Chapter 502: There are no clouds dissipating in the sky over the Western Regions
After the king of Gaochang Kingdom, Mujshid, and the three major governors all gave in, the war between the Broken Army and the four major powers of the Western Regions finally came to an end.
In this war, the Broken Army seized a total of 14 provinces from Gao Changguo, and Liu Ji immediately divided all these 14 provinces into the Western Regions Protectorate, and divided these 14 provinces into five states.
The last three provinces of the former Eastern Governorate of Gaochang State, Shakhtinsk, Huhesa, and Lisakos, were merged into Shazhou.
The three provinces directly under the former king Mujshid, the provinces of Oren, Orsong, and Defatu were merged into Songzhou.
The province of Gauss, where Gaochang City is located, was changed into a separate state and called Changzhou because of its huge area and large population.
The provinces of Okku, Jizzak, Lekodo, and Mitarki, which were formerly the southern governors of the Gaochang Kingdom, plus the ten vassal states ceded by the Southern Governorate to the Broken Army, a total of four provinces and ten states were merged into Laizhou.
The Ferna Province, Cedagu Province, and Mali Province of the former Northern Governor of the Gochang Kingdom, plus the six vassal states ceded by the Northern Governor to the Broken Army, a total of three provinces and six countries were merged into Guzhou.
Shazhou, Songzhou, Changzhou, Laizhou and Guzhou, plus the original eight prefectures of the Western Regions Governorate, Xizhou, Anzhou, Queensland, Mengzhou, Jinzhou, Lingzhou, Chizhou and Tuzhou, after this war with the four great powers of the Western Regions, the Western Regions Protectorate founded by Liu Ji suddenly expanded to thirteen provinces, the area more than doubled, and the population increased by nearly 10 million.
However, the ten vassal states ceded by the southern governorate of Gaochang State, and the six vassal states ceded by the northern governorate, have not yet been controlled by the Broken Army, so after signing an armistice treaty with several major forces of Gaochang State, the troops of the Broken Army in the southern Governor of Gaochang State, Huhofoz Province, and the troops in the Northern Governor's Namangan Province, immediately withdrew from the above two provinces and attacked the various vassal states betrayed by the two major governorates.
And these sixteen vassal states of the two major metropolitan governors, in the face of the powerful army of the captive, almost no way to fight back, to the beginning of March of the Great Jin Dynasty 429, these sixteen vassal states were all controlled by the army of the captive, and then the army began to carry out a brutal purge in these sixteen vassal states, and the royal family and nobility of the sixteen vassal states became the focus of the purge of the army of the captive.
At this point, the entire Western Regions has returned to calm, but this calm is only superficial, and the dark clouds hanging over the entire Western Regions have not dissipated.
In a council room of the Holy Fire Sect in the capital of Dawan Kingdom, Holy Fire Sect Pope Fei Ke said to Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect with a gloomy face: "Now that Gaochang has also admitted defeat, this holy war of our Holy Fire Sect is a complete failure, and because of the fall of Gaochang Province, our Holy Fire Sect is located in the northeast diocese of Gaochang Kingdom, and we have also been forced to evacuate Gaochang City, the seven holy places of our Holy Fire Sect, Two have already fallen into the hands of the Breakers. ”
Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese said bitterly: "Your Majesty the Pope, according to the news that has come, this time the Gaochang Kingdom has ceded fourteen provinces and sixteen vassal states to the Broken Army, and now the general trend of the Broken Army in the Western Regions has been achieved, and it will be more difficult for our Holy Fire Sect to deal with the Broken Army and Liu Ji, the commander of the Broken Army, in the future, and the Great Wan Kingdom, the Cheshi Country and the Anxi Kingdom have all suffered a big loss from the Broken Army this time, unless the Broken Army takes the initiative to attack these three powers, Otherwise, these three major powers will definitely not take the initiative to provoke the captive army again. ”
At the beginning, the armies of the Great Wan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Sabbath Country retreated from the territory of the Gaochang Kingdom, and the Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect also left the territory of the Gaochang Kingdom with the Holy Fire Sect people, and Bishop Oss had foreseen that the withdrawal of the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Sabbath Country would not be able to defeat the Broken Army by Gaochang Kingdom alone, and it would be useless for the Holy Fire Sect people to continue to stay in the territory of the Gaochang Kingdom, and it would not be easy to get rid of it in the end.
