This military token could directly command all the soldiers under the Prince of Yong, as well as the Governor of Yongzhou Prefecture. Qin Wan played with the token and asked with a smile, "Auntie, aren't you afraid that I will mobilize all the soldiers?"

"No." Princess Yong was confident: "The Qin family has been loyal for generations. The Crown Princess would definitely not do such a thing and ignore the people of Yongzhou."

Qin Wan looked at Princess Yong and smiled meaningfully. From beginning to end, Princess Yong never mentioned the emperor at all. It seemed that the emperor's actions were too unpopular.

But the emperor was enlightened, which made Prince Yong keep his troops inactive.

She played with the military token and asked tentatively, "How many troops can I mobilize?"

Princess Yong was frank: "The troops in the Governor's Mansion are at the disposal of the Crown Princess."

Qin Wan raised an eyebrow and asked bluntly, "What if Prince Yong fails to convince the Qiang Emperor and the Qiang still attacks Yongzhou City? How will Princess Yong cope?"

The address changed from "Princess Yong" to "Imperial Aunt" and then to "Princess Yong". Princess Yong also heard the deep meaning behind Qin Wan's changes in address.

She smiled and said, "Everyone in Yongzhou is a soldier. Moreover, I have confidence in Prince Yong. He will definitely be able to convince the Qiang Emperor to stabilize the border."

Qin Wan followed suit and smiled, with a deep meaning in her eyes. She did not believe what Princess Yong said.

Princess Yong smiled very frankly. I have my own troops in Yongzhou, but you can guess it. I can’t tell you, and we can’t admit it.

Qin Wan rubbed the military amulet, slowly stood up and said, "Since that's the case, I won't be polite. Yongzhou City will be handed over to Princess Yong."

Princess Yong nodded, then stood up to escort Qin Wan out. At the door, her address changed: "Your Highness, I respectfully send you off. I wish you a great victory upon your return to the capital."

Qin Wan held the military token, raised her hand and shook it gently, walked to Tao Yao, took the veil and said, "Let's go."

Prince Du couldn't wait any longer. He looked at the military token in her hand and asked, "Is this the military token of the Yongzhou Governor?"

Qin Wan nodded, walked out without stopping, and immediately got on her horse after passing through the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion.

Prince Du kept asking, "Where are you going?"

Qin Wan glanced at him and said, "The battle situation is urgent, do you still need to ask?"

Prince Du immediately shut up.

Qin Wan went straight to the Yongzhou Governor's Mansion and showed her military order, ordering her to mobilize all the troops to rush to the aid of Huzhou Prefecture. If she led the troops to Shenyang first, it would delay time, and the army would be exhausted from the long journey and unable to participate in the battle.

It would be better to go directly to Huzhou. As for Shenyang, there are tens of thousands of mountains blocking the way, and the Qiang people cannot mobilize a large army. Now the only way is to open up the road from the capital to Shenyang first, so that the army blocked halfway can arrive.

Yes, when Qin Wan arrived in Shenyang, there was only a vanguard force of more than 5,000 people, and the rest of the army would arrive later. Now that there were civil unrests everywhere, it was not known where the army would be blocked, or whether it would be left behind by the governor of a certain place to help defend the city. This was one of the reasons why Qin Wan came to Yongzhou and asked King Yong for troops.

The governor of Yongzhou had some objections at first, but when he saw the military order, he immediately followed Qin Wan out of the city to inspect the troops without saying a word.

Prince Du was filled with questions. It wasn't until the governor inspected the troops that he finally had time to ask Qin Wan, "Why are you rushing directly to Huzhou Prefecture? And Princess Yong actually gave you the military token directly?"

Qin Wan said in a deep voice, "Princess Yong already knows about the war at the border. When Prince Yong left, he gave her the military token and asked her to give it to me directly. It seems she already knows about the chaos in the Great Zhou. We are not as well-informed as Prince Yong."

Prince Du didn't understand: "If you knew there was chaos, why didn't you rush to help?"

