When the Liang court learned that Sun Hao had led his army to defeat the coalition led by the Gule army outside Hongshi City and then captured the capital of Gule, it officially announced the establishment of the Daliang Western Regions Protectorate.

Because of Sun Hao's achievements, and the recommendation of Yong'an King Chen Su, and most importantly, because Sun Hao controlled the military power of the newly established Western Regions Protectorate, the Liang court had agreed to appoint Sun Hao as the first Grand Commander of the Daliang Western Regions Protectorate.

In addition, the Liang court planned to establish a new state - Xizhou - on the territory controlled by the Western Regions Protectorate, with Tieshi City as the capital of Xizhou, thereby controlling the taxes of various cities in the Western Regions Protectorate.

Now the governor of Xizhou appointed by the Liang court, as well as dozens of other Xizhou officials of all ranks, are on their way to take up their posts, carrying the imperial edict appointing Sun Hao as the Grand Commander-in-Chief of the Western Regions Protectorate and the official seal of the Grand Commander-in-Chief of the Western Regions Protectorate.

As for the above news, it was obtained by Xiao Qiang who worked in the Jinyiwei Yamen in Ganyang City, and then Luo Xuan sent Yan Liang to deliver this news to Sun Hao.

Yan Liang also brought several pieces of good news to Sun Hao. Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao gave birth to a son for Sun Hao respectively. The four concubines who followed Sun Hao at first, Liu Xiangling, Xie Wan'er, Shen Xue and Shen Shuang, also gave birth to a son and three daughters for Sun Hao.

In fact, before Yan Liang arrived, Sun Hao had already learned that he had three sons.

Because after each son was born, Sun Hao would hear the same words in his ears: "Congratulations on the birth of a son, and you'll be rewarded with an extra sign-in!"

This gave Sun Hao another channel to get an extra sign-in opportunity, but it was a pity that the "annual sign-in system" was somewhat biased towards boys. There were rewards for the birth of a son, but no rewards for the birth of a daughter.

Sun Hao had used up the three sign-in opportunities he had obtained from his three sons, signing out 128 Black Armor Cavalry, 128 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and 64 Modao Soldiers respectively.

When Sun Hao heard Guo Chong's proposal to ambush and kill the Xizhou officials on the way, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Once all the officials who came to take up their posts in the Protectorate of the Western Regions were killed, regardless of whether the Liang court had evidence or not, it would definitely regard Sun Hao as the real culprit behind the scenes.

In that case, Sun Hao would be directly turning against the Liang court, with almost no room for maneuver.

Sun Hao didn't want to have to deal with the Liang court's army attacking him while also dealing with the counterattacks from the Western Regions countries. Most importantly, Sun Hao didn't want to provoke Prince Yong'an and his imperial guards.

At this time, Qin Qiong in the general's tent said, "My lord, I feel that it doesn't matter whether those officials sent by the court are killed or not.

Even if we allow them to enter the Western Regions Protectorate, as long as the lord can firmly control the military power, they will not be able to cause any trouble.

If the lord is afraid of trouble, he can simply send an order to Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong and others to pretend to be bandits and eliminate all those officials along the way.

Even if the court knew that it was the Lord who sent the troops, they would surely pretend not to know at this time. Moreover, with the Lord currently under his command of hundreds of thousands of elite troops, even if the court sent all seven garrisons of the Imperial Guard, what would the Lord fear? "

Because the wives and concubines who stayed in Ganyang City were either pregnant or had just given birth, Sun Hao had no choice but to let them continue to stay in Ganyang City.

However, in order to ensure the safety of his wives, concubines and children, when Yan Liang returned to Ganyang City, Sun Hao asked Huang Zhong and Gan Ning to take a thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, a thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry and a thousand White Horse Volunteers and go back with Yan Liang.

As a result, Ganyang City had six "level 90" generals, namely Taishi Ci, Pang De, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, as well as 371 Modao warriors and 3,000 cavalry centurions.

Even if Sun Hao fell out with the Liang court, the more than 3,000 brave generals and soldiers in Ganyang City were enough to protect Sun Hao's wives, concubines, and children from leaving Ganyang City, and then crossing Canglong Mountain and entering the Western Regions Protectorate.

After hearing Qin Qiong's words, Sun Hao nodded.

I am indeed a little hesitant and considering too much now.

It seems that his mentality has not been adjusted yet. He has the "annual signing system" and can use gold and silver to exchange for hundred-man generals of various arms from the "General Converter". What is there to be afraid of!

No big deal, just do it!

However, as for those dozens of Xizhou officials, Sun Hao was more inclined to let them enter the Western Regions Protectorate.

Sun Hao pondered for a moment and said, "Now the Western Regions Protectorate has more than 150 cities, but we lack officials to govern them.

I think we can let the officials sent by the court help us manage the people in the city. If they disobey, we can beat them or kill them at that time."

Guo Chong then said, "If the lord wishes to employ the officials sent by the court, he must be on guard against their attempts to win over the armies of the various cities."

Sun Hao said confidently: "They don't have that chance."

Now, the captains, deputy captains, captains and deputy captains of the wing army camps formed in various cities of the Western Regions Protectorate are all centurions who are on the "annual contract system".

Not to mention those Xizhou officials, even if Yong'an King Chen Su personally came out to win them over, these hundred-man generals would never betray Sun Hao.

Far away in a forest in Yuzhou of Liang State, Dong Zixiao, who was appointed as the governor of Xizhou by the Liang court, was looking at a piece of intelligence sent by the Jinyiwei with a serious expression.

Dong Zixiao is 38 years old this year. He is a second-class Jinshi in the same year as Chen Fengshi, the governor of Pizhou. His official career is very similar to that of Chen Fengshi, the governor of Pizhou. He also served as a county magistrate for three years and a county governor for six years.

However, Chen Fengshi was later transferred to the Ministry of Revenue, while Dong Zixiao was transferred to the Ministry of War.

This time, Dong Zixiao was recommended by Yong'an King Chen Su to serve as the governor of the newly formed Xizhou. Yong'an King Chen Su also selected 3,000 elite imperial guards to escort Dong Zixiao and dozens of other Xizhou officials to their posts.

These 3,000 elite imperial guards will remain in Tieshi City and be reorganized into Xizhou's wing troops, directly under the command of the governor Dong Zixiao.

Cao Hui, who was appointed as the deputy governor of Xizhou, saw that Dong Zixiao's face was becoming more and more serious, so he asked, "Brother Dong, what's wrong?"

Beijia, also known as Beijia Congshi, is a fourth-rank official and the highest-ranking official in the provincial government.

Xizhou Governor Dong Zixiao passed the intelligence sent by the Embroidered Uniform Guard to the Deputy Governor Cao Hui, saying, "Several countries in the Western Regions have organized a second coalition army with a strength of 700,000.

At this time, the young Grand Commander of the Western Regions Protectorate had already organized an army of 200,000 to fight against the coalition forces of several Western Region countries."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Driver Cao Hui said bitterly, "We won't be destroyed before we even make it through the Canglong Mountain Grand Canyon, will we?"

Xizhou Mu Dong Zixiao sighed, "Now we can only move slowly and wait for news from over there."

Deputy Governor Cao Hui asked hesitantly, "How do we explain this to the court?

The imperial court demands that we rush to Iron Lion City and build the provincial government office."

Xizhou Governor Dong Zixiao said nonchalantly, "Yuzhou is plagued by bandits. I'm sure the situation in Pizhou isn't much better. The court will understand."