Hearing that Liu Ji had the intention of sending troops to the southeast, Xun Yu, who had returned to the Western Regions Protectorate with Lian Po to recruit troops, frowned and said: "My lord, the main force of our Broken Army has just fought with the four major powers in the Western Regions, it is best to let the troops participating in the war rest for a period of time, and at this time go to the southeast, is it a little inappropriate?" If we send troops to the southeast, we will still have to use the troops participating in this battle as the main force! ”

Liu Ji has not yet spoken, Zhang Liang, who originally put forward the threat theory of Lu State, said loudly: "Although Lu State is strong, but the Suzhou rebels are not useless, judging from the intelligence obtained from Heishuitai, the army of Lu State invading Zhejiang and Fuzhou has been blocked by the Suzhou rebels on the border line, plus the Suzhou rebels besieging Canglong City have returned to help, and the Lu army will definitely have a series of major battles to fight with the Suzhou rebels, so we don't need to be in a hurry to send troops to the southeast, we can let the Lu army and the Suzhou Xiang army fight a dozen first, Let's talk about the army to recuperate for a while, but it is still necessary to send troops to the southeast, and I think it will be difficult to stop the army of Lu in the end with the rebels of Suzhou and the six guards sent by the imperial court. ”

Li Ru nodded and said: "The Suzhou rebels currently have fifty-four guards, with a total strength of at least six and a half million, and the Lu army should not be able to defeat the Suzhou rebels in a short period of time. ”

Liu Ji saw that several strategists under his command thought that there was no need to send troops to the southeast immediately, and after a moment of silence, he nodded and said: "Our itinerary back to Qianzhou remains unchanged, as for the matter of sending troops to the southeast, it can be decided according to the situation of the war in the southeast. ”

After that, Liu Ji turned his head and said to Lian Po: "Although Gao Changguo was greatly injured by us this time, but the Western Regions Army must not be taken lightly, our Broken Army and the enemies of the Western Regions Protectorate are not only Gaochang Kingdom, but also the three strong enemies of Dawan Kingdom, Cheshi Country and Anxi Country, in addition, this time I appointed Xun Yu, Xun You, Wu Zixu, Jiang Wan, Fan Zeng, Song Lian, Gao Qi, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu, Yang Rong, and Xie Jin as the state pastors of the thirteen states of the Western Regions Protectorate. Your Western Regions Legion must cooperate with the thirteen state ministers to build the entire Western Regions Protectorate, and the several garrison battalions that each state is preparing to form also need the strong support of your Western Regions Legion, and some officers and veterans of the garrison battalion must be transferred from your Western Regions Legion. ”

Originally, the states under the Western Regions Protectorate did not set up the position of state pastor, and even the counties and counties divided under the states, Liu Ji has not arranged many officials, and the entire Western Regions Protectorate has always been under the military control of the Western Regions Legion.

Now Liu Ji has obtained many top civil servants from the system, so Liu Ji considered establishing his own civil official system on all the territory under his command, Xun Yu and other thirteen top civil servants stayed in the Western Regions Protectorate as state pastors, which is to prepare to build a set of civilian officials belonging to Liu Ji in the entire Western Regions Protectorate, after all, the thirteen states of the Western Regions Protectorate cannot always be in a state of military control, as for the officials needed by the entire Western Regions Protectorate Civil Service System, they have to rely on Xun Yu and Xun You to find a way by themselves.

Lian Po immediately nodded and said: "Don't worry, my lord, now our Western Regions Legion has twenty cavalry brigades and forty infantry brigades, which is enough to ensure the safety of the Western Regions Protectorate, and our Western Regions Legion will definitely cooperate with the thirteen state ministers to manage the Western Regions Protectorate well. ”

Liu Ji then said to Jia Xu: "You Heishuitai must strengthen the intelligence work in the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom, the Rest Country and the Gaochang Kingdom, and closely monitor the movements of the four countries in the Western Regions, I am worried that these four countries will make some moths!" ”

Jia Xu responded: "Rest assured, my lord, our Heishuitai will definitely strengthen the power of the protectorate in these four countries and even the entire Western Regions." ”

Just when Liu Ji arrived at Pingxi City, the capital of the Western Regions Protectorate, with his army, a conspiracy brewing against the Beiting Protectorate and even the entire northern Jin Dynasty on the grassland thousands of miles away.

