Hearing that the Xiongnu Great Khan Luan Timao and the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke both intended to place the gathering place of the grassland alliance army in the Wuheng royal court, Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha said with a bitter face: "Our Wuheng tribe has had a difficult time in the past two years because of the broken army, and the number of the alliance army of all ethnic groups this time is so huge, it is really impossible to bear the supply of most of the grain and grass for the army of all ethnic groups. ”

Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke frowned and thought about it for a while and said: "Our Xianbei army can bring more cattle and sheep, try to share the pressure of the Wuheng tribe, the Wuheng royal court is located on the bank of the Qiyun River, the water source is abundant, the pasture is abundant, and it is only seven or eight hundred miles away from the Beiting Protectorate of the Broken Army, which is definitely the most ideal place to gather, and our Xianbei tribe can bear the grain and grass problems of the armies of all ethnic groups together with the Wuheng tribe." ”

Then the Xiongnu Great Khan Luan Timao said to Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha: "When our armies rush to the Wuheng royal court, they can all bring more cattle and sheep to reduce the pressure on the Wuheng people in terms of grain and grass, and in the distribution of interests after the war, the Wuheng people can still be calculated according to the addition of 300,000 cavalry, I don't know what Murong Ke Khan and Shuerha Khan think?" ”

Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke nodded and said: "I think it's okay, as long as the Wuheng clan agrees to put the gathering place of the armies of all ethnic groups in the Wuheng royal court, the Wuheng clan can be calculated according to 300,000 more cavalry after the war." ”

Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha gritted his teeth and said: "Since Murong Ke Khan and Luan Ti Mao Khan have said so, then our Wuheng clan can't say anything about it, and our Wuheng clan agrees that the armies of all clans will gather in the Wuheng Royal Court, and will do everything possible to provide some grain and grass for the armies of all clans." ”

After deciding on the gathering place, Murong Ke, the Great Khan of Xianbei, asked the other eight Great Khans, "What day do you Great Khans think the date for the assembly of the armies of all ethnic groups should be?" ”

Khitan Khan Yelu Dilie said: "Today is March 22, we have to leave some time for all ethnic groups to prepare, plus the grassland where each ethnic group is located, far and near from the Wuheng royal court, I think the assembly date can be set on June 1, what do you think?" ”

The various nomadic peoples on the grassland, the year used is not the same as the Great Jin, and now the year of the various tribes on the grassland is already 1655 in the grassland calendar, but the month and the day of each month are the same as the Great Jin.

Other countries in this world use different years, but the month and day are exactly the same, for example, the date of today's day in all countries in the world is March 22.

The Great Khan of the Huns, Luan Timao, nodded and said: "There are more than two months, enough time for all ethnic groups to gather troops and rush to the Wuheng Royal Court, this Great Khan can see it." ”

The Great Khan of the Xirong tribe, the Great Khan of the Wuheng tribe, the Great Khan Shuerha of the Wuheng Tribe, the Great Khan Mugulu of the Rouran Tribe, the Great Khan of the Donghu Tribe, the Great Khan of the Donghu Tribe, the Great Khan of the Tiele Tribe, Jirimu, and the Great Khan of the Karasuma Tribe, Zhaonastu, had no opinion on setting the assembly date on June 1, so in the end, it was decided by the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke that all the tribes of the steppe would participate in the crusade against the army of the Broken Capture Army, and try to arrive at the royal court of the Wuheng tribe before June 1, 1655 in the steppe calendar, and the armies of each ethnic group must carry at least two months' rations by themselves.

On the evening of March 22, after the nine Great Khans discussed the general matters of the Alliance, early the next morning, the Xiongnu Khan Luan Timao, the Khitan Khan Yelu Dilie, and other eight Great Khans, led their troops to leave the Xianbei royal court and returned to their own royal courts.

Heishuitai under Liu Ji has been continuously increasing the power on the grassland in the past few years, and it didn't take long for such a big matter as the Nine Clans Alliance to be learned by the secret agents arranged on the grassland by Heishuitai.

On the afternoon of April 15, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Ji arrived at Chengyin City in Qianzhou with seven elite troops, namely the Tiger Ben Army, the Modao Soldiers, the Xuanjia Soldiers, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the White Horse Congyi, the Trap Camp and the Wei Wushu, as well as the two cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades of the Guards Legion, as well as the four cavalry brigades and seven infantry brigades of the Native Legion, and had just arrived at Chengyin City in Gui'an County, Qianzhou.

