Chapter 677: Fifty million troops
On the evening of August 29, 2011, in the mansion where the Lu State delegation lived in the Han Dynasty Canglong City, Jiang Kai, the King of Wei of Lu, asked his adviser Sun Ji in a deep voice: "Prince Anasta of the Europa Empire, isn't he willing to see me?"
Staff Sun Ji smiled bitterly and said, "Lord, Prince Anasta still doesn't want to see you. It seems that the Europa Empire is unwilling to form an alliance with our Great Lu Kingdom."
King Jiang Kai of Wei sighed and said, "Now, in addition to the Xiongnu and Khitan people on the grassland, they are interested in forming an alliance against the Han countries with our Great Lu Kingdom, the Europa Empire in the Western continent, as well as the Jihu, Nani and Nan Dai people of the Southern Barbarians, and the Bai Miao people of the Eastern Barbarians, seem to be not going to join this alliance."
Staff Sun Ji immediately asked, "Lord, the day after tomorrow is the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Han Dynasty. Will someone send you a famous post to Prince Anasta tomorrow?"
King Jiang Kai of Wei waved his hand and said, "Forget it, the attitude of the Europa Empire is so firm. It would be useless for us to send a hundred more famous posts. After the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Han Dynasty, we will return to China!"
Staff Sun Ji hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord, now the crown prince, the king of Qin, the king of Qi and the king of Yan have become incompatible. Moreover, they each have control over a lot of military power. The subordinates are worried that once the emperor dies, the crown prince, the king of Qin, the king of Qi and the king of Yan will meet in war."
King Jiang Kai of Wei shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter who inherits the throne. Even if they really fight together, they will definitely not make things difficult for me. After all, my own sister is a concubine of the Han Dynasty, and I do not threaten them."
Staff Sun Ji continued to suggest: "Lord, what the subordinate means is that you might as well stay in Han State for the time being. When the crown prince and the king of Qin and others have a result, it is not too late to go back."
King Jiang Kai of Wei thought for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Anyway, I have no intention of fighting for the throne, so it's better to stay in Han State for the time being. Canglong City is much safer than Mengyuan City now, but the Xiongnu and Khitan tribes intend to form alliances, so people must be sent back to tell their father."
"Lord, we can tell the Emperor about the intention of the Huns and Khitans through the Black Butterfly people."
"Well, that's good!"
In the mansion where the Europa Empire delegation lived in the Great Han Canglong City, a young Europa Empire general asked Prince Anasta: "Father, the Han Kingdom can be said to be the biggest enemy of our Europa Empire. Now the enemy of the Han Kingdom, Lu Kingdom, is willing to form an alliance with our Europa Empire, why don't you agree?"
Volod is the youngest son of Prince Anasta and is now a captain of a gang in the Europa Empire. This time, Prince Anasta was ordered by Emperor Vinodo of the Europa Empire to attend the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Han Dynasty. Volod took the initiative to ask to follow Prince Anasta to come to the Han Dynasty, hoping to observe the biggest enemy of the Europa Empire at close range.
Prince Anasta shook his head and said, "Wolod, there is no free lunch in the world. Once our Europa Empire forms an alliance with Lu, as long as a war breaks out between Lu and Han, our Europa Empire will be entangled. Now the national strength of the Han Kingdom is far above our Europa Empire. Our Europa Empire must try to avoid war breaking out with Han Kingdom for a long time in the future."
Volod frowned and said, "Father, if our Europa Empire really breaks out with the Han Kingdom, the Suomi Empire, the Kievan Empire, the Lordean Empire, the Franks Empire, the Alba Empire and the Delman Empire, and even other countries in the Western Continent, we will definitely be willing to fight side by side with our Europa Empire. Our Europa Empire does not need to be afraid of the Han Kingdom!"
Prince Anasta immediately said: "It is true that as you said, once our Europa Empire broke out in war with the Han Kingdom, all the countries on the Western continent will definitely stand together, but Volod, don't forget that the Han Kingdom and the Western continent are only adjacent to our Europa Empire. After the war breaks out, our Europa Empire will become a battlefield."
On the morning of August 30, in a palace in the Canglong City Imperial Palace, Liu Ji asked Chen Ping, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Rites: "Are you ready for tomorrow's celebration?"
Chen Ping nodded and said, "Don't worry, your Majesty, all the matters of the celebration have been arranged."
Liu Ji turned his head and asked Zhang Liang, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, and said, "How are you preparing for the military parade?"
Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, our 18 legions of the Han Dynasty and the twelve elite troops have been under review for nearly five months. The military parade ceremony tomorrow will definitely surprise the missions of various countries."
The eighteen corpses of the Han army, including the Western Regions, Western Frontiers, Grasslands, Beiting Legion, Guards, Eastern Barbarian Legion, Qinglong Legion, White Tiger Legion, Vermillion Bird Legion, Xuanwu Legion, Qilin Legion, Gaochang Legion, Cheshi Legion, Anxu Legion, Southern Frontier Legion, Longxiang Legion, Longwei Legion and Southern Barbarian Legion.
