In the meeting hall of the General Mansion in Shangyuan City, Zhou Changwei asked Liu Ji with some curiosity: "Lord, don't you also know that Zhang Baofeng, a fierce general who shocked Qinzhou?" ”

Liu Ji then explained the relationship between Cheng Yi and Zhang Baofeng to the eight top ministers in the chamber.

Zhou Changwei then said to Liu Ji: "My lord, since our Broken Cavalry still has such a relationship with Zhang Baofeng, it is just right to completely subdue Zhang Baofeng through Cheng Yi's relationship, Zhang Baofeng's prestige in the Qinzhou Iron Cavalry is quite high, as long as Zhang Baofeng is willing to submit to the Lord, then there will be no problem with the 30,000 Qinzhou Iron Cavalry being merged into our Broken Army." ”

Fang Xuanling immediately said: "My lord, although there are certain difficulties in receiving one city and five counties of Qinzhou Prefecture Mu Qibo, but this opportunity is rare, if we miss this opportunity, if we want to meddle in Qinzhou in the future, we may encounter greater difficulties, and we can completely use the name of Qinzhou Prefecture Mu Qibo this time to annex the other two forces in Qinzhou together, and include the entire Qinzhou in the pocket of our Broken Army." ”

Li Ru also said: "My lord, this is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

Later, several other Wenchen also agreed that the Broken Army would take this opportunity to annex Qinzhou, Liu Ji nodded and said: "Since everyone agrees, then let Su Lie immediately transfer some troops from Pizhou into Qinzhou, and then send the two elites of Xuanjia and Modao Soldiers to Qinzhou, and now the Guards Legion and the Trap Camp, in the territory of Luotang County in Xiangzhou, the war with the Eastern Barbarian Army has reached a stalemate, if necessary, the Xuanjia Soldiers and the Modao Soldiers can enter Xiangzhou to support the Guards Legion and the Trap Camp after stabilizing the situation in Qinzhou." ”

Then Liu Ji said: "Li Ru, this time you rushed to Qinzhou with the Xuanjia soldiers and the Mo Dao soldiers, Qi Bo's daughter made a request to our Broken Army, that is, Qinzhou Governor Qi Bo must still serve as the state pastor in name, for this, this general thinks it is completely acceptable, but the military and political power of Qinzhou must be fully controlled in the hands of our Broken Army, after you arrive in Qinzhou, you are actually equivalent to the state pastor of Qinzhou, understand?" ”

Li Ru nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, Li Ru knows what to do." ”

On February 30, 430 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in a study room in the Prefecture Governor's Mansion in Tongde City, the capital of Qinzhou, Qi Min, who had just rushed back to Tongde City, said to his eldest brother Qi Hong and a burly general: "Big brother, General Zhang, the Broken Army has agreed to take over one city and five counties in Qinzhou, and has also agreed that my father will continue to serve as the governor of Qinzhou in name, but he has refused the request that 30,000 Qinzhou iron cavalry still belong to our Qi family. ”

This burly general is Zhang Baofeng, the commander of the 30,000 Qinzhou Iron Cavalry, originally Qi Min hoped that the Qi family could maintain the control of the 30,000 Qinzhou Iron Cavalry, but this request was not conveyed to Liu Ji at all, and was directly denied by Su Lie and Chen Gong.

Qi Hong breathed a sigh of relief and said: "As long as the Broken Army can save our family's lives, it doesn't matter whether our Qi family has military power or not." ”

Seeing his eldest brother's attitude, Qi Min could only smile helplessly, and then said to Zhang Baofeng: "General Zhang, I hope that the Qinzhou Iron Cavalry can cooperate with the reception of the Broken Army, and merge the Qinzhou Iron Cavalry into the prestigious Broken Army, which will not be considered to insult the reputation of the Qinzhou Iron Cavalry." ”

Zhang Baofeng sighed and said: "Lord Zhou Mu has the grace of knowing me Zhang Baofeng, since Gongzi and Miss have decided to hand over Qinzhou to the Broken Army, then I, Zhang Baofeng, will definitely support it, but several other generals under Lord Zhou Mu will not necessarily support Gongzi and Miss's decision, I heard that they seem to be ready to find another way." ”

Qi Min said indifferently: "With the strength of the Broken Army, coupled with the support of our Qi family, there is no one who can stop the Broken Army from entering Qinzhou, if those generals want to find another way out, our Qi family will never stop it, but the army in their hands must be handed over, otherwise even if our Qi family thinks about love and does not go to them to settle accounts, the Broken Army will not let them go." ”

