"It is conceivable that this time, the alien army dispatched by the alien race outside the Saiwai will inevitably be unprecedentedly powerful. According to preliminary estimates, the number of people of the Di and Qiang tribes in Xiliang is about 1 million, and excluding the old and weak children, they can mobilize at least about 400,000 or 500,000 young and strong rangers. Of course, this is only a rough estimate of Jia's understanding of the Xiliang alien race. Di, Qiang and other tribesmen may not be the only ones, because they have clansmen, who have left the Xiliang region far away and entered the depths of the desert to graze. When we went deep into the desert a few years ago, it was winter, and many of the aliens who had gone deep into the desert steppe to graze their cattle had already returned to their original homes, so it was not surprising that we did not meet them. Jia Xu said.

Regarding the situation that Jia Xu said, Liu Yi also knew the alien army that Xiliang might dispatch. The desert is too vast, and when the New Han army went deep into the desert, it was actually just to eliminate those aliens who had a fixed station in the desert, among them, mainly the Huns. The Huns have dominated the desert for hundreds of years, and have already driven many aliens out of the desert, or occupied the original alien people's inherent station. Just like the Lanling tribe. However, the nomads of the desert, no matter what, they have to rely on grazing to survive, although they have been driven out of the desert, but secretly, they will still drive cattle and sheep into the desert to graze. Tens of thousands of miles of open grasslands, it is impossible for the Huns to monitor and control every inch of land. Therefore, every year when the spring flowers bloom, the desert will be lively.

Now, Chongyang has passed, and winter is coming. The aliens who go to the desert to graze their cattle are afraid that they will also rush back to their people's natural settlements to prepare for the winter. This time. If they launched an attack on the New Han Dynasty, they would be able to mobilize more military horses.

Jia Xu continued: "My lord. In the current Xiliang, there are dozens of princes who do not belong to each other, and most of them occupy a mountain or a city to claim the king's hegemony. However, because Zhong Xuan interfered from it, Guo Yan and Li Wei, who voted for Guo Yan, Han Sui of Jincheng, Niu Fu, who occupied Wuwei, etc., have formed an alliance. And under the deterrence of these allied forces, those forces that occupy the mountains are forced to join their Xiliang allies as well, and they seem to be snowballing. The bigger and bigger it became, so that our army could have captured Jincheng, but was counterattacked by their allies and had to retreat. If that mysterious person leads the way and allows the allied forces of the Xiliang princes to join forces with those alien armies, then Xiliang alone is afraid that there will be millions of military horses. At present, our army has retreated to the Longxi area to deploy defenses and turned to the defensive. ”

"Hmm......" Leo nodded slightly. And did not express any opinion.

As for the situation in Xiliang, when Liu Yi attacked Jingzhou earlier, it was still good. However, the current situation. It's almost back to when Liu Yi was in Xiliang. However, Liu Yi also knows that Xiliang is different from Youzhou and Jizhou. It is also different from Jingzhou. The Western Liang folk style is outrageous, and there are many aliens. In a short period of time, it is difficult to educate. Every time the New Han Army regained a place, it had to spend a lot of energy to govern it, and it also had to stay with a large army to deter. Otherwise, the local people in Xiliang will soon flee again.

Xiliang has been in turmoil for so long, and people have already been in turmoil, their locality, a village, a tribe, is equivalent to an independent force. It is indeed not easy to completely recover Xiliang.

The first condition for Xiliang to pacify is to first destroy the biggest forces like Guo Yan, Li Dao, Niu Fu, and Han Sui. Only by destroying them, the New Han Army will mobilize heavy troops to suppress them, force those small forces to submit, and then solve them according to their actual difficulties, so that they can put down their weapons and live a peaceful life again.

One day, the power of the big princes who exploited the place was not extinguished, and Xiliang did not think of a day of peace.

"What about our New Han Army? How many are there in Xiliang now? Leo asked.

