On the afternoon of March 30, 430 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in a conference hall in the Chengzhou Pastoral Mansion of Ningbo, Zhang Mingqi, the governor of the southeast, said to his five henchmen and strategists Tang Yan with an iron face: "The second army and the sixth army suffered another defeat in Fuzhou, and the two army corps together lost more than 100,000 people this time, and now the second army and the sixth army are in Fuzhou, the total loss has exceeded 500,000, Zhao Lianjin and Chen Hongxin jointly sent a letter of help to the governor of the capital, everyone can tell us their opinions!" ”

Now, in order to bring back the 100,000 Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army in Fuzhou, the Southeast Xiang Army has successively dispatched the Second Army Corps and the Sixth Army Corps to Fuzhou, with a total of 14 Wei troops and more than 1.75 million troops.

However, the second and sixth armies of the Southeast Xiang Army encountered very big trouble in Fuzhou, and fought many times with the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army dominated by the Qingyi people, and the Southeast Xiang Army was defeated and won less, and it was basically impossible to drive the Dongban Coalition Army dominated by the Qingyi Nationality back to 100,000 mountains with only the Second Army and the Sixth Army of the Southeast Xiang Army.

As soon as Zhang Mingqi's words fell, Zhou Jiling, Liu Fengbao, Wu Zhan, Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba, the five generals of the Southeast Xiang Army, looked at each other, and then Zhou Jiling first spoke: "My lord, although the imperial court sent half of Suzhou to our Southeast Xiang Army to Fuzhou to resist the invasion of the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army this time, but our Southeast Xiang Army can't do it for the sake of the imperial court, and really fight to the death with the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, our Southeast Xiang Army has lost more than 500,000 people in Fuzhou. It was already worthy of the imperial court, and his subordinates suggested that the Second Army and the Sixth Army could temporarily retreat to the seven southeastern states for rest. ”

Liu Fengbao followed and said: "Lord, General Zhou's words are reasonable, our Southeast Xiang Army can't take advantage of the fire for the imperial court, the loss of more than 500,000 people is equivalent to four Wei fighting out, and it is already worthy of half of Suzhou's compensation, it is better to let Zhao Lianjin and Chen Hongxin, two generals, lead the Second Army and the Sixth Army to withdraw from Fuzhou, as for the problem of the Eastern Barbarian Alliance, let the imperial court continue to have a headache!" ”

Although Wu Zhan, Fan Dongying, and Yuan Tianba did not speak afterwards, the three of them nodded in agreement after Zhou Jiling and Liu Fengbao finished speaking.

In fact, Zhang Mingqi also has the intention of retreating from Fuzhou in his heart, after all, Fuzhou is not the territory of the Southeast Xiang Army, and there are Liuzhou and Yizhou between Fuzhou and the seven southeastern states, and it is not easy for the Southeast Xiang Army to annex Fuzhou, so there is no need for the Southeast Xiang Army to fight to the death with the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army for a Fuzhou with little interest.

Of course, half of Suzhou has been swallowed into the stomach by the Southeast Xiang Army, Zhang Mingqi will definitely not be able to vomit again, and the Southeast Xiang Army has lost more than 500,000 troops in Fuzhou, and it cannot be lost in vain.

Zhang Mingqi hesitated for a moment, turned his head to the strategist Tang Yan and asked, "Does Mr. Tang think that our Southeast Xiang Army should withdraw its troops from Fuzhou?" ”

Although Zhang Mingqi is already inclined to withdraw troops from Fuzhou, Zhang Mingqi still has some concerns, once the Southeast Xiang Army withdraws from Fuzhou, it will inevitably affect the prestige of the Southeast Xiang Army among the entire Jin people, after all, the Southeast Xiang Army fought against the Eastern Barbarian Alliance Army in Fuzhou and belonged to resisting the invasion of foreign enemies.

In addition, Zhang Mingqi now has the ambition to enter Canglong City, the entire twenty-four states of the Great Jin Dynasty have long been regarded by Zhang Mingqi as his own meal, if the Southeast Xiang Army withdraws from Fuzhou, the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, dominated by the Qingyi people, will inevitably capture the entire Fuzhou, and is even likely to continue to invade other states of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Strategist Tang Yan immediately said to Zhang Mingqi: "Lord, I also agree with letting the Second Army and the Sixth Army evacuate Fuzhou, these two Army Corps have lost more than 500,000 people so far, and they have been a little broken. ”

Zhang Mingqi said in a deep voice: "Mr. Tang, if our Southeast Xiang Army withdraws from Fuzhou, then what will happen to the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army in Fuzhou?" Could it be that the Governor of Ben Dadu watched the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army wreak havoc on the land of the Great Jin Dynasty? ”

Strategist Tang Yan said with a relaxed expression: "The lord doesn't need to worry, the imperial court will not let the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army in Fuzhou go unattended, don't forget that in Xiangzhou, there is also a broken army that is fighting with the other Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, and when our Southeast Xiang Army withdraws from Fuzhou, the imperial court will definitely let the Broken Army fill it, just let the Broken Army and the Eastern Barbarian Alliance Army fight to consume!" ”

