Please don't force me to be a god.

Before the Northern Expedition.

Zhang Tian, ​​General Guo, the Emperor and others had guessed that the eastern and western armies would be frustrated without Zhang Tian's help.

Once outside the city, the army of Tianjin Kingdom would be defeated by the "divine" An Dynasty army.

Back inside the city, the An Dynasty army could not capture the city.

One could not go out, and the other could not come in, and they became a mutual restraint.

Zhang Tian's solution was also very simple.

That is, the central army where he was located went straight to Huanglong and killed all the way to Zhongdu. He did not believe that the defenders of the east and west routes would not return to defend the city.

Once the Tianjin Kingdom army on the east and west sides withdrew, the An Dynasty army would take advantage of the situation to attack the empty city and naturally break it.

General Guo said: "My Lord, things have changed."

"According to the war report from the west, Chengdu was attacked by the Tubo army."

"Although the city was defended, the surrounding towns were looted."

"Now, Chengdu is surrounded by the Tubo army, who come to the city from time to time to challenge and threaten to break into the city and massacre."

"The commander of the western army, Ding Fu, has withdrawn too many troops from Chengdu. Now the city is empty, and the morale of the western army is unstable. They are thinking of returning to save their homeland."

Zhang Tian frowned slightly: "Do the Tubo dare to attack our An Dynasty?"

Although the An Dynasty was suppressed badly by the Tianjin Kingdom, it is still a behemoth for other countries, and not everyone can afford to provoke it.

General Guo said: "If it was just Tubo, they would not dare to do it. It must be that Tianjin promised them benefits and asked them to send troops to contain the Western Route Army."

At this point, General Guo paused and said: "According to this, Tianjin must have contacted Xixia and Dameng."

"It's just that we just started the Northern Expedition, and the front line has not advanced far, so we didn't encounter them."

Zhang Tian sighed in his heart.

Sure enough, this great power dispute will never be as simple as a fight between two countries.

Even in later generations, the great power dispute will involve dozens of countries.

The US-Soviet confrontation during the Cold War almost divided the earth into two poles.

Then it was the US-China confrontation, and almost all the mainstream countries in the world were involved.

It also demonstrated various means of diplomacy, war, economy, aid, public opinion, espionage, etc. to the fullest.

Now, Tianjin is afraid of Zhang Tian, ​​so naturally it will not be a country alone.

Use your influence, promise benefits, and mobilize Tubo, Xixia, and Dameng to stop yourself.

Without the help of the Clairvoyance, the Western Army would not be able to march north, and might even be defeated by the three kingdoms’ armies.

Many soldiers of the Western Army came from Chengdu Prefecture, so they were naturally worried about the safety of their families.

Now that Tubo threatened to massacre the city, it was obvious that they wanted to force the Western Army to return to defend.

Once the Western Army retreated, not only would their morale plummet, but it would also allow the western army of Tianjin Kingdom to free up its hands.

When they joined forces with the Abru army in the middle, the battle would be even more difficult.

Seeing Zhang Tian thinking, General Guo said, "Shangxian, can you give a Clairvoyance to the Chengdu Prefecture garrison commander?"

"With the Clairvoyance, even if we can't defeat the Tubo army, we can use offense as defense, and the pressure will be much lighter."

Zhang Tian shook his head and didn't explain.

The monitoring range of the balloon satellite is limited, including the Nine Heavens Hotel in the sky.

Being able to monitor three armies at the same time is already the limit.

If we add another route, the equipment will not be enough.

Zhang Tian sighed slightly. This is an open conspiracy. Even if we know it, there is no good way to crack it.

He had to say: "Your western army should return to defend. But not all of them, leave a mobile army to contain the western army of Tianjin Kingdom."

"Yes."

In front of Zhang Tian, ​​General Guo contacted the western army through the clairvoyance.

Finally, after a discussion.

Ding Fu, the former governor of Chengdu Prefecture, led the army to return to defend, leaving 50,000 troops, and Yu Jiangzhou led the Northern Expedition.