"Ma Teng and Ma Chao's military horses have increased to 200,000, of which about 50,000 cavalry are elite. The rest are pretty much the Forces nouvelles. Our New Han Army, led by Hua Xiong, Xu Rong, Hao Zhao and others, has a total of about 100,000 troops, but there are several other new armies with 100,000 horses. ”

"That means that there are already 400,000 New Han troops in Xiliang." Liu Yi calculated in his heart: "Tianshui Longxi and other cities must leave a lot of military horses to guard, and the rest of the towns must also leave a lot of military horses to garrison." It is estimated that we can only mobilize 100,000 or 200,000 troops and horses on the front line at most, right? ”

"That's right, now, Ma Chao, General Pang De and other generals of the original Ma family army led 100,000 troops and horses to build a defensive line in Baohan City, and hung up with the Xiliang Allied Army in Jincheng. Generals such as Hua Xiong, Xu Rong, and Hao Zhao were stationed in Didao City in the upper reaches of the Weishui River. At present, it can only be defended, and it is difficult to develop in depth to the west. Jia Xu said with a little self-reproach: "Lord, Jia is not talented, and he failed to open up the situation in Xiliang......"

"Okay, between us, there's no need to say this, I'm not unaware of Xiliang's situation. Seriously, now you can govern the Tianshui, Longxi and other cities that we have collected, and let the people of Xiliang in those areas return to our Xinhan Dynasty, which is quite good. The terrain of Xiliang is complicated, and if we don't have enough troops to enter those places with dangerous terrain, I am afraid that our Xinhan army will be in a disadvantageous position. Liu Yi waved his hand.

"Then, even if our New Han Dynasty can mobilize the alien rangers in the desert outside the Saiwai to cut off the connection between Xiliang and the aliens in the northeast, there are already millions of alien races and the alliance of the Xiliang princes. So, how do we deal with it? Go on the defensive first? ”

"Hehe, I'm not just about to ask Mr. Jia about your plan? Why did you ask about me? As for the situation in Xiliang, you have to know better than me. So, if you have any ideas, just say them. ”

"Hehe, then Jia said it." Jia Xu sneered and said, "Lord, if there is no mysterious person to lead the needle from it, I think that our current Xinhan Army in Xiliang can solve the problem of Xiliang, but it will take a while." We can break them one by one and destroy those princes of Xiliang one by one. In this way, Xiliang can naturally belong to our new Han Dynasty. But now...... I would like to ask the lord to send a large army of the New Han Army into Xiliang. ”

"Hmm...... I want to think about it......" Leo nodded and said, "We are now." The war in Jizhou has basically ended. Jizhou's military horses can be mobilized. However, the military horses in this area have to be transferred to Shanhaiguan. Then, we can only mobilize our military horses in Luoyang and Jingzhou. The military horses of the annexed states had to act together with the cavalry of the small number of people outside the Cypriot to play the role of surveillance, and they could not be moved at will. ”

"Lord, Jia Mou only needs to mobilize Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Qin Jie's military horses, in addition. A ration of 100,000 new troops, a total of 200,000 horses, is sufficient. Jia Xu said: "Of course, we must ask General Huangfu Song to cooperate, mobilize the people in Guanzhong, and transport materials for our army into Xiliang." ”

"Oh? Just 200,000 horses? What are your thoughts? When Liu Yi heard this, he looked at Jia Xu with some surprise. The total strength of Xiliang's coalition army may reach one million troops, and he only sent 200,000 horses into Xiliang, can he play a decisive role?

"Hehe, my lord. In fact, Jia has never given up the work of persuading the Di and Qiang tribes of Xiliang to submit to our new Han Dynasty. As far as Jia knows, the alien races such as Di and Qiang are even more yearning for our Han culture than the desert aliens we are now subduing. It's just that they are now. Through the forces of Dong Zhuo and the other old departments, they have not been able to make real contact with us for the time being, even if they want to submit to us. We don't have a way to rule them directly. Therefore, there are other conditions that are conducive to their current development. For example. The mysterious man promised to give them a lot of food, then. They will definitely reap the immediate benefits for the time being, and for the time being, they will obey the guidance of that mysterious person and prepare for a battle with our new Han army. However, as far as Jia knows, the tribal leaders of minority ethnic groups such as Di and Qiang have a close relationship with the leaders of those desert alien races who have submitted to our New Han Dynasty, and they already have a certain understanding of our New Han Dynasty. Well, if our New Han Dynasty is still the former Han Dynasty, then we are afraid that there is no possibility of subduing them, but with the current policy of our New Han Dynasty towards foreigners, the people of the Di and Qiang tribes in Xiliang have a yearning attitude. Therefore, Jia's return to Luoyang to meet the lord is mainly to ask the lord to mobilize a strong army to Jia, so that Jia can directly open up a channel to get in touch with the aliens in Xiliang. The lord, Jia Mou, prepared to personally go to meet the leaders of the Di and Qiang tribes to discuss their submission to our new Han Dynasty. If we can convince them, then we have hundreds of thousands of battleable divisions in Xiliang, and with the cooperation of those alien armies, we may be able to settle Xiliang in one battle and completely solve the war in Xiliang. ”

"Oh? How sure are you? Levio stood up.

