When Sun Hao heard Zhuge Liang mention the fight for the Central Plains and Pang Tong suggested making some arrangements in Pizhou, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

To be honest, for Sun Hao, who was just 20 years old, he had never thought about competing for the Central Plains.

You have to know that more than a year ago, Sun Hao was still a hungry refugee. If it weren't for the magical "annual visa system", it would be a question whether he would still be alive now.

Now, relying on the brave generals and soldiers summoned from the "annual signing system", Sun Hao has not only become the commander-in-chief of the Daliang Zhenxi Protectorate, but also has many wives and concubines at home.

Sun Hao was already quite satisfied with such a day, and he really had no other unreasonable thoughts.

"Brother Zhuge, Brother Pang, although the imperial court is indeed facing some internal and external troubles, it is not really going to collapse, right?

After all, the court still has Prince Yong'an and hundreds of thousands of elite imperial guards."

Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "My lord, the land of Daliang is now severely annexed, corrupt officials are rampant, and the northern states have been suffering from drought for years, leading to bandits everywhere and the people suffering.

In addition, most of the local protectorates have actually become vassal states, and the four great Khanates of the grasslands are also eyeing Daliang covetously. It is probably difficult to save the current crumbling situation by relying solely on the Prince of Yong'an and his hundreds of thousands of imperial guards."

At this time, Pang Tong suddenly interjected: "If the lord is willing to turn the tide, perhaps Daliang can be saved for a while."

Upon hearing this, Sun Hao immediately shook his head like a rattle, "Forget it, I'm content as long as I can live well with my brothers in the Western Regions.

As for what happens in the future, let's wait and see. However, as for Pizhou, I feel it is necessary to make some arrangements, especially after my father leaves.

By the way, there hasn't been any movement from those countries in the Western Regions recently, right?"

Zhuge Liang then said, "Perhaps the battle at Emerald City completely frightened those countries in the Western Regions.

According to the intelligence obtained from the Seven Banners Gate, many countries in the Western Regions, including the Parthian Empire, Puwan Empire, and Cheshi Empire, have no intention of forming another coalition.

Among them, the Puwan Kingdom even proposed to hold peace talks with our Zhenxi Protectorate."

Pang Tong then said, "My lord, the Zhenxi Protectorate now controls 394 cities in the former Gule and Wensu kingdoms, as well as a population of over 20 million. It's time to rest and recuperate for a while.

I think we can talk to Puwan and other Western countries to restore trade routes throughout the Western Regions."

Sun Hao nodded, "Then let's talk!"

In the royal palace of Shuiyue City, the capital of the Parthian Empire, King Dabaierdi said in a deep voice to the Prime Minister of the Cheshi Kingdom, Antiva: "I invited you here this time because I want to discuss something with you.

Next, should we fight or make peace with Liang’s Zhenxi Army?

Because Puwan shares a large territory with Wensu, it is no longer willing to fight Liang's Zhenxi Army.

Prime Minister Antiva said with a wry smile, "This time our Cheshi State sent out 300,000 troops, but only 20,000 or so survived. That's barely one in ten.

King Dabaierdi, to be honest, even if we want to form another coalition to attack Liang State's Zhenxi Army, our Cheshi State cannot provide many troops for the time being.

Therefore, if the Liang State's Western Guards can promise not to invade other countries in the Western Regions, our Cheshi State is willing to make peace with them."

King Dabaierdi of the Parthian Empire hesitated and said, "If that's the case, won't we be nurturing a tiger that will become a threat?"

"The current Liang State Zhenxi Army is already a man-eating tiger. I'm worried that if the war continues, even Puwan State will be swallowed up by the Liang State Zhenxi Army."

The negotiations between the Zhenxi Army and the countries in the Western Regions went smoothly. The Zhenxi Army promised not to actively invade any country in the Western Regions, and the countries in the Western Regions formally recognized the existence of the Daliang Zhenxi Protectorate.

In addition, the countries in the Western Regions also promised the Zhenxi Army that they would treat the Liang people living in their respective territories well.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is the end of December of the 390th year of the Daliang calendar.

Over the past two years, due to the deliberate support of the countries in the Western Regions, a large number of Liang people living in various countries in the Western Regions have moved to the Daliang Zhenxi Protectorate.

As a result, the population of Daliang Zhenxi Protectorate suddenly increased from just over 20 million two years ago to 43 million, and nearly 40 million of them were Liang people.

Today, Xizhou, where the Daliang Protectorate is located, has 12 counties and 72 districts under its jurisdiction, making it the largest state in Daliang.

In more than two years, Sun Hao's wives and concubines gave birth to another eighty-six sons for him, which also allowed Sun Hao to obtain eighty-six additional lottery opportunities from the "annual signing system".

In addition, during this period, twenty-two concubines from the Liang clan were added to Sun Hao's harem, and the charm values of these Liang clan concubines all met the task requirements of the "Annual Signing System".

Including the two sign-in opportunities he got on January 1, 389 and January 1, 390 in the Daliang calendar, Sun Hao signed in a total of 110 times in the "annual sign-in system" in more than two years.

Most of those who signed up were the existing ten types of hundred-man generals, totaling more than 17,000 people.

Only six powerful generals were signed: Meng Tian (Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period), Zhang Han (Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period), Li Guang (Qin and Han Dynasty), Wei Qing (Qin and Han Dynasty), Huo Qubing (Qin and Han Dynasty), and Ma Yuan (Qin and Han Dynasty).

Among them, Meng Tian and Zhang Han have combat power values of 97 points each, Li Guang and Wei Qing have combat power values of 99 points each, and Huo Qubing and Ma Yuan have combat power values of 100 points each.

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's intelligence values both reached 90 points.

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