Therefore, after Emperor Taiyuan established the country, he built two passes at the intersection of the Nieshui River on the eastern and western borders of Sili Prefecture. The western one was "Zhenguan" and the eastern one was "Hanguan".
Therefore, it is only necessary to garrison these two passes and send a small force to patrol the north and south banks of the Nieshui River, so that there is no need to worry about being attacked from all sides, because the enemy can only attack from the east and west, and the enemy in the east cannot meet up with the enemy in the west.
When Fang Jian heard Fazhen's report, he immediately addressed the spiritual officer in charge, "Order all the generals and spiritual officers in Chang'an to come to Zhengqing Palace to discuss the matter immediately."
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Half an hour later, the remaining six generals and great spiritual officials in Chang'an City gathered in the Zhengqing Hall of Zhengwei Palace.
Fang Jian looked at the six generals and great spiritual officials in front of him and said, "Suju."
Suju immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty is here."
Fang Jian issued an imperial edict, saying, "I order you to lead our spiritual officials to patrol the Bei Nieshui River to prevent the enemy from sneaking in from the north."
"I will obey the order!" Xu Ju took the imperial edict and left.
"Yuexi." Fang Jian called again.
Yuexi also responded and came out, bowing and saying, "I am here."
Fang Jian issued an imperial edict, saying, "I order you to lead our spiritual officials to patrol the Nannieshui River to prevent the enemy from sneaking across from the south."
"I will obey the order." Yuexi took the imperial edict and left.
Crossing the Nieshui River is a very dangerous thing, especially when the spiritual officials all have "treasure guns". If you dare to cross the Nieshui River, the spiritual officials on the side of the clan country can just use their treasure guns to shoot you halfway across the river on the shore, and any cultivator below the first level of purity will definitely never return.
Then Fang Jian called out again, "Liu Lian."
Liu Lian immediately stepped out and bowed, saying, "I am here."
Fang Jian issued an imperial edict, saying, "I order you to lead your spiritual officials to Hanguan Pass to assist the two great spiritual officials, Suanxu and Taoyu, in guarding Hanguan Pass to prevent the enemy from the east."
"I obey the imperial edict." Liu Lian took the imperial edict, nodded and left.
Fang Jian continued to call out, "Fazhen."
Fazhen immediately stepped out and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty is here."
Fang Jian issued an imperial edict, saying, "I order you to lead the spiritual officials of this unit to guard Chang'an City."
Fazhen took the imperial edict, bowed and said, "I obey the order."
Finally, Fang Jian called out, "Yan'an, Zhuyun."
The two generals and great spiritual officials who were called stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty."
Fang Jian said, "I order you two to lead our troops and follow me to Qinguan to defend against the enemy."
Yan'an and Zhuyun immediately bowed and said, "Your Highnesses will obey the command of the law."
After Fang Jian finished the arrangements, she went to Miaofang Taoist Palace to bid farewell to Emperor Taiyuan. Emperor Taiyuan would stay in Chang'an City, and if she was needed to take action, she would naturally do so.
After bidding farewell to Emperor Taiyuan, Fang Jian took Yan'an, Zhu Yun and their two thousand fighting spirit officials out of Chang'an City. Fang Jian rode on the unpolished jade sky crane, while the spirit officials used the "Patroness of the Sky" to fly westward at the fastest speed.
Just three hours later, Fang Jian flew into Qinguan with two thousand fighting spirit officials.
The two generals Kong Wei and Luan Xiao, who had already arrived to garrison Qinguan, came to greet them personally. After a brief greeting, everyone entered the main hall of the Qinguan Garrison under the leadership of Fang Jian.
Fang Jian sat at the head of the hall, while the four generals and spiritual officials Yan'an, Zhu Yun, Kong Wei, and Luan Xiao sat on the sandalwood chairs on both sides of the hall.
After everyone was seated, Fang Jian asked Kong Wei and Luan Xiao, "What's the enemy's situation?"
Luan Xiao immediately stood up and reported, "Your Highness, we have already ascertained that the four-nation alliance, totaling 120,000 troops, set out from Xiangguan Pass in Lingqi Daoguo at 9:00 PM today and are heading towards our Qinguan Pass. They are expected to arrive here in nine days."
"One hundred and twenty thousand troops, it seems one country has sent out thirty thousand." Fang Jian asked again, "Which country's army is in the front?"
Luan Xiao said, "Lingqi Daoguo is in the front, Ganzhao Daoguo is in the second, Fuyu Daoguo is in the third, and Jingshan Daoguo is in the back."
Fang Jian asked again, "Have the rulers of the four countries come in person?"
"No, there are no royal flags of the four countries' kings in the army. The royal flags of the four countries are all in Xiangguan." Luan Xiao said.
Fang Jian nodded. It seemed that the rulers of the four countries were all in Xiangguan. This was normal. Whoever wanted to fight would start with the old general.
Fang Jian then asked, "Who are the commanders of the four armies?"
Luan Xiao reported, "The commander of the Lingqi Dao State's army is General Jiang Ji, the Supreme Minister and the Left General."
"The commander of the army of Ganzhao Dao State is Shangqing Youjiangjun Wang Jue."
"The commander of the Fuyu Dao State's army is General Kuang Miao, the Minister of the Left."
"The commander of the army of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom is General Huan Min, the Supreme Minister."
Fang Jian heard Luan Xiao's report and laughed, "When the Jingshan Dao Kingdom went to war with the Ganzhao Dao Kingdom, they didn't send Huan Min as the main general. But now they have sent General Huan Min to deal with us. It seems that the Taixu Daozun values us very much."
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