Listening to Lian Po's words, Liu Ji touched his chin, he knew that Smosco Province was one of the fifteen provinces of Gaochang State within the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governorate, with an area of more than 80,000 square kilometers and a population of about one million. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, according to the information found out by the scouts, counting the tens of thousands of Gaochang troops who withdrew from Shiqu Province to Smosco Province, the Gaochang army in the entire Smosco Province was about 100,000 at this time, plus the tens of thousands of vassal troops of Shiqu State, Daosu State, Wenda State, Qiwu State, Dana State and Yuanba State, it seems that there is really something to do.

Liu Ji pondered for a moment and said: "The Smosco Province of Gaochang Country is sparsely populated compared to Zhuqi Country, and the area is four times that of Zhuqi Country, but the population is only half of that of Zhuqi Country, and there are a total of eleven cities in the entire province. ”

At this time, Lian Po took the initiative to ask: "My lord, as long as I give Lian Po 100,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry, Lian Po is willing to make a military order, and I will capture the entire Smosco province for the lord." ”

Thinking that Lian Po's commander's value was as high as 95 points, Liu Ji couldn't help but be very moved by Lian Po's assurance, Liu Ji thought about it for a long time, and said to Lian Po in a deep voice: "Since you are so sure, then this Taishou has decided to set up the Westward Expansion Legion from now on, and you Lian Po will be the commander, and the entire Westward Expansion Legion will have fifteen cavalry battalions and five infantry battalions, and another 100,000 young and strong men will be transferred from Zhuqi Country as auxiliaries, and Smosco Province and Shiqu State, Daosu State, Onda State, Qiwu State, Dana State, and Yuanba Country will all be handed over to the Westward Advance Army to be responsible. ”

Lian Po stood up excitedly and shouted, "Oh-"

Although Liu Ji appointed a newcomer to serve as the commander of the Westward Expansion Army, many generals frowned slightly, but no one proposed any meaning, so that the famous Western Regions Legion under Liu Ji, its predecessor, was established.

Liu Ji then turned his head to He Ruobi and asked, "How is the screening of more than 200,000 captives?" ”

He Ruobi immediately said: "Tell the lord, in addition to the more than 70,000 people requisitioned from some vassal states of Gaochang this time, we also captured more than 40,000 prisoners of war from Gaochang State, as well as more than 90,000 prisoners of war from several vassal states of Gaochang State. ”

Liu Ji nodded and said: "There is nothing to say, none of these centurions and above among the prisoners of war can be kept, otherwise it will delay our acceptance of ordinary prisoners." ”

After a pause, Liu Ji turned his head and said to Lian Po: "In the night raid, each cavalry battalion suffered a lot of losses, originally I was going to use the cavalry in the prisoners of war to supplement the various cavalry battalions, but in this way, it is very likely that the combat effectiveness of each cavalry battalion will be lowered to a higher level, and the fifteen cavalry battalions allocated to the westward expansion legion, do you think you need to use prisoners of war to replenish?" ”

Lian Po thought for a while and said: "My lord, my subordinates are considering the westward expansion of the army, not only to capture the Shiqu country, the Daosu country, the Wenda country, the Qiwu country, the Dana country, the Yuanba country, and the Smosco province of the Gaochang country, but also the main force to resist the Gaochang army, as long as there is a westward expansion legion, the army of the Gaochang country will not want to recapture any of the victories of our Ju'an army, so of course the subordinates hope that the strength of the westward expansion army is as large as possible, and the combat effectiveness can be trained if it is not good, and the subordinates even hope that with the westward expansion army, The lord doesn't need to worry about Gao Changguo anymore! ”

Liu Ji nodded and said, "That's good!" The fifteen cavalry battalions of the westward marching corps will give priority to replenishing the cavalry among the prisoners of war, hoping that the westward marching corps can bring enough surprises to Ben Taishou! ”

Liu Ji has already used up all the opportunities that can be summoned for first-class, second-rate and third-rate generals within the new 180-day time limit, so his current demand for soul points is not so urgent, and Liu Ji is not very willing to come to the battlefield every time.

There is a commander with a value of up to 95 points, Lian Po, to lead the westward army to deal with Gao Changguo, Liu Ji thinks that it is much stronger than personally leading the troops, and the probability of carrying Gao Changguo's counterattack has also increased greatly, so Liu Ji's support for the westward army can be described as very large.

Liu Ji transferred 15 cavalry battalions, including Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Du Ning, Xiao Feng, Tai Shici, Gan Ning, Xu Chu, Wu Yunzhao, Chen Wu, Pan Zhang, Zang Ba, Cao Xiu, Yan Yan, Feng Sheng, and Lin Chong, to join the Westward Advance Legion, and filled the vacancy of these 15 cavalry battalions, so that the Westward Advance Legion had 150,000 cavalry.

At this time in the Western Regions, there were a total of twelve infantry battalions under Liu Ji, each with 15,000 people.

Originally, Liu Ji was going to transfer five infantry battalions to join the Westward Advance Army, but Liu Ji saw that after the twenty cavalry battalions supplemented the cavalry of nearly 50,000 prisoners of war, there were still 150,000 prisoners of war left, so he discussed it carefully with Lian Po.

Subsequently, Liu Ji transferred almost 60,000 people from the twelve infantry battalions in the Western Regions and handed them over to Lian Po, and then these twelve infantry battalions selected 60,000 people from the prisoners of war to fill the shortfall.

With 60,000 infantry as the base, plus 90,000 prisoners of war and 150,000 young men recruited from Zhuqi's country, Lian Po finally formed 20 infantry battalions for the Westward Advance Army at once.

The captains of these twenty new infantry battalions include the seven first-class generals under the command of Duke Qi Huan in the Spring and Autumn Period, Gongsun Zhi, Lu Wei, Yi Lian, Bin Li, Ning Hong, Cheng Fu, and Gao Que, who were just summoned by Liu Ji, as well as the six first-class generals under the command of Duke Wen of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, Ji Peng, Ji Ke, Yin Qin, Huo Bo, Wei Yu, and Xun Yin.

The other seven infantry captains are the seven captains of the original guard battalion, Wang Bodang, Shi Bao, Liang Xing, Gong Yi, Gong Wu, Wei Chi Hui, Wu Anguo, Gong Yi and Gong Wu, the two first-class generals in the real world, and Gong Xun, the former general of Moxi City, and Liu Ji have all received a reminder from the system that the three of them are sincerely loyal to him, so Liu Ji can let Gong Yi and Gong Wu serve as infantry captains respectively.

Liu Ji didn't have so many generals in his hands, so he came to equip the new twenty infantry battalions with captains, so Liu Ji selected three hundred people who were okay in three-dimensional value from the soldiers in the camp and the Wei soldiers produced by the system under his command, and directly appointed all of them as Simas, and each new infantry battalion was assigned fifteen Simas to help the infantry captains lead the troops.