When the new Prime Minister of Dayuan State heard that King Yeman believed that the 24 cavalry corps and 68 infantry corps of the Standing Army of Dayuan State were still not enough, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty the King, this time Dayuan City was captured by the Polu Army, and the treasury of our Dayuan State has suffered a lot of losses. Although it will not cause damage to our Dayuan State, it is already a bit difficult to support the 9.2 million permanent troops. If the army continues to expand, the financial pressure on our Dayuan State will increase a lot of burden. Will Your Majesty consider it again?"

King Yeman waved his hand and said, "Maybe it won't take long to go to war with the Polu Army again. So now everything about our Dayuan Kingdom must serve this war. If the fiscal revenue is not enough, taxes will be increased. In any case, at least six cavalry corps and twelve infantry corps must be expanded before the war begins, otherwise I will have no idea in my heart!"

Hearing that King Yeman suddenly wanted to expand six cavalry corps and twelve infantry corpses, Prime Minister Safoe couldn't help but gasp, "His Majesty the King, if six cavalry corps and twelve infantry corpses are expanded, they can only increase taxes in various provinces. It is impossible to rely solely on the current fiscal revenue of our entire Dayuan Kingdom to maintain a standing army of 11 million."

King Yeman said flatly: "Then follow the prime minister's advice and increase taxes in various provinces. As for the expansion of six cavalry corps and twelve infantry corps, then that's what it takes."

Prime Minister Safowan smiled bitterly in his heart. Why did it become my suggestion? The suggestion to increase taxes was clearly proposed by King Yeman.

However, Saffwan did not dare to correct King Yeman's words. "Don't worry, Your Majesty the King, I will urge the military as soon as possible to expand six cavalry corps and twelve infantry corpses. Now the people from all over our country of Dayuan are extremely indignant about the Polu Army. If one more than one million people are recruited to join the standing army, there should not be too much problem."

King Yeman nodded with satisfaction and said, "Gu believes that with these one million standing troops and the millions of auxiliary troops recruited during the war, our Dayuan Kingdom will definitely be able to completely defeat the Polu Army! By the way, Gu has sent people to contact various forces that are hostile to the Polu Army. I believe that when our Dayuan Kingdom starts war against the Polu Army, the Polu Army may face the dilemma of fighting at the same time on several fronts!"

Prime Minister Saffwan immediately said, "His Majesty the King is wise. In this way, the defeated army will undoubtedly be defeated!"

Next, Prime Minister Saffwan said to King Yeman: "His Majesty the King, there is some...lucky in the palace now. Should I select a group of beauties from various provinces to send them to the palace?"

King Yeman understood the meaning of Prime Minister Suffolwan. This time the Polu Army captured Dayuan City and almost stolen nearly 300 princesses of King Yeman. Except for the 83 princesses with charm value exceeding 80 points, the other more than 200 princesses were also taken away by Liu Ji and rewarded them to many generals of the Polu Army. Only more than 40 old and weak princesses escaped.

Although King Yeman is fifty years old this year, he still maintains a great enthusiasm for men and women. Of course, men like young and beautiful women. King Yeman is no longer interested in the remaining forty elderly princesses in the palace.

"The palace is indeed a bit too deserted, so let the Prime Minister do what he meant!"

In a conference hall in the southeast Grand Governor's Office in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, the southeast Grand Governor Zhang Mingqi sighed and said to his adviser Tang Yan: "I never expected that the Polu Army could defeat the Dayuan Kingdom, the most powerful country in the Western Regions so easily. Not only did the Dayuan Kingdom spit out the provinces and vassal states of Gaochang Kingdom, but also cut off ten provinces from the Dayuan Kingdom. The gap between our Southeast Fang army and the Polu Army has become increasingly larger, alas."

Staffman Tang Yan said in a deep voice: "According to the information we received from the Red Fox, the reason why the Polu Army defeated the Dayuan Kingdom this time is almost the same as the process of the Polu Army defeating the Qingyi people. The northern commander-in-chief personally led hundreds of thousands of elite troops of the Polu Army and suddenly appeared in the capital of the Dayuan Kingdom. Then he defeated the defenders of the Dayuan Kingdom, captured the capital of the Dayuan Kingdom, and captured the king of the Dayuan Kingdom alive, which forced the Dayuan Kingdom to agree to the quite harsh conditions."

Zhang Mingqi frowned and said, "This Grand Governor has always been very strange. How did the Polu Army let hundreds of thousands of troops appear in the enemy's capital without knowing it? Do you Red Fox have any clues about this?"

