In the palace of the capital of Biyue Kingdom, Yao Lian, the prime minister of Biyue Kingdom respectfully said to the emperor of Biyue Kingdom Huo Xian: "Your Majesty, now my left and right armies have captured one county town respectively. The main army in the middle route has captured two county towns and is attacking the county town of Jiangding County, the Southern Barbarian Protectorate."

Emperor Huo Xian nodded and said, "Very good. Let the newly recruited 150,000 Western Barbarian cavalry join the central army as soon as possible, and let the reserve team's twenty-guard imperial guards and the 30-guard soldiers be prepared to reinforce the three armies that have attacked the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of Yan State at any time. I will completely annex the entire Southern Barbarian Protectorate of this battle!"

Because the Biyue Kingdom has been a vassal state of the Great Yan Empire for more than 100 years, the Biyue Kingdom imitated the Great Yan Empire in many aspects. The Biyue Kingdom also had a prime minister and six ministries, but there was only one prime minister in the Biyue Kingdom.

The army of Biyue Kingdom is also divided into imperial guards and imperial guards, and the largest organization of imperial guards and imperial guards is also called "Gui".

At present, the army of Biyue Kingdom is very large, with seventy guards and one hundred guards. The force of each guard and each guard's mansion is about 20,000.

The Biyue army that has now attacked the southern barbarians' Protectorate has a total of 30 guards and 30 guards' soldiers, including the left and right divisions, each with the five guards and 5 guards' soldiers. The main army in the middle has twenty guards and 20 guards' soldiers.

In addition, the 650,000 Western Barbarians hired by the Biyue Kingdom also joined the three armies, of which the left and right divisions each had 100,000 Western Barbarians, and the middle army had 450,000 Western Barbarians.

Prime Minister Yao Lian hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I have always been a little confused. Since Your Majesty wants Wei State, why should he proactively provoke the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of Yan State? Although the major generals and sects in Yan are fighting now, the Zhennan Army, which controls the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, has not joined the melee between the Yan State's generals. It is definitely not easy for me, Biyue State, to completely annex the entire Southern Barbarian Protectorate!"

Emperor Huo Xian sighed and said, "Yan State is a huge monster. If there were no such melee between the generals of Yan State, even if I went to expedition to the Tuz Empire, I would not provoke Yan State, and I would not even dare to attack Wei State. After all, there is such a headache-inducing alliance between Yan State and Wei State."

After pausing, Emperor Huo Xian continued, "Take the melee of Yan's generals, it is the best opportunity for my Biyue Kingdom to attack Wei. As long as we can take down Wei, all the problems faced by my Biyue Kingdom can be solved. As for why we attack the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of Yan's first, it is because our Biyue Kingdom sends troops to Wei. The Zhennan Army of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of Yan's Southern Barbarian Protectorate of Yan will definitely send troops to help Wei. However, our Biyue Kingdom sends troops to attack the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of Yan's State, but Wei will not send one army and one soldier to support the Zhennan Army."

Prime Minister Yao Lian then said carefully: "Your Majesty, but the Zhennan Army is very powerful. As far as I know, in addition to controlling the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, the Zhennan Army also controls an Eastern Barbarian Protectorate and several prefectures of Yan State. Only one Zhennan Army has its strength almost equivalent to the sum of other generals of Yan State. Therefore, I have doubts about the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of Yan State this time."

Emperor Huo Xian sighed and said, "I don't know the strength of the Zhennan Army, but the Prime Minister also knows what the situation of our Biyue Kingdom is now. I have to bet once, not to mention that the Southern Barbarian Protectorate and other areas controlled by the Zhennan Army are blocked by the vast sea. It is not so easy for the Zhennan Army to send too many troops to the Nanman Protectorate. Besides, the army of our Biyue Kingdom is also the most powerful time, and it is worth my bet this time!"

Prime Minister Yao Lian said again: "Your Majesty, do you need to let the Ministry of War continue to expand the army?"

Emperor Huo Xian said flatly: "It is necessary to expand the army. My goal is not a Southern Barbarian Protectorate, but the entire Wei State. The Ministry of War must expand one hundred guards in the shortest time, so that the total strength of the guards of our Biyue State can reach two hundred guards!"

Prime Minister Yao Lian said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, in order to hire 300,000 Western Barbarian Cavalry and 500,000 Western Barbarian Vine Armored Soldiers, the warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue was almost empty. The Ministry of Revenue could not afford so much money for the time being, and help the Ministry of War expand the troops of the 100 Guards."

The iron ore in the Ximan area is scarce, so the Western Barbarian ethnic groups use wild vines from the Ximan area as raw materials, and process and make the vine armor by craftsmen, and soak them in tung oil to make the vine armor more tough.

The made vine armor is light and hard, and is good at defending arrows. It cannot penetrate the gun when it is cut by a knife and a gun, and it will not sink when it encounters water. However, one of the disadvantages of vine armor is that it is afraid of fire.

