After the news of the war between the Dawan Kingdom and the Broken Capture Army reached the Cheshi Kingdom, Norhan, the king of the Cheshi Kingdom, immediately sent someone to summon Aham, the prime minister of the Cheshi Kingdom, into the palace.

"Good! That's great! These two robbers who carved up Gaochang Kingdom have finally fought! King Norhan said to the prime minister Aham with some schadenfreude.

In fact, Cheshi State also has a long border with Gaochang State, and nearly half of the western border of the Southern Governor of Gaochang State is adjacent to Cheshi State.

In the last war with the Broken Army, Gaochang Kingdom can be said to have suffered heavy losses, from the second power in the Western Regions to the fourth power all of a sudden, and the Cheshi Kingdom took the place of the Gaochang State and became the new second power in the Western Regions, which made the King of the Cheshi Kingdom Nuoerhan can't help but have some thoughts about the remaining territory of the Gaochang Kingdom, and the king Nuoerhan very much hopes to annex some of the land of the Gaochang Kingdom to enhance the Cheshi Kingdom and narrow the gap between the Cheshi Kingdom and the Dawan Kingdom.

For this reason, the king of the Cheshi Kingdom, Norhan, has been planning for a long time, but before the Cheshi Kingdom has time to make a move, the Dawan Kingdom took the lead and directly annexed the entire southern governorate of the Gaochang Kingdom, so that the Cheshi Kingdom could only watch as so many provinces and vassal states of the Gaochang Kingdom were divided between the Dawan Kingdom and the Broken Army.

When the Dawan Kingdom and the Broken Army carved up the Gaochang Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom could only stare dryly, with the Southern Governor's Mansion of the former Gaochang Kingdom in the way, the Cheshi Kingdom had no chance to participate in this carving-up feast, unless it risked an immediate war with the Dawan Kingdom.

Prime Minister Aham said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, this time the Dawan Kingdom and the Broken Army fight, it is best to end up with a defeat result, if it is a complete victory, it will be a blessing in disguise for our Cheshi Country!" ”

King Norhan smiled and said, "Prime Minister, you can relax!" Although the strength of Dawan is very strong, the Broken Army is not a soft persimmon, neither of them wants to eat anyone easily, this war must be a protracted war! ”

Prime Minister Aham nodded and said, "I hope so, Your Majesty, you have summoned your ministers to the palace today, I don't know what else is going on?" ”

King Norhan said: "The two tigers must be injured, although our Cheshi country will not participate in the war between the Dawan country and the broken army, but our Cheshi country must speed up the pace of army expansion, maybe this war between the Dawan country and the broken army is the opportunity for our Cheshi country to replace the Dawan country and become the first power in the Western Regions!" ”

At present, there are a total of thirty-six legions in the Cheshi Country, but many of the legions of the Cheshi Country have suffered heavy losses in the last war with the Broken Army, and now many of these heavily damaged legions have not recovered.

Prime Minister Aham said: "Your Majesty can rest assured, the minister will restore all the legions of our Cheshi Kingdom to full strength as soon as possible." ”

"That's not enough! We also need more troops in the Cheshi Country, and only thirty-six legions are far from enough! ”

"This ...... Your Majesty, if we add new legions, we will not be able to afford the finances of our country. ”

"This king has already thought about it, and will take out a part of the wealth from the royal treasury for the next expansion of our Cheshi country, once there is really an opportunity for our Cheshi country to become the first power in the Western Regions, our Cheshi country must not let go!"

At present, in the entire Western Regions, in addition to the Dawan Kingdom and the Broken Army, only the Cheshi Country and the Rest Country can be called a strong country, after the outbreak of the war between the Great Wan Kingdom and the Broken Army, the Rest Country and the Cheshi Country also chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but the difference between the Rest Country and the Cheshi Country is that the Che Shi Country still wants to pick up the bargain in the end, and the Rest Country really has no energy to pay attention to the war between the Dawan Kingdom and the Broken Army.

The border conflict between the Sabbatical State and the Europa Empire on the Western Continent has not been completely resolved until now, and the vast majority of the troops of the Sabbatical State are concentrated near the border adjacent to the Europa Empire.

