Liu Ji gave eight marrow washing and hair cutting pills to Hua Xiong, Zhang Xiu, Zhang He, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Deng Yuanjue, Li Tong and Lu Meng, the force value of these eight top generals is between 90 and 93 points, according to the current rules of the system, after taking the marrow washing and hair cutting pills, there is a 60% chance that you can be promoted to a peerless general.

In the end, Hua Xiong, Zhang Xiu, Zhang He, Lu Meng, Wu Song, and Lu Zhishen were all successfully promoted to peerless generals, and their force values reached 100 points, which gave Liu Ji a big surprise, and the system also rewarded Liu Ji with six top ministers.

And Deng Yuanjue and Li Tong only increased their force value to 98 points after taking the marrow washing pill.

Pei Lone, force value 64 points, intelligence value 92, commander value 82, Tang Dynasty Prime Minister, Pei Lin was born in Hedong Pei's West Dependents, at the end of the Sui Dynasty served as the deputy supervisor of Jinyang Palace, and Tang Gaozu befriended, and later participated in the planning of Taiyuan to raise troops, Jinyang Palace materials as military, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Lin served as the right servant of Shangshu to shoot, Feng Wei Guogong, once conscripted Song Jingang, although defeated and returned, but still deeply favored, after which he was promoted to the left servant shooting, Sikong and other important positions.

In the third year of Zhenguan, Pei Lin was implicated by the monk Faya, was dismissed from the official position, returned to his hometown, and then exiled to Jingzhou, but led his family servants to fight the Pingshan Qiang rebellion, and soon, Pei Lin died of illness, and posthumously presented Xiangzhou Thorn History, Ministry of Industry Shangshu, and Hedong County Gong.

Xiao Yu, force value 54 points, intelligence value 91, commander value 81, Tang Dynasty Prime Minister, the seventh son of Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang Ming of the Southern Dynasty, half-brother of Emperor Xiao Cong of Liang Jing, brother of Empress Xiao, has been famous for preaching filial piety since childhood, and can be good at learning and writing, with an upright personality, upright, and upright.

The first title of the king of Xin'an County, after the fall of Xiliang with his sister Empress Xiao into Chang'an, because he was the younger brother of Empress Xiao as the internal history of the Lang, soon was dismissed from the official and demoted to Hechi Taishou, and then descended to the Tang Dynasty to be named the Duke of Song, appointed as the doctor of Guanglu, Taizong Li Shimin served as the prime minister six times after the throne, and was deposed six times for some reason, and was even demoted out of the capital when it was serious, and became the ninth of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in February of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan.

Feng Deyi, force value 56 points, intelligence value 92, commander value 80, prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, grandson of Taibao Feng Long, prince of Northern Qi, son of Feng Zixiu, Tongzhou Thorn Shi of Sui Dynasty.

Feng Deyi was a staff member of Yang Su in his early years, and was later responsible for supervising the construction of Renshou Palace, and was promoted to the inner history of the people, during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, Feng Deyi was relied on by Yu Shiji, which made the government gradually corrupted.

After the defeat of Yu Wenhua and the army, Feng Deyi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and gradually gained the trust of Tang Gaozu, the official to the Zhongshu Order, sealed the secret Guogong, he was the subordinate official of Tang Taizong's Tiance Mansion, and secretly defended the crown prince Li Jiancheng, vacillating between the two, but Tang Taizong did not know about it.

After Tang Taizong succeeded to the throne, Feng Deyi was promoted to the right servant of Shangshu, the first year of Zhenguan, Feng Deyi died of illness, posthumously presented Sikong, the name Ming, Zhenguan 17 years, Tang Taizong learned that Feng Deyi Yin held both ends of the matter, chased the gift, changed to Miao.

Wen Yanbo, force value 48 points, intelligence value 90, commander value 83, Tang Dynasty Prime Minister, the second son of Wen Junyou, a bachelor of Wenlin Hall in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the younger brother of Wen Daya, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, served as Wenlin Lang in the Sui Dynasty, Tong Zhi Zhi, and later Youzhou Sima, returned to the Tang Dynasty with Luo Yi, and successively served as the governor of Youzhou Dadu, Zhongshu Sheren, Zhongshu Shilang, Yongzhou Zhizhong, Yushi Dafu, and Fengxihe County Duke.

Zhenguan four years, Wen Yanbo was promoted to Zhongshu Ling, into the title of Yu Guogong, Zhenguan ten years, promoted to the right servant of Shangshu, Zhenguan eleven years, Wen Yanbo died of illness, posthumously presented special jin, Shangshu right servant shot, Shangzhu country, nicknamed Gong, buried in Zhaoling.

Gao Shilian, force value 47 points, intelligence value 91, commander value 84, prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, grandson of Gao Yue, king of Qinghe in the Northern Qi Dynasty, son of Gao Mao, the assassin of Taozhou in the Sui Dynasty, and uncle of Empress Wende of Tang Taizong.