Liu Ji said to several top ministers under his command with a solemn face: "Heishuitai got a very shocking news from the grassland, the nine strongest Hu ethnic groups on the grassland held an alliance in the Xianbei Royal Court on the 22nd of last month, and the target of this alliance is our Broken Army and the Beiting Protectorate, let Jia Xu introduce the specific situation to you." ”

Jia Xu then said in a deep voice: "The nine Hu ethnic groups participating in the alliance this time are the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Xirong, Wuheng, Rouran, Donghu, Tiele and Karasuma, among which the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan are the three most powerful nomadic peoples in the grassland, and they should belong to the first echelon, and the remaining six ethnic groups are second only to the previous three ethnic groups, and their strength should belong to the second echelon. However, most of the Hu people in the third and fourth echelons on the grassland are attached to the wings of these nine tribes, so this time our army may face the combined forces of the Hu people of all ethnic groups in the grassland. ”

After a pause, Jia Xu continued: "According to the information we got from Heishuitai, this time the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Khitan will each send 1 million cavalry, and the fourteen third-echelon Hu people who are attached to the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Khitan will also send 100,000 cavalry each, the Xirong tribe will send 500,000 cavalry, the Rouran tribe, the Donghu tribe, the Tiele tribe and the Karasuma tribe will each send 300,000 cavalry, and the Wuheng tribe will send 200,000 cavalry, which will be attached to the Xirong tribe, the Wuheng tribe, the Rouran tribe, the Donghu tribe, The seven third-echelon Hu people of the Tiele and Karasuma tribes will also send 100,000 troops, not counting the Hu people who are attached to the fourth echelon of these nine tribes, and the cavalry troops that are ready to be sent, the scale of the Hu people alliance this time has reached seven million, and they are all cavalry. ”

Jia Xu's words made the atmosphere in the council hall suddenly become very solemn, according to the information obtained by Heishuitai, the cavalry of the seven million Hu people alliance army is definitely not the final strength, maybe the number of the Hu people alliance army this time can reach eight million, or even nine million, ten million.

Liu Ji sighed and said: "This is a wave of unsettled waves, originally I was going to send troops to the southeast to stop the invasion of the Lu State on the southeastern states of the Great Jin Dynasty, and now this turmoil on the grassland, our Broken Army is not able to get involved in the affairs of the Southeast States, and this time the strength of the Hu Coalition Army is extremely strong, it is not easy for our Broken Army to survive this hurdle!" ”

Zhang Liang said to Liu Ji in a deep voice: "My lord, since we have learned that the Hu people coalition army is about to launch an attack on the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, then we must quickly mobilize enough troops to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, as for the matter of sending troops to the southeastern states, we can only give up for the time being, this time the Hu people coalition army is menacing, if we can't block the Hu people coalition army in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, maybe even Qianzhou and the Western Regions Protectorate will also encounter the invasion of the Hu people's coalition army." ”

At present, the ten infantry brigades of the Guards Regiment and the five cavalry brigades of the Grassland Legion that have returned to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate from the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate have all arrived at the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, plus the 20 cavalry brigades and five infantry brigades of the Grassland Legion originally stationed in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and only the Grassland Legion of the Broken Army has gathered 1.6 million troops in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and in addition, there are about 50,000 garrisons in Qizhou, Qingzhou, Mizhou, Yizhou and Dengzhou in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate.

At present, there are only five cities in the five states of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, which are the seat of the state capitals of the five states, and the vast majority of the people of the Jin Kingdom who moved to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate live in these five cities, and the 50,000 garrisons of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate are all stationed in these five cities.

The 1.6 million troops of the Steppe Legion, plus the 50,000 garrisons of the five cities, although there are already a lot of troops, but in the face of the Hu coalition army, which is at least 7 million or more, it is still not enough.

