On October 3, 2538 in the Divine Calendar, the battle in the southwest that had been brewing for a long time between the Blood Wolf Kingdom and the Ice Lion Country finally broke out.

Thousands of fighters of the Air Force of the Blood Wolf Country first launched an air attack on the Army of the Ice Lion Country entrenched in the northern part of Yongkang Province and the eastern part of Qiannan Province, and then a large number of fighters deployed by the Ice Lion Country in the above-mentioned areas also gathered to take to the air to meet the battle, and began to compete for air supremacy with the Air Force of the Blood Wolf Country.

However, because the fighters of the Air Force of the Blood Wolf Country were slightly superior to the fighters of the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country in terms of quantity and performance, the Air Force of the Blood Wolf Country soon achieved a clear advantage in air combat.

And with the attack of the Air Force of the Blood Wolf Country, the Army of the Blood Wolf Country also launched a fierce attack on the northern part of Yongkang Province and the eastern part of Qiannan Province where the Army of the Ice Lion Country was stationed, and there were more than a dozen battlefields where the two armies were mainly engaged.

The battle between the Blood Wolf Country and the Ice Lion Country in the southwest region of the Great Qin Kingdom was initiated by the Blood Wolf Country on its own initiative, and the commander-in-chief of the dispatch army who commanded the Blood Wolf Country army Niad hoped to take the lead in defeating the 2.8 million Ice Lion Army troops in the northern part of Yongkang Province and the eastern part of Qiannan Province before the other 1.5 million army units of the Ice Lion Country army entered the southwest region.

However, the progress of the war was not as the commander-in-chief of the Blood Wolf Country's dispatch army, Niad, thought, in the fierce battle with the Blood Wolf Country's army, the Ice Lion Army's army showed the world's first army heritage, and in the case of losing air supremacy, with inferior troops, blocked the attack of the Blood Wolf Country's superior forces.

When more of the Ice Lion Army's army entered Yongkang Province and Qiannan Province, this great battle between the Blood Wolf Country and the Ice Lion Kingdom in the southwest region of the Great Qin Kingdom inevitably turned into a tragic war of attrition.

In the temporary presidential palace in Jinzhou City, the capital of Nanjiang Province of the Great Qin State, the current President Cai Yongchang sighed and said to more than a dozen high-ranking military and political officials of the Great Qin State: "Although the great war between the Blood Wolf Country and the Ice Lion Country in the southwest region of our Great Qin State is equivalent to bringing a catastrophe to the people in the southwest region of our Great Qin State, it is undeniable that this great battle between the Blood Wolf Country and the Ice Lion Country has left a respite for our Great Qin State, allowing the Ice Lion Kingdom to put most of its troops into the battlefield in the southwest region. ”

The situation facing the Great Qin State is very bad now, except for the capital Yueyangcheng area, Longxing Province and part of Sui'an Province controlled by Su Yi's army, the only areas that the Great Qin army can control are Lushan Province and Xiling Province in the central region, and Nanjiang Province, Puyang Province, Nanchuan Province and Lingnan Province in the southeast region.

The central region of the Great Qin State includes a total of six provinces and the capital Yueyang City, in addition to Lushan, Xiling, Longxing, Sui'an, as well as Ludong Province and Song'an Province, as well as Ludong Province and Song'an Province, most of the Sui'an Province, are controlled by the Ice Lion Army.

The southeastern region of the Great Qin Kingdom also included six provinces, and in addition to the four provinces that the Great Qin army still controlled, Ao Nan Province and Yunhu Province had already been captured by the Ice Lion Army.

As for the five northwestern provinces and six northeastern provinces of the Great Qin State, they were completely occupied by the army of the Ice Lion State, and in the five northwestern provinces and six northeastern provinces of the Great Qin State, only some guerrilla groups spontaneously organized by the people to resist the rule of the Ice Lion State remained.

In this way, the territory that the government of the Great Qin State can still control is only six provinces, with a total area of no more than 2.4 million square kilometers.

