Chapter 1009: A close call
But in this way, the Three Kingdoms siege of Luoyang was also called.
The Chu army had more than 90,000 soldiers and horses. Although the Vietnamese army only had vanguard troops, there were 100,000 soldiers and horses following him one after another.
In addition, the Shuchu coalition forces and the rear teams are also coming one after another.
These hundreds of thousands of people surrounded Luoyang City like a spell.
In order to prevent it, the Chu people were actually too critical, so the commander was Xiang Zheng, the emperor of the Great Chu State.
Xiang Zheng had been in power for twenty years. Since he ascended the throne, he has been annexing countless small countries to the south. A few years ago, he broke Champa and derived the power of Chu to the West. He was a powerful leader of the generation. As early as a year ago, he had a foreseeable sense that the balance of power of the six countries might be broken. After Chen Kaizhi ascended the throne, he trained the new army. He had sent a detailed work to study the tactics of the new army and had already reached the final conclusion that in time, once Chen Kaizhi was able to grow stronger, if Chen Kaizhi had been in power for ten years, he would have to sweep Liuhe.
Although Chen and Chu joined forces, Xiang Zheng was worried all day long, but now... it is obviously an opportunity.
Xiang Zheng was never willing to miss this opportunity. What he wanted was to completely interrupt Da Chen's path to prosperity and merge Da Chen.
Now, the army has already deployed troops under Luoyang City, and the continuous army and horses have also followed. The Yue army and Shu army also arranged troops and formed a formation, combining the power of the Three Kingdoms to siege Luoyang. Luoyang is empty, and it is said that there are only more than 10,000 people in the city are guarding it. Although it is powerful, as long as the Chu army does not attack rashly, trap Luoyang tightly and cut off its external contacts, the food in the city will be empty after a long time, and soon, the flood season will come. When the time comes, people will be ordered to divert water from Luoyang, and Luoyang will fall sooner or later.
At present, all his thoughts are above destroying Chen. Since the main force of the Chen army has been annihilated by the Hu people, then the next step is to beat the dog in the water.
Xiang Zheng also showed tolerance for the Shu people and was willing to give some benefits to the Shu people. For him, if Chu wanted to destroy Chen, he would have to share some benefits.
At this time, he sat high in the tent, and the sky was already dim. The two Prime Minister Yang Yi and General Liang Xiao who were accompanying him came to see each other.
Yang Yi had some opinions about His Majesty's decision. In his opinion, this was an unjust battle and would inevitably be criticized by the people of the world. Even the people of Chu were eight or nine out of ten, and they would inevitably be disunited. It would be better if they won. Once they could not win quickly, they would have many dreams and the devastation of Chu State would begin.
Fortunately, although he did not agree, His Majesty had made the decision and he had no choice.
Therefore, along the way, he seemed taciturn and felt nothing more than emotion.
As for General Liang Xiao, this person was a general promoted by the emperor and was grateful to His Majesty. A few years ago, he was the pioneer and broke Champa City and increased the land of Jiaozhi County by hundreds of miles south in one fell swoop. This time, he was the pioneer.
Liang Xiao entered the tent and immediately saluted: "Your Majesty, the Vietnamese army retreated twenty miles to build a camp. Although only thousands of pioneers came, as I saw, their army would arrive one after another within half a month. I think that at present, we should attack Luoyang quickly and take the Luoyang city before the main force of the Vietnamese army arrived. By then, even if they had been coveting Luoyang for a long time, they would be afraid that they could only sigh and say what could they do?"
Xiang Zheng only smiled and refused to comment, but looked at Yang Yi: "What is the best opinion of the Yang Qing family?"
Yang Yi pondered for a moment. Although he did not agree with Chu's advance to Da Chen, as Chu and Chen, he knew that he could never leave it out. He was silent for a long time: "The Yue people retreated twenty miles, which shows that they were prepared for our Chu army. I believe that they cannot rush to attack Luoyang. Luoyang has iron walls after all, and there is also a new army. Although the number of people is small, it cannot be captured in a short while. Now the Yue people have doubts about our Great Chu. Not only shouldn't attack the city first, Your Majesty should not join forces with Shu and Yue to share the Chen Kingdom. If so
My Great Chu ate Chen State in one bite. In three to five years, it may not be able to strengthen Chu State. Instead, it may be regarded as a thorn in the side of all countries. Since the strength of Chu State is not enough to annex Chen State, why should you show off your strength? I think that since all countries are stationed outside Luoyang City, your Majesty should let them put aside their guards. In this way, the domestic waste can be avoided. Instead, the century-legged insect of Da Chen, seizes the contradictions and gaps between countries and turns defeat into victory. The Chen people are mourning soldiers after all, and the will of the people, and they must not reveal flaws or omissions at this last moment."
Xiang Zheng nodded repeatedly after hearing this. After all, he was also a hero, so he could listen to Yang Yi's suggestion: "Since that's the case, what should I do?"
Yang Yi said firmly: "Your Majesty should immediately send envoys to send wine and surplus grains to the Yue army camp, reward the Yue vanguards and horses, and tell them that the three kingdoms advance this time was because the main force of the Chen army had been destroyed by the Hu people. In order to prevent the Hu people from taking the opportunity to enter the pass, they recovered Chen territory. The purpose was to resist the Hu people. The territory and counties of Chen State were countless. The two countries of Chu and Yue were close neighbors, and they must not lose harmony for this city and a pool. Instead, they should be together. When they attack Luoyang, they will draw land as boundaries together and do not invade each other. In this way, both sides can benefit, and at the same time, the two countries of Chu and Yue will continue the favor of Qin and Jin."
After hearing this, Xiang Zheng sighed, "What Yang Qing family said is so much. Outsiders say that I am treacherous and greedy for the Chen people's land, ambitious and accomplice the Hu people; but how could they know that what I do is also our great Han. Now the main force of the Chen army has been annihilated by the Hu people, and the Chen land is empty. What should I rely on to resist the Hu people who are about to invade? If our great Chu occupied the Chen people's land, it would be just to accumulate strength and find an opportunity to fight the Hu people."
"Now the Hu people are eyeing each other, and we should join hands with our great Chu and Yue Kingdom. We must not give the Hu people the opportunity to take advantage of it. It is very good. I will issue an order immediately, and the Qing family will go to the Yue people's camp overnight to reward them, and tell them that Chu and Yue should join forces to enter Luoyang together. I came here for the survival of the Han family, for the sake of justice, and not for the greed for the territory of the Chen people. After entering Luoyang, the two countries of Chu and Yue will be in the business planning world."
Yang Yi gave a big gift: "Old minister, follow the order."
He was about to go to prepare and plan.
Xiang Zheng suddenly remembered something: "Yang Qing's family, wait."
Yang Yi stopped and said, "I don't know what instructions do you have?"
Chapter completed!