In his early years, he was the ruler of the Sui Dynasty, because he was implicated in the Hu Si government, the great cause was nine years, he was demoted to the head of Zhu Yuan County, and was appointed as the judicial secretary by Jiaozhi Taishouqiu, Wude for five years, Gao Shilian returned to the Tang Dynasty, thought that Yongzhou was in power, assisted Li Shimin to launch the Xuanwumen Change, was promoted to the servant, and was named the prince of Yixing County.

Zhenguan five years, appointed as the Ministry of Shangshu, into the title of Xu Guogong, with the book of the door under the three products, Zhenguan 12 years, changed the title of Shen Guogong, hereditary Shenzhou Assassin History, moved to the right servant of Shangshu, Zhenguan 19 years, worship as the Taifu, assisted the crown prince Li Zhi to supervise the country, Zhenguan 21 years, died in office, posthumously presented Situ, and the governor of the state, the name of the literature, accompanied the burial of Zhaoling, with the Taizong temple court, after Tang Gaozong ascended the throne, posthumously presented the Taiwei.

Yu Zhining, force value 42 points, intelligence value 90, commander value 80, Tang Dynasty Prime Minister, Northern Zhou Dynasty Taishi Yu Jin's great-grandson, Yu Zhining was originally the county magistrate of the Sui Dynasty Guanshi, and later defected to the Tang Dynasty, served as the Weibei Road Marching Marshal's Mansion Recorder, Tiance Mansion engaged in Zhonglang, ranked the eighteenth bachelor of the Qin Palace, and later served as the prince's left concubine, Prince Zhan Shi, and taught the prince Li Chengqian. He admonished him many times, but Li Chengqian did not listen, and was finally deposed.

After Tang Gaozong succeeded to the throne, Yu Zhining was promoted to serve in the middle of the service, and served as the left servant of Shangshu, the third product under the door of the same book, and entered the title of Yan Guogong, he did not take a stand in the matter after the abolition of Tang Gaozong, so he offended Wu Zetian, was demoted to the history of Rongzhou Thorn, and to the post of Huazhou Thorn History, Lin De two years, Yu Zhining died of illness, posthumously presented to the governor of Youzhou, and the name was fixed.

Liu Ji was very satisfied, plus the seven Ming Dynasty cabinet chiefs Huang Huai, Hu Guang, Cao Nai, Chen Xun, Xu Youzhen, Xu Bin and Li Xian, which were enough to take over the twenty-two states of the entire Great Zhou State.

Now in the territory of the Zhou State, there are only five states controlled by Xu Wu, the king of Zhongshan, and Yongxing City, the capital of the Zhou state, Liu Ji then began to transfer troops, preparing to swallow the territory of Xu Wu, the king of Zhongshan, and completely control the twenty-two states of the Zhou state.

In a palace in the imperial palace of Mengyuan City, the capital of the Lu State, Zhang Xiang, the commander of the Black Butterfly, said to the emperor Jiang Sheng in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, news has just come from the territory of the Zhou State, just a few days ago, Zhang Jun, the Xuanping King of the Zhou State, also surrendered to the Han army, and now the Han army has captured the seventeen states of the Zhou State, and the remaining five states are controlled by the Zhongshan army of Xu Wu, the king of Zhongshan, but according to the strength of the Han army, the Zhongshan army of Xu Wu, the king of Zhongshan, has almost no chance of winning. ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng said bitterly: "I didn't expect that the strength of the three major rogues and the four princes in the Zhou State would be so weak, it has only been more than half a year, and the Han army has already annexed the territory of seventeen states. ”

Mu and Bai are both subject states of the Great Zhou, Mu has five states under its jurisdiction and a population of about 40 million, and Bai has three states under its jurisdiction with a population of more than 25 million.

Considering that the strength of Mu and Bai was not weak, Jiang Sheng, the emperor of Lu State, had never made up his mind to wage war against Mu and Bai.

Zhang Xiang, the commander of the Black Butterfly, then said: "Your Majesty, the strength of Mu and Bai is indeed not weak, and the Black Armor Army that entered Bai Country before has been wiped out by Bai Guo's army. ”

Fearing the 1.3 million black armor army of the Han army and more than a million family members, after abandoning Bozhou, Haizhou and Shouzhou in the Zhou State, they entered the Bai State and defeated the more than 300,000 troops of the Bai State in the first battle.

The number of troops in the country of Bai is about 900,000, but the country of Bai has a relatively perfect mobilization system, after more than 300,000 troops of the country of Bai were defeated by the black armor army, it took only a month for the country to gather a total of more than 3 million troops, of which ninety percent, are temporarily recruited young and strong, but these young people, basically have been trained by the army of the country.

When the Han army launched an attack on the Kaiping army of Kaiping King Deng Ying and the Xuanping army of Xuanping King Zhang Jun at the same time, the Black Armor Army that fled to the territory of Bai State was almost completely annihilated by the Bai State army, and only a few people escaped, and Jiang Pu, the commander of the Black Armor Army, died in the chaos.