"Seventy percent sure, if the lord can give certain benefits to the Di and Qiang tribes, maybe another one percent will be added." Jia Xu said.

"Good! You can decide what conditions you need, you can agree to them, but you have to conform to the basic national policy of our New Han Dynasty. After the Di and Qiang tribes submit to our new Han Dynasty, they must act according to our national law, we can regard them as part of the Han Dynasty, and they must also respect the laws formulated by our New Han Dynasty, and regard our own national law as their national law. As for the other conditions, you can decide for yourself! Liu Yi made up his mind and decided to hand over the matter of Xiliang to Jia Xu to solve.

"The lord is wise, please rest assured, Jia will live up to the lord's expectations!"

"Well, Xiliang has been in turmoil for too long, and it's time to calm down." Liu Yi said thoughtfully: "In this way, this time our New Han Dynasty seems to be a big crisis, but it is really nothing. The hundreds of thousands of troops in Yizhou and Hanzhong could not pose a direct threat to our new Han Dynasty. Those who can threaten are the aliens in Xiliang and the Northeast. If they can act in unison, adding up to a total of nearly two million troops to invade our New Han Dynasty, we will really have a headache. But now ......"

Liu Yi said confidently: "Okay! Come! ”

Liu Yi let out a loud shout and announced the herald waiting outside.

"Pass on my orders, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Qin Jie, who is in Jizhou, lead the army back to Luoyang to listen to Hou's orders. The rest of Luoyang's civil and military officials, three days later, will go to the court to discuss matters! ”

"No!"

……

Three days later, the Luoyang Imperial Palace was in the palace.

When it is said to be a discussion, it is actually just an announcement of an order. In the past three days, Liu Yi was together with Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Chen Qun, Tian Feng, Feng Ji, Fu Zhu, and other advisers, and basically reached an agreement on the adjustment and appointment of some officials of the New Han Dynasty. and all the great crises that the New Han Dynasty may be facing at present, and so on.

In fact, even if there is no such crisis. The New Han Dynasty also had to take action against the aliens in Xiliang and the Northeast. At this time, these issues are just put on the stage for discussion. Just solve these problems in advance.

Liu Yi directly ordered Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Qin Jie to lead a total of 200,000 New Han troops to enter Xiliang with Jia Xu to fight. He ordered Chang'an to defend Emperor Fu Song to mobilize Chang'an's military horses and the people of Guanzhong, cooperate with Jia Xu's actions as much as possible, and ask people to give people and things to things, and there must be no mistakes.

followed the order and let the Lanling clan be the master. He called for the mobilization of foreign races outside the desert, let them form a cavalry army with a number of about 200,000 people, and then transfer General Pan Feng to lead 50,000 new Han troops with them, with a total of 250,000 troops, to travel outside the desert, intercept the troops or caravans that pass through the outside of the desert to the west and north, and cut off the flow of their personnel and materials. From now on, the soldiers and merchants of the New Han Dynasty were prohibited from trading with the Wuhuan people outside the northern Guan.

Then the horse will send the order to Jizhou. Send Fu Zhu and Feng Ji to Yecheng to take over Xi Zhicai's work in Yecheng. Xi Zhicai, Zhao Yun, and Gongsun Zan immediately led their headquarters army and went north to Shanhaiguan. Prepare for the crusade against the Wuhuan people outside the Guan. Tai Shici temporarily stayed in Yecheng to start the finishing work of the Jizhou War, and did his best to destroy the remnants of Yuan Shao's forces. Yuan Jun captured by Jizhou. As much as possible, it was incorporated to guard Jizhou.

