Under the leadership of Zhang Mingqi, the fifteen Suzhou Xiangjun Guards entered Qiongzhou from Wujincheng, an important town in northern Suzhou. They did not need to attack the cities in Qiongzhou at all. The defenders and officials of these cities had already submerged.

After all, the Red Turban Army, the predecessor of Suzhou Xiangjun, still controlled the entire Qiongzhou not long ago. Although the Red Turban Army later withdrew from all areas of Qiongzhou due to the conditions for recruitment by the imperial court, the influence of the Red Turban Army in Qiongzhou was still very great.

At present, most of the officials in Qiongzhou were ruled by the Red Turban Army, and the imperial court had not had time to clean up the Qiongzhou officials promoted by the Red Turban Army.

Zhang Mingqi was of course overjoyed by this result. At the suggestion of several strategists and several generals under his command, Zhang Mingqi drew out the Seventh Guard of Suzhou Xiangjun from the three Suzhou Xiangjun directly under his command and stayed in Qiongzhou. Zhang Mingqi gave the Seventh Guard of Suzhou Xiangjun to take advantage of this opportunity to recover all the towns in Qiongzhou and retake Qiongzhou.

In addition, Zhang Mingqi also sent someone to send an order to Zhao Lianjin and Chen Hongxin, the leading generals who stayed in Suzhou, to draw some troops from the ten guards who stayed in Suzhou to capture Lianzhou.

At that time, Lianzhou was also captured by the Red Turban Army. The situation in Lianzhou was similar to that in Qiongzhou. Since the defenders and officials from various cities in Qiongzhou would flee, it should not be too difficult for the Suzhou Xiangjun to take Lianzhou into his pocket again.

After leaving behind a Suzhou Xiangjun Guard in Qiongzhou, Zhang Mingqi led the remaining fourteen Suzhou Xiangjun Guards without wasting any time. He quickly crossed the entire Qiongzhou and advanced into Suzhou.

The Red Turban Army also captured most of the towns in Suzhou, but because the Qinhuai City of Suzhou Prefecture did not fall, the power of the imperial court in Suzhou was not devastating. The Suzhou Xiang Army entered Suzhou and did not encounter any situation where the defenders and officials of the city surrendered.

Zhang Mingqi's goal of starting a war this time was to seize Canglong City to control the authority of the entire Jin Dynasty.

Canglong City has been the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty for more than 400 years. Canglong City has a very common meaning in the hearts of the people of the Great Jin Dynasty. Whoever can control Canglong City will have the name of orthodox.

The Suzhou Xiang Army was in Suzhou and did not worry about the cities without many defenders. Instead, it went straight to the direction of Canglong City under Zhang Mingqi's order. Even the Suzhou Xiang Army, where the imperial army gathered heavily, ignored it and chose to go around the city directly, without worrying that its retreat would be cut off by the imperial army in Qinhuai City.

On the wall of Qinhuai City, Suzhou Prefecture's governor Sun Dezhen looked at the Suzhou Xiangjun who was rushing towards Canglong City outside the city, sighed and said to the many commanders of the Polu Army around him: "It seems that our Qinhuai City is safe for the time being, but Canglong City cannot avoid a war, alas--"

At this time, there were twelve rebels who had originally targeted the Red Turban Army, a total of 250,000 people had entered Qinhuai City. Together with the army in the hands of Suzhou Prefecture Sun Dezhen, the temporary recruitment of the young and strong army, the troops guarding the city in Qinhuai City exceeded 400,000, but Suzhou Prefecture Sun Dezhen and other commanders of the rebels still did not have the courage to send troops out of the city to intercept the Suzhou Xiang Army.

Zhao Ce, the prefect of Geshan County, Wanzhou, then said: "I heard that the thirteenth family in the capital had mobilized a large number of servants from each family to gather in the capital. In addition, the imperial guards in the capital and the other twenty-two subdued rebels, although the Suzhou Xiang army is strong, it is still a delusion to capture Canglong City!"

Sun Dezhen, the governor of Suzhou Prefecture, nodded and said, "I hope so. Although the Suzhou Xiangjun did not launch an attack on Qinhuai City, we still cannot be careless and must be careful of the opponent's sneak attack."

Under the leadership of Zhang Mingqi, after the fourteen Suzhou xiang guards quickly passed through the entire Suzhou, they arrived outside Mengjin Pass, one of the eight passes of Canglong on August 30, 428 of the Great Jin Dynasty.

At this time, in the capital area within the eight passes of Canglong, in addition to the 700,000 troops of the imperial guards and the 550,000 troops of the 22nd route of suppressing the rebels, the 720,000 servants mobilized by the thirteenth family were all in place.

In addition, there was an additional army in the capital, which was the six thousand elite troops sent by Liu Ji to pick up Zhou Qingyao, the Minister of Rites and his family.

Originally, these 3,000 heavy armored Mo Dao soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and 3,000 Han Dynasty Tiger Ben Army, led by Wang Ben, Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong, had already arrived in Canglong City. When the thirteenth family learned that Liu Ji was going to take away the late emperor Liu Heng's uncle Zhou Qingyao, they did not make things difficult for Zhou Qingyao anymore. They immediately released Zhou Qingyao from the prison and restored his position as the Minister of Rites.

This made Wang Ben, Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong’s plan to give the Thirteenth Family a plan to attack the Thirteenth Family failed.

However, Zhou Qingyao was shocked and frightened in the prison, but he suffered from cold and his condition was quite serious. He could not set off immediately and followed Wang Ben and others to return to Chengyin City.

