On August 10, 391 of the Daliang calendar, most of the countries in the Western Regions, led by Parthia, Cheshi and Puwan, declared that the Liang Zhenxi Protectorate had violated the original agreement and did not treat the white people of the former Wensu Kingdom well.

The Liang State Zhenxi Protectorate was required to withdraw from all cities of the former Wensu State from now on, so that Wensu State could be rebuilt and the white people of Wensu State could live and work in peace again.

Otherwise, the coalition forces of the Western Regions would send troops to drive the Zhenxi Army out of the former land of Wensu State, or even drive the Zhenxi Army out of the Western Regions completely.

Now, the armies of the Western Regions countries that have joined the coalition have gathered in the territory of Puwan. The claim that the white people of the former Wensu Kingdom were not treated well is just an excuse for the Western Regions coalition to declare war on the Zhenxi Protectorate.

The Western Regions coalition forces were well aware that Liang's Zhenxi Protectorate would never give up the Wensu Kingdom, which it had already annexed.

Moreover, even if the Zhenxi Army gave up the Wensu Kingdom, the Western Regions Coalition would not be satisfied. Unless the Zhenxi Army was completely driven out of the Western Regions to eliminate future troubles, these Western Regions countries would not feel at ease.

Since Sun Hao was leading his troops to suppress the bandits in the north of Liang State and was not in Xizhou at the time, Dong Zixiao, as the governor of Xizhou, immediately rejected the unreasonable demands made by the Western Regions coalition forces on behalf of Liang State.

Inside the Zhenxi Protectorate in Emerald City, the former royal palace of Wensu State, Xizhou Governor Dong Zixiao anxiously asked Zhuge Liang, the Chief Clerk of the Zhenxi Protectorate, "Mr. Zhuge, when will General Sun be able to lead his troops back to Xizhou?"

The Chief Secretary is the head of the civil servants of the Zhenxi Protectorate. In addition to Zhuge Liang as the Chief Secretary, the Zhenxi Protectorate currently has three deputy chief secretaries, namely Pang Tong, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Your Excellency, Governor, do not worry. Our Zhenxi Army has long been preparing to deal with this coalition formed by the Western Regions.

Even if the Grand Commander can't return in time, the coalition forces from the Western Regions won't gain any advantage."

Xizhou Governor Dong Zixiao said with a worried look on his face: "Mr. Zhuge, it is said that the coalition forces formed by the countries in the Western Regions this time have a total strength of more than 2.4 million troops.

I think it would be best to have Grand Admiral Sun return as soon as possible. Without Grand Admiral Sun, I can't even sleep well."

Zhuge Liang then said, "My Lord Governor, the Grand Commander has been ordered to go to the northern states to eliminate bandits.

It would be difficult for the commander-in-chief to lead his troops back to Xizhou if the bandits were not completely wiped out.

However, the governor can rest assured. In order to deal with this new Western Region coalition force, the Zhenxi Protectorate has expanded its army by 800,000 and recruited more than 2 million local militiamen.

In this way, the Zhenxi Army will be much stronger than the Western Regions Allied Forces in terms of military strength."

Although Xizhou Mu Dong Zixiao knew that the Zhenxi Protectorate had been expanding its garrison troops and recruiting local militia, he did not know the specific data.

Now, hearing Zhuge Liang say that the Zhenxi Protectorate had expanded its army by 800,000 and recruited over 2 million local militiamen, he couldn't help but ask in shock, "Mr. Zhuge, has the Zhenxi Protectorate really recruited so many new troops and local militiamen in such a short time?"

Zhuge Liang explained with some pride, "Reporting to the governor, the Zhenxi Protectorate has now established a relatively complete reserve force system in all counties of Xizhou.

If necessary, the Zhenxi Protectorate could expand its army by another 800,000 and recruit more than 2 million militiamen within a month.

Therefore, although the Western Region coalition forces have a large number of troops this time, it is actually nothing to the Zhenxi Protectorate.

I even plan to take advantage of the Western Regions countries tearing up the peace agreement and expand Xizhou's territory further westward."

In the past two years, Xizhou Mu Dong Zixiao has tried many times to take back the military power of the Xiang army. Unfortunately, no matter what method he came up with, the military power of Xizhou's 300,000 Xiang army was always firmly controlled by the Zhenxi Protectorate.

Xizhou Mu Dong Zixiao had also heard of the reserve military system mentioned by Zhuge Liang, but he did not pay too much attention to it.

Unexpectedly, the Zhenxi Protectorate relied on this system to expand its strength to such an extent, which made Xizhou Mu Dong Zixiao feel powerless deep in his heart.

How can the imperial court make use of such a Zhenxi Protectorate?

Since Xizhou is far away from Zibozhou and Yizhou, the transmission of information is slow. Dong Zixiao and Zhuge Liang did not know that the bandits in Zibozhou and Yizhou had all surrendered to the Zhenxi Army.

Now, millions of bandits are slowly migrating towards Xizhou.

Sun Hao led his personal guards of 20,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, 5,000 Black Armor Cavalry, 5,000 Beiwei Cavalry, 5,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, 5,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry and 10,000 White Horse Volunteers, broke away from the slow-moving bandit group, and galloped ahead.

However, before Sun Hao left Huachi City, the county seat of Gaoqiu County in Yizhou, he held a simple wedding.

He married Li Jingqi, the sister of Li Zhe, the commander-in-chief of the left guard of Zhenrong Army; Gong Xixi, the concubine daughter of Gong Rong, the commander-in-chief of Qingyuan Protectorate; and Yao Xuehan, the niece of Yao Wenzhu, the commander-in-chief of Shouchang Protectorate.

Li Zhe, Gong Rong and Yao Wenzhu all knew that many countries in the Western Regions had formed a Western Regions coalition to target the Zhenxi Army, so they all expressed understanding for Sun Hao's eagerness to return to Xizhou.

Although the Li family of Binwu City, the Gong family of Menshan City, and the Yao family of Ganquan City were temporarily no longer threatened with being eliminated by the imperial court after Prince Yong'an led the three towns' imperial guards back to the capital, the three families were still very willing to marry into the Zhenxi Army.

As for whether the wedding is simple or not, it doesn’t matter.

In addition to the extra sign-in opportunities obtained from Li Jingqi, Gong Xixi, and Yao Xuehan, the number of sign-in opportunities reserved in the "Annual Sign-in System" has increased to fifty.

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