Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 1849: Battle of Heyang, Wang Yu intervenes, Zhao wants to be the emperor
In the first year of Yuanshi, in May, by this point, the weather had become noticeably hotter.

Morning, Dahan Palace, Linde Hall.

After the morning court session, when all the ministers had left, Wang Yu ordered Han Xin and Guo Ziyi to stay in the hall to discuss matters.

"I specially kept you here after the morning court today. I'm sure you all know why it is." Wang Yu asked the two to sit down. After they were seated, Wang Yu said to them.

Guo Ziyi replied: "Your Majesty summoned you, is it because of the battle between Prince Jing and the Tianshi Dao?"

Wang Yu said: "Yes, it is because of this matter that although the Tianshi Dao is weak, it is still stubborn and cannot be destroyed by Prince Jing in one day."

"Luowang reported again that the Tianshi Dao envoy Dafeng has arrived in Qingbei. I believe that the people of Qingbei will send troops soon!"

Judging from the news from Luowang, although Dafeng of Tianshi Dao has not yet reached a final agreement with King Wei of Qingbei Dao, the two families are in a relationship of mutual dependence and have long formed potential alliances.

Even if King Wei is doing it just for himself and not for Xuanyuan Huang, he cannot sit idly by and watch the Tianshi Dao perish. Sooner or later he will send troops to help.

When Han Xin heard this, he thought that another battle was about to begin, so he immediately said, "Your Majesty, please give your orders."

However, Guo Ziyi's opinion on this matter was different from Han Xin's. Therefore, he did not speak rashly, but waited to see what Wang Yu would say next.

Perhaps in terms of the ability to lead troops in battle, Guo Ziyi is far from being comparable to Han Xin.

However, for a well-rounded talent like Guo Ziyi, he would never look at things from a purely military perspective.

Today, the situation in Da Cang is no longer the situation of two strong powers coexisting, but has become a situation of one superpower and many strong powers.

It's just that among the many strong ones, Prince Jing is obviously a little stronger in terms of power. Of course, it seems that it is only in terms of power. Judging from the results of the previous battles, many people in Da Cang have already recognized his nature as an embroidered pillow.

When there is one superpower and many strong countries, the strong countries will naturally be careful and wary of the superpower.

And if Yichao acts rashly, no matter how strong those are, even if they don't join forces, they will definitely not fight each other.

The current Han Dynasty has the strength to defeat any other forces in Da Cang alone. However, if they want to deal with all the other forces in one go, it will inevitably be a protracted war, and the current Han Dynasty is not ready for this.

At the very least, the Hedong area and Shenglan Road must be completely digested, so that these two places will have the ability to provide continuous blood transfusions to the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, they still need to wait temporarily. Before that, there is no need to start fighting lightly and arouse the other party's vigilance. As it is now, the situation where Prince Jing and Tianshi Dao consume each other is the most favorable result for them at present.

"No! Although Prince Jing is strong on the outside but big on the inside, he is ultimately powerful. The Tianshi Dao is facing internal and external troubles, but is still resisting stubbornly. However, if Prince Wei joins the war as he wishes, Prince Jing may retreat if he cannot win in a short period of time!" Wang Yu just opened his mouth to explain.

In fact, Tianshi Dao is indeed very tenacious.

Moreover, it is decisive enough.

Prince Jing launched a massive attack. At that time, the Tianshi Sect was still far from recovering from the incident with the four imperial merchants and was extremely weak internally.

In addition, although Xuanyuan Huang had saved his life at this time, the remaining poison in his body had not been cleared, so he could not go to the front line in person.

Therefore, in the early stages of the confrontation between the two sides, Prince Jing was indeed able to gain some pride by relying on his strong hard power.

However, Feng Hou, the first strategist of Tianshi Dao, came up with a drastic plan. He prepared to use nearly half of Tianshi Dao's troops as bait to lure Prince Jing into a trap. He was prepared to capture the king first at such a cost.

After all, if they fight a protracted war, given the current internal situation of Tianshi Dao, especially after experiencing the turmoil of the four imperial merchants, how could they have the confidence to fight a protracted war?

On one hand, there is the devastated economy, and on the other hand, there is Prince Jing who has the full support of the Nangong family and countless aristocratic families.

If this turns into a protracted war, the longer it lasts, the less chance the Tianshi Sect will have of winning.