Beginning on March 18, the Broken Capture Army launched a comprehensive attack on the Dawan army entrenched in many provinces and vassal states of the former Gaochang State, and soon achieved very good results, but as more and more Dawan troops were put into the battlefield, the armies of both sides fell into a stalemate in many battlefields, and the losses of the armies of both sides became larger and larger.

On April 17, in a palace in the former Gaochang King's Palace in Gaochang City, Lian Po, the commander of the Western Regions Army, said to Liu Ji in a deep voice: "My lord, so far, our Broken Army has seized the territory of a province and a vassal state of the former Gaochang State from the hands of the army of the Great Wan Kingdom, and this province and a vassal country belong to the Western Governor's Mansion of the former Gaochang State, but now our Broken Captive Army has attacked the troops of the Western Governor of the former Gaochang State, but they have been blocked in Edao Province. However, our Broken Army attacked the troops of the former Southern and Northern Governors of Gaochang State, and the progress made was not great. ”

The province of Edao was the seat of the former Western Governor of the Kingdom of Gaochang, with the capital of the city of Sagmo.

Liu Ji frowned and said: "Dawan is worthy of being the first power in the Western Regions, the combat effectiveness of its army is indeed extraordinary, it has been almost a month since the war began, and our broken army has not made much progress in three directions, what is the loss of our troops on the front line?" ”

The three directions of the attack of the Broken Army refer to the three governors of the former Gaochang State.

Lian Po immediately said: "My lord, the four elite cavalry units of the Tiger Army, the Xuanjia Soldiers, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the White Horse Congyi, have lost more than 80,000 people since the beginning of the war, and the losses of our Western Regions Army and the Western Xinjiang Army have exceeded 250,000, but the losses of the Dawan Army should be far more than our Broken Army, and now there are more than 500,000 prisoners of war in the hands of our Broken Army, of course, almost all of them are soldiers of the former Gaochang Kingdom. ”

When Liu Ji heard that the total losses of several troops exceeded 330,000, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked in a deep voice: "Can the newly formed ten cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades be pulled into the battlefield now?" ”

After the start of this war, Liu Ji ordered the immediate formation of ten new cavalry brigades and twenty new infantry brigades in the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate, and the source of these thirty brigades was mainly from the soldiers of the Gaochang Kingdom who had surrendered to the Broken Army before and the garrison battalions of the various states of the Western Regions Protectorate, and also recruited some young and strong men from the people of the Western Regions Protectorate, and also recruited some officers and veterans from the Western Regions Legion and the Western Xinjiang Legion.

In addition to the newly formed ten cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades, Liu Ji also transferred the elite infantry units of the Guards Regiment and the Modao Soldiers to the Western Regions Protectorate, and at present, the five cavalry brigades and fifteen infantry brigades of the Guards Legion, as well as the 138,000 Modao soldiers, have all entered the Western Regions Protectorate.

Lian Po thought about it for a while and said: "My lord, although the newly formed ten cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades are already fully staffed, they still need to wait a little longer if they want to be pulled into the battlefield, after all, they are all newly formed troops." ”

Liu Ji turned his head to Jia Xu in the palace and asked, "Dawan Kingdom is currently in the three capital protectorates of the former Gaochang Kingdom, how many troops have been invested?" ”

After fighting with Dawanguo, Liu Ji transferred Jia Xu, the commander of Heishuitai, to Gaochang City, and followed Jia Xu to Gaochang City, as well as a large number of Heishuitai secret agents, and now these Heishuitai agents have been sent out by Jia Xu, and many people have been sent to the territory of Dawan to strengthen Heishuitai's intelligence work in Dawan Kingdom.

Jia Xu said: "Lord Qiqi, according to the intelligence of our Heishuitai, before the war began, there were twelve cavalry regiments and twenty-two infantry regiments stationed in the eleven provinces and seventeen vassal countries of the original Gaochang Kingdom, and the Dawan Kingdom also incorporated about 1.7 million troops of the original Gaochang Kingdom. In addition, the Dawan Kingdom also mobilized 500,000 troops from the vassal states, and also entered the territory of the former Gaochang Kingdom. ”

After a pause, Jia Xu said: "Dawan did lose a lot in the previous month's war, according to the data obtained by our Heishuitai, Dawan's own army lost nearly 500,000, and the Gaochang army that surrendered to Dawan lost 900,000 in a month, so that Dawan has about 6.4 million troops in the various provinces and vassal countries of the original Gaochang Kingdom, which can be described as a very large number. ”

