On the afternoon of January 20, 432, in the meeting hall of the Great Governor's Office in the northern Grand Governor's Office in Shangyuan City, Liu Ji held a piece of paper in his hand and said to the civil and military officials and generals in the meeting hall: "This is really a tree that wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. This Grand Governor has just been quiet for two days, and the Southeast Xiang Army has made another big noise. Now the Southeast Xiang Army invades Leizhou, Qinzhou and Hengzhou at the same time. The court sent a letter of help to the Grand Governor, hoping that our Polu Army can send troops south to prevent the Southeast Xiang Army from seizing Leizhou, Qinzhou and Hengzhou. Everyone thinks that our Polu Army should send troops this time?"

As soon as Liu Ji finished speaking, Wang Ben, the commander of the Guards, said: "Lord, this time, Dayuan Kingdom suffered a great loss at the hands of our Polu Army. Not only did he hand over all the territory of the original Gaochang Kingdom to our Polu Army, but he also ceded ten provinces. Dayuan Kingdom hated us Polu Army to the core. Maybe it won't take long to Dayuan Kingdom to attack the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate, so the last general believes that the matter of sending troops south should be more cautious."

Liu Ji nodded and said, "According to the information obtained by Heishuitai, the Dayuan Kingdom has been preparing for war recently and has formed multiple cavalry corpses and infantry corpses. Our Polu Army must be prepared for the invasion of the Dayuan Army at any time. By the way, how many legions are there in the Dayuan Kingdom now?"

Jia Xu, commander of the Hei Shuitai, immediately said: "Report to the lord, if the six cavalry corps and twelve infantry corpses are being formed by Dayuan, the size of the Dayuan permanent army will reach thirty cavalry corps and eighty infantry corpses, and its total strength will exceed 11 million."

Liu Ji then sighed: "Dayuan Kingdom is worthy of being the most powerful country in the Western Regions. This time, we suffered such a great loss in the hands of our Polu Army, but it has little impact on the overall strength of the Dayuan Kingdom. It seems that the three legions and five elite troops of the Western Region Protectorate's Office cannot be used for the time being. In this way, there are only few troops that our Polu Army can mobilize at present."

Zhang Liang said to Liu Ji at this time: "Lord, within the entire Jin Dynasty, only the Southeast Fang Army can be regarded as the opponent of our Polu Army. If the lord wants to control the power of the Great Jin Dynasty in the future, our Polu Army must not watch the Southeast Fang Army expand its strength. The population of Leizhou, Qinzhou and Hengzhou is about 34 million. Once these populations also belong to the Southeast Fang Army, the strength of the Southeast Fang Army will inevitably make the Southeast Fang Army stronger."

Although Suzhou, Hangzhou, Qiongzhou, Suzhou, Lianzhou, Zhejiang and Fuzhou occupied by the Southeast Xiang Army has undergone a lot of wars, the total population still exceeds 100 million, exceeding one-third of the population of the Jin Dynasty. The huge population base enables the Southeast Xiang Army to maintain a huge army with a force of more than 7.5 million.

Xiao He followed, "Lord, no matter what, our Polu Army must not ignore the Southeast Xiang Army's annexation of Leizhou, Qinzhou and Hengzhou. Don't forget that there are Guizhou and Yuzhou in the southwest. The Southeast Xiang Army will not let these two states go. If the population of Guizhou and Yuzhou is added, there will be at least 50 million people in the five southwest prefectures. If these 50 million people are returned to the Southeast Xiang Army, then the Southeast Xiang Army can easily expand the scale of the army to more than 10 million. In the future, our Polu Army will not be able to deal with the Southeast Xiang Army."

Xiao He then hesitated for a moment and said, "If the Southeast Xiang Army had a firm foothold in Leizhou and Qinzhou, the Southeast Xiang Army might have led troops to attack the Great Zhou Kingdom. Now that the forces of the Great Zhou Kingdom have fought for years, they might have made the Southeast Xiang Army get a big advantage."

Liu Ji was still a little hesitant about sending troops to the five southwest prefectures. You should know that the Polu Army not only needs to face the threat of Dayuan, but also many nomadic peoples on the grassland, which are full of hostility towards the Polu Army. In addition, the Qingyi people in the 100,000 mountains also hold a grudge against the Polu Army. If the Polu Army sends troops to the five southwest prefectures, the troops in the Western Regions Protectorate, Beiting Protectorate, and Huazhou will not be able to be mobilized. The troops that Liu Ji can mobilize are the Guards and Mo Dao soldiers. Perhaps Liu Ji can also draw 250,000 Wei Wushang out from Xiangzhou and Fuzhou.

