On January 20, 1673 in the Han calendar, when the military leaders of the Northwest Military Region, the Northeast Military Region and the Southwest Military Region of the Han Kingdom were considering whether to defect to King Liu Jiarui or to Su Yi, who controlled the Southeast Military Region, the Liuwa Kingdom, located in the north of the Han Kingdom, suddenly launched a large-scale invasion of the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region of the Han Kingdom at the same time.

What shocked several forces in the Han Kingdom even more was that the Peta Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom, which were ranked in the second echelon in strength, directly sent a large number of fighters to participate in the battle and carried out air strikes on various military bases in the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region.

After the military leaders of the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region rejected the purchase of the Liuwa Kingdom, they did not expect that the Liuwa Kingdom, which was inferior to the Han Kingdom in all aspects, would take the initiative to launch an attack on the two major military regions, and the Liuwa Kingdom chose to declare war, so the two military regions were caught off guard, and just after the war began, the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region lost a large number of personnel and equipment.

In particular, the four air divisions subordinate to these two military regions became the main targets of air raids by the air forces of Peta, Voto, and Liuwa, with the result that the four air divisions were almost completely lost, and not even a single fighter plane was lifted into the air, and nearly 400 fourth-generation fighters were all blown up by enemy fighters.

With the air raids of the air forces of Peta, Voto, and Liuwa, more than 3 million Liuwa troops gathered on the border between the Han Kingdom and the Liuwa Kingdom brazenly attacked many border states and counties in the northwest and northeast regions of the Han Kingdom.

Due to the seizure of air supremacy by the air forces of Peta, Voto, and Ryuwa, the army units of the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region were able to resist the battle of the Ryuwa Army, which became very difficult, and as many telegrams for help as snowflakes flew to the General Headquarters of the Northwest Military Region and the General Headquarters of the Northeast Military Region.

The headquarters of the Northwest Military Region, located in Guyuan City, the capital of Luanzhou Prefecture of the Han Kingdom, was not bombed by the air forces of Peta, Voto, and Liuwa at the first time because it was far away from the border between the Kingdom of Dahan and the Kingdom of Liuwa, but just in case, Cai Shu'an, commander-in-chief of the Northwest Military Region, had moved his office to the underground command post of the headquarters of the Northwest Military Region.

On the morning of January 21, in a war room of the underground command post, Commander-in-Chief Cai Shu'an said to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan with a bitter face: "I never thought that the Liuwa Kingdom would use troops against our Han Kingdom at this time, and the Peta Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom have also intervened. Two armored tank brigades and a dozen light infantry divisions have suffered heavy losses, and even several light infantry divisions have been lost in contact. ”

The army units of the Northwest Military Region, with a total of four mechanized infantry divisions, four armored tank brigades and thirty light infantry divisions, were stationed in the border areas near the Liuwa Kingdom before the coup d'état of the new king Liu Jiarui, and most of these army units were stationed in the border areas near the Liuwa Kingdom to defend against the Liuwa Kingdom.

Or because of the formation of the Northwest Military Region to fight against the rebels, many army units subordinate to the Northwest Military Region were transferred by the commander-in-chief Cai Shu'an to some areas adjacent to the Tianjing Military Region, otherwise under the sudden attack of the Liuwa Kingdom without declaring war, the losses of the Northwest Military Region would have been even greater.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan said with a wry smile: "We are still too careless, when the Liuwa Kingdom tried to buy the two of us, the two of us should have thought that the Liuwa Kingdom was preparing to take advantage of this civil strife in our Han Kingdom to snatch a piece of meat from our Han Kingdom, if our Northwest Military Region could have taken some precautions earlier, it would not have suffered such a huge loss at the beginning of the war, and nearly 200 fourth-generation fighters of the two air divisions would not have been blown up on the tarmac of the airport." ”

Hearing Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan mention the two air divisions that had suffered heavy losses, Commander-in-Chief Cai Shu'an felt that his heart was dripping blood, and he must know that the two air divisions under the Northwest Military Region were equipped with nearly 200 fighters, but they were all the most advanced fourth-generation fighters in the world.