Liu Ji nodded and said: "It is true that we have to send additional troops to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, this time the Tiger Ben Army, Mo Dao Soldiers, Xuanjia Soldiers, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, White Horse Congyi, Trap Camp and Wei Wushu brought back from the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate, two cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades of the Guards Legion, four cavalry brigades and seven infantry brigades of the Native Legion, after resting outside Chengyin City for three days, all rushed to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate with General Ben, ready to face the Hu Ren coalition army!" ”

Zhang Liang suggested again: "My lord, there should be no war in the Western Regions Protectorate for the time being, it is better to transfer some cavalry troops from the Western Regions Army to the Beiting Protectorate, and fight on the grassland, our Broken Army must gather enough cavalry troops, otherwise in the face of the almost all cavalry Hu Ren coalition army, our Broken Capture Army will suffer too much!" ”

Liu Ji pondered for a while and said: "Then send fifteen cavalry brigades from the Western Regions Army to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, so that our Broken Army has gathered nearly four million troops in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, although it is much worse than the total strength of the Hu Coalition Army, but it may not be without the strength of a battle." ”

Li Ru continued: "My lord, we still have to be careful of those Hu people of all ethnic groups who have submitted to our Broken Army, in case they stab our Broken Army in the back. ”

Liu Ji turned his head and said to Jia Xu: "This matter will be handed over to you Heishuitai, and we must not let those Hu people of all ethnic groups who have submitted to us drag us back at a critical moment!" ”

Jia Xu nodded and said: "Don't worry, my lord, our Heishuitai has arranged a large number of secret agents among these Guishun Hu people, and no disturbance can escape the surveillance of our Heishuitai." ”

Liu Ji then asked Jia Xu again: "Is there any latest news from the southeast?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Tell the lord, now the Lu army has advanced to the central region of Zhejiang and Fuzhou, and is confronting the main force of the Suzhou Xiang army, but on the border line of Zhejiang and Fuzhou, there are still many fortress cities still controlled by the Suzhou Xiang army. ”

"We can't take care of the Broken Army in the southeast for the time being, but you Heishuitai still have to collect as much intelligence as possible from the southeast side, maybe we can use it in the future."

"Yes, my lord!"

In a conference hall in the mansion of Dou Yan, the chief lieutenant of the military department of Canglong City, Dou Yan said in a deep voice to Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Zhihuan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Boran, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Justice, Sun Mingtao, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Works, Zheng Kai, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Households, Han Renji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wu Ziyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Zhang Shunran, the secretary of the Ministry of Crime, Chen Sikai, and the hussar general He Guangzong: "There is just a news from the grassland, there are many nomadic peoples led by the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Xirong, Wuheng, Rouran, Donghu, Tiele and Karasuma. is about to form an unprecedented coalition army to crusade against our Great Jin Dynasty's Beiting Protectorate, and even our four states in the north of the Great Jin Dynasty are likely to be within the scope of the Hu Alliance's crusade. ”

Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials, said with a wry smile: "This is really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, originally the imperial court was still counting on the broken army to go south, and join forces with the Suzhou Xiang army to jointly resist the invasion of the Lu army, but now the broken army is facing the threat of the Hu people's coalition army, and it is impossible to send reinforcements to the southeastern states." ”

Wang Zhihuan, the captain of the Ministry of Rites, frowned tightly and said: "The Hu people coalition army invaded Beiting Duhufu and Qianzhou, but there was a broken army to resist, but once the Hu people alliance army invaded the other three states in the north, where would these three states have the ability to resist!" ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, sighed and said: "The scale of the Hu people's coalition army this time is likely to be more than seven million, with the current situation of our imperial court, we are not able to take care of Pizhou, Qinzhou and Xiangzhou at all, I only hope that the broken army can hold on this time, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

More than seven million Hu people coalition army made the atmosphere in the council hall more dignified, and Zhao Boran, the captain of the criminal department, said gloomily: "The Hu people alliance army and the Lu army, as long as one side does not deal with it well, our Great Jin can be in danger of losing the country, what makes people feel helpless is that our court can only put the hope of blocking the Hu people alliance army and the Lu army on the body of the broken army and the Suzhou Xiang army respectively, and our court is powerless against the invasion of the Hu people alliance army and the Lu army, alas——"

Hussar general He Guangzong hesitated for a moment and said: "Now the main force of the Suzhou Xiang Army has blocked the Lu army in the central region of Zhejiang and Fuzhou, although the combat effectiveness of the Lu army is very strong, but it is not easy to defeat the main force of the Suzhou Xiang Army, and the Broken Army has always been known for its strong combat effectiveness in our Great Jin, plus the Broken Army has just defeated the coalition of the four great powers in the Western Regions, and the momentum is flourishing at this time, even if the scale of the Hu Coalition Army can reach more than seven million, the Broken Army may not necessarily be defeated. ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, nodded slightly and said: "I hope that as General He said, in addition, our imperial court cannot sit still this time, our thirteenth family must make every effort to reorganize the army, whether it is the Lu army or the Hu people's coalition army, it will knock our thirteenth family to the bone." ”