On the morning of November 20, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in a meeting hall in the Chengzhou Pastoral Mansion of Ningbo, Zhang Mingqi, the governor of the southeast, said loudly to several strategists and dozens of generals of the southeast Xiang army: "What do you think about the imperial court letting our southeast Xiang army send troops to support Fuzhou? Feel free to speak! ”

Zhang Mingqi's original five leading generals Zhao Lianjin, Zhou Jiling, Liu Fengbao, Wu Zan and Chen Hongxin were all in this meeting hall at this time, and the commanders of the various guards of the Southeast Xiang Army also rushed to Ningbo City to participate in this military meeting of the Southeast Xiang Army.

Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba, the two super fierce generals who newly joined the Southeast Xiang Army, performed remarkably well in the war of the Southeast Xiang Army to resist the invasion of the Lu Army, and many of the fierce generals of the Lu State died in the hands of the two of them, and now Zhang Mingqi has given Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba a guard's soldiers and horses, and the two have also been promoted to the commander of the first guard.

As soon as Zhang Mingqi's voice fell, Zhao Lianjin followed and said: "Lord, now our Southeast Xiang Army has just repelled the powerful Lu State Army, and its morale is flourishing, this time the imperial court has let our Southeast Xiang Army send troops to Fuzhou to resist the coalition army of the Eastern Barbarian Tribes, which is just right for our Southeast Xiang Army to take the opportunity to expand its territory, once our Southeast Xiang Army enters Fuzhou, it will not be easy for our Southeast Xiang Army to withdraw!" ”

Zhou Jiling then said: "Not only Fuzhou, if our Southeast Xiang Army wants to enter Fuzhou, it must pass through Yizhou, I think our Southeast Xiang Army can also take the opportunity to take Yizhou down, the imperial court let our Southeast Xiang Army send troops to resist the invading Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, we can't let our Southeast Xiang Army help in vain, Fuzhou and Yizhou can be regarded as the reward for our Southeast Xiang Army's dispatch this time!" ”

Liu Fengbao touched his chin and said, "If you can take this opportunity to let the imperial court let the other half of Suzhou out, it will be even more perfect!" ”

Zhang Mingqi laughed and said: "You, you are more greedy than the Governor of the Imperial Court, and you want to annex the two and a half states of the Imperial Court at once, but the Governor of the Imperial Court is willing to raise his hands in agreement, there is a broken army, and it is impossible for our Southeast Xiang Army to wave troops in Canglong City in a short period of time and seize the authority of the entire Great Jin Dynasty, but our Southeast Xiang Army should have no problem annexing some of the territory of the imperial court, not to mention that this time the imperial court let our Southeast Xiang Army send troops to Fuzhou to resist the coalition army of various ethnic groups in the Eastern Barbarians, and it cannot let our Southeast Xiang Army work in vain." ”

Zhang Mingqi then turned his head to the strategist Tang Yan and asked, "What do you think of Mr. Tang's dispatch of troops to Fuzhou by our Southeast Xiang Army?" ”

Strategist Tang Yan pondered for a while and said: "Lord, this time the coalition army of the Eastern Barbarian tribes is mainly based on the Qingyi tribe, although the Qingyi tribe is one of the two strong clans in the Eastern Barbarians, with a population of tens of millions, and the people of all the ethnic groups in the Eastern Barbarians are soldiers, the military strength of the Qingyi tribe can be described as very strong, but the armies of the Eastern Barbarian tribes, including the army of the Qingyi tribe, are best at fighting in the mountains, while Fuzhou is basically plains, so as long as our southeast army can send enough troops, it should be no problem to drive the Qingyi people back to the 100,000 mountains. As for the annexation of Fuzhou, Yizhou, and half of Suzhou, we had better take a long-term view. ”

Zhang Mingqi frowned, "Mr. Tang, could it be that our southeast Xiang army annexed Fuzhou, Yizhou and half of Suzhou, and the imperial court can still have the strength to stop it?" ”

Strategist Tang Yan shook his head and said: "Our Southeast Xiang Army wants to annex Fuzhou, Yizhou and half of Suzhou, and the imperial court and the local armies of these three states are powerless to stop it, but we should consider the attitude of the Broken Army, after all, now the Broken Army has escaped from the war in the Western Regions and the grasslands." ”

Zhang Mingqi's face suddenly became solemn, "Mr. Tang is reasonable, don't look at our Southeast Xiang Army this time to repel the Lu Army, but the Broken Army has successively defeated the coalition forces of the four major powers in the Western Regions and the coalition army of more than 100 nomads in the grassland, and the strength is even higher than our Southeast Xiang Army. ”

Strategist Tang Yan continued: "My lord, my subordinates suggested that our Southeast Xiang Army directly use the dispatch of troops as a reason to ask the imperial court for benefits, if the imperial court divides Fuzhou, Yizhou and half of Suzhou into the jurisdiction of our Southeast Xiang Army, our Southeast Xiang Army will not need to see what the face of the Broken Capture Army is." ”

