As soon as Emperor Chen Xun finished speaking, Feng An, the Grand Commandant of the Tiansu Protectorate, immediately asked, "Your Majesty, which troops are currently guarding the county seat of Ruwu County?
If the county seat of Ruwu County is also lost, then our court will be in a very passive position."
Minister of War Xia Shijun then said: "The Ministry of War has urgently transferred Zhenwu Town, which was originally defending Gushu County, to the county seat of Ruwu County.
In addition, there were 10,000 elite soldiers from the government and 30,000 temporarily organized militiamen in the county seat of Ruwu County.
Due to the limited size of Ruwu County, we can only rely on these 120,000 soldiers to defend Ruwu County for the time being. If there are more, Ruwu County will not be able to accommodate them."
Feng An, the Grand Commander of the Tiansu Protectorate, nodded. "With 80,000 elite troops from Zhenwu Town stationed in Ruwu County, there shouldn't be any problems in Ruwu County, at least for the short term."
Feng An was originally the deputy commander of the imperial guards and a trusted and beloved general of the late Yong'an King Chen Su.
After Chen Su seized the military power of the Tiansu Protectorate, he left Feng An in the southwest region and appointed him as the Grand Commander of the Tiansu Protectorate.
After Feng An stayed in the southwest region, the imperial army no longer had a deputy commander.
Feng An had a high prestige in the imperial guards, almost second only to the late Yong'an King Chen Su. If Feng An had stayed in the imperial guards, perhaps the left prime minister Lu Zeng and the right prime minister Fan Ziyong would not have had the opportunity to seize the military power of the three towns' imperial guards.
Emperor Chen Xun then asked Feng An, "General Feng, do you have any ideas for suppressing the rebels?"
Feng An glanced at Sun Zhe, who was not far away, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "Your Majesty, although the rebels have 400,000 Xianbei cavalry and 400,000 Khitan cavalry to help them, the total strength of our court in the capital is not weaker than that of the rebels, and may even exceed it by a lot.
As long as the 200,000 elite troops from the Zhennan Protectorate can arrive, I am confident that I can win the decisive battle with the rebels.
Of course, to defeat the rebels, who have a total strength of 1.5 million, all participating forces must be united and have no intention of conserving their strength."
After Feng An finished speaking, the eyes of everyone in the hall were almost all focused on Sun Zhe, the Minister of War.
Sun Zhe then stepped forward and addressed Emperor Chen Xun in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, the Jingwu and Liewu Garrisons under my command, along with my son's 200,000-man Zhennan Army, swear to fight the Jiang family's rebels in Fuzhou to the bitter end and never retreat!"
Cao Tingjin, the Grand Commander of the Ganyang Protectorate, suddenly spoke up, "With Minister Sun's statement, the rebels will undoubtedly be defeated."
After receiving Sun Hao's order, the Zhennan Protectorate immediately suspended its plan to conquer the Northern Jin State and dispatched 20,000 white-robed cavalry and 20,000 white-robed soldiers from the Zhennan Vanguard, Zhennan Rear Guard and Royal Guards, as well as 80,000 Lianzhou Wing Army to form a 200,000-strong army to support the king.
It was just a side job. The 200,000 Zhennan troops came to the capital mainly to support Sun Zhe.
The Zhennan Vanguard was reorganized from the Zhenxi East Guard, with Lian Po as its commander-in-chief and Ying Bu as its deputy commander-in-chief. The Zhennan Rear Guard was reorganized from the Zhenxi West Guard, with Li Mu as its commander-in-chief and Peng Yue as its deputy commander-in-chief.
These two guards each had 5,000 Tiger Cavalry, 5,000 White Robe Cavalry, 5,000 White Horse Volunteers, 5,000 Modao soldiers, 5,000 White Robe Soldiers, 5,000 Vanguard Death Soldiers, 5,000 Wei Wuzu and 5,000 Qin Ruishi.
Therefore, among the 200,000 troops sent by the Zhennan Protectorate to support the king, there were a total of 40,000 heavily armored cavalry, including 10,000 Tiger Cavalry and 10,000 White Robe Cavalry as the vanguard and rear guard, and 20,000 White Robe Cavalry as the personal guard.
The heavy cavalry of the Zhenxi Army and the Zhennan Army have been recognized by various forces in the Liang State as the strongest heavy cavalry in the Liang State.
The imminent arrival of 40,000 heavily armored cavalrymen from the Zhennan Army was also one of the sources of confidence for the generals in the hall to defeat the rebels.
Emperor Chen Xun heard Sun Zhe's assurance and nodded with satisfaction: "I have great faith in Minister Sun's loyalty to Daliang."
In fact, in Emperor Chen Xun's heart, the person he distrusted the least among the people in the hall was Sun Zhe.
Unfortunately, there was no way, because Sun Zhe had a good son. Even if Sun Zhe forcibly seized the military power of Jingwu Town and Liewu Town, Emperor Chen Xun did not dare to take any extreme measures against Sun Zhe.
He could only rack his brains to think of a way to take back the military power of the two towns without bloodshed.
Emperor Chen Xun then continued, “The number of the imperial army in the capital may exceed two million.
I intend to appoint General Feng as the commander-in-chief of all the armies in the capital. What do you think, my dear ministers?
Prince Yong'an Chen Bin was the first to express his approval. "Your Majesty is wise, and Commander-in-Chief Feng is a veteran of many battles. With Commander-in-Chief Feng at the helm, we will surely be able to wipe out the Jiang family's rebels in Fuzhou."
When Feng An was young, he was the most powerful general in the imperial guards.
Before Chen Bin became the prince of Yong'an, he became a disciple of Feng An and learned a lot of martial arts.
The late Prince of Yong'an, Chen Su, agreed to adopt Chen Bin as his adopted son, which was also related to the fact that Chen Bin was Feng An's apprentice.
Upon hearing that Emperor Chen Xun had chosen his master as commander, Chen Bin naturally agreed with both hands.
Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng nodded and said, "It is quite appropriate to have General Feng lead the fight against the rebels. I agree with him."
Right Prime Minister Fan Ziyong then said, "General Feng is a famous general of our Daliang. I also agree that General Feng should take command."
Feng An was a trusted and beloved general of the late Prince of Yong'an, Chen Su. In fact, he had a bad relationship with both the Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng and the Right Prime Minister Fan Ziyong.
But at this time, the Left Prime Minister Lu Zeng and the Right Prime Minister Fan Ziyong were very clear that they must not play the game of fighting against each other.
The existence of the Liang court is the foundation for the two prime ministers. If the foundation collapses, their power and status will also disappear.
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