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The Emperor of the Jin Kingdom pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Kukan City is originally a transshipment place for grain and grass materials, and the grain and grass in it are enough for 200,000 troops for half a year, there is no need for reinforcements!" As for the reinforcements, the two Guards legions, after deducting the previous losses, plus the Kukan garrison, still exceeded 100,000 people, and there were also Eastern Tribal Coalition troops from the side! It should be able to hold on for a while! ”

Emperor Jin frowned, he felt that these amounts seemed to be a little thin.

"In this way, requisition the garrison of the Eastern Nine Elements Province and send them all to Kukan! At the same time, the reserve army of the Nine Elements Province was recruited to replenish to Kukan! This increases the amount by at least 300,000, which should be fine! ”

The eastern province mentioned here is actually to the west of Kukan, and although the area east of Kukan is under the control of the Jin State, it is not a provincial administrative unit, but a situation similar to that of a tribal autonomous region.

This is basically the case in the whole of Eastern Siberia, and it is not that the people of the Jin Kingdom do not want to establish a province here under the firm control of the central government, but they are really unable to do so.

The Jin people are strong in strength, but they do not want to devote their main energy and quantity to such a wild land, so they keep these eastern tribes in a state of autonomy to a considerable extent.

There are a total of thirteen tribes in this area that is more extensive than the Central Plains, one-third of which have considerable origins with the Xiongnu and Xianbei, and the rest have lived here for generations, living on nomadic hunting, and the folk customs are fierce.

However, the equipment of these tribal armies is extremely simple, the Jin side only provides a small amount of inferior equipment, and their discipline and cooperative combat ability are extremely poor.

"Your Majesty, I'll go and give the order now!"

Emperor Jin nodded.

Prime Minister Yelu saluted the Emperor of Jin and withdrew from the main hall.

The Emperor of Jin came to the huge map on the front wall of the main hall, which impressively reflected the general situation of the known world in the entire Eurasian continent, and it seemed that the ambition of this Emperor of Jin was very large!

Emperor Jin's gaze finally fell on the Roman Empire, and he frowned.

While the Jin Empire was inseparable from the Great Wei Empire, the main focus of the Romans was still in present-day Egypt, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Due to differences in customs, religious beliefs and even ethnicity, rebellions against Rome broke out from time to time, and this one was the worst in the last hundred years, and the Romans would never be willing to give up these regions, with all kinds of jewels that drove Roman noble women crazy and huge enough wealth for the imperial army to fight.

The 300,000 main forces of Rome were confronting the rebels in the holy city of Jerusalem, and the madness of the rebels surprised the Roman army.

The day after the Wei army rested at the Wolf Mountain Fortress, the 140,000 reserve army arrived.

They were then added to the 1st Legion, the 3rd Legion, and the Northern Protectorate Garrison.

"Zitai, have the follow-up catapults been transported?" Cao Cao frowned and asked.

Tian Chou replied: "Your Majesty, now the south of Bingzhou, Jizhou and the Northern Protectorate are all experiencing spring floods, and it is quite difficult to transport baggage!" ”

Cao Cao asked, "How many stone bullets do we have in our hands?" ”

"It's only enough for two days of assault!"

Cao Cao pondered: "Kukan City is not the same as the Wolf Mountain Fortress, and it should not be difficult to attack it!" The army marched to Kukan as originally planned! This time, the garrison of the Northern Protectorate will not have to participate in the battle, and will stay at the Wolf Mountain Fortress! ”

"Yes!" Tian Chou promised.

In the evening of the same day, Ma Chao sent a flying pigeon to pass the book.

It turned out that last night, the tribal alliance army took advantage of the night to get rid of the surveillance of the Wei army and retreated in the direction of Kukan City, and now Ma Chao is pursuing in the direction of Kukan City.

Cao Cao was worried that Ma Chao had fallen into the enemy's trap, so he immediately ordered someone to fly a pigeon and order Ma Chao to immediately retreat to the position of the big pine forest.

Early the next morning, Cao Cao swore an oath at the Wolf Mountain Fortress, where the wolf smoke had not dispersed, and then the army marched to Kukan City, which was hundreds of miles away.

At the same time, the local garrison and reserve army of the Eastern Nine Provinces that received the order of the Emperor of the Jin State were gathering nervously, and the local people were a little nervous, and some were imitating, and some were incredulous, and their belief in the invincibility of the Jin army was shaken at this moment, and the news of the loss of the Wolf Mountain Fortress had spread throughout the eastern provinces.

The Wei army arrived outside Kukan on the fifth day after the opening, during which time the cavalry led by Tai Shici and Ma Chao quickly cleared the Jin forces within a hundred miles around Kukan.

Surrounded by Dian Wei and hundreds of Imperial Guards, Cao Cao ascended a hill near Kukan, with Tian Chou following Cao Cao.

Cao Cao glanced at Kukan City not far away, and said with a smile: "The people of the Jin Kingdom have learned the lesson of last time, and the entire Kukan City has been rebuilt!" ”

Tian Chou nodded, "The scale is several times larger than it was at the beginning, and the wall has become a masonry structure!" However, it still can't be compared to the Wolf Mountain Fortress! ”

"Zitai, do you think we will be able to take it in a few days?" Cao Cao asked confidently.

Tian Chou smiled: "If there is no accident, it can be done within ten days!" ”

Standing on the hill, you can see the scene of the hurried transfer of the gold **** in Kukan City.

Cao Cao watched for a moment, then returned to the camp.

Cao Cao summoned his generals to the big tent to discuss the matter.

"Gao Ran, you are responsible for the transfer of logistics grain and grass! The stakes are high, and you must not travel to the pool! ”

Gao Ran hugged his fists and promised.

Cao Cao asked Tian Chou: "Zitai, is there any information on the recent transfer of Jin ****?" ”

"Your Majesty, I just received a secret report from Yang Tong!" As he spoke, Tian Chou presented a letter to Cao Cao.

This Yang Tong was the senior intelligence officer of Jinyiwei as early as the Great War in the Central Plains, and now he has been promoted to one of the four commanders of Jinyiwei, specializing in intelligence collection on the Jin side.

Yang Tong's friends hadn't seen Yang Tong for years, and some even thought he was dead.

The so-called commanders of the four capitals of the Jinyi Guard are actually the four highest commanders under the command of the Jinyi Guard, who are specially responsible for investigating and collecting intelligence, and each of them has a group of specialized personnel under them, who disguise themselves in various capacities and have considerable self-determination rights when performing tasks.

However, the Jinyi Guard is generally only responsible for collecting intelligence on the enemy, and does not participate in the monitoring of domestic officials and troops, unless there is a special order of Cao Cao, the emperor, there are still secret guards to supervise the internal supervision.

In addition, Cao Cao still used a proper organizational structure to deal with problems within the supervision of internal organs, and the supervision of government officials in the Great Wei Empire was mainly carried out by the Yushitai, and the supervision yamen also had the power to inspect officials.

It should be mentioned here that although the cabinet has the highest decision-making power, it is also under the supervision of the Imperial Observatory and the inspection of the yamen, and the selection of officials in these two systems is independent of the administrative system. (To be continued.) )