At the end of May of the second year of Yongjia, General Zhenxi and Governor of Liangzhou Zhang Gui issued an edict from all directions to respond to the imperial edict of the court to pay tribute to the king. The proclamation said: The emperor is in danger and leads the land to be disgusted. All the people of Jin, eat earth and other things, and the turtle divination is the same as the Youming... On that day, General Zhang Zhi, the general of the cavalry, was the commander, Sima Songpai of the west, was the deputy commander, and the general Beigong Chun was the front commander, and he raised 20,000 infantry and cavalry in Liangzhou, and went straight to Chang'an, and rode on the wing guards and crossed the left and right.

The land of Liangzhou belongs to the western boundary of Yongzhou recorded in "Yu Gong". After the decline of the Zhou royal family, its land fell into the barbarians. When the Huns were strong, they were relieved and the kings of Hunxie lived in Liangzhou. The Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu and established four counties, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang and Wuwei. Later, Jincheng County was established, which was collectively called the five counties of Hexi. Because it is located in the west and the climate is often cold, it is named Liangzhou.

Liangzhou was separated from the Western Qiang in the south and connected to the Western Regions in the west. After being included in the jurisdiction of the Central Plains regime in the Han Dynasty, it was called the right arm of the Xiongnu. For hundreds of years, this place has been the forefront of the fierce battle between the Central Plains regime and the Hu tribe. From the foot of the snow-capped mountains to the source of the river, battlefield relics can be seen everywhere, and the Han men are strong and unyielding.

Even since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Luoyang court thought that the war in Liangzhou had never stopped in the prosperous era of peace. First, the Hexi Xianbei Tufashuji could cause rebellion, and successively defeated the army led by the chief officials Hu Lie, Su Yu, Qian Hong, Yang Xin and others. They captured Liangzhou at its peak and were in danger of the world. So much so that Emperor Wu exclaimed: "Although the invaders of Wu and Shu have never come to this point." The court spent billions of dollars and took ten years to finally suppress the Xianbei rebellion in Hexi. Unexpectedly, the Di people were born in the ten-year rebellion. The King of Liang Sima Su, General Xiahou Jun of Anxi, and the governor of Yongzhou Jie Shi, and other people were defeated one after another, and the famous minister Zhou Chu was killed. The continuous large-scale fighting and massacre between the Hu and Jin tribes in Liangzhou was not until Zhang Gui became the governor of Liangzhou and used his outstanding military and political means. It was only three or five years now.

Such frequent wars have trained the Liangzhou army's perseverance and brave style. Coupled with the specialty of Liangzhou, the Divine Horses, made them one of the few elite troops in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty that dared to face the Hu people head-on, and even had few enemies. Although since the end of last year, this army has lost a lot in the battle with the local tribe of Liangzhou and the prefect of Xiping Cao Qu, and the Liangzhou Prefect wasted, the Liangzhou Prefect was also wasted, with only Zhang Gui's order, tens of thousands of soldiers immediately embarked on the journey with no hesitation.

The envoy who was carrying the imperial edict of the court had just arrived in Jingyang, Qinzhou, and met the powerful army with flags covering the sun and spears and spears. He was immediately ecstatic. Since he left Luoyang, he has been treated with coldly several times, and has seen many local officials who have been calling the emperor's slogans, but in fact he has been perfunctory. It was not until here that he met the powerful Fangzhen, who was truly determined and sincere in sending troops to defend the king.

In sharp contrast to the envoy's high mood, Song Pei's calm attitude was Song Pei. He politely received the envoy and arranged for capable people to transfer the imperial edict to Guzang, but then placed the envoy alone in the back team and never paid attention to it. This was not because of the etiquette of the people of Liangzhou, but because Song Pei was really disdainful to the Great Jin court, which was unable to protect even his own country. Even the people from Luoyang were reluctant to communicate more.

Zhang Gui's loyalty to the court was beyond doubt, so he sent troops to the Central Plains without hesitation; but Song Pei's only loyalty was Zhang Gui. Since Zhang Gui was going to send troops to rescue Luoyang, Song Pei ordered his troops to fight. But he had been through the battlefield and knew very well what destructive power the Huns and Han countries had indeed sent troops to move and relying solely on the Liangzhou army would be difficult to win. Every day when the army advanced eastward like a torrent, Song Pei, as the commander of the entire army, was more thinking about how to preserve the strength of his soldiers in the unfavorable situation and how to bring this army back to Liangzhou as completely as possible.

