On January 25, 391 of the Daliang calendar, in Moxue City, fifty miles west of Suolong Pass, Sun Hao was listening to reports from Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.
Moxue City is the county town closest to Suolong Pass in Xizhou, and its current population is about 160,000.
There are a total of 394 cities in the former Gule Kingdom and the former Wensu Kingdom. After replanning, Zhenxi City is the capital of Xizhou, and Feicui City is the seat of Zhenxi Protectorate.
However, due to Sun Hao's insistence, the Xizhou provincial government office has now moved to the Emerald City.
In addition, twelve cities were designated as county capitals, seventy-two cities were designated as county towns, and more than three hundred other cities were designated as market towns.
Due to the influx of a large number of Liang people from other countries in the Western Regions, the population of the entire Xizhou increased dramatically, and some new villages dependent on county towns and market towns emerged.
For example, under the county seat of Moxue, there are four towns affiliated to Moxue County, as well as dozens of newly formed villages.
After New Year's Eve, the troops of the Zhenxi Army, as well as the collected food and supplies, began to gather towards Moxue City in accordance with Sun Hao's orders.
Because the total strength of the Zhenxi Army that went on the expedition was as high as 200,000, and Moxue City could not accommodate so many troops, most of the Zhenxi Army was stationed in a temporary camp outside Moxue City at this time.
Fang Xuanling held a thick stack of papers and said to Sun Hao, "My lord, the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Imperial Guard, the Zhenxi Left Guard, the Zhenxi Right Guard, and the 40,000 recruited troops have all arrived at Moxue City.
The three months' supply of food and fodder needed for the 200,000-man army has been prepared and will be transported by 40,000 troops."
Du Ruhui, who was also holding a stack of papers, continued, "In order not to affect the speed of the march, this time our Zhenxi Protectorate has mobilized a total of 80,000 war horses and 50,000 steeds, as well as 6,000 four-wheeled flatbed carts to transport food and fodder.
Among them, 80,000 war horses can also be used to replenish the war horses lost by the Royal Guards and the Left and Right Guards.
If there is a shortage of food after entering the Pass, you can also slaughter some slow horses to serve as military rations."
Sun Hao nodded and said, "Although the imperial court has promised to provide food and fodder for our 200,000-strong Zhenxi Army, it's always better to bring more to be prepared.
By the way, have you contacted the garrison at Lock Dragon Pass?"
In fact, Sun Hao has always wanted to take back Suolong Pass, one of the two major passes guarding the Canglong Mountain Grand Canyon, from the Ganyang Army.
Now Suolong Pass and Longyu Pass, known as the most powerful pass in the world, are both controlled by the Ganyang Army. They are ultimately a threat to the Zhenxi Army.
If one day in the future, the Zhenxi Army really turns against the Liang court, then the Liang court's army can enter Xizhou, where the Zhenxi Protectorate is located, without any hindrance.
If the Zhenxi Army wanted to enter Pizhou, they had to first take down the two passes in the Canglong Mountain Grand Canyon.
Given the strategic importance of Suolong Pass and Longyu Pass, if the Zhenxi Army wants to seize the passes, they will have to pay a heavy price.
Unfortunately, when Sun Hao told the Ganyang Army about this matter, he was immediately rejected by Cao Tingjin, the Grand Commander of the Ganyang Protectorate, on the grounds that the imperial court had already assigned Suolong Pass to the jurisdiction of the Ganyang Army.
Fang Xuanling then said, "The Second Brigade of the Ganyang Army's Vanguard stationed at Suolong Pass has received orders to allow our Zhenxi Army to enter the pass at any time.
There is no problem at Longyu Pass either. Currently stationed at Longyu Pass is the Third Brigade of the Ganyang Army's rear guard.
According to the news from Ganyang City, the vanguard and southern guard of the Huaide Army have arrived in Ganyang City.
They will join the left and right guards of the Ganyang Army and our 200,000-man Zhenxi Army to rush to Wuyang City in Meizhou and join the two town imperial guards led by Prince Yong'an."
Among the nine northern states of Liang State, Pizhou had the least number of bandits.
On the one hand, it was because the Ganyang Army and the Huaide Army were clearing out the bandits in Pizhou, and on the other hand, Pizhou was close to Xizhou, and many people in Pizhou who could not survive fled to Xizhou.
Perhaps because of the obstruction of Canglong Mountain, the drought in the north of Liang State never affected Xizhou. In the past two years, Xizhou has been enjoying good weather and good harvests every year.
This gave Sun Hao the confidence to accept the Liang people who migrated from other countries in the Western Regions, as well as the starving people who fled from Pizhou.
As a result, the population of Xizhou, where the Zhenxi Protectorate was located, doubled in just over two years.
The bandits in the northern states of Liang State were basically transformed from starving people. Most of the starving people in Pizhou fled to Xizhou, which made the number of bandits in Pizhou not as many as in other northern states.
It was precisely because the bandit problem in Pizhou was not serious that Prince Yong'an was able to draw two guards from each of the Ganyang Army and the Huaide Army to join the army formed to suppress the rebellion.
Du Ruhui then said to Sun Hao in a deep voice, "My lord, the army is about to set out. We must remain vigilant at all times, especially after we reunite with Prince Yong'an."
A cold light suddenly flashed in Sun Hao's eyes, "If I hadn't been worried about the four Khanates of the grassland taking advantage of the situation, I wouldn't have agreed to send troops so readily.
I hope Prince Yong'an can be more sensible. Otherwise, there is no need for us to be polite to him. I, Sun Hao, am not Yuan Xiandao of the Tiansu Army."
Although Prince Yong'an was kind to Sun Hao, if Prince Yong'an wanted to deal with him, Sun Hao would not sit idly by and wait for death.
In addition to the 200,000 Zhenxi Army, before leaving the Emerald City, Sun Hao used the "Hero Converter" to absorb some of the gold and silver reserves in the Zhenxi Protectorate government office.
Now the "Brave General Converter" has a conversion value of 9 million points. If necessary, Sun Hao can summon 30,000 Wei Wuzu or Qin Ruishi at any time.
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