Of the Xiliang cavalry generals, only Li Jue, Guo Fan, Dong Yue, Li Meng, Yang Ding, Hu Zhen, Duan Wei, and Hua Xiong survived.
Zhao Hao will not concern himself with the affairs of the other feudal lords for the time being.
During the morning court session in the Jinyang Palace in November, Zhao Hao raised the issue of how to deal with the remnants of the Western Liang forces.
"Your Majesty, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry now has 30,000 surrendered soldiers, and more than 20,000 of them are willing to rejoin the army."
Your Majesty's opinion is to re-establish the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and dispatch former troops from the Western Liang to guard the Western Regions and conquer rebellious states!
These words shocked everyone present.
Of course, the most shocked were the veteran officials like Wang Yun, Wu Fu, Lu Zhi, and Cai Yong.
"Lord Qin, this is unacceptable!"
The first to stand up in opposition was the renowned scholar Huang Wan.
Huang Wan was the grandson of the late Grand Commandant Huang Qiong. He had served as the Governor of Yuzhou and also held the title of Marquis of Guannei.
"Lord Qin, wouldn't this be better than letting the tiger return to the mountain? What if, in the future, the likes of Li Jue and Guo Fan lead the Western Regions army to attack us?"
What Huang Wan said was also what many royalists were worried about.
Send them to serve as Protectorates of the Western Regions. Even if you're ruthless, don't give them money, food, or supplies; treat it as exile.
The Xiliang cavalry are formidable; how could those few small kingdoms in the Western Regions possibly stop them?
Although the Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, if they were to gain power one day and lead an army of 100,000 to attack Liangzhou from behind, they would be a great scourge!
However, Zhao Hao did not respond to Huang Wan's words, but instead called out to someone behind him.
"Li Jue, Guo Fan! Lord Huang said you will rebel, so come up here yourselves."
Before His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, and before all the civil and military officials, ask yourselves honestly.
"Will you still betray your Han identity, still plot to incite chaos throughout the world, and remain unrepentant?"
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