In a huge felt bag in the Xianbei royal court north of the Yinle Mountains, Murong Ke, the great khan of Xianbei, held a wine glass and said to the seven other nomadic great khans with a smile: "Thank you Great Khan for giving me face for Murong Ke, gather in the Xianbei royal court today, come!" I Murong Ke salutes you Khan with a cup! ”

At this time, in this huge felt bag, in addition to Murong Ke, the Great Khan of the Xianbei Tribe, there were also the Khitan Great Khan Yelu Dilie, the Xirong Great Khan Arishan, the Wuheng Great Khan Shuerha, the Rouran Great Khan Mugulu, the Donghu Great Khan Yishag, the Tiele Great Khan Jirimu and the Karasuma Great Khan Zhaonastu.

The Xianbei and Khitan tribes belong to the first echelon of nomadic people on the grassland, and the six tribes of Xirong, Wuheng, Rouran, Donghu, Tiele and Karasuma all belong to the second echelon of nomads on the grassland, among which the strength of the Xirong tribe can even be said to be between the first echelon and the second echelon, according to the strength ranking, only behind the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan tribes.

After the eight Great Khans in the felt bag had a drink together, the Khitan Great Khan Yelu Enemy Lie immediately said in a deep voice: "Our Eight Great Khans can gather here today in order to study the matter of dealing with the Jin State, especially the Jin State Broken Army that has penetrated its forces into the grassland, you must know that the Broken Army has destroyed the Dang Xiang clan and the Lou Fu clan, these two ethnic groups are both grassland clans, and their strength is not much weaker than the various ethnic groups here. ”

Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke nodded, and said with some emotion: "It's a pity that the war between our Xianbei and the Xiongnu has not ended, and we missed a good opportunity to deal with the Broken Army. ”

The Xiongnu and the Xianbei have always been at odds, before the two tribes because of a grassland, broke out a battle that lasted for more than three years, although the two tribes did not invest too much strength in this battle, but more than three years down, the Xiongnu and Xianbei each lost more than 100,000 people, until the beginning of February of the Great Jin Dynasty 429, the Xiongnu and Xianbei reached an agreement, which is the end of the friction between the two tribes because of the struggle for grassland.

Now the power of the Xianbei tribe has expanded to the edge of the Beiting Protectorate, which makes the Xianbei tribe have a deep wariness of the Beiting Protectorate and the Broken Army, when the friction between the Xianbei and the Xiongnu that lasted for more than three years ended, the Xianbei tribe immediately turned the spearhead and directly pointed at the Great Jin Beiting Protectorate and the Broken Army.

Xirong Great Khan Ah Rishan frowned and said: "The Broken Army has just defeated the combined forces of the Great Wan Kingdom, the Gaochang Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Anxi Kingdom in the Western Regions, and it has forcibly occupied a large area of the Gaochang Kingdom, and its strength can be described as extremely strong. ”

Khitan Khan Yelu Dilie immediately said: "It is precisely because the strength of the Broken Captives Army is very strong, so all our clans should unite and solve the great trouble of the grassland as soon as possible, otherwise there will definitely be endless troubles in the future!" ”

Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke said approvingly: "Yelu Enemy Lie Khan's words are reasonable, we can no longer let the Broken Army continue to develop in the grassland, all ethnic groups must unite to drive the Broken Army out of the grassland!" ”

Xirong Khan Ah Rishan shrugged his shoulders and said: "Since I, Ah Rishan, am here, it means that our Xirong clan agrees to participate in this grassland alliance, but the strength of the Broken Army is very strong, and it is best for us to pull the Huns into this Grassland Alliance, the Broken Army is a big trouble for the entire grassland, and our various ethnic groups will drive the Broken Army out of the grassland this time, and the Huns, the first tribe in the grassland, can't stay out of it!" ”

The corners of Murong Ke's mouth twitched slightly, "I have already sent an invitation to Luan Timao, the Great Khan of the Xiongnu clan, but unfortunately Luan Timao seems to be afraid that my Murong Ke will use a conspiracy to harm him, and he did not dare to come to the royal court of our Xianbei clan." ”

As soon as the words of the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke fell, a Xianbei general walked into the felt bag and said to the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke respectfully: "Qi Great Khan, there is a Hun cavalry of tens of thousands of people, entered the grassland of our Xianbei tribe, this Hun cavalry is playing the banner of the Xiongnu Khan Luan Timao, after our Xianbei cavalry came into contact with it, I learned that the Xiongnu Khan Luan Timao was invited to our Xianbei royal court to participate in the alliance. ”

The words of this Xianbei general suddenly made the face of the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke can't help but show embarrassment, and the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke coughed and asked the Xianbei general: "How long will it take for the Hun Great Khan Luan Ti to reach our Xianbei royal court?" ”

"Qi Great Khan, in about three or four days, the tens of thousands of Hun cavalry brought by the Hun Great Khan Luan Timao should be able to reach our Xianbei royal court."

Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke immediately turned his head and said to the Khitan Great Khan Yelu Dilie, the Xirong Great Khan A Rishan, the Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha, the Rouran Great Khan Mugulu, the Donghu Great Khan Yishag, the Tiele Great Khan Jirimu and the Karasuma Great Khan Zhaonastu: "It seems that our alliance will be postponed for a few more days. ”

The Khitan Great Khan Yelu Dilie continued: "Since the Xiongnu Great Khan Luan Timao is also here, then our alliance this time is equivalent to almost all the ethnic groups in the entire steppe uniting together, and I believe that we will definitely be able to drive the Broken Army out of the grassland!" ”

Now on the grassland, in addition to the three strong Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan, the nomads in the second echelon are only left with the six tribes of Xirong, Wuheng, Rouran, Donghu, Tiele and Karasuma, and the nomads of the third echelon and the fourth echelon on the grassland are basically attached to the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Xirong, Wuheng, Rouran, Donghu, Tiele and Karasuma The nine tribes are under the wings, such as the Ding Ling tribe who was originally attached to the Lou Fu clan, after the Lou Fu clan was wiped out by the broken army, the Ding Ling clan immediately switched to the name of the Xianbei tribe.

Xirong Great Khan Ah Rishan smiled and said: "It seems that this alliance will be a grand meeting on the grassland, and an alliance of this scale has never appeared on the grassland!" ”

On the grassland belonging to the Xianbei tribe more than 1,000 miles away from the Xianbei royal court, the elite cavalry of the 30,000 Xiongnu royal court, each equipped with three war horses, was galloping southward rapidly, until the sun was about to set, and the Xiongnu Great Khan Luan Timao ordered to stop advancing, and the whole army was encamped in the grassland here.

Luan Tihan, the king of Xiongnu Zuoxin, grabbed the reins of his war horse, turned his head and said to Luan Timao, the great Khan of the Xiongnu: "Father Khan, now that we have entered the sphere of influence of the Xianbei people, do you want the warriors not to take off their armor at night?" We have been following tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry in our vicinity! ”

Luan Tihan, the king of Xiongnu Zuoxin, is the fifth son of the Xiongnu Khan Luan Timao, known for his bravery in the Xiongnu people, and the entire Xiongnu has eight kings, six of whom are the sons of the Xiongnu Khan Luan Timao, and the remaining two kings are also the cronies of the Xiongnu Khan Luan Timao.

Luan Timao, the Great Khan of the Huns riding on a war horse, waved his hand slightly and said: "Since the Great Khan dares to take 30,000 elite horsemen of the Xiongnu royal court and go deep into the hinterland of the Xianbei tribe, he is not afraid that the Xianbei people will dare to deal with me, this time the Great Khan is invited by the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke, and the Xianbei people will not touch me for the sake of reputation, the tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry nearby, we don't need to pay attention, these tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry in addition to monitoring us, the main task should be to protect us, once the Great Khan makes a mistake in the territory of the Xianbei people, Then the Xianbei people will have to bear the revenge of millions of our Hun cavalry! ”

Luan Tihan, the king of Xiongnu Zuoxin, nodded and said: "The Xianbei people really don't dare to act rashly against their father Khan, otherwise we Xiongnu will definitely fight with the Xianbei people!" ”

The Xiongnu Great Khan Luan Timao immediately said: "This time, the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke is ready to form a grassland alliance army to conquer the Broken Army and the Beiting Protectorate of the Jin State, which is in line with the interests of all ethnic groups in the entire grassland. ”

Luan Tihan, the king of Xiongnu Zuoxin, said: "Actually, Father Khan does not need to come in person this time, just let the child replace Father Khan to participate in the alliance." ”

"How can this Great Khan miss this prosperous era of all the tribes in the grassland, this time in addition to the three strong clans of the grassland, other nomads in the second echelon of strength also participated, and the Great Khan of these tribes personally went to the Xianbei Royal Court, if the Great Khan did not come in person, wouldn't he fall into the name of our Huns!"