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The Governor's Mansion in Yunshan, where Qiao Mingtang has always lived, is now Chu Huan's temporary residence.

Everyone under Chu Huan's command performed their own duties, and everything went smoothly. Chu Huan was not a person who was eager to advance aggressively. Although the Northwest Army had won successive battles and their morale was high, Chu Huan did not use this morale to immediately go north. .

For Chu Huan, the best strategy is to digest the newly conquered land, fight steadily, and press every step of the way.

It's just that the situation in the world often doesn't follow the people's hearts. Chu Huan wanted to fight steadily, but the news that came continuously made Chu Huan summon all the generals under his command to discuss the next strategy.

Within a few days, Chu Huan received two pieces of news in succession, and any of these two pieces of news was a major event that would change the situation of the world.

The barbarians rebelled in Hexi and attacked the Hexi army's camp.

Although the barbarians had less than [-] troops, they were extremely fierce. They defeated the Hexi Army stationed outside Wupingfu City and immediately launched an offensive to Wupingfu City.

It's just that the barbarians are obviously too impatient. Although the defenders of Wuping Fucheng are weak, the city walls are strong. The barbarians are not good at siege warfare, and they don't even have the simplest siege weapons. , can only retreat.

Although the barbarians did not capture Wuping Prefecture, they brought a fatal shock to Hexi. Wuping Prefecture was the last foundation of the Qin State, but now it has been besieged. The blow to Dingwu is of course not small. .

In addition, Chu Huan received news from the south that the Taoists of Tianmen, who hadn't moved for a long time, finally made a big move, and their move, just as Chu Huan had expected, was to attack Jinling.

Chu Huan is very clear that there was a civil strife in Tianmen Dao before, and it was like a swarm of locusts, wantonly destroying the southern land. A single force can support the military rations of nearly a million people for many years.

Tianmen Dao is short of food and grass, and they don't have a long-term strategic plan. For them, they are used to supplementing their supplies through looting.

Jinling storehouses are rich in grain, although Chu Huan has long been interested in it, but for the sake of the overall strategy, instead of sending troops to Jinling, he temporarily formed an alliance with Xu Chang.

Such a plan, firstly, was to make the Northwest Army feel safe when going north, but secondly, it had long been expected that once Tianmendao made a move, it would inevitably send troops to Jinling, so it would be the best policy to let Xu Chang's Jinling soldiers resist Tianmendao .

Chu Huan had asked Bai Xiazi to secretly contact friends in the Jianghu, and based on these people, he had established a huge intelligence network.

Bai Xiazi has been spending all his thoughts on building an intelligence network recently. He is a well-known figure in the Jianghu, and he has a wide range of friends. He did it intentionally, although it was impossible to pull all the people in the Jianghu into his intelligence network, but in a very short period of time, he had already made some achievements.

Although the intelligence was still immature, the personnel composition was complex, and effective management had not yet been formed, the relatively large news from various places was still delivered to Chu Huan as quickly as possible.

Jinling Xu Chang, Hexi Dingwu, Hebei Qingtianwang, Southern Tianmen Dao, and even Liaodong, these are the most powerful forces in the world today, and even those small forces will have accurate information sent over. Needless to say, these few big forces that control the situation in the world.

From the information sent, it can be seen that Xu Chang was clearly prepared for the Tianmen Dao offensive. He has a large number of troops and excellent equipment. In terms of military strength, it is far from Tianmen Dao, but after all, Xu Chang is a veteran who has been in battle for a long time. There is a water army, and the lakes in Jinling are criss-crossed. The Jinling water army can come and go freely among the lakes and rivers in Jinling. Many places that need to pass by water, Tianmen Dao is completely helpless.

What surprised Chu Huan was the reaction of the people in Jinling. Before that, the people in Jinling obviously didn't like Xu Chang, and there were riots in Jinling from time to time. The people did not take advantage of the situation and rise up violently as some people expected, but followed Xu Chang to prepare for the battle.

However, Chu Huan understood in an instant that when Tianmen Dao first developed, it used various means to bribe and confuse the people. It was because of this that Tianmen Dao expanded rapidly. into despair.

Although Tianmen Dao kills officials and robs the city, it does not spare ordinary people. Wherever it goes, it forces people to join Tianmen Dao. Therefore, many people are not willing to join Tianmen Dao at all, and Tianmen Dao treats these people mercilessly, killing and seizing property, just like a group of greedy thugs.

The heinous crimes committed by the Tianmen Dao in the south are naturally well-known. If there was a time when many people still had hope for the Tianmen Dao, then the Tianmen Dao today has become a devil who does all kinds of evil in the hearts of the people. As soon as this name was mentioned, the people felt fear first, then anger, and then hatred.

