When Su Yi led his army to sweep through the sixteen southeastern states, Liu Jiarui, the new king of the Han Kingdom, used the treasury and royal family funds to do his best to expand the military strength of the Tianjing Military Region.

King Liu Jiarui even imported 500 third-generation fighters from the Kingdom of Ende at a price nearly 30% higher than the market price, and these 500 fighters are all active fighters of the Ender Air Force, which can also be said to be second-hand fighters.

The Ende Kingdom is one of the four white countries in the second echelon in strength, and at present, the Ende Kingdom has developed its own country's fourth-generation fighters, so the Ende Kingdom has plans to reduce the number of active third-generation fighters, otherwise even if Liu Jiarui pays a higher price, it is impossible for the Ende Kingdom to sell the active fighters.

When He Jianbin and Hu Ke, commander-in-chief of the Southeast Military Region, announced their surrender to Su Yi, the army units of the Tianjing Military Region had expanded to 14 mechanized infantry divisions, 40 light infantry divisions, 12 armored tank brigades, and 60 reserve infantry divisions.

The 500 third-generation fighters imported from the Ende Kingdom were also delivered to the Tianjing Military Region of the Han Kingdom through transit in other countries.

King Liu Jiarui merged more than 200 fighters into two new air divisions and reorganized five air divisions using 500 third-generation fighters imported from the Ende Kingdom, thus restoring the number of air divisions in the Tianjing Military Region to seven.

However, the seven air divisions of the Tianjing Military Region are not comparable to the seven air divisions of the previous Tianjing Military Region, but the seven air divisions of the Tianjing Military Region were all equipped with 54 F-16 fighters and 54 F-15 fighters.

The reason why King Liu Jiarui spared no effort to expand the military strength of the Tianjing Military Region was to guard against Su Yi on the one hand, and to guard against the crusading armies of the other three major military regions of the Han Kingdom on the other hand.

On the morning of January 2, 1673 in the Han calendar, in a palace in the imperial palace of Tianjing City, King Liu Jiarui said to more than a dozen military ministers with a gloomy face: "Just yesterday afternoon, He Jianbin and Hu Ke of the Southeast Military Region have announced their surrender to Su Yi, and in just over a month, Su Yi has almost bloodlessly captured the entire sixteen states in the southeast. ”

After King Liu Jiarui finished speaking, the hall immediately fell silent, and more than a dozen military and political ministers did not speak, after all, the strength shown by Su Yi really made people feel a little desperate, if Su Yi waved his troops north, even if the current military strength of the Tianjing Military Region increased a lot, it would be very difficult to block the army under Su Yi's command.

Seeing that more than a dozen military and political ministers did not speak, King Liu Jiarui directly began to roll out names, "What suggestions does Chief of General Staff Yang have for the current situation?" ”

Yang Yuandu, chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, heard that King Liu Jiarui had pointed at him, and said with a slight hesitation: "Your Majesty, the best choice is to reach a settlement with the horses, so that the horses can recognize the legitimate status of His Majesty the King. ”

King Liu Jiarui said in a deep voice: "This brother-in-law of this king, the misunderstanding of this king is too deep, and it will be very difficult for him to take refuge in this king, does Chief of General Staff Yang have any other suggestions?" ”

King Liu Jiarui knew that Su Yi must know his true identity, plus he put the previous king Liu De under house arrest, seized the throne of the Han Kingdom, and tried to kill Su Yi, which made some of the feelings between him and Su Yi no longer exist at all.

What's more, now that the army under Su Yi is strong and strong, if he wants Su Yi to take refuge in himself, even King Liu Jiarui feels that it is impossible.

Yang Yuandu, chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, pondered for a while and then said: "Your Majesty the King, as long as the benefits we give are large enough to let the horses recognize His Majesty's legal status, it is still possible, such as handing over the administrative power and taxes of the sixteen southeastern states to the horses, and even appointing the horses as the governors of the southeast, and the military and political power of the entire sixteen states in the southeast is decided by the horses." ”

Yang Yuandu's words made the other dozen or so military ministers all gasp, according to Yang Yuandu's meaning, it was equivalent to ceding all the sixteen states in the southeast to Su Yi, making the sixteen states in the southeast a country within a country.

