Sun Hao also ordered the assembly of 300,000 Xizhou troops, totaling 700,000 troops.
It is obvious that Sun Hao’s intention this time is not just to rescue Fengshou City, he also hopes to take the opportunity to severely damage the Songfan Army.
Zhuge Liang then said, "Don't worry, my lord. Three hundred thousand Xizhou troops have already assembled in the cities along the way, waiting for you to lead the army there.
Furthermore, all the cities along the way have prepared sufficient food and fodder to supply the army."
Before leading the army to leave the Emerald City, Sun Hao entered the warehouse of the Zhenxi Protectorate and used the "Hero Converter" to absorb a large amount of gold and silver in the warehouse, causing the conversion value stored in the "Hero Converter" to soar to 30 million points.
The conversion value of 30 million points is equivalent to using up 300 million strings of gold and silver. If the Zhenxi Protectorate was not relatively wealthy, it really could not withstand Sun Hao's tossing.
Sun Hao reserved these 30 million conversion points in the "Hero Converter" in consideration of the strength of the Songfan Kingdom's cavalry, and also wanted to add a trump card to the Zhenxi Army.
Just when Sun Hao was about to lead the army to rescue Fengshou City, far away in Jingyuan City, the county seat of Songzi County in Fuzhou, in the mansion of the Fuzhou Jiang family.
Jiang Shun, the Grand Commander of the Tianwei Protectorate, frowned and asked his trusted aide Gongsun Yu, "Still can't find any opportunities?"
Aide Gongsun Yu said with a wry smile, "Sun Hao is hiding in the Zhenxi Marquis's mansion all day, so our people have no chance to assassinate him."
Jiang Shun said in a deep voice: "Now the Xianbei Khanate and the Khitan Khanate have both agreed to send troops to help my Fuzhou Jiang family conquer the Central Plains. It can be said that the arrow is on the string and must be fired.
Since there is no way to assassinate Sun Hao, there is no need to wait.
We finally managed to kill Prince Yong'an, and our Fuzhou Jiang family must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
It turns out that the real culprit behind the assassination of Prince Yong'an was the Jiang family of Fuzhou, who had long had rebellious intentions.
In order to replace the Chen family and seize the throne, the Jiang family of Fuzhou even secretly colluded with the Xianbei Khanate and the Khitan Khanate.
In addition, in recent years, the Jiang family of Fuzhou has been secretly expanding its military.
The Tianwei Army, which was affiliated with the Tianwei Protectorate, still had nine guards under its jurisdiction, but its left and right guards, front and back guards, north and south guards, and east and west guards had all been expanded to eight brigades with 40,000 people each, and the personal guards had been expanded to 60,000 people.
The Fuzhou wing army controlled by the Fuzhou Jiang family was secretly expanded from the original 120,000 to 300,000.
Together with the 200,000 Rouran cavalry that the Jiang family of Fuzhou can mobilize at any time, the number of troops that the Jiang family of Fuzhou can control is close to 900,000.
Gongsun Yu, the staff member, pondered for a moment and said, "The Zhenxi Army has already gone to war with the Songfan Kingdom. I heard that the Zhenxi Army suffered a great loss. Even if they wanted to stop our Fuzhou Jiang family from taking control of the Central Plains, they probably wouldn't be able to mobilize many troops to enter the pass.
However, Sun Hao also serves as the Grand Commander of the Zhennan Protectorate, so my lord must be on guard against the Zhennan Army advancing northward."
Jiang Shun pondered for a moment and said, "With the support of the Xianbei Khanate and the Khitan Khanate, it doesn't matter even if the Zhennan Army goes north.
The most important thing now is to capture the capital as soon as possible.
As long as we control the capital and capture that tyrant emperor who is devoted to practicing Taoism, everything will be settled!"
On May 20th, 395th year of the Daliang calendar, when Sun Hao was leading his army towards Fengshou City, a shocking news suddenly came from the Seven Flags Guards.
The Jiang family of Fuzhou, who controlled the Tianwei Army, quickly sent troops to capture the capital of Fuzhou and four other counties under the banner of "clearing the court."
Fuzhou is the largest of the five northwestern states, with eight counties and forty-nine counties under its jurisdiction. The other four counties have always been the territory of the Tianwei Army.
After the Tianwei Army captured the entire Fuzhou almost without bloodshed, it immediately marched into Meizhou.
However, the Tianwei Army did not attack the Nankang Army's territory in Meizhou, nor did it capture any city in Meizhou. Instead, it rushed south.
Judging from the direction the Tianwei Army was heading, it was obvious that they were heading towards the capital.
What frightened the Liang court was that this time the Tianwei Army left Fuzhou, in addition to 300,000 Tianwei Army, 200,000 Fuzhou Wing Army and 200,000 Rouran cavalry.
It is unknown what benefits the Jiang family of Fuzhou promised to the Xianbei Khanate and the Khitan Khanate, but 400,000 Xianbei cavalry and 400,000 Khitan cavalry actually followed the rebels of the Jiang family of Fuzhou into Meizhou.
As a result, the total strength of the rebel army of the Jiang family in Fuzhou reached an astonishing 1.5 million, including 1 million powerful grassland cavalry.
Even Emperor Chen Xun, who had not taken care of state affairs for more than 20 years, could no longer sit still at this time. He summoned the left prime minister Lu Zeng and the right prime minister Fan Ziyong into the palace overnight.
Emperor Chen Xun, who is 52 years old this year, looks very young, probably because he has been concentrating on practicing Taoism in the harem for many years. He looks like he is only in his early 40s.
"My dear ministers, the Jiang family of Fuzhou has now openly raised the banner of rebellion and colluded with the Xianbei Khanate and the Khitan Khanate on the grasslands.
"I wonder if you two, my dear ministers, have any good ideas for suppressing the rebels?" Emperor Chen Xun asked in a deep voice.
The Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng then said, "Your Majesty, according to the rebels' marching route.
After passing through Meizhou, the rebels should enter Qizhou.
In this case, the rebels should try to enter the capital from Hangu Pass or Guangcheng Pass."
Around the capital of Liang State, there are many strong passes and the terrain is dangerous. There are a total of eight passes blocking the eight roads leading to the capital. Hangu Pass and Guangcheng Pass are two of them.
After a pause, Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng continued, "As long as the imperial court can dispatch a large army to strictly guard Hangu Pass and Guangcheng Pass, as well as the other six passes surrounding the capital, the rebels can be stopped outside the capital."
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