Liu Sixiu nodded repeatedly as he watched Huang Hansheng go to assemble the troops.
Since arriving in Sichuan, he has been working to control the local chieftains and has a considerable army under his command.
Bashu originally had a force of about 70,000. After Li Qin rebelled, he recruited another 30,000 under the pretext of suppressing Li Qin's rebellion and trained them day and night.
Now, with those veterans leading the way, they've already gained some combat capability.
After so many years of his rule, many of the local chieftains had already submitted to him.
He had no problem recruiting about 20,000 strong chieftain soldiers from them.
He had witnessed the fighting prowess of those chieftains' soldiers in the mountains; they were extremely formidable.
Including these 20,000 chieftain soldiers, he now commands an army of 120,000.
Ever since Li Qin captured the capital, he had been preparing to make a name for himself in this chaotic world.
As a result, Li Qin took advantage of the momentum and expanded at an astonishing speed. After Hong Chengchou of Shaanxi submitted to him, he also took over Huguang.
Caught between two forces, he had no choice but to submit a letter of surrender and observe the situation further.
After he submitted his memorial, he was considered a vassal under Li Qin.
Li Qin decided that he would not send troops to help Hong Chengchou in this campaign against Hanzhong, because in his view, it was just a war between two of his own warlords.
In order to travel south to Jiangnan, he would only suppress this matter.
With the order issued, roads between Sichuan and the outside world were blocked, mainly because there were only a few passages between Sichuan and the outside world.
Meanwhile, troops from all over Sichuan and Chongqing began to assemble in Chengdu.
He dispatched 30,000 troops from his army to garrison Chongqing Prefecture to defend against Hubei and Hunan.
They left 30,000 troops to guard the rear of Sichuan and Chongqing.
The remaining 40,000 troops and 20,000 chieftain soldiers followed him north to Hanzhong.
This time, he is determined to take control of this gateway to Sichuan and Chongqing.
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