Other than that. Li Ling continued to guard the Tiger Prison, and Wei Yan stationed in Bishui Pass. Guan Chun, Geng Wu and other generals. The town guards Xingyang Pass. Now, Liu Yi and Cao Cao have once again agreed on non-aggression. Xun You also returned to Xu Du a long time ago. Therefore, Liu Yi was not too worried that Cao Cao would attack his New Han Dynasty. ordered Li Ling, Wei Yan, Guan Chun, Geng Wu and other generals to guard the town, just to be on guard.

In addition, on the Jingzhou side, the integration of the Jingzhou Army has basically been done. After selection, those old, weak, sick and disabled were repatriated, and a total of about 300,000 Jingzhou troops were recruited. This is equivalent to increasing the number of military horses of the New Han Army by more than 300,000 at once. Here, not including the elite Jingzhou army that Wei Yan had incorporated earlier.

These military horses were directly handed over to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under the command.

Chen Dao's injuries were almost healed, so he was temporarily allowed to stay in Wancheng and assist Qin Jie to leave Wancheng's deputy general and the first army to guard Wancheng. The original Jingzhou Army was transferred to Wancheng, led by Chen.

Liu Yi ordered Zhang Fei to lead 100,000 troops and horses to attack in the direction of Yizhou, not asking him to really open the passage into Shuzhong, but only asking him to put pressure on Yizhou. Huang Zhong, Huang Xu, father and son, led the naval army to advance on the waterway, echoing Zhang Feiyao.

The sailors of Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin are on standby for the time being, and they will wait for Liu Yi to go to Dongting Lake.

One after another, orders were issued, and the New Han Dynasty turned like a machine.

Let's talk about Jizhou, Guangping, Yangping, Maocheng and other cities.

In Maocheng, Zhao Yun ordered his own military horses early, mobilized hundreds of people, transferred the siege equipment of the New Han Army to the south of Maocheng, and launched a non-stop attack on Maocheng day and night.

Seeing that the city was broken, Xi Zhicai ordered someone to send the families of Yuan Junjun generals such as Xin Ping and Han Meng to persuade them to surrender. Well, Guanzhou is too guarded by Xinbi, he learned earlier that his brother Xin Ping had been trapped in Maocheng by his own army, and he didn't have time to report to Liu Yiyu, and handed over the affairs of the state to the deputy to deal with, and he personally rushed to Jizhou through the party.

However, when Xin Bi and Xi Zhicai rushed to Maocheng with his family and shouted to Xin Ping to make him surrender. Xin Ping actually felt ashamed of others, and had no shame to say goodbye to his brother, so he asked Xin Bi to take care of the family on his behalf in the city, and then killed himself.

Xin Ping was bent on seeking death, and the people around him had no time to stop him.

Well, Xin Ping is on the tip of the horns, and he can't see through the gains and losses, the reason why he killed himself is not that he is too loyal to Yuan Shao, but that he admits that he didn't listen to his younger brother Xin Bi's words and defected to Liu Yi, for this matter, he feels ashamed, and at the same time he is also upset about some of the things he has done for Yuan Shao over the years. Seeing the peace of his family, he felt that he had nothing to love, so he had that extreme behavior.

His death, Xin Bi couldn't figure it out, but he could only secretly grieve for himself.

As for Han Meng, his family was lucky to be fine, and under the shouts of his family, he finally agreed to surrender.

Since then, Maocheng has been broken.

The situation in the cities of Quang Binh and Yangping is a little more complicated. However, Yuan Shang, who was guarding Yangping, couldn't hold on at first, and led a group of military horses to break through and flee to Qingzhou.

Yangping was breached, and Quang Binh became an isolated city.

After besieging the city for several days, Liu saw that it was impossible to break through, so he agreed to surrender. In this way, Yuan Xi was captured again.

Liu Yi had agreed to Mrs. Zhang, and wanted to send Liu and Yuan Xi to Luoyang and hand them over to her, so that she could avenge Yuan Tan with her own hands. This order has long been sent to Tai Shici's hands.

As soon as Tai Shi Ci took over Guangping, he immediately sent Liu and Yuan Xi to Luoyang.

Of course, the recovery of Guangping was after Xi Zhicai, Zhao Yun, and Gongsun Zhan waved their troops north. That Yuan Shang also let him seize the gap between the New Han Army and the north, so he let him escape. (To be continued......)