"Lord, when the judgment continues, you will suffer from chaos, at this time you can no longer hesitate, the cavalry units of the Broken Army are getting closer and closer, if we retreat with the infantry again, we will not even be able to keep the last 200,000 cavalry!" Strategist Zhen Hongwen said to the hussar general Jiang Ke with an anxious face.

The hussar general Jiang Ke led about two million people and retreated all the way to the territory of Lianzhou, but the broken captives of Qiongzhou and Suzhou soon followed the Lu army into Lianzhou, and these broken captives were all cavalry, and the speed of the march was very fast, and the hussar general Jiang Ke had to divide 100,000 troops and 200,000 strong men to break the rear.

However, these 300,000 people did not play any role in blocking the enemy at all, and the fiasco of the big battle in Xinquan County made the Lu army under the hussar general Jiang Ke have no morale at all, and the 100,000 Lu army and 200,000 strong men were almost defeated by several times the cavalry of the broken army.

The hussar general Jiang Ke said with a solemn face: "Ben Shuai still has about 1.7 million troops in his hands, if Ben Shuai escapes with 200,000 cavalry, what will happen to the remaining 1.5 million people?" ”

Strategist Zhen Hongwen hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, Your Majesty's will has arrived, but no matter what, you have to bring 200,000 cavalry back to Dalu!" ”

The hussar general Jiang Ke said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty's meaning, Ben Shuai understands, but let Ben Shuai give up 1.5 million soldiers like this, Ben Shuai really can't accept it in his heart." ”

No matter how unwilling the hussar general Jiang Ke was in his heart, in the end he still took 200,000 cavalry of the Lu State and abandoned the 700,000 infantry troops of the Lu State and the 800,000 strong men of the Lu State.

Soon after the hussar general Jiang Ke fled with the cavalry troops, the cavalry units of the Broken Army caught up, and the 1.5 million Lu people, who were already desperate, finally raised the white flag to the Broken Army under the leadership of more than a dozen generals.

After accepting the surrender of the 700,000 Lu infantry and 800,000 Lu strong men, it took less than half a month to take Lianzhou, Zhezhou, and Fuzhou.

By the end of March, the eight states of the original four subject states of the Great Jin Dynasty, Luzhou, Jiangzhou, Fenzhou, Zezhou, Xianzhou, Daizhou, Lanzhou, and Xinzhou, were all taken over, and the Lu army had all been evacuated from these eight states.

Because of the subordination relationship with the Great Jin Dynasty for many years, the people of these eight states did not have the slightest resistance to the arrival of the Broken Army, and every time the Broken Army took over a city, it would be welcomed by the local people.

On March 30, 433 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in a meeting hall of the state pastor in Ningbo City, Zhejiang, Liu Ji smiled and said to the generals under his command: "I didn't expect the emperor of Lu State, this time it was quite simple, and directly gave up the eight states that originally belonged to Jiao State, Xun State, Gu State and Lai State, and now our Broken Army not only controls the seven southeastern states, but also captures Luzhou, Jiangzhou, Fenzhou, Zezhou, Xianzhou, Daizhou, Lanzhou and Xinzhou in one go, let's talk about it, should we continue to attack Lu State?" ”

Liu Ji didn't expect that this battle with the Lu State would be won so easily, and he only paid less than 400,000 losses to defeat millions of Lu troops, and the soldiers and strong men of the Lu State captured by the broken army exceeded five million.

This made Liu Ji can't help but want to continue this war, you must know that Lu Guo is now the weakest time, Liu Ji very much hopes to take a few more bites of meat from the body of this behemoth of Lu Guo.

Moreover, Liu Ji also has a killer weapon in his hand, that is, the 30,000 Han Dynasty Tiger Army, 30,000 Tang Dynasty Xuanjia soldiers, 40,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, 40,000 White Horse Congyi, 93,600 Tang Dynasty Mo Sword Soldiers, 150,000 Trap Camp Soldiers, 320,000 Eastern Jin Dynasty Beifu Soldiers, 360,000 Wei State Soldiers, 256,000 Ming Dynasty White Pole Soldiers and 224,000 Qin State Warriors.

If the elite soldiers produced by the more than one million systems are used well, there will be no problem even if they capture the capital of the Lu State, but the capital of the Lu State is far away from the southeast of the Great Jin Dynasty, and if Liu Ji wants to use the method of seizing the capital of the Dawan State to capture the capital of the Lu State, he will have to take some risks.

