If the post road after the start of the war is compared to the meridians of a dynasty, then the continuous supply of soldiers, horses, food and grass should be the blood of the empire.
At present, Beimang has shown a huge tension that is enough to move the Central Plains.
The Empress of Bei Mang, the Chess Sword Yuefu Taiping Order and a fat man stood beside a post road, and they watched the busy traffic on the road from north to south together. The expressions of the three people were different. The eyes of the old woman wearing a brand-new sable fur were full of pride. It was under her gentle and proper governance that the unified Central Plains dynasty had not gained the slightest advantage for more than ten years. Forcing Liyang to throw half of the country's taxes into the Eastern Front, which eventually led to the restoration of the Western Chu Kingdom in Guangling Road. Her courtiers, not to mention the prairie eagle with the surname Yelu, still have a series of meritorious generals including Tuoba Bodhisattva, Dong Zhuo, Liu Gui, Huang Songpu, Murong Baoding, and Yang Yuanzan. Brighten.
Standing beside the empress, the unassuming blue-clothed old scholar, who had spent twenty years traveling all over the Central Plains, had indifferent eyes.
And the fat man who kept clasping his hands and exhaling to drive away the cold was already huge, but he looked even more bloated after wearing armor.
Empress Bei Mang withdrew her gaze, turned her head to look at the fat man who had a reputation all over Xijing Street in the early years, and joked: "South Chu and Bei Dong, two big fat men, you lost the battle against Chu Lushan back then and were kicked out miserably. Now that Even though you have become the Protector of Northern Liang, you are the King of the Southern Courtyard, and you are already superior in terms of official position, do you have the confidence to get back this time?"
Dong Zhuo, the king of the Southern Academy who was in charge of the entire border war, did not smile in front of the old woman for the first time this time, rubbed his cheeks, and said softly: "If I have the same strength as Lu Qiu'er, it will be difficult to guess, but The current situation is that I beat his 300,000 with 1 million, and it makes no sense to lose, but I always feel that the victory is a bit ineffective, and when I see Lu Qiuer, he will definitely not be convinced."
Empress Beimang smiled and said, "I know myself well and don't know anything about warfare, so I never have the bad habit of pointing fingers at frontier warriors, but your formation of troops is so unusual that I was so curious that I hurried away." I have traveled more than a hundred miles to see you, even though Taiping Ling has taken the trouble to explain your intentions to me in detail time and time again, but I still hope to hear what you said with my own ears, otherwise I will not feel at ease. Huang Song When Pu heard about your plans, his face turned livid with anger, and he even brazenly begged me to allow him to be the king of the Southern Courtyard again, just to let you pack up and leave, so as not to squander all the wealth accumulated by the Southern Dynasty for twenty years. do."
Dong Zhuo clenched his fists, knocked his red wine nose, and said in a low voice, "Liuzhou, Youzhou and Liangzhou bordering on the border with me, Liuzhou is the easiest to win, and Youzhou is the most expendable, but of course it is still The Liangzhou North Line is the toughest."
Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo paused for a while, and the Empress of Beimang waited patiently, but the fat man was completely silent. After waiting for a long time, the old woman who didn't wait for the following could not help laughing angrily: "It's over?"
Dong Zhuo continued: "It stands to reason that it would be better to cut off one finger than to injure his ten fingers. The main force is to attack Liangzhou, drive straight down, and swagger all the way to the Northern Liang Palace on Qingliang Mountain. Best policy."
Empress Beimang hummed, obviously she thought so too, in fact, this was the conclusion reached by Beimang's early gray discussion at the beginning, the shriveled bait in Liuzhou didn't make Beimang have any interest in biting the bait at all , Fighting Liuzhou is not very meaningful except to lengthen the supply line of food and grass. If the stalemate in Liuzhou is too long, Beimang's gain will not be worth the loss. After all, several elite cavalry on the border of Liangzhou have the terrifying strength of long-distance raids. Li Yishan single-handedly created a situation of more than 100,000 refugees in Liuzhou. His original intention was to increase the breadth and thickness of the strategy for Beiliang, which had always been a weak point in its territory.
Dong Zhuo put on a sad face and said: "This is the best policy, but after more than 10,000 Qingqi in Youzhou penetrated into Jizhou, the situation began to change, not to mention that Beiliang has been flirting with the Western Regions for several years. I'm afraid that at that time, not only the north of Jizhou, but also a cavalry army from the Western Regions will rush into the Southern Dynasty, bloom left and right, and then smash the hinterland of the Southern Dynasty into a mess. I have considered Xu Fengnian's temperament, and he has never He is not afraid of scoundrels who are not afraid of being destroyed. He would rather not have the Liangzhou base camp but destroy the affairs of the Southern Dynasty. His plans."
Dong Zhuo suddenly spat hard, and cursed: "Liyang, the dog day, luck is really good. Tu Xuxiao left alone, and Xu Fengnian, a lunatic, is on top. Even if it is Chen Zhibao, I don't have to be so entangled!"