Zhang Baofeng pondered for a while and said: "What Miss said makes sense, with the strength of the Broken Army, not to mention the generals under the command of those state shepherds, even if Wang Shida, the Taishou of Shansui County, and Li Bo, the Taishou of Wuli County, join forces, it is impossible to prevent the Broken Army from entering Xiangzhou, and after the Broken Army enters Xiangzhou, the good days of those two Taishou should basically come to an end." ”

Qi Min said to Zhang Baofeng in a coquettish voice: "Before the Broken Army arrives in Tongde City, General Zhang needs to help our Qi family and stabilize the situation in Tongde City, as long as Tongde City is not chaotic, the other armies under my father's command will not be chaotic." ”

Zhang Baofeng nodded and said: "Miss, don't worry, with Zhang Baofeng and 30,000 Qinzhou Iron Horsemen, Tongde City will not be chaotic!" ”

On the third day of Qi Min's return to Tongde City, the local legion of the Broken Army in Pizhou gathered two cavalry brigades and four infantry brigades, and under the leadership of Su Lie, the commander of the local army, they drove into the territory of Qinzhou, and divided the troops into several ways, and began to receive the various counties and counties originally controlled by Mu Qibo of Qinzhou Prefecture.

At the same time as the Broken Army entered Qinzhou, the officials and defenders of various counties and counties in Qinzhou received orders from the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, which told the officials and troops of all counties and counties in Qinzhou to fully cooperate with the reception of the Broken Army, and Qinzhou would also belong to the territory of the Broken Army in the future.

After Qinzhou Prefecture Mu Qi Bo suffered a stroke, most of the generals under his command began to look for their own way, and these generals knew that Qi Bo's eldest son Qi Hong was a mess of mud that could not be supported, and it was impossible to keep the foundation left by his father, so the generals inevitably had other thoughts.

Even many generals got in touch with Wang Shida, the Taishou of Shansui County, Qinzhou, or Li Bo, the Taishou of Wuli County, Qinzhou, and prepared to dedicate one of the five counties of Mu Qibo in Qinzhou Prefecture to one of them.

However, when the Broken Army entered Qinzhou, coupled with the order sent by the Prefecture Governor's Office, these generals immediately knew that the overall situation of Qinzhou had been decided, so they were very knowledgeable and did not dare to make any trouble for the Broken Army, and they happily handed over the military power in their hands to the Broken Army.

By 15 March, the five cities and five counties controlled by Mu Qibo of Qinzhou Prefecture, as well as the 250,000 troops, all fell into the hands of the Broken Army.

Subsequently, Li Ru, who had already arrived in Tongde City, sent people to send a letter to Wang Shida, the Taishou of Shansui County, Qinzhou, and Li Bo, the Taishou of Wuli County, Qinzhou.

After receiving Li Ru's letter, Wang Shida, the Taishou of Shansui County, Qinzhou, immediately summoned several of his henchmen and generals to the Taishou Mansion.

Wang Shida said in a deep voice to several confidants and generals: "Now that the Broken Army has entered Qinzhou, and has included all the five counties in one city including the state capital Tongde City, the 250,000 troops under the command of Qizhou Mu have also been annexed by the Broken Army. ”

Shansui County, Minggu County and Yulan County are the three counties currently controlled by Wang Shida, the Taishou of Shansui County.

Wang Shida's words made several generals lower their heads, facing the broken army that crisscrossed the Western Regions and the grassland, if the armies of Shansui County, Minggu County and Yulan County really fought with the broken army, there was no chance of winning at all.

A strategist surnamed Du said with a wry smile: "Lord, the total number of troops in our three counties is about 100,000, but the Broken Army has millions of troops. ”

Another strategist surnamed Liu also said bitterly: "My lord, if we go head-to-head with the Broken Army, there is absolutely no possibility for our 100,000 troops in the three counties to hold the three counties. ”

Wang Shida said with a gloomy face: "Ben Taishou also knows that with this little strength in the hands of Ben Taishou, if he has a hard time with the Broken Army, it is like an egg hitting a stone, and the letter sent by the Broken Army promised Ben Taishou that he could let Ben Taishou continue to serve as the Taishou of Shansui County, but Ben Taishou must hand over the military power, I didn't expect the Qi family to be so ruthless this time, and actually introduced the Broken Army into Qinzhou." ”

