been beaten repeatedly in the face by Liu Bi.

Now, almost all of them are swollen!

Moreover, the Wu army's progress was smooth, which also offset the impact caused by the previous appearance of Chu King Liu Wu.

Because victory can cover up all crises.

If everything goes well, whether it is the Wu army, the people who are coerced, or the Chu army, they can all get a lot of war dividends, such as the money in the treasury along the way and the savings of big families.

In war, all the dark sides of human nature are infinitely magnified.

In this era before the Christian era, massacres of cities and the like were considered 'normal means of war' in wars.

Relatively speaking, the Wu-Chu coalition only committed robbery, which was regarded as a strict military discipline, and Qiu did not commit any offences!

Liu Che remembered clearly that in his previous life, when the Han Dynasty's army entered the territory of Wu and Chu, they killed many people and did many bad things!

At the very least, the forces loyal to Liu Bi and Liu Wu, regardless of class, were completely eliminated physically and mentally.

As for the states of Qi and Zhao, they were completely liquidated and almost exterminated.

It was such a cruel and bloody liquidation and revenge that silenced the princes of the world, and they never dared to confront the imperial court again.

As for Huairou and so on, that will happen after the liquidation.

In this era, in this era of winners and losers, do losers still want to enjoy humanitarian treatment?

Funny, right?

This is an era of winner-take-all.

The winner deserves everything, while the loser inevitably loses everything.

Including, but not limited to, life, dignity, liberty and authority.

Therefore, Liu Che was extremely concerned that the gains and losses of Jibi City were deeply related to the honor and disgrace of his father and his entire family in the Han Dynasty.

If Jibi falls quickly, the Wu-Chu coalition will take the strategic initiative.

There is a big question mark as to whether Suiyang can withstand the advance of the Wu-Chu coalition. Even if Suiyang is lucky enough to hold on, the Wu-Chu coalition can choose to march eastward.

So, now, Spiny Wall City has focused the attention of the entire world.

"At the very least, Jibi must persist for seven days!" Liu Che thought as he looked at the map.

This is the minimum time to hold on, because it will take the Han army from Guanzhong, through Wuguan, through Lantian, to Suiyang at the earliest, five or six days.

And if Spiny Wall fell within seven days, it would be catastrophic for the entire Han Dynasty.

First of all, the princes of the world will see clearly that the so-called boss Chang'an is just a paper tiger, and Chang'an's army has no combat effectiveness at all.

What are you waiting for?

Except for Liu Che's brother and his father's brother Liu Wu, all the princes in the world will vote with their feet.

Secondly, the morale of the entire Liang ** army was severely hit. They even did not dare to fight against the Wu-Chu coalition again.

Without the stubborn defense of Liang Guo, the only 100,000 Han troops currently mobilized were obviously not enough to suppress the rebels who were two or three times their number in the field.

And if the scope of activities of the Wu and Chu rebels cannot be suppressed or even reduced, then Zhou Yafu's tactics of sending out cavalry to cut off Wu Chu's food routes in his previous life would be useless.

Can Spiny Wall hold on for seven days?

To be honest, Liu Che doesn't have enough confidence now.

Probably because history has been completely messed up.

In the previous life, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu was so powerful that it suppressed Chang'an.

Liu Bi had much more choices than he does now.

That's why he had so much free time to talk nonsense with the Han Dynasty's envoys under Jibi City. Bargaining gave Jibi a chance to breathe and allowed Liang's soldiers to adapt to the battlefield.

But in this life, Liu Bi's fierce attack on Liang was a desperate move.

Under such circumstances, as long as Liu Bi was not a fool, he would definitely know that the time to capture the spine is the key to his success or failure.

I'm afraid, the situation in Spiny Wall is already very bad at this time!

"Home..." When Liu Che was worried about Jibi's safety, he heard someone calling him. He quickly looked up and saw Zhou Yafu, dressed in military uniform, walking towards him.

After receiving Jibi's letter asking for help, the emperor immediately worshiped Zhou Yafu as Taiwei and entrusted him with the important task of rescuing Liang Guo.

Now, Zhou Yafu obviously came to say goodbye to the prince Liu Che.

Liu Che stepped forward to greet him. He bowed slightly and said, "I'll leave everything to the Lieutenant!"

Zhou Yafu can completely bear this bow.

Because, now, the survival of the entire Chang'an regime almost depends on Zhou Yafu's hands.

Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for the court to allocate too many troops to Zhou Yafu for at least one month.

Although there are more than 300,000 troops stationed in Xingyang, the composition of these troops is complex. Dou Ying can maintain the stability of Xingyang and deter the restless princes of Qi, Zhao and Yan. It is already very effective. You can't expect him to do anything else.

Measures.

Young men were drawn from Guanzhong and Hedong and Hexi and organized into armies. These newly formed armies were rushed onto the battlefield without a month of training and integration. Apart from creating chaos, Liu Che could not think of any other use.

As for the armies of the Great Wall and Longyou, no one dared to mobilize them until the moment of life and death.

Therefore, in the next month, the 100,000 troops led by Zhou Yafu became the entire dependence of the Han Dynasty. As long as Zhou Yafu can cooperate with Liang's army and hold the current front line, it will be enough for Chang'an.

victory.

Because, one month later, Chang'an, with its war machine mobilized, could quickly arm and organize hundreds of thousands of troops.

"I dare not..." Zhou Yafu bowed and said in return, "I have been entrusted with the great responsibility of the country by Your Majesty, and I must dedicate myself to repay His Majesty's kindness!"
To be continued...