Before King Liu Jiarui could speak, Finance Minister Zhang Yuan objected: "The various taxes of the sixteen states in the southeast account for almost three-quarters of the entire financial revenue of our Han Kingdom, once the tax revenue of the southeast region is lost, the consequences will be very serious, you must know that supporting the current army and air force of the Tianjing Military Region will make our Han Kingdom's finances already seriously deficit." ”

Finance Minister Zhang Yuan is the biological father of King Liu Jiarui, and after Liu Jiarui's successful coup, Zhang Yuan, who was originally the vice minister of finance, was promoted to finance minister.

Yang Yuandu, chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, listened to Zhang Yuan's objections, sighed slightly and said: "Even if we don't hand over the administrative power and taxes of the sixteen southeastern states to the horses, these things are now all under the control of the horses, and the horses are just missing a name. ”

King Liu Jiarui was silent for a while before he spoke: "This king can't let our Han Kingdom appear as a country within a state, and the matter of appointing Su Yi as the governor of the southeast will not be considered first, I wonder if Chief of Staff Yang has any other suggestions?" ”

Although Yang Yuandu was forced by Liu Jiarui to take refuge in Liu Jiarui, due to the relationship between his younger brother Yang Guanghao, in fact, Yang Yuandu has been tied to Liu Jiarui's boat, so Yang Yuandu's previous proposal is indeed for the sake of King Liu Jiarui.

Hearing King Liu Jiarui ask if he had any other suggestions, Yang Yuandu thought about it for a while and said: "If His Majesty the King doesn't consider turning war with the horse into a jade silk, then he can only recruit the other three military regions as much as possible, and when the time comes, with the strength of the four major military regions, he will be able to compete with the southeast military region controlled by the horse." ”

Hearing Yang Yuandu mention the other three military regions, King Liu Jiarui couldn't help but sigh and said: "At present, the high-level leaders of the Northwest Military Region, the Northeast Military Region, and the Southwest Military Region also have very strong opinions about this king, and it is also a very difficult thing to get them to recognize the status of this king. ”

Yang Yuandu, chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, immediately said: "Your Majesty, Cai Shu'an, commander-in-chief of the Northwest Military Region, Zhang Lewei, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Military Region, and Zhou Minghui, commander-in-chief of the Southwest Military Region, have not controlled all the military forces of their respective military regions due to His Majesty's interference. ”

The division commanders of the four air divisions of the three major military regions, under the heavy bribes of King Liu Jiarui, secretly expressed their willingness to obey King Liu Jiarui's orders.

Nearly four hundred fourth-generation fighters of these four air divisions can be transferred to the military airfield of the Tianjing Military Region at any time, if desired.

The reason why the four air divisions have not yet made any moves is entirely because the four air divisions not only have nearly 400 fighters and nearly 400 pilots, but also have many reserve pilots in the four air divisions, as well as many officers and men of ground crews and garrison units.

After a pause, Yang Yuandu continued: "Your Majesty, since we can buy off the division commanders and brigade commanders who control the military power of the three major military regions, why can't we buy those three commanders-in-chief? ”

King Liu Jiarui's heart moved, "But this king has relieved Cai Shu'an, Zhang Lewei and Zhou Minghui of their military power before, and now he is going to buy them, is it still possible?" ”

At this time, Yang Guanghao, commander-in-chief of the Han Army, said: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that as long as the benefits we give are big enough, there are still some possibilities to buy Cai Shu'an, Zhang Lewei and Zhou Minghui, after all, His Majesty the King has officially ascended the throne, and the three major military regions will continue to make trouble, and there will be no results." ”

Yang Yuandu followed and said: "Your Majesty the King, whether Cai Shu'an, Zhang Lewei and Zhou Minghui are willing to reassign the three major military regions to the sequence of the National Defense Force, we should give it a try, otherwise it will be a little difficult to sustain our Tianjing Military Region alone, and we have to guard against the horses, the Northwest Military Region, the Northeast Military Region, and the Southwest Military Region." ”

King Liu Jiarui nodded with determination and said, "Then the king will give it a try!" ”

On the morning of January 10, 1673 in the Han calendar, in a study room of the Northwest Military Region Headquarters in Guyuan City, the capital of Luanzhou Prefecture of the Han Kingdom, Cai Shu'an, commander-in-chief of the Northwest Military Region, said to Li Guangyuan, deputy commander-in-chief, in a deep voice: "Now, except for the new king Liu Jiarui and the concubine Su Yi, I didn't expect that even the Liuwa Kingdom would send people to buy us and want to annex our entire Northwest Military Region and the nine states in the northwest region. ”

The Liuwa Kingdom is located in the north of the Han Kingdom, with a land area of about 18 million square kilometers, and is adjacent to the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region of the Han Kingdom.

