In the county office of Luanxi County, Suwei County, Fuzhou, the young Tusi Shamarira of the Dai tribe heard Wumengkezi, the southern king of the Qing Yi tribe, say that the Qing Yi people were not willing to fight with the Jin State, and his brows couldn't help but wrinkle.

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Shamarira said to Umengkez in a deep voice: "King Wumeng, could it be that after the southeast wing army of the Jin Kingdom enters Fuzhou, our coalition army will have to retreat to the 100,000 mountains?" What about Umon Isa and Umunga Dream? ”

Umengkezi gritted his teeth and said: "I don't want to return to the 100,000 mountains, Umeng Isa and Umeng are my sisters after all, once the Southeast Xiang Army enters Fuzhou, I am ready to break my wrist with the Southeast Xiang Army first to see if the Southeast Xiang Army is really that powerful!" ”

When Shamarira heard this, the expression on his face immediately softened, "King Wumeng, as long as we can save the two princesses, our Dai tribe is willing to go all out!" ”

Umengkezi then slowly shook his head and said: "I'm worried that there is some conspiracy behind the robbery of Umeng Isa and Umeng Gemeng this time, even if our coalition army occupies the entire Fuzhou, and even defeats the Southeast Xiang Army, we can't let the court of the Jin Kingdom hand over Umeng Isa and Umeng to it." ”

Shamarira said with a firm expression: "Anyway, Umeng Isa and Umeng were robbed by the Jin caravan, we can only find important people from the Jin court, and if the Jin court doesn't hand over Umeng Isa and Umeng Gemeng, we will keep fighting!" ”

Shamarira's words made a wry smile appear on Umengkezi's face, Umengkezi knew his father Qingyi Tusi Wumeng Aguo very well, once the Qingyi army that invaded the Jin State suffered a big loss, his father would definitely order the army to retreat.

Although his father is very fond of his two younger sisters, but in his father's heart, it is the interests of the entire Qingyi tribe that are the most important.

Just after the Great Jin Dynasty court agreed to let the Southeast Xiang Army send troops to Fuzhou at the cost of half of Suzhou, Liu Ji led the four elite cavalry units of the Tiger Ben Army, Xuanjia Soldiers, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and White Horse Congyi to return to Chengyin City in Gui'an County, Qianzhou.

After learning the news that the Eastern Barbarian tribes formed a coalition army to invade Xiangzhou and Fuzhou of the Jin State, Liu Ji led the four elite cavalry units back to Qianzhou first, while the Guards Regiment and the three infantry units of the Modao Soldiers, the Trap Camp, and the Wei Wushu still maintained a normal marching speed, and it would take at least half a month for these troops to rush back to Chengyin City.

In the General Mansion of Chengyin City, Liu Ji asked several top ministers under his command: "What do you think of the fact that the imperial court asked us to send troops to help Xiangzhou?" ”

Jia Xu immediately said: "Lord, we have just gotten news from Heishuitai that the imperial court has reached an agreement with Zhang Mingqi's Southeast Wing Army, and the Imperial Court finally made Zhang Mingqi agree to send the Southeast Wing Army into Fuzhou at the cost of half of Suzhou, and drive the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army that invaded Fuzhou back to the 100,000 mountains. ”

Zhang Liang followed and said: "My lord, although the combined area of the Western Regions Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate is enough to exceed the entire Great Jin, but the foundation of our Broken Capture Army can be said to be still in the Great Jin, and now our Broken Capture Army only occupies one state in the Great Jin, which is really a little little. ”

Xiao He, who had been staying in the General Mansion, also said: "My lord, in the past few months, the people of the Great Jin Dynasty who have emigrated to the Western Regions Protectorate and the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate in the states and counties outside Qianzhou have become fewer and fewer, and the powerful factions in various parts of the Great Jin Dynasty are consciously beginning to control the outflow of population. ”

Listening to the words of Zhang Liang, Xiao He and Jia Xu, the three top ministers, Liu Ji nodded and said: "If the Empress Dowager Zhou and the first emperor are still alive, for the sake of Princess Xiangcheng's face, even if the imperial court transfers our broken army to Xiangzhou to resist the Eastern Barbarian Coalition Army, I, Liu Ji, will not mention any conditions, but the Empress Dowager Zhou and the first emperor are no longer there, and this general does not need to be polite to the imperial court, since Zhang Mingqi's Southeast Xiang Army sent troops to aid Fuzhou, and the imperial court is willing to take out half of Suzhou, then the strength of our Broken Army is still above the Southeast Xiang Army, The pay should be more. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Ji paused, pondered for a moment and then said: "Just tell the imperial court, if you want our Broken Army to send troops to Xiangzhou, we must hand over Meizhou to our Broken Army!" ”

Meizhou, which has one city and eight counties, is located south of Qianzhou, with more area and population than Qianzhou, especially in terms of population, Meizhou far surpasses Qianzhou.