Although the people of Jinling were dissatisfied with Xu Chang, but compared to the Tianmen disciples who did all kinds of evil, Xu Chang was at least not going to kill people and set fires everywhere, making the people homeless.

People in Jinling supported Xu Chang, not because they sincerely supported this person, but because they hoped that under the leadership of Xu Chang, they could defeat the Tianmen Daoists who invaded Jinling Dao.

After discussing with everyone under his command, Chu Huan knew that the current situation was the best time to go north.

Chu Huan was very aware of the situation in Hexi. The main force in Hexi was on the front line of Yanshan. Now that the barbarians rebelled and Wuping Prefecture was in danger, the Qin army in Yanshan might not last long.

The Qin army on the front line is bound to lose morale due to the rebellion of the barbarians. Even if it can stabilize its position in a short period of time, Wuping Mansion is now in a difficult situation, and it is impossible to continue to provide logistical supplies to the frontline. There is no logistical supply from Hexi. Of course, it is impossible for the Qin army on the front line to sustain it. Chu Huan and others have already predicted that even if the Qin army can still support it in Yanshan, it will collapse in a month or two at most.

Chu Huan is naturally very aware of the strength of the Liaodong Army. Once the Qin Army collapses, the Liaodong Army will drive straight in, and it will soon reach the city of Wuping Mansion. It is difficult to defend Wuping Mansion. If there is no accident, the Liaodong Army will take Wuping Mansion City, it is only a matter of time.

Of course Chu Huan didn't want to see the Liaodong Army take the lead in capturing Wuping Fucheng.

Regardless of military strategy or public opinion, the Northwest Army must take Wuping Fucheng before the Liaodong Army.

Everyone in the world knows that Wuping Mansion is now the last bastion of Qin State, and capturing Wuping Mansion is equivalent to destroying Qin State. For the people of the world who are deeply poisoned by Qin State, who can conquer Qin State is of course great Heroes are bound to arouse great affection among the people, and winning the hearts of the people will give them the upper hand in the struggle for hegemony in the world.

Chu Huan now has a strong army and sufficient money and food. He sent troops to the west of the mountain and went straight to the Hexi Corridor. As long as he broke through the Hexi Corridor, there was a flat river in front of him, and the cavalry could reach the city of Wuping Mansion within a few days.

Chu Huan knew very well that Wuping Mansion was like a piece of fat in the present state of Qin. The barbarians had already begun to rebel, and the Liaodong Army would eventually kill them.

Although the barbarians don't have many troops at the moment, as Pei Ji analyzed, in the current extremely empty situation in Hexi, the barbarians will never let go of such an opportunity. From the Mobei grassland, there are probably tens of thousands of soldiers. The barbarian iron cavalry is gathering.

It is true that the barbarians like to fight among themselves, but when thirteen chiefs were killed in Qin, it would inevitably arouse the anger of the barbarians. Considering their interests, they used to like to enter the Hexi territory from the grassland in batches. Burning, killing and looting, the beautiful women and rich property in the Central Plains are of course the motivation for them to spare no effort.

Since the Feng family was in Hexi, the barbarians had not plundered the Central Plains happily for many years. Not only that, but they were often bullied by the Hexi army led by the Feng family. Enmity and grudges are counted together, with the fat of the Central Plains, everyone has a common goal, and it is only natural for the barbarian tribes to unite for a short time.

Chu Huan's most important goal is to capture Wuping Prefecture, but he will not just sit back and watch the barbarians invade the Central Plains. He knows very well that once the wolves from the northern grassland rush into the Hexi territory, their ultimate goal is of course Wuping Fucheng, but the Li people in Hexi territory must also be deeply poisoned.

Although Chu Huan would not raise the banner of righteousness, he would never sit back and watch the barbarians enter the Central Plains and ignore them.

Under such circumstances, the senior officials of the Northwest Army quickly made a decision. The main force of the Northwest Army sent 5000 troops to the north, including 5000 cavalry and [-] infantry. Some of the Hexi soldiers who were surrendered, and some newly recruited recruits, in addition to the omens, the primary goal of the people's transportation of supplies and food is to control the Hexi Corridor.

When going north, Chu Huan did not ignore the movement in the south, fighting and killing, anything could happen, although Chu Huan judged that with Xu Chang's strength, even if the Tianmen Dao could not be defeated, at least within half a year, the Tianmen Dao would not be defeated. Jinling may be occupied, but just in case, Chu Huan mobilized some troops from the northwest to strengthen the guard of Liangzhou.

Once the Tianmen Dao really takes down Jinling, it will naturally endanger the Xishan Dao. As the front line of the Xishan in the south, Liangzhou's defense must be strengthened.