Next, the bandits from all over Pizhou, as if they had made an agreement with each other, came to surrender to the Zhenxi Army. By the time the Zhenxi Army, Ganyang Army and Huaide Army entered Yuzhou, 400,000 bandits from Pizhou had been sent back to Xizhou by the Zhenxi Army.
There was only one border army in Yuzhou, namely the Zhenrong Army. The military power of the Zhenrong Army and Zhaoning County where the Zhenrong Protectorate was located had long been controlled by the Li family of Binwu City.
Although the Zhenrong Protectorate was actually a vassal state, when bandits broke out in Yuzhou, the Li family of Binwu City did not remain immune and continued to send Zhenrong troops to clear out the bandits in various parts of Yuzhou.
Therefore, the bandits in Yuzhou, like the bandits in Xizhou, did not become a force to be reckoned with. The few bandits that emerged were all wiped out by the Zhenrong Army.
At the Li family residence in Binwu City, Li Rui, the Grand Commander of the Zhenrong Protectorate, placed a piece of paper on the table with a gloomy expression. He then asked Li Zhe, the Commander-in-Chief of the Zhenrong Army's Left Guard, "What do you think of this letter from Prince Yong'an?"
Li Zhe, the commander-in-chief of the left guard of the Zhenrong Army, has another identity. He is the eldest son of Li Rui, the commander-in-chief of the Zhenrong Protectorate. He is also the recognized heir to the head of the Li family in Binwu City and the next commander-in-chief of the Zhenrong Protectorate.
The Zhenrong Army has a total of four guards under its jurisdiction, but each guard is composed of six brigades, with a total strength of about 120,000. In addition, the Li family of Binwu City also controls 30,000 wing troops in Zhaoning County.
Li Zhe said with a wry smile, "Father, Prince Yong'an is clearly using the over 300,000-man rebellion-suppression army from the Zhenxi, Ganyang, and Huaide armies to threaten our Li family."
It turned out that Prince Yong'an wrote a private letter to Li Rui, the Grand Commander of Zhenrong Protectorate, hoping that Li Rui could send two guards of Zhenrong Army to join the three border armies of Zhenxi, Ganyang and Huaide to participate in the court's action to clear out the bandits in the northern states.
Li Rui snorted coldly, "I don't believe that the Zhenxi Army, Ganyang Army and Huaide Army will come to attack Zhaoning County, especially the 200,000 Zhenxi Army.
You should know that the Zhenxi Protectorate is essentially the same as our Zhenrong Protectorate, and is already a vassal state."
Li Zhe hesitated for a moment and said, "Father, I think it's okay to send troops.
On the one hand, it can ease the relationship between our Li family and the court, and on the other hand, it can also establish a connection with the Grand Commander of the Zhenxi Protectorate.
If our Li family can form an alliance with the Zhenxi Army, then Prince Yong'an will no longer dare to plot against our Li family."
Li Rui sighed and said, "I am worried that if our Zhenrong Army sends two guards, they will be used as cannon fodder by Prince Yong'an.
If we lose the sixty thousand elite soldiers of the two guards, our Li family will no longer have the confidence to say 'no' to the imperial court."
"Father, it is said that Sun Hao, the Grand Commander of the Zhenxi Army, is a notorious lecher. He even kidnapped thirty stunning beauties from the Songzhu Pavilion in Ganyang City.
I think our Li family can invest some money in this regard. As long as we can form an alliance with Sun Hao, Prince Yong'an should not dare to go too far.
Besides, I plan to personally lead the Zhenrong Zuowei to join the imperial army in suppressing the rebellion, and I can act accordingly when the time comes."
"Put down some capital? What do you mean?"
"Father, Jingqi is already twenty years old this year, why not arrange a marriage between Yanni and Sun Hao!
Considering Jingqi's appearance, I'm sure Sun Hao will agree."
The Jingqi that Li Zhe mentioned is his half-sister. Because of her stunning appearance, she is known as the most beautiful woman in Yuzhou.
When Li Rui heard that his daughter Li Jingqi was going to marry Sun Hao, he hesitated. "I heard that Sun Hao already has a wife, and with Jingqi's personality, I'm afraid she wouldn't agree to this."
"Don't worry, father. I will convince Jingqi.
It doesn't matter if Sun Hao already has a wife, he can let Jingqi be his co-wife."
At this time, nearly 300,000 bandits gathered in Zhuque Mountain in the west of Yuzhou. Because the terrain of Zhuque Mountain was extremely complex, although the Zhenrong Army knew that many bandits in Yuzhou had fled into Zhuque Mountain, they did not enter Zhuque Mountain to clear out these bandits.
In a simple camp in Zhuque Mountain, more than a dozen bandit leaders gathered together, but the atmosphere at this time seemed a bit solemn.
In order to avoid the suppression by the Zhenrong Army, the 300,000 bandits who fled into Zhuque Mountain were not a single group, but consisted of more than a dozen groups.
A tall bandit leader said in a deep voice: "Hundreds of thousands of elite troops from the Zhenxi Army, Ganyang Army, and Huaide Army have entered Yuzhou. What should we do next? Let's talk about it!"
This tall bandit leader was named Ma Sheng. He had about 60,000 bandits under his command, half of whom were young and strong men. He was the strongest group among the dozen or so bandit gangs.
A bandit leader named Gao Liang said bitterly, "A single Zhenrong Army drove hundreds of thousands of our volunteers into the mountains.
Now that the Zhenxi Army, Ganyang Army, and Huaide Army have entered Yuzhou, we can only continue to hide in Zhuque Mountain."
Another bandit leader named Su Cheng frowned and said, "But we are almost out of food, and many people have starved to death in the past few days.
If we continue to hide in Suzaku Mountain, I think we will die. We should pick up our swords and fight while our brothers still have the strength!"
Gao Liang sighed and said, "The Zhenxi Army within the government army annihilated two powerful nations in the Western Regions. The Western Regions countries formed a coalition force of over one million soldiers, but all of them were defeated by the Zhenxi Army.
Although the various rebel forces in Suzaku Mountain have a total of 300,000 men, there are only a little over 100,000 young and strong men capable of fighting. If they were to face the Zhenxi Army, they would be courting death."
Su Cheng, with a somewhat gloomy expression, then said, "What else can we do? We can't let 300,000 volunteers starve to death in the mountains!"
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