On March 18, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in the palace of Mengyuan City, the capital of the Lu State, Jiang Sheng, the emperor of the Lu State, asked Liu Mian, the captain of the Lu State Military Department, in a deep voice: "The attack on Zhezhou and Fuzhou of the Jin State is already the fifth day today, why are several legions still blocked on the border line between Zhejiang and Fuzhou?" ”

After the Lu State annexed the four vassal states of the Jin State, the Jiao State, the Xun State, the Gu State and the Lai State, the Lu State had no intention of attacking the Jin State so quickly, but the Suzhou Xiang Army swept and almost captured all the seven southeastern states of the Jin State, and the Suzhou Xiang Army had millions of troops, and also besieged the capital of the Jin State for more than two months, and the entire Jin State could be said to be in a stormy civil strife, which made Jiang Sheng, the emperor of the Lu State, couldn't help but be moved.

You must know that the state of Lu annexed the state of Jiao, the state of Xun, the state of Gu and the state of Lai, in order to one day in the future to annex the state of Jin, which has twenty-four states, and now that there is civil strife in the state of Jin, the emperor of the state of Lu, Jiang Sheng, of course, is not willing to let go of the opportunity to fall into the well of the state of Jin.

As a result, the Lu army continued to clear the remnants of resistance in Jiao, Xun, Gu, and Lai, and began to gather forces in the border areas near Jin, Zhejiang, and Fuzhou.

By March 13, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Lu army had gathered six legions in the border area near Zhezhou and Fuzhou of the Jin State, three of which were the main legions of the Lu army, and each main army of the Lu State had six guards, with a total strength of 450,000, and even the three ordinary legions had four guards each, and the strength of each platform corps had reached 300,000.

The three main legions are the Eighth Legion, the Ninth Legion and the Tenth Legion, and the other three ordinary legions are the Eleventh Legion, the Twelfth Legion and the Thirteenth Legion, all of which participated in the previous invasion of Jiaoguo, Xunguo, Guguo and Laiguo.

In addition to these six legions, the Lu State also gathered 800,000 auxiliary soldiers, so that the total strength of the Lu State to invade the Jin State reached more than three million.

In addition, in the eight prefectures of Jiao, Xun, Gu, and Lai, which have been captured, the Lu army also has five corps, namely the Seventh Army, the Fourteenth Army, the Fifteenth Army, the Sixteenth Army Corps, and the Seventeenth Army Corps.

Lu gathered so many troops, originally thought that after the war began, it would be all the way to the ground, but the war was fought on the fifth day, except for the initial use of the surprise attack, captured a few border cities, several Lu troops were blocked by the Suzhou Xiang army with the advantage of the city.

Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, smiled bitterly and said to Emperor Jiang Sheng: "Your Majesty, the combat effectiveness of the Suzhou Xiang Army of the Jin State is stronger than we expected, and it cannot be regarded as a rabble, and the Suzhou Xiang Army has annexed the hundreds of thousands of border troops in Zhejiang and Fuzhou of the Jin State, and these hundreds of thousands of Jin border troops are the elite of the Jin State, plus some border fortresses in Zhejiang and Fuzhou, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, which makes our Lu State army not make much progress in the past few days. ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng pondered for a moment and said: "Convey my will to the commanders of the army on the front line, capture all the border fortresses of Zhejiang and Fuzhou as soon as possible at all costs, and seize the time to advance to the depth of Zhejiang and Fuzhou, if there is a border fortress of the Jin State that is difficult to conquer in a short time, you can choose to besiege but not attack, according to the information that Black Butterfly has just sent back, the main force of the Suzhou Xiang Army besieging the capital of the Jin State is returning to the seven southeastern states of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Suzhou Xiang Army has reached a reconciliation with the Jin Imperial Court, Now that the Jin court has also sent six Wei forbidden army troops to the seven southeastern states, it is best for our Lu army to advance the battlefield to the hinterland of Zhejiang and Fuzhou before the main force of the Suzhou Xiang army and the Jin forbidden army enter Zhejiang and Fuzhou. ”

Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, immediately nodded and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, if the main force of the Suzhou Xiang Army and the forbidden army of the Jin State enter Zhezhou and Fuzhou, our Lu State army is still limited to the border line between Zhejiang and Fuzhou, then the whole battle situation will be very unfavorable to our Lu State, after all, those border fortresses of the Jin State are too difficult to attack, if the army guarding these border fortresses is very sufficient, our Lu State is likely to fall into a war quagmire." ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng frowned and said, "I hope that this time it is not a wrong decision to wave troops to attack the Jin Kingdom!" ”

