Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 286

When Su Yi led his army to sweep across the sixteen states in the southeast, Liu Jiarui, the new king of the Great Han Kingdom, used the treasury and the royal family's funds to do everything possible to expand the military power of the Tianjing Military Region.

King Liu Jiarui even imported [-] third-generation fighter jets from Ende Kingdom at a price nearly [-]% higher than the market price, and these [-] fighter jets are all active fighters of the Ende Air Force, and they can also be said to be second-hand fighter jets.

The Kingdom of Ende is one of the four white nations in the second echelon of strength. At present, the Kingdom of Ende has developed its own fourth-generation fighter jets, so the Kingdom of Ende plans to reduce the number of active third-generation fighter jets. Otherwise, even Liu Jiarui No matter how high the price was, Ender Kingdom would not be able to sell the active fighter jets.

When Commander-in-Chief He Jianbin of the Southeast Military Region and Chief of Staff Hu Ke announced their surrender to Su Yi, the army of the Tianjing Military Region had already expanded to fourteen mechanized infantry divisions, forty light infantry divisions, and twelve armored tanks brigade and sixty reserve infantry divisions.

The [-] third-generation fighter jets imported from the Ende Kingdom were also delivered to the Tianjing Military Region of the Han Kingdom through transit in other countries.

The original four air divisions of the Tianjing Military Region only had more than [-] fourth-generation fighter jets left in total. King Liu Jiarui merged more than [-] fighter jets into two new air divisions. Imported third-generation fighter jets reorganized five air divisions, bringing the number of air divisions in the Tianjing Military Region back to seven.

However, the seven air divisions in the Tianjing Military Region are not comparable to the seven air divisions in the past. The seven air divisions in the Tianjing Military Region were equipped with 54 F-16 fighters and 54 F-15 fighters.

The reason why King Liu Jiarui spared no effort to expand the military power of the Tianjing Military Region was to guard against Su Yi on the one hand, and to guard against crusades from the other three major military regions of the Han Kingdom.

On the morning of January 1673, [-] in the Han calendar, in a palace in the Imperial Palace of Tianjing City, King Liu Jiarui said to more than a dozen military and political ministers with a gloomy face: "Just yesterday afternoon, He Jianbin and Hu Ke of the Southeast Military Region announced that Surrendering to Su Yi, it only took more than a month for Su Yi to capture the entire sixteen states in the southeast almost without bloodshed, tell me, what should we do now?"

After King Liu Jiarui said these words, the hall fell into silence immediately. More than a dozen military and political ministers did not speak. After all, the strength shown by Su Yi really made people feel a little hopeless. If Su Yi sent troops to the north, even if The current military strength of the Tianjing Military Region has increased a lot, and it will be very difficult to block the army under Su Yi's command.

Seeing that more than a dozen military and political ministers were silent, King Liu Jiarui immediately started to roll their names, "What advice does Chief of Staff Yang have for the current situation?"

Yang Yuandu, the Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, heard the king Liu Jiarui pointing to him, hesitated a little and said: "Your Majesty, the best choice is to reach a settlement with the son-in-law, and let the son-in-law recognize the legal status of the king. Once you have the support of the son-in-law, It will be very easy to quell the rebellions in the Northwest Military Region, Northeast Military Region, and Southwest Military Region.”

King Liu Jiarui said in a deep voice: "This brother-in-law of this king has misunderstood this king too much. It will be very difficult for him to seek refuge with this king. Does Chief of Staff Yang have any other suggestions?"

King Liu Jiarui knew that Su Yi must know his true identity. In addition, he put the previous king Liu De under house arrest, seized the throne of the Han Kingdom, and tried to kill Su Yi. Some of the feelings that I have had no longer exist.

What's more, the army under Su Yi's command is now strong and strong, and even the king Liu Jiarui finds it impossible for Su Yi to join him.

Yang Yuandu, Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, pondered for a while and continued: "Your Majesty, as long as the benefits we offer are large enough, it is still possible for the son-in-law to recognize the legal status of His Majesty the King. For example, the administrative power and taxation of the sixteen southeastern states, Hand it all over to the son-in-law, and you can even appoint the son-in-law as the governor of the southeast, and the military and political power of the sixteen southeastern states is at the discretion of the son-in-law."

Yang Yuandu's words made the other ten military and political ministers all gasp. According to Yang Yuandu's meaning, it is equivalent to ceding all the sixteen states in the southeast to Su Yi, making the sixteen states in the southeast a country within a country .

