Sun Hao, sweating profusely, suddenly sat up from the bed, waking up Luo Xuan who was sleeping soundly next to him.
"Husband, are you having a nightmare again?"
Sun Hao wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe I've been under too much pressure recently, so I have nightmares every day.
This time, I am not only responsible for the lives of more than 20,000 soldiers of the Xiang Army, but now I have to bear the lives of the 30,000 civilians who help transport food and fodder."
It was November 15th, 387 in the Daliang calendar. The left, front, and south guards of the Huaide Army had already arrived in Ganyang City.
At Sun Zhe's suggestion, Cao Tingjin agreed to let the Ganyang City Guards be responsible for the logistics of the Western Expedition Army, and also handed over the more than 30,000 civilian laborers temporarily recruited by the Ganyang and Huaide armies to Sun Hao.
Following the advice of Xue Rengui, Qin Qiong and others, Sun Hao equipped as many of the more than 30,000 civilian laborers with weapons as possible, dispersed several of his armored troops, and began to train the more than 30,000 civilian laborers.
Luo Xuan comforted Sun Hao, "My dear, according to the plan of General Cao Tingjin, they will first attack the Suolong Pass of Gule State.
As long as we can capture Lock Dragon Pass, the Western Expedition Army can attack or defend, and besides... uh——"
Before Luo Xuan could finish her words, she suddenly started to dry heave.
It turned out that many of his wives and concubines, including Luo Xuan, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Zhen Luo, and Cai Wenji, were pregnant with Sun Hao's children.
Seeing that Luo Xuan was suffering from morning sickness again, Sun Hao quickly got up and brought Luo Xuan a wooden basin.
However, Luo Xuan only dry-heaved for a while and didn't vomit anything.
Luo Xuan pushed the wooden basin away and said, "Husband, I'm fine."
Sun Hao said sadly, "I don't know if I can come back in time for you to give birth."
"Don't worry, my husband. We have invited several midwives to live in our house. The sisters will all be safe when they give birth.
It would be best for my husband to stay at Emil's place more often these days. She's been feeling a little down because she hasn't gotten pregnant yet."
Sun Hao's strength is quite strong. Among his one wife, five concubines and twelve concubines, only Emile and a white concubine named Heinie are not pregnant. The rest of his wives and concubines are already pregnant.
When Sun Hao heard Luo Xuan asking him to stay over at Emile's place more often, he couldn't help but shudder. In order to get pregnant, Emile's fighting power soared several levels. Every time Sun Hao slept at Emile's place, his legs would definitely be weak when he woke up the next day.
“Before I go on the expedition, I’ll try to visit Emil as much as possible.
This time, I will leave Taishi Ci, Pang De, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and 371 Mo Dao soldiers in Ganyang City. If there are any problems at home, you can discuss it with Taishi Ci and the other four."
Luo Xuan nodded and said, "It's best to let Taishi Ci and the others stay. This will prevent some people in Ganyang City from having any ideas about our family's properties. It will also serve as a deterrent to certain people in the Sanshui Society."
Sun Hao suddenly sighed, "Wasn't it a bit inconsiderate when we transferred Guan Sheng, Lin Chong and the others out of the Sanshui Society?
I left Taishi Ci and the others behind mainly because I was worried something might happen to the Sanshui Society."
"My dear husband, if you want to gain something, you must give something.
Since my husband has chosen to join the army, he will have to draw a clear line with the Sanshui Society sooner or later.
Moreover, if my husband can truly become the Grand Commander of the Western Regions Protectorate, then it wouldn't matter if I gave the Sanshui Society to the Imperial Guards."
The Liang State's Western Expedition Army did a very good job of keeping secrets. When the Western Expedition Army slowly approached the Suolong Pass with twelve towering well-locked carts, the First Legion of the Gule State stationed at the Suolong Pass began to prepare for war in a panic, and sent people to ask for help from the second prince Sadik and the third prince Megaji of the Gule State.
Now, there are only two princes left in the Kingdom of Gule fighting for the throne.
If it weren't for the Liang State's Western Expedition Army's disruption, the two princes might have soon started a battle to determine the final ownership of the throne.
The Jinglanche is a giant siege chariot.
Cao Tingjin, the commander-in-chief of the Liang State's Western Expedition Army, ordered craftsmen to build twelve well-traveled carts. Each of them was eighteen meters high, about eight meters long and wide, with wooden wheels installed at the bottom. The interior of the cart was divided into six levels, and each level had a ladder for going up and down. The entire well-traveled cart could carry hundreds of fully armed officers and soldiers of the Western Expedition Army.
The height of the twelve well-laminated carts was designed according to the city wall of Suolong Pass. When attacking, one only needs to push the well-laminated carts to the bottom of the city wall of Suolong Pass. The officers and soldiers of the Western Expedition Army on the top layer of the well-laminated carts can pass through the sky bridge of the well-laminated carts and rush directly to the city wall to fight with the soldiers of the Gule Kingdom guarding the city.
The officers and soldiers of the Western Expedition Army on the five lower levels of the well-shaped carriage could also climb to the top level via ladders, and then continuously join the fighting on the city wall.
The First Legion of the Gule Kingdom is the most elite legion of the Gule Kingdom. It has eight thousand-man infantry teams and four thousand-man heavy cavalry teams, with a total number of more than 13,000 people, almost equivalent to the strength of two ordinary legions of the Gule Kingdom.
During the struggle for the throne among several princes of the Gule Kingdom, the First Legion remained neutral.
The princes of the Gule Kingdom may have taken into consideration the importance of Locking Dragon Pass, and no one made things difficult for the First Legion, so that the First Legion remained at full strength.
An Baiwal, commander of the First Legion of the Gule Kingdom, looked at the twelve siege chariots slowly approaching from a distance and solemnly ordered the four heavy cavalry captains, "We must destroy those twelve giant siege chariots. Otherwise, our First Legion will not be able to wait for the reinforcements sent by the two princes, and Suolong Pass will be breached by the Liang people.
I plan to send your four thousand-man heavy cavalry squadrons to attack together and burn those twelve giant siege chariots."
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