On the evening of March 19, in a study room in the mansion of Dou Yan, the chief lieutenant of the military department of Canglong City, Dou Yan sighed to his nephew's chariot general Dou Bing and said: "The remaining 10,000 people in the hands of Liu Chong, the former governor of Qianzhou, have been divided up together by Liu Yuan, the governor of Pizhou, and Liu Du, the governor of Qinzhou. ”

Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry, frowned and said: "Uncle, now that the millions of troops of the Lu State have invaded Zhezhou and Fuzhou, at this time, these counterinsurgency troops and the Suzhou Xiang Army should abandon their previous suspicions and jointly send troops to resist the army of the Lu State, and even our court has temporarily shaken hands with the Suzhou Xiang Army and made peace!" ”

Dou Yan shook his head and said: "The commanders of the counterinsurgency armies of all walks of life are reluctant to rush to the southeast under the pretext of serious losses in the army, and even the commanders of the Eighth Route Counterinsurgency Army stationed in Qinhuai City have asked to return to their respective jurisdictions. ”

Dou Bing thought for a while and said: "When the rebel army of all walks of life fought with the Red Turban Army in the southeast, they lost a lot of soldiers and horses, this time the Suzhou Xiang army surrounded Canglong City, and the losses of the counterinsurgency army were not small, according to the current strength of the counterinsurgency army, even if they all went to Zhejiang and Fuzhou, the role should not be too big, and now it is best to let the general Liu Ji lead the broken army to Zhezhou and Fuzhou, and resist the powerful Lu army together with the Suzhou Xiang army. ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, nodded and said: "This time, our imperial court only sent six guards of the forbidden army to Zhezhou and Fuzhou, and these six guards were not satisfied, the hussar general Xiao Su and the hussar general Li Hong left at least half of the soldiers and horses of these six guards in Canglong City, so that the six guards who rushed to the southeast added up to 180,000 people, and if you want to drive the Lu army out of Zhezhou and Fuzhou, the key is to rely on the Suzhou Xiang army and the broken army. ”

At present, the total strength of the sixteen guards of the forbidden army can still reach about one million, of which the number of each guard is more than 60,000.

Dou Bing hesitated for a moment and said: "The military strength of the Lu State far surpasses that of our Great Jin, if you rely on the Suzhou Xiang Army alone, I am afraid that Zhezhou and Fuzhou, and even the entire seven states in the southeast will be difficult to protect, but I don't know if the general Liu Ji is willing to lead troops to the southeast?" ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, shook his head slightly and said: "The old man has already used carrier pigeons to send the news of Lu's invasion of Zhejiang and Fuzhou to Qianzhou, but now there is no news from the captured general Liu Ji. ”

Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry, groaned slightly, and his eyes flashed, "Uncle, if we can let the Suzhou Xiang Army, the Broken Army and the Lu Army fight for a defeat, then our court can reap the benefits of the fisherman." ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "This situation is not impossible, and it is man-made, maybe this invasion of the Lu army can not only help our court relieve the siege of Canglong City, but also help our court weaken the strength of the Suzhou Xiang army and the broken army." ”

On March 19, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Ji led seven elite troops, namely the Tiger Ben Army, the Mo Sword Soldiers, the Xuanjia Soldiers, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the White Horse Congyi, the Trap Camp and the Wei Wushu, as well as two cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades of the Guards Legion, which had just arrived near Pingxi City, the capital of the Western Regions.

This time, Gaochang ceded the capital Gaochang City to the Western Regions Protectorate, Gaochang City is larger than Pingxi City, and the population is larger, but Liu Ji is not ready to move the capital of the Western Regions Protectorate to Gaochang City, and Pingxi City will still be the capital of the Western Regions Protectorate.