Yu Jiangzhou was originally just a general of the local navy, and he was a little nervous when he suddenly took on this important task.

Yu Jiangzhou said to Zhang Tian through the clairvoyance: "My Lord, I am not very knowledgeable and lack strategy, and I am afraid that I will miss the important matters of the court."

Zhang Tian said: "You don't have to worry."

"With the help of the clairvoyance, I don't ask you to capture many cities, just make sure that your own army will not be in trouble."

"Under this premise, try to contain the western army of Tianjin Kingdom as much as possible, and don't let them leave easily."

"If they dare to transfer troops to leave, you can either intercept them or attack the city, it's up to you."

Yu Jiangzhou breathed a sigh of relief and said with a fist: "I obey your command."

Zhang Tian said indifferently: "You notify the prefect Ding Fu, after returning to defend, collect information on the terrain and people of Tubo."

"If they dare to help Tianjin Kingdom play this trick of Wei Wei to save Zhao, they will have to face the reckoning of our An Dynasty."

"Yes." Yu Jiangzhou replied with a fist.

General Guo looked unhappy.Change, but secretly happy in his heart.

Why did Tubo and Xixia have to mess with immortals?

Originally, immortals would not bother to care about mortals' affairs when they came down to earth.

As a result, Tianjin Kingdom repeatedly messed with the immortals, and finally dared to use "fire thunder" to blow up the immortal boat.

Now, the immortals went straight to destroy the country.

After this battle, it is still unknown whether Tianjin Kingdom can still keep its name.

When Tianjin Kingdom is destroyed, I will definitely not have to stay in Xiangyang.

If I follow the immortals to fight the western countries, the territory of An Dynasty will be greatly expanded, and I will naturally be a great contributor to the expansion of territory.

…………

After such a game of chess in the void.

The east and west routes finally formed the confrontation state that Tianjin Kingdom wished for, and they restrained each other.

Now, the only problem is the army in the middle.

As long as Tianjin can stop Zhang Tian's Xiangyang army, Tianjin can survive even if the emperor is killed by "Tian Ji".

After Zhang Tian captured several important cities in the middle, such as Caizhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou, and Yingzhou, he marched directly northward.

Soon, the Xiangyang army encountered their first tough bone - Xuzhou.

This place has already forced the army of the fourth prince Abru, so there are many defenders in Xuzhou.

Zhang Tian came to the foot of Xuzhou and looked at the Tianjin defenders on the high wall, thinking.

"General Guo, try to see if you can take this city down first. There will be a fierce battle later, so you must use this opportunity to train your troops."

General Guo's face was stern, and he said, "I understand."

Along the way, due to the strategic contraction of Tianjin, and the assistance of Tiedong and Zhang Tian.

As a result, the Xiangyang army took down several cities almost without bloodshed.

The journey was too smooth, and coupled with the blind worship of Zhang Tian, ​​the Xiangyang army was somewhat impetuous at this time.

It felt like they were following Zhang Tian to earn military merit.

This was not a good thing.

Zhang Tian had to remind General Guo to take this opportunity to train the army and prepare for the next war.

General Guo ordered people to beat drums to boost morale, and he rode a fast horse in front of the battle.

"Brothers, thanks to the help of the immortals along the way, we can easily get here."

"But we can't let the immortals do everything, then what do we need to do?"

"This city, the immortals said, we must take it down with our own hands."

"Everyone, can we take it down?!"

As soon as General Guo brought Zhang Tian out, the fanatical atmosphere in the Xiangyang army suddenly emerged.

More than 100,000 people shouted in unison: "Take it down!"

"Take it down!!"

"Take it down!!"

His roar was like crazy, and the Tianjin Kingdom defenders on Xuzhou City changed their faces.

They had always been the ones who scared the people of An Dynasty so much that they hid in the city and dared not come out. Now, for the first time, they felt fear from the ordinary army of An Dynasty.