Chapter 498: Take Qianzhou Quan

In the middle of the night on January 6, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in the study of a mansion in Canglong City, it was still lit by many candles as bright as day, and Liu Chong, the governor of Qianzhou, Liu Yuan, the governor of Pizhou, and Liu Du, the governor of Qinzhou, were all in this study at this time.

This mansion in Canglong City is Liu Chong's residence in Canglong City before he went to serve as the governor of Qianzhou, and this time he returned to Canglong City, Liu Chong has been living in this mansion.

Pizhou Governor Liu Yuan smiled bitterly and said to Liu Chong: "Brother Shi, although the Ministry of Industry Shangshu is the second-in-command of the Ministry of Industry and one of the important ministers of the imperial court, but Brother Shi gave up the position of Qianzhou Prefecture Pastor, which is equivalent to giving up the military power, how can Brother Shi agree?" ”

Liu Du, the governor of Qinzhou, also sighed and said to Liu Chong: "Brother, what Liu Yuan said is reasonable, in this situation, the official position is only false, and the military power is the most important. ”

Liu Chongchang sighed and said: "I don't know the importance of military power, but this time to give up the post of Qianzhou Prefecture Pastor to the general Liu Ji, it is really for our entire Great Jin, and now the Suzhou rebels have besieged Canglong City, although for the time being, the Canglong City soldiers are full of food, and the Suzhou rebels have no way to attack it, but sooner or later, the food in Canglong City will run out, if there are no reinforcements to relieve the siege, Canglong City is in danger!" Dajin is in danger! The emperor is in danger! The clan is in danger! ”

Pizhou Prefecture Mu Liu Yuan nodded solemnly and said: "Brother Shi is reasonable, now the soldiers and horses that can rescue Canglong City are only the Broken Army under the command of General Liu Ji, but in this way, Brother Shi's contribution is too great." ”

Liu Chong said gloomily: "This official has been working hard in Qianzhou for many years, and now he has completely controlled Luyang City and Zhongning County among the nine counties in Qianzhou, so he gave Luyang City and Zhongning County to Liu Ji in vain, and the official is reluctant in his heart, but with the current situation of Canglong City, he can only hope that Liu Ji can lead the army to the king to rescue Canglong City." ”

Liu Du, the governor of Qinzhou, said indignantly: "There are so many states in the Great Jin, why does that Captain Dou have to let the state pastor of Qianzhou out?" I think this is the Thirteenth Family taking the opportunity to weaken the power in the hands of our clan! ”

Liu Chong nodded and said: "Taiwei Dou asked me to give up the position of Qianzhou Prefecture Pastor, it has not weakened the purpose of our clan, but even if he knows, this official can only grit his teeth and admit it, now it is the most important thing to keep Canglong City and our Liu family's country, for this reason, not to mention the position of Qianzhou Prefecture Pastor, it is to kill my Liu Chong, and I Liu Chong has no regrets!" ”

Pizhou Prefecture Pastor Liu Yuan said with emotion: "Brother Gaoyi, as Brother Shi said, now it is the most important thing to protect our Liu family's country, once Liu's country falls into the hands of others, all the glory and wealth of our clan children will cease to exist!" If Liu Ji is not satisfied with the position of a state pastor of Qianzhou, I can give him the position of state pastor of Pizhou, and it is worth exchanging two states for our Liu family! ”

Liu Chong shook his head and said: "A position of Qianzhou Prefecture Pastor should be enough, Liu Ji is also the concubine of the Great Jin Dynasty no matter how he says it, and he should not want the authority of the Great Jin Dynasty to fall into the hands of the Suzhou rebels." ”

Qinzhou Prefecture Pastor Liu Du hesitated for a moment and said: "The Broken Army in Liu Ji's hands is extremely strong, this time the coalition of the four major powers in the Western Regions, in the face of the Broken Army, has returned, and now Liu Ji is leading the Broken Army to counterattack Gaochang Kingdom, once Liu Ji leads the troops to aid Canglong City, the Suzhou rebels will not be worried, but will Liu Ji be willing to submit to the people at that time?" ”

Liu Chong said with a worried face: "I only hope that Princess Xiangcheng can make Liu Ji's ambition not so big." ”

When Liu Ji received a letter of help from Dou Yan, the commander of the military department, Liu Ji had already led his troops into the Gauss Province, which had forty-nine cities.

After the attack group composed of the Tiger Army, eight cavalry brigades and fifteen infantry brigades attacked the Southern Governorate of Gaochang State, thanks to the contraction tactics of the Southern Governorate, it quickly captured the Okku Province, Jizzak Province, Lekodo Province and Mitarki Province of the Southern Governor of Gaochang State, but this way the captivity army was in the Huhofuz Province of the Southern Governor of Gaochang State, and was blocked by the army of the Southern Governor of Gaochang State from advancing rapidly.

