"The Chu family in the divine capital should be regarded as the top nobles and one of the oldest families in the divine capital."
"If we trace the identity of the ancestors of the Chu family, it would probably be close to five thousand years."
"That's already the ancient times. The Chu family in ancient times was one of the eight surnames in ancient times, after the emperors."
"But this Chu family lineage cannot be equated with the ancient Chu family. It may be regarded as a continuation of one of the lines. However, today, it has gone through many years of changes. Just like the Wen family, it is considered an ancient family.
But the most significant thing happened in the past thousand years."
In the past, Wang Qing followed General Yang Ming on his expeditions in the north and south, and also spent many years in the capital of the gods. He knew all these things.
"Chu Xinfeng is the best disciple of the Chu family in the past hundred years. Of course, considering the special nature of the Chu family, Chu Xinfeng has always been trained as the heir of the family and has not served as an official."
"Until this time, the Grand Master seized the power of the Divine Capital, and a group of ancient families who were originally from the Divine Capital received new appointments."
When Cao Su heard this, he already understood the key to the Grand Master's seizure of the power of the divine capital.
The key is that the Grand Master has met the needs of big families like Shendu and has received a certain amount of support.
This is a kind of transaction. It is obvious that there is an ulterior secret behind the soaring strength of the Grand Master.
So much so that people like Chu Xinfeng, who had not appeared in official circles before, now came out to help the Grand Master.
"Besides having first-class combat power, what else does Chu Xinfeng have?"
Cao Su was a little anxious in his heart. There was not much left before the deadline mentioned by Shi Gu. Cao Su had to rush to defeat the people he should defeat during this period to ensure that his family could continue smoothly in this world.
"Chu Xinfeng said that he learned from Guo Shengxiong, the Minister of War, and the military formation strategy is better than the previous one."
"Previously, Chu Xinfeng led the Shendu Forbidden Army to repel Tao Mingwen and narrowly defeated General Chongtian in several battles."
Weng Xiao next to him helped Wang Qing answer this question.
Weng Xiao was also in charge of part of Cao Su's intelligence system and got some important information. The things he answered to Cao Su were very crucial. However, after hearing this, Cao Su felt that Chu Xinfeng didn't seem to have much to gain.
Depends on the success achieved.
Could it be that he really regarded Cao as a stepping stone to fame?
He sneered again and again, and then said: "Chu Xinfeng is eager to fight, but the generals under the Grand Master are confident."
"General, the Baima Ferry has been breached and Yangping Pass is in emergency. Do you want to send a large army to Yangping Pass for support?" Wang Qing asked in a deep voice.
Yangping Pass is an important pass in the south of Jizhou. Cao Su had previously placed tens of thousands of elite soldiers to guard against a sudden attack by the Grand Master.
The White Horse Ferry was breached, and Cao Su worriedly asked: "Where is Zhang Ke?"
Weng Xiao shook his head: "There is no news from General Zhang yet."
Zhang Ke was one of Cao Su's most trusted generals. When Cao Su heard that there was no news about Zhang Ke, he immediately fell silent.
With Cao Su's silence, the atmosphere in the entire meeting hall also became a little solemn.
Cao Su said in a deep voice: "Now that Rongzheng has raised his troops and hundreds of thousands of troops are approaching, how should we respond?"
This is a matter of study. There are many civil and military officials present at Wence.
Several civil and military officials looked at each other and saw a hint of eagerness to try in each other's eyes.
This is an opportunity. If I can answer Cao Su's question, won't my future career be smooth sailing?
So Ma Chao, a slightly mature young general, was the first to take the initiative to offer advice: "General, I believe that when soldiers come, they will be blocked, and when water comes, the soil will cover them up. The soldiers under the command of the old thief of Rongzheng are just soft-footed shrimps. As long as we wait
If we raise our troops on a starry night and rush out of Yangping Pass, we can easily defeat them."
"First break Zhencang, then break Chu Xinfeng."
Zhu Ming is not within the scope of everyone's discussion. After all, Zhu Ming is not well-known, and the area around Heihekou and Honggu is a place in the northwest of Yuzhou. Although it is possible to look at Jizhou, it is still far away from the Jizhou capital.
"Inappropriate, extremely inappropriate."
After Ma Chao finished speaking, Shi Yong retorted: "How can we defeat Zhencang first? Zhencang has made it clear that it is just a partial attack, so there is nothing to worry about. Only this Chu Xinfeng not only has an army of fifty thousand, but most of his subordinates are imperial soldiers.
, there are many top-grade warriors, and they are indeed the number one enemy."