Before King Liu Jiarui could speak, Minister of Finance Zhang Yuan objected: "The various taxes of the sixteen states in the southeast account for almost three-quarters of the entire financial revenue of the Han Kingdom. Once the taxes in the southeast region are lost, the consequences will be dire. It is very serious, to know that supporting the current army and air force of the Tianjing Military Region will make our Dahan Kingdom's finances already in serious deficit."

Minister of Finance Zhang Yuan is the biological father of King Liu Jiarui. Immediately after Liu Jiarui launched a successful coup, Zhang Yuan, who was originally the Deputy Minister of Finance, was promoted to Minister of Finance.

Yang Yuandu, chief of the general staff of the National Defense Forces, heard Zhang Yuan's objection, sighed slightly and said, "Even if we don't hand over the administrative power and taxation of the sixteen states in the southeast to the son-in-law, all these things are now under the control of the son-in-law. , the son-in-law just lacks a name."

King Liu Jiarui was silent for a while, and then said: "This king can't let our Dahan Kingdom appear as a country within a state. Let's not consider the matter of appointing Su Yi as the governor of the southeast. I wonder if Chief of Staff Yang has any other suggestions? "

Although Yang Yuandu was forced by Liu Jiarui to join Liu Jiarui, but because of his younger brother Yang Guanghao, Yang Yuandu has actually been tied to Liu Jiarui's boat, so Yang Yuandu's previous suggestion was indeed for the sake of the king Liu Jiarui of.

Hearing King Liu Jiarui asking if he had any other suggestions, Yang Yuandu thought for a while and said: "If His Majesty the King doesn't consider turning the fight into friendship with the son-in-law, then he can only recruit the other three major military regions as much as possible. At that time, relying on the strength of the four major military regions , but it can also compete with the southeast military region controlled by the son-in-law."

Hearing Yang Yuandu mention the other three military regions, King Liu Jiarui couldn't help sighing and said: "At present, the high-level officials of the Northwest Military Region, Northeast Military Region, and Southwest Military Region also have very strong opinions on this king, and it is also a matter of wanting them to recognize my king's status. Very difficult thing."

Yang Yuandu, Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, immediately said: "Your Majesty, the current commander-in-chief of the Northwest Military Region, Cai Shu'an, the Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast Military Region, Zhang Lewei, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Southwest Military Region, Zhou Minghui, have not controlled all the military forces of their respective military regions due to the interference of His Majesty the King. , Even four of the six air divisions owned by the three major military regions have clearly expressed their willingness to obey the orders of the National Defense Forces Headquarters, which is also an important reason why the three major military regions have not sent troops to invade the Tianjing Military Region."

The commanders of the four air divisions of the three major military regions, under the bribe of King Liu Jiarui, secretly expressed their willingness to obey the orders of King Liu Jiarui.

If necessary, the nearly [-] fourth-generation fighter jets of these four air divisions can be transferred to the military airport of the Tianjing Military Region at any time.

The reason why the four air divisions have not taken any action is entirely because the four air divisions not only have nearly [-] fighter jets and nearly [-] pilots, but also have many backup pilots, as well as many ground crews and pilots. Officers of the police force.

After a pause, Yang Yuandu continued: "Your Majesty, since we can buy the division commanders and brigade commanders who control the military power in the three major military regions, why can't we buy the three commander-in-chiefs?"

King Liu Jiarui's heart moved, "But this king has lifted Cai Shu'an, Zhang Lewei and Zhou Minghui's military power before. Is it possible to buy them now?"

At this time, Yang Guanghao, the commander-in-chief of the Great Han Army, said: "Your Majesty, I feel that as long as the benefits we offer are large enough, it is still possible to buy Cai Shu'an, Zhang Lewei, and Zhou Minghui. After all, His Majesty the King has officially ascended the throne. If the three major military regions continue to make trouble, there will be no results."

Yang Yuandu followed up and said: "Your Majesty, regardless of whether Cai Shu'an, Zhang Lewei and Zhou Minghui are willing to return the three major military regions to the National Defense Forces, we should give it a try. Otherwise, we will have to guard against the son-in-law and guard against our Tianjing military region alone. The Northwest Military Region, Northeast Military Region, and Southwest Military Region are really unsustainable."

King Liu Jiarui nodded with determination and said, "Then I will give it a try!"

