Yang Hu stared at the letter in his hands, sinking into deep bewilderment.
He had received word of the rebellion in Qingzhou a few days earlier.
The news of Sun Yu's beheading had arrived today.
That fast??
Yang Hu had only just finished putting his army in order and was preparing to join the fighting once orders arrived from the imperial court. Yet before those orders had reached him, the news from Qingzhou had arrived first.
Pei Hui, Inspector of Ji Province, and He Zhen, Inspector of Youzhou, who had traveled through the night to get there, both felt like swearing.
That was it??
Upon learning of the rebellion, both men had hurried to prepare for the coming fighting, even going onto a war footing. He Zhen had already come to join Yang Hu, ready to follow his orders and take part in the campaign. And now it was over??
Yang Hu slowly lowered the letter in his hands and could not help remarking, "General Hu truly is a renowned commander of our age, without an equal."
Pei Hui explained with a smile, "General Hu previously commanded Qingzhou and Xuzhou. The soldiers of Qingzhou all knew him, and many of their officers were his former subordinates. They did not dare fight him at all and surrendered one after another. That was how he managed to pacify Qingzhou so quickly."
He Zhen, however, said gravely, "Although the rebellion in Qingzhou has been quelled, the other regions are far from peaceful. People secretly keeping copies of the proclamation are everywhere. When I summoned the governors from across Youzhou earlier, two actually refused to come... Now that this has happened, we must beware of similar incidents occurring again."
"General Yang, we should spread word of Qingzhou's pacification throughout the regions as soon as