Minister of National Defense Liu Fuchen said with a wry smile: "If it weren't for the Blood Wolf Country's sudden dispatch of troops to the southwest region of our Great Qin Kingdom, maybe the Lushan Province and Xiling Province in the central region have been swallowed up by the Ice Lion Country army in one bite, and at present, our Great Qin Army in Lushan Province and Xiling Province add up to only about 1.2 million troops, and these 1.2 million army units are still seriously short of weapons and ammunition." ”

President Tsai Vinh Chang then asked Defense Minister Liu Fuchen: "Minister Liu, how many army units does our military still have in the four provinces of the southeast region?" ”

Liu Fuchen said: "After a period of expansion, at present, our Daqin Army in Nanjiang Province, Puyang Province, Nanchuan Province and Lingnan Province has a total strength of about 4 million. ”

President Cai Yongchang hesitated for a moment and asked: "Now that the passage between the four southeastern provinces and Lushan Province and Xiling Province in the central region has not been cut off, can the Ministry of National Defense support the 1.2 million army troops in Lushan Province and Xiling Province with a batch of weapons and ammunition?" ”

Before Defense Minister Liu Fuchen could speak, Zhou Botao, chief of the General Staff, shook his head and said: "In order to arm the four million army units in Nanjiang Province, Puyang Province, Nanchuan Province, and Lingnan Province, our Ministry of National Defense has already taken out all the weapons and ammunition at the bottom of the box, and it is simply impossible to take out a large number of weapons and ammunition to arm the 1.2 million army troops in Lushan Province and Xiling Province. ”

President Cai Yongchang immediately exchanged glances with Vice President Li Qingwei, and then Vice President Li Qingwei said: "I have a proposal that I don't know if it is feasible?" Now in the army of our Great Qin State, the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi can be described as strong and strong, and the Yueyang Front Army has also recovered the entire Longxing Province and several counties in Sui'an Province in the recent counterattack, can we let the Yueyang Front Army enter Lushan Province and Xiling Province? After all, as long as the Yueyang Front Army conquered Taolin County in Sui'an Province, it would be equivalent to opening up the passage with Lushan Province and Xiling Province, and the 1.2 million army troops currently stationed in Lushan Province and Xiling Province could be transferred back to Nanjiang Province, Puyang Province, Nanchuan Province, and Lingnan Province. ”

Vice President Li Qingwei's words made many high-ranking military officials frown, and Yan Degang, one of the five deputy chiefs of general staff of the Ministry of National Defense, immediately objected: "Although the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi is still nominally under the command of our Ministry of National Defense, in fact, the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi has basically been out of the control of our Ministry of Defense and has completely become Su Yi's private army. ”

Vice President Li Qingwei sighed and said: "With our 1.2 million army troops in Lushan Province and Xiling Province that are seriously short of weapons and ammunition, once the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom invades these two provinces, not only will we not be able to hold these two provinces at all, but we will also lose the 1.2 million army troops in vain, so it is better to directly hand over Lushan Province and Xiling Province to the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi, and the Yueyang Front Army will resist the invasion of the Ice Lion Army on Lushan Province and Xiling Province." ”

After a pause, Vice President Li Qingwei continued: "What's more, as long as the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi enters Lushan Province and Xiling Province, it will be equivalent to erecting a barrier in the north of Nanjiang Province, Puyang Province, Nanchuan Province and Lingnan Province, and then the military troops in these four provinces can gather more forces to deal with the Ice Lion Army from Aonan Province and Yunhu Province." ”

Ao Nan Province and Yunhu Province in the southeast region are both coastal provinces, and the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom did not attack these two provinces from the land, but cooperated with the Navy of the Ice Lion Country to attack directly from the sea.

President Cai Yongchang nodded and said: "Vice President Li's words, there is also a certain truth, if Lushan Province and Xiling Province are captured by the army of the Ice Lion Country, then the pressure on the four provinces in the southeast region will surge, everyone don't forget, our troops in Nanjiang Province, Puyang Province, Nanchuan Province and Lingnan Province, in addition to the need to guard against the Ice Lion Army from Ao Nan Province and Yunhu Province, also need to guard against the threat from the Army of the Blood Wolf Country and the Army of the Ice Lion Country in the southwest region, of course, the Army of the Blood Wolf Country and the Army of the Ice Lion Country currently in the southwest region, For the time being, there is no time to take care of Nam Giang, Pu Duong, Nam Chuan and Lingnan provinces. ”

Minister of National Defense Liu Fuchen hesitated and said: "The strength of the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi is getting stronger and stronger, a few days ago Su Yi also sent a telegram to the Ministry of National Defense, hoping that the Ministry of Defense can give him three more temporary army numbers, the formation of the provisional Fourth Army, the provisional Fifth Army and the provisional Sixth Army, you must know that the establishment of the provisional army under Su Yi is simply huge and a little terrifying, I believe that if Su Yi is given three more temporary army numbers, Su Yi will almost be able to form another two million army, making the Yueyang Front Army under his command have a total strength of more than four million. ”