The words of the strategist Tang Yan immediately strengthened Zhang Mingqi's determination to retreat, "Our Southeast Xiang Army has lost more than 500,000 troops on the battlefield in Fuzhou, and on the imperial court, our Southeast Xiang Army can be regarded as having done its best, and it is also worthy of the court's half of Suzhou's remuneration, and immediately convey the orders of the governor to Zhao Lianjin and Chen Hongxin, so that the Second Army and the Sixth Army can hurry up and return to Hangzhou, and the mess in Fuzhou will be handed over to the imperial court for a headache!" ”

After Zhao Lianjin and Chen Hongxin received Zhang Mingqi's order, they both had a feeling of unloading a heavy burden, and the combat effectiveness of the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, which was dominated by the Qing Yi nationality in Fuzhou, far exceeded the expectations of the Southeast Xiang Army, so that their two legions suffered several defeats, and now let alone drive the Eastern Barbarian Allied Army back to the 100,000 mountains, it is unknown whether their two legions can hold the remaining counties in Fuzhou together with other Jin armies in Fuzhou.

Subsequently, the Second Army Corps and the Sixth Army Corps of the Southeast Xiang Army, despite the repeated retention of Mu Bimo of Fuzhou Prefecture and Jiang Jian, the Taishou of Qinghua County of Fuzhou, began to withdraw their troops from Fuzhou in early April 430 of the Great Jin Dynasty.

The Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army in Fuzhou soon discovered the retreat of the Southeast Xiang Army, and then the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army took the opportunity to launch a large-scale offensive.

Originally, the Dongban Coalition Army, which was dominated by the Qingyi people, had already captured almost two counties in Fuzhou, and after the large-scale offensive of the Dongban Coalition Army was launched, within a few days, the Dongban Coalition Army captured two more counties.

The four counties captured by the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, including one county controlled by Mu Bimo of Fuzhou Prefecture, and the remaining three counties were originally the territory of Jiang Jian, the Taishou of Qinghua County, which left Jiang Jian's territory under his control, Qinghua County, his old nest.

"Bastard! Zhang Mingqi, this untrustworthy bastard! As soon as he withdrew the southeast wing army in Fuzhou, in a short period of time, Fuzhou was captured by the Eastern Barbarian army and occupied two counties, and now Fuzhou Prefecture Mu Bimo and Fuzhou Qinghua County are too shou Jiang Jian, almost a day to send several letters to the imperial court asking for help, Zhang Mingqi should be killed! Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials, yelled angrily.

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, said with a wry smile: "Since I learned that the Southeast Xiang Army suffered another fiasco, the old man has a premonition that the Southeast Xiang Army will not hold out in Fuzhou for long, according to the information obtained by the imperial court, the troops of the Southeast Xiang Army are in Fuzhou, and the losses have exceeded 500,000, such a big loss, the Southeast Xiang Army must not be able to afford it, and it is a matter of time before it withdraws from Fuzhou." ”

As soon as the news of the withdrawal of the two legions of the Southeast Xiang Army from Fuzhou reached Canglong City, the important officials of the court of the Thirteenth Family immediately gathered in the mansion of Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, to discuss countermeasures.

Sun Mingtao, the lieutenant of the Ministry of Industry, frowned and asked: "The Southeast Xiang Army did not drive back the 100,000 Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army in Fuzhou, so what should the imperial court do with half of Suzhou that the Southeast Xiang Army ceded?" ”

Zhao Boran, the captain of the Criminal Department, then sighed and said: "Let's not think about that half of Suzhou, since it has fallen into the hands of Zhang Mingqi, Zhang Mingqi will definitely not spit out that half of Suzhou again, let's hurry up and study how to deal with the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army that invaded Fuzhou!" Without the containment of the Southeast Xiang Army, even if the army of Bi Mo and Jiang Jian, the Taishou of Qinghua County, combined, they would not be able to stop the Dongban Coalition Army, which was dominated by the Qingyi people, and if they did not find a way quickly, Fuzhou would definitely fall to the whole territory, and the Dongban Coalition Army might even continue to advance to other states! ”

Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials, turned his head to the hussar general He Guangzong, the hussar general Xiao Su, and the hussar general Li Hong and asked in a deep voice: "General He, General Xiao, General Li, can the forbidden army send troops to Fuzhou and drive the Eastern Barbarian Coalition army in Fuzhou back to the 100,000 mountains?" ”

Before the three hussar generals could speak, Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, said: "The sixteen guards of the forbidden army can be said to be the last hole card of our imperial court, although the sixteen guards of the forbidden army have good combat effectiveness, but the total strength of the sixteen guards of the forbidden army is only a little more than one million, and the Dongban coalition army in Fuzhou alone exceeds one million, how many troops can the forbidden army send to Fuzhou?" And in the face of the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, which is also very strong in combat, how much does the forbidden army have to lose to drive the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army back to the 100,000 mountains? ”