The Guards, Mo Daobing and Wei Wuzhu were almost all mobile troops of the Polu Army, and Liu Ji was not willing to take time out the mobile troops of the Polu Army.

Now when Xiao He mentioned the Great Zhou Kingdom, a glimmer flashed in Liu Ji's eyes, "It is true that the Southeast Fang Army cannot expand unscrupulously. It seems that the Grand Governor has to personally go to the five southwest states!"

After discussion with several civil officials under his command, Liu Ji decided to lead the five cavalry brigades and ten infantry brigades of the Guards, as well as the 200,000 troops of Mo Daobing, a total of one million troops to rush to the five southwest prefectures.

The Guards and Mo Dao Bing are now stationed near Shangyuan City, so Liu Ji quickly led the Guards and Mo Dao Bing. Zhang Shaohua, Liu Meng, Zhang Baofeng, Chen Hao, and Chen Zhong and other peerless generals were also brought by Liu Ji. In addition, Liu Ji also brought 72 puppet bodyguards with peerless generals and 108 puppet bodyguards with top military generals.

Now, there are 87 puppet bodyguards under Liu Ji's command, and 139 puppet bodyguards with the strength of peerless military generals.

Shortly after Liu Ji led the Guards and Mo Daobians to set out from Shangyuan City, the news that the Polu Army went south was learned by various forces.

In a study room in the mansion of Dou Yan, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War in Canglong City, Yang Zhong, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Personnel, smiled bitterly and said to Dou Yan: "This time Liu Ji was very happy, and he didn't even bargain with the court. I thought Liu Ji would speak to the court again this time!"

Dou Yan, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, sighed and said, "To be honest, in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Polu Army and the Southeast Fang Army have become the two strongest forces. Of course, Liu Ji was unwilling to see the strength of the Southeast Fang Army becoming stronger. This time, the Polu Army sent troops so happily. It is not without the intention of competing with the Southeast Fang Army for the Five Southwest States. Our court invited the Polu Army to go south this time, and it is likely that it would just refuse the wolf to advance to the tiger. Perhaps the five southwest states were either occupied by the Southeast Fang Army in the end, or they became the items in the pocket of the Polu Army."

Yang Zhong, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Personnel, shook his head and said bitterly: "If the court loses the five southwestern prefectures again, then there will be only Meizhou, Wanzhou, Dazhou, Yuzhou, Yongzhou, Liuzhou, Yizhou, Guizhou and Yuzhou, and Dou Taiwei. If this continues, the authority of the Great Jin will sooner or later fall into the hands of the Polu Army or the Southeast Xiang Army."

Dou Yan, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, said helplessly: "The court now has only sixteen guards and imperial guards left, with a total force of less than 1.2 million. If it is an opponent of the Polu Army or the Southeast Fang Army, it can only be seen one step."

Yang Zhong, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Personnel, hesitated for a moment and said, "Taiwei Dou, our thirteenth family has the strongest power in Meizhou, Wanzhou, Dazhou, Yuzhou, Yongzhou, Liuzhou, Yizhou, Guizhou and Yuzhou. If the court could integrate the army of these nine states, plus one or two million servants in our thirteenth family, it might be able to suppress the Polu Army and the Southeast Fang Army."

"Taiwei Yang, now each of the thirteenth-generation families has its own plans. I heard that many children of the thirteenth-generation families have joined the Polu Army. Even in the Southeast Fang Army, there are many generals from the thirteenth-generation families. Not to mention integrating the troops of Meizhou, Wanzhou, Dazhou, Yuzhou, Yongzhou, Liuzhou, Yizhou, Guizhou and Yuzhou, even if they integrate the servants of our thirteenth-generation families, it is probably difficult to do it."

"Ah, those short-sighted people don't think about it. If the Polu Army or the Southeast Fang Army control the power of the Great Jin Dynasty, can our thirteenth family have a good life?"

On the evening of January 24, 432, in a conference hall of the Southeast Governor's Office in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, the Southeast Governor Zhang Mingqi said to the strategist Tang Yan with a gloomy face: "Liu Ji has led the Polu Army to the south, with a force of more than one million. How should our Southeast Governor's Army respond?"

Zhang Mingqi originally thought that even if the Polu Army went south, it would not be possible to send many troops. After all, the Polu Army had the huge threat of Dayuan. In addition, the Nomadic peoples on the grassland and the Qingyi people in the 100,000 mountains, the Polu Army had to be prepared at all times. However, what Zhang Mingqi did not expect was that the Polu Army not only sent troops very happily, but also sent a million troops at once. Faced with the proud record of the Polu Army's victory in Lianzhan Lianzhang, the one million troops of the Polu Army had already made Zhang Mingqi very worried.

