Chapter 334: The Division of Strength among Nations

In fact, in Zhenani's heart, she no longer believed that Rashid was just amnesia, because Zhenani then found Merzug, the deputy head of the Holy Land Guard of the Holy Fire Sect in the southeast diocese, and the diamond-level holy fire guard Muawiye of the Northeast Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect, as well as a top master named Naimu sent by Gao Changguo this time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The three of them, like Rashid, seem to have no memory of the past at all, and have become personal bodyguards who obey Liu Ji's orders, and Zhenani asks Liu Ji what happened to the three of them, but Liu Ji still has his head blown up, and all three of them have amnesia to perfunctory her.

One person may have amnesia, but the four people together have no possibility of amnesia at the same time, it is very likely that Liu Ji took some evil method to control Rashid and the other four, so that Rashid and them became what they are now.

It's a pity that Zhenani didn't hear any useful news from Liu Ji's mouth, and now Zhenani can only hope that Rashid can defeat the evil methods that Liu Ji carried out on him, restore his previous memories, and then take himself away and fly away.

Nadeva, Aisha, and Fadini, the three beauties of Zhuqiguo, are very satisfied with Liu Ji's ability to accept them as concubines, after all, compared to the three saints of the Holy Fire Sect and one of the previous saints, the status of Nadeva, Aisha, and Fadini is simply not worth mentioning, even the four saints are Liu Ji's concubines, and the three of them are all concubines, so what is there to dissatisfaction with!

Agu Yili asked Liu Ji, "Husband, did you leave Zhuqi City to lead the troops to resist the army of Gaochang Kingdom?" ”

"It's not resistance, it's defeat! I will lead the Jue'an army to defeat the hundreds of thousands of Gaochang troops who have come to attack! Liu Ji said confidently.

Agu Yili sighed and said: "Husband, if-I mean if, if we can't do anything, we can completely retreat to the territory of the Jin Kingdom, or even the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, the strength of the Jin Kingdom is not weaker than the Gaochang Kingdom, and the Gaochang Kingdom should not make a big move against the Jin Kingdom, after all, the four powerful countries in the Western Regions do not have a good relationship with each other, and it can even be said that they are very tense, and the Gaochang Kingdom also needs to guard against the three powerful countries of Dawan, Cheshi and Anxi. ”

Liu Ji frowned slightly when he heard that Agu Yili compared the Jin Kingdom with the Gao Chang Kingdom, although Liu Ji was unwilling to admit it, but in fact, the current Dajin and Gao Chang Guo already belonged to the same level of country.

The Great Jin Dynasty used to be the most powerful country in the East, and the East mentioned here does not include the Western Regions, even if the Great Jin Dynasty was the strongest, it was much worse than the Dawan Kingdom, the first powerful country in the Western Regions, and now the strength of the Great Jin Dynasty is far from catching up with the Great Wan Kingdom, and even compared with the Gaochang Kingdom, the second most powerful country in the Western Regions, it is only between the two middles.

The Great Jin Dynasty is now suffering from internal and external troubles, the national strength has declined sharply, and it has long been unable to be called the first power in the East, the three major nomadic tribes of the grassland, the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan, take out one at will, and its military strength may exceed that of the Great Jin, of course, these three nomads have not established a country, but they can't take away the title of the first power in the East.

In the southwest of the Great Jin Kingdom, the territory is slightly smaller than the Great Jin Kingdom, with 22 states, the Great Jin Dynasty was weakened, it is a good opportunity for the Great Zhou to become the first power in the East, but unfortunately in the past ten years, the Great Zhou country is also a natural disaster and man-made disasters, the national strength is not less than the Great Jin decline, the Great Jin and the Great Zhou can be said to be a pair of difficult brothers.

If it is said that the current number one power in the east, it can undoubtedly only be the Lu country in the southeast of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Originally, in the vast area southeast of the Great Jin Dynasty, there are dozens of countries, the total area of these dozens of countries, much larger than the Great Jin and the Great Zhou combined, the people living in these countries, and the Jin people, Zhou people are almost no different, whether it is language, culture and living habits, almost the same, only slightly different in geography.

The Great Jin and the Great Zhou are very interested in these countries in the southeast, after all, there are so many similarities, as long as they are defeated, they are very easy to assimilate.

In order to resist the troops of the two major powers in the east, these dozens of countries are either three, four, or five or six, forming more than a dozen military alliances, the Great Jin and the Great Zhou, once also sent troops to conquer these countries in the southeast, expand their territory, the Great Jin to some countries in the southeast, launched three expeditions, the Great Zhou is to some countries in the southeast, launched seven expeditions, but the many expeditions of the Great Jin and the Great Zhou, basically all of them were lost, almost nothing.

More than a hundred years ago, many countries in the southeast, especially those close to the border of the Great Jin Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty, have taken refuge in the Great Jin or Great Zhou, becoming the subject countries of the two great powers, and every year they have to offer a large number of gold and silver treasures and their own specialties to the Great Jin or the Great Zhou, in exchange for the peace of their own countries.

