Chapter 368: Unstoppable

The Heluo area fell into the Tang Kingdom in one day.

On the day when the Luoyang city gate was broken, 500,000 Tang troops broke out of Guanzhong and quickly occupied Heluo.

For Guanzhong, 500,000 people could almost be called a soldier that was scattered to the country. With less than a month after Liu Kan ascended the throne, he brazenly launched a military operation against Guanzhong. Heluo fell, Zhang Han and Dong Yi committed suicide in Luoyang, and Chen Ying, a doctor from Chu State, was captured.

At the same time, Lu Shizhi, who was stationed in Zuoyi, Hedong, attacked along the Shaoshui River and occupied Hanoi.

The prefect of Ba County, Shen Shiqi, was ordered to go down the river and captured Yiling. The 150,000 Tang troops had directly threatened Changsha County. The foreign king Wu Rui was frightened.

A series of news shocked the Chu State.

But this is not the most terrible thing... In early February of the first year of Dazhi, Lu Chen, who was formerly the commander of Zhang Chu's Cangtou Army and later was later named the Grand Marshal of Chu, suddenly rose up in Nanyang County and surrendered to the Tang State. Lu Chen was named General Pingnan. After the uprising, he led his troops to cross the river and met with Shen Shi. Li Biluojia, the former Wuguan Guanwei, led his troops to break out of Wuguan, seized the land of Chen County, and seized the land of Yingchuan.

In this way, in just one month, Chenjun Yingchuan and Heluo were connected together.

Just when Xiang Yu was about to fight back, Zhou Shi, the prime minister of the Wei Kingdom of Daliang, led the King of Wei to surrender and announced his surrender to the Tang Kingdom!

The war in Sanqi recurred again. The Qi general Peng Yue crossed the river to rescue him, defeated the Yingbu's troops in Pingyuanjin, and occupied Licheng.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ying Bu immediately withdrew from Jiaodong County and retreated to Linzi.

Subsequently, the King of Qi announced his surrender to the Tang Kingdom. Li Zuoche, the Lord of Wu'an of Tang, led his troops to cross the river, took over Peng Yue's troops, and stationed in Pingyuanjin.

The left guard general Zhong Limei was stationed in Hebei, while the left leader general Guan Ying stationed in Baimajin, waiting for the order to cross the river.

At the end of February of the first year of Dazhi, Liu Kan issued an edict to the world and decided to command the emperor in person.

The prince Liu Qin stayed in Xianyang to supervise the country and ordered Xiao He to remain in charge. The Tang Dynasty King Liu Ju, the Grand Marshal Chen Ping, Lieutenant Ji Bu and other civil and military ministers followed the army to fight. On March 1, the eastward went out of Hangu and arrived in Luoyang. For a time, the Heluo area was surging, which made the world panic.

Some older people vaguely remembered the situation when Emperor First Emperor swept through Guanzhong.

Of course, Liu Kan's situation was very different from the situation when the First Emperor looked down on Liuhe. When the First Emperor unified the six kingdoms, the people of the six kingdoms regarded Lao Qin as a tiger and wolf, and were afraid. This time, after more than ten years of rule by Lao Qin, Liu Kan had more or less reduced hostility. Moreover, the people who were most hurt from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in Daze Township were in the Heluo area.

When Liu Kan arrived in Luoyang, he also brought two million stones of food and grass, which greatly alleviated the famine in the Heluo area.

It is also for this reason that when Liu Kan entered Luoyang, the people of Luoyang walked out of their houses, and stood on both sides of the road, cheering and cheering.

On the one hand, Liu Kan brought food and also brought hope to them.

On the other hand, when Zhang Liang took over Luoyang, he widely publicized Liu Kan's origin. Liu Kan's mother was from Luoyang. To a certain extent, Liu Kan has at least one-quarter of the bloodline of Luoyang people. This rural concept made the people of Heluo accept Liu Kan's identity as soon as possible.

"Doctor, after you get to the wall, don't be safe!"

In the Luoyang Palace, Liu Kan met Chen Ying, who had become a prisoner.

Although Chen Ying looked a little thin, her complexion was pretty good. When he saw Liu Kan, he looked calm and without any nervousness.

"Why do you think you are safe if you are imprisoned again?"

Chen Ying said calmly: "If the general listened to my advice, he would not rush to take over Lou Cang. Instead, he would use the entire army to defeat him in one fell swoop when the King of Tang retreated. I am afraid that the King of Tang would have to change his position with a certain family today... Haha, is the time, luck, is it true destiny?"

Liu Kan didn't know how to deal with it for a moment.

Chen Ying meant: Don’t tell me any destiny. Don’t think that you are a noble emperor today, it’s just that you are lucky. When you evacuated Lou Cang, if Xiang Yu was willing to listen to me and chase you with all his might, you might have lost your life now.

These words were very sharp, which made the Tang generals on both sides furious.

Monk narrowed his eyes, and Lu Shizhi held his waist and knife.

After a while, Liu Kan waved his hand and signaled that Munch and others to be calm.

He said in a deep voice: "The doctor said I am lucky, and I don't want to argue. However, I have Zifang, Kuai Che, Lu Jia and others under my command, and the brothers of Zhongli Guan Ying and Meng. I can let them make full use of their talents for my own use, but Xiang Jikong has such a famous scholar, but he ignores it... The doctor, even if we play the battle in Lou Cang again, will Xiang Ji definitely follow the doctor's plan?

Xiang Ji is indeed a hero of the times, but he has no appearance as a master.

