My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 373 All-in, all-out defense
  After watching the Liang envoy leave the tent, Su Chen turned back and stepped on the unburned credentials on the ground under his shoes.

Walking to the side of the long desk, Wu Zixun opened the cloth covering the map again. Su Chen looked at the attack routes drawn on it and smiled with his hands behind his hands.

"You've been beaten to this point. You think you can just say a few soft words and declare yourself a vassal. Does he think he is Sun Quan and I am Cao Pi?"

Su Chen said with a smile, then took a few small flags from the tray and placed them on the three words "Zun Wangzhou", "Guan Yu and Xia Houyuan's Western Route Army came down from the north, and An Lushan's army One left and one right echo each other, and I believe we will soon reach the north of the Western Capital of Liang Kingdom. We should work harder here."

With that said, Su Chen turned around and glanced at the military generals present.

"Qi State's surrender of troops and generals was too slow. The [-] troops were lingering here, consuming countless amounts of food every day. I sent an order to Xu Mao and other generals to step up their strategy, capture Zunwang Prefecture, and continue to move north. Don’t delay here!”

The reason why Qi State was asked to send troops to fight in the vanguard was to ensure that its direct troops would die less. Once they encountered tough situations and held on to the city wall, the loss of soldiers would be huge.

The several armies in Su Chen's hands were elite, and every soldier was very important. Even losing one of them would make him heartbroken for a long time.

This explains why many ancient generals would drive prisoners or enemy civilians to stand in front of them during battles. Everyone on the siege side wanted their soldiers to live longer.

After he finished speaking, the horse that delivered the order had already left. All the generals in the tent also left in twos and threes and returned to their respective armies. Su Chen took Dian Wei and Xu Chu back to the ancestral coffin in the rear camp. Even though there were only two guards in the army, in fact, there were more people dozens of steps away. There were Pei Min and masters from the Embroidery Department serving as secret sentries.

Before they arrived at the ancestral hearse, Li Shimin, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Cao Pi, and Zhao Kuangyi gathered around, muttering and not knowing what to say. However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che had no interest in them at all and only talked to Huo Qubing who came over.

Zhu Di was in the car and continued to read the classics on world affairs to Zhu Yuanzhang, and other emperors who had not come out were also listening.

Li Longji and Liu Xie were squatting next to the wheel, boiling a pot of herbs. The former was gesturing with a smile on his face. When Su Chen walked onto the wheel, he vaguely heard that he seemed to be asking Liu Xie to help him boil it. The pot can make Yang Yuhuan fall in love with his witchcraft decoction again.

In exchange, Liu Xie rolled his eyes.

After greeting the emperors outside, Su Chen got into the car, took the incense stick from Li Tiangang, saluted it, and then inserted it into the incense burner.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu walked up to Cao Cao, and the friendship between the king and his ministers would not be diminished by the distance between heaven and man.

"If I had not made any mistakes back then, if General Dian had not died, and if I had Xu Chu again, I would really have peace of mind."

Cao Cao looked at the two almost perfect generals of the Central Guard Army in front of him and sighed with envy: "They are all cheap and immortal."

This statement attracted Li Shimin's agreement.

"It was only later that I understood the wonderful effects of Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde. When I put them at the door, I slept so sweetly!"

Liu Bei nodded silently, but couldn't help but echoed: "It is better to sleep with enough rest, and sleep more soundly."

Li Shimin and Cao Cao both turned their heads to look at him.

On the side of the ancestral coffin, Su Chen said something to a group of emperor's souls, promising to capture the Liang Kingdom, and then started rolling dice, and then calmed down Zhu Yuanzhang, who was the most aggressive.

"Don't use the same tactics we used on civil and military people on our ancestors! By the way, Changsheng, how long has it been since you went to the battlefield?"

"It's been a long time. I haven't been on the battlefield since the battle with the Xirong Lulu tribe." Su Chen turned the tiger-skin chair in one direction and sat down facing the emperors' tombs. "When it comes to the use of troops, I am not as good as the generals in the army. It’s better not to personally command the troops and cause chaos for them. After all, the micro-manipulation master learned from the past, so I won’t try to follow the example, so as not to make others laugh.”

"You were brought out by our emperors. It would be a pity not to go to the battlefield." A voice sounded from Zhao Kuangyin's spiritual tablet.

Wu Zetian's spiritual throne also expressed his thoughts: "I think it would be better for Changsheng to sit in the rear. If the emperor runs to the front, isn't it just like the general of Wei who went to repair antlers?"

"A woman's opinion!" Liu Bang snorted coldly and spoke majesticly: "I think back then, I commanded thousands of troops..."

Yang Guang intervened and continued what Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty said: "We have been defeated repeatedly in battles! We were even surrounded by the Xiongnu on Baishan Mountain!"

"It's not polite to ask Mr. You to speak!"

Yang Guang turned around and called out: "Father, someone is looking for you!"

Yang Jian's spirit tablet jumped out and jumped in front of Liu Bang's spirit tablet, and the two looked at each other.

Across the way, Su Chen watched them playing and talking, but had no intention of stopping them. Seeing these ancestors so alive, it felt like fireworks in the world.

"Chang Sheng, you can sit in the rear or command the battle. As an emperor, it is necessary to show your face in front of the soldiers sometimes."

Listening to what Liu Yu said, Su Chen nodded: "That's true. Just wait for the opportunity. As for risking Yaishi yourself, there's no need."