As soon as Liu Ji's voice fell, Zhang Liang opened his mouth and said: "My lord, the territory of Lu is close to the four states of Jiao, Xun, Gu and Lai, Xianzhou, Jiezhou, Shangzhou and Yanzhou have been conquered by Lu for almost twenty years, and the policies implemented by Lu in these states can be described as benevolent government, if we break the army into these four states, we will not enjoy the treatment of entering Luzhou, Jiangzhou, Fenzhou, Zezhou, Xianzhou, Daizhou, Lanzhou and Xinzhou!" ”

Jia Xu continued: "My lord, according to the latest news we have received from Heishuitai, the Lu State has recently sent a large number of troops to Xianzhou, Jiezhou, Shangzhou and Yanzhou, as well as the number of temporarily conscripted young people, and the number has even reached 10 million. ”

After Jiang Sheng, the emperor of Lu decided to abandon Luzhou, Jiangzhou, Fenzhou, Zezhou, Xianzhou, Daizhou, Lanzhou and Xinzhou, he immediately ordered a large number of strong men to be recruited in the forty-nine states of Lu, and rebuilt a number of legions, and by the end of March of the Great Jin Dynasty 433, Lu had gathered tens of millions of troops in Xianzhou, Jiezhou, Shangzhou and Yanzhou to prevent the army from gaining an inch and expanding the war.

Guo Jia then also said to Liu Ji: "Lord, the war between our Broken Army and Dawan is still not over, this time we have recaptured the territory of the original four subject countries of the Great Jin Dynasty, our Broken Army has already made a lot of money, it is better to accept it when it is good, presumably Lu Country is not willing to continue to fight with our Broken Army, maybe through negotiations, we can also get some benefits from Lu State!" ”

After the army of the Great Wan Kingdom lost millions of troops in the territory of Bazhou, the capital of the Western Regions, the great prince of the Great Wan Kingdom, Yi Dris, who led the troops in the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate Xiangzhou, immediately shrank the defense line and confronted the broken army in Xiangzhou.

At this time, under the command of Idris, the great prince of Dawan Kingdom, there were twelve cavalry legions and thirty infantry legions, as well as millions of auxiliary troops, excluding part of the losses of each legion, the total strength was still more than 4.8 million.

Soon after, the king of Dawan, Yeman, sent four additional cavalry regiments, twenty new infantry regiments, and one million auxiliary troops to the territory of Xiangzhou.

Next, the eldest prince Idris also dispatched auxiliaries to supplement the damaged legions under his command, so that the sixteen cavalry corps and fifty infantry legions of Dawan in Xiangzhou were soon in a full state, and the auxiliaries in the hands of the eldest prince Idris still had more than 1.3 million people left.

In the territory of Xiangzhou, the capital of the Western Regions, the Broken Captives gathered the main forces of the Western Regions Legion, the Western Frontier Army, and the Xichang Army, as well as the five elite troops of the Tiger Ben Army, the Xuanjia Army, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the White Horse Congyi and the Beifu Soldiers, as well as some garrison troops in various states of the Western Regions Protectorate, with a total strength of more than five million.

During the period when Liu Ji led his troops south, the Broken Army and the Dawan Army broke out several major battles in Xiangzhou, and the Broken Army won each time, eliminating millions of Dawan troops, but the Broken Army still did not drive the Dawan Army out of Xiangzhou.

And according to the intelligence of Heishuitai, in the country of Dawan, forty new infantry regiments have been formed, although the combat effectiveness of these four million troops is not necessarily strong, but the number is there after all, which also makes the broken army in Xiangzhou dare not directly fight with the army of Dawan country.

Once the decisive battle broke out, the Dawan army in Xiangzhou could still get at least four million reinforcements, but the broken army in Xiangzhou could only rely on itself, and most of the other troops of the broken army were taken to the southeast of the Great Jin by Liu Ji.

After Zhang Liang, Jia Xu and Guo Jia opposed the continued attack on the territory of the Lu State, Liu Ji sighed and said: "The Lu State has always been planning to annex our Great Jin, even if the war with the Lu State is over this time, maybe after the Lu State recovers its strength, it will stretch out its minions to our Great Jin, and then our Broken Army will bear the brunt." ”

This time, the army seized the seven states in the southeast, and then seized Luzhou, Jiangzhou, Fenzhou, Zezhou, Xianzhou, Daizhou, Lanzhou and Xinzhou from the Lu State.