Qin Wan turned to look at him, and after a while she said, "I know why Duke Du didn't let you go to the battlefield."

"Ah? What does this have to do with me going to the battlefield?" Prince Du was confused.

Qin Wan looked at the camp in front of her and said, "Prince Yong's duty is to guard Yongzhou. The military token in his hand can only command the troops of Yongzhou Prefecture. This was also handed to Prince Yong by the late emperor."

"There are two reasons why Prince Yong didn't rush to help. First, if his army rashly entered the heart of the Great Zhou, it would easily be misunderstood as rebellion. Second, there are wars raging on the border. If Prince Yong withdraws his troops, how will Yongzhou cope if the Western Regions or the Qiang attack?"

Prince Du looked at the camp and then at Qin Wan. He understood what she said, but he didn't quite understand. "But, if you mobilize all the troops now, aren't you afraid that if they attack, Yongzhou Prefecture will be lost?"

Qin Wan raised the corners of her lips and smiled, "Prince Yong has already gone to the Qiang tribe. He must have a way to convince the Qiang emperor to continue the friendly relationship with our Great Zhou for generations. With the guarantee of the Qiang tribe, it won't be difficult for him to bring Qiang soldiers to help Yongzhou Prefecture defend the city. What's more..."

She said quietly, "Prince Yong has been running Yongzhou Prefecture for many years, how could he not have some background?"

What this background was, even if Prince Du was dumb, he could guess it. He took a deep breath. So when Prince Yong learned about the civil strife in the Great Zhou, he delayed taking action. It was not entirely to guard against the Qiang people or the Western Regions, but to protect himself, so that the emperor would not think that he was plotting a rebellion or that he was holding his troops for self-reliance.

The reason why the military order was given at this moment was probably because the person coming was the Crown Princess, not someone else.

Otherwise, Princess Yong had given the military token to Qin Wan at the very beginning, so why would she give it to her only after having a secret conversation with Qin Wan?

I don’t know what the Crown Princess promised Princess Yong in exchange for these troops.

But unfortunately, if Qin Wan knew what he was thinking, she would tell him that he was wrong.

Prince Yong had no ambition to establish himself as king; he only wanted to protect himself. Now that Yongzhou Prefecture was safe, he naturally felt at ease to hand over his troops.

After the governor of Yongzhou finished inspecting the troops, the group immediately rushed to Huzhou Prefecture.

To get from Yongzhou to Huzhou Prefecture, one has to pass through Dujiang Prefecture. However, before reaching Dujiang Prefecture, Qin Wan saw refugees. She stopped someone and asked, only then did she learn that the prefect of Dujiang Prefecture had been killed by rebel soldiers, and the governor was leading troops outside the city to attack Dujiang Prefecture, but had been unable to take it.

The Yongzhou governor seemed to be listening to a joke: "A dignified soldier can't even defeat a group of rebellious soldiers? How ridiculous!"

Qin Wan ordered her spies to investigate first, and then had someone bring a map of Dujiang Prefecture. She said, "Dujiang Prefecture is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Moreover, the enemy was able to kill the prefect of Dujiang Prefecture. I'm afraid they were well prepared. I'm afraid there is also internal strife within the governor's army..."

"Why do you think so?" The Governor of Yongzhou looked at the Crown Prince in front of him. He was wearing a veil from head to toe, hiding his head and showing his tail, and his behavior was not very upright.

Qin Wan pointed at the map and said, "The Dujiang Prefecture Governor's army has 20,000 men, while the Dujiang Prefecture defenders only have 3,000. With 20,000 men against 3,000, it's impossible for them to be defeated. The only possibility is that the so-called rebels are internal traitors who instigated the Governor's army to rebel and then colluded with the defending generals to kill the Dujiang Prefecture Governor. Plus..."

When the Dujiang Mansion was in chaos, Qin Wan's first thought was the Fourth Prince. If it was the Fourth Prince's people...

Qin Wan's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "They must have some powerful weapons."