Li Bin just decided to send troops to annex Liang Kingdom, but something happened to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate.

To the west of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, there is a country with Biyue. This country of Biyue has some connections with the Great Yan Empire. Before the Great Wei Empire was established, Biyue Kingdom was a vassal state for the Great Yan Empire for more than a hundred years.

Later, the Great Wei Empire was established, and the founding emperor Chen Shao immediately sent two million troops to attack the Great Yan Empire. The Biyue Kingdom immediately announced that it had severed the sect leader's relationship with the Great Yan Empire and was preparing to surrender to the Great Wei Empire.

However, the Great Yan Empire quickly defeated the two million invading Great Wei army, and the Great Yan army also counterattacked and entered the territory of the Great Wei Empire, and eventually forced the Great Wei Empire to sign the Brotherhood.

Seeing that the Great Wei Empire was defeated, the Biyue Kingdom no longer took the initiative to become a vassal state of the Great Wei Empire. However, he did not regain his relationship with the Great Yan Empire. Instead, he chose to defect to a country called Li Peng and become a vassal state of the Li Peng Kingdom.

Li Pengguo was also a powerful country at that time, with a population of about 20 million and an army of millions.

About two hundred years ago, civil strife broke out in Li Peng Kingdom, and Bi Yue Kingdom took the opportunity to make a big fortune by making a small profit and annex the entire Li Peng Kingdom.

In the following decades, the Biyue Kingdom annexed several small surrounding countries and eventually became a big country with a population of 40 million.

As its strength continued to increase, the Biyue Kingdom even took the idea of ​​the Great Wei Empire more than a hundred years ago and blatantly sent troops to invade the territory of the Wei Empire.

The combat effectiveness of the Great Wei army is indeed quite different from that of the Biyue army. The Biyue army was advancing rapidly in the early stages of the war, but don’t forget that the Great Wei Empire has another big brother.

After the army of the Great Yan Empire joined the war, Biyue's army was beaten so hard that it could not find the north. It was soon driven out of the Great Wei Empire by the Great Yan army and the Great Wei army.

If the envoy of Biyue Kingdom had not bribed several important officials of the Great Wei Empire and allowed the Biyue Kingdom to quickly sign a ceasefire agreement with the Great Wei Empire, the Dayan army and the Great Wei army might have been able to fight all the way to the capital of Biyue Kingdom.

In the next hundred years, because of the existence of the Great Yan Empire, the Biyue Kingdom never dared to cause trouble for the Great Wei Empire, but the power of the Biyue Kingdom continued to expand in other directions.

Nowadays, the land area of ​​Biyue Kingdom is almost equivalent to most of the Great Wei Empire, and has become a powerful country with a population of nearly 60 million. In addition, Biyue Kingdom is also closely related to many tribes of the Western Barbarians. There are many Western Barbarian soldiers of the Biyue army of employed nature.

The Western Barbarians are the jungles and mountains in the northwest of the Biyue Kingdom. The general name of many barbarians is the north of the Western Barbarians. The north is a vast desert. When you pass through this desert, you will be the territory of the Tuz Empire and the west is the territory of the Roland Empire.

The area of ​​the Western Barbarians is even wider than that of the entire Southern Barbarian Protectorate. The population of the Western Barbarians is about 50 million. The entire Western Barbarians have nearly 500 barbarian tribes of all sizes.

The Biyue Kingdom did not know which gust of wind was drawn, but it sent troops to suddenly attack the Southern Barbarian Protectorate. Because the Southern Barbarian Protectorate was not prepared, four counties were captured by the Biyue army in just a few days.

Tu Yanyi, the commander of the Ninth Mansion of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, was also killed in the battle with the Biyue army.

Tu Yanyi was the adopted son of Tu Lin, the former commander of the Tu family army. He was the Third Taibao. He was a master warrior and was very good at leading troops to fight. Li Bin admired him very much.

"Bang—" Li Bin punched the desk in front of him, and then said with a cold light in his eyes: "The Biyue Kingdom actually dared to invade the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of our Zhennan Army. I am so impatient to live!"

At this time, Chen Ping spoke, "Reported to the lord, according to the information obtained by Yunshe, Huo Xian, the current emperor of Biyue Kingdom, is arrogant and very happy to be successful. After less than seven years of ascending the throne, he has increased the taxes of Biyue Kingdom by more than twice, but he has also expanded the Biyue army to more than three million. This time, the Biyue army invaded the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, at least one million. In addition, to the west of Biyue Kingdom is the vast Western Barbarian area. The army of Biyue Kingdom has hired at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers of all ethnic groups."

Chen Ping paused for a moment and sighed, "I originally thought that the Biyue Kingdom would expand its army and would probably go to trouble with Wei Kingdom. I didn't expect that the Biyue Kingdom's target was the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of our army."