On the evening of March 19, at the official residence of the Western Regions Protectorate in Pingxi City, Lian Po, the commander of the Western Regions Army, said to Liu Ji: "My lord, Heishuitai has transferred a letter to you from Dou Yan, the commander of the military department, on the thirteenth day of this month, the Lu army, which had just captured the four vassal states of our Great Jin Dynasty last year, brazenly launched an invasion of Zhejiang and Fuzhou in our Great Jin Dynasty, and now the imperial court has reached a reconciliation with the Suzhou rebels, and the Suzhou rebels besieging Canglong City are quickly returning to Zhejiang and Fuzhou, preparing to resist the invasion of the Lu army. In addition, the imperial court also sent six guards of the forbidden army to Zhejiang and Fuzhou, and Dou Yan, the chief lieutenant of the military department, hoped that the lord could lead the army to Zhezhou and Fuzhou, and together with the Suzhou Xiang army and the imperial forbidden army, jointly resist the Lu army. ”

Liu Ji frowned slightly, turned his head to Jia Xu and asked, "Does Heishuitai have any details about this invasion by the Lu army?" ”

Jia Xu then said: "Tell the lord, our Heishuitai forces in Zhejiang and Fuzhou are not strong, only get the general situation of the invasion of the Lu army, the current Lu invasion of Zhejiang and Fuzhou, including the Eighth Army, the Ninth Army, the Tenth Army, the Eleventh Army, the Twelfth Army and the Thirteenth Army, of which the first three legions are the main legions of the Lu State, with six guards, and the last three legions are ordinary legions, and there are about 800,000 auxiliary soldiers. ”

Jia Xu paused for a moment and said: "The military system of the Lu State has many similarities with our Great Jin, five people are a team, ten people are a tithe, fifty people are a team, one hundred people are a tun, two hundred people are a song, one thousand people are a battalion, five battalions are a brigade, and five brigades are a guard, but the Lu State is above the guard, and there is also a larger legion, the strength of its main army can reach 450,000 people, and the ordinary army can also have 300,000 people, and the entire Lu army has a total of ten main legions and sixteen ordinary legions. This also means that the standing army of the state of Lu has been maintained at more than nine million. ”

At this time, Chen Gong said to Liu Ji in a deep voice: "Lord, our four vassal states of the Great Jin Dynasty were just annexed by the Lu State last year, and the invasion of Zhejiang and Fuzhou by the Lu State this time can be described as menacing, and the army that the Lu State invested in the war may not only be the three main army corps and the three ordinary army corps, whether our Broken Army goes to the southeast, we must be cautious, after all, Zhejiang and Fuzhou are too far away from the territory of our Broken Army, and logistics supply alone is a big problem." ”

Li Ru immediately suggested: "Lord, the strength of the Suzhou rebels has swelled rapidly after this siege of Canglong City, according to the intelligence of Heishuitai, now the Suzhou rebels have fifty-four guards, each of which has more than 120,000 troops, and the entire Suzhou Xiang army is definitely more than 6.5 million, or even more, this Lu invasion is just by the hand of the Lu army, weakening the strength of the Suzhou Xiang army, we might as well sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait for the Lu army and the Suzhou Xiang army to completely separate the victory and defeat!" ”

Liu Ji touched his chin, turned his head to Zhang Liang and asked, "Zhang Liang, do you think our Broken Army should go to the southeast?" ”

Zhang Liang's eyebrows were solemn, and he said with a hint of worry in his tone: "Lord, more than 30 years ago, Lu was originally only a small country in the southeast outside the Great Jin Dynasty, and the area was equivalent to half of Qianzhou, but Jiang Sheng, the current emperor of Lu State, can be described as a male lord, since Jiang Sheng ascended the throne, Lu State began to expand rapidly, counting Jiao State, Xun State, Gu State and Lai State that were annexed by Lu State last year, Lu State already has fifty-seven states, once Lu State has a firm foothold in the southeast of Great Jin Dynasty, we want to drive Lu State out, But it's not easy. ”

Liu Ji nodded slightly, after defeating the coalition of the four great powers in the Western Regions this time, Liu Ji's ambition suddenly swelled, although Liu Ji did not immediately ascend the throne and become the emperor, but Liu Ji had already regarded the entire Great Jin as his own bag.

Favored by God, after crossing into this world, he got the Chinese military general summoning system, and with this golden finger, he is now even more prosperous, and his subordinates are capable and fierce, with millions of soldiers, and the territory even exceeds 10 million square kilometers, not to mention the beauties.

The prince will have a kind of Xiangning! In more than three years, he has made such great achievements, so why not call the emperor the emperor? And Liu Ji, as a native of the Jin Kingdom, of course hopes to become the emperor of the Jin Kingdom!

Zhang Liang's words immediately moved Liu Ji, and Liu Ji then said categorically: "The southeast of the Great Jin Dynasty must not fall into the hands of the Lu State, it seems that we have to go to the southeast again!" ”