Pope Fico gritted his teeth and said: "It was precisely because of the failure of the Holy War against the Europa Empire that the influence of our Holy Fire Sect in the entire Western Regions has deteriorated, and the four major powers of the Western Regions have gradually broken away from the control of our Holy Fire Sect after that holy war, and this time the Holy War against the Broken Army has been defeated again, and the influence of our Holy Fire Sect in the entire Western Regions will definitely be further weakened, and our Holy Fire Sect cannot sit still, we must find a way to reverse this situation!" ”
Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you mean?" ”
Pope Fico said categorically: "At all costs, you can even hire a killer with a lot of money, and you have to get rid of Liu Ji, the commander of the Broken Army, only by killing Liu Ji can we restore the weakened influence of our Holy Fire Sect to a certain extent, and the Western Regions Protectorate built by Liu Ji has always forbidden the spread of the Holy Fire Sect, which has touched the bottom line of our Holy Fire Sect, so Liu Ji must get rid of it!" ”
When Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese heard Pope Fico's words, he hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, there are many masters around Liu Ji, our Holy Fire Sect's previous assassination of Liu Ji ended in failure, and it has also lost a large number of masters of our Holy Fire Sect, it will definitely be a very difficult thing to assassinate Liu Ji!" ”
In fact, what Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese didn't know was that the reason why Pope Fico still sent someone to assassinate Liu Ji was entirely because he couldn't let go of the revenge of killing his son, Pope Fico's illegitimate son and the only descendant of Pope Fico, the former head of the Holy Ground Guard of the Holy See of the Holy Flame Sect, but he died at the hands of the Broken Army under Liu Ji, and the reason why Pope Fico took the lead in organizing this holy war against the Broken Army was also to eliminate the Broken Army, kill Liu Ji, the commander of the Broken Army, and avenge his son.
Pope Fico said in a deep voice: "No matter what the price is, we must continue to assassinate Liu Ji, if Liu Ji is not eliminated for a day, the entire Western Regions will not be at peace for a day!" ”
Seeing Pope Fico's resolute attitude, Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese nodded and said: "Destroy the Broken Army, the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Country and the Sabbatical Kingdom cannot be counted on for the time being, and for the sake of the entire Western Regions, we can only rely on our Holy Fire Sect!" ”
In the palace of Dawan City, the capital of Dawan Kingdom, Yeman, the king of Dawan Kingdom, sighed and said to Shafig, the prime minister of Dawan Kingdom, and Duke Fawaz, who led the army to return from Gaochang Kingdom: "Gaochang Kingdom still did not hold up in the end, King Mujshid of Gaochang Kingdom and the two major prefectures of Gaochang Kingdom in the south and north have already conceded defeat to the Broken Army, and the seven provinces under the command of Mujshid, the king of Gaochang Kingdom, plus the seven provinces and sixteen vassal states of the two major metropolitan governors, have all ceded to the Broken Army, and now the territory of the Broken Army in the Western Regions, At least it has doubled again, and the Broken Army is likely to become a fierce rival of our Dawan Kingdom in the future! ”
Duke Fawaz nodded and said: "His Majesty the King is right, our Dawan Kingdom has lost more than 1.5 million people in this war against the Broken Army, most of which are the regular army of our Great Wan Kingdom, it can be seen how strong the combat effectiveness of the Broken Army is, I am worried that the strength of Gaochang Kingdom will be lost too much after this war, once the Broken Army will attack Gaochang Country in the future, it is likely to annex the remaining territory of Gaochang Kingdom, in that case, our Dawan Kingdom will face the front of the Broken Army." ”
At present, the thirteen provinces of the Western Regions Protectorate are not bordered by the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom, and the Anxi Kingdom, but if the Broken Capture Army can annex the remaining one province in the hands of Mujshid, the king of Gaochang State, the remaining four provinces and six vassal states of the Southern Governorate, the remaining four provinces and three vassal states of the Northern Governorate, and the seven provinces and thirteen vassal states under the jurisdiction of the Western Governorate, then the territory of the Broken Capture Army will be bordered by the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi State, and the Sabbath State.