Hussar general He Guangzong then sighed and said: "It's not that the forbidden army is unwilling to go to Fuzhou, but the forbidden army goes to Fuzhou, and it is likely to consume the last hole card of our imperial court. ”

Zheng Kai, the chief lieutenant of the household department, then suggested: "It is better to let the Broken Army send another part of the army into Fuzhou, the troops of the Broken Army in Xiangzhou are much stronger than the Southeast Wing Army in Fuzhou." ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, nodded and said, "Now I can only count on the broken army." ”

Zhao Boran, the chief lieutenant of the Criminal Department, asked, "Will Liu Ji agree?" You must know that in order to invite the Broken Army to send troops to Xiangzhou, the imperial court handed over Pizhou to the Broken Army! ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, hesitated for a moment and said: "As long as the Broken Army is willing to send troops to Fuzhou and completely drive back the 100,000 Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, which is dominated by the Qingyi people, the imperial court can set up the Northern Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Great Jin Dynasty and appoint Liu Ji as the Northern Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the jurisdiction of the Northern Metropolitan Governor's Mansion includes Qianzhou, Pizhou, Qinzhou, Xiangzhou, Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and Western Regions Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. ”

When Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the official department, heard this, he hurriedly said: "Captain Dou, the power of the northern governor is also too great, should we think about it again?" ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, smiled bitterly and said: "Even if Liu Ji does not have the title of the governor of the northern capital, now Liu Ji has also controlled Qianzhou, Pizhou, Qinzhou, Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials, said bitterly: "In order to deal with this invasion of the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, our imperial court has suffered a big loss. ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, sighed and said: "After all, the imperial court is the imperial court, so we can't be indifferent to the invasion of the Eastern Barbarian Alliance!" ”

In the meeting hall of the Shangyuan City Capture General's Mansion, Liu Ji smiled and said to Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, Fang Xuanling, Li Ru, Du Ruhui, Xiao He, Fang Xiaoru and Zhou Changwei, the eight top ministers: "The Southeast Xiang Army withdrew from Fuzhou, and the imperial court was a little unbearable, and now the imperial court is ready to appoint me as the governor of the northern capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, commanding Qianzhou, Pizhou, Qinzhou, Xiangzhou, Beiting Protectorate and Western Regions Protectorate, but the imperial court requires our Broken Army to send troops to Fuzhou, that is to say, our Broken Army needs to put the Eastern Barbarian Alliance Army of Xiangzhou and Fuzhou, All of them were driven back to the 100,000 mountains. ”

Zhang Liang then said: "Lord, the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, which is dominated by the Qingyi Nationality, can be regarded as very good in combat effectiveness, otherwise the Guards Legion and the Trap Camp in Xiangzhou will not be so long, and it will not be able to hold on to the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, and the Southeast Wing Army in Fuzhou will not withdraw because of too much loss, and this time the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army is menacing, and it is not the same as the previous small-scale raids, if we do not resist the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, maybe the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army will continue to advance westward after occupying Xiangzhou and Fuzhou." ”

Liu Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, "Zhang Liang, what do you mean?" ”

Zhang Liang said: "My lord, since the threat of the Eastern Barbarian Alliance Army to the Great Jin Dynasty is so great, is it too little for the imperial court to take out only one Xiangzhou as a reward this time?" ”

Liu Ji nodded slowly and said: "Now that Qianzhou, Pizhou and Qinzhou are all under the control of our Broken Army, this time the imperial court let us break the army to send troops to Fuzhou, which is equivalent to letting our Broken Army deal with the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army dominated by the Qingyi people alone in the future, just one Xiangzhou is really not enough, then let the imperial court add one more Fuzhou!" ”

Xiangzhou Prefecture Mu Feng Ziheng and Xiangzhou Xiongyi County Taishou Shen Zitong had nothing to do with the Thirteenth Family, so they handed over Xiangzhou to the Broken Army, and no one in the Thirteenth Family raised any objections.

However, Liu Ji proposed to the imperial court this time that Fuzhou must also be placed under the jurisdiction of the Northern Metropolitan Governor's Office, which was immediately strongly opposed by Sun Mingtao, the lieutenant of the Ministry of Works, and Han Renji, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

The reason why these two important ministers of the imperial court opposed it so strongly was because the backers behind Bi Mo, the Mu of Fuzhou Prefecture and Jiang Jian, the Taishou of Qinghua County of Fuzhou, were none other than the Sun family and the Han family in the thirteenth family.

However, after another round of offensive launched by the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army in Fuzhou, Mu Bimo, who could not hold on, and Jiang Jian, the Taishou of Qinghua County in Fuzhou, directly sent a letter of help to the Broken Army, and expressed their willingness to include Fuzhou under the jurisdiction of the Broken Army.

At this time, Sun Mingtao, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Works, and Han Renji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, were also silent, so the imperial court officially agreed to put Fuzhou under the jurisdiction of the Northern Metropolitan Governorate.