Located in the Balikun Province northwest of the Smosco Province of the Gaochang Kingdom, and the Mazatag Province in the southwest of the Smosco Province, the original garrison of the Gaochang Kingdom was in charge of the troops under the command of the corps commander Sai Liangmu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the commander of the legion, Sai Liangmu, had already been killed in the battle with the Hawks, and the vast majority of the troops he led to crusade against the Hawks were lost in the night attack, and only the remaining thousands of cavalry were taken to the province of Balikun by the commander of the regiment, Mutaichile, and at this time these thousands of cavalry had been wiped out with the fall of the province of Balikun.

You must know that the legion commander Sai Liangmu has brought the main force of the legion under his command to crusade against the Ji'an army, which makes the current Gaochang defenders of Balikun Province and Mazatag Province combined, only 40,000 troops, and the total strength is more than 30,000 people.

The Eastern Metropolitan Governor Haner Apdu listened to the words of the legion commander Fahald, hesitated for a moment and said: "Now the combined strength of the Balikun Province and the Mazatag Province is more than 30,000 people, but they are distributed in the two provinces and fourteen cities. ”

After a pause, the Eastern Governor Haner Apdu hesitated and said, "Should the Governor of the Eastern Metropolitan take the 100,000 cavalry and 160,000 infantry gathered by our Eastern Governor near Talas City in advance, as well as the 30,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry of several vassal countries, and rush to the Balikun Province and the Mazatag Province first?" ”

"No! Dadu, if you take the army of our Eastern Governor's Mansion and rush to Balikun Province or Mazatag Province, you will inevitably start a decisive battle with the Jin army in advance, without the reinforcements of His Majesty the King and the other three Grand Governors, the army of our Eastern Governor's Mansion will face the army of the Jin people alone, and it seems that it is a little weak at present. Legion Commander Fajard said urgently.

"Don't we want the province of Balikun and the province of Mazatag?" The Governor of the East, Hanr Apdu, sighed.

Legion Commander Fajard said gloomily: "Grand Governor, the wisest choice now is to use the provinces of Balikun and Mazatag to buy us time, and when the reinforcements of His Majesty the King and the other three Grand Governors arrive in Sarma Province, we will gather several large armies and take back the lost land!" ”

The Governor of the East, Haner Apdu, was silent for a long time before he spoke in a deep voice: "Order the four captains of the Balikun Province and the Mazatag Province to immediately expand the armament war, gather the young and strong people of the two provinces, and the Governor of Pontus authorized them to form a temporary legion, and the four captains were promoted to temporary legion commanders, if any temporary legion can perform well in the battle against the Jin army, the Pontus Governor will turn the temporary legion into a standing legion!" ”

Legion Commander Fajard nodded and said, "The subordinates agree with the method of the Grand Governor, and only extraordinary means can be used in extraordinary times. ”

The Eastern Governor Haner Apdu said: "In addition, immediately recruit 300,000 young men from the province of Salma to join the army of our Eastern Governor's Mansion and make up for the loss of our Eastern Governor's Mansion!" ”

After all, in order to maintain a strong deterrent, the number of the standing army of the Eastern Governor is as high as 1.1 million, but the Gaochang people in the entire jurisdiction of the Eastern Governor are more than 12 million, and the ratio of the army to the people is close to 1:10, which makes the military expenditure of the Eastern Governor's Mansion remain high.

If it weren't for the fact that the Eastern Governorate could obtain a large amount of money and materials from the twenty-eight client states every year, with the financial revenues of the fifteen provinces within the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governorate, the Eastern Governor would not have been able to support 1.1 million Gaochang troops.

However, now that the westward advance legion of the Ju'an army has captured Smosco Province, and threatened Balikun Province and Mazatag Province, the attitude of the legion commander Fajard has also changed, "Dadu Governor, the strength of that Jin State Taishou Liu Ji is far beyond our expectations, and my subordinates feel that in order to be just in case, not only must we recruit young men from Salma Province to join the army, but the rest of the provinces under the jurisdiction of our Eastern Governor Mansion must also make some preparations in advance." ”

"Good! Let the provinces recruit new soldiers, the governor of Pontus will be handed over to you, Fajard, this time the Jin people invaded the jurisdiction of our Eastern Governor's Mansion, for our Eastern Governor's Mansion, it has risen to a very serious level, in order to drive the Jin people out of the jurisdiction of our Eastern Governor's Mansion, we must do whatever it takes! ”

"Don't worry, your subordinates won't let the Governor down!"

Originally, the 1.1 million Gaochang army of the Eastern Governor's Palace, except for the 30,000 guards around the Grand Governor Haner Apudu, the remaining troops belonged to ten legions, but the establishment of these ten legions was not the same, some legions had several tens of thousands of troops, and some legions had more than 100,000 troops.

The Muchmini Legion, which had been stationed in Zhuqi and the other seven surrounding client states, as well as the Mudechile Legion in the province of Smosko, had all been wiped out, and the Sylum Legion and the Anas Legion had also suffered heavy losses, and only six legions remained in the entire Eastern Governorate.

As soon as the order of the Eastern Governor Haner Apdu to expand the army was issued, eighteen temporary legions suddenly appeared in the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governor's Office, and all the temporary legions were expanded with a force of 10,000 people.

For example, in the northwest of Smosco Province, there were only two 10,000 troops of Gaochang Kingdom left, but just a few days after the order of Haner Apdu, the governor of the Eastern Metropolis, became two temporary legions, with a strength of 80,000 and 90,000 respectively, almost half of the young and strong people of Balikun Province were recruited into the two temporary legions.

The remaining young men in Balikun Province, although not called into the army, were also requisitioned and prepared to help the Gaochang army defend the city against the Jin army.

In the province of Mazatag, southwest of Smosco Province, the situation is also similar to that of Barikun Province, where 20,000 troops suddenly became two temporary legions, but because the population of Mazatag Province is less than 300,000, the strength of these two temporary legions is only more than 60,000 people.

The remaining fourteen provisional legions were distributed among the other twelve provinces of the Eastern Governorate, and only the Sarma Province, where the Eastern Governorate was located, formed three temporary legions, and each of the other provinces formed a temporary legion.