The infantry of all ethnic groups in the Western Barbarians basically wears vine armor, so they are called vine armor soldiers.

The Western Barbarian tribes, like the Eastern Barbarian tribes and the Southern Barbarian tribes, are all semi-cultivated and semi-pardon ethnic groups, so the Western Barbarian tribes do not lack horses. Although the Western Barbarian horses are not tall and the Southern Barbarian horses, they are enough to act as ordinary war horses. This makes almost all the tribes of the Western Barbarian tribes have a considerable number of Western Barbarian cavalry.

The armor of the Western Barbarian cavalry is actually mostly vine armor.

The 300,000 Western Barbarian Cavalry and 500,000 Western Barbarian Vine Armored Soldiers employed by the Biyue Kingdom, 150,000 Western Barbarian Cavalry and 300,000 Western Barbarian Vine Armored Soldiers have joined the middle army of the Biyue Kingdom, and the left and right side divisions also have 100,000 Western Barbarian Vine Armored Soldiers.

If 150,000 Western Barbarian Cavalry who are about to join the middle army will be added, the Biyue Kingdom's troops in the Southern Barbarian Protectorate will reach 2 million.

Emperor Huo Xian frowned, "Didn't I just allocated 40 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Revenue from the royal treasury?"

Prime Minister Yao Lian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the 40 million taels of silver must be kept for the 70 guards and the 100 guards' soldiers to pay military salaries, and also to ensure the supply of food and supplies to the imperial guards and soldiers in the southern barbarians' protective government. They must not be easily misappropriated."

Emperor Huo Xian gritted his teeth and said, "I will take out three million taels of gold from the royal treasury to the Ministry of Revenue. The new soldiers of the 100 guards must be expanded as soon as possible. This time I have bet on the national fortune, so I must defeat the Zhennan Army at all costs and seize the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of Yan State!"

As soon as Prime Minister Yao Lian walked out of the palace gate, Yang Jin, the Minister of War of Biyue Kingdom, came over.

"Mr. Yang, are you?"

"Prime Minister, I have been waiting for you to come out here. Some things must be reported to you."

"Oh, then get into my carriage and talk!"

After Prime Minister Yao Lian and Minister of War Yang Jin entered the carriage, Yang Jin hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, the Ministry of War has received information. Zhennan Army issued a mobilization order in the Southern Barbarian Protectorate."

"Mobilization order? What does mobilization order mean?"

"Prime Minister, the mobilization order of Zhennan Army was to recruit young and strong men from all counties of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, and use these young and strong men to form village soldiers to cooperate with the imperial guards and the soldiers of Zhennan Army to fight."

"Most of the people in the Southern Barbarian Protectorate of Yan State are from all ethnic groups. Like the Western Barbarians, most of them are brave and cruel people. Alas - this battle is getting harder and harder."

"Prime Minister, I have always believed that it is not a wise move for my Biyue Kingdom to provoke Zhennan Army. If you might be able to deal with it, a huge disaster will come to my Biyue Kingdom, but Your Majesty... I have been unable to sleep or eat these days."

Prime Minister Yao Lian said with a wry smile: "There is no need to persuade Your Majesty about it. Your Majesty has just decided to take out another three million taels of gold from the royal treasury to the Ministry of Revenue to help your Ministry of War form a new government soldier of one hundred guards."

Yang Jin, Minister of War, sighed and said, "Your Majesty is really going to bet on our entire Biyue Kingdom!"

In the county town of Taining County, Changyuan County, the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, a team of town soldiers were rushing to the county government.

Linghu Yong and Linghu Ba followed the other 158 village soldiers in the village, and lined up to go to the county government warehouse to replenish weapons and equipment.

At this time, Linghu Yong and Linghu Ba both wore leather armor, but they did not have helmets on their heads, and one of them also carried a wide-blade machete.

"Brother, do you think you can give each of us a pair of iron armor?" Linghu Ba asked excitedly.

Linghu Yong hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that Taining County has recruited tens of thousands of township soldiers this time. There should be not many iron armor in the county warehousing. The two of us have brought their own leather armor. It would be great if we could give each of us an iron helmet."

"Brother, we are both swordsman and axeman. We have to stand in front of the battle. I think we have to give each of us a pair of iron armor."

Linghu Yong and Linghu Ba followed the team to the county government office and found that they did not immediately supplement their weapons and equipment, but began to reorganize the township soldiers from each village and town directly from the county government office.

In the end, Linghu Yong, Linghu Ba and the other 158 township soldiers in the village were organized into the third township barracks of Taining County, and the battalion of the third township barracks of Taining County was Liu Lin, the commander of the government army who had been responsible for training their village soldiers.

