After the Red Turban Army accepted the recruitment of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Red Turban Army units in Hangzhou, Qiongzhou, Lianzhou, Zhejiangzhou and Fuzhou immediately retreated to Suzhou with a large amount of treasures and grain and grass looted from the local area.

The imperial court army, which was dominated by the forbidden army of the Great Jin Dynasty, quickly received the counties and counties that the Red Turban Army took the initiative to give up, but as for the broken army under Liu Ji, they did not join the receiving team, but continued to stay in the temporary camp outside Huai'an City.

Originally, according to the request of the hussar general Li Hong and the chariot cavalry general Dou Bing, Liu Ji was going to lead the Breaker Army to stay outside Huai'an City until February 24, and then lead millions of Breaker Army soldiers to return to Canglong City to marry the princess of Xiangcheng.

However, the plan did not change quickly, on the morning of February 12, Heishuitai sent Liu Ji a shocking news, under the guidance of the Holy Fire Sect, the four countries of Dawan, Gaochang, Cheshi, and Anxi in the Western Regions will form a coalition army to launch a holy war against the Western Regions Protectorate, trying to capture the entire Western Regions Protectorate, and even preparing to extend their troops into the territory of the Great Jin.

On the evening of February 12, in the big mansion where Liu Ji lived in Huai'an City, Liu Ji gathered Chen Xiuyan and Xu Lijiao, the deputy palace masters of Tianji Palace, and Shen Muqing, Zhang Yingying, Wang Yuyan, Ding Mei, Huang Menglu, and Wu Shuchang, six personal disciples of Guanghan Palace.

Liu Ji said in a deep voice to the eight stunning beauties: "I think you all know, three days ago, I promised the hussar general Li Hong and the chariot general Dou Bing that I would lead the broken army to stay outside Huai'an City for fifteen days, but because the four countries of Dawan, Gaochang, Cheshi, and Anxi in the Western Regions are about to launch an attack on the Western Regions Protectorate, so I must immediately return to the Western Regions Protectorate, and I can't wait until the 24th to leave, are you going back to the Guanghan Palace?" Or come back with me? ”

Chen Xiuyan, the deputy palace master of Tianji Palace, hesitated for a moment and said: "Husband, I think it is better for us to return to Guanghan Palace, now in Guanghan Palace, there are four deputy palace masters and twelve personal disciples are our own people, if we return to Guanghan Palace, we will have the opportunity to help Fujun seize the power of the entire Guanghan Palace, you must know that in Guanghan Palace, there are more than 100 disciples who only have the strength of top fierce generals." ”

Liu Ji sighed and said, "Originally, I was going to let you stay, but when I thought that I wouldn't see you for a long time, I felt a little uncomfortable, and I was also worried that it would be dangerous for you to return to Guanghan Palace." ”

Xu Lijiao, the deputy palace master of Tianji Palace, said: "Husband, so many of our sisters take care of each other, basically we won't show any horses, we just want to control the power of Guanghan Palace, if we don't have the cooperation of our husband, it will be difficult to do it with us sisters alone." ”

Liu Ji touched his chin and said: "This is a problem, but now the Western Regions Protectorate is facing a huge crisis, I must lead the troops back as soon as possible to subdue the matter of the Guanghan Palace, I can only wait for the crisis of the Western Regions Protectorate to be lifted this time and then study, and then we will carefully study how to turn the remaining palace masters, deputy palace masters and personal disciples into our own people." ”

Shen Muqing immediately said in a coquettish voice: "Husband, you can rest assured that you can take the troops back to the Western Regions Capital Protectorate to deal with those four powerful countries!" If we have something, we can get in touch with Fujun through Heishuitai's secret agent in Hangzhou. ”

Liu Ji suddenly frowned and asked, "Those two elders of Guanghan Palace, Jin Zhi and He Yiqian, how do you explain?" ”

Chen Xiuyan, the deputy palace master of Tianji Palace, said with a smile: "Husband, don't worry, we have already thought about it, let's just say that we have discovered the whereabouts of Wudang Mountain Protector Xuanyang Dao Chief Wang Chutong, and finally Elder Jin and Elder He chased after them together, and then Elder Jin and Elder He disappeared and never returned, and we searched for a long time without finding any trace of the two elders." ”

Liu Ji bared his teeth and said: "Wang Chutong is really carrying this black pot one after another, so let's say so!" As long as so many of you speak in unison, the rest of the Guanghan Palace will not doubt it! ”

Then Zhang Yingying asked, "Husband, when are you going to leave with the troops?" ”

"Tomorrow the whole army will be marched out, and we only have one night to get together, alas-"

That night, Liu Ji was busy enough, and directly slept with the eight stunning beauties in Guanghan Palace, and tossed until the second half of the night before going to sleep.