Staff member Tang Yan said with a wry smile: "Lord, this time my subordinates are not considering it. I didn't expect that Liu Ji would actually mobilize a million troops to go south at this time. It seems that we must send some additional troops to Leizhou, Qinzhou and Hengzhou. Relying on only three legions, we have to fight against the local troops of the three states, and at the same time we have to deal with the millions of troops of the Polu Army. The force should be insufficient."

Zhang Mingqi pondered for a moment and asked, "Mr. Tang, the one million troops that went south of the Polu Army should first enter the territory of Hengzhou. This Grand Governor is preparing to send the Third Legion to Hengzhou and join forces with the Sixth Legion to resist the Polu Army!"

Now, six counties under one city and eight counties under Hengzhou have been captured by the Sixth Corps of the Southeast Xiang Army. In addition to the four counties controlled by Sun Ju, the prefect of Luodian County, the Sixth Corps has successively seized two counties from the hands of the governor of Hengzhou Prefecture Li Hao. The 150,000 troops under Li Hao are currently only less than half. If nothing unexpected happens, the remaining one city and two counties in the hands of the Governor of Hengzhou Prefecture Li Hao will soon be occupied by the Sixth Corps of the Southeast Xiang Army.

Staff member Tang Yan hesitated for a moment before nodding and said, "The six guards of the Sixth Army are in Hengzhou. So far, the troops have not suffered much loss. Even after a part of the Hengzhou army was incorporated, the troops have increased a lot. If we add eight guards under the Third Army, our Southeast Fang Army has gathered more than 1.75 million troops in Hengzhou. It is still a bit certain to block the one million troops of the Polu Army."

Although the Third Legion and the Sixth Legion of the Southeast Fang Army had a total of 1.75 million troops, the strategist Tang Yan was not confident that he could defeat the one million troops of the Polu Army with this one.75 million army. However, the strategist Tang Yan felt that it would be possible to block the Polu Army in Hengzhou with the Third Legion and the Sixth Legion.

Then the counselor Tang Yan said to Zhang Mingqi: "Lord, as long as our Southeast Fang Army can block the Polu Army in Hengzhou, it will not delay our other two legions of the Southeast Fang Army and completely capture Leizhou and Qinzhou. As long as our Southeast Fang Army can capture Leizhou and Qinzhou, our Southeast Fang Army will have the opportunity to expand into the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom."

Zhang Mingqi immediately said, "Then let the Third Army go to Hengzhou according to the wishes of this Grand Commander, and immediately let the Third Army go to Hengzhou. In addition, to Chen Hongxin, the commander of the Sixth Army, convey the order of this Grand Commander. The Sixth Army must capture the remaining city and two counties in Hengzhou as soon as possible, and strive to let our Southeast Fang Army completely control the entire Hengzhou before the Polu Army enters Hengzhou."

In a palace in the Dayuan City Imperial Palace, the king of Dayuan Kingdom Yeman asked Liyad, the leader of the Dayuan Kingdom Shadow, with a surprised look on his face, "Is this information that Shadow has obtained accurate? Liu Ji really led one million troops of the Delu Army to the five southwest states of Jin State?"

Lead nodded and said, "Your Majesty the King, this news is absolutely not wrong. According to time calculations, Liu Ji is now carrying the one million troops of the Polu Army, and he is about to leave Qianzhou of Jin. This time, the Southeast Fang Army of Jin sent troops to several southwestern states of Jin. The purpose of this is to annex these states. As the most powerful warlord of Jin, Liu Ji is certainly unwilling to watch the expansion of another warlord's power. It is normal for the Polu Army to send troops this time."

King Yeman couldn't help but stand up from his seat, walked back and forth a few times, and then said to himself: "This is a good opportunity for our Dayuan Kingdom."

At this time, Liard hesitated for a moment and said, "His Majesty the King, the task of our Shadow's contacting allies has not yet achieved any results. If our Dayuan Kingdom will use troops to the Polu Army at this time, our Dayuan Kingdom may have to face the Polu Army alone. In addition, this time, Liu Ji only brought one million troops and millions of Polu Army from the Western Regions Protectorate of Jin State. Liu Ji did not mobilize one army and one soldier. We should be more cautious."

King Yeman sighed and said, "The combat effectiveness of the legions that were damaged in the war in our Dayuan Kingdom has not yet fully recovered. Many new recruits still need training, and the newly formed legions will take a longer time to complete the reorganization. It seems that this opportunity in our Dayuan Kingdom can only be wasted."

Lead immediately said, "His Majesty the King is wise!"
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