The capital of the Southern Governorate, Gliot, is located in the province of Hohoferz, which covers an area of more than 400,000 square kilometers, and almost half of the population of the entire Southern Governorate is concentrated in this province, but it is said that the province of Hohoforz is the essence of the entire Southern Governorate.

In order to block the advance of the Broken Army in the province of Huhofoz, the Southern Governorate of Gaochang gathered the First Army, the Second Army, the Third Army, the Fourth Army and seven newly formed legions, and the Southern Governorate also urgently recruited 600,000 young men to prepare for the defense of the city.

Mujshid, the king of Gaochang Kingdom, also sent four new legions into the province of Huhofoz, and the fifth army and two new legions of the Western Governorate also reinforced the province of Huhofoz.

The total strength of the Gaochang army in all the provinces of Huhofoz is close to 1.7 million, and if you count the 600,000 young men who were urgently conscripted, the number has almost reached 2.3 million, while the Huben army, eight cavalry brigades, and fifteen infantry brigades of the Broken Army add up to less than one million people, and they need to divide their forces to defend the provinces of Okku, Jizzak, Laikodo, and Mitarki, and it is normal that they cannot conquer the province of Hukhofoz in a short time.

Another attack group consisting of Xuanjia soldiers, tiger and leopard cavalry, Baima Congyi, eight cavalry brigades, and fifteen infantry brigades attacked the northern governor's palace of Gaochang State, and the situation was similar.

Due to the fact that the Northern Governorate of Gaochang State also adopted the same shrinkage tactics, the attack group of the Broken Army on this road easily captured the Ferna Province, Cedagu Province and Mali Province of the Northern Governor of Gaochang State, and then encountered a large number of troops of Gaochang State when attacking Namangan Province, where the capital of the Northern Governor is located, Lunlis City.

In Namangan Province, the Northern Governorate of Gaochang Kingdom gathered a total of seven main army corps, and also urgently recruited more than 500,000 young men, in addition to Namangan Province, there are four new legions under the command of King Mujshid of Gaochang State, as well as the sixth army and two new legions of the Western Governorate, with a total strength of more than 2.1 million.

Liu Ji was not surprised to learn that the troops of the Broken Army attacking the Southern Governor's Mansion and the Northern Governor's Mansion of Gaochang State were blocked by the Huhofoz Province and the Namangan Province respectively, after all, these two provinces are the essence of the Southern Governor's Mansion and the Northern Governor's Mansion, and there are still many elite troops in the army establishment of the Southern Governor's Mansion and the Northern Governor's Mansion, and it is simply unrealistic to quickly capture all the Southern Governor's Mansion and the Northern Governor's Mansion.

After the two-way attack group of the Broken Captives Army was blocked, Liu Ji did not send reinforcements to the two-way attack group, but personally waved his troops to attack the most elite Gauss Province in the entire Gaochang Kingdom, and soon captured the three cities of Gauss Province.

On the night of January 6, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Ji gathered his military generals together in the city lord's mansion of Osera City, Gauss Province, one of the three cities in Gauss Province that was captured by the Broken Army.

Liu Ji said to everyone in a deep voice: "This general has just received a letter of help from Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, and now the Suzhou rebels have besieged Canglong City, although it is impossible for the Suzhou rebels to capture Canglong City in a short time, but if the time is long, when the food in Canglong City runs out, then Canglong City will definitely fall into the hands of the Suzhou rebels!" ”

After a pause, Liu Ji continued: "In addition, the imperial court has appointed this general as the governor of Qianzhou, as long as we break the army and relieve the siege of Canglong City, the imperial court will reissue the official holy decree and official documents. ”

Jia Xu said at this time: "Lord, our Heishuitai has just obtained an important information about Canglong City, Hangu Pass, Baiyun Pass, Guangcheng Pass, Dagu Pass, Jinmen Pass, Mengjin Pass and Zhenyuan Pass around Canglong City, have now all fallen into the hands of the Suzhou rebels, the imperial army in these seven passes, almost did not resist much to open the gates of the pass, at present, more than 200,000 imperial troops originally stationed in the seven passes were all absorbed by the Suzhou rebels, and many forbidden army generals who led the troops to surrender, was also rewarded by the rebel leader Zhang Mingqi, and it is worth noting that these forbidden generals who surrendered to the rebels in Suzhou were basically the children of the thirteenth family. ”