On the morning of the next day, Liu Ji left Huai'an City with the First Cavalry Brigade of the Grassland Legion, the First Infantry Brigade of the Western Regions Legion, the First Infantry Brigade of the Native Legion, the First Cavalry Brigade of the Guards Legion, and 20 temporary infantry brigades of the Guards Legion, as well as 60,000 auxiliaries escorting grain and grass, and went straight to the direction of Canglong City.

The top ten Oiran of Huai'an that Liu Ji looted in Huai'an City and the other seventeen stunning beauties from Qinglou were also taken away by Liu Ji.

If Liu Ji wants to return to the Western Regions Protectorate, he must pass through Canglong City, not to mention that there is a Dajin princess in Canglong City, waiting for Liu Ji to marry, but according to the news of Heishuitai, the coalition forces of Dawan, Gaochang, Cheshi, and Anxi have assembled in Gaochang Kingdom, even if Liu Ji returns to Canglong City, there should be no time to marry the princess of Xiangcheng, after all, to marry a princess of the Great Jin, etiquette is very cumbersome.

After receiving Liu Ji's urgent report, the hussar general Li Hong learned that the Western Regions Protectorate was about to face the attack of millions of allied troops from Dawan, Gaochang, Cheshi, and Anxi, Liu Ji could only lead his troops to immediately rush back to the Western Regions Protectorate, and immediately issued an order to the other 20 Routes in Huai'an City to postpone their return to Canglong City.

Originally, there were more than one million broken captives of Liu Ji, and the hussar general Li Hong didn't care at all about when the other 20 Route Ping Rebel Army would leave Huai'an City, but now Liu Ji had to lead his troops to immediately return to the Western Regions Capital to deal with the millions of coalition troops in Dawan, Gaochang, Cheshi, and Anxi, and the remaining 400,000 troops of the other 20 Road Ping Rebel Army, and the role of the remaining 400,000 troops became bigger all of a sudden.

What made the hussar general Li Hong a little relieved was that the Red Turban Army didn't seem to have the intention of repeating it, and the Red Turban Army troops withdrew to Suzhou very quickly, even if Liu Ji left with his troops, the southeastern states should not be chaotic anymore.

Zhang Mingqi, who was in Jianyang City, Suzhou, learned that Liu Ji had left the southeast with his troops, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, but under the joint persuasion of the four strategists under his command, Zhang Mingqi dispelled the idea of raising the anti-flag again, and prepared to train the army well in Suzhou in the next period of time.

In the early morning of February 14, 428 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in the Taiyuan Hall of the Imperial Palace of Canglong City of the Great Jin Dynasty, Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, swallowed his saliva and said: "Empress Dowager Qiqi, Emperor, according to reliable information, the four great powers of the Western Regions, the Great Wan Kingdom, the Gaochang Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Anxi Kingdom, will form a large coalition army, and in the name of the Holy Fire Sect, we will launch an attack on the Western Regions Protectorate of the Great Jin Dynasty. The number of troops may be in the ...... Over five million! ”

The reason why Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, swallowed his saliva before speaking, was completely frightened by the number of five million, such a huge force, not to mention a Western Regions Protectorate, even the entire Great Jin may not be able to withstand it!

The panic on Empress Dowager Zhou's face flashed, and then Empress Dowager Zhou's face returned to calm, and she asked in a deep voice, "Captain Dou, is this figure of five million accurate?" ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, smiled bitterly and said: "Queen Mother, there will only be more, not less, according to intelligence, this time Dawan is ready to send six cavalry corps, twelve infantry legions and 500,000 auxiliaries, a total of two million people to join the coalition army, Gaochang State will send an army of one million to 1.2 million, the Cheshi country will send more than 900,000 troops, and the Sabbath country will also send 500,000 troops, in addition to the many vassal countries of the four major powers, they will also send more than 600,000 troops, our Dajin is in big trouble this time!" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou asked urgently, "What about Liu Ji?" Does Liu Ji know about the formation of a coalition army by the four major powers in the Western Regions? ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, nodded and said, "General Liu Ji has learned about this matter, and he led his troops back from Huai'an City yesterday. ”

Emperor Liu Heng of the Great Jin Dynasty opened his mouth and asked at this time: "Captain Dou, can General Liu Ji hold the Western Regions Protectorate?" ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, hesitated for a moment, and said with a somewhat gloomy face: "Your Majesty, the combined power of the four great powers in the Western Regions is really too strong, and if you want to hold the capital of the Western Regions, maybe...... Maybe not so easy. ”

