In the latter part of the first lunar month, the Exorcising the Dragon Army's main force easily seized the whole of Taiyuan.
This even sparked a minor dispute: had Wang Shuyong, coming from Jingxing, reached Taiyuan City first, or had Xu Shiying, coming from Chessboard Mountain? There was simply no telling.
Neither man actually needed this little bit of military credit, but they could not stop their subordinates from quibbling, because everyone knew Taiyuan's importance.
It had been one of Great Wei's five capitals, and one of Eastern Qi's two capitals at its height. It was the western shield of the Hebei plains, and especially the pivotal weight in the balance when confronting the Western Pass forces. In some respects, its military importance exceeded even that of the Eastern Capital, though its economic importance was considerably less. For the people of Hebei, this place naturally possessed tremendous political appeal.
And now they had recovered it without losing a single soldier!
If this was not a tremendous victory, what was?! Naturally, the officers and soldiers below wanted to quibble a little. Besides, there really were no other military achievements to share out.
Of course, that was how the rank and file thought. After their initial excitement, the mid-ranking officers immediately realized that taking Taiyuan had freed the northern main force's hands again. With confrontations and advances underway on every side, they had to enter a new battle.
Meanwhile, fierce arguments had already erupted at the highest level.
Xiong Bonan had gone to Sparrow Valley. Taiyuan currently held four Dragonheads or provisional Dragonheads: Xu Shiying, Wang Shuyong, Hong Changya, and Xu Shiren... Xu Shiren and Hong Changya were relatively cautious, and in fact had no right to initiate proposals. The dispute lay between Xu Shiying and Wang Shuyong.
Wang Shuyong wanted to