Mid-March in the sixth year of Taichu.

Emperor Wei was hunting Qingzhou and was assassinated.

After investigation, the assassin was found to be from Chu State.

Emperor Wei was furious and made a special announcement to the world, raising troops to attack Chu.

At this point, the Wei State summoned an army of 700,000, claiming to have a million troops, and sent troops from the Qingzhou border. The original battle line was to capture the Chu Lin Pass and pass through this pass into the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Chu State.

Luoyang, the night before the swearing-in ceremony.

Mi Yue had no sleep all night.

The same is true for Zhao Changqing.

In the past few days, the entire Wei State has been very busy.

Although the Wei State had been preparing for many years to raise an army to attack Chu, it was at this moment that they truly realized how difficult it was to lead an army of 700,000 people.

Although we had already prepared for rainy days such as baggage, food and fodder, and the dispatch of each battalion, in a short period of time, with all the efforts of the whole country, we could only prepare supplies for nearly a year. Especially the dispatch of each battalion was really disappointing.

The generals who gathered the troops were greatly troubled.

The border defense army cannot be mobilized, and the local army cannot be mobilized. It is really difficult to mobilize troops that are good at recruiting and fighting.

Everyone clearly understood that it would be difficult to determine the outcome of the battle in Chu State within a few years.

But all the preparations were done on time the day before the swearing-in meeting.

This is the power of the state machine when it is fully operational.

Everything is ready, just waiting for tomorrow's expedition.

This time, Zhao Changqing personally took command and led the expedition in person.

Bai Qi serves as the deputy commander, Jia Xu serves as the military advisor, Zhuge Liang temporarily supervises the country, and Zhao Yun serves as an important military weapon. It is time to reflect his status in the army.

That is to play the role of alerting the whole country and suppressing the whole country.

After the 700,000-strong army goes out to fight, there will be no worries.

Huo Qubing served as the vanguard and Yue Fei served as the commander-in-chief of the rear army.

Under the moonlight.

Zhao Changqing was playing with his two children, while Mi Yue was waiting on them.

At this time, he had already put on a suit of armor.

It was the first time for these two children to see their father dressed like this, especially Zhao Hongji, who was even more surprised by this. He asked: "Father, why are you wearing this kind of clothes? It's so thick."

, so hard, it’s really uncomfortable to be held by you like this.”

Zhao Changqing smiled happily. Ever since he had children, his favorite thing to do is to hear the sounds of his children squeezing milk every day.

He did not give any explanation, but lied to him: "My father is going on a long trip to get some fun things for you. As soon as your father leaves tomorrow, you must listen to your mother and concubine. You know

Yet?"

When Zhao Hongji and Zhao Weixi heard that their father was about to travel far away, they immediately became unhappy.

But after hearing something interesting, both brother and sister's eyes shone and they nodded without saying a word.

Their appearance amused Zhao Changqing.

He said to them: "Go and play, my father wants to talk to your mother and concubine."

The two children were very sensible, and under the protection of the eunuchs and maids, they went aside to continue playing.

Zhao Changqing looked at Mi Yue, forced a smile and said: "I will go on an expedition tomorrow..."

Unexpectedly, before he could say the second half of the sentence, he saw Mi Yue kneeling down in front of him.

Zhao Changqing asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

Mi Yue knelt down to him and said, "I beg your majesty to spare his life for the sake of my father's old age during this expedition."

Zhao Changqing pondered for a moment after hearing the sound, then helped her up and said: "I had no intention of killing Emperor Chu in the first place. What's more, he is your father, and I just wanted to occupy the land of Chu State.

, don’t you want to be able to visit your old place again in your lifetime?”

Mi Yue did not expect that the emperor would agree to her request. For a moment, she burst into tears with joy, and choked out: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

On the Chu side, they suddenly learned that Wei was coming to attack, so they actively mobilized their domestic troops and prepared to rush to the border to resist the Wei army.

And this time the leader of the Chu army was none other than the Emperor of Chu himself.

The battle between the two emperors is destined to shock the history books.

This time, the Chu State also summoned an army of 600,000 to prepare for a decisive battle with the Wei army at the border area.

These 600,000 are almost all the troops that the Chu State can mobilize, except for the defenders from various places.

After the end of the First World War, the Chu State was really seriously damaged.

In recent years, although they have been recuperating and recuperating, the time is too short after all, and it is difficult to recruit hundreds of thousands of young people to join the army.

