"Has the merchant finally started moving? Attacking from Xiangzhou, he chose to advance steadily and steadily! When the report from the front line was delivered, Xihe and the Han Dynasty, which had been calm for half a winter, finally couldn't avoid a war, and the big stone that Zhang Yuan was pressing in his heart actually fell when he knew the news.

I'm not afraid that there will be movement from Li Shang, but I'm afraid that the other party will not move, and I don't know what Lu Dao is secretly stirring up.

Now that Li Shang has made a move, Zhang Yuan naturally saw the move, and the good news passed on by the Yuan Dynasty finally made Zhang Yuan, who had done everything he had and gambled his life, really exhaled: "Now as long as the first batch of wealth from the Yuan Dynasty is transported back, the strength of the West River can be completely stabilized." Until then, blocking Li Shang's attack was a top priority. ”

The sense of crisis is temporarily gone, Zhang Yuan is more focused on controlling the overall situation, the first batch of immigrants to the neighboring sea of the people have been prepared, and now Xihe is trying to control the eight states, except for the Xiangzhou, which has been almost abandoned, the other states that are ready to evacuate or emigrate, and the states that must be held are developing more and more rapidly.

Among them, Liuzhou's shipbuilding industry in Qian Tian vigorously promoted, not in the uncontrolled self-sufficiency of development, the benefits are obvious, the winter has just passed, there are as many as seven large and small sailing ships to the sea, the next period of time, the shipbuilding industry will become one of the main tasks of the development of the West River, with the blockade of the Li Shang to crack down on the smuggling of the West River and the Han Dynasty, this will be the only means for the West River to open up contact with the outside world.

Under the initiative and vigorous promotion of the Xihe Shili force, the exchanges between the various states under the Xihe Shili force are getting closer and closer, and the development of fields, the construction of canals, houses, and the youth of the city can be seen everywhere in Yuanzhou. With the vigorous promotion of commerce, merchants and hawkers can also be seen everywhere, a thriving and prosperous, it can be predicted that as long as the power of the West River is not broken, the power of the West River will become more and more stable, and it will take more costs to eradicate it at that time.

Li Shang obviously knew this, but within the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang was intensively preparing for a new round of conquest, even if it was the powerful Han Dynasty, there were still Xiongnu coveters in the face of it. In the case of the uprising of the righteous army from time to time, he was not allowed to multitask, so he could only focus on exterminating Xiang Yu first, and he was not powerless against the Xihe situation, but in addition to relying on local resources and troops. Li Shang did not get the slightest amount of troops or materials.

Yes, I just straightened out the amount of force in my hand. Settle the subsequent development and continuous output. The Li Shang, who was ready to fight a protracted war, did not hesitate, and the message from the Yiren showed that the Xihe Shilu force attacked the Yuan Dynasty more smoothly than expected, encountered very little resistance, and the shocking Jingguan, hundreds of thousands of Tatars were killed. It also gave up the idea of watching from the wall and waiting for the opportunity.

As long as the Xihe Dynasty is steady and steady, there will be no problems on the side of the Yuan Dynasty in a short time, and the situation on the side of the Yuan Dynasty is even worse than that of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, if you want to start from the Yuan Dynasty, you can only say that you have miscalculated.

In fact, who would have thought that the Yuan Dynasty, which was still majestic last year and repeatedly sent hundreds of thousands of troops to invade the Han Dynasty ambitiously, would be a guy who is strong on the outside and capable in the middle?

Fortunately, Li Shang didn't pin his hopes on the Yuan Dynasty from the beginning, even if the other party can succeed, there is no loss if he can't succeed, anyway, he uses this time to straighten out and completely control the amount of power, and now the amount of power accumulated can not be regarded as a thunderbolt blow to Xihe's potential, but the advantage of troops is still there, and it can still be done with containment on all sides, and steady and steady progress can still be done.

Another day later, Zhang Yuan, who was in Keyuan City, got the information passed on from the frontline strangers, and got some specific details of Li Shang's dispatch of troops this time.

"Xiangzhou sent 80,000 troops, almost all of them were new soldiers, and other Qinzhou also increased 20,000 troops, and the blockade was strict everywhere, more or less increased by 10,000 to 5,000, which is almost all the troops that Li Shang could use after expanding during this time, it seems that this time he is playing really, attacking with a magnificent army, but the strategy is ineffective, he can only collide with him in a dignified manner, blocking his way!" Zhang Yuan secretly pondered, Li Shang was more cunning and steady than Zhang Ao, and as soon as he made a move, he hit Zhang Yuan's most uncomfortable place, and directly brought his advantages to the extreme.

"This is indeed an oppressive book!" Zhang Yuan shook his head helplessly, although the Han Dynasty couldn't give Li Shang any support, but, compared with the support of external forces, giving Li Shang strong capital is the greatest support, Li Shang has been able to fully curb the will of the West River, and can control the entire western territory of the Han Dynasty, so much support, isn't it the greatest support?

"Fortunately, our side is not without advantages at all, with the grassland at its back, the cavalry is one of them! After this period of full development, although the army is at a disadvantage, the quality of the soldiers and the discipline of the army are also one of the advantages. ”

"In this way, we will transfer some veterans from various states to supplement the recruits and have an actual combat training with the Han army that is being contained!" Zhang Yuan thought about it for a while, and then made a decision, to enrich Xiangzhou with veterans, to change the defense to the states with newly trained recruits, and to mix with some of the veterans left behind to take over the defense, and then even if the Han army did not move, they also sent out to conduct actual combat training with the Han army, on the one hand, to contain part of the energy of Li Shang, on the other hand, it is indeed through actual combat to quickly mature the recruits, and in this way, if it is just a tug of war, the casualties will be much smaller than the main battlefield Xiangzhou, and it is the most suitable for training recruits.

After making a decision, Zhang Yuan discussed with others again, perfected the layout of the entire overall situation, and then divided the specific things they were responsible for.

This is the benefit of the rise of a new force, which has just risen to be able to tie all the forces together, and a force to one place.

When the Xihe force operated according to the established goals, the recruit training camps arranged everywhere methodically output the newly trained recruits, and various places began to organize a change of defense, and the 80,000 troops of Li Shang went to Xiangzhou in a mighty way, and the surging momentum was menacing, like a black cloud, and the whole Xiangzhou suddenly had a feeling that the mountain rain was coming.

"It's so fast, it was only arranged yesterday, and it's here today, the commander of the Han army is very powerful, I'm afraid this Xiangzhou can't be saved!" Wei Jing stood at the pass between Xiangzhou and Hanzhou, the Changqing Pass that had just been re-thickened and repaired, took a deep breath, and looked at the army in front of him with no end in sight. (To be continued......)