Zhuge Liang continued: "Lord, although our Zhennan Army has millions of soldiers and tens of millions of young and strong men in the Nanman Protectorate's Mansion, we can repel the invasion of the Biyue Kingdom, but our subordinates believe that the plan to attack Liang Kingdom should be suspended and more elite troops should be dispatched to the Nanman Protectorate's Mansion to counterattack the Biyue Kingdom and even annex the entire Biyue Kingdom!"

Zhuge Liang's words made Li Bin frown slightly, "Biyue Kingdom is strong and can also hire mercenaries from all ethnic groups in the Western Barbarians. It seems that it is not easy to annex the Biyue Kingdom."

Before Zhuge Liang could speak, Du Ruhui said to Li Bin: "Lord, according to Yunshe's information, because of the heavy taxes of Biyue Kingdom, the people of Biyue Kingdom have made life very difficult. It is not an exaggeration to say that the people are living in poverty. This time, Biyue Kingdom invaded the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, which is likely to be an attempt to resolve domestic conflicts through external wars. If our Zhennan Army can counterattack and enter the territory of Biyue Kingdom, perhaps the people of Biyue Kingdom support our Zhennan Army more than support the Biyue army."

Chen Ping nodded and said, "The situation in Biyue Country is indeed very bad. People have rebelled because they can't stand the heavy taxes. It is not impossible for our Zhennan Army to annex Biyue Country."

Zhuge Liang then said, "Lord, if my Zhennan Army can annex the Biyue Kingdom, then we can find a way to control the entire Ximan area. Once our Zhennan Army can control the Ximan area, then the grudge between the lord and the Roland Empire can be settled. There is a desert to the north of the Ximan area. If we pass through this desert westward, we can reach the eastern province of the Roland Empire."

When Li Bin saw that several military advisors agreed to annex the Biyue Kingdom, he couldn't help but nodded slightly, "Then how many troops should be sent to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate? After all, there are constant melee between the major generals and the army in our town must leave enough troops to prevent the captives of all races on the grassland."

Du Ruhui said: "Lord, the township soldiers system of the counties and counties of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate has been very perfect in recent years. It is possible to allow the Southern Barbarian Protectorate to issue mobilization orders to summon millions of township soldiers to fight with the main force of our town's southern army. Therefore, the subordinates feel that it is enough to send eight to ten external guards to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate for the time being."

Li Bin has always encouraged the people under his command to practice martial arts, and stipulated that males over 18 and under 35 years old must participate in military training organized by local government soldiers during the slack season every year. Male men who participate in military training can be exempted from some of their family's land taxes.

The proportion of taxes and land taxes in Zhennan Grand Governor's Office is very small, and the main source is commercial taxes, so I am not stingy to use some land taxes to exchange for tens of millions of supplementary soldiers.

The Zhennan Army called these men who participated in military training during the slack season as rural soldiers.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "It is reasonable to say that the combat effectiveness of the Biyue army should not be too strong. Four cities were captured by the Biyue army before, and the Biyue army took advantage of the sneak attack. Eight to ten external guards were sent to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate's Mansion, plus the eight external guards and fourteen public guards and military towns of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate's Mansion, as well as millions or even tens of millions of rural soldiers who can be summoned at any time. It should be enough to deal with the Biyue Kingdom."

Keming is Du Ruhui's character.

Li Bin pondered for a moment and said, "Then let Zhou Yu issue a mobilization order in the Southern Barbarian Protectorate's Mansion, and then let Lu Xun lead the eight outer guards of the Eastern Barbarian Protectorate's Mansion to help. If Zhou Yu and Lu Xun feel that their troops are insufficient, they will continue to increase their troops to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate's Mansion."

"Lord, Tu Yanyi, the commander of the Ninth Mansion of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, died in the battlefield. Who will take over the military power of the Ninth Mansion of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, next?"

"I remember that Li Hongyi should be the deputy commander in the Ninth Mansion of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, so let Li Hongyi temporarily take over the position of head commander in the Ninth Mansion of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate!"

Li Hongyi is the second son of Li Jingmao, the county magistrate of Leishan County. He is a classmate and friend of Li Bin. He went to Jingyuan City with Li Bin to inquire about their father, and then went to the grassland to destroy a Wurong tribe and five Nanqiang tribes.

Originally, Li Bin was born into the Li family in Leishan, but after Li Bin became rich, the Li family in Leishan did not rely on Li Bin, but instead became involved in the Cui family in the capital.

More than a year ago, the Cui family was defeated in the battle with the Xiao family for Xuanzhou Prefecture, and the Li family in Leishan was also implicated. Many children died in battle and finally had to flee from Xuanzhou Prefecture, avoiding the liquidation of the Xiao family.