The Liuwa Kingdom split from the Moose Kingdom more than 20 years ago, and the Moose Kingdom was once the world's first-tier power, and occupied more than 10 million square kilometers of the Han Kingdom.

However, after Du Yuan, known as a war maniac, became the prime minister of the cabinet of the Han Kingdom, the four wars between the Musi Kingdom and the Dahan Kingdom were lost, and the Musi Kingdom also collapsed because of these four wars, and finally split into three countries.

The Peta Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom, which are currently ranked in the second echelon of the world, are also split from the Moose Kingdom.

Although the royal family of the Kingdom of Liuwa is white, more than 770 million of the 800 million people of the Kingdom of Liuwa are Han Chinese, and only 30 million are white.

The economic strength and military strength of the Liuwa Kingdom are average, which is slightly inferior to the Great Han Kingdom before Su Yi's appearance, and it has even been facing the danger of being annexed by the Peta Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom.

This time, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Han Kingdom, the Liuwa Kingdom, which hoped to expand its strength, also extended its hand into the Han Kingdom, targeting not only the northwestern Kyushu, but also the thirteen states controlled by the Northeast Military Region.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that our Northwest Military Region would become a sweet and sweet spot, and the conditions given by these three families are more generous than the other. ”

Up to now, the army units under Su Yi's command have not yet completed the takeover of the entire southeast region, but the clones in the enterprises under Su Yi's name have already begun to operate.

Su Yi not only tried to use money to settle the three major military regions of the northwest, northeast and southwest, but even secretly began to buy some generals of the Tianjing Military Region, if he could use money to solve the other four major military regions, even if he paid hundreds of billions of Han Yuan, or even trillions of Han Yuan, Su Yi was willing.

Commander-in-Chief Cai Shu'an then sighed and said: "The Liuwa Kingdom does not need to be considered, although most of the population of the Liuwa Kingdom is also Han Chinese, but the Liuwa Kingdom is still a white country after all, if we agree to the conditions of the Liuwa Kingdom, the backbone will be scolded by the people, but the economy of Northwest Kyushu is backward, even if our military region intercepts most of the tax revenue of Northwest Kyushu, it is difficult to support all the troops of our Northwest Military Region, it seems that in the end, our Northwest Military Region still has to take refuge in one side." ”

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Commander-in-Chief, which side are you leaning towards?" ”

Commander-in-Chief Cai Shu'an was silent for a moment before saying: "Lao Li, there are just the two of us here, to be honest, I am more inclined to take refuge in the new king Liu Jiarui, as for the reason, you must also know Lao Li." ”

The people sent by King Liu Jiarui to the Northwest Military Region not long ago promised Cai Shu'an, the commander-in-chief who controlled most of the military power in the Northwest Military Region, and Li Guangyuan, the deputy commander-in-chief, that as long as they were willing to join the new king Liu Jiarui, each of them would receive a huge amount of money of 3 billion Han Yuan, but the two of them had to hand over most of the military power in their hands.

And Su Yi's promise to the two people is that they will personally receive a reward of 300 million Han Yuan, and the officers at all levels of the entire Northwest Military Region will also receive different cash rewards according to the level of their military ranks, and in the end, Su Yi's funds will far exceed the total of 6 billion Han Yuan taken out by King Liu Jiarui.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan sighed and said: "Commander-in-Chief, although King Liu Jiarui promised to give us two money is ten times that of Su Yi's promise, but don't forget the matter of the Southeast Military Region, it is precisely because Su Yi bribed the division commanders and brigade commanders who led the troops below that the Southeast Military Region, which has the strongest military strength among the five major military regions, was almost captured by Su Yi's soldiers without blood, if the two of us only care about our own interests, those division commanders, brigade commanders, regiment commanders, and battalion commanders below may soon sell the two of us." ”

Commander-in-Chief Cai Shu'an said with a wry smile: "There are 300 million Han Yuan on one side and 3 billion Han Yuan on the other, a difference of ten times, if it weren't for the officers who led the troops below, I wouldn't have hesitated." ”