My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 104: A big poop

In the second year of Emperor Qi Xinyuan's reign, on the fourteenth day of the eighth month of autumn, Pengcheng, the capital of Chu, was born.

In the Chu Palace located on the south side of Pengcheng, Wu King Liu Bi and Chu King Liu Wu were wearing armor. At this moment, they were each looking at the simple books in their hands, their expressions a bit ugly.

"Huainan, you are so stupid!"

After all, he was a little younger and couldn't hold his breath. After only a short attempt, Chu King Liu Wu gave up on suppressing his anger and slammed the slip in his hand to the ground.

"Who is Zhang Shizhi?"

"——Ting Weiqing of the late emperor's dynasty!"

"If he hadn't hated the Emperor of Chang'an when he was still the crown prince, he would have been ranked among the three princes long ago!!"

"This kid Liu An can even listen to Zhang Shizhi's words?"

The more he talked, the angrier he became. King Chu Liu Wu stood up irritably, picked up the bamboo slips that he had previously smashed on the ground, and smashed them down again with both hands;

Still not relieved, he stepped on it angrily.

At present, among the princes and vassal kings in Guandong, those who openly rebel are Wu and Chu.
Zhao Wang Liu Sui has also raised his troops, but he still has to wait for news that the Huns are taking action.

Apart from Wu, Chu, and Zhao, all that remains is to see how the Huainan and Qi cliques react.

Liu Wu originally thought that the Huainan clan would definitely hold a grudge against the Chang'an emperor's clan who killed Huainan Li Wang Liu Chang!
Even if the Hengshan Kingdom suffered a disaster and was unable to raise troops, Huainan and Lujiang should always raise troops to avenge the emperor of Chang'an for killing his father?
The result was not good - the big brother of the Huainan faction: Huainan King Liu An, made a big mess at the beginning.

It is said that last year, the old court lieutenant Zhang Shizhi, who was demoted by the Emperor of Chang'an to Huainan Prime Minister and expelled from the center of Chang'an, immediately approached Liu An after learning that Huainan King Liu An planned to raise troops to join the Wu and Chu coalition forces.

Zhang Shizhi said to Liu An: If the king wants to send troops to respond to the king of Wu, then let me be the commander;
After all, the king has never led an army, but I have served in the army and am the Prime Minister of Huainan, so it will be more convenient to command the army.

According to normal people's thinking, we know that Zhang Shizhi once served as Jiuqing in Chang'an and had just arrived in Huainan for less than a year;
Even if he didn't refuse directly, Liu An, as the King of Huainan, would have to test Zhang Shizhi again on such a major matter concerning his wealth and life?

The result was not bad - seeing that Zhang Shizhi was willing to be his commander-in-chief, Huainan King Liu An immediately offered the military power and said excitedly: With a famous minister like Xiang Guo as commander-in-chief, I can accomplish great things!
Then~
Not surprisingly, Liu An was put under house arrest by Zhang Shizhi, the Prime Minister who had taken control of the military power in Huainan...

At the moment, Zhang Shizhi was arranging the defense line intensively, showing a posture of 'This road is blocked, King Wu and King Chu please take a detour';

The simple letter that was being stepped on by King Liu Wu of Chu at this moment was the "letter of persuasion to surrender" sent by Zhang Shizhi.

——King of Chu~
——Have a rest~
——The three kings of the Huainan clan will not raise troops~
It is indeed as Zhang Shizhi said: As the leader of the Huainan faction, Huainan King Liu An has lost military power, and the entire Huainan Kingdom is now under the control of the Prime Minister Zhang Shizhi;

Hengshan Kingdom was hit by rain and hail disasters just before the autumn harvest, and was experiencing famine.

Even if there was no disaster, Liu Bo, the king of Hengshan, would most likely be like Zhang Shizhi, fortify the walls and clear the country, and set up a formation to block the Wu-Chu coalition forces. It is impossible for him to join forces with Wu and Chu.

