"Bang-" The Eastern Governor of Gaochang Kingdom, Haner Apdu, punched the desk in front of him fiercely, and in front of the desk stood three people, namely the Legion Commander Diaai, the Legion Commander Fahald, and the Chief of the Guard Ghassani, the army of the Legion Commander Diaai and the Legion Commander Fahald were stationed in Talas City, where the Governor's Mansion was located, and Ghassani controlled the most elite 30,000 guards around the Metropolitan Governor Haner Apdu, these three people can be said to be the henchmen of the Metropolitan Governor Haner Apdu. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"120,000 cavalry of our Gaochang Kingdom, as well as 160,000 infantry of our Gaochang Kingdom, as well as 50,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry of five vassal countries, were defeated by the army of the Jin people in the first battle, and it was a crushing defeat, which is the shame of our Gaochang Kingdom!" Governor Hanr Apdu shouted angrily.

The commander of the army in Shiqu State, Mu Taichile, used carrier pigeons to quickly send the news of the defeat to the governor's palace in Talas City.

Legion Commander Diaai hesitated for a moment and said, "Governor, now that there are only nearly 50,000 of the 400,000 troops left, do you want to quickly transfer some troops to support them?" If the people of the Jin Kingdom take advantage of the victory and pursue it, the Shiqu Kingdom and several surrounding vassals of our Gaochang Kingdom will be in a very dangerous situation! ”

In fact, the corps commander Mu Tai Chile in Shiqu State, all the Gaochang State troops in his hands add up, only more than 40,000 yuan, which also includes some Gaochang prisoners of war who escaped from the Ju'an army, saying that there are nearly 50,000 people, and it is the corps commander Mu Tai Chile who counted thousands of escaped vassal country cavalry into the cavalry of Gaochang Country itself, but the corps commander Mu Tai Chile believes that there will be some Gaochang troops who will withdraw to Shiqu Country one after another.

In addition, the commander of the legion, Mu Tai Chile, in order to reduce his responsibility, lied that he was besieged by at least a million Jin troops, although the Eastern Metropolitan Governor Haner Apdu and others did not believe that the Jin Taishou had so many soldiers and horses, but Haner Apdu and others secretly calculated that the Taishou of the Jin State had incorporated the 250,000 troops of Zhu Qiguo, plus his original army, there should be no problem in forming an army of 400,000, if Liu Ji can mobilize the young and strong men of Zhu Qiguo and Suju Kingdom, An army of millions is not out of the question.

"The governor of Pontus must personally lead the army this time and wipe out all those Jin people, otherwise it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart! Even if the Jin people have an army of millions, they are just a rabble! Governor Hanel Apdu said categorically.

At this time, the legion commander Fahald suggested: "Grand Governor, the return of the Jin people to the Western Regions this time is not just a matter of our Metropolitan Governor's Office, His Majesty the King and the other three Metropolitan Governors should all contribute to preventing the Jin Kingdom from returning to the Western Regions." ”

After a pause, Legion Commander Fahald continued: "And this time the Jin people invaded the Western Regions, our Eastern Governor's Mansion has lost almost 300,000 troops, not counting the losses of various vassal countries, the Grand Governor, if you want to crusade against the Jin army entrenched in Zhuqi and Suju again, the troops that our Eastern Governor's Mansion can mobilize are currently somewhat insufficient. ”

The army of the entire Gaochang Kingdom exceeded 3.5 million, of which the Eastern Governor Haner Apdu had about 1.1 million troops under his command, which is not counting the millions of client state troops in the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governor's Office.

Although the army under the command of Haner Apdu is as high as 1.1 million, the area under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governorate is also the largest among the four Gaochang Prefectures, in addition to the twenty-eight vassal states and dozens of independent city-states, there are also fifteen oases in the jurisdiction of the Gaochang Kingdom itself, and the area is not small, the largest oasis, that is, the oasis where Talas City is located, the area is almost the size of two Qianzhou.

The fifteen oases within the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governorate were divided into fifteen provinces of the Gaochang Kingdom, and the oasis where the city of Talas was located was called the province of Sarma.

For example, the oasis where the current Great Jin Anxi Protectorate is located, there are more than 100,000 elite troops under the command of Haner Apdu, who have been stationed in the six large military forts of that oasis for a long time, and this oasis does not belong to the above fifteen oases.

This time, the Governor of the Metropolitan Haner Apdu sent 120,000 Gaochang cavalry and 160,000 Gaochang infantry, and as a result, according to the letter of the corps commander Mutaichile, only about 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry remained in the 280,000 army, and the remaining 230,000 troops were all lost.

In addition, the army under the command of the original Metropolitan Governor Haner Apdu stationed more than 70,000 people in Zhuqi and Suju countries, as well as the surrounding Shiqu countries, Daosu countries, Wenda countries, Qiwu countries, Dana countries and Yuanba countries, and now these more than 70,000 people have also disappeared as an organization.

Removing these 300,000 troops, there are still 800,000 left in the Gaochang army under the command of Haner Apdu, as for the army of the client state that can be mobilized, because of the annihilation of the army of Zhu Qiguo, and the fiasco of the Gaochang army this time, there will not be many, after all, each client state and independent city-state also need to leave some of their own troops to garrison the old nest.

Fahad is not only the commander of the army of Gaochang Kingdom, but also the first strategist of the Grand Governor Haner Apdu, listening to Fajard's words, Haner Apdu's brows furrowed, "Fahald, according to your estimates, if the Governor of Pontus personally leads the troops, how many troops can our Eastern Governor's Mansion currently draw?" ”

Legion Commander Fahd smiled bitterly and said: "Grand Governor, at present, there are only about 800,000 left in the Gaochang army directly under our Eastern Governor's Office, and you can only draw 250,000 of these 800,000 people at most, and as for the army of the subject country, maybe you can't even collect 100,000." ”

"Fajard, 250,000 Gaochang troops, plus tens of thousands of vassal troops, can't they still defeat a small Taishou of the Jin Kingdom?"

"Governor Dadu, you must know that this Taishou of Gui'an County, Qianzhou, Jin State, is not an ordinary Taishou, according to the information we have recently gathered, he once led his army and defeated many nomads on the grassland, and even the Khitans suffered a big loss in his hands, and he has just defeated hundreds of thousands of troops in our Gaochang Kingdom, and most importantly, he may really have a million troops under his command."

The Grand Governor Haner Apdu Lao did not speak for a long time, his face became even more gloomy, in his heart, he was not willing to let the king of Gaochang and the other three Grand Governors interfere in the affairs of the Eastern Governor's Office, but he knew that what Fahad said was the truth, after losing more than 300,000 Gaochang troops, if he had to conquer the Jin people entrenched in Zhuqi and Suju again, the troops under his command were indeed a little stretched.

"There are more than 12 million Gaochang people in the jurisdiction of our Eastern Governor's Mansion, and if we can't do it, we will recruit some Gaochang warriors to join the army, and the Governor of Bendu doesn't want others to interfere in the affairs of our Eastern Governor's Mansion!"

Legion Commander Fajard then said: "Grand Governor, there is no problem with expanding the army, but the newly recruited soldiers need at least six months of training before they can go to the battlefield, and our original military-civilian ratio is close to one to ten, even if the army is expanded, the scale must be controlled, and we also need to consider the military expenditure required for the expansion of the army, and the subordinates still suggest that His Majesty the King and the other three governors should be involved, and the losses cannot all be borne by our Eastern Governorate." ”

Fahdd's last words touched the Metropolitan Governor Haner Apdu, "Alright then! Immediately report the situation of our fiasco to His Majesty the King, and ask His Majesty the King and the other three Governors to send reinforcements to our Eastern Governorate as soon as possible. ”

Hearing that the Metropolitan Governor agreed with his opinion, Fahd's heart secretly breathed a sigh of relief, according to the strength of the army under the command of the Jin State Taishou, if the Metropolitan Governor insisted on going his own way, maybe it would be another fiasco, and if the Eastern Governor's Mansion suffered another fiasco, the foundation of the Eastern Governor's Mansion would be shaken.

Governor Hanr Apdu then asked Fajard, "Do we need to send some more troops to the Shiqu Kingdom?" ”

Fahad pondered for a moment and said, "Governor, my subordinates think that not only do you not need to send troops to support Shiqu Country, but you should also withdraw the nearly 50,000 Gaochang troops of Shiqu Country!" ”

"What? Not only to increase the troops, but also to transfer the army, then it will be easy for the Jin people to capture the Shiqu country! Diaai, the legion commander next to him, exclaimed.

Governor Hanr Apdu also frowned and looked at Fajard, hoping to hear the reason for what he said.

According to the latest information, the Jin people carried out a brutal purge of Zhuqi's country, and the royal family and almost all the nobles of Zhuqi's country were killed, so that after our Eastern Governor's Mansion recovered Zhuqi's country, it would be logical to turn the entire Zhuqi country into the territory of our Gaochang country, if Shiqu State and several surrounding vassal states were also captured by the Jin people...... I don't think I need to go on, Governor! ”

The Grand Governor Haner Apdu stroked his beard, turned his head to the chief of the guard, and said: "Immediately send a letter to Mutaichile of Shiqu State with carrier pigeons, ordering him to immediately take the remaining Gaochang troops in Shiqu Country to withdraw to Smosco Province, join the defenders of Smosco Province, and prevent the Jin State army from advancing westward!" ”

Smosco Province is one of the fifteen provinces of Gaochang within the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governorate, and it is also the easternmost province of Gaochang State, with an area of more than 80,000 square kilometers and a population of about one million.