Commander-in-Chief Cai Shu'an sighed and said: "Not only our Northwest Military Region has suffered heavy losses, but under this wave of attacks from the Liuwa Kingdom, the Northeast Military Region has also suffered heavy losses, and the two air divisions under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Military Region are also finished. Will it also send army units into the war? ”

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan nodded slightly, "Now I can only ask the new king and the concubine for help, I hope that the two of them can take care of the overall situation, with the support of the Peta Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom, it is not an easy thing to repel this invasion of the Liuwa Kingdom." ”

Commander-in-Chief Cai Shu'an immediately said: "The Southeast Military Region controlled by Su Yi is a little far away from our Northwest Military Region, we must strive to let the Tianjing Military Region send reinforcements into the Northwest Kyushu as soon as possible, it seems that we have to give in to the new king." ”

On the afternoon of January 21, in a palace in the imperial palace of Tianjing City, Yang Yuandu, chief of the general staff of the National Defense Forces, reported to King Liu Jiarui with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, the telegrams for help from the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region have been sent to the headquarters of the National Defense Forces. It no longer exists, and the air supremacy on the battlefield has completely fallen into the hands of the air forces of Peta, Voto, and Liuwa. ”

King Liu Jiarui's face was very ugly, on the one hand, because of the invasion of the Liuwa Kingdom, and on the other hand, because of the four air divisions lost by the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region combined, three of which had been secretly controlled by him, but because these three air divisions were not easy to transfer, they were still nominally subordinate to the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region.

King Liu Jiarui then asked in a deep voice: "Are the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region now willing to be reclassified into the sequence of the National Defense Force?" ”

Yang Yuandu, chief of the General Staff, shook his head and said: "The Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region did not mention the matter of re-subsuming into the national defense force sequence in the telegram asking for help, but the Northwest Kyushu currently controlled by the Northwest Military Region, as well as the thirteen northeast states controlled by the Northeast Military Region, are all the territory of our Han Kingdom, in the face of the invasion of the Liuwa Kingdom, His Majesty the King had better send reinforcements to the two major military regions as soon as possible, only with the strength of the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region, it is difficult to stop the Liuwa army, What's more, this time, the Peta Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom also directly intervened, which made the situation facing our Great Han Kingdom even worse. ”

King Liu Jiarui said categorically: "No matter what, the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region must immediately indicate the sequence of reintegration into the National Defense Force, and send a report to Cai Shu'an of the Northwest Military Region, as well as Zhang Lewei of the Northeast Military Region, all the troops of the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region must obey the command of the National Defense Force Headquarters, and they have no other choice at this time!" The rescue of the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region is a must, but this king doesn't want to spend a lot of time to clean up the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region after the war! ”

Zhang Lewei is the current commander-in-chief of the Northeast Military Region, and like Cai Shu'an, commander-in-chief of the Northwest Military Region, he once publicly announced that he would not recognize Liu Jiarui's throne.

Chief of General Staff Yang Yuandu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, will you still keep your previous promises to several high-ranking military officials in the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region?" ”

In order to buy off several high-ranking officers of the Northwest Military Region, the Northeast Military Region, and the Southwest Theater, King Liu Jiarui even offered a sky-high price of 3 billion Han Yuan each.

King Liu Jiarui pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think the huge reward of 3 billion Han Yuan per person should be used?" ”

At this time, in this palace, in addition to King Liu Jiarui and Chief of General Staff Yang Yuandu, Yang Guanghao, Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Army, was also here.

Yang Guanghao, commander-in-chief of the army, then spoke: "Your Majesty, although even if Cai Shu'an and Zhang Lewei are not given this huge reward, according to the current situation in the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region, they have to choose to take refuge in His Majesty the King, but in order to completely win over the military hearts of the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region, the minister feels that we cannot save this money. ”

Yang Yuandu, chief of the general staff, nodded and said: "What Guanghao said makes sense, Your Majesty the King, now that our Han Kingdom is in an eventful situation, in order to avoid any more chaos in the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region, this fund really cannot be saved." ”

King Liu Jiarui waved his hand helplessly and said: "It seems that they can only be cheap Cai Shu'an and Zhang Lewei, by the way, is there any movement in the brother-in-law of this king?" ”