After a pause, Liu Fuchen continued: "This is still under the condition that Su Yi only controls the Yueyang City area of the capital, Longxing Province and Sui'an Province, once Lushan Province and Xiling Province are also handed over to Su Yi, if Su Yi is not good, he will form a new army of several million, and then our Ministry of Defense will not be able to control the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi, Lushan Province and Xiling Province are both provinces with large populations, and the two provinces together have a population of about 80 million!" ”

President Cai Yongchang shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I also know very well what Minister Liu said, but now that our Great Qin State is already standing on the edge of the cliff, we will fall into the abyss if we are not careful, in order to prevent our Great Qin Kingdom, the only human country, from disappearing from the world, there are some things that can no longer be taken into account at this time, as for Su Yi and the Yueyang Front Army under his command, it is better to stay after the victory of the war and then think about it!" ”

In the end, this meeting of the military and political leaders of the Great Qin State, under the strong advocacy of President Cai Yongchang and Vice President Li Qingwei, reached an agreement to let the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi be stationed in Lushan Province and Xiling Province, and the current 1.2 million Great Qin Army in these two provinces will be withdrawn to Nanjiang Province, Puyang Province, Nanchuan Province and Lingnan Province in the southeast region to strengthen the defense strength of these four provinces, and these four provinces in the southeast region are also the last hope of the Great Qin government.

On the evening of the end of this high-level meeting of the military and government of the Great Qin State, in a room in the provisional presidential palace of Jinju City, Vice President Li Qingwei whispered to President Cai Yongchang: "President, the remaining 20 tons of gold have also been delivered." ”

President Cai Yongchang smiled bitterly, "I don't know if it's right to do this?" For the sake of forty tons of gold, he gave Lushan Province and Xiling Province to that Su Yi. ”

Vice President Li Qingwei was silent for a moment and said: "President, to hand over Lushan Province and Xiling Province to Su Yi, we are not all for forty tons of gold, after all, Su Yi privately promised to send a large number of weapons and ammunition to the Ministry of National Defense, including 500,000 rifles, and the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi is stationed in Lushan Province and Xiling Province, and it is indeed in the north of Nanjiang Province, Puyang Province, Nanchuan Province and Lingnan Province, which has built a barrier for us. ”

It turned out that the reason why President Cai Yongchang and Vice President Li Qingwei spared no effort to persuade the high-level leaders of the Ministry of National Defense to hand over Lushan Province and Xiling Province to the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi was that the people sent by Su Yi to Jinzhou City promised them that as long as President Cai Yongchang and Vice President Li Qingwei could help the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi to enter Lushan and Xiling Provinces, Su Yi would give each of them 20 tons of gold.

After President Cai Yongchang and Vice President Li Qingwei agreed, the people sent by Su Yi to Jinju City directly gave 20 tons of gold as a deposit, and after the Ministry of National Defense issued a request for the Yueyang Front Army to take over all the defense of Lushan Province and Xiling Province, Su Yi's people immediately handed over the remaining 20 tons of gold to President Cai Yongchang and Vice President Li Qingwei.

Then Vice President Li Qingwei said: "And with the current situation of our Great Qin State, we also have to think more about ourselves and our families, with this batch of gold that Su Yi gave to the two of us, even if our Great Qin Kingdom really dies in the end, the two of us and our families can at least live a richer life." ”

President Cai Yongchang gently rubbed his temples, "Actually, I promised to hand over Lushan Province and Xiling Province to the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi, I really think about the entire Great Qin Country and the human race all over the world, now not only the Ice Lion Country wants to annex our Great Qin State, but even the Blood Wolf Country can't help but join in, and the only one in our Great Qin Country that can resist the Army of the Ice Lion Country, and even the Army of the Blood Wolf Country, is only the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi, even if our Great Qin Country falls into the hands of Su Yi in the end, It's also a hundred times stronger than being swallowed up by the Ice Lion Country or the Blood Wolf Country! ”

Vice President Li Qingwei nodded and said: "What the president said is extremely true, under the current situation of crisis, we really have to look at the problem from the perspective of the entire Great Qin Kingdom and the human race in the world, and handing over Lushan Province and Xiling Province to Su Yi will definitely further enhance the strength of the Yueyang Front Army under Su Yi, which will also bring more hope to our Great Qin Kingdom and the human race in the world." ”

President Cai Yongchang put down the hand rubbing his temples, and then said: "Next, we will try our best to cooperate with the military's millions of army units in Nam Giang Province, Puyang Province, Nanchuan Province and Lingnan Province to reorganize and fight, these four provinces are our last territory." ”

"The President is assured that all branches of government will do their best for the benefit of all of us."

"By the way, my ten tons of gold were sent directly to the villa on the outskirts of Jinju City."

"Then I'll arrange it."