With the expansion of the army during this period, Yuan Keli's strength has greatly increased, and the military strength has almost reached 50,000. Although most of them are greenhorns who have never experienced actual combat, it is already enough to intimidate people.

With such military strength, Yuan Keli naturally could not sit idle.

Glancing at Li Biao beside him, Yuan Keli said with a hint of disdain, "Hasn't their people arrived yet? Send someone to tell them that if they don't arrive tomorrow, then there's no need to come."

"Yes, Lord Dutang." Li Biao did not dare to be negligent and said quickly.

Since he had more troops under his command, Li Biao found that the Dutang's temper had become worse.

Of course, he is not treating these people like us. Lord Dutang must be very kind to these people like us. After all, we are all family.

However, Lord Dutang was even more arrogant and domineering towards the chieftains in the southwest; he was also more unreasonable towards the rebels, and would kill anyone he could without mercy. He was simply a butcher in the world.

Li Biao didn't expect that Lord Dutang had such a side to him.

Li Biao quite approves of what the Lord Dutang is doing now, which is to call the chieftains together to discuss matters and ask them to join in the fight against An Bangyan.

First, it can unite people's hearts; second, it can stabilize the local area; third, it can reduce An Bangyan's strength. It can be said to be a good strategy that kills two birds with one stone.

Although the news had spread, it had no significant effect. A few chieftains had come, but they were all chieftains from small tribes. There seemed to be no news from the larger tribes yet.

Li Biao himself was getting a little anxious waiting, let alone the Lord Dutang?

Therefore, Li Biao did not find it strange that the Lord Dutang ordered this, and he did not even try to dissuade him. He felt that such an ultimatum would be effective.

At this moment, someone walked in from outside.

The expression on this person's face was rather awkward, and he was filled with anger.

The person who came was none other than Zhang Zhongmou, the deputy envoy of Guizhou.

After Zhang Zhongmou arrived at the hall, he bowed respectfully and said, "Your humble servant greets His Excellency the Governor and His Excellency the Governor."

"Okay, get up." Yuan Keli said, "But is there any news?"

"Your Excellency, there is indeed news." Zhang Zhongmou said quickly, "We just received news that after An Bangyan rebelled, many chieftains also followed suit. It's just that the communication was not smooth before, so we didn't receive any information."

"Now that An Bangyan has been repelled by us, we have also received news. From the information we have received so far, it seems that at the beginning of An Bangyan's rebellion, the local prefect of Wusa (now Weining, Guizhou) An Xiaoliang had already surrendered to him. Local chieftains in Dongchuan, Sichuan (now Huize, Yunnan), Zhanyi, Yunnan (now Xuanwei, Yunnan), and Hongbian, Guizhou (now Kaiyang County, Guizhou) all responded."

Zhang Zhongmou became increasingly angry as he spoke, his expression becoming extremely grim. Clearly, the news had gotten out of hand. Originally thought to be just An Bangyan's rebellion, it had now affected more and more people, and the rebels were growing in strength.

After hearing this, Li Biao's face turned ugly. He glanced at Yuan Keli and said hesitantly, "I am guilty!"

Li Biao's meaning was very clear. He had been in Guizhou for so many years, but not only did he indulge An Bangyan, he also failed to intimidate other chieftains. He was simply a very failed official.

Yuan Keli waved his hand and said directly: "Now is not the time to talk about this."

Yuan Keli could not say that Li Biao was not guilty, nor could he say that Li Biao was guilty, because this matter needed to be decided by the palace, that is, the emperor, and Yuan Keli himself would certainly not express his opinion at this time.

Yuan Keli said nonchalantly, "That's good. It saves me the trouble. But I have one thing to worry about. I don't know what's happening with Sun Chuanting and Qi Yuangong in Sichuan. If we can't send reinforcements, they're probably in great danger."

After hearing this, Li Biao's expression became heavy.

Because according to the original plan, Yuan Keli needed to quickly put down An Bangyan's rebellion and then rush to support Sichuan. But now the result is that he can't get through here.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside again.

Then someone shouted in surprise: "My lord, my lord, good news!"

After hearing this, everyone stood up, and Yuan Keli quickly took the lead and walked out.

Just as I walked a short distance, I saw someone rushing in holding a victory message.

The man saw everyone and said quickly, "Sir, great joy! Great victory in Luzhou!"

After hearing this, everyone was stunned and then looked at each other.

Yuan Keli quickly asked, "Where is the victory report?"

The man did not dare to delay and quickly handed the victory report to Yuan Keli.

Reaching out to take the victory report, Yuan Keli quickly read it through, his face full of joy, and the sadness just now disappeared. Then he laughed and said, "Good, good, Sun Chuanting, well done!"

As he spoke, Yuan Keli handed the victory report to Li Biao and said with a smile, "Take a look."

Reaching out and taking the victory report, Li Biao quickly flipped through it, then laughed and said, "This way, there will be no more worries."

The content of this victory report was very clear, that is, Sun Chuanting and Qi Yuangong won the battle in Luzhou.

In this victory report, Sun Chuanting wrote in detail about his entry into Sichuan, how he gathered his soldiers, how he adjusted their morale, and how he attacked Luzhou. He also wrote about his next plan, saying that the army had already set out and was heading straight for Chongqing.

Judging from this victory report, although Sun Chuanting may not be able to quell the rebellion in Sichuan, he is at least able to protect himself.

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