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "Lord, although the infantry of the Lu State is known as the best in the world, it is not stronger than the infantry of our Broken Army, plus our Broken Army has the absolute advantage of cavalry, when our Broken Army frees up, why be afraid of the Lu State!" ”

Liu Ji waved his hand and said, "Forget it!" The millions of troops of the Dawan Kingdom are still in the territory of Xiangzhou, the capital of the Western Regions, and this time they will let the Lu State go first, but if the Lu State wants to end this war and does not come up with something, it will definitely not work! ”

On the evening of April 6, in a palace in the imperial palace of Mengyuan City, the capital of Lu State, Zhang Xiang, the commander of Black Butterfly, said to Emperor Jiang Sheng with a somewhat ugly face: "Your Majesty, the armistice conditions of the Broken Army have been passed over, but the armistice conditions of the Broken Army are very harsh. ”

"What are the conditions for the Broken Army?" Emperor Jiang Sheng asked in a cold voice.

Zhang Xiang, the commander of Black Butterfly, immediately said: "The Broken Army has put forward a total of four demands, the first is for our Lu State to cede Xianzhou, Jiezhou, Shangzhou and Yanzhou to the Broken Army, the second is for our Lu State to compensate 100 million taels of gold, and the third is for us to let Lu State move all the families of the captured soldiers to the Jin State, and the fourth is to ......."

Speaking of the fourth point, the Black Butterfly Commander made Zhang Xiang pause, but the first three points had already made Emperor Jiang Sheng grit his teeth.

"What's the fourth point?"

"Your Majesty, the fourth request put forward by the Broken Army is to let Princess Jingxiang marry Liu Ji!"

"Bastard! Liu Ji deceived people too much! Emperor Jiang Sheng shouted angrily.

Jingxiang princess Jiang Huan can be said to be the most favored daughter of Emperor Jiang Sheng, only nineteen years old this year, with the color of the city and the country, and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, Lu people call it the first beauty in the world.

"Your Majesty is angry, presumably the four demands put forward by the Broken Army are just asking for a sky-high price, and the Broken Army should be waiting for us to repay the money when the country of Lu lands." Liu Mian, the captain of the Lu National Military Department next to him, hurriedly said.

Black Butterfly Commander Zhang Xiang also immediately said: "Your Majesty, what Taiwei Liu said is extremely true, if our Lu State wants to end this war with the Broken Army, we should not have to pay such a big price. ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng still said angrily: "Why end this war!" I want to continue the bloody battle with the Broken Army, if the Broken Army has the ability, let the Broken Army attack our Lu State's Xianzhou, Jiezhou, Shangzhou and Yanzhou, I have already deployed tens of millions of troops in these four states, are you still afraid that the Broken Army will not succeed! ”

At this time, Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the losses of our Lu State in the seven southeastern states of the Jin State this time are really too great, and now our Lu State has tens of millions of troops in Xianzhou, Jiezhou, Shangzhou and Yanzhou, of which almost three-quarters are strong men who have just been recruited, even if the fourth quarter of the soldiers, there are many people who have not been on the battlefield, once the broken army really continues to march to Xianzhou, Jiezhou, Shangzhou and Yanzhou, the consequences will be very serious, the minister is worried about those newly rebuilt legions, Can't stop the wolf-like broken army! ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng took a deep breath and calmed down his anger, in fact, Emperor Jiang Sheng also knew that Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, was telling the truth, and Lu Guo was really a little unable to fight now.

Don't look at Emperor Jiang Sheng in a short period of time, he gathered tens of millions of troops in Xianzhou, Jiezhou, Shangzhou and Yanzhou, looking like he was going to fight with the Broken Army to the end, in fact, Emperor Jiang Sheng was already afraid of the Broken Army, after all, the two Lu armies that attacked Zhezhou and Fuzhou were defeated too badly.

Even though Emperor Jiang Sheng gathered tens of millions of troops in Xianzhou, Jiezhou, Shangzhou and Yanzhou, Emperor Jiang Sheng did not have the certainty of being able to stop the Broken Army.

"These four requirements of the Broken Army are too harsh, and I will never agree to them!"

"Your Majesty, I don't know what the bottom line is in your heart?" Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, asked.

Emperor Jiang Sheng pondered for a while and said: "I will never agree to the first, second and fourth points proposed by the Broken Army, and as for the gold, our Lu State can give 10 million taels to the Broken Army." ”

After Emperor Jiang Sheng said this, Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, and Zhang Xiang, the commander of the Black Butterfly, couldn't help but show a wry smile.

Black Butterfly Commander Zhang Xiang immediately said: "Your Majesty, that Liu Ji has always been known for his greed, and it is almost impossible for our Lu State to send Liu Ji away with 10 million taels of gold. ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng frowned and said: "The war between the Broken Army and the Great Wan Kingdom has never ended, does the Broken Army dare to fight with our Lu State all the time?" ”

Black Butterfly Commander Zhang Xiang sighed and said: "Your Majesty, according to our Black Butterfly news, the Broken Army still has more than five million troops left in the Western Regions Protectorate, many of which are the elite of the Broken Army. ”