"Haha." Liu Yu's spirit tablet leaned back with laughter, "You, you need to practice more martial arts."

"My martial arts skills are already very high, as high as several floors!"

Su Chen laughed loudly. He was indeed not lying. He had already reached the fourth level of "Martial God's Gangqi". It would be difficult for ordinary second- and third-level masters to compete with him, unless they had special secret techniques. Not long after, his messenger left the military camp and was delivered to the surrender camp of Qi State more than fifty miles away. Xu Mao and other surrender generals immediately gathered the scattered troops and began to move north with all their strength to open the road to the western capital of Liang State.

The two armies of Xiliang and Youyan are also preparing various ordnance, gunpowder, grain, grass and other materials to prepare for the attack on the western capital of Liang Kingdom.

Five days later, the envoy from the Liang Kingdom quickly returned to the Western Capital, burned Su Chen's credentials, and said exactly what he said about attacking the Liang Kingdom with all his strength.

The civil and military personnel in the entire court were in a state of excitement.

People in the northwest also have many brave people, and they have asked for orders to fight to the death with the Xia army!

Tuoba Kui clenched his fists while sitting on the dragon chair. He lowered his status and was willing to bow to Su Chen. However, he was humiliated like this. At this moment, the enthusiasm of the civil and military people in the court made his eyes fluctuate slightly. The indignation just now gradually calmed down.

Xia's army was indeed too powerful.

He thought for a moment in this calmness, and a resolute look gradually appeared on his face.

‘But that’s okay, the more powerful the enemy, the more elite the army can be trained’

After a while, there was a eunuch outside who hurried up the stone steps with military information. He presented the information to the eunuch inside, and then handed it over to the Long Case. Tuoba Kui took a look at the content above, and there were only a few words: Zunwangzhou has fallen. .

Zunwang Prefecture is still separated from Xidu by a Shazhou, and there is still enough time for him to prepare.

"It has been two hundred and seventy-five years since the founding of Daliang. If you want to destroy Liang, I will fight to the death with you!"

Tuoba Kui slapped the dragon table and stood up. The clan generals and other civil and military officials also stopped talking and looked at the emperor above.

"I will deploy heavy troops on the sandbank, Zong Jue!"

He loudly called out that Tuoba Zongjue was a relative of the emperor and his uncle. He had fought with both Xirong and Qi and had considerable experience in leading the army.

Tuoba Zongjue was dressed in a white uniform and iron armor, and strode out, "I'm here!"

"You take [-] soldiers of your own clan to garrison in Taikang City, Shacheng. All the soldiers and horses in the surrounding counties and counties will be deployed by you. In addition, I will give you [-] Fushan troops and [-] trekking troops. Tell the Emperor of Xia that the people of Northwest Daliang How hard are your bones!”

"Yes!" Tuoba Zongjue clenched his fists and pressed his chest, shouted, then turned around and strode out of the palace door, dragging his cloak.

The first emperor did not end the order, but turned around and called Tuoba Zhaori.

"As the commander-in-chief, I will lead my own troops and horses, and I will also assign them to you at Lichui Mountain to block the Xia Kingdom's Western Route Army in the north!"

"Yes!"

Tuoba Zhaori clenched his fists and beat his chest with confidence, bowed and shouted.

This time, Tuoba Kui went all out. He wanted to crush the incoming Xia army head-on!
  Soon after, Zongjue, Zhaori, and Xiulichuishan, who had taken the orders, gathered troops and supplies in Xidu. Tuoba Zongjue led [-] soldiers from the Tuoba tribe, plus [-] each from Fushan and Trek, and headed south to Taikang City, Shazhou. .

His first order was to fortify the walls and clear the fields. All cattle, sheep, and wheat fields should be brought back into the city, or slaughtered and burned on the spot. Anyone who dared to stop them would be cut down by the soldiers.

A series of vigorous and resolute actions were very effective. Xia's [-] troops in the south had no source of food. They relied solely on ordinary supplies, and their advancement became slow.

But the army is still huge, and even if it delays its pace, it still crushes them all the way with unstoppable power.

In the middle of May, when Tuoba Zong was clearing the walls, consolidating the city walls, and training soldiers from counties and counties, the [-] Qi surrender troops entered the sandbank with overwhelming force, destroyed several cities in succession, and killed tens of thousands of soldiers. Liang Guo's soldiers and horses defeated Hulukou's [-]-strong army.

In late May, several cities centered on Taikang formed a line of defense to block the Xia army and were actively preparing for war. Tuoba Zongjue even killed the envoys sent by Xu Mao and other generals to persuade him. Although he had a grudge against Zhaori, as a member of the Liang clan, he could not choose to surrender to Xia.

However, with an army of [-] approaching, he did not have much time left.

More and more battle reports are coming in like snowflakes.

Seeing the battle reports piled up on the desk, Tuoba Zongjue felt suffocated. Each battle report was a request for help from the counties in the southern part of Shazhou. The troops ranged from tens of thousands to seven or eight thousand troops. In front of ten thousand soldiers and horses, they were defeated one after another.

"A bunch of trash..."

Tuoba Zongjue pushed down the long case and burned all the piles of battle reports.

At this time, he mobilized everyone from top to bottom in Taikang City to mine rocks and cut down trees in an orderly manner.

At the end of May, the main force of the southern Xia State advanced into Shazhou. As the vanguard, the [-] Qi State troops surrendered and fought to the [-]th mile of Taikang.

A brutal siege is coming in an instant!
  (End of this chapter)