Finally, after Li Fei comforted him, he sent Princess Yan Gu back to the Khitan. This time, Princess Yan Gu failed to take away any Khitan women and children from the Anton Protectorate.

However, in order to stabilize the position of Princess Yan's ancient throne and to make the Khitans in the Khitan grassland recognize her as the female leader from the bottom of their hearts, Li Fei ordered the Khitans on the Khitan grassland to allow the Khitans and the Andong Protectorate to freely trade, to purchase or exchange all goods from the Andong Protectorate’s Office, including grain, iron pots, and ready-to-wear, to improve the lives of the Khitans in the Khitan grassland.

The most important ones are undoubtedly grain and iron pots. You should know that the grain price of the Anton Protectorate is not expensive at all now. A sheep may only be enough for twenty Khitans to eat for a day, but if it is exchanged for grain for Anton Protectorate, it is enough for seventy or eighty people to eat for a day. There is also iron pot, which is also one of the rare living tools on the grassland. The price of an iron pot is even more expensive than three sheep on the grassland, while the Anton Protectorate only costs a hundred cents.

Even if it is just for food and iron pots, the Khitans on the Khitan grassland should also abide by the status of Princess Yan Gu. After a long time, the default will become a habit.

Moreover, when the Khitans on the Khitan grassland formed a dependence on the cheap goods of the Anton Protectorate, they also could not do without the Anton Protectorate, which was also considered an economic control.

"I finally sent that troublesome girl back."

"What my husband is talking about is Sister Yelu Yan?" Lin Shiyue asked.

"Who else can you be except her?" Li Fei replied with a smile.

"In my opinion, Sister Yelu Yan is quite cute. She is a Khitan princess and looks so beautiful. Has your husband never moved her?" Lin Shiyue said half-jokingly.

"Cute? My wife is much more cute than her." Li Fei shook her head: "If you look beautiful, I have to be moved by her. Don't think of your husband so superficially, okay? One day, I will ask for one of my beautiful ones. Then you can see how you cry."

Li Fei hugged Lin Shiyue's waist, sat on the warm kang with her, and even pinched her nose and said with a teasing.

After pacifying the Khitan and Xi tribes, all that is left is defense against Pingludao.

As An Lushan's rebel army has crossed the Yellow River, the world will become more and more chaotic, and the current strength of Andong Protectorate is still a little weaker.

Li Fei summoned all the generals to discuss the addition of troops from the Andong Protectorate's Office.

"My Lord Jiedu, the number of soldiers in the Anton Protectorate has been measured, with a maximum of 27,500 soldiers. Without the will of the court, how can I properly increase the number of soldiers and horses by randomly increasing it?" Du Fu frowned and said.

Li Fei shook his head and said, "I can't wait for the imperial court's order. It's important to protect the Dongdu Protectorate!"

"Now, An Lushan's anti-army army has crossed the Yellow River and has led Lingchang, Bianzhou, and Chenliu. It is now attacking Rongyang and Luoyang, directing to Chang'an City. In order to resist An Lushan's anti-army, the court established Shuofang Jiedushi and appointed Henan Jiedushi, and issued a large number of troops to recruit troops in Guanzhong, Shuofang, Henan, Jiannan, Shannan and other places. These places are all front lines to resist An Lushan. Our Andong Protectorate is next to Pinglu Road, one of An Lushan's old nests. If the only one who can directly threaten An Lushan's old nests is our Andong Protectorate."

"The reason why the court did not come here without an order is that the Anton Protectorate was blocked by An Lushan's anti-army, and the court could not contact him. It is not that we did not want our Anton Protectorate to strengthen our own strength."

"Take the last expedition as an example. I have led my army to the city of Youzhou. However, the troops are not strong enough, and I dare not attack the city in the end. Otherwise, with the importance of Youzhou City, if Youzhou City is lost, An Lushan's rebellion may lead to a great chaos in the army, and the court can defeat An Lushan's rebellion." Li Fei shook his head and sighed.

He said it to Du Fu and to some other old-fashioned officials of Anton.

"Although An Lushan stayed in Pinglu, Youzhou, and Hedong's old nests, An Lushan would inevitably order these places to increase troops in order to make his ambitions. In less than a few months, the anti-army army on Pinglu's front line may exceed 100,000. If our Andong Protectorate still has less than 30,000 troops, how can we defend? Not to mention attacking Youzhou and Pinglu, we will do our part to quell the rebellion in the court. Therefore, increasing the troops is inevitable!"

"What the governor said is very true." Although some officials are quite old-fashioned, they are not completely unaware of right and wrong after all. They know that there is an urgent matter. After Li Fei's explanation, they can understand it, so they did not continue to say anything against it.

"I also think that the proposal of the Jieduan is very necessary, but I don't know how much military force the Jieduan plans to increase?" Lu Xin asked.

"It should be increased to 40,000 as much as possible." Li Fei thought for a while and said.

The 40,000 troops are actually far from enough, but this is probably the limit that the Anton Protectorate can reach now, and it is difficult to get more. After all, the total population of Anton Protectorate is here, and the production of various industries in Anton cannot be stopped, so Li Fei is also helpless.

Immediately, Lu Xin, Zhang said, and Wu Sheng presided over the recruitment and training of soldiers.

Li Fei closely monitored the war reports from the south.

Although the road to obtaining information from the Central Plains by Fan Yang and Ping Lu was blocked by Fan Yang and Ping Lu, the sea passage was still unobstructed, and the information could be transmitted to the Anton Plains by sea.

On December 29, Li Fei learned the latest news that An Lushan's army attacked Rongyang City, the gateway to the eastern capital Luoyang. Feng Changqing led the recruited 60,000 troops to defend Rongyang for three days, but the casualties were heavy. On the fourth day, he could not hold on, and Rongyang City was immediately captured by An Lushan.

When Rongyang City was in a fall, Feng Changqing led his remaining troops to retreat to Luoyang, and An Lushan was also leading his army to direct Luoyang City.

"Luoyang City will definitely not be able to defend. Once Luoyang City is lost, Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi will probably be destroyed by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang himself in a short time." Li Fei sighed when he thought of history.

Although he was not very clear about the specific details of history, Li Fei knew the general trend of An Lushan capturing Chang'an City and finally becoming emperor in Chang'an City.

Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi were killed shortly after the fall of Luoyang City, causing Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to lose two famous generals who had experienced many battles. Otherwise, An Lushan might not have been able to capture Chang'an City.

As the saying goes, it is easy to get a general, but Li Fei absolutely cannot bear to look at Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, because of the confusion of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

After hesitating for a while, Li Fei decided to make some efforts, and perhaps there was some hope of protecting Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi's lives.

Immediately, Li Fei wrote a letter in person, who sent people from the sea to Jiangnan first and finally to Chang'an City, hoping that everything was still in time.
Chapter completed!