You should know that the capital has 200,000 soldiers, among whom there are definitely many capable warriors.
Moreover, right next to the capital is Jizhou, a major northern town of the Great Wu, which has nearly 80,000 elite troops.
Currently, I only have 8,000 personal guards and 30,000 cavalry. As for the 80,000 infantry?
At most, I can only bring over fifty or sixty thousand.
After all, our hometown in Liaodong also needs to be defended.
Furthermore, the Liaoxi region, which is about to be captured, also needs to be guarded by sending people.
Therefore, at most, they could only muster 50,000 infantrymen.
In this way, he can gather a total of about 88,000 troops when the decisive battle comes.
The number of troops they had was several times less than the number of troops in the hands of the imperial court, not even counting the support from the local garrisons.
In short, the power he wielded was still too small.
He must increase his strength at all costs.
Suddenly, Li Qin remembered the letter from the Jurchens that he had received earlier.
Li Qin immediately ordered his personal guards to retrieve the letter from Wanyan Jian, who had previously claimed to be his elder brother and addressed him as Li Jian.
Li Qin frowned as he read Wanyan Jian's letter.
Because he wasn't sure what the other party really meant.
Although the other party said in the letter that they would bring 40,000 Jurchen cavalry to help him, how much of that statement was true?
What if the other person is trying to take advantage of the situation to attack me from behind?
Should I invite them over?
He now controls Shanhaiguan.
Should we let them through?
Li Qin stared at the letter in his hand, lost in thought.
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