The Tianshi Dao has touched the bottom line of the power of the aristocratic families. It is not impossible for the aristocratic families to be destroyed, but that must be done under reasonable circumstances and with a reason to do so.

Wasn't Su Dingfang ruthless in dealing with the noble families who responded to Li Shikai's request? But did the other noble families say anything? Instead, they participated in the feast of dividing the cake of these noble families!

That is because, when those aristocratic families responded to Li Shikai, since they had participated in this game, they had to be prepared to bear the consequences of failing the game.

After the Tianshi Dao invaded the Heyang Dao, a group of families headed by the Nangong family suffered unexpected disasters.

Of course, among these noble families, there are some children who serve under Prince Jing as both civil and military officials, but this kind of personal loyalty is completely different from the loyalty of those who responded to Li Shikai based on family power!

Just like the Zhuge family back then, wasn’t there anything wrong?
These are the bottom lines of these families!
You can slaughter them, but you cannot slaughter them at will or according to your own preferences.

If they tolerated it one by one or two families, they might not care about those small families with little presence. But when a top family like the Nangong family jumped out, those other families that suffered greatly from it and those who suffered the most would of course fight back.

You've already revealed your intention to kill me, so why should I stick my neck out for you to kill me? Of course I'm going to fight back with all my strength!

After the disaster caused trouble to the economy of Tianshi Dao, many noble families, led by the Nangong family, expressed their full support for Prince Jing.

The reason why Prince Jing was so determined to attack the Tianshi Dao this time was, on the one hand, the opportunity brought about by the assassination of Xuanyuan Huang, and on the other hand, the full instigation of these aristocratic families.

Don't think that Nangong Qixing worked under Prince Jing before, but this is completely different from Nangong's full support for Prince Jing. Just like Xun Yu is now under Wang Yu's command, but does this mean that the Xun family of Wei will fully support Wang Yu?

Not to mention Xun Yu, even Xunzi cannot use one person to make the decision for the entire Xun family!
The Nangong family does support Prince Jing, but it is only limited support. This is normal under someone else's roof.

The Nangong family, which was completely annoyed, expressed their full support for Prince Jing this time, and wanted to use Prince Jing as a chariot to crush the Tianshi Sect.

Using almost half of the troops for a chance to capture the leader first, if it was someone like Jia Xu, it would be normal for him to use such a strategy. As long as the goal is achieved, it is none of their business. You can hurt the harmony of heaven and people, but you cannot hurt the harmony of culture. However, Feng Hou is definitely not of this type.

And since he used strategies of this kind, it was clear what kind of situation the Tianshi Dao had been forced into now.

You know, with the current situation of Tianshi Dao, even if they succeed in capturing the leader first, they can only retreat the enemy at best. Their current reality does not allow them to advance at this time. It's very simple, their appetite is not enough now.

However, this strategy still failed.

The fact that poisonous strategists like Jia Xu are good at making plans doesn't mean they are better than other strategists of the same era. It's just that among strategists, who already have few bottom lines, they have even fewer bottom lines.

If you have no bottom line, others will not be able to guess what you are going to do. Just like Feng Hou's strategy, who would have thought that half of the other side's troops were just there to kill?

Therefore, logically speaking, the probability of success after using this strategy is still very high.

And Feng Hou’s failure, in the final analysis, was not due to Feng Hou herself, but because of problems within the Tianshi Dao.

No matter how flawless your plan is, if all the information is known to others before it is implemented, what use will it be?

Of course, not anyone in the Tianshi Dao was qualified to know about a plan like this. In the entire Tianshi Dao front, there were no more than five people who were qualified to know about it.

Logically speaking, Thetis should not be one of these people. However, as a celestial warrior who protects several key figures, she naturally has the ability to eavesdrop.

In particular, there was another celestial-level warrior who participated in the escort, his name was Koos.

Compared to the Twelve Warriors, the Tianshi Dao still had considerable trust in them. After all, apart from the two most important ones, the remaining ten, without knowing anything, could be guaranteed to be loyal. In particular, two of them had already died in the battle of Xirong to protect Xuanyuan Huang.

Therefore, this plan was able to appear secretly on Prince Jing's side.

Of course, Wang Yu was unwilling to let the battle end like this, and wanted the two sides to continue fighting for a long time.

Precisely because this plan failed, the Tianshi Dao ended up losing more than it gained. After this, the advantage of the huge size of Prince Jing's forces was fully utilized, and the Tianshi Dao, which was now in its weakest state, was defeated again and again.