Emperor Jiang Sheng shook his head helplessly and said: "It is because I am afraid that Mu State and Bai State can quickly mobilize a large number of young people to join the army, so I have never made up my mind to wave my troops to attack the territory of Mu State and Bai State, and now the twenty-two states of Zhou State are cheaper than Liu Ji's kid!" ”

Jiang Sheng's tone couldn't help but reveal a sour breath, for Liu Ji, Jiang Sheng was really a little envious, jealous and hateful.

You must know that Jiang Sheng thinks that he can be regarded as an emperor with a civil and martial strategy, when Jiang Sheng inherited the throne of Lu more than 30 years ago, Lu only owned one state, and under the leadership of Jiang Sheng, Lu annexed dozens of countries in more than 30 years, turning Lu into the first power in the East with 49 states.

It took Jiang Sheng more than 30 years to create such a great cause, but within a few years, he was caught up and surpassed by Liu Ji, and now the name of the first power in the East has been taken away by the Han State established by Liu Ji, and even the Han State has already become the first power in the world.

Emperor Jiang Sheng immediately asked Zhang Xiang, the commander of Black Butterfly, "The last time Black Butterfly assassinated Liu Ji failed again, do you Black Butterfly have any new assassination plans recently?" ”

Black Butterfly Commander Zhang Xiang hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, last time Kunlun Mountain sent thirty masters with peerless strength to Canglong City to assassinate Liu Ji, as a result, these thirty elders and protectors of Kunlun Mountain all folded their wings in Canglong City, and the head of Kunlun Mountain was very angry about this, and sent two elders and twelve Dharma protectors to Canglong City to investigate the whereabouts of the previous thirty Kunlun Mountain masters, and to prepare to assassinate Liu Ji again, and now the second batch of two elders and twelve Dharma protectors sent by Kunlun Mountain, No news has come back yet. ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng frowned and asked, "Then don't you Black Butterfly have a new assassination plan?" ”

Black Butterfly Commander Zhang Xiang said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, our Black Butterfly has lost too many elites in order to assassinate Liu Ji, it's really ......."

Emperor Jiang Sheng saw Zhang Xiang with an embarrassed face, and sighed helplessly, "Forget it, let's see if the second batch of masters sent by Kunlun Mountain can succeed, right?" ”

Black Butterfly Commander Zhang Xiang said: "Your Majesty, now Liu Ji is leading troops in the territory of Zhou State, and the two elders and twelve Dharma protectors of Kunlun Mountain should have been mixed into Canglong City, if you want to assassinate Liu Ji, you have to wait for Liu Ji to return to Canglong City with his troops." ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng then turned his head to Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, and sighed and said: "Taiwei Liu, if there is no accident, the Zhou State will definitely be annexed by the Han State, and our Dalu State can only stare and watch from the side now, I am really a little unwilling!" ”

Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although the twenty main army corps and thirty ordinary legions of our Dalu are already quite combat-effective, but with the Mu country and the Bai country separating us, even if our Dalu is strong, it can't be used. ”

Emperor Jiang Sheng frowned and said: "The Han State has originally annexed the entire Western Regions, and now it is going to annex the Zhou State, and its strength is getting stronger and stronger, but our Dalu State has been standing still in recent years, in this way, the strength of our Dalu State will be bigger and bigger with the Han State, and our Dalu State must find a way to expand its own strength!" ”

Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, around our Dalu country, there are only Han State, Mu State, Bai State, Yan State and Xiao State, among which Han State does not need to be considered, and the strength of Yan State and Xiao State is not bad, Mu State and Bai State are weaker, but they are not soft persimmons, if we really want to expand our strength, we can only fight the idea of Mu State and Bai State, but the minister is also worried that once our Dalu State attacks Mu State and Bai State, Han State has captured the entire Zhou State, and it is likely that he will not stand idly by." ”

The Yan State has nineteen states with a population of about 160 million and an army of more than seven million, while the Xiao State has sixteen states with a population of about 120 million and an army of more than six million.

Emperor Jiang Sheng stroked his beard and said, "I have always had an idea these days, what if we send troops to attack the Xiao Kingdom?" ”

Liu Mian, the captain of the military department, thought about it for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the strength of Xiao State is not weak, at present, Xiao State's regular army exceeds six million, if we start a war between Dalu State and Xiao State, Xiao State's army can be expanded to tens of millions in a short period of time, and if we want to annex Xiao State, it is definitely a very difficult thing, and if we don't get it right, we will fall into the quagmire of a war." ”

Hearing that Liu Mian, the commander of the military department, did not agree to start a war with Xiao State, Emperor Jiang Sheng then began to try to persuade Liu Mian, "The relationship between Xiao State and Yan State is also very tense, if we start a war between Da Lu State and Xiao State, Yan State should not lend a helping hand to Xiao State, and if you start a war with Xiao State, you don't have to worry about Han State intervening, I think this is an opportunity." ”

"Your Majesty, it is not easy for our Dalu State to reorganize the twenty main legions and thirty ordinary legions, once the war with the Xiao State starts, these fifty legions will definitely be seriously damaged, you must know that our Dalu State reorganized these fifty legions, but it is to guard against the Han army."

"Alas-what Taiwei Liu said also has some truth, let me think about the war with Xiao Guo!"