Wang Ben, Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong were secretly happy that Zhou Qingyao had a cold. The Suzhou Xiang Army was about to attack the army of the thirteenth family and was about to come to the capital. If they could stay in the capital, they might be able to show their skills in this battle.

After Liu Ji arrived at the Western Region Protectorate's Mansion with his puppet bodyguards, he showed all 15,000 heavy armored Mo swordsmen in the Tang Dynasty, 15,000 Han Dynasty Tiger Ben Army, 6,400 white horses from Yi and 6,400 tiger and leopard cavalry, and directly pingxicheng, the capital of the Western Region Protectorate's Mansion, and equipped all the cavalry with all the system, and each system cavalry with two war horses.

In order to rush, even 15,000 heavy armored Mo Dao soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were equipped with a horse. Then Liu Ji led the elite troops produced by more than 40,000 systems to the city of Zhilisi. The main forces of the Yu Polu Army gathered together to prepare for the next wave of offensive by the four-nation coalition forces of the Western Regions.

After getting the news from Wang Ben through Heishuitai, Liu Ji asked Heishuitai to send Wang Ben the order to act cheaply. While minimizing casualties, Wang Ben could do whatever he wanted in the capital, even if he helped the thirteenth family to fight the Suzhou Xiangjun. Liu Ji is now considered the son-in-law of the Great Jin Dynasty. Of course, he did not want the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty to fall into the hands of the rebel Zhang Mingqi.

After Wang Ben, Liu Meng, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong received the order from Liu Ji, they were overjoyed and were ready to teach the Suzhou Xiangjun a lesson.

On the evening of August 30th, in the Suzhou Xiangjun camp outside Mengjin Pass, Zhang Mingqi, the governor of Suzhou Prefecture, summoned his civil and military personnel to his own curtain. Zhang Mingqi said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the capital is now in front of us, but the terrain of Mengjin Pass is dangerous. Moreover, according to the information, the thirteenth family mobilized a large number of servants to the capital area, with a population of at least 500,000. It should not be too easy for us to conquer Mengjin Pass."

Staff member Tang Yan said, "Lord, there are Hangu Pass, Baiyun Pass, Guangcheng Pass, Dagu Pass, Kinmen Pass, Arc deputy Pass, Mengjin Pass and Zhenyuan Pass in Canglong City. There are eight passes in total. We can send several partial armies around Canglong City and go around several other passes in Canglong City. Of course, it is best to be able to seize the pass. Even if several partial armies cannot make contributions, they can restrain a lot of the imperial army."

After listening to the advice of the adviser Tang Yan, Zhang Mingqi nodded and said, "Then Wu Zan leads two guards to attack the other gates of Canglong City!"

Wu Zan quickly took the order and said, "Don't worry, lord, if you have the chance, your subordinates will definitely seize the next pass and open the gate to Canglong City for lord."

Zhang Mingqi reminded Wu Zan: "This time you have two guards, the main task is to attack feint. Don't do it recklessly. The two guards under your command will suffer too much. The main battlefield between our Suzhou Xiang Army and the imperial army must be at Mengjin Pass."

Wu Zan nodded and said, "I must remember my lord's instructions!"

Zhang Mingqi asked his adviser Tang Yan again: "Mr. Tang has any good solutions to Mengjinguan?"

Tang Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Lord, besides the strong attack, my subordinates really can't think of any solution."

Zhang Mingqi said without any mind: "If you want to capture the entire Canglong City, you still need strong strength in the end. Let us let the Thirteenth Family and the people of the capital take a look at how powerful our Suzhou Xiangjun is!"

On the morning of the next day after the Suzhou Xiangjun arrived outside Mengjin Pass, Zhang Mingqi personally took action and set up a formation at the hem of Mengjin Pass with many generals of Suzhou Xiangjun under his command and two Suzhou Xiangjun guards.

At this time, the chief general guarding Mengjin Pass was Xiao Su, the cavalry general. When he saw the Suzhou Xiangjun set up a formation outside Mengjin Pass, he hesitated for a moment, and then led the 10,000 imperial cavalry and 10,000 cavalry from various families to drive out of Mengjin Pass and also set up a formation under Mengjin Pass.

General Xiao Su believed that the Suzhou Xiangjun had just arrived at Mengjin Pass, and the imperial army was huddled in the pass, which encouraged the arrogance of the Suzhou Xiangjun. What's more, Xiao Su thought that he was a powerful general under his command, and the chariot and cavalry general Dou Bing, a peerless general, Xiao Su was preparing to give Suzhou Xiangjun a warning.

When Zhang Mingqi saw the imperial army in Mengjin Pass, he sent about 20,000 cavalry. His eyes flashed and turned his head to ask the generals under his command: "Which general is willing to win the first prize for our Suzhou Xiang Army?"

At this time, Zhang Mingqi's cousin Liu Fengbao shouted impatiently: "Lord, I am willing to go out to fight and make a good start for our Suzhou Xiang Army!"

Hearing Liu Fengbao's initiative to ask for the battle, no one from the other generals of the Suzhou Xiang Army spoke out again.

Zhang Mingqi was very confident in his cousin Liu Fengbao's martial arts, "Fengbao, don't underestimate the enemy!"

Liu Fengbao was overjoyed and said, "Don't worry, lord, I will definitely not underestimate the enemy!"

Then Liu Fengbao urged the horse to come to the two armies and shouted loudly: "Liu Fengbao in Suzhou is here, who will die on the enemy general on the other side!"

When General Xiao Su, the cavalry general, saw a general sent out from the opