Hearing Wang Ben say that even if the newly formed twenty infantry brigades are pulled onto the battlefield now, Liu Ji couldn't help but nod slightly, "With the newly formed twenty infantry brigades, the total strength of our Broken Army in Hengzhou is close to 1.8 million, and it should be enough to deal with the Southeast Xiang Army for the time being. Let's study our plan to attack Qinzhou! ”

Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao, Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, the five top ministers, quickly worked out a battle plan for the Broken Army to attack Qinzhou, the whole battle plan is very comprehensive, if it is implemented according to this battle plan, it should not be a problem for the Broken Army to take Qinzhou, unless the Southeast Xiang Army ignores the threat of Lu State, and transfers a large number of troops in Zhejiang and Fuzhou to defend against Lu State, otherwise even if the Southeast Xiang Army transfers a legion from Leizhou into Qinzhou, It was also difficult to prevent the Breaker Army from capturing the entire Qinzhou.

Liu Ji was very satisfied with the battle plan made by the five top Wenchen, but Liu Ji soon found that the battle plan made by the five top Wenchen was useless.

In a palace in the imperial palace of Mengyuan City, the capital of Lu State, Zhang Xiang, the commander of the Black Butterfly of Lu State, told Emperor Jiang Sheng: "Your Majesty, our Black Butterfly has confirmed that the Broken Army defeated the Southeast Xiang Army in Hengzhou of the Jin State, and the Third Army and the Sixth Army of the Southeast Xiang Army were devastated, and the eight guards under the jurisdiction of the Third Army of the Southeast Xiang Army, seven of which were almost wiped out, and the six guards under the jurisdiction of the Sixth Army of the Southeast Xiang Army, and four of the guards could basically cancel the number, and now the Broken Army has captured the entire Hengzhou of the Jin State. ”

After Jiang Sheng, the emperor of the Lu State, heard the news brought by Zhang Xiang, the commander of the Black Butterfly, his face couldn't help but show excitement, "There are only seven legions in the southeast wing army of the Jin Kingdom, and the broken army has disabled two legions of the southeast wing army at once, which is really a great favor for our Lu country!" ”

Black Butterfly Commander Zhang Xiang continued: "The establishment of the southeast Xiang army of the Jin State is slightly different from the establishment of our Lu army, our Lu army has about 75,000 people per guard, and the southeast Xiang army of the Jin State has about 125,000 people per guard, the eleven guards of the southeast Xiang army of the Jin State have exceeded one-sixth of the total strength of the southeast Xiang army of the Jin State, and the broken army has indeed done us a great favor in the Lu State!" ”

"So how much did the Broken Army lose in Hengzhou, Jin Kingdom?" Emperor Jiang Sheng asked curiously.

"According to the information we got from Black Butterfly, the loss of the Broken Army in Hengzhou should be less than 100,000 people, and it is not unreasonable that the Broken Army can crisscross the Western Regions and the grasslands, and the combat effectiveness of the Broken Army is indeed strong enough, and the more than one million Southeast Wing Army will be solved by dividing the Broken Army by dividing it by two."

Hearing that the army of the Broken Capture Army only used less than 100,000 people to eliminate the army of more than 1.3 million troops in the Southeast Xiang Army, Jiang Sheng, the emperor of the Lu State, couldn't help frowning, the Lu State Army and the Southeast Xiang Army also fought each other, although the combat effectiveness of the Southeast Xiang Army was not as good as the Lu Army, but the Southeast Xiang Army was not useless, otherwise the Lu State Army would not have returned in vain in the last war to invade the Jin State, and withdrew from Zhejiang and Fuzhou in the Jin State.

Emperor Jiang Sheng pondered for a while and said: "The Broken Army is indeed a strong army, but the first thing our Lu State needs to do is to defeat the Southeast Wing Army of the Jin State, and take the most elite southeastern seven states of the Jin State into the bag, and then study how to deal with the Broken Army!" ”

Then Emperor Jiang Sheng turned his head and said to Liu Mian, the lieutenant of the Lu State Military Department in the palace: "I am ready to take advantage of the opportunity of the southeastern Xiang army of the Jin State being severely damaged by the broken army, and send troops to attack Zhejiang and Fuzhou of the Jin State again, what does Liu Taiwei think?" ”

Liu Mian, the chief lieutenant of the Lu State Army, frowned and asked: "Your Majesty, why don't you wait for the losses of the Southeast Xiang Army to be greater, and then our Lu State Army will send troops into Zhezhou and Fuzhou of the Jin State?" ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng shook his head and said: "Can't wait any longer, after the fiasco of the southeastern Xiang army of the Jin State in Hengzhou, it is very likely that it will not continue to fight with the Broken Army. ”

Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, after the fiasco in Hengzhou, Zhang Mingqi, the commander of the Southeast Xiang Army, is likely to choose to make peace with the Broken Army, anyway, our Lu State is ready to attack the Jin State, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the two sides have not reached an armistice agreement, and our Lu State army will take advantage of the fire to rob the Southeast Xiang Army of the Jin State." ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng immediately said categorically: "Then it is decided, convey my will, and order the six main army corps and five ordinary army corps on the border of Zhejiang and Fuzhou of the Jin State to immediately launch a full-scale attack on Zhejiang and Fuzhou of the Jin State!" ”

On March 16, 432 of the Great Jin Dynasty, more than 4 million Lu troops suddenly crossed the border between Lu and Jin and launched an attack on the southeast Xiang army in Zhejiang and Fuzhou.

Although the Southeast Xiang Army was always guarding against the invasion of the Lu army, and for this reason, more than two million troops were deployed along the border between the two countries, but under the surprise attack of the strong forces of the Lu army, the defense line of the Southeast Xiang Army on the border of Zhejiang and Fuzhou soon became precarious.

On the evening of March 19, in a study room in the Southeast Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Prefecture, the Great Jin Dynasty, the strategist Tang Yan said gloomily to Zhang Mingqi, the Southeast Metropolitan Governor: "My lord, now the five guards of the First Army and the five guards of the Praetorian Guard Regiment have set up a second line of defense in the central mountainous areas of Zhejiang and Fuzhou, and as for the first line of defense on the border line, the seventeen guards we have arranged have lost more than 700,000 in just four days, and have also lost five border fortresses. Withdrawing to the second line of defense, after all, is still the terrain of the second line of defense, which is more conducive to the defense of our southeast wing army. ”

Zhang Mingqi's face at this time is very ugly, it has been more than two years since the last invasion of the Lu army, in these two years, the southeast army has spent a huge amount of manpower and material resources, has been repairing the border of Zhejiang and the border of Fuzhou, all the cities adjacent to the Lu country in these two states, have been built into border fortresses, and in these border fortresses, more than two million troops have been arranged, as a result, just four days after the war, the border defense line of the two states was in full emergency, which made Zhang Mingqi really want to draw a knife and kill.

You must know that the reason why Zhang Mingqi dared to send troops to the five southwestern states was because Zhang Mingqi thought that with the border defense line of Zhejiang and Fuzhou, as well as the defenders of the seventeen guards, it was enough to block the invasion of several times the army of Lu State, but unfortunately the reality gave Zhang Mingqi a slap in the face.

However, Zhang Mingqi knew that now was not the time for him to lose his temper, he had to be calm, Zhang Mingqi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Since the first line of defense on the border can't be defended, then order the remaining troops of the seventeen guards to immediately retreat into the second line of defense in Zhejiang and Fuzhou. ”

Strategist Tang Yan immediately suggested: "Lord, now that the Lu army has invaded Zhejiang and Fuzhou again, if we still fight with the broken army for control of the five southwestern states, our southeast Xiang army will face a two-front battle, and his subordinates suggest that several corps of Qinzhou and Leizhou immediately withdraw to the southeast and reinforce the second line of defense of Zhejiang and Fuzhou, after all, the southeast seven states are the foundation of our southeast Xiang army, once the southeast seven states are lost, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Zhang Mingqi sighed and said: "The Governor of the Metropolitan is really a little unwilling, but Mr. Tang is right, the seven states in the southeast are the foundation of our Southeast Xiang Army, pass on the order of the Governor of the Metropolis, let all the troops of the Second Army and the Fifth Army in Qinzhou and Leizhou, as well as the remnants of the Third Army and the Sixth Army, immediately rush to the second line of defense in Zhejiang and Fuzhou, as for the five southwestern states...... Let's wait for our southeast army to free up their hands! ”

In fact, Zhang Mingqi knew in his heart that this time the Southeast Xiang Army withdrew from Qinzhou and Leizhou, and the five southwestern states were likely to be annexed by the Broken Army, and the Southeast Xiang Army wanted to take the five southwestern states again, but it was not easy.

At present, one city and nine counties in Qinzhou have all fallen into the hands of the Southeast Xiang Army, and Liu Du, the governor of Qinzhou, died suddenly of illness not long ago, and the troops under Liu Du then surrendered to the Southeast Xiang Army, and the one city and two counties finally controlled by Liu Du, the state pastor, were all dedicated to the Southeast Xiang Army.

In the territory of Leizhou, Leizhou Mu Lin Cheng still controls one city and four counties, and the Southeast Xiang Army only captured the other seven counties in Leizhou, and the army of Mu Lin Cheng of Leizhou is still in a stalemate.

Liu Ji soon received news that Lu had invaded Zhejiang and Fuzhou again, and soon after received the news that the Southeast Xiang Army had withdrawn from Qinzhou and Leizhou.

At this time, of course, Liu Ji would not be polite to the Southeast Xiang Army, and immediately led the main force of the Guards Corps and the Modao soldiers into the territory of Qinzhou and received one city and nine counties in Qinzhou.

Relying on the five cavalry brigades of the Guards Corps and a large number of horses for the infantry, it took only eight days to basically occupy the entire Qinzhou, and then Liu Ji led his troops into the territory of Leizhou, and five days later, the Broken Army captured the territory of the five counties of Leizhou.

After the Southeast Xiang Army evacuated Leizhou, Leizhou Mu Lin Cheng sent troops to recover the two counties that were previously seized by the Southeast Xiang Army from him, so that one city and eleven counties in Leizhou, one city and six counties were in the hands of Zhou Mu Lin Cheng.

Leizhou Prefecture Mu Lin Cheng in the southeast Xiang army into Leizhou before the army, has about 260,000 troops, after several battles with the southeast Xiang army, Lin Cheng in the hands of the original 260,000 troops, only less than 150,000 remained, but Lin Cheng relied on his prestige in Leizhou, from his control of the state capital Ledong City and various counties, recruited more than 900,000 young men to help defend the city, which made the second army of the Southeast Xiang Army, pay a lot of price, to capture the two counties in the hands of Leizhou Prefecture Mu Lin Cheng, now the southeast Xiang army withdrew, The two counties were then taken back by the state.

Lin Cheng knew very well in his heart that this time the Broken Army went south, in fact, it was to compete with the Southeast Xiang Army for the five southwestern states, so after Lin Cheng's army recaptured the two counties, Lin Cheng's army had every chance to seize the territory of the other five counties in Leizhou before the Broken Army entered Leizhou, but Lin Cheng considered that it might have touched the bottom line of the Broken Army, and directly resisted the temptation to take the opportunity to take the entire Leizhou into his pocket.

After capturing the five counties of Leizhou, the Broken Army did not continue to invade the six counties controlled by the Leizhou Prefecture Mu Lin Cheng, who was upright, generous and benevolent, and loved the people like a son, and had a huge reputation in Leizhou, otherwise it would not have been easy to recruit more than 900,000 strong men to help him resist the invasion of the Southeast Xiang Army.

Liu Ji took into account Lin Cheng's huge prestige in the entire Leizhou, so he did not directly send troops to annex one city and six counties in Lin Cheng's hands, but this time Liu Ji led his troops south, but he was ready to turn the five southwestern states into the territory of the Broken Army, so Liu Ji sent a messenger to Ledong City, the capital of Leizhou Prefecture, hoping to surrender the troops without a fight, so that Lin Cheng took the initiative to hand over one city and six counties in Leizhou, as well as the command of all the armies in his hands, Liu Ji promised to let Lin Cheng continue to serve as the governor of Leizhou.

At present, among the five southwestern states, Hengzhou and Qinzhou have completely fallen under the control of the Broken Army, and there are also five counties in Leizhou that are controlled by the Broken Army, only Guizhou and Yuzhou, because the Southeast Xiang Army has not yet had time to invade these two states, so the Broken Army has not entered these two states for the time being.

Guizhou has a city and seven counties, with a total population of about 8 million, and the various forces in Guizhou, after several years of melee, there are only two forces left, namely Guizhou Prefecture Mu Jia Peng and Guizhou Changshun County Taishou Guan Qian, Guizhou Mu Jia Peng controls one city and four counties in Guizhou, with about 220,000 troops, and Changshun County Taishou Guan Qian controls the remaining three counties in Guizhou, with about 140,000 troops.

Yuzhou has one city and eight counties, and the total population is also about eight million, and there are only two major forces left in Yuzhou, namely Yuzhou Prefecture Mu He Bin and Yuzhou Zhaojue County Taishou Xiao Xun, the state Mu He Bin controls one city and three counties in Yuzhou, with about 180,000 troops, and Zhaojue County Taishou Xiao Xun controls the remaining five counties in Yuzhou, with about 200,000 troops.

Guizhou and Yuzhou, as well as the six cities and six counties controlled by Mu Lin Cheng of Leizhou Prefecture, Liu Ji is not ready to let go this time, if the Broken Army cannot take over the above areas peacefully, then even if he turns his face with the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Ji will forcibly annex Guizhou, Yuzhou and one city and six counties of Leizhou.

There are about 50 million people in the five southwestern states, and one city and six counties in Guizhou, Yuzhou, and Leizhou account for almost half of the 50 million population.