"Chu Xinfeng's road is guarded by Yangping Pass, and even a hundred thousand troops will have difficulty defeating it. On the Zhencang road, if you enter Pingji and Nanyu, you can go straight to Jizhou Prefecture through the Dongping Wasteland."
"Isn't that just right? Our army has many cavalry, and defending the city is not what our army is good at. The wasteland of Dongping is extremely flat, which is conducive to the cavalry charge."
"Yangping Pass is currently only garrisoned by Luo Yi, Du Ning and others. The high-grade warriors are not strong enough. There are probably many cultivators in the troops led by Chu Xinfeng this time. The advantage of the pass may not be effective."
"If we follow this line of thinking, then there is no need to defend Yangping Pass. We can just let Chu Xinfeng pass through Yangping Pass. We will wait south of Jizhou Mansion and use the cavalry to attack in the field and break it in one battle."
Everyone immediately started talking about it, and everyone had ideas.
Even among these discussions, the strategy of "surprise attack on the divine capital" appeared.
The person who gave the advice was Hong Ding, who was also the general most eager to defeat the capital city.
"The last general is willing to lead a partial army, leave from Shangdang, take a boat upstream, and make a surprise attack on the divine capital. By then Chu Xinfeng, Zhu Ming, and Zhencang will definitely be in chaos, and the general can defeat them in one battle."
Hong Ding's so-called surprise attack was based on the fact that the divine capital had little defense.
Cao Su didn't think Nuo Da's divine capital city was defenseless at all.
Today's Shendu City is different from a few years ago. Today's Shendu City has suffered several chaos. After the war, Shendu City is heavily guarded and there are many soldiers. We are worried that one day Tao Mingwen will be like him.
Such a big bandit sneaks into the capital of God.
Therefore, the current surprise attack on the divine capital has no benefit except that it can bypass the divine pass. At most, it is just harassment and cannot change the situation of the battle.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing that everyone was arguing and unable to come up with a good strategy, Cao Su took the initiative to stop everyone's discussion.
Everyone kept silent and focused their attention on Cao Su.
Cao Su said calmly: "Since Chu Xinfeng is a powerful member of the Chu family and represents the great clan of the city of God, there is no reason for us to just ignore them. As for Zhencang."
If the former number one general in Jizhou were to confront him in military formation, Cao Su felt that the opponent would still have some abilities.
Now he has defected to the Grand Master and retrained tens of thousands of horses to attack Cao Su. It is not that Cao Su does not pay attention to him.
It's just that Cao Su is pressed for time now, so his first goal is to deal with the big head first.
The division strategy of the Grand Master seemed to prevent Cao Su from looking after each other, but in fact it dispersed his own strength.
Cao Su's eyes flashed, and then he ordered: "Wang Qing, Hong Ding takes the order."
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The dense clouds of war shrouded the sky over Jizhou.
The horns that had not sounded in the city for a long time began to sound, the drums beat continuously, the camp shook, and the horses neighed.
Cao Su got the news the fastest, but ordinary people and even some Jianghu people did not hear the accurate news, but looked at the officers and soldiers of Cao's army who were constantly coming and going in shock.
The banner was waving, countless soldiers entered and exited the capital city of Jizhou, and the camp was assembled and set off within one day.
Then the sound of horse hooves resounded in the streets, and some well-informed people in the world got the message.
"The war is coming. The Grand Master sent 200,000 troops to attack Jizhou."
"What? Two hundred thousand? This."
"A few days ago, Grand Master's general Chu Xinfeng led an army of 100,000 to attack Baimadu. Now he seems to be attacking Yangping Pass. Grand Master divided his troops into three groups, intending to defeat Jizhou in one battle."
"Escape quickly, Jizhou is not safe anymore, the Grand Master's army may attack Jizhou Mansion at any time!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible! The general is victorious in every battle, how can the grand master win?"
"Why can't the Grand Master win? There is no general who is always victorious in the world. This time the Grand Master took the initiative to raise troops, and he must have made sufficient preparations. Although the General is powerful, the Grand Master is the orthodoxy of the imperial court, and the divine capital is the imperial capital of the world.
, can provide a steady supply of troops, and it is said that Chu Xinfeng is leading the imperial imperial army this time."
"Yes, the reason why the General is victorious in every battle is because the General is also from the Forbidden Army. This Forbidden Army is very powerful. In his early years, the General relied on the bravery of the Forbidden Army to conquer the north and south and achieve great military exploits.
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"How can Chu Xinfeng, a son of a local official, compare with a genius like the general?"
As the news spread, people in the arena were clearly divided into three factions.
One group is optimistic about the Grand Master, another is optimistic about Cao Su, and the other group has no idea at all. They only think about where they should go next, and it is best to avoid the war.
