The guards in Tongguan had more than 22,000, including 3,000 cavalrymen, which were the elite forces in the defenders.

On weekdays, the maximum number of defenders in Tongguan was only 10,000. However, after the Turkic cavalry invaded the territory, the court sent additional garrisons in Tongguan. Liu Zhao, the Marquis of Dingguo, also led his army to station and deploy defenses here. Now many of the defensive facilities in Tongguan were still built at that time.

At this time, a vanguard army of King Huai, without food and grass, drove straight into Tongguan less than 300 miles. This should be an action by King Huai to cooperate with Princess Min to persuade General Mu Yu of Nanyuan. Once Mu Yu surrendered, King Huai would station troops in Tongguan and approach Chang'an City, the capital of Dashun Dynasty.

Liu Yu didn't know much about the situation of this vanguard army, but he could guess that it should be all cavalry and the elite of the Huai Army, with a number of more than two thousand cavalry. As for why this vanguard army could break through the county towns of the imperial court in the Central Plains and drive straight into it, Liu Yu was probably related to the inaction of the local defenders.

The Huai Army was in a fierce momentum, and even the court army had to avoid its edge. When local troops did not receive the imperial order, they could only defend and then defend.

"From Tongguan to the southeast to the front line, there are still sixteen county towns under the control of the imperial court. These sixteen county towns are connected into lines. This is our first line of defense." Liu Yu pointed to the military map.

There were not many people beside Liu Yu, except Xu Xuanzhu and Su Yan, only Qu Zhu was left.

Now the backbone around Liu Yu is either staying in Chang'an City to manage the affairs of the rear, or quelling the rebellion in southern Guanzhong. There are too few people available to him. This military meeting is simple in form, but very important.

"Master, can you explain it clearly?" Su Yan was a little anxious because he looked at the military map of the Huai Army's main force was very close to Tongguan. This was not the mysterious vanguard army.

"What don't you understand?" Liu Yu looked at Su Yan and asked.

"The first line of defense is these sixteen cities, what about the second line of defense?"

"Tongguan." Liu Yu pointed at the place where they were.

"Is there a third line of defense?" Su Yan asked again.

Liu Yu thought for a while and said, "The third way is probably the wall of Chang'an City."

Su Yan was in trouble, so he first looked at the "first line of defense". The sixteen cities seemed scattered in a vast area and were not in line at all. It might be difficult to connect them together. Even if he didn't know much about military affairs, he could roughly understand that if the Huai Army attacked one place, it would definitely defeat a city in a few days and would soon eat away the first line of defense.

The third line of defense, Chang'an City, was his old nest. If Chang'an City was besieged, he felt that he could not survive. After watching for a while, he finally felt that the most important thing was the Tongguan where they are currently in.

Natural dangers are easy to defend but difficult to attack, and they are the key barriers that must be passed in Guanzhong. It seems that you are sure to defend Tongguan.

But Su Yan once again compared the size of Guanzhong and the world, and immediately lost confidence. If the Huai Army really fought under Tongguan, 80% of the territory in the world was occupied by the Huai Army, then he, the king, could only be considered a short seller.

"Master. Huai Army...how many soldiers and horses are there?" Su Yan mustered up the courage to ask again.

In the past, there was roughly an official statement of 50,000 and a civilian statement of 200,000. The news was not very accurate. Su Yan was the clearest about how many soldiers he had. He had a lot of plans, and only Tongguan could come in handy, that is, more than 20,000 soldiers were soldiered.

Liu Yu said: "It's roughly between 150,000 and 170,000."

Su Yan lifted his left and right hands, pinched his fingers for a long time but couldn't figure out the gap in the strength of the two sides, or he didn't understand what this meant at all.

"What about us?" Su Yan's eyes became eager.

Liu Yu pointed to the first line of defense of the sixteen cities and said: "There are local defenders here, and there are about 30,000 soldiers together, here..." Liu Yu pointed to Tongguan, "Twenty thousand."

Finally, Liu Yu pointed to Guanzhong and said, "The last line of defense has 20,000 soldiers at all. Together, there are 70,000 soldiers in total."

Su Yan was worried, but when he heard that there were 70,000, it was beyond his imagination. He said happily: "Not 70,000, no more, no more, 70,000, 170,000, some are still beaten."

Liu Yu sighed. It seemed that Su Yan still didn't understand his lonely situation. Now he has to face not only King Huai, but also other vassal kings who have ambitions for the court. Although they are in harmony with each other, they will still work together in the face of great interests. With the soldiers of other vassal kings, the number of rebels will be more than 300,000.

Liu Yu said: "The comparison of troops is not more powerful than that of the heads. If anyone has more people, he can win, then there are tens of millions of strong men under the rule of the court, and the number of strong men in Huai is only one million. It is absolutely certain that the court won. But the fact is that most of the excellent soldiers in the court's army are in the north, and this line has about 200,000 soldiers and horses, which can be said to be the elite of the entire Dashun Dynasty. Although the strength of the Huai army is not as strong as that of the border army, it is also above the strength of the local defenders, so... our grasp is still very low."

"Can we transfer the border troops back?" Su Yan asked with anticipation.

Liu Yu sighed. Since the new emperor ascended the throne, as the marshal who nominally commanded the border army, the Marshal of Dingguo, had never made any other statements except asking the court for food and wages to fight against the Turks. He led his army back several times and was rejected by him in the name of emergency border military affairs. On the surface, the Marshal of Dingguo was considering his family and country, but in fact, the Marshal of Dingguo looked down on his son at all, and even looked down on the New Emperor who was closely related to his unscrupulous son.

"No, we can only rely on ourselves." Liu Yu dispelled Su Yan's unrealistic idea.

Su Yan also sighed and asked again: "Master, how sure are we?"

"Ten thousand, you are the lord of the world. Although we are now passive, the final victory belongs to us."

Su Yan trusted Liu Yu the most. After hearing this, he finally relieved his sorrow and said, "Master, I have listened to you in everything. What should we do first now?"

"Issue a manifesto first and proclamation to fight against rebellion."

Su Yan was in trouble again, and he obviously would not write any manifesto.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Don't look at me, I won't. I'll call that stubborn old man. He is from the Minister of Rites and is good at doing this."

Yuan Bolang was still resting, but the bumps along the way made him unable to resist. After sleeping for two hours, he was woken up and then came to see the new emperor unhappily.

"Writing a manifesto?" Yuan Bolang saw the new emperor's will and looked at Liu Yu first, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's inappropriate. The court must come up with appropriate reasons for rebellion, otherwise it will be burdened by it, which will cause the vassal kings to have a different intention and join forces."

Liu Yu said: "Then the Prime Minister Yuan might as well write a proclamation to attack the rebel king. The proclamation did not say who was rebel king, and then issued an edict to the vassal kings, so that they could help the court to participate in the righteous act. Oh, there must be no one on the side of King Huai."

What Yuan Bolang is most worried about is facing Liu Yu. This young man seems to discuss with others everywhere, but in fact he is the most arbitrary, not too big but scheming.

"A boy named Liu, since you are confident, you have written it yourself, and you still ask me to do what? If you don't write it well, can't I be able to spend some time?" (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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