Unless...unless there is another elite force of sufficient size in Luoyang to fight side by side with the Liangzhou army...but there seems to be no possibility. Song Pei sighed coldly and rode forward. He showed a sarcastic smile on his vicious face as if cast by copper and iron.

At this time, Song Pei had no idea that in Youzhou, thousands of miles away from the Liangzhou military route, General Pingbei and the subordinates of the military commander of Youzhou were worried about almost the same problem.

Jicheng.

The renovation of the General Mansion in Pingbei was delayed and finally completed. However, this General Mansion was completely different from the mansions of important towns in various places, and almost had no intention of pursuing gorgeous effects. There was no unnecessary decoration on the eaves, lacquer columns, and walls everywhere, and some wood was even used to get old goods from some unknown places. Obviously, Lu Yao had worked hard to save expenses. On the contrary, the location and structure of the watchtowers in various high-rise buildings were very cautious, and there were even water wells, water storage tanks, small arsenals, grain warehouses, etc. near each high-rise building. Once there was a change, the defenders of the military palace could be the core of the defensive position to resist the attacks of large groups of people.

However, Lu Yao also considered his life needs after marriage. The General's Mansion was not everywhere like a military fortress. In a villa on the east side of the General's Mansion, there was a carefully repaired garden scenery. The exquisite small building was hidden among the green pines and cypresses, and the eaves of the brackets seemed to flap their wings and fly, which was very pleasing to the eye.

This place is usually occupied by Lu Yao for office use. On this day, beside the circling corridor outside the building, beside the gurgling stream, like a giant tree covered with umbrellas, countless soldiers with fully armed armor stood in sterns, like majestic statues. The civil and military officials of the Youzhou Shogunate discussed matters in the building. The breeze outside the building was gentle, the pine waves were timeless, and there was a leisurely atmosphere; the senior officials and generals in the building had been talking for a long time, and there was a very tense atmosphere.

For ten months, the Youzhou Military Prefecture has continued to monitor the movements of the two Hu army, and has never slacked off at all. It received news that the court ordered the king to be the king three days ago. This proves that the information channels of the Youzhou Military Prefecture are not inferior to Liangzhou. Moreover, with Hu Liuniang in Luoyang, the edict for the king was created by her boldly.

However, it was difficult for a group of civil and military officials to discuss whether they should respond to the call of the court to send troops south for several days. It was finally difficult to decide. Just like the discussion at the beginning of the year, even though Fang Qin was eloquent and had a sensible speech, he could not convince his colleagues. Perhaps sending troops to Luoyang was indeed a good opportunity to gain reputation for the General Pingbei, but no matter how many benefits were, it could not match the most obvious fact: the two armies of the Huns and Han countries, as many as 200,000!

Perhaps in the eyes of literati, 200,000 is just a number. It is like 200,000 cattle, sheep and livestock, which is less than half of the cattle, sheep and livestock controlled by the military government in the Dai land; or 200,000 stones of grain, less than 200,000 of the expected net harvest in the autumn of the military camps in Youzhou. But in the eyes of soldiers, the 200,000 number of military forces represents too great military power. It should be noted that when the great Jin army was extremely powerful, six armies were launched to destroy Wu, and they used only more than 200,000 troops. The powerful neighbor of the north was known as the control of 400,000 people.

In fact, the actual dispatch of troops during the external expedition will not exceed 100,000. Every experienced soldier in the military mansion knows that during combat, due to the width of the front of the battlefield, the speed of the commander's vision, a battlefield can only accommodate up to 30,000 to 50,000 troops. No matter how many, it will exceed the limit of the ability of the general. In this regard, 200,000... This is simply a terrifying number, not to mention that half of the 200,000 people are the elite Hu tribes who were painstakingly colluded with by the Han Kingdom of the Huns, and half are the extremely vicious thieves under the command of the Shile King Mi bandit!
Chapter completed!