The organization of the township barracks is the same as that of the palace barracks. They all have eight teams, each team has five gangs under their jurisdiction, and each gang has five gangs under their jurisdiction, and each gang has a leader and nine soldiers. The entire township barracks have a force of about 2,150.

However, the township barracks do not distinguish between war soldiers and troop teams. If they encounter an enemy, they will all be war soldiers. If they are ordered to carry food and grass, they will all be strong men.

The eight teams in the township barracks include two teams of spearmen, three teams of swords and axemen and three teams of crossbowmen. The spearmen and swords and axemen are both worn with iron armor, and the crossbowmen are equipped with leather armor.

Linghu Yong and Linghu Ba were all assigned to the team of the swordsman, each of whom was given a pair of iron armor, and each of whom was given a shield.

What made the two brothers Linghu Yong and Linghu Ba even more happy was that Linghu Yong was appointed as the mate commander, Linghu Ba was appointed as the deputy mate commander, and the two were also separated in a group, and the whole group was the village soldiers of their village. Another deputy mate commander of this group was Linghu Yong and Linghu Sanbao, the cousin of the two brothers Linghu Ba.

Linghu Sanbao ranked third in the family. His eldest brother was Linghu Dabao and his second brother was Linghu Erbao. Originally, Linghu Dabao and Linghu Erbao were also rural soldiers, but this time they were not recruited.

After the battalion leader Liu Lin led the third township barracks of Taining County to the temporary barracks outside the county town, he shouted loudly to more than 2,000 subordinates: "Brothers! If you can stand here today, you have been a village soldier for at least three years. I won't say anything extra. You should all know the various military laws of our Zhennan Army! I will only say to you, don't embarrass the elders of Taining County when you go to the battlefield, don't insult the title of Zhennan Army. My Zhennan Army--"

When Liu Lin shouted out the three words "Zhennan Army", more than 2,000 officers and soldiers from the Third Township Barracks of Taining County immediately responded in unison: "Wansheng——"

Liu Lin nodded with satisfaction, "The teams immediately allocated camps, made fires and cooked, and started practicing the military formation early tomorrow morning. We only have three days to run-in. After three days, our camp will have to go to the county town with the other six township barracks in Taining County, meet with the township barracks of other counties in Changyuan County, and rush to the front line!"

On April 15, 2016, in Jiangding City, Jiangding County, the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, countless soldiers from the Biyue Kingdom were attacking the four walls of Jiangding City from four directions at the same time.

Jiangding County is located in the west of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, adjacent to Shouzhou Prefecture of Biyue Kingdom. The army in Biyue Kingdom attacked Jiangding County.

In addition to the capital of Biyue City, the Biyue Kingdom also has ten prefectures under its jurisdiction, and Shouzhou Prefecture is one of them.

Jiangding City originally had two brigades of the Ninth Mansion Town of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate. Tu Yanyi, the former commander of the Ninth Mansion Town of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, learned that Biyue's army had invaded the border, and immediately led a brigade in Jiangding City to support a county town that was attacked, but ended up ambushing halfway.

The more than 10,000 officers and soldiers led by Tu Yanyi were almost completely destroyed, and Tu Yanyi eventually died in the battlefield.

The current guard of Jiangding City is Li Hongyi, the deputy commander of the Ninth Mansion of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate. Li Hongyi still doesn't know that he has been promoted to the new commander of the Ninth Mansion of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate.

At this time, the Twenty Guards and Twenty Guards of Biyue Kingdom, as well as hundreds of thousands of Western Barbarians hired by Biyue Kingdom, had surrounded Jiangding City, and the contact between Jiangding City and the outside world had been cut off.

Because the Western Barbarians carried a lot of falcons, the pigeons in Jiangding City could not spread the news, and of course they could not receive news from outside.

However, Li Hongyi had more than just a brigade from the Ninth Mansion Town of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate. After Tu Yanyi led his troops to leave Jiangding City, Li Hongyi ordered the village soldiers from the villages and towns around Jiangding City to rush to the county towns, and at the same time began to recruit the village soldiers in Jiangding City to help defend the city.

When Jiangding City was surrounded by the army of Biyue Kingdom, in addition to a brigade in the Ninth Mansion Town of the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, almost 70,000 rural soldiers were gathered in Jiangding City.

Jiangding City is a city with a population of 250,000. In addition to having 40,000 rural soldiers, Li Hongyi also gathered the remaining 60,000 male men in the city.

In this way, Li Hongyi had more than 10,000 government soldiers, more than 70,000 village soldiers and more than 60,000 male soldiers in his hands, and the troops guarding the city increased to 140,000.

"Deputy Commander, the East City Wall is a little unbearable!" A personal soldier reported to Li Hongyi urgently.

Li Hongyi said calmly: "Add a village barracks and a sturdy man camp to the East City Wall, and tell Tong Hu of the East City Wall that if he feels that he can't defend the East City Wall, I can replace him!"

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