On the morning of January 1673, [-] in the Han calendar, in a study room at the headquarters of the Northwest Military Region in Guyuan City, the capital of Luanzhou, the capital of the Han Kingdom, Cai Shuan, the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Military Region, said in a deep voice to Li Guangyuan, the deputy commander-in-chief: "Except for the new king, Liu Jiarui, Apart from Su Yi, son-in-law, I never thought that even the Liuwa Kingdom would send people to bribe us, intending to annex our entire Northwest Military Region and the nine states in the Northwest Region."

The Liuwa Kingdom is located in the north of the Han Kingdom, with a land area of ​​about 800 million square kilometers. It is adjacent to the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region of the Han Kingdom.

The Liuwa Kingdom was split from the Mousse Kingdom more than 20 years ago, and the Mousse Kingdom was once a powerful country ranked first in the world and occupied more than 1000 million square kilometers of the Dahan Kingdom.

However, after Du Yuan, known as a war madman, became the prime minister of the Han Kingdom, the four wars between the Musi Kingdom and the Han Kingdom were defeated, and the Musi Kingdom also collapsed because of these four wars, and finally split. became three countries.

The Kingdom of Peta and the Kingdom of Votto, currently ranked second in the world, were also split from the Kingdom of Mousse.

Although the royal family of the Liuwa Kingdom is white, more than 7000 million of the 3000 million people in the Liuwa Kingdom are Han Chinese, and only [-] million are white.

The economic strength and military strength of the Liuwa Kingdom are average, and it is slightly inferior to the Han Kingdom before Su Yi appeared, and it has even been facing the danger of being annexed by the Peta Kingdom and the Woto Kingdom.

This time, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Han Kingdom, the Liuwa Kingdom, which hopes to expand its strength, also extended its hand into the Han Kingdom. In addition to the Northwest Kyushu, the target is also the thirteen states controlled by the Northeast Military Region.

Li Guangyuan, deputy commander-in-chief, said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect our Northwest Military Region to become a favorite. The conditions offered by these three companies are more favorable than the other."

Up to now, the army under Su Yi's command has not yet completed the takeover of the entire southeast region, but the clones in the enterprises under Su Yi's name have already started their activities.

Su Yi not only tried to use money to settle the three major military regions of the Northwest, Northeast and Southwest, but even secretly started to buy some generals of the Tianjing Military Region. , or even a few trillion Chinese yuan, Su Yi is willing.

The commander-in-chief Cai Shuan immediately sighed and said: "There is no need to consider the Liuwa Kingdom. Although most of the population of the Liuwa Kingdom is Han Chinese, the Liuwa Kingdom is still a country where white people rule the country. If we agree to the conditions of the Liuwa Kingdom, The backbone will be scolded by the common people, but the economy of Northwest Kyushu is backward, even if our military region intercepts most of the tax revenue of Northwest Kyushu, it will be difficult to support all the troops in our Northwest Military Region. It seems that our Northwest Military Region still has to take refuge in the end Only one side will do."

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Commander-in-Chief, which side do you lean toward?"

The commander-in-chief Cai Shu'an was silent for a moment before saying: "Lao Li, there are only two of us here. To be honest, I am more inclined to take refuge in the new king Liu Jiarui. As for the reason, you must know the reason, Lao Li."

Not long ago, the people sent by King Liu Jiarui to the Northwest Military Region promised to Commander-in-Chief Cai Shuan and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan, who controlled most of the military power in the Northwest Military Region, that as long as they were willing to join the new King Liu Jiarui, each of them would get a huge sum of 30 billion Han Yuan Funds, but two people must hand over most of the military power in their hands.

And Su Yi's promise to the two people is that they will receive a reward of 60 million Chinese yuan. Officers at all levels in the Northwest Military Region will also receive different cash rewards according to their military positions. , will far exceed the [-] billion Chinese yuan that King Liu Jiarui put out in total.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guangyuan sighed and said: "Commander-in-Chief, although the money promised by King Liu Jiarui to the two of us is ten times what Su Yi promised, but don't forget that the matter of the Southeast Military Region is precisely because Su Yi bought the money of the leaders below. The division commanders and brigade commanders of the soldiers made the southeast military region, which has the strongest military strength among the five major military regions, almost be taken into the pocket by Su Yi's soldiers. If the two of us only care about our own interests, the following division commanders, brigade commanders, The head of the regiment and the battalion may sell the two of us soon."

The commander-in-chief Cai Shu'an said with a wry smile: "One side is 30 million Chinese yuan, and the other is [-] billion Chinese yuan. The difference is ten times. If I hadn't taken into account the officers who led the troops below, I wouldn't have hesitated."

(End of this chapter)