Since Li Jingmao and Li Hongyi's eldest brother Li Hongjie had both died in battle, Li Hongyi became the head of the Li family in Leishan. Then, without hesitation, Li Hongyi took the remaining children and family members of the Li family in Leishan to Guizhou City to join his good brother Li Bin.

Li Bin still took great care of Li Hongyi. Li Hongyi, who had just joined the Zhennan Army, was appointed as the brigade leader of the Fubing Town. Half a year later, he was promoted to the deputy commander of the Ninth Fubing Town of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate.

Of course, this has a lot to do with Li Hongyi's own ability. Li Hongyi has long been a warrior of Huajin. He has led thousands of troops in the army of the Cui family in the capital.

In Changyuan City, the county town of Changyuan County, the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, in the government office of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, Zhou Yu held the military order sent by Yunshe and shouted to dozens of generals under his command: "The lord has ordered General Lu Xun to lead the eight external guards of the Eastern Barbarian Protectorate to come to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate to assist in the war. In addition, the lord asked our Southern Barbarian Protectorate to issue a mobilization order immediately. This time, our southern army in Zhennan will teach the Biyue Kingdom a lesson that is ignorant of the sky and the earth!"

Zhou Yu's words made dozens of generals ready to go, and many generals could not hide their excitement.

Ma Chao, the commander of the fourth guard of the Southern Barbarians, couldn't help but ask: "Empress, the lord asked our Southern Barbarian Protectorate to issue a mobilization order. Are you planning to eat the entire Biyue Kingdom as the way?"

The envoy is a respectful title for the guards.

Zhou Yu smiled slightly, "For our Zhennan Army, Biyue Kingdom is a big piece of fat meat. Now this piece of fat meat is actually delivered to our Zhennan Army. How can we not eat it in our Zhennan Army?"

In an ordinary village in the Nanman Protectorate, almost two thousand people gathered at the entrance of the village. A strong man in armor waved a few pieces of paper in his hand and shouted: "The person who just recited the name will go home immediately to pack his luggage. After an hour, we will gather here. We must arrive at the county town before dark!"

As soon as the strong man finished speaking, more than 2,000 people immediately dispersed in a clamor. At this time, an old man asked the strong man: "Captain Liu, there are 863 village soldiers in our village, why did we recruit 160 people! We can have a good life today, all thanks to the kindness of Zhennanhou. This time, Zhennanhou wants to attack the Biyue people, so our village will have to send out 600 people!"

The strong man hurriedly explained to the old man: "Captain Linghu, the number of village soldiers recruited this time was determined by the top. If the village soldiers continue to be recruited, I will definitely respond to Shangguan and give our village more places."

The old man nodded slightly and said, "Captain Liu, helping Zhennanhou fight, none of the warriors in our village will be afraid of death. If necessary, in addition to the village soldiers, our village can also produce another 500 soldiers. They are all soldiers who have participated in the tribal army before!"

Two dark-skinned young men returned home with excitement, "Dad, my second brother and I have been recruited this time!"

A middle-aged man with only one arm left looked at his two excited sons and curled his lips and said, "You kids have been thinking about killing the enemy and making contributions all day long, but the battlefield will be dead!"

The middle-aged second son argued: "Bad, the teacher in the school said that we have no worries about clothing and food now. It is all the credit of Zhennan Hou. Now that the Biyue Kingdom does not allow us to live a good life, we have to sacrifice our lives to fight Biyue Kingdom!"

The eldest son followed and said, "That's right, Dad, you can't go outside and say something you said just now."

The middle-aged man's eyes stood up, "I know more of the great truths than you two little bastards, so you two little bastards don't need to teach me a lesson!"

Then the middle-aged man sighed and said, "Dad didn't let you go, but... you two little bastards have gone to the battlefield, but you must not show off. By the way, don't forget to put on all the leather armor."

The eldest son said comfortingly: "Dad, don't worry, my second brother and I were promoted to Mingjin warriors a few days ago, and we will definitely be back safely."

The middle-aged man looked at the backs of his two sons leaving home and couldn't help but mutter: "What's this? One of my arms was cut off by Zhennanjun. Now my son still has to work hard for Zhennanjun!"

At this time, the middle-aged man's third son, who was only fifteen years old, asked carelessly: "Dad, what are you eating tonight?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he couldn't help but say angrily: "I know how to eat! Hurry up and take the fourth and fifth brothers to practice sword skills. Don't be as unpromising as your elder brother and second brother. I'm so happy that I'll be selected to recruit the village soldiers. You have to join the imperial guards in the future. You must know that I was the commander of the tribe back then!"

"Dad, it's the deputy, the deputy commander of the thousand-man!"

"Get out and practice the knife. If you can't practice the Youth hour today, you are not allowed to eat!"
Chapter completed!