Fang Xuanling sneered and said: "It seems that someone in the Thirteenth Family has begun to look for a way back, and these forbidden army generals who surrendered to the rebels in Suzhou may have been used to test the leader of the rebels, Zhang Mingqi." ”

Liu Ji waved his hand and said, "Let's not care about the filth of the Thirteenth Family, do you think we should immediately send reinforcements to Canglong City?" ”

Zhang Liang then said: "Lord, now that the armies of the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Anxi Kingdom have withdrawn from this war, it is when our Broken Army takes the opportunity to plunder more land in Gaochang Kingdom, and the current situation is also in favor of our Broken Army, if we want to support Canglong City, it is best to end the war with Gaochang Kingdom, so that our Broken Army can gather enough troops to defeat the Suzhou rebels in one fell swoop, but since the imperial court has appointed the lord as the governor of Qianzhou, then we can take the opportunity to bring the entire Qianzhou into the control of our Broken Army." ”

Chen Gong also nodded and said: "Most of the strength of our Broken Army is currently contained in the Western Regions, if we send reinforcements to Canglong City at this time, we will definitely not be able to gather many troops, and Canglong Baguan has fallen into the hands of the Suzhou rebels, if our Broken Army sends fewer reinforcements, we may not be able to get close to Canglong City, as for taking the opportunity to seize the entire Qianzhou, now is a good opportunity, in addition to the lord in Qianzhou, the most powerful Qianzhou Yuanzhou Mu Liu Chong, Linze County Taishou Cao Lin and Longbei County Taishou Baowei, At this time, they are not in Qianzhou, and the lord is the newly appointed governor of Qianzhou by the imperial court, and it is justified to take Qianzhou into his pocket! ”

Liu Ji thought about it for a moment and then nodded and said: "Next, the main task of our Broken Army is to plunder more land in Gaochang Kingdom, as for rescuing Canglong City, there is no need to rush, it is impossible for the Suzhou rebels to break through Canglong City in a short time, and in addition, immediately convey the order of this general to Le Yi, let the local army immediately send troops to take over the entire Qianzhou, and those who do not obey the will of the imperial court will be killed!" ”

Le Yi is the commander of the local legion of the Broken Army, the local legion originally consisted of five cavalry brigades and ten infantry brigades, and the area under its guard was the entire Ju'an County and the four counties of Yongjing County.

During this period of the war between the Broken Army and the Western Regions Four-Kingdom Alliance, Le Yi followed Liu Ji's order, recruited a large number of young and strong people from among the people of the Great Jin Dynasty who moved to the four counties of Jue'an County and Yongjing County, and mixed them with one cavalry brigade and three infantry brigades left behind, and formed a new cavalry brigade and five infantry brigades, and now the local army is in the four counties of Jue'an County and Yongjing County, with a total of two cavalry brigades and eight infantry brigades, with a total strength of 400,000 people.

In addition, in the four counties of Ju'an County and Yongjing County, there are 16 garrison battalions, each of which has a strength of about 5,000 people.

The reason for such a large-scale expansion of the army in the four counties of Ju'an County and Yongjing County was entirely for the purpose of the big battle between the Broken Army and the Coalition Army of the Four Kingdoms in the Western Regions.

Now that the overall situation of the Broken Army in the Western Regions has basically been decided, the two cavalry brigades and the eight infantry brigades of the Native Legion do not need to rush to the Western Regions to participate in the war.

After receiving Liu Ji's order, Le Yi immediately mobilized the various brigades of the local legion and divided his troops into several routes to march to various counties and counties in Qianzhou.

There are a total of nine counties in Qianzhou, one city refers to the state capital Luyang City, and the nine counties are Yongjing County, Ju'an County, Zhongning County, Linze County, Yulin County, Longbei County, Fufeng County, Fuping County and Longnan County.

Because Liu Chong, the former governor of Yuanzhou, conveyed the order to Luyang City and Zhongning County to let them cooperate with the Broken Army, the local army easily took over Luyang City and Zhongning County.

Yongjing County has seven counties and one county government, among which Languan County, Yaoguan County, Xizhu County and Xiping County have long been returned to the Broken Army, when the local legion of the Broken Army came to the county capital of Yongjing County and the county seat of the other three counties, the Taishou of Yongjing County and the county commanders of the three counties wisely ordered to open the city gate, so that the Broken Army successfully took over the remaining half of Yongjing County.

It was not smooth sailing when the local legion of the Broken Army received Linze County, Yulin County, Longbei County, Fufeng County, Fuping County and Longnan County, but the local legion of the Broken Army relied on its strong combat effectiveness and iron-blooded means to forcibly take over the above six counties in less than half a month, and incorporated all the armies of these six counties, so that the entire Qianzhou was taken into Liu Ji's pocket.