At present, the total population of Qianzhou, which Liu Ji controls, is about 5 million, while the population of Meizhou is at least 12 million.

Now there are two main forces in Meizhou, one is Meizhou Mu Nie Long, and the other is Meizhou Xuan'an County Taishou Zhang Ju, but the two together only control one city and five counties in Meizhou, and the territory of three counties has been divided by several other small forces.

In fact, in Liu Ji's heart, he has long been a little salivating for Meizhou, but the Broken Army has fought two battles in the Western Regions and the grassland in succession, and has never had the energy to study the annexation of Meizhou.

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "It is very suitable for the Lord to elect Meizhou, if our Broken Army can take Meizhou into our pockets, we can take advantage of Meizhou's population advantage to further consolidate the rule of our Broken Army in the Western Regions Protectorate and the Northern Courtyard Protectorate." ”

In addition to Meizhou's huge population advantage, the most important thing is that Meizhou is adjacent to Qianzhou, which is convenient for the takeover of the captive army.

In a conference hall in the mansion of Dou Yan, the captain of the military department in Canglong City, Dou Yan said with a wry smile to other important ministers of the imperial court: "Now Liu Ji has returned to Chengyin City in Qianzhou, and at the same time, the conditions for the Broken Army to send troops to Xiangzhou have also come out, and Liu Ji wants Meizhou. ”

Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials, said with an unusually ugly face: "These chaotic ministers and thieves are simply becoming more and more greedy, are they really decorations in our court?" ”

Zhao Boran, the captain of the Criminal Department, sighed and said: "With the strength of the Broken Army and the Southeast Xiang Army, we can really treat our imperial court as a decoration, and the Broken Army should already know that our imperial court has given up half of Suzhou to the Southeast Xiang Army, and now it is normal to ask the imperial court for Meizhou, who will let our imperial court beg for the broken army!" ”

Sun Mingtao, the lieutenant of the Ministry of Works, then said: "Since Liu Ji's appetite is so great, it is better not to bother the two masters and hand over the Dongban of Xiangzhou to the Southeast Xiang Army." ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, shook his head and said: "Zhang Mingqi's appetite will not be smaller than Liu Ji, this time the imperial court only made Zhang Mingqi agree to send troops to Fuzhou at the cost of half Suzhou, if the affairs of Xiangzhou are also handed over to Zhang Mingqi, do you think that Zhang Mingqi can be sent away with only half of Suzhou?" ”

The words of Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, made the other important ministers of the court nod their heads, and the important ministers of the thirteenth family, except for Xiao Su, the hussar general who led the Six Guards Forbidden Army and Li Hong, the hussar general, who had not yet returned to Canglong City, the remaining eleven important ministers of the court were all in this hall at this time.

Captain Zheng Kai frowned and asked, "Then what should we do now?" Promise Liu Ji? ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, said in a deep voice: "At present, in Meizhou, the most powerful are the state pastor Nie Long and the Xuan'an County Taishou Zhang Ju, the army under the command of the two should be more than 100,000 people, and these two people have always been respectful to our court. ”

Zhang Shunran, the head of the household, immediately followed and said: "Taiwei Dou is reasonable, if the imperial court cedes Meizhou to the Broken Army, it is tantamount to chilling the hearts of loyal ministers. ”

The other important ministers of the imperial court present actually understood why Dou Yan, the Tai Lieutenant of the Military Department, and Zhang Shunran, the Shangshu of the Household Department, so resolutely disagreed with the surrender of Meizhou to the Broken Army, because the backer behind Meizhou Mu Nie Long at this time was the Dou family, and the backer behind Zhang Ju, the Taishou of Xuan'an County, was the Zhang family.

Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the ministry, raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Taiwei Dou, if you don't agree to the request of the Broken Army, then what about the Dongban in Xiangzhou?" You can't let the Eastern Barbarian army in Xiangzhou go unchecked, right? With the example of the imperial court ceding half of Suzhou to the Southeast Xiang Army, Liu Ji will not let go easily! ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, flashed in his eyes: "Meizhou can't be ceded to Liu Ji, but our imperial court can use Pizhou as a reward for the army to send troops to Xiangzhou, presumably a Pizhou territory should be able to satisfy Liu Ji." ”

Zhang Shunran, the head of the household, clapped his hands and said, "Taiwei Dou has a good idea!" It's most appropriate to give Pizhou to the Broken Army as a reward! ”

Pizhou is located in the east of Qianzhou, adjacent to Qianzhou, and also belongs to one of the four northern states of the Great Jin Dynasty, with one city and eight counties, the area is comparable to Qianzhou, and the population is a little more than Qianzhou, about seven million.