Among them, the Southern Barbarian Legion was formed after the Han Dynasty annexed the Di Qiang and Lanuo tribes of the Southern Barbarians. Most of the troops were surrendered soldiers of the Di Qiang and Lanuo tribes. The base of the Southern Barbarian Legion was in the Southern Barbarian Protectorate.
There are only one Southern Barbarian Legion stationed in the eleven states of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, but the organization of the Southern Barbarian Legion is much larger than that of other Han army.
The Southern Barbarian Legion has twenty guards, and these twenty guards are infantry guards composed of five infantry brigades. The entire Southern Barbarian Legion has a force of up to four million.
Liu Ji appointed Han Xin as the commander of the Southern Barbarian Legion and Zhuge Liang as the military advisor of the Southern Barbarian Legion.
In the past few years, Liu Ji used his soul value to summon three top historical generals, and Han Xin is one of them.
Han Xin, whose military power is 90 points, his intelligence is 96, and his commander is 99. He was a hero of the founding country of the Western Han Dynasty. He participated in the anti-Qin struggle at the end of the Qin Dynasty and defected to Xiang Yu. Later, with Xiahou Ying's recommendation, he was appointed as the commander of the Su Duwei, but was not valued. Xiao He recommended Han Xin to Liu Bang, so Liu Bang appointed Han Xin as the general. Han Xin analyzed the situation of the Chu and Han sides of Liu Bang, and raised troops eastward to go so that the Three Qins could be seized. Liu Bang adopted this suggestion, made immediate arrangements, and quickly occupied Guanzhong.
During the Chu-Han War, Han Xin showed his outstanding military talents, pacified the Wei Kingdom, and defeated Dai and Zhao in a fight against the water. Later, Han Xin went north to surrender to Yan Kingdom. In the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was appointed as prime minister, led his troops to attack Qi, captured Linzi, and wiped out the 200,000 Chu troops who aided Qi in Weishui. Then Liu Bang made Han Xin the King of Qi. In October of the following year, he ordered Han Xin to meet in Gaixia, encircle and annihilate the Chu army, and forced Xiang Yu to commit suicide.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin was removed from military power and moved to King of Chu. He was reported to be rebelled and demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin. Empress Lu conspired with Prime Minister Xiao He and deceived him into Changle Palace, beheaded in Zhongshi, and his three tribes were barred.
Peng Yue, whose military power is 91 points, his intelligence is 86, and his commander is 95. He was founded by the Western Han Dynasty, a prince and a prince. He gathered troops to rebel at the end of the Qin Dynasty. He first raised troops in Wei. Later, he led his troops to Liu Bang, became the prime minister of Wei, and was appointed as the Marquis of Jiancheng. He was known as the three famous generals in the early Han Dynasty together with Han Xin and Yingbu. After the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, he was named King of Liang and the capital Dingtao. Later, because he was accused of treason, he was killed by Liu Bang on the charge of "reverse the body" and was beheaded and displayed to the public.
Huangfu Song, with a military power value of 90 points, an intelligence value of 82, and a commander value of 93, was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He was born in a family of generals. He was initially elected as a filial and Maocai. During the reign of Emperor Ling of Han, he was conferred as a minister and moved to the prefect of the northern region.
After the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out, Huangfu Song and Lu Qiang submitted a memorial to request the lifting of the party ban. They were appointed as the Left General and Zhu Jun led their troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Army. After the war, they were appointed as the General of the Left Cheqi and Cavalry for their merits, led the governor of Jizhou, and were granted the title of Marquis of Huaili.
After Huangfu Song took office, he submitted a request to reduce the taxes for the people of Jizhou for one year. Later, he was dismissed for offending the powerful officials Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang and renamed Duxiang Hou. In the fifth year of Zhongping, he was appointed as the Left General and defeated the rebels of the kingdom.
When Dong Zhuo was in power, Huangfu Song was framed by Dong Zhuo. Only after his son Huangfu Jianshou pleaded for mercy could he save his life. After Dong Zhuo was executed, Huangfu Song became the general of the Western Expedition and his clan was killed. In his later years, he served as General of the Cheqi and Cavalry, Taiwei, Guanglu Dafu, Taichang and other positions.
In the second year of Xingping, Huangfu Song died and was awarded the title of General of the Cavalry. During the reign of Emperor Dezong of Tang, he was one of the 64 generals of the King of Wucheng Temple, and during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, he was one of the 72 generals of the Wucheng Temple.
Because Han Xin, Peng Yue and Huangfu Song, in addition to their military power, all commander values reached more than 90 points, so after taking Xizhiwei Limao Pills, the three of them had a 90% chance of being promoted to peerless generals.
Liu Ji gave Han Xin, Peng Yue and Huangfu Song one by one. These three people were very powerful and were all promoted to peerless military generals. The system immediately rewarded Liu Ji three top civil officials, and Zhuge Liang was among the three top civil officials.