Wang Shida then said: "Originally, when I learned that Qizhou Mu had a stroke, Ben Taishou also had the idea of taking the opportunity to seize some counties, but now it is ...... Alas—it's unpredictable! ”

The strategist surnamed Du persuaded him: "My lord, now that the general trend of Qinzhou is completely controlled by the Broken Army, it is better for my subordinates to persuade the lord to conform to the general trend." ”

Wang Shida let out a long sigh and said, "In order to let the people of Shansui County, Minggu County and Yulan County avoid a military disaster, Ben Taishou can only succumb to the Broken Army. ”

At this time, several generals in the army suddenly showed expressions like they were unloaded, and Wang Shida couldn't help but look even more gloomy when he saw the expressions of several confidants, but Wang Shida's heart to take refuge in the broken army was a little firmer.

Two days later, the troops of the local legion of the Broken Army entered the territory of Shansui County, Minggu County and Yulan County respectively, and in this process, the army under Wang Shida was very cooperative, and in a few days, these three counties became the territory of the Broken Army.

Compared with the current affairs of Wang Shida, the Taishou of Shansui County, Li Bo, the Taishou of Wuli County, was noncommittal to Li Ru's letter, and immediately expanded the army in Wuli County and Fushan County under his control, with a posture of never compromising with the Broken Army.

However, not everyone is willing to go crazy with Li Bo, the Taishou of Wuli County, you must know that Li Bo originally only had an army of about 80,000 people, even if Li Bo recruited hundreds of thousands of young people, it would be impossible to block the front of the Broken Army.

On the night of March 22, several leading generals under the command of Li Bo, the Taishou of Wuli County, suddenly launched a mutiny, and Li Bo died in the chaos that night.

By the end of March, Wuli County and Fushan County had also fallen under the control of the Broken Army.

On the evening of March 29, in a conference hall in the mansion of Dou Yan, the captain of the military department in Canglong City, Dou Yan said helplessly to the other twelve important ministers of the court of the Thirteenth Family: "The news has just come that now the entire city and ten counties of Qinzhou have completely fallen into the hands of the Broken Army, and hundreds of thousands of troops in Qinzhou have almost completely merged into the Broken Army. ”

Now the hussar general Xiao Su and the hussar general Li Hong have already returned to Canglong City with the forbidden army of the six guards.

Sun Mingtao, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Works, frowned and asked, "Didn't there be news a while ago that Li Bo, the Taishou of Wuli County, was actively preparing for war and preparing to resist the invasion of Wuli County and Fushan County by the Broken Army?" ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, sighed and said: "A few days ago, several generals under Li Bo, the Taishou of Wuli County, launched a mutiny, and Li Bo had already died in the chaos. ”

Sun Mingtao, the lieutenant of the Ministry of Industry, frowned even tighter and said, "Could it be that our imperial court has watched Qinzhou fall into the hands of Liu Ji?" The imperial court had just handed over Pizhou to Liu Ji, and the Broken Army had put its hand into Qinzhou, what did Liu Ji want to do? ”

Zhao Boran, the chief lieutenant of the Criminal Department, said in a deep voice: "This time, the Broken Army annexed the entire Qinzhou in the name of Mu Qibo of Qinzhou Prefecture, and our imperial court has no complete reason to stop the Broken Army. ”

Liu Ji is reluctant to tear his face with the imperial court, in fact, the imperial court is even more reluctant to completely break with Liu Ji, the important ministers of the imperial court know very well in their hearts that if the imperial court and the broken army tear their faces, then with the strength of the broken army, it is completely possible to annex the entire Great Jin, you must know that even the alliance of the four major powers in the Western Regions and the alliance of more than 100 nomads in the grassland are not the opponents of the broken army, and with the current situation of the Great Jin Dynasty, it is even less the opponent of the broken army.

Yang Zhong, the commander of the Ministry of Officials, said with a sigh: "I didn't expect that the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, which is dominated by the Qingyi people, is so strong, and now the war between Xiangzhou and Fuzhou has fallen into a stalemate. ”

During the period when the Broken Army received one city and ten counties in Qinzhou, not only the Broken Army in Xiangzhou and the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army entered a stalemate stage, but the Southeast Wing Army in Fuzhou also reached a stalemate with the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, and now the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army is still entrenched in Xiangzhou and the eastern part of Fuzhou.

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, said helplessly to the other twelve important ministers of the imperial court: "Anyway, the governor of Qinzhou is still Qi Bo in name, so Qinzhou will let the army toss!" ”