The second brother was busy dealing with the famine, and the eldest brother was under house arrest by the prime minister. Liu Ci, the youngest of the three kings of the Huainan clan, had no choice but to hesitate to move forward even if he wanted to raise troops to respond.

In this regard, the Huainan Clan, which originally had high hopes from King Liu Wu of Chu, was declared annihilated on the tenth day after the rebellion broke out...

"Qi Department is not much better."

Compared with the incompetent and furious King Liu Wu of Chu, King Liu Bi of Wu was relatively calm.

But that's just as long as there's no jumping around.

He raised his hand with a gloomy face, handed the slip in his hand forward, and did not forget to say: "Except for the King of Chengyang, who we had no hope for, the other six kings of the Qi family have already agreed to raise Soldiers responded.”

"But at the moment, only the four kings of Jinan, Zichuan, Jiaoxi, and Jiaodong have raised their troops."

"——King Liu Zhi of Jibei, like the stupid Huainan, was relieved of military power by his own lieutenant."

"What's even more terrible is that Qi King Liu Jianglu..."

When it comes to Liu Jianglu, even though King Liu Bi of Wu has a very deep palace, it is inevitable that his chest will rise and fall and his breathing will become heavy.

As for the King of Chu, Liu Wu, he only took the slip and glanced at it briefly before roaring and roaring again.

"How dare you, Prince Qi, to carry me on your back?!"

Snapped!
As expected, Jian Shu was thrown to the ground again by Chu King Liu Wu, and then jumped up and stomped on him...

"It's not good..."

"Not good..."

Liu Bi completely ignored Chu King Liu Wu's incompetent rage. He turned around with a solemn face and walked to the high-hanging kanyu.

Above Kanyu is the entire Guandong region of the Han family.

——Starting from Liangdu: Suiyang in the west, to Donghai in the east;
——Start from the border wall in the north and end at Wuling in the south.

At this moment, King Wu Liu Bi's eyes were fixed on the position of Qi State and Chengyang State.

"Originally it was just Chengyang who refused to raise troops. Even if he let it go, it wouldn't be a big deal."

"But now, the thieves are also carrying the water;"

"With Qi State and Chengyang State blocking their way, the soldiers and horses of Jiaoxi and Jiaodong will be blocked and unable to get through..."

From this moment on, hanging on the huge Kanyu hanging in front of Wu King Liu Bi, it is not difficult to find that the Qi of the Han family was roughly located in the Shandong area in later generations.

As for the two countries of Jiaodong and Jiaoxi, they were located on the Shandong Peninsula in later generations, or the 'Jiaodong Peninsula'.

Since it is a peninsula, it is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and only one side is bordered by the Central Plains to the west.

The parts of the Jiaodong Peninsula that bordered the Central Plains were separated by the current Qi State and Chengyang State respectively.

If you want to enter the Central Plains from the Jiaodong Peninsula, you have only two options: either cross the Chengyang State, or take the Qi State.

Earlier, six of the seven kings of the Qi clan agreed to Wu King Liu Bi: As long as Wu Chu raises his troops, we will respond immediately!
As for the King of Chengyang, the weakest of the Qi clan, he became the only loyal minister of the Qi clan who was loyal to Chang'an. Liu Bi also roughly understood the Qi clan's plan of "keeping a fire just in case", so he didn't take it too seriously.

But Jiaodong and Jiaoxi would be blocked on the Jiaodong Peninsula, but Liu Bi never thought about it.

——Even if Chengyang cannot get through, there is still Qi State!

Wouldn't it be great to leave the peninsula from Qi State, join forces with the Qi army, and then march westward together?
Now it's better: Qi King Liu Jianglu, for some unknown reason, regretted it and stopped playing.

It’s just a matter of regretting it - at least we can release the Jiaodong and Jiaoxi troops from Qi State to the peninsula?