Even Tang Qi, a general from the Tianshi Dao, was killed in the battle. After being seriously injured, he was caught up by Yuan Lang and hacked to death with a single blow.

"Your Majesty, do you not want King Wei to send troops?"

"With Prince Jing's power and Prince Wei's participation in the war, the two sides can engage in a stalemate!" Although Han Xin was a little disappointed when he heard that he could not fight, he still analyzed calmly.

King Wei was influenced by the Tianshi Dao at that time, and with the economy in chaos, he was weak at that time. Although King Jing did suffer a lot of losses in the previous battle, he had the full support of many noble families. No matter what, he was no match for the now half-crippled King Wei and the Tianshi Dao.

Therefore, in Han Xin's opinion, if King Wei wants to intervene, let them intervene!

When these two families joined forces, they still had some strength to fight against Prince Jing, and the two sides were able to fight for a longer time.

Even if these two families stayed behind, Han Xin actually didn't think highly of them. The hardware conditions of both sides were completely not on the same level. Yang Su's fighting might make up for some of the software, but it didn't mean that the hardware gap could be completely made up at any time, especially when the hardware gap reached a certain level.

The battle of Emperor Taizu of Da Cang against Yan is the most typical portrayal.

In the eyes of a true military strategist, the highest essence of military strategy is to use the general trend to advance, rather than taking risks and playing tricks. Even if I can win with 10,000 soldiers, as long as I can use 100,000 more soldiers, under the premise that the benefits and consumption can be balanced, I will never use only 10,000 soldiers. This is a mature military strategist.

“It’s not that simple!”

"News has come from Luowang that the father and son of the Zhao family in Zhenxi are planning to establish a dynasty!" Wang Yu shook his head.

Although, what Han Xin said does make sense!
However, among the many forces in Da Cang, the only one Wang Yu was truly afraid of was Xuanyuan Huang.

In terms of personal ability, Xuanyuan Huang is obviously much better than others.

If King Wei did not intervene, the Tianshi Dao would indeed not be enough for King Jing to defeat. However, Wang Yu still wanted King Jing to concentrate all his strength on fighting the Tianshi Dao and destroy the Tianshi Dao's vitality as thoroughly as possible.

When the Tianshi Sect was only half alive, Wang Yu intervened again, letting go of King Wei and then turning to balance King Jing again.

While striking as hard as possible at the Tianshi Dao, he also didn't give Prince Jing the chance to completely wipe out Tianshi Dao or even Prince Wei. After all, if Tianshi Dao was gone, it would only be a matter of time before Prince Wei was gone.

The chain reaction caused by this affected the Zhennan Army even more.

The reason why the Zhennan Army was qualified to waver at this time was because Prince Jing was in the center of the three forces and did not have the energy to deal with this problem. If the other party really spared this energy, at that time, Prince Jing would force the Zhennan Army with absolute strength. With the wavering style, I am afraid that the final result would not be ideal and would not develop in the direction that Wang Yu wanted.

Therefore, although Wang Yu wanted Prince Jing to deal the greatest blow to the Tianshi Dao, he also wanted to keep him alive.

Furthermore, as Wang Yu just mentioned about the Luowang intelligence, the Zhenxi Army is also not stable.

After taking control of Liangguan, the Zhenxi Army was in a position where it could attack or defend, and had taken the initiative in the overall environment.

Moreover, in the world, first there were three dynasties, Great Xia, Great Xiao and Great Tang, and finally the rebel kings of Great Wu established their own dynasties. In the land of Da Cang, Wang Yu also established the Han Dynasty not long ago. Therefore, the Zhenxi Zhao family, which controlled the two passes and half of the Hexi area, finally began to stir at this time.

Judging from the news from Luowang, the Zhao family of Zhenxi had already started preparing to take that step not long ago.

Wang Yu believed that Prince Jing's insistence on the throne was enough of a stimulus for him to become emperor. After all, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, it was not only the Zhao family of Zhenxi who made preparations, but also Prince Jing.

However, with the arrival of this opportunity, Prince Jing thought that he could deal with the Tianshi Dao in a short period of time, and take that step with the momentum of a great victory.

If another Zhao family member came, would he still be able to sit still? And if the front line was deadlocked at that time, would he continue to fight?
(End of this chapter)