I can clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments, so that the soldiers can return to their hearts; Xiang Ji is unpopular. I have heard that during the Battle of Julu, the general Ying Bu is brave enough to take the lead, but when rewards, Xiang Ji holds the seal and refuses to give it to him. I also want to fight fiercely, but he knows the priorities; Xiang Ji is very flirting, but he is obviously not able to fight, but he insists on losing his troops and losing his generals, and refuses to listen to the persuasion of others.

Fan Zeng, an old man, acts based on his likes and dislikes, and flatters him.

The doctor was a pillar of the country, but he was left in Luoyang and followed the example of the villain.

I really don’t know what regrets Xiang Ji’s defeat was; what does my great victory have to do with luck? Do you still remember what I said in Lou Cang that year?

I hope that the world will be harmonious and there will be no more regional differences.

At that time, the doctor thought I was a delusion, but now, although my rule has not been as mentioned earlier, it is the people who return to me.

This is the general trend, why are the doctors not convinced?”

Chen Ying bit her lip and remained silent.

"The art of war says: If a man who has not fought and the temple wins, he must be more... if he wins more, he will not win less. Besides, Xiang Ji has nothing to do?"

Liu Kan's words mean: I have been calculating you for a long time, and I have already started calculating before the battle between Lou Cang began.

Unlike you, you can take one step at a time, today's failure is destined.

Chen Ying lowered her head and was unwilling to talk to Liu Kan again.

"Well, since the doctor is unwilling to speak, I will no longer make things difficult for you.

Let’s do this, I’ll send someone to send you to Xianyang… After the war is over, I will debate with my doctor.”

Liu Kan knew that Chen Ying was not unwilling to bow his head, but she hadn't figured out what to do. To some extent, his ability to cooperate with Chen Er's actions was equivalent to admitting defeat... But there was still a bit of luck in his heart. Since that's the case, let him watch.

This person has real talent and knowledge. Although he is not the prime minister, he is not vulgar.

Liu Kan waved his hand and asked someone to take Chen Ying away.

After seeing Chen Ying off, Liu Kan summoned the civil and military ministers to discuss the next plan.

Zhang Liang ordered people to hang up a map and explained: "The Chu army now occupy the territory of Xue County, Donghai, Langya, Sishui and Dang County. Although they were defeated, their vitality was not damaged. These places were mostly the hometowns of Chu State, and the support of the Chu people for the Xiang family was far beyond the comparison of other places. Therefore, to solve Xiang Ji, they must first shorten their wings. Yingbu, Chai Wu, and Cao Ju, now each guards one place and can defeat them one by one. I have already drawn up a plan, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to judge..."

He used a brush to mark several arrows on the map and explained it.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Zhang Liang's plan is quite similar to Xiang Ji's method of attacking Tian Rong at the beginning, that is, the method of using the method of surrounding points to attack aid.

Although Yingbu has not many troops, the key lies in its elite force.

Now in Linzi, Li Zuoche and Peng Yue's troops are blocked.

As long as Yingbu is trapped, Chai Wu from Xue County will inevitably rescue him at all costs, which is a good opportunity to use the encirclement point to attack the aid.

However, in this way, we must concentrate the forces of Ying, Li Zuoche and Peng Yue to create a situation of surrounding and attacking aid.

Monk said: "I am willing to lead a group of people to hold Cao Ju, and then order Li Biluojia and others to take the opportunity to surround Xiang Ji, and he should cut off his arm."

Liu Kan quietly listened to everyone's explanation, but shook her head gently.

"Daozi, what do you say?"

Chen Ping thought for a while, "Although this plan is good, there is still another problem."

“What’s the problem?”

"Xiang Ji had a counselor Fan Zeng around him. Although this person had no great wisdom, he was a person with vision. It is hard to guarantee that he could not see the mystery.

If Your Majesty wants to solve Xiang Ji as soon as possible, the most urgent task is to solve Fan Zeng.

Fan Zeng is Xiang Ji's father and is deeply trusted by Xiang Ji. If he sees the clues and takes the tricks, he will be in trouble."

Liu Kan couldn't help but feel happy.

In history, Chen Ping once offered a plan to interfere in the enemy. Could it be that strategy he wanted to use?

"Daozi, if you want to solve Fan Zeng, do you have a clever plan?"

Chen Ping smiled and said, "What's the difficulty in solving Fan Zeng? I have a plan to make Fan Zeng and Xiang Ji turn against each other. But His Majesty..."

Before Chen Ping finished speaking, Liu Kan smiled and said, "I immediately ordered someone to allocate 10,000 taels of gold and hand it over to Daozi for use."

"ah?"

Chen Ping was stunned and looked at Liu Kan in surprise.

In history, he used this strategy to alienate the relationship between Xiang Ji and Fan Zeng. But he didn't understand how Liu Kan guessed it?

"I know that I am good at conspiracy, so I will leave this matter to Daozi.

However, within a month, Fan Zeng must be dealt with... I don't want to delay it for too long, otherwise it will be of no benefit to us."

"I will be sure to fulfill my mission."

After everything was arranged, Liu Kan issued an edict and moved to Daliang City.

The reason for going to Daliang is that it can restrain the troops in Xue County, Sishui and Dang County.

While Chen Ping used his plan and Zhang Liang began to plan, the Tang army must put enough pressure on the Chu army.

There is no more threatening than Liu Kan stationed in Daliang, and it can also cause a certain degree of riots to Chu. No matter what, Liu Kan once lived in Sishui County, and the people of Sishui County still had a certain degree of favor.

When the war reached this point, it was not only about military strength and logistics, but also about the psychological game.

However, just as Liu Kan was heading to Daliang, she unexpectedly got a piece of news.
Chapter completed!