But Liu Jianglu put on a posture of swearing allegiance to Chang'an and directly blocked the east and west sides of Qi State!

This resulted in the two countries east of Qi, Jiaoxi and Jiaodong, although they raised their troops, they were trapped on the Jiaodong Peninsula and unable to send their troops into the Central Plains;
The two countries of Jinan and Zichuan, located to the west of Qi State, did not dare to leave their backs to their eldest brother Liu Jianglu because of Qi State's rebellion. They could only send troops to the border to confront Qi State's army.

As a result, the originally optimistic situation of "Qi is connected to seven kings, and there are six rebels" suddenly changed drastically due to the rebellion of Qi King Liu Jianglu!
——Chengyang has long expressed his intention to be a loyal minister, but now Qi King Liu Jianglu has also rebelled;

As a result, Jiaoxi and Jiaodong were blocked on the peninsula and had to attack Qi to the west;
The two countries of Jinan and Zichuan did not dare to hand over their backs to Qi, so they had no choice but to attack Qi to the east, trying to join forces with Jiaoxi and Jiaodong. The four countries attacked from the east and west in two to see if they could defeat Qi. Or force Qi King Liu to raise his troops.

In addition, the idiot King Jibei who went to build the city wall personally was arrested by the doctor and lost his military power...

Before the battle started, the Seven Kings of Qi had already produced a loyal minister (Chengyang) and a prisoner (Jibei);
The remaining five are all located on the east and west borders of Qi State. I really want to be fooled...

"A common man..."

“Don’t collude with each other!!!”

No matter how good he was at nourishing qi, King Wu Liu Bi could no longer suppress his anger and punched Kanyu in front of him!
Only the canopy was originally hanging. There was no wall or other support behind the canopy.

When Liu Bi punched down, a dark hole was immediately blasted out of the part that represented the ground.

It was precisely after seeing the hole made by himself that King Wu Liu Bi finally made up his mind.

"We can't delay it any longer!"

"We can't count on either the Qi or Huainan factions, and King Zhao insists on waiting for the Huns to make any move before taking action!"

"King Zhao can wait for the Huns, and maybe we can wait too."

"——But the Chang'an court will not wait for Wu, Chu, and Zhao to join forces, and then cooperate with the Huns outside the pass to advance westward to Suiyang."

"If we wait any longer and wait for the army to be organized in Guanzhong, our army may not be able to be sent to Suiyang City."

As an old clan member who once followed Emperor Taizu Gao in the Chang'an Central camp and led troops to attack the rebellious princes in Guandong, Wu King Liu Bi knew very well the Chang'an Central camp's ability to mobilize.

——As early as the time of Emperor Taizu, Guanzhong could quickly organize hundreds of thousands of troops with a single decree from the Prime Minister's Office!

Back then, Emperor Taizu Gao was defeated in Pengcheng. Overlord Xiang Yu led 30,000 cavalry and killed 560,000 troops from Pengcheng, the capital of Chu, all the way to Xingyang!

Along the way, Emperor Taizu Gao fled for his life in a hurry, and even kicked Emperor Xiaohui, Princess Lu Yuan and his sister under the car in a hurry!
Afterwards, he went to find his uncle Lu Ze, and exchanged the title of "Crown Crown Prince" for the military power in his uncle's hands, and then he was able to return to Xingyang smoothly. And then?
In a great defeat at Pengcheng, Emperor Taizu lost a total of 560,000 troops!

As a result, in less than half a year, Xiao He and Xiao Xiangguo summoned nearly 200,000 troops from Guanzhong for Emperor Taizu to continue to confront the overlord!

And this was just over fifty years ago, when the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty was not extinguished and the world was in chaos for many years. Ten houses were empty, and most of the people fled into the mountains and forests for refuge. Chang'an had the organizational and mobilization capabilities.

