Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui strongly supported the idea of the Li family of Binwu City wanting to form an alliance. After all, it was a win-win situation for both parties.
With this marriage relationship, Prince Yong'an will be more cautious whether he wants to deal with the Zhenxi Army or the Li family of Binwu City.
When Sun Hao met Li Jingqi, the so-called most beautiful woman in Yuzhou, and found that her charm value was as high as 98 points, he agreed to marry Li Jingqi as his co-wife.
However, because the Zhenxi Army, Ganyang Army, Huaide Army and Zhenrong Army were about to enter Meizhou and head to Wuyang City, the county seat of Shouqing County, to meet with the two town imperial guards led by Yong'an King Chen Su.
Therefore, after Sun Hao discussed with Li Zhe, the commander of the left guard of the Zhenrong Army, they decided to wait until the bandits in other northern states were cleared out before Sun Hao married Li Jingqi.
Meizhou, located to the south of Yuzhou and Fuzhou, has no border with the northern grasslands. Among the five northwestern states of Liang State, there is also Huaizhou, which also has no border with the northern grasslands.
Huaizhou is located south of Pizhou and Yuzhou, and west of Meizhou. Although its area is second only to Fuzhou, most of it is desert, so its population is the smallest among the five northwestern states, with less than four million.
The population is small, and Huaizhou is the one with the mildest drought among the five northwestern states. In addition, the governor of Huaizhou, Yu Xianchun, is not only a famous and capable minister of Liang State, but he also has the support of Shaochang Protectorate in Huaizhou, so there are almost no bandits in Huaizhou.
Even if some bandits appeared in Huaizhou, they basically came from other states and would soon be wiped out by the Shaochang army.
Shaochang Protectorate was one of the 19 border protectorates originally set up by the Liang court, and was one of the few protectorates that the Liang court could control.
However, due to the limited local financial revenue of Huaizhou, the Shaochang Army under the Shaochang Protectorate only had two guards, namely Shaochang Left Guard and Shaochang Right Guard, with a total of 40,000 soldiers.
This time, Prince Yong'an Chen Su organized a large army to suppress the rebellion and also recruited a guard from the Shaochang Protectorate.
When Prince Yong'an Chen Su led the Jingwu Town and Chaowu Town of the Imperial Guard to arrive at Wuyang City in Meizhou, Liang Zixing, the Grand Commander of the Shaochang Protectorate, had already arrived at Wuyang City with 20,000 soldiers of the Shaochang Left Guard, 10,000 Huaizhou Wing Army and 10,000 civilians.
The hundreds of thousands of bandits who had previously besieged Wuyang City gave up their attack on Wuyang City after the appearance of the Shaochang Army and retreated to the eastern part of Meizhou, where nine counties had been captured by the bandits.
Liang Zixing was once a deputy commander of the Xingwu Town of the Imperial Guard. Four years ago, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Shaochang Protectorate by Yong'an King Chen Su.
After meeting Yong'an Prince Chen Su, Liang Zixing said with a guilty look on his face: "Your Majesty, I have failed your expectations.
I have been in the Shaochang Protectorate for four years, and I still haven't been able to form a new guard for the Shaochang Army."
It turned out that when Liang Zixing first took office, Yong'an King Chen Su instructed Liang Zixing to try his best to form a new guard with four brigades in Shaochang Protectorate, so that the total strength of the Shaochang army could be increased to 60,000.
Unfortunately, Huaizhou had no money. Even if Huaizhou Mu Yu Xianchun tried his best, he could only help Shaochang Protectorate to barely support the two existing guards.
Yong'an Prince Chen Su sighed and said, "Due to the drought in the north in recent years, the court has not allocated funds to the Shaochang Protectorate.
It's not easy for you to maintain the left and right guards of Shaochang Protectorate with the support of Huaizhou Prefecture Government. How could I blame you?
Zixing, not only have you made no mistakes, but you have also made some achievements.
Huaizhou has been free from the threat of bandits, thanks to you and Huaizhou Governor Yu Xianchun."
After a pause, Yong'an Prince Chen Su continued to say to Liang Zixing: "This time we are clearing out the bandits in the northern states, and we should be able to seize a lot of spoils.
When the time comes, I will give more to your Shaochang Army. It should be enough for the Shaochang Army to form a new guard."
Upon hearing this, Liang Zixing said happily, "Thank you, Your Majesty. As long as there is no problem with money, I can quickly set up the Shaochang Vanguard after returning to Huaizhou.
Huaizhou has always been known for its tough people, so what it lacks most is good soldiers."
"By the way, is there any movement from the Bai family in Sucong City?" Prince Yong'an Chen Su asked Liang Zixing.
"Your Highness, after I led the Shaochang Left Guard to Wuyang City, the two Nankang Army brigades originally stationed in Wuyang City immediately left, probably returning to Gujiang County, where the Nankang Protectorate is located.
I think the Bai family of Sucong City seems unwilling to accept the imperial court's call."
Prince Yong'an Chen Su snorted coldly, "If the Bai family of Sucong City doesn't know what's best for them, I wouldn't mind confiscating the military power of the Nankang Protectorate."
Liang Zixing hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, the Bai family of Sucong City not only controls the 80,000 Nankang troops and the 30,000 Xiang troops of Gujiang County, but also has 30,000 Bai family cavalry with extremely strong combat effectiveness.
Furthermore, the Bai family of Sucong City has always been a pawn used by the imperial court to contain the Jiang family of Fuzhou. If the prince were to move against the Bai family of Sucong City, the Jiang family of Fuzhou might end up taking advantage.”
Upon hearing Liang Zixing mention the Jiang family of Fuzhou, Yong'an Prince Chen Su's expression suddenly darkened, "The Jiang family of Fuzhou is increasingly disregarding the imperial court.
This time, in addition to recruiting 200,000 Zhenxi troops, I also recruited 200,000 Tianwei troops.
However, the Jiang family of Fuzhou refused to send troops, citing unusual movements in the Xianbei Khanate.
In order to resolve the issue of the Jiang family in Fuzhou in the future, it would be best if the Nankang Protectorate, controlled by the Bai family in Sucong City, could be brought back under the control of the imperial court."
Prince Yong'an Chen Su was still planning how to seize the military power of Nankang Protectorate when he suddenly received a piece of news that made him very angry.
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