The wives in Hexi only stayed in Jiezhou County for half a day and one night. The next day, it was dawn. Under the escort of a thousand soldiers, they detoured to Hanzhong in Hexi. Xiaodie also went, and they were still the eldest sister who was following the leader of their wife.

As soon as the wife left, Lu Qi also left Jiezhou to inspect the prefectures outside Hexi, to learn about people's livelihood, and visit the soldiers of various soldiers. As the end of the year approached, he returned to Jiezhou and quietly ran to his home in Xingyuan Mansion. He had a warm New Year with his lover and children. Naturally, he had met with the senior generals in Hanzhong and drank and got close to him.

The peaceful days passed, and the cold winter left in a blink of an eye. Spring fell in the south wind. The 40,000 troops in Hexi had arrived at Xizhou stationed. The 100,000 troops from Jin State were divided into ten groups and went to the Hexi grassland area.

Xu Xuan, who served as the governor of Qingzhou, responded to Xiao Zhili's request and made casual publicity for Lu Qi's life-saving food, but Lin Zhihe never replied. Shouxian replied, saying that he would go to Qilu and take him away by means of business.

Zhu Wu's report was also transferred to Lu Qi's hands. Zhu Wuyan had basically returned to Goryeo. In order to obtain long-term security and prevent the troubles and rebels in Yan State, he moved 200,000 Goryeo to Jin State in batches, and then received Song Lao Qing army to reinforce Goryeo Island. It is estimated that Goryeo Island still has a population of one million.

After reading the report, Lu Qi knew that Zhu Wu's strategy was to seize the Koryo Kaijing after landing, and captured the Koryo Emperor and many Koryo nobles. Because Koryo has always been concerned about the situation in the Central Plains and the Yan State, he could not have imagined that so many enemy troops would come from the sea. Koryo was caught off guard and was captured by the central government.

After Zhu Wu captured Goryeo Kaijing, he appointed the surrendered Goryeo Emperor as the puppet Goryeo King. He established the Andong Protectorate in accordance with Lu Qi's previous permission, and occupied Goryeo Island in parallel. He also claimed to the soldiers who went on expedition that occupying Goryeo Island was to be able to cooperate with Jiangnan's military forces to advance to the Central Plains. With actual military purposes, the soldiers could recognize the great strategic significance of occupying Goryeo Island.

Zhu Wu said that he had basically been governed by Goryeo, and Lu Qi believed it, because there were 15,000 divine crossbow troops in the expeditionary army led by Zhu Wu. As long as he occupied the Koryeo Kaijing, Goryeo's military power would fall into a situation of moths flying into the fire, and the divine arm crossbow had extremely strong destructive power.

In order to prevent the rebellion of the 200,000 Korean Koreans who moved to Jin State, Lu Qi wrote to Xin Qin'er, suggesting that most of the Koreans be moved to Bashu, and 80,000 were diverted from Bashu to Hexi.

Before Lu Qi could hear Xin Qin'er's reply, the military force of Xizhou came with emergency military information. The Zhou emperor sent an order to Xizhou's military force and prepared to cooperate with the imperial court to attack Taiyuan. After receiving the report, Lu Qi immediately led 20,000 cavalry to Xizhou, allowing Xiaodie to sit in Longyou and coordinate the cooperation between Longyou and Hanzhong's military force.

Lu Qi led the cavalry to Xizhou successfully, which gave Xizhou 30,000 cavalry. Lu Qi only left 10,000 cavalry to station in Qinzhou. There were no established cavalry in Hexi, but he secretly stationed 100,000 Jin troops.

Because Lu Qi often transferred defense forces, the 100,000 Jin troops were wearing sheepskin and wearing leather hats and did not attract attention after entering Hexi. Moreover, it was involved in military affairs. Civilians and officials dared not violate the prohibition of attention. They only knew that a lot of military forces had been transferred from outside Hexi, stationed in the grassland near the Qilian Mountains, and a lot of military forces had also left in Hexi.

Lu Qi had just arrived in Xizhou, and the head coaches of the leading troops of Xizhou came to see him. The head coach Zhang Yan introduced a Dangxiang man to Lu Qi. The Dangxiang man was wearing leather armor and was a man in his thirties with a thick beard and very majestic.

"Shaya, Fangdang, pay homage to the Duke." Dangxiang people respectfully worshiped Lu Qi.

Lu Qi smiled and said, "You are Fangdang, what's wrong?"

"Dude of the Kingdom, Shaye was ordered to tell the Kingdom that the Liao army would bypass the defense of the Zhe clan of the prefecture and enter Suizhou from the Pingxia grassland. It is said that the Duke of Jin and the Liao army colluded with the Liao army." Shaye replied.

