"It was actually quite normal. Even when the situation wasn't so tense, the emperor would send plenty of troops into the cities to monitor the commanderies' governors. It was only that, by the time the information got out, things were no longer as they usually were." Immortal Official Zhao smiled.
"You mean bribing them? But didn't you say the emperor's army had ten thousand men stationed there?" I immediately saw what Immortal Official Zhao was getting at.
"Exactly. But we can't have all ten thousand of them delivering messages, can we?" Immortal Official Zhao said with a crafty note in his voice.
"That's true. Still, it won't last forever. Prepare to wipe out those ten thousand golden-armored soldiers at any time. Then send the two hundred thousand troops and supplies from the Border Commandery to the area around Azure River Commandery. We won't be going back. We only need to mobilize another two hundred thousand troops from the Border Commandery, and our three-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-strong allied army will flatten Azure River Commandery." I thought it over before speaking. Now that we had started, we might as well finish it. Since we were going to attack Azure River Commandery, there was no reason to wait any longer.
"Qilin Commandery still has one hundred and fifty thousand reserve troops?" Immortal Official Zhao asked in astonishment.
"That's right. But their uniforms will all have to be changed. Since the emperor keeps hounding us, and the Qilin Army has also been divided into three armies, Song Wanyi's army will first have its designation removed. From now on, the Border Commandery will only have one hundred thousand regular troops. The two hundred thousand troops you brought and Song Wanyi's one hundred and fifty thousand will be merged into an independent army belonging to no faction. That way,