Zhuge Liang, whose military power is 53 points, his intelligence is 98, and his commander is 96. During the Three Kingdoms period, the prime minister of Shu Han followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan to Jingzhou in his early years. After Zhuge Xuan's death, Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong, Xiangyang. Later, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times to ask for help from Liu Bei to establish Shu Han.
After the establishment of Shu Han, Zhuge Liang was named Prime Minister and Marquis of Wuxiang. He was a member of the people, showed rituals, made appointments for official positions, followed the power system, was open-minded, and made justice. He was connected with Wu and resisted Wei. In order to realize the political ideal of restoring the Han Dynasty, he made several northern expeditions, but failed due to various factors. Finally, he died of illness in Wuzhangyuan in the 12th year of Jianxing in Shu Han at the age of 54.
Liu Chan posthumously named him the Marquis of Zhongwu. Later generations often called him the Marquis of Wu. Zhuge Wuhou respectfully called him Zhuge Liang. The Eastern Jin regime specially posthumously named him King Wuxing because of his military talent.
Sima Yi, with a military power of 66 points, an intelligence of 97, and a commander of 95, was the commander of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, the general, the magistrate, and the tutor of the Wei State, who were the important officials who assisted the three generations of Wei State to entrusted the government and later became the powerful minister who controlled the government affairs of Wei State.
Sima Yi was good at planning and making contributions to many conquests. The most significant achievement was that he led a large army to successfully resist Zhuge Liang's northern expedition and pacify Liaodong twice, and made important contributions to the development of farming economy such as military farming, water conservancy, etc.
In August of the third year of Jiaping, Sima Yi died in Luoyang at the age of 73. He was buried in Shouyang Mountain with a posthumous title of Xuanwen. His second son Sima Zhao was named Queen of Jin and posthumously named Sima Yi as King Xuan. Sima Yan was named Empress of Emperor Xuan. Sima Yan posthumously honored Sima Yi as Emperor Xuan and his temple name was Gaozu.
Zhou Yu, with a military force of 73 points, an intelligence of 97, and a commander of 94. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was strong and handsome, and had a good voice. Jiangdong said that "there is a mistake in the song, Zhou Langgu". Zhou Yu had a good relationship with Sun Ce. At the age of 21, he followed Sun Ce to the battlefield to pacify Jiangdong. Sun Ce was assassinated and Sun Quan succeeded. Zhou Yu led his troops to the mourning, and he was in charge of the affairs of the Central Guard and Chief Zhang Zhao.
In the 13th year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu led his army to join forces with Liu Bei and defeated Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi, thus laying the foundation for "three divisions of the world". In the 14th year of Jian'an, he was appointed as a general and led the prefect of Nanjun. He died of illness in Baqiu in the 15th year of Jian'an. He was only 36 years old and ranked among the 64 generals of the Tang Wu Temple and one of the 72 generals of the Song Wu Temple.
Although Liu Ji has only summoned three famous historical generals and three top civil officials in recent years, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Huangfu Song, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and Zhou Yu are all independent figures, and Liu Ji is still very satisfied with this.
Because the Eastern Barbarian Protectorate has also been expanded to six states, the Dongman Legion stationed at the Eastern Barbarian Protectorate has now expanded its organization. Like the Southern Barbarian Legion, it has twenty infantry guards under it.
The total strength of the 18 main legions of the Han army has reached 36 million, and the total strength of the twelve elite troops of the Han army has reached 7 million.
The Tiger Ben Army, the Black Armored Soldiers, the Tiger Leopard Cavalry, and the White Horse Congyi were all about 400,000, the Mo Dao Army and the Cang Camp, Qin Ruishi's troops were all 500,000, the Wei Wuzhu and the Baigang Army were all 800,000, the Northern Mansion Army was six hundred thousand, the Qixue Army was seven hundred thousand, and the Beiwei Army was one million.
In addition to ten legions and twelve elite troops, there were about seven million garrison troops in the 167 states of the Han Dynasty. In this way, the total strength of the Han army had reached an astonishing 50 million.
Including the Eastern Barbarian Protectorate and the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, the total population of the Han Dynasty has exceeded one billion, but supporting 50 million troops has put a lot of pressure on the Han Dynasty's finances. Fortunately, the grain produced by the seven million garrison troops in military farming is basically enough for 50 million troops. Otherwise, Xiao He, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Revenue, would have long been clamoring to disarmament.
Liu Ji then asked Jia Xu, the commander of the Hei Shuitai, “Is the missions still honest in Canglong City?”
Jia Xu immediately replied: "Report to Your Majesty, the King of Wei sent by Lu State frequently sends people to contact other missions. According to the various information obtained from our Hei Shuitai, Lu State should want to establish an alliance against our Han Dynasty with the Europa Empire, the Xiongnu, Khitan, Kihu, Nani, Nani and Baimiao. At present, in addition to the Xiongnu and Khitan, the Europa Empire, the Jihu, Nani, Nani, and Baimiao people all refused."
Chapter completed!