But in the past few years, wars have continued across the world, and wars are burning everywhere.
If you want to escape, it is better to be alone. If you are a child of some family, how can you escape?
Even so, Jizhou Prefecture is still visibly depressed.
Many shops were closed and ran away, and many families also began to use their brains to send some important disciples back to the village in the countryside to avoid the limelight, so that they would be taken away directly without waiting for the army of grand masters to arrive later.
This is also the routine operation of aristocratic families in response to wars. First, protect some outstanding disciples, which can be regarded as leaving a fire.
Cao Su had no time to control the rumors. He commanded the four states and had no worries. In fact, he could directly raise an army of 200,000 to go south.
But Cao Su was still not prepared to penetrate the Grand Master in the first attack. Even if the entire army of the Grand Master's 100,000-strong attack was annihilated, it could not be considered a complete defeat. He still had the divine pass to defend and the base of the divine capital.
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Therefore, Cao Su's strategy was to "boil the frog in warm water" and drag Shendu into the quagmire of war first, which was a major strategy to reduce Shendu's economic advantage.
Then wait for the opportunity to attack Yuzhou and slowly eat away at the Grand Master's arrangements in Yuzhou.
To put it bluntly, Cao Su has a more stable rear. Although it will also be affected by the war and have some economic impact, it is definitely much better than the city of God. It may not be as explosive as the city of God, but it has greater endurance.
The four states should be stronger.
The territory actually controlled by the Grand Master is now the land of Shendu and Gyeonggi, most of Yuzhou, a small area of Xizhou, and Jiannan Road and other places. The territory may be larger than Cao Su, but the territory
They are both places of the Four Battles. There are people everywhere who can directly attack the core area. We must take precautions everywhere. Compared with Cao Su, the containment is too great.
On this day, Cao Su dispatched 80,000 troops under his command to support the expedition. Among them, 50,000 elite troops led by Wang Qing, Hong Ding and others entered several fringe cities southeast of Pingji and Nanyu Geng and began to set up defenses to avoid being raided.
Enter directly into Dongping Wasteland.
Cao Su did not directly lead the army to Yangping Pass, but sent left and right vanguards led by Ma Chao and Shi Yong to support Yangping Pass first.
On that day, Gao Lan and Teng Chuan, the newly surrendered generals under Cao Su, led a partial division and quietly left the west of the city and headed towards the west of the city.
No one knew where Cao Su was in the army. Some people said that they saw Cao Su in the general's mansion. The general seemed to be like the grand master, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and making plans thousands of miles away.
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"I am a warrior, but defending the city is not my specialty."
"The city of God is said to have millions of warriors. When the city of God is conquered, it will be extremely dangerous if it arouses the resentment of all the warriors in the city of God."
"Therefore, if we want to conquer the divine capital, we must find a way to deal with the many warriors in the divine capital first."
In the General's Mansion, Cao Su was fully dressed.
He has the secret armor obtained from Jiuling Mountain inside - the black dragon armor, and the outer cover is the strongest and most complete Cao Jun Xuanjia. There is a "standard horizontal sword" across his waist. In fact, this horizontal sword is no longer an ordinary horizontal sword.
It was a evil sword that Cao Su had nurtured morning and night. Cao Su named it "Black Evil". In the past few years, some new materials had been added to it to refine it, making it extremely sharp and reaching the level of a treasure.
threshold.
In front of Cao Su, Princess Anyang was dressed in military uniform.
She was already tall, and after putting on a military uniform, she looked even more heroic. She put on a silver mask and covered her face, hiding her beautiful and cold face.
"You don't have to help me."
Cao Su held his sword and was surprised that Anyang took such an active part in the war.
Anyang did not participate in the previous wars.
Anyang approached Cao Su, gently stroked the black armor on Cao Su's body, and said in a gentle tone: "I'm already married to you, who can I help if I don't help you?"
Cao Su laughed dumbly and shook his head: "But this is not your ambition. You are going to Tongtian City."
"It's not a conflict."
Cao Su said in a deep voice: "The inspector of Tongtian City has already looked for me before."
Anyang's hand paused for a moment and rested on Cao Su's chest. She raised her head and her eyes were calm. Although she didn't speak, there was a hint of question in her eyes, "Why are we looking for you?"
Cao Su understood and had nothing to hide, and continued: "If you want to take me to Tongtian City, I think it will be a battlefield in the boundary. It is not optimistic."
"I have been given three years. Once the time is up, if I cannot break through to the profound realm, I will have to go to Tongtian City alone."
"Do you want to go there with a breakthrough? Or go without a breakthrough?"
Anyang's question touched on a key point.
Cao Su denied it in embarrassment: "This mysterious realm can be broken through if I just say it?"