Dong Zhuo's eyes became fierce, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Since Xu Fengnian wants to risk his life, it's very simple, so I won't give him a chance to play tricks. Beimang's million-strong army will be divided into three groups, and the three lines will press together. I'd like to see him How can we move around, anyway, we have superior forces on every front, Yan Wenluan said that 150,000 corpses can fill the mouth of the gourd, I will use 300,000 to consume! Liuzhou has 30,000 dragon elephant cavalry and Those refugees, then I will use General Liu Gui's 200,000 yuan to fight! Liangzhou is difficult, can I use 500,000 yuan enough? If not, at worst, I will ask His Majesty for another 200,000 to 300,000 yuan!"
Empress Beimang frowned and said: "In this way, although the Southern Dynasty has no worries, isn't the price too high?"
Dong Zhuo shook his head and said, "The Liyang court dared to use Western Chu to train troops. As a nation on horseback, we, Beimang, live in water and grass. We have been born warriors since ancient times. Why don't we dare to use Beiliang to train troops?"
The old woman hesitated to speak, but Dong Zhuo said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I, Dong Zhuo, can assure you that even if Beiliang is defeated and I lose 500,000 or even 600,000 soldiers and horses, as long as Beiliang is defeated, we will be defeated." Definitely return the second 'Million Army' with both hands!"
Taiping Ling finally said: "Your Majesty, after winning this battle, including Beiliang and Jizhou, it will soon become the second Southern Dynasty. All the civil servants of the Southern Dynasty are ready, and the horseshoes of the iron cavalry Wherever I pass, it is the beginning of the literati's writing. This is the real backhand I prepared for Beimang. As long as the Beimang army conquers those territories, I will be able to manage those places in the first place, so that the Beimang dynasty The border follows the horses and keeps moving south."
Empress Bei Mang nodded, but quickly asked worriedly: "It's not that I doubt your ability, but will Liyang Zhao Shi give us enough time to digest the results of the battle? And Gu Jiantang's Eastern Front will not take the opportunity to make trouble?"
Taiping Ling said calmly: "Everyone thinks that the restoration of Western Chu is a flash in the pan, but I firmly believe that Cao Changqing can see the top of Tai'an City."
Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "Yuan Benxi and his ilk are happy to see that even if the entire Northwest is given up to us after the war, there will still be two pillars supporting the frontier, Gu Jiantang of the Liang Liao and Chen Zhibao of the Western Shu. Beiliang shed the last drop of blood, but if it is true as the Taiping Order said, then Gu Jiantang has to leave Liangliao and return to Tai'an City. At that time, we can set aside a small amount of troops in Beiliang to deal with Chen Zhibao, and retreat 10,000 steps. The depth of possession is Northern Liang plus Southern Dynasties, which is a great advantage of manpower that cannot be ignored. Naturally, it can greatly reduce the losses caused by Chen Zhibao's use of troops. No matter how superb Chen Zhibao is, it will be difficult to turn the tide in a short time. Point your troops at Tai'an City, and take a look at the largest city in the world that is said to have a population of one million, and I, Dong Zhuo, must go and see how high the top of that city is."
The old woman said with emotion: "Take the Beiliang iron cavalry that is the most powerful in the world to train the army, then climb to the top of Tai'an City, and then clean up the stubborn Gu Jiantang and Chen Zhibao on the land of the Central Plains. Throwing the whip into the sea! Although I am a woman, I feel proud just thinking about it!"
Dong Zhuo grinned.
Taiping Ling glanced at the king of Nanyuan, who was riding the dust in the Beimang temple, with complicated eyes.
Empress Beimang raised her hand and patted the fat man's shoulder, and said calmly: "As long as you can get there, I'm not that Liyang Zhao Dun, I can accommodate a Dong Zhuo who seals the border and cracks the earth, south of the Guangling River, They can all be surnamed Dong! I want history books to remember the word Dong Zhuo for hundreds of years! After a hundred years..."
She looked to the south, and laughed loudly: "What will be the world's surname in the future, anyway, I have no children under my knees, so don't care!"
With a plop, Dong Zhuo fell to his knees.
The old woman kept looking south.
Old cripple, the world could have been named Xu.
In the early spring of the second year of Xiangfu, a group of Beiliang crossbowmen swam on the outer opening of the gourd mouth in Youzhou. As the sun rose eastward, it offset the coldness brought by the cold spring, and the morning dew on the iron armor gradually dried up.
These elite scouts are all one man and two horses, and the mounts are all first-class war horses from the largest ranch in Beiliang. The battle is imminent, and the good horses from the major ranches will give priority to supplying this special unit. Compared with the Liangzhou front where the arrow is on the string, Youzhou, which has more strategic advantages in depth, will make people feel more secure, because both Liang and Mang agree that the North Mang wants to fight Youzhou, and they have to take ten points just to win Hulukou. Tens of thousands of people were killed to fill up, or flatten, the Hulukou Wubao system carefully built by Rentu Xu Xiao for more than ten years, which can be said to have reached the ultimate defense in the history of the Central Plains war.
The endless black-armored cavalry poured into the mouth of the gourd like a torrent, and this scene was like the tide of the Guangling River.