Liu Ji touched his chin and said: "The Western Regions Legion and the Western Frontier Legion have a total of twenty cavalry brigades and forty infantry brigades, the Guards Legion has five cavalry brigades and fifteen infantry brigades, and counting the newly formed ten cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades, as well as the five elite troops of the Tiger Ben Army, Xuanjia Soldiers, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, White Horse Congyi, and Modao Soldiers, in the entire Western Regions, the troops we can mobilize should be able to reach more than five million, excluding the 330,000 people who have been lost, there are nearly 4.7 million left, in terms of troops, Our army still suffers a little. ”

Jia Xu said in a deep voice: "Lord, Dawan has been advocating martial arts for hundreds of years, many men in Dawan have been practicing martial arts since childhood, if Dawan is willing, tens of millions of young and strong men can even be mobilized in a short period of time to join the army, so the subordinates are worried that Dawan will face the stalemate situation in several battlefields now, and will increase troops to the front line, in that case, we can only transfer troops from the native army, the grassland legion, the Beiting legion and the Eastern Barbarian army to support the Western Regions Protectorate." ”

At this time, Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment and said to Liu Ji: "Lord, now our Broken Army is not at a loss in the situation, it is better to accept it when it is good, and avoid continuing to entangle with Dawan Kingdom. ”

When Liu Ji launched the war against Dawan, he had the idea of competing with Dawan for the hegemony of the Western Regions, where would it be so easy to end this war with Dawan, so Liu Ji shook his head and said: "Since we have already fought with Dawan, we must beat Dawan down, let the Guards Legion and Modao soldiers rush to the front line as soon as possible, and the newly formed ten cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades will definitely rush to the front line after half a month." ”

Liu Ji's words made Zhang Liang and Jia Xu smile bitterly, it seems that Liu Ji has made up his mind to separate a victory or defeat with Dawanguo.

Just when Liu Ji and several Wenchen generals under his command were discussing the war with Dawanguo, in a courtyard in the eastern city of Gaochang City, someone was discussing the assassination of Liu Ji.

"Hall Master Qiyu, it has been confirmed that Liu Ji lives in the palace in Gaochang City, but the entire palace is heavily guarded, and it is almost impossible for us to break in." A stunning beauty whispered to Sulaisan, the master of the Mandala Secret Hall, this stunning beauty is Sulaisan's henchman, whose name is Ruvaye, and she has the strength of a gold medal killer.

And Sulaishan, the master of the dark hall who has the color of captivating the city and the country, also has the strength of a gold medal killer.

There are only five halls on the surface of the mandala, which are the Renzi Hall, the Yizi Hall, the Rite Hall, the Zhizi Hall and the Xinzi Hall, but in the hands of the Mandala Elders, there is also a hall in control, which is called the dark hall, or it can be called the Law Enforcement Hall.

Su Laishan, the master of the Mandala Secret Hall, said with a solemn face: "This time, in order to assassinate Liu Ji, we Mandala can be said to have sent all the forces we can use to Gaochang City, so we must be extra careful this time, our Mandala can't afford to lose too much." ”

Lu Weiye nodded and said: "This time, we are in the dark hall, counting you, the hall master, a total of ten gold medal killers and eighteen silver medal killers have come to Gaochang City, plus the remaining seven gold medal killers, thirteen silver medal killers and twenty-two bronze medal killers in the other five halls, as well as four silver killers and twenty bronze killers from the Mandala Helm Training Camp, our Mandala is definitely pouring out of the nest this time, and we really need to be more careful." ”

Dark Hall Master Su Laishan frowned and said, "Can you blend into the imperial palace in Gaochang City?" ”

Lu Weiye shook his head and said: "It is very difficult, this time Liu Ji did not bring a female dependent, and the original maids in the palace have long been dismissed, and now the entire palace is Liu Ji's guard, and there is not even a single maid." ”

Sulaishan sighed and said: "Our Mandala people have promised the Great Wan Kingdom and the Holy Fire Sect respectively that if we don't kill Liu Ji within three months, we Mandala will compensate the Great Wan Kingdom and the Holy Fire Sect twice the gold, and now that a month has passed, if we can't find any other way to enter the Imperial Palace of Gaochang City, we can only take risks in the end!" ”