When Liu Heng, the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, heard this, he said with some panic: "What can I do then?" If the Protectorate of the Western Regions is lost, will the Four-Nation Alliance continue to invade our Great Jin? ”

Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials, said bitterly at this time: "Queen Mother, Emperor, if even General Liu Ji's broken army can't stop the Four-Nation Alliance, then our Great Jin will be in danger!" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou pondered for a moment and asked, "How much support can the imperial court give to Liu Ji?" Can the Red Turban Army, which has already returned to the imperial court, go north to the Western Regions to fight side by side with the Broken Army to resist the invasion of the Four Nations Alliance? ”

Captain Dou Yan shook his head and said: "Queen Mother, Zhang Mingqi's Red Turban Army has just returned to the imperial court, and at this time, they will be sent to the Western Regions Protectorate, Zhang Mingqi may not agree, and the most elite forbidden army in the hands of our imperial court, in the process of quelling the rebellion in the southeastern seven states, the loss is very large, and the 450,000 forbidden troops sent to the southeast, there are currently less than 170,000 left, and the 170,000 forbidden army still needs to sit in the southeast in a short time, so it is impossible for the forbidden army to support the Western Regions Protectorate." ”

Liu Heng, the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, suggested urgently: "This time to quell the rebellion in the seven southeastern states, aren't there other thirty-four route counterinsurgency troops?" The imperial court can let these 34 rebels go to the capital of the Western Regions to help the Broken Army resist the Four-Nation Alliance! ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the 34th Route Suppression Rebel Army has suffered a lot of losses at present, especially in the 20th Route Suppression Rebel Army in Huai'an City, which has lost almost half of the combat troops. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou said with a cold face at this time: "Captain Dou, now that the alliance army of the four countries in the Western Regions is about to be overwhelmed, can our imperial court only stand by and watch the broken army fight alone?" ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, immediately said: "This ...... The ministers and their colleagues in the military department studied and studied carefully, and sent some additional troops to General Liu Ji's broken army as much as possible to help the broken army resist the alliance of the four countries in the Western Regions. ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard Dou Yan say this, her face was slightly better, but the words of Wang Zhihuan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, made Empress Dowager Zhou's face gloomy again.

"Empress Dowager Qiqi, now that the situation of the Western Regions Protectorate is critical, even if General Liu Ji arrives in Canglong City with his troops, it is impossible to stay longer, so the minister thinks that General Liu Ji's marriage to the princess of Xiangcheng must be talked about later."

As soon as Wang Zhihuan, the Taiwei of the Ministry of Rites, finished speaking, Liu Heng, the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, asked loudly: "Wang Taiwei, why should I talk about my sister's marriage to Liu Ji later?" ”

Let his sister Xiangcheng princess Liu Qingmei marry Liu Ji, it is a matter of whether Liu Heng can be pro-government and whether he can take back the power of the court to the emperor, so he heard Wang Zhihuan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, say that Liu Ji's marriage to the princess of Xiangcheng needs to be postponed, and he suddenly became a little anxious.

Wang Zhihuan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, said in a calm tone: "Back to the emperor, it will take at least seven days for our princess of the Great Jin Dynasty to get married, according to the etiquette of the royal family, and the situation of the Western Regions Protectorate is critical, and the alliance of the four countries of the Western Regions is approaching, it is impossible for General Liu Ji to wait for seven days in Canglong City!" ”

When Liu Heng, the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, heard this, he didn't know what to do for a while, so he had to look back at the Empress Dowager Zhou behind the curtain.

Empress Dowager Zhou listened to the words of Wang Zhihuan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, and couldn't help sneering in her heart, it seems that the thirteenth family has not given up and obstructed Liu Ji's marriage to Princess Xiangcheng.

Empress Dowager Zhou said categorically: "The matter is urgent, since the time is urgent, etiquette or something, I can't take care of it, and after Liu Ji arrived in Canglong City with his troops, the mourning family issued an order to marry the princess of Xiangcheng to Liu Ji, and let the princess of Xiangcheng return to the Western Regions with Liu Ji. ”

At this time, the ministers in the main hall couldn't help but frown slightly from many people, and Wang Zhihuan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Queen Mother, without a grand ceremony, is it a little inappropriate to let General Liu Ji bring Princess Xiangcheng back to the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou said in a resolute tone: "There is nothing wrong with it, this matter does not need to be discussed again, the mourning family has already decided, and the secretaries should study how to give more support to the Western Regions Protectorate!" ”