The war between the new emperor Su Yan and the Huai king Su Yunyao for the throne is not a foregone conclusion in one battle.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although the court is worried and troubled internally and externally, it still has land from all over the world. Often, the court will recruit soldiers on a large scale at this time. However, this time the court has not yet started in this regard.

A seemingly time-consuming tug-of-war officially kicked off.

Location: 16 counties between Tongguan and Huai River.

The total number of soldiers of the imperial court was nearly 50,000 on both sides of the war;

The Huai Army's troops were divided into three groups, with a total of about 150,000.

The imperial court's troops were too scattered, with sixteen county towns, each with local defenders ranging from 500 to 1,000. The main force of the imperial court army was the defenders of Tongguan, with more than 20,000 troops.

The Huai Army was divided into two armies, from the north and south roads to Tongguan, each with 70,000 to 80,000 troops.

Their Third Route Army, as the vanguard army that raided Tongguan, had been set up by the imperial army in the mountainous area about 70 miles east of Tongguan. The cavalry, who had lost their flat terrain advantage, were already trapped in hard battles.

On the first day of October, with the retreat of the Huai Army's vanguard army, the Huai King also issued a manifesto of the Emperor. The Huai King claimed to be the true emperor and changed the reign to Longxing.

Liu Yu did not expect that King Huai would be so anxious to become emperor, and two kings appeared at the same time in the Dashun Dynasty.

When the manifesto arrived at Tongguan, Liu Yu saw it immediately. In the manifesto, the King of Huai denounced Emperor Shunwen, the former emperor, who robbed him of the position of emperor, and also pointed out that the new emperor Su Yan was his nephew, who usurped the throne and ascended the throne, demoting several humble counselors around the new emperor was worthless. Liu Yu looked at it for a while and felt something was wrong. The manifesto cursed Yuan Bolang and others, but Liu Yu was not as good as him.

Even Su Yan noticed this strange. He looked at Liu Yu and asked, "Master, why are you not there?"

Liu Yu glanced at him and asked, "Does the emperor really want to have subordinates?"

Su Yan smiled. He had a good meal and accommodation in Tongguan these days. In addition to being a little homesick, it was also quite comfortable and far away from the front-line battlefield. He even thought it was good to build a palace in Tongguan.

Now the strategic intention of the court is to defend, so in each link, it is preferred to contact the defenders of each city to form a defensive front.

The Huai Army's main attack direction is Xuzhou City. The Xuzhou defenders have about 3,000 people, and are being attacked by the Huai Army. The inability to siege of Xuzhou also hinders the pace of the Huai Army's advance, giving the court a temporary breathing opportunity.

"Master, can we go back to Chang'an?" Su Yan said, "It's a bit boring here and there is nothing to play with. It's boring to read those comments every day."

"In another two days, we will move with the army." Liu Yu said thoughtfully as he looked at the manifesto.

“Where to migrate?”

"Luoyang City."

Luoyang is the largest city east of Tongguan. Su Yan had heard that there are many beautiful things and had been waiting for it for a long time. Now he has the opportunity to see his eyes shine.

"Master, let's go quickly."

When Liu Yu saw Su Yan's anxious appearance, he knew that he was definitely not thinking about military affairs, but about going to play. Tongguan was a natural danger after all, and the Luanchang was quite safe in Tongguan. If the Luanchang moved to Luoyang, it was actually a strategic means to use the new emperor as bait to attract the attack of the Huai army. This trip could be said to be extremely dangerous.

"Have you heard that the emperor guarded the border?" Liu Yu asked.

"The emperor guards the border?" Su Yan was shocked, "Master, you are not going to let me go to the border to fight with a spear, are you?"

Liu Yu sighed: "It's no harm in reading more. This time, the imperial carriage moved to Luoyang with the army. On the one hand, it showed the emperor's determination to quell the rebellion to the people of the world, and also determined the main attack direction of the Huai Army, attract the main force of the Huai Army to the top, so that our first defensive front would be even more advanced."