If the Chu Army really wants to restore its livelihood and reach its previous level, it will probably take a full ten years.

As for the Wei army, it was exactly the opposite.

Not to mention leading an army of 700,000 to attack Chu.

As long as Zhao Changqing is willing, it doesn't matter even if he really leads a million-strong army.

It can be seen how strong the national power of Wei is now.

It is worthy of being the last hegemonic country in the period of the Five Kingdoms' struggle for hegemony.

The current national power is so strong that it can barely match that of the Tang Dynasty.

At the swearing-in meeting the next day, Zhao Changqing did not say anything superfluous. He just reminded the soldiers of the three armies that the killings committed by the Chu State in the Wei State and this kind of sworn hatred must be done no matter what.

Nowadays, the Wei State is at an unprecedented peak, and it has the qualifications to seek revenge against the Chu State and challenge them.

Since the Wei State came to hegemony and into the current Warring States Period, the people of Wei State have had an increasingly heavy sense of honor and pride.

The Wei State in the past was indeed quite weak and was often attacked by neighboring countries.

But now the Wei State has a strong army and a strong horse, and it already dominates the world. It is no longer that weak country!

Who wouldn't say that since Zhao Changqing became the emperor of the Wei State, the overall national power of the Wei State has skyrocketed?

It happened to be that he met Mingjun in the prosperous age, and the people of Wei felt that they were very happy.

After the news of Wei's attack on Chu reached the ears of all countries, it shocked the world.

The Emperor of Tang wanted to send troops to help Chu, but he encountered opposition from his officials.

They all agreed that it was definitely not the right time to declare war with Wei now.

Wouldn't it be nice to wait until Wei and Chu fight to the death to reap the benefits?

But I am afraid that at that time, Wei will occupy the land of Chu and its national power will greatly increase again. If this is true in the future, then Emperor Tang will not even have a chance to cry.

The current state of Tang was at a critical moment in the struggle between imperial power and prime ministerial power, so he had no time to take care of other things, and failed to live up to the painstaking efforts of the state of Chu to establish an alliance with the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, Emperor Tang was thinking that there would be some movement in the Song Dynasty.

Who would have thought that Emperor Song of Song Dynasty suddenly said a popular saying about the dispute between Wei and Chu, "It's none of your business, just worry about it."

Well, this is the consistent policy of the Song Dynasty.

As the richest country in the world, the Song Dynasty did not pay much attention to the changes in the international situation. They only focused on domestic political stability and the people's living and working in peace and contentment.

For now, among all the countries in the world, which country has the most prosperous people.

Then it must belong to the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was really extremely rich.

The Wei army, which had already set off, learned about the Chu Emperor's personal expedition on the way to the border.

Zhao Changqing and Long Yan were delighted. In this way, this battle would be considered interesting.

In the marching tent, Jia Xu reported to Zhao Changqing: "Your Majesty, the 100,000 troops led by General Huo Qubing have arrived at the border area. They have inquired about the situation of Chu Linguan. Currently, there are only 20,000 defenders in the pass. He said

, I want to take advantage of the fact that Chu’s army has not yet been assembled, and want to occupy Chu Linguan first and take advantage of it.”

Zhao Changqing stared at the map and murmured: "Accurate."

Jia Xu nodded upon hearing this.

Zhao Changqing looked away from the map and said to Jia Xu: "Do you know the meaning of the name Chu Linguan?"

Jia Xu said: "We heard that it seemed that the troops of Chu State were approaching the city, but I didn't know much about the details."

Zhao Changqing said: "Chu Lingguan was originally an important town of the Wei State. Unfortunately, after the Chu State invaded, it was taken away by the Chu State. The original pass was called Juchu Pass. Later, after it was occupied by the Chu State, they

So we changed the name to Chu Lingguan, which meant that Chu troops were approaching the Wei city. We started the first battle from Chulinguan and told Huo Qubing to attack at all costs within fifteen days.

Go to Chu Linguan!"

The battle between Wei and Chu finally started at Linguan of Chu.

Countries are eagerly looking forward to seeing who will lose and who will win in this first battle.

Obviously, if the defenders of Chu Linguan could wait for Chu's reinforcements to arrive, then Chu would have won the battle.

If it is captured by the Wei State, Wei will be victorious.

In a big battle involving the strength of a nation, many factors can often be decided in the first battle.
Chapter completed!