Now there are three forces in Pizhou, namely Liu Yuan, the pastor of Pizhou, Li Kexuan, the Taishou of Yanchang County, Pizhou, and Xiao Jiande, the Taishou of Ji'an County, Pizhou.

Liu Yuan, the state pastor, is a child of the clan, and Liu Chong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Liu Du, the governor of Qinzhou, are all representatives of the clan, belong to the royalist faction, and are not attached to the thirteenth family, and although Li Kexuan, the Taishou of Yanchang County, and Xiao Jiande, the Taishou of Ji'an County, are not children of the clan, they are also not attached to the thirteenth family.

Liu Yuan, the governor of Pizhou, controlled one city and three counties in Pizhou, Li Kexuan, the Taishou of Yanchang County, controlled the three counties of Pizhou, and the remaining two counties in Pizhou were in the hands of Xiao Jiande, the Taishou of Ji'an County.

Zhao Boran, the chief lieutenant of the Criminal Department, immediately spoke: "If you can exchange one Pizhou for the Broken Army to send troops to Xiangzhou, it will be a suitable deal for our imperial court, and it can even play the role of killing two birds with one stone, but Liu Yuan, the pastor of Pizhou Prefecture, Li Kexuan, the Taishou of Pizhou Yanchang County, and Xiao Jiande, the Taishou of Pizhou Ji'an County, will they obediently give up their territory?" ”

When Zhang Mingqi led the Suzhou Xiang army to surround Canglong City, the Thirteenth family handed over the entire Qianzhou to the Broken Army in order to let Liu Ji send troops to rescue Canglong City.

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, said: "Liu Yuan, the state pastor, is a child of the clan, and now the Great Jin Dynasty is facing the invasion of the allied forces of the Eastern Barbarians, so Liu Yuan can only make some sacrifices, the old man can summon Liu Yuan into the court, as the position of the Ministry of Rites, after Zhou Qingyao was picked up by the Broken Army, the Ministry of Rites has been vacant, just give this position to Liu Yuan, as for Yanchang County Taishou Li Kexuan and Ji'an County Taishou Xiao Jiande, the imperial court can still retain their official positions, but I don't know that after they entered Pizhou, Can you still sit firmly in the position of Taishou? ”

Knowing that the imperial court was willing to use Pizhou as the reward for the army's dispatch this time, Liu Ji immediately gathered the top ministers in Chengyin City, including Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, Fang Xuanling, Li Ru, Chen Gong, Du Ruhui, Xiao He and Fang Xiaoru, as for the other top ministers under Liu Ji, they stayed in the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate and the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate respectively, managing the government affairs of one or two states.

After Liu Ji explained the meaning of the imperial court to the eight top ministers, Du Ruhui said aloud: "My lord, the imperial court replaced Meizhou with Pizhou, which obviously has the intention of killing two birds with one stone, and wants to use the hands of our Broken Army to further weaken the power of the Great Jin Clan, but our subordinates think that our Broken Prisoner Army can push the boat down the river and take Pizhou first, anyway, the annexation of Pizhou is also in the plan of our Broken Army." ”

Between the four northern states of the Great Jin Dynasty and the vast grasslands, there is a natural barrier between the Anxing Mountains and the Yunwu Mountains, and the Great Jin Dynasty built a large number of military fortresses in the Anxing Mountains and the Yunwu Mountains to prevent the invasion of the nomads, but unfortunately with the passage of time, these gorge fortresses were destroyed by the nomadic army.

Now in the Anxing Mountains north of Qianzhou, the Broken Army has rebuilt or is building fortresses, and the grasslands north of Qianzhou belong to the territory of the Beiting Protectorate, Qianzhou will basically no longer suffer from the invasion of the Hu people from the north, but the Hu people on the grassland can detour to the other three states in the north of the Great Jin Dynasty and attack Qianzhou, the base camp of the Broken Army.

If the Broken Capture Army can also pocket the other three states in the north of the Great Jin Dynasty, Pizhou, Qinzhou and Xiangzhou, then they can rebuild fortresses at all the gorges of the Anxing Mountains and the Yunwu Mountains, so that it will be difficult for the Hu people on the grassland to step into the four northern states of the Great Jin Dynasty for half a step.