Although the front line means that the supply line is longer, it can suppress the momentum of the Huai Army's offensive. As long as the main force of the Huai Army has been suppressed by Huainan and Huaibei generation, most of the world will be the court, and they will have advantages in collecting military rations and recruiting strong men.

These are not explained clearly to Su Yan.

Su Yan blinked, although he didn't understand it very well, he roughly knew it was a very profound plan. It was quite dangerous.

"Master, what do you mean, are you asking me to be bait and let the Huai Army fight Luoyang City?" Su Yan asked in a depressed mood.

Liu Yu put down the manifesto, measured the military map again, and looked up and said, "That's roughly what it means."

Su Yan felt a little broken. Although he knew that it would be fine to follow this master, he did not expect that as the emperor, he would go to the front line in person and use bait to beat others. He felt wronged and felt that being an emperor was too ungrateful.

"It's just that the master is by my side." Su Yan said casually.

Liu Yu looked at him again and sighed helplessly. In fact, he knew that he would not have been waiting for Su Yan for too long.

Throwing the new emperor outside Tongguan is to let the Huai army determine the direction of the attack and to set the defense strategy of the court army. However, a war is not enough to win by defending alone. The Huai army is not only strong in troops, but has accumulated a large number of siege supplies in recent years. It is not difficult to capture the city or buy local guards to serve them.

Attack, very targeted.

Defense, but unable to integrate all the power.

"Let's talk about everything in Luoyang City." Liu Yu said the last sentence.

What we need to prepare for next is the departure of the army. After all, the imperial court has done nothing in the past ten days except for issuing a manifesto, so that the local defenders cannot see hope. The army must also leave Tongguan and make a decisive battle with the Huai Army.

But this time the army set out was just to pacify the rebellion of local mobs, and the Huai Army was not the rebels in Guanzhong. Before setting out, Liu Yu had to make a lot of preparations.

Although Liu Yu is nominally conquering the Grand Marshal, he knows that this position cannot be held for a long time and he has a longer-term plan. He wants to find a suitable person to take on the Grand Marshal and take on the responsibility.

The connections are available to Liu Yu. His wife Xu Xuanzhu is one of them, but she has no soldiers around her. The soldiers either are at the border or follow Xu Caihua in Guanzhong to quell the rebellion.

Qu Zhu is also a master, but unfortunately he has no practical experience and is reluctant to be a marshal.

Mu Yu is absolutely not available. Liu Yu is gradually trying to find a way to undermine his power, and is more prepared to deal with him with military law at the appropriate time to completely solve the future troubles. As for Wu He, Liu Yu also felt that he was not trustworthy. The guards in Tongguan were more or less infected with the bad habits of military generals, that is, he was arrogant. This trend was also spread from the Marquis of Dingguo down.

Liu Yu thought about it and finally thought of a "talent" that was quite useful.

Chai Jin.

Although Chai Hulu is not a capable person and is even a little stupid, he is still a little clever. From the time when he first met Chai Jin, Liu Yu could understand Chai Jin's ability, which was only covered by his introverted personality and was not discovered.

More importantly, Chai Jin is a safe man, not greedy for merit or risk-taking, and he can't understand others' words and even more so. As long as he gives instructions in advance, he will definitely do it correctly. Being down-to-earth is the most important advantage of being the head coach of the army along the way.

Liu Yu then found Chai Jin. When he learned that Liu Yu wanted him to be the marshal of the three armies, Chai Jin was stunned for a long time before saying, "Brother Liu, I... heard it right? I am the marshal, why are you?"

"The emperor has another important use of me." Liu Yu smiled, "Hulu, just say do you want to be this marshal?"

"think."

Chai Jin stared straight, his eyes full of eager expectations. There was no need for more words to get the opportunity to prove himself, which was always what he wanted.
Chapter completed!