Prime Minister take care

Chapter 358 Decide first
Between the mountains, there are lush greenery.Liang Jun was stationed at Chongguan, and his troops were near Hehuang.

In the past few decades, the world has been in chaos.The princes in the Great Zhou Dynasty conquered each other, and at one time ten houses were empty. However, the main transportation systems in various places were well preserved.

Especially since Huan Wu took control of the seven states of the Central Plains, he has spent great efforts to repair the dangerous passes and main road systems.

The ancient road from Yongzhou to Hehuang was first built during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty 600 years ago for the purpose of marching.At that time, one hundred thousand Yulin troops marched north from Haojing. It only took them five days to cross the [-]-mile mountain road and reach Huangcheng.

Since the land of Hehuang changed hands again, this ancient road has not been used for a long time. After Huanwu arrived in Yongzhou, he only repaired Chongguan and rebuilt several camps for grain and grass transportation along the way.

This time Liang Jun went north along this ancient road, marching slowly all the way, and at the same time began to repair the damaged and old roads.

If the land of Hehuang is captured, the value of this ancient road will immediately rise.In the future, this ancient road will be used no matter whether it is transporting supplies, war horses, troop deployment, or cavalry support.

In the camp, Huan Zhong and Yang Jian were side by side.

The Liang army was defeated after Zhou Nan, and more than [-] elite troops were lost. The Liang army in Guanzhong was completely wiped out, and it was impossible to make up for the military strength in Yongzhou in a short time.Nowadays, most of the troops stationed in Yongzhou are new troops, and the rest are soldiers temporarily transferred from Bingzhou, Jizhou and Shendu.

New soldiers and veterans are basically two different concepts.

The entrance method of the military lineage was specially created for soldiers in the army. After thousands of years of development, it has been quite perfect.Unlike the other three branches, the learning period of the first branch of the military's introductory methods is very short, and it takes less than three years for new recruits to get started.

However, it was only more than a year since the end of the Zhou Nan War. In such a short period of time, even the wealthy Liang Jun could not train a group of new soldiers to be properly used.

Both Yangjian and Huanzhong were very distressed at this time.

Huan Zhong took over Huan Biao and left a mess, and he was troubled by everything every day.Although Huan Wu granted Huan Zhong the power of life and death and was in charge of the affairs of Yongzhou, after the defeat of Liang Jun, the economic and military pressures were very heavy.

Although the terrain in Guanzhong is dangerous, there are Xiliang cavalry on one side and the Shu army on the other. Compared to Nanyang, the situation is even more complicated.

At this time, Huanwu was determined to establish Shangxiqi, and he had to allocate some financial and military resources from Yongzhou, which made Huanzhong very nervous.

The same is true for Yangjian. He thought that after the Zhounan battle, Liang Jun's situation in Yongzhou was very bad.In fact, Liang Jun's situation was even worse than he had imagined.

There were only [-] Liang Jun who followed him north this time, and half of them were new recruits who had just started to learn how to fight, and they didn't even know how to use the blood-killing energy.

Every time I think about this, sheep inspection gives me a headache.As the saying goes, a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice. There are many monsters in this land of rivers and Huangs, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers who can fight. It is really difficult to deal with the barbarians and monsters with these [-] soldiers.

The map on the desk marked the built material camps, repaired and under-repaired road sections. Huan Zhong made a simple plan and looked up at Yangjian.

"Jianji, when do you plan to use troops?"

Yangjian pointed to a piece of land on the edge of Yongzhou in the Land of Hehuang.

"The first step for our army is to seize this area. This land has sufficient water system, suitable for domesticating war horses, and it is also close to Yongzhou. However, I cannot predict that if our army breaks into this area, what will happen to the land of Hehuang at this time? How will the monster clan react?"

Whether it is building roads or fortifications, it is the simplest part because there is not much danger.The real difficulty is that when a Zhou army enters the land of Hehuang again after decades, how will the monsters on this land react?
Violent conflict is certainly inevitable, but the question is how large it will be, and sheep inspection cannot grasp it.

If the [-] soldiers under Yangjian's command at this moment are the same as when Liang Jun entered Shu, then Yangjian would not be worried at all.But now, the sheep inspection says it is impossible not to worry.Huan Zhong also noticed Yang Jian's helplessness and said: "Jianzhi, I also know our current situation. Now all the elites in Yongzhou are concentrated on the border of Shu to defend the Shu army. At this moment, the military strength is tight, and there is no way. . The demon tribes in Hehuang land have always been scattered, and we have tried our best to separate them in recent years, so we should be able to cope with it."

"Hopefully so!"

At this moment, the camp door was opened, and a general walked in hurriedly.

"Zilu, why are you so worried?"

Huan Zilu looked very serious. He walked up to the two of them, bowed his hands, and then said.

"We have received reports from the front. A Shu army has invaded Huangyuan and killed the great demon Yiwei and a group of demon generals. At this moment, Yang Xian has captured Huangcheng."

"what?"

The faces of Yang Jian and Huan Zhong changed drastically, full of disbelief.Huan Zhong asked: "How did this Shu army come?"

"This Shu army only has six hundred. It detoured to Liangzhou and entered the land of Hehuang."

"Only six hundred? Wing Tail's troops have fifty thousand!"

The shock on Huan Zhong's face still hadn't dissipated, but Yang Jian seemed to understand something.

"Che He, Kui Lang, Lian Wan!"

Yangjian sighed and said these six words, but Huan Zilu opposite him nodded.

"Not only that, Luo Wujiu, the great demon of the demon tribe and the former leader of the Qiongqi Tribe, has surrendered to Yang Xian. Yang Xian used him to take control of Huangcheng."

The location of Huangcheng is too important, just like a wedge wedged into the land of Hehuang.As long as Huangcheng is mastered, Liang Jun will not be able to avoid it no matter where he is.

Huan Zhong glanced at the sheep examination and shook his head.

"Yang Xian's move disrupted all our plans. If we go north as planned, we may fail. But if we deploy Yongzhou's troops to go north, there is no doubt that Yang Xian is willing to see it."

With just these [-] Liang troops, it was barely enough to gain a foothold in Hehuang.If Yang Xian is really able to control Huangcheng's troops, even if it is only [-]%, it will be fatal to Liang Jun.

What Liang Jun needed was to defeat the surrounding monsters and barbarians in a battle, and then proceed with the plan to build a racecourse, but Yang Xian obviously would not give them a chance.

Yang Jian touched his beard and said: "The important thing now is to understand the situation in the Hehuang Land and the attitude of the other demon parties towards Yang Xian's move. Yang Xian doesn't care how chaotic the Hehuang Land is, as long as he can By delaying the time for us to establish a pasture, he has achieved his goal. However, a chaotic Hehuang land may not be an opportunity for us."

Huan Zhong nodded and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, let's report the situation here to the lord first and ask him to make a decision!"

(End of this chapter)