After all, attacking any country in the southeast region would be tantamount to declaring war with several countries in the southeast region at the same time, and sometimes even the union of several military alliances.

Now there is no need to fight, and a large amount of gold and silver treasures can be obtained every year, and the Great Jin and the Great Zhou are very willing.

Lu was originally only a small country among dozens of countries in the southeast, and the land area of Lu thirty years ago was equivalent to the size of half of Qianzhou, but Lu appeared thirty years ago with a Wen Taowu emperor Jiang Sheng.

This Jiang Sheng used five years to develop the army and economy of the Lu State, and then Jiang Sheng spent another five years to annex the other three countries in the military alliance where the Lu State was located.

In the following 20 years, especially taking advantage of the weakness of the two powerful countries of the Great Jin and the Great Zhou in the past ten years, Jiang Sheng, the emperor of the Lu State, adopted the strategy of distant friendship and close attack, and successively annexed 43 countries in the southeast region, many of which are subjects of the Great Jin or the Great Zhou, so that the land area of the Lu State today has swelled to almost equal to the sum of the Great Jin and the Great Zhou, with 49 large and small states, the population is far greater than the Great Jin, and the number of troops has also exceeded the Great Jin by a lot, so it can be said that the Lu State has become a veritable first power in the East.

In the eastern countries, the administrative areas are divided by prefectures, counties and counties, but the area is different.

Nowadays, dozens of countries in the southeast region, in addition to the Lu country, there are only eight countries left, and the territory of six of the countries just separates the Lu country from the Great Jin and the Great Zhou, otherwise the Great Jin or the Great Zhou at this time, facing the Lu country in the face of the prosperous army, is definitely equivalent to making things worse.

The six countries between the Great Jin, the Great Zhou, and the Lu State are Jiao State, Xun State, Gu State, Lai State, Mu State, and Bai State, these six countries are not weak, and they were once dozens of countries in the southeast region, and the relatively powerful countries were the main force that resisted the Great Jin or the Great Zhou in the past.

Now Jiaoguo, Xunguo, Guguo, and Lai are the subject states of the Great Jin, and the Mu State and Bai State are the subject states of the Great Zhou, the strongest Mu State, with the territory of 5 states, and the army of about 1.3 million, and the weakest Lai State, which also has a state land, has an army of about 400,000.

It is precisely because of the six hard bones that are not easy to gnaw on the Jiao State, Xun State, Gu State, Lai State, Mu State, and Bai State that the soldiers of the Lu State cannot reach the territory of the Great Jin or the Great Zhou.

In addition, there are two countries in the southeast, namely Yan and Xiao, before the rise of Lu, Yan is the first power in the southeast, Xiao is the second power in the southeast, in the process of the rise of Lu, Yan and Xiao are under the pressure of Lu, and also annexed some surrounding countries, now Yan has 19 states, Xiao also has 16 states, the strength of these two countries is not weaker than the Great Jin and Dazhou.

Now in the whole East, according to the division of strength of various countries, Lu itself should be regarded as the first echelon, Jin, Zhou, Yan and Xiao should be regarded as the second echelon, Jiao, Xun, Gu, Lai, Mu, and Bai belong to the third echelon, and the three major nomadic peoples of the grassland, Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan, although they have not established a country, their military strength can also be ranked in the second echelon of the entire Eastern countries.

In the grassland, the strength of more than a dozen nomadic peoples such as Wuheng, Lou Fu, Rouran, Donghu, and Dangxiang can be ranked in the third echelon of the entire Eastern country.

At this time in the Western Regions, the Dawan Kingdom, the first powerful country in the Western Regions, can definitely be ranked in the first echelon, Gaochang Kingdom, Cheshi Kingdom, and Anxi Kingdom can all be ranked in the second echelon, and in the Western Regions countries, there must be more than a dozen of them who can be ranked in the third echelon.

In addition, in addition to the above-mentioned countries in the East, in the east of the Great Jin Dynasty, and in the south of the Great Zhou, there are some barbarians living in the lofty mountains, the barbarians in the east of the Great Jin Dynasty are called Dongban, and the barbarians in the south of the Great Zhou are called Nanban.

Dongban and Nanban are just collectively named, Dongban and Nanban are composed of multiple barbarians, although there is no particularly strong force in Dongban and Nanban, but there are also several barbarian strength, can definitely enter the second echelon of the entire Oriental country.

In fact, according to Liu Ji's current military strength, he is completely able to enter the third echelon of the entire eastern country, and even in the third echelon, he is still in the middle position.

Liu Ji said to Agu Yili: "Don't worry! This time, Gaochang sent a total of less than 500,000 troops, even if this Gaochang army cannot be easily defeated, there is no problem in holding most of the territory of Zhuqi Kingdom, not to mention that I am not without backup, at present, in the territory of the Jin Kingdom and on the grassland, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops under my command! ”

After a pause, Liu Ji continued: "If it really comes to the point where nothing can be done, I will take you to hide in the Jin Kingdom and live a life of envy of mandarin ducks and immortals!" ”