King Yeman pondered for a moment and said: "In this war, the losses of each legion must be replenished as soon as possible, in addition to this war with the Broken Army, Lone found that the number of cavalry in our Dawan Kingdom is somewhat insufficient, and Lone intends to expand the strength of each cavalry legion in the next time, expanding the 50,000 people of each cavalry legion to 100,000, so that the twenty-four cavalry legions of our Dawan Kingdom can have 2.4 million cavalry, so that even if we fight with the Broken Army in the future, Our Dawan Kingdom will not suffer in terms of cavalry. ”
Duke Fawaz agreed: "Your Majesty the King is wise, in this war with the Broken Army, the reason why our Dawan army was defeated is largely because the Broken Army has a large number of elite cavalry troops, this time the expansion of our Dawan cavalry corps, it is best to form some more heavy cavalry, among the cavalry of the Broken Army, there is a heavy cavalry named Tiger Ben Army, and the combat effectiveness is simply terrifying." ”
Prime Minister Shafig suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, Duke Fawaz, according to the extremely greedy character of Liu Ji, the commander of the Broken Army, it is almost certain that the Broken Army will continue to annex the remaining territory of Gaochang Kingdom in the future, rather than giving up the remaining territory of Gaochang Kingdom to the Broken Army, it is better for our Dawan Kingdom to take the initiative to attack and annex the remaining provinces of Gaochang Kingdom first, the king of Gaochang Kingdom and the three major governors of Gaochang Kingdom, there are still fifteen provinces left, once our Dawan Kingdom annexes these fifteen provinces, The overall strength of our Dawan country will surely reach a higher level. ”
After Prime Minister Shafig finished speaking, Duke Fawaz frowned and said: "The strength of the three major prefectures of Gaochang Kingdom still exists, and it is not an easy thing to annex the remaining provinces of Gaochang Kingdom, and at that time, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Rest Kingdom will definitely interfere in our Dawan Kingdom's annexation of Gaochang Kingdom." ”
Prime Minister Shafig then said categorically: "Although it is indeed not an easy task to annex the remaining provinces of Gaochang Kingdom, this is a good opportunity for our Dawan Kingdom to expand its territory, and even if there are difficulties, it should be overcome!" ”
At this time, King Yeman said in a deep voice: "It is not impossible to annex the remaining provinces of Gaochang Kingdom, as for the opposition of Cheshi Country and Anxi Country, it is easy to deal with it, our Dawan Kingdom can unite with Cheshi Country and Anxi State to jointly annex the remaining provinces of Gaochang Kingdom, or when our Dawan Kingdom waits for the Broken Army to attack Gaochang Kingdom again, it is completely possible to fall into Gaochang Kingdom, but these are all things in the future, our Dawan Kingdom's next priority is to expand each cavalry corps to 100,000 people, Only with a strong army can our Dawan Kingdom be invincible! ”
In the palace of Cheshi City, the capital of Cheshi Kingdom, Norhan, the king of Cheshi Kingdom, said in a deep voice to Aham, the prime minister of Cheshi State, and Duke Mansour, who led the army of Cheshi State to return from Gaochang Kingdom: "Gaochang Kingdom is finished, this time Gaochang Kingdom ceded fourteen provinces and sixteen vassal states to the Broken Army, and even the largest Gauss Province and the capital Gaochang City of Gaochang Kingdom were ceded to the Broken Army, and in the hands of the King of Gaochang State and the three major prefectures of Gaochang State, only fifteen provinces and some vassal states with weak strength remained, In the future, our Cheshi country will be the second most powerful country in the Western Regions. ”
Duke Mansour then said: "Your Majesty, although the Broken Army has signed an armistice agreement with Gaochang State, the ambition of the Broken Army to Gaochang State is by no means limited to this, and in the future, the Broken Army will definitely find a way to continue to annex the remaining territory of Gaochang State, and the Southern Governor's Mansion of Gaochang Kingdom borders our Cheshi Country. ”
Prime Minister Yaham suddenly sneered and said: "After this heavy blow, the strength of Gaochang Kingdom is not as good as before, the Broken Army will be staring at the remaining territory of Gaochang Kingdom, and there must be other people who are also eyeing these territories of Gaochang Kingdom, such as Dawan Kingdom is very likely, maybe our Cheshi Kingdom can also take advantage of the fire!" ”
A gleam flashed in King Norhan's eyes, "Gao Changguo used to be a behemoth, and even Dawan didn't dare to fight Gao Changguo's idea, but now Gao Changguo has changed from a behemoth to a big cake, maybe we can really grab a big cake in the future!" ”
Dawan and Cheshi have a long border with Gaochang Kingdom, when Gaochang Kingdom becomes weak, it is normal for Dawan Kingdom and Cheshi Kingdom to stretch out their fangs to Gaochang Kingdom, the law of survival has always been the law of survival in the Western Regions, not to mention that in the east of Gaochang Kingdom, there is also a tiger-eyed Broken Army, even if Dawan Kingdom and Cheshi Country do not take it, the Broken Army should not let go of Gaochang Kingdom.
Perhaps only the Sabbatical State, which has a short border with the Gaochang Kingdom, does not have much ambition for the Gaochang Kingdom, after all, most of the troops of the Sabbatical State are pinned down on the border with the Europa Empire.