"Bang——" Gaochang State's Eastern Governor Han Apudu punched the desk in front of him, and three people stood in front of the desk, namely the commander of the army, namely the commander of the army, Fahard, the commander of the guard, Gasani, the commander of the army, and the commander of the army, were stationed in Taras City where the governor's office was located. Gasani controlled the most elite 30,000 guards around the commander of the commander of the commander Han Apudu. These three people can be said to be the confidants of the commander of the commander Han Apudu.

"120,000 cavalry from our Gaochang country, 160,000 infantry from our Gaochang country, as well as 50,000 cavalry from our five vassal states, and 70,000 infantry from our Jin people. In the end, they were defeated by the army of the Jin people in one battle, and they were defeated miserably. This is a shame for our Gaochang country!" Grand Governor Hanerapdu shouted angrily.

The commander of the army in Shiqu Kingdom, Mutaichile, used a carrier pigeon and quickly sent the news of his defeat to the Governor's Office in Taras City.

The commander of the legion, Diaai, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Grandmaster, there are only nearly 50,000 troops left in the 400,000 troops. Should we quickly draw some troops to support them? If the people of Jin take advantage of the victory, Shiqu Kingdom and several surrounding vassal states of our Gaochang Kingdom will be in a very dangerous situation!"

In fact, the commander of the Shiqu Kingdom, Mu Taichile, had only a total of more than 40,000 Gaochang teams, which included some Gaochang prisoners of war who escaped from the Dai'an army. It was said that it was nearly 50,000. The commander of the army, Mu Taichile, included thousands of escaped cavalry of the affiliated countries, and also included the cavalry of Gaochang itself. However, the commander of the Legion Mu Taichile believed that some Gaochang troops would retreat to Shiqu Kingdom one after another.

In addition, in order to reduce his responsibility, the commander of the army, Mu Taichile lied that he had been besieged by at least a million Jin teams. Although the Eastern Governor Hanerapdu and others did not believe that the prefect of Jin had so many soldiers under their command, Hanerapdu and others secretly calculated that the prefect of Jin had 250,000 troops, and his original army, it would be fine to form an army of 400,000. If Liu Ji could mobilize both the young and strong men of Zhu Qiguo and Xuju, it would be impossible for a million troops to be formed.

"This time, I will lead the army and eliminate all the Jin people, otherwise it will be difficult to eliminate my hatred! Even if the Jin people have a million troops, they are just a mob!" said the Grand Governor Hanerapdu.

At this time, the commander of the legion, Fahard, the return of Jin people to the Western Regions this time is not just our governor's office. His Majesty the King and the other three governor's offices should contribute their strength to prevent Jin from returning to the Western Regions."

After pausing, the commander of the legion, Fahard continued: "And this time the Jin people invaded the Western Regions, our Eastern Governor's Office has lost almost 300,000 troops. This is not the loss of each vassal state. If the Grand Governor wants to attack the Jin team entrenched in Zhuqi and Xuju Kingdom again, the troops that our Eastern Governor's Office can mobilize are currently insufficient."

The entire Gaochang State army exceeded 3.5 million, of which the Eastern Governor Hanerapdu had an army of about 1.1 million. This is not the millions of servants under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governor's Office. It can be said that Hanerapdu is the strongest among the four Grand Governors of Gaochang State, and even the army that can be directly controlled by the King of Gaochang State is not as good as Hanerapdu.

Although the army under Hanerapdu is as high as 1.1 million, the area under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governor's Office is also the largest of the four Governor's Offices. In addition to the twenty-eight vassal states and dozens of city-states, there are fifteen oasis in the Gaochang State itself, and the area is not small. The largest oasis, that is, the oasis where Taras City is located, is about the size of two Qianzhou.

These fifteen oasis within the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governor's Office are divided into fifteen provinces of Gaochang Kingdom. The oasis where Taras is located is called the Salma Province.

With such a large territory in the Eastern Governor's Office, many places need heavy troops to be stationed. For example, the oasis where the Anxi Protectorate of the Great Jin Dynasty is located, Han'erapdu has more than 100,000 elite troops under his command. They have been stationed in the six large military forts in that oasis for a long time. This oasis does not belong to the fifteen oasis mentioned above.

This time, the Grand Governor Han Apudu sent 120,000 Gaochang cavalry and 160,000 Gaochang infantry. According to the letter from the commander of the army, Mutaichile, the 280,000 army is now only about 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry left, and the remaining 230,000 troops are all lost.

In addition, the troops under the command of the Grand Governor Han Apudu were stationed in Zhuqi, Xuju, and the surrounding Shiqu, Daxu, Onda, Qiwu, Dana and Yuanba. Now these more than 70,000 people have also disappeared in an institutional way.

After removing the 300,000 troops, the Gaochang army under Hanerapdu had 800,000 left. As for the servant team that could be mobilized, it would not be much because of Zhu Qi's army's destruction and the defeat of Gaochang's army this time. After all, the various servant countries and city-states also need to leave some of their own troops to guard their nests.

Fahard was not only the commander of Gaochang State, but also the first strategist of the Great Governor Hanerapdu. After hearing Fahard's words, Hanerapdu frowned, "Fahard, according to your estimate, if the Governor himself leads the troops, how many troops can our Eastern Governor's Office draw at present?"

The commander of the legion, Fahard, said with a wry smile: "Grandmaster, at present, there are only about 800,000 troops left in the Gaochang army directly under our Eastern Governor's Office. You can only draw up to 250,000 people for these 800,000 people. As for the troops of the vassal states, you may not even be able to collect 100,000 troops."

"Fahard, 250,000 Gaochang troops, plus the troops of tens of thousands of vassal states, can't he defeat a small prefect of Jin?"

"Grandmaster, you should know that the prefect of Dai'an County, Qianzhou, Jin State is not an ordinary prefect. According to the information we have collected recently, he has led his own army to defeat many nomadic peoples on the grassland, and even the Khitans suffered a great loss in his hands. Moreover, he had just defeated hundreds of thousands of troops in our Gaochang State. Most importantly, he may really have millions of troops under his command."

The Grand Governor Haner Apudu didn't say anything for a long time, and his face became even more gloomy. In his heart, he was unwilling to let the king of Gaochang and the other three Grand Governors interfere in the affairs of the Eastern Governor's Office. However, he knew that what Fahard was talking about was the truth. After losing more than 300,000 Gaochang troops, if he wanted to conquer the Jin people entrenched in Zhuqi and Xuju, his troops under his command were indeed a little short of their strength.

"There are more than 12 million Gaochang people in the jurisdiction of our Oriental Governor's Office. If it really doesn't work, I will recruit some Gaochang warriors to join the army. This Governor does not want others to interfere in our Oriental Governor's Office!"

The commander of the army, Fahard, immediately said: "Grandmaster, there is no problem with expanding the army. However, newly recruited soldiers will need at least six months of training to go to the battlefield. Moreover, our original military-civilian ratio is close to 1 to 10. Even if the army is expanded, we must control the scale. In addition, we need to consider the military expenditure required for expansion. Our subordinates still suggest that His Majesty the King and the other three governors' offices should be involved. We cannot bear all the losses."

Fahard's last words touched the Grand Governor Han Apudu, "Okay! Report our miserable defeat immediately to His Majesty the King, and ask His Majesty the King and the other three governors' offices to send reinforcements to our Eastern Governors' Office as soon as possible."

When Fahard heard that the Grand Governor agreed to his opinion, he felt relieved. According to the strength shown by the army under the prefect of Jin State, if the Grand Governor insisted on his own, it might be another crushing defeat. If the Eastern Governor's Office encounters another crushing defeat, the foundation of the Eastern Governor's Office will be shaken.

Grand Governor Han Apudu asked Fahard again: "Do we need to send some additional troops to Shiqu Kingdom?"

Fahard pondered for a moment and said, "Grandmaster, his subordinates believe that not only do not need to send troops to support Shiqu Kingdom, but they should also withdraw nearly 50,000 Gaochang troops from Shiqu Kingdom!"

"What? Not only do we have to increase troops, but we also need to transfer the army out. Then it will be easy for the Jin people to capture Shiqu Kingdom!" The commander of the legion next to him exclaimed.

Governor Han Apudu also frowned and looked at Fahard, hoping to hear the reason why he said this.

"The Grand Governor, actually, the subordinates believe that this time the Jin people extended their hands into the Western Regions, perhaps an opportunity for our Eastern Governor's Office. According to the latest information, the Jin people carried out a cruel purge on Zhu Qiguo. Zhu Qiguo's royal family and almost all the nobles were killed. In this way, after our Eastern Governor's Office recovered Zhu Qiguo, the entire Zhu Qiguo could naturally become the territory of our Gaochang Kingdom. If Shiqu Kingdom and several surrounding vassal states were also captured by the Jin people... I should not need to continue talking about it!"

The Grand Governor Hanerapdu stroked his beard and turned his head to the guard commander Gasani and said, "Immediately use a pigeon to send a letter to Mutaichile of Shiqu Kingdom, and order him to immediately take the remaining Gaochang troops in Shiqu Kingdom to retreat to the Smosco Province, joining the defenders of Smosco Province to guard against the Jin army's advance westward!"

The Smosco Province is one of the fifteen provinces in Gaochang State under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Governor's Office, and is also the easternmost province in Gaochang State. It covers an area of ​​more than 80,000 square kilometers and has a population of about one million.
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