Yang Yuandu, chief of the general staff, said: "Your Majesty, Su Yi has not yet made any response to the invasion of the Liuwa Kingdom, but according to the information of the intelligence department, the navy, land and air forces of the Southeast Military Region have all received orders to enter the first level of combat readiness. ”

King Liu Jiarui sighed and said: "This time the Liuwa Kingdom invaded the northwest and northeast of our Han Kingdom, it is obvious that with the support of the Peta Kingdom and the Woto Kingdom, the air forces of Peta and Woto are directly involved in the air raids on the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region. ”

After a pause, King Liu Jiarui continued: "Although this king imported five hundred third-generation fighters from the Ende Kingdom at once, which restored the air force division of the Tianjing Military Region to seven, but in the face of the air forces of Peta and Voto, it is really difficult to regain air supremacy with only the seven air divisions of the Tianjing Military Region, so if you want to successfully thwart the invasion of the Liuwa Kingdom this time, you must bring in the brother-in-law of this king!" ”

As soon as King Liu Jiarui's words fell, Yang Yuandu, chief of the general staff, said in agreement: "Your Majesty the King is reasonable, with the military strength of the Peta Kingdom and the Voto Kingdom, if we fully support the Liuwa Kingdom, even if our Tianjing Military Region, Northwest Military Region and Northeast Military Region are tied together, it will be difficult to fight, only the navy, land and air forces under the command of the horse also join this war to resist the invaders, and our Han Kingdom will have hope of victory." ”

King Liu Jiarui nodded and said: "Then contact the brother-in-law of this king as soon as possible, as long as he is willing to recognize the throne of this king, all conditions are easy to negotiate." ”

Yang Yuandu, chief of the general staff, pondered for a moment and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you also agree to the appointment of the horse as the governor of the southeast?" ”

The appointment of Su Yi as the governor of the southeast is equivalent to handing over the military and political power of the entire sixteen southeastern states to Su Yi, and the sixteen southeastern states have become a state within a state of the Han Kingdom.

Although King Liu Jiarui's face was not good-looking, he nodded slightly, "Anyway, the entire sixteen states in the southeast are controlled by the brother-in-law of this king, and it doesn't matter if the false name of the governor of the southeast is given to him, the most important thing for our Han Kingdom now is to smash this invasion of the Liuwa Kingdom!" ”

Cai Shu'an, commander-in-chief of the Northwest Military Region, quickly responded to King Liu Jiarui's request, willing to recognize Liu Jiarui as the sixty-third king of the Han Kingdom, and at the same time announced the dissolution of the Northwest Military Region's crusading army, and all the troops of the entire Northwest Military Region were regrouped into the sequence of the Han National Defense Army.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Lewei, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Military Region, also issued a telegram, acknowledging the legitimacy of Liu Jiarui's succession to the throne and announcing the dissolution of the Northeast Military Region's crusading army, and the Northeast Military Region would be reclassified into the sequence of the Han National Defense Army, obeying the command of King Liu Jiarui and the headquarters of the National Defense Army.

After the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region chose to take refuge in King Liu Jiarui, a large number of army units of the Tianjing Military Region immediately went to the front line in the Northwest Region and the Northeast Region, and the Ministry of Finance of the Han Kingdom also allocated huge sums of money to the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region, which immediately solved the problem of military spending in the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region, and also made the two military regions have the money to form a large number of reserve troops to make up for the losses of the regular armies of the two military regions.

In addition, the seven air divisions subordinate to the Tianjing Military Region also sent many fighters into the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region to compete for air supremacy with the air forces of Peta, Voto, and Liuwa, but due to the strength of the air forces of Peta and Voto, the air force units of the Tianjing Military Region did not take any advantage at all on the front line, but suffered a lot of losses, and the headquarters of the Han National Defense Force also hoped more urgently that a large number of fourth-generation fighters of the Southeast Military Region under Su Yi could rush to the front line to participate in the war as soon as possible, relying on the seven air divisions of the Tianjing Military Region. There is no power to compete with the air forces of Peta, Voto, and Liuwa.