What now?
After more than fifty years - especially the late emperor's more than twenty years of recuperation, how many people are there in Guanzhong now?
What kind of organization and mobilization capabilities does the Chang'an Prime Minister's Mansion have?
Even if he did not have accurate data, King Wu Liu Bi could still make a rough estimate;

——On the premise that it will not affect the people's farming, the normal operation of the government, or the local public security situation in counties and counties, the Chang'an Central Committee will be able to mobilize at least 300,000 troops from Guanzhong without pressure!

These 300,000 are just "no pressure" transfers;
If you are ruthless and willing to sacrifice the public security of some areas, or to a certain extent, sacrifice the people's farming, or even the defense of a certain area of ​​the border wall...

"If you are like me, and you can find all the fighting men in Guanzhong..."

"There are millions of households in Guanzhong, and it is unknown whether the Chang'an court will be able to mobilize an army of one million people..."

In the eyes of later generations, and even many later dynasties, this may be a bit too idealistic.

Millions of households, millions of people smoked?

One ding per household?
Even if an army of one million people could be gathered, it would still be a ragtag army of peasants holding pickaxes or even wielding wooden forks, right?

But Wu King Liu Bi knew very well: In today's Han Dynasty, if every household is smoked, it will never affect the combat effectiveness of the army!

Because as early as the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Taizu Gao had set a rule: scholars who did not teach could not be conquered.

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Han men, starting from the age of fourteen, have to participate in a month-long winter training organized by the local county government every winter to hone their military skills.

In these three years, after three winter trainings, he reached the age of the (former) founder of the Han family: seventeen years old, and after possessing basic combat qualities, military service followed.

——Like the Kimchi Kingdom of later generations, the Han family now also implements a system of military service for all people.

After experiencing three winter trainings, each lasting one month, all men of the Han family, without exception, had to fulfill their two-year military service obligation.

One year he guarded the northern border wall, and one year he garrisoned the county.

Under such a system, it is no exaggeration to say that in the Han family, any man over the age of twenty-three or four can be a soldier who can go directly to the battlefield as long as he picks up a sword and a bow on his back!
As for men who can plow the land with a hoe and kill enemies with a sword, most Han people and farmers have more than just one in each family - quite a few have two or even three in each family. …

"The soldiers and horses of King Chu have been summoned to Pengcheng, right?"

Thinking of this, King Wu Liu Bi even said: Every next minute and every second must not be delayed!

We must seize the time and send the main force of the Wu-Chu coalition forces to Suiyang City as soon as possible for a decisive battle!
After hearing this, Chu King Liu Wu, who was still in a manic state, felt ashamed for no reason.

"Uh... we've roughly gathered them together;"

"There are tens of thousands of horses and horses still on their way to Pengcheng..."

"——No wait!"

"——Can't wait any longer!"

Wu Wang Liu Bi suddenly raised his hand, and before Chu Wang Liu Wu could finish his words, he made the decision without any doubt.

"The army I brought from Wu is roughly 300,000."

"Can the King of Chu raise two hundred thousand?"

Hearing this, King Chu Liu Wu hesitantly raised a finger: "When there are ten..."

"——One hundred thousand is enough!"

"——Set up camp immediately and set out soon!"

Although he said so, King Wu Liu Bi secretly felt a toothache.

Today, the Han Dynasty, with the Liang Kingdom backed by the Chang'an court, is the strongest vassal in Guandong.

If we don’t count the Qi clan, which is very powerful when combined and 6+1 is less than 1 when avatared, then the Han family’s second strongest vassal after Liang is Liu Wu’s Chu state.

——Not Liu Bi’s Wu State, but Liu Wu’s Chu State!
Whether in terms of population or territory, Liu Wu's Chu State was at least 30% stronger than Liu Bi's Wu State!
As a result, Liu Bi plundered all his family assets, used all the available soldiers of Wu State, and assembled an army of about 300,000 people;
As for Liu Wu, who owns thirty-six cities in three counties in the Chu region, he should be on par with Liu Bi, not to mention earning over 400,000 yuan, but he should be able to collect 300,000 yuan?