Zhang Mingqi nodded immediately, and his face became relaxed again, "Mr. Tang's method is good, the governor of this capital directly asks the imperial court for Fuzhou, Yizhou and half of Suzhou, if the imperial court does not give it, our southeast wing army will not send troops." ”

Strategist Tang Yan said again: "Lord, there are some things that don't have to be rushed, as soon as our southeast wing army opens its mouth, we will ask for Fuzhou, Yizhou and half of Suzhou, the imperial court should not agree, it will definitely bargain with our southeast wing army, and the lord had better set a bottom line." ”

Zhang Mingqi touched his chin and said: "If the imperial court wants our southeast wing army to send troops to Fuzhou, at least half of Suzhou must be divided into the metropolitan governor, so that I, the metropolitan governor of the southeast, can live up to the name, of course, the more benefits from the imperial court, the better." ”

After discussing the matter of sending troops to Fuzhou, Zhang Mingqi said again: "This time, most of the generals of our Southeast Xiang Army were brought in, in order to reintegrate the establishment of our Southeast Xiang Army, before the Lu army invaded Zhezhou and Fuzhou, the 54 guards of our Southeast Xiang Army, each of which had more than 120,000 troops, and in the battle to resist the Lu Army, the loss of our Southeast Xiang Army exceeded 2 million, but after the war, the strength of the 54 Wei Army did not decrease but increased, so the establishment of our Southeast Xiang Army must be reintegrated. ”

Then Zhang Mingqi turned his head and said to the strategist Tang Yan: "Mr. Tang, you can announce the new establishment of our Southeast Wing Army!" ”

Strategist Tang Yan then said loudly: "According to the meaning of the lord, our southeast army will form seven legions, each legion has a number of guards, of which the first legion is directly under the lord's legion, and there are twelve guards, the commander of the first legion is concurrently served by the lord, and General Fan Dongying is the deputy commander of the first legion. ”

After a pause, the strategist Tang Yan continued: "The Second Legion, the Third Legion and the Fourth Legion each have eight guards, the commanders of the legions are General Zhao Lianjin, General Zhou Jiling and General Liu Fengbao, and the Fifth Legion and the Sixth Legion have six guards, the commanders of the corps are General Wu Zan and General Chen Hongxin, and there is also a Praetorian Legion, which is also directly under the Lord, and the Praetorian Legion has twelve guards, and General Yuan Tianba serves as the deputy commander of the Praetorian Legion, and the establishment of each guard of the seven legions will be the same as before. ”

As soon as the strategist Tang Yan's words fell, Zhang Mingqi said: "According to the new establishment of our Southeast Wing Army, our Southeast Wing Army will newly form six guards, and these six newly formed guards will be composed of those soldiers from each guard, and if the number is not enough, they will be recruited from all over the country!" After the integration, the seven legions of our Southeast Xiang Army have a total of 60 guards, with a total strength of about 7.5 million, what do you have any objections to this? ”

Many of the generals of the Southeast Xiang Army in the conference hall, including Zhao Lianjin, Zhou Jiling, Liu Fengbao, Wu Zan and Chen Hongxin, the five leading generals, did not raise any objections to the new establishment of the Southeast Xiang Army, and it was not strange that Zhang Mingqi alone was the commander of the two major army corps, and Zhang Mingqi had always regarded military power as more important than life.

Liu Fengbao said loudly: "Lord, what you say is what you say, who dares to have any objections!" ”

Zhao Lianjin, Zhou Jiling, Wu Zan and Chen Hongxin also spoke out in favor of the new establishment of the Southeast Xiang Army, according to Zhang Mingqi's division, the military power of their five leading generals was not only not weakened, but also strengthened, you must know that the 54 guards of the Southeast Xiang Army were directly controlled by Zhang Mingqi, and there were more than 30 guards.

Zhang Mingqi then smiled and said: "Since everyone has no objections, then the new establishment of our Southeast Xiang Army has been decided, and then the various legions will complete the integration as soon as possible, and after the imperial court agrees to the conditions of our Southeast Xiang Army, our Southeast Xiang Army will go to Fuzhou to compete with the coalition forces of the Eastern Barbarian tribes." ”

"Bang-" sound, a porcelain cup was smashed to the ground by Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials, "It's just crazy, Zhang Mingqi dared to ask the imperial court for control of Fuzhou, Yizhou and half of Suzhou at once, why didn't he go to Canglong City too!" ”

Captain Dou Yan sighed and said: "Captain Yang doesn't have to be too angry, didn't we expect it before, Liu Ji and Zhang Mingqi's appetite must be not small, and Zhang Mingqi is asking for a price, our court can pay back the money on the ground, not that we have to hand over Fuzhou, Yizhou and half of Suzhou to the Southeast Xiang Army." ”

Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the ministry, gritted his teeth and said: "We are a dignified Jin court, but now we can only be threatened by a petty person like Zhang Mingqi, which really makes this imperial lieutenant feel angry!" ”

Zhao Boran, the chief lieutenant of the Criminal Department, smiled bitterly and said: "Now the coalition army of the Eastern Barbarian tribes is still attacking many cities in Xiangzhou and Fuzhou, and Feng Ziheng, the governor of Xiangzhou, and Bi Mo, the pastor of Fuzhou, have sent a number of letters asking for help to the imperial court, and if they want to drive the army of the Eastern Barbarian tribes back to the 100,000 mountains, they can only rely on the Southeast Xiang Army and the Broken Army. ”

Sun Mingtao, the lieutenant of the Ministry of Industry, immediately said in a deep voice: "It is impossible to give Fuzhou, Yizhou and half of Suzhou to the Southeast Xiang Army, but this time in order to let the Southeast Xiang Army send troops to Fuzhou, this Taiwei feels that he can choose one of the three, which can be regarded as the reward for the Southeast Xiang Army's dispatch this time." ”

Sun Mingtao, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Works, made the other important ministers of the imperial court fall into silence, and finally it was Dou Yan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of War, who broke the deadlock and said: "Let's talk to the Southeast Xiang Army first!" I hope Zhang Mingqi won't be too greedy! ”

At this time, Wang Zhihuan, the captain of the Ministry of Rites, asked, "Is there any news from the Broken Army?" ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, shook his head and said: "There is no news from the Broken Army, according to the information obtained by our imperial court, Liu Ji has not yet returned to the General Mansion of Chengyin County, he is still on the way back to Chengyin County with part of the main force of the Broken Army." ”

In the face of Zhang Mingqi's request for Fuzhou, Yizhou and half of Suzhou as a reward for sending troops to Fuzhou, the imperial court categorically refused, of course, the imperial court did not say anything to death, after all, the imperial court still counted on the southeast wing army to send troops to Fuzhou and drive the armies of the Eastern Barbarians in Fuzhou back to the 100,000 mountains.

Immediately, the Southeast Xiang Army and the Imperial Court began a fight, and finally both sides retreated, and the Imperial Court agreed to invite the Southeast Xiang Army to go north at the cost of half of Suzhou to resist the coalition forces of the Eastern Barbarian Tribes in Fuzhou.

On the evening of November 28, in the county office of Luanxi County, Suwei County, Fuzhou, Wumengkezi, the southern king of the Qingyi tribe, frowned and said to dozens of generals under his command: "I just got a not good news, the southeast wing army of the Jin State has reached an agreement with the Jin court, and soon the southeast wing army will come to Fuzhou to fight with the armies of our various ethnic groups. ”

Among the dozens of generals, the generals of the Qingyi nationality accounted for more than half, and the rest of the generals were Tusi of various ethnic groups who were attached to the Qingyi nationality.

The Dai tribe's Tusi Shamarira frowned and said: "King Wumeng, now our armies of all ethnic groups can fight in Fuzhou, the most important thing is that the Jin army in Fuzhou is far inferior to our barbarian coalition army in terms of strength, but the southeast wing army of the Jin country has an extremely large number of troops, once the southeast wing army enters Fuzhou, the advantage that our barbarian alliance army has achieved in Fuzhou will be gone." ”

The Dai He people can be said to be the strongest among the many Eastern Barbarian ethnic groups attached to the Qingyi people, and the entire Dai He people have a population of about 2 million, and they can easily gather more than 200,000 troops.

And the Dai Tusi Shama Rila, who is just 22 years old this year, only took over the position of the Dai Tusi at the beginning of this year.

The Qingyi Tusi Wumeng Agogo even intended to marry the missing Qingyi princess Wumeng Isa to Shamariela as Mrs. Tusi, and among the Eastern Barbarian tribes, Mrs. Tusi is equivalent to a wife.

The Dai Tusi Shamarira also fell in love with the Qingyi princess Wumeng Isa at first sight, if Wumeng Isa did not disappear, the Dai tribe's dowry should have been sent to the Qingyi tribe at this time.

This time, Wumeng Isa and Umeng were attacked and disappeared, and the anger of the Dai Tusi Shama Rila was no less than that of the Qingyi Tusi Wumeng Ago, so when he learned that the Qing Yi were going to send troops to the Jin Kingdom, Shamar Hela quickly gathered 200,000 Dai army and followed the Qing Yi army to attack Fuzhou in the Jin Kingdom.

Wumengkezi, the southern king of the Qingyi tribe, sighed and said: "If the southeast Xiang army enters Fuzhou, then our armies of all ethnic groups will have to retreat to the 100,000 mountains if they can't get it right. ”