Lu Qi nodded calmly and said, "So, Xia Kingdom and Liao Kingdom are in alliance."

"Dude, Xia State just lent the Liao army and did not jointly send troops with the Liao army. Our Fangdang clan is absolutely unwilling to be an enemy of the Duke. Most of the Dangxiang Ba clan is unwilling to fight with the Duke again. Even the royal family Tuoba clan has a great disagreement, so King Xia can only lent the Liao army." Shaye explained.

Lu Qi nodded and asked, "How much military force can the Liao army come?"

"I don't know this." Saya replied.

Lu Qi nodded and said, "I remember your merits. You can go to Yalan to receive merit rewards in the future, and you have also thanked the Lord of Fangdang on my behalf."

"Yes, Sayah thanks for his reward, Sayah surrenders." Sayah responded respectfully and left.

As soon as Shaye left, Zhang Yan said: "Master, the Yellow River has just seen the thaw. If the Liao army really enters Suizhou, it can cross the Yellow River and attack Shizhou and Xizhou."

"The Liao army came from the way. Aren't we afraid of getting into the pocket? Xia and Liao countries are also long-term hostile, and we can completely turn against each other. At that time, there was a prefecture in the north that blocked the road and could not escape." Another coach Zhao Ke said.

"With the collusion between Duke of Jin, the Liao army naturally did not want to miss the opportunity to attack the Central Plains." Zhang Yan said.

After listening to Zhang Yan's words, the commanders all read Lu Qi. If the Liao army really came here, the one who was in the brunt of the military power stationed in Xizhou would be the one who could only follow the decisions of the Lord if he did not fight.

Lu Qi looked calm and said nothing. He went to inspect the garrison. After the patrol, he returned to the commander's tent and asked the guards to pick up the four treasures of the study. He took a pen to outline the thinking strategy.

Lu Qi knew in his heart that if Duke Jin colluded with Liao, half of them were forced by Emperor Zhou. The Emperor of Zhou asked him to station troops in Xizhou, which was equivalent to taking the initiative to advance Taiyuan. Emperor Zhou still wanted to deal with Duke Jin first, but did not deal with Zhao Kuangyin.

However, it is also possible that the Duke of Jin went to collude with Liao, so that the Emperor of Zhou's spies in Taiyuan knew about it. Therefore, after the incident of the Poison Pill, Emperor Zhou asked Lu Qi to transfer his troops to station in Xizhou. However, no matter what the truth was, it was a fact that Duke of Jin and Liao army colluded with him.

In addition, the Zhou emperor's decree delivered to the Xizhou army clearly stated that it was the crown prince who was the commander who made the advancement of Taiyuan, which made Lu Qi very puzzled. The Zhou emperor obviously had the act of supporting King Ji as his heir. Why did the crown prince lead the army to advance to Taiyuan? Lu Qi believed that the Zhou emperor's approach was very unwise, so he should decisively choose one to support him. The consequences of supporting the two sons would not cause division if they were killed.

After some outlines, Lu Qi issued an order, ordering 20,000 infantry troops to leave Xizhou and go to Yinzhou. He ordered the military and civilians of Shizhou to move to Yinzhou City as much as possible to avoid it, and also allowed the residents of Xizhou to escape. He clearly stated that Taiyuan's military strength would likely attack Shizhou and Xizhou, without mentioning a crisis that might have come from the direction of Xia State.

Five days later, the troops in Suizhou fled to Xizhou in a panic and reported that at least 100,000 Liao troops had attacked Suizhou, of which 50,000 cavalry must have been resisted. Instead of resisting, Lu Qi ordered the army to march eastward and leave Xizhou to retreat towards Luoyang. Lu Qi retreated for half a day, and the Liao army from Suizhou and the 50,000 troops from Taiyuan attacked Xizhou almost at the same time.

After the Liao army and Duke of Jin were defeated, the two armies were stationed in Xizhou for one day before they raised their troops to pursue Lu Qi's army in Luoyang. Just as Lu Qi retreated, King Ji of Jingzhao Prefecture had already received Lu Qi's military information report and immediately decisively sent 200,000 troops to the northeast to support Luoyang.

While retreating, Lu Qi kept sending out urgent military information, informing the military and civilian army of Huizhou and county, Liao army and Duke of Jin, the army, and also requested Luoyang to immediately gather local military forces to join forces with him. Luoyang left behind is now King Cao. After receiving Lu Qi's letter of help, he actually replied to order Lu Qi to block the Liao army and not to retreat to Luoyang.
Chapter completed!