"One hundred thousand..."

"It's time for a life-and-death showdown, and you're still hiding your wealth!"

"Let's see if your success fails in the future. Will the emperor of Chang'an still let you, King Liu Wu of Chu, go back to the land of Chu and become a loner?"

Liu Bi secretly spat for a while, but did not reveal anything on his face. He only told Liu Wu to "prepare the army to leave immediately" and left Liu Wu's palace of Chu.

——The army brought by Liu Bi camped outside Pengcheng.

Liu Bi wants to have a good discussion with his generals.

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"Your Majesty!"

"The last general asked Ying to lead 50,000 troops, go up the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and capture the Huainan Clan and Changsha Kingdom!"

"Another detour to the west, knock at Wuguan, and meet the king in the middle of the pass!"

After Liu Bi gave a general introduction to the situation - the Qi clique was busy fighting among themselves and the Huainan clique could not count on it, Tian Lubo, the veteran general appointed by Liu Bi just now and now the general of the state of Wu, stepped forward and volunteered.

Just saying something, but it caused a sudden change in the faces of the Wu generals in the tent.

——With fifty thousand troops, can he defeat the three kings of the Huainan clan and the Changsha Kingdom?
After thinking about it for a moment, everyone came to the conclusion that it would probably work.

Tian Lubo is a veteran general, and he is Yuan Cong who has been with Wu King Liu Bi since the time of Emperor Taizu Gao.

With 50,000 soldiers and horses, he captured the three kings of the Huainan clan, then captured Changsha, and then approached Guanzhong from Wuguan - Tian Lubo had this ability.

But the crux of the matter is...

"Back then, Emperor Taizu Gao made an appointment with the overlord Xiang Yu: whoever enters Guanzhong first will be the king."

"At that time, Xiang Yu led his army to attack Hangu and could not capture it for a long time. Instead, Emperor Taizu Gao went up the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, detoured around Wuguan, entered Guanzhong first, and then marched to Xianyang, and was the first to receive the letter of surrender from the third generation Ziying. …”

For a moment, everyone couldn't help but look a little weird when they looked at Tian Lubo.

There was even an impatient young man who directly asked Tian Lubo: "Does the general want the king to set up a Hongmen Banquet for the general outside Chang'an City in the future?!"

As soon as these words came out, Tian Lubo's face suddenly turned red, his eyes widened with anger, and he glared fiercely at the person who spoke.

"How dare Zhu Zian spit on anyone!"

"My loyalty to the king dates back to the time of Emperor Taizu Gao..."

"——Okay, okay~"

Seeing that the generals in the tent were about to quarrel after a disagreement, King Wu Liu Bi also spoke at the right time to stop the dispute that was about to break out.

First, he slightly glared at the young general who spoke, and then with a gentle expression, he comforted the general of Wu State: Tian Lubo.

“Don’t trust those you employ, and ignore those you doubt.”

"Since I have accepted my father as the general, I will not have any doubts about the general."

With such comfort, Liu Bi couldn't help but change the subject: "It's just~"

"Ugh……"

"The Qi Department and the Huainan Department went wrong one after another;"

"The King of Zhao in the north had to wait for the Huns to move first before he was willing to raise troops from Handan."

"——We, the Wu-Chu coalition, with less than 400,000 soldiers and horses from the Manchu Communist Party, are going to attack Suiyang, the capital of Liang Wang Liu Wu!"

"It's difficult~"

"If we divide our troops by another 50,000, I'm afraid that before the day when the general comes to Wuguan and Zhenkeng Pass, our Wu-Chu coalition will be defeated at the foot of Suiyang City..."

　Second update today.

　　There is an update in the middle of the night to pay off the debt. If you have something to do tomorrow, you don’t have to wait. You can watch it after you wake up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)