Staffman Tang Yan shook his head and said, "Lord, my subordinates are also very incredible about this. We have already investigated the many secret spies of our Red Fox in the Polu Army, but so far, our Red Fox spies have not found any useful clues."

Zhang Mingqi shook his head and said, "Whoever is in the future is an enemy of the Polu Army, it seems that they have to deploy enough troops in their base camp. Otherwise, once the Polu Army captures the lair, there is no need to continue the battle!"

Staff member Tang Yan nodded with a wry smile, "Lord, the Polu Army defeated the Dayuan Kingdom this time, and its strength was even better than before. If our Southeast Xiang Army still guarded the three-point land of the seven states in the southeast, our Southeast Xiang Army would probably be given to the Polu Army in the end..."

Although the strategist Tang Yan did not finish his words, the Southeast Governor Zhang Mingqi had already understood the meaning of the strategist Tang Yan. Zhang Mingqi said in a deep voice: "Mr. Tang is right. Our Southeast Xiang Army cannot only guard the three-point land of the seven states in the southeast. We must continue to expand the territory of our Southeast Xiang Army, so as to shorten the strength gap with the Polu Army."

After pausing, Zhang Mingqi asked his adviser Tang Yan: "Mr. Tang, now the main forces of our Southeast Fang Army are restrained in Zhejiang and Fuzhou. They are not many troops used to prevent the State of Lu. In your opinion, if our Southeast Fang Army expands outward, which direction should we choose?"

Staff member Tang Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Now Jiao, Xun, Gu and Lai countries, which are south of Zhejiang and Fuzhou, have become the territory of Lu. With the strength of our Southeast Xiang Army, it is difficult to rob the eight states of these four countries from Lu. Therefore, if our Southeast Xiang Army wants to expand outward, we can only make the idea of ​​other prefectures and counties in the Jin Dynasty."

Zhang Mingqi sighed and said, "This Grand Governor also thinks so, but our Southeast Xiang Army has not completely broken up with the imperial court. If our Southeast Xiang Army attacks other surrounding prefectures and counties, how can the court give up? Our Southeast Xiang Army is not afraid of the imperial court. However, the Polu Army also belongs to the army of the Great Jin Dynasty. If the court dispatches the Polu Army to the south, our Southeast Xiang Army will be like burning the fire."

The proud record of the Polu Army's victory in the battles has already made Zhang Mingqi, the commander of the Southeast Fang Army, feel a little afraid of the Polu Army. Moreover, in the south of the seven southeastern states, there is also the Lu State, a covetous enemy. Once the Southeast Fang Army starts war with the Polu Army, the Southeast Fang Army will not be able to invest all the troops in order to prevent the Lu State and compete with the Polu Army. Faced with the powerful Polu Army, if the Southeast Fang Army cannot use all its strength, it will be difficult to have a chance to win.

Staff member Tang Yan immediately said loudly: "Lord, although most of the main forces of our Southeast Fang Army are trapped in Zhejiang and Fuzhou by Lu State, the situation of the Polu Army may not be much stronger than our Southeast Fang Army. This time, the Polu Army defeated the Dayuan Kingdom by a skill. According to the information obtained by our Red Fox, Dayuan Kingdom is now stepping up its expansion and may cause trouble for the Polu Army at any time. In order to prevent the Dayuan Kingdom, the Polu Army must station a large number of troops in the Western Regions Protectorate's Mansion. The various nomadic peoples on the grassland and the Qingyi people in the 100,000 mountains have great hostility towards the Polu Army. In order to prevent the various nomadic peoples and Qingyi people, the Polu Army must have a large number of troops being trapped in the Beiting Protectorate and Huazhou."

Zhang Mingqi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Mr. Tang's meaning is that even if the court wants to transfer the Polu Army to the south, the Polu Army should not send many troops?"

Staff member Tang Yan nodded and said, "My lord is wise. My subordinates believe that now is the best time for our Southeast Fang Army to expand. The Polu Army is actually not worth worrying, because the Polu Army cannot draw too many troops out now to prevent our Southeast Fang Army from expanding externally."

Zhang Mingqi then remained silent for a long time before asking: "So, Mr. Tang thinks, where should our Southeast Fang army expand?"

"In the surrounding areas of the seven southeastern prefectures, there are Leizhou, Qinzhou, Hengzhou, Liuzhou and Yizhou that can be used as the targets for our Southeast Xiangjun expansion. However, if we seize Liuzhou or Yizhou, the territory of our Southeast Xiangjun will be bordered by the Fuzhou controlled by the Polu Army. Therefore, our subordinates suggest that our Southeast Xiangjun set the target of expansion as several southwest states."

Leizhou, Qinzhou and Hengzhou, as well as Guizhou and Yuzhou, are known as the five southwest prefectures of the Great Jin Dynasty. To the south of Leizhou and Qinzhou, they are another old enemy of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Great Zhou Kingdom with twenty-two states.

In more than four hundred years, nineteen large-scale wars broke out between the Great Jin and the Great Zhou, but no one completely defeated anyone. The two countries had a victory or defeat in the 19th War.

The situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty is even unable to catch up with the Great Jin Dynasty, because the Great Zhou Dynasty has suffered constant natural disasters in recent years, so that a large number of bandits have appeared in the Great Zhou Dynasty. At present, almost half of the prefectures and counties in the Great Zhou Dynasty have fallen into the hands of several major bandits, and the remaining half of the prefectures and counties in the Great Zhou Dynasty have also been controlled by several princes. The Great Zhou court has almost died in name only.

Nowadays, the bandits in the Great Jin prefectures have become increasingly lost under the clearance of local troops of each prefecture. Especially the seven southeastern prefectures, as well as Qianzhou, Pizhou, Qinzhou, Xiangzhou and Fuzhou controlled by the Polu Army, the bandits have basically been completely eliminated.

Thanks to the fact that the Great Jin Dynasty has been unable to take care of itself over the years, the old enemies of the Great Jin and the Great Zhou have been able to be peaceful over the years. However, the Lu Kingdom, which had ambitions for the Great Zhou, had two vassal states of the Great Zhou, and the Mou Kingdom and Bai Kingdoms were blocking it in the middle and could not directly invade the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Originally, there were six countries between the Great Jin Dynasty and the State of Lu, namely Jiao State, Xun State, Gu State, Lai State, Mou State and Bai State. Among them, Jiao State, Xun State, Gu State, and Lai State are vassal states of the Great Jin Dynasty. However, these four countries have been annexed by Lu State, and Mou State and Bai State are vassal states of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Mou State has the territory of five states, and the army has about 1.3 million, and Bai State has the territory of three states, and the army has about 900,000.

In addition, the population of Mou and Bai countries is large. Once a war breaks out, Mou and Bai countries can quickly recruit a large number of young and strong men to join the army. Even Lu countries have some concerns about the war potential of Mou and Bai countries, so Lu countries tried to annex the Great Jin first and then deal with the two vassal states of the Great Zhou and the Great Zhou.

Staffman Tang Yan then said to Zhang Mingqi: "Lord, if our Southeast Xiang Army can capture Leizhou and Qinzhou in the southwest, we can even expand into the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom in the future. The current forces of the Great Zhou Kingdom have fought for years, which has seriously reduced the overall strength of the Great Zhou Kingdom. This may be a god-given opportunity for our Southeast Xiang Army!"

When Zhang Mingqi heard his adviser Tang Yan mention the Great Zhou Kingdom, a glimmer flashed in his eyes, "The Great Zhou Kingdom has twenty-two states, with a population of only slightly less than our Great Jin Dynasty, almost nearly 200 million. If our Southeast Xiang Army really can annex the Great Zhou Kingdom, this Grand Governor will not be afraid of the Polu Army or Lu Kingdom! Our Southeast Xiang Army will follow Mr. Tang's plan and first set its expansion targets in Leizhou, Qinzhou and Hengzhou!"

"The army of Leizhou, Qinzhou and Hengzhou is more than our Southeast Fang army. If our Southeast Fang army can draw out three legions, then we can launch an attack on these three states at the same time. It is best to annex these three states at a lightning speed, so that the court has no time to intervene, and then plot against the other two states in the southwest."

"Although there is a threat from Lu, our seven corps of the Southeast Fang Army have 60 guards under its jurisdiction, with a total force of more than 7.5 million. In addition to the First Legion and the Imperial Guard Corps, three legions can be drawn!"

After following the advice of his adviser Tang Yan, the Southeast Governor Zhang Mingqi drew out the Second Corps, the Sixth Corps and the Seventh Corps of the Southeast Fang Army. In early January 432, the Great Jin Dynasty launched a brazen invasion of Leizhou, Qinzhou and Hengzhou at the same time.
Chapter completed!