On the evening of November 11, 426 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in the council hall of the city lord of Lanbao City, Ding Lin, who had just rushed back, reported to Liu Ji: "My lord, fortunately, I have not failed in my mission, the 20,000 Gaochang cavalry from Zhuqi's country have been solved by the subordinate Menghan medicine, except for about 600 Gaochang soldiers who were directly killed because they did not drink the wine mixed with Mengxi medicine, the rest of the nearly 20,000 Gaochang cavalry were captured alive by us, including the Gaochang army commander Muhemini. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Liu Ji laughed, patted Ding Lin on the shoulder and said: "Lao Ding, I didn't expect you to have the ability to make such a powerful sweat medicine, this time you have made a great contribution to our Jue'an army, a full 20,000 Gaochang cavalry, almost effortlessly, we got rid of it!" ”

At this time, Gao Zhong, who returned to Lanbao City with Ding Lin, said: "My lord, this time in addition to capturing 20,000 Gaochang cavalry alive, he also seized a batch of jewels, mainly diamonds, according to Mumhimmini, the commander of the Gaochang army, this batch of jewels is worth at least two million taels of gold, which Muhemini borrowed from the king of Zhuqi's country in order to save the hostages. ”

Liu Ji's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Where are these jewels?" ”

"My subordinates have all brought them here, and they are all here." Gao Zhong said as he put the leather bag he was carrying on the table in the conference hall, and then Gao Zhong opened the leather bag, revealing the colorful jewels inside.

Although Ding Lin had already seen this jewelry full of skin, but when he saw it again here, he still felt parched, and he said to Liu Ji: "Lord, don't look at the jewelry with only this one skin, but most of them are expensive purple diamonds, pink diamonds, blue diamonds, even ordinary white diamonds, they are relatively large, and there are also some equally expensive rubies, sapphires, and emeralds, all of which are definitely worth two million taels of gold, if they are sold in Kyoto of our Great Jin, The price may even double. ”

Liu Ji looked at this leather jewel, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "That Zhu Qi country is quite rich, we have captured the three cities of the entire Suju country, and the total amount of the seizures may not be worth 200,000 taels of gold, but the king of Zhu Qi country can easily take out the jewelry worth two million taels of gold, which is worthy of being called the country of gems!" ”

Don't look at the area of Zhuqi's country is not large, there are several high-yield diamond mines and gem mines in its territory, and it is known as the country of gems in the Western Regions, which is also the reason why Zhuqi's country, which has a population of only 2.3 million, can raise 250,000 troops.

Gao Changguo has always been very greedy for the diamond mines and gem mines in Zhu Qiguo, but Zhu Qiguo is his little brother after all, and he also pays a large number of diamonds and gems to Gao Changguo every year as protection money, and the most important thing is that Zhu Qiguo itself is not a soft persimmon, and the 250,000 elite standing army is not a decoration, so Gao Changguo can let Zhu Qiguo survive to this day.

Of course, in addition to the large number of diamonds and jewels that Zhu Qiguo receives every year, the people of Gaochang always ask Zhu Qiguo for more diamonds and jewels for various reasons, for example, this time, Mumhimmini, the commander of the Gaochang army, borrowed two million taels of gold from the king of Zhuqi on the grounds of rescuing the hostages in Lambold, and Muhemini never thought of returning these jewels to the king of Zhuqi.

Liu Ji immediately grabbed a handful of diamonds and other gems from his leather bag and handed them to Ding Lin directly, "Old Ding, these are rewarded to you, by the way, did you ask any important information from the mouth of the legion commander in Gaochang?" ”

Ding Lin looked at the diamonds and gemstones worth at least tens of thousands of taels of gold in his hand, and his face was excited, "Thank you, thank you, my subordinates have already pried open the mouth of Mumchimini, the commander of the Gaochang Army, and asked about the situation of Zhu Qi's country and several surrounding countries." ”

Mumchimini, the commander of Gao Changguo's army, was originally very hard-mouthed, but after Pan Zhang forcibly pulled out his two fingernails, Mumhimmini immediately changed his attitude and answered the questions asked by Ding Lin.

After Ding Lin put the diamonds and gems in his arms, he opened a sheepskin map on the table in the conference hall, and then introduced to Liu Ji: "My lord, there is a distance of about two hundred and fifty miles between Zhuqi and Suju country, the area is almost eight times that of Suju country, and there are a total of seventeen cities, the capital is Zhuqicheng, the total population of Zhuqi country is about 2.3 million, with 25 troops, including 150,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry, and there are only 20,000 infantry left in Gaochang country in Zhuqi. Among them, 10,000 were stationed in Zhuqi City, and the remaining 10,000 infantry were stationed in the other three cities of Zhuqi Kingdom, Qingshi City, Mili City and Baizuan City. ”

Then Ding Lin pointed to the sheepskin map and said: "Lord, this is Shiqu Country, here is Daosu Country, here is Wenda Country, here is Qiwu Country, here is Dana Country, here is Yuanba Country, these six countries are near Suju Country and Zhuqi Country, each has thousands to tens of thousands of troops, more than a hundred years ago, these six countries are all our Dajin vassal countries, at present, Gaochang Kingdom in these six countries, there are only about 30,000 garrisons, and they are all under the command of the regiment commander Mumhimmini, In fact, the top officers of the Gaochang garrison in these six countries are all close associates of Hanatilam. ”

Liu Ji looked at the sheepskin map, touched his chin and said: "Among these countries, Zhu Qiguo seems to be the strongest, if we can take Zhu Qiguo, then the capital to compete with Gao Changguo will be much stronger!" ”

Then Liu Ji turned his head to Ding Lin and asked: "Lao Ding, I am going to use Mumhimmini, the commander of the army of Gaochang Kingdom, to directly take Zhuqicheng, the capital of Zhuqiguo, if I can catch the king of Zhuqiguo, maybe I can really defeat Zhuqiguo!" ”

Ding Lin hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, my subordinates have also considered this problem, but if this plan is followed, the variables are too great, after all, Zhu Qiguo itself has 250,000 troops, and what we can use here is only eight cavalry battalions, and less than 1,000 soldiers of the guards battalion, all of which are less than 50,000 people. ”

The soldiers of the Guards Battalion, which is less than 1,000, refer to the more than 900 people in the Wei State and the trapped camp combined.

Liu Ji sighed and said, "I also know that this is very risky, but the strength of Gao Changguo is too strong, if we are in Suju Kingdom...... No, it should be called Suju County, waiting for hundreds of thousands, or even millions of troops from Gaochang to come over, our chances of winning are too small, so we must take the initiative to attack, if we can increase our own strength as much as possible before the army of Gaochang comes, we will have the capital to compete with Gaochangguo, and I wish that other countries are currently vassal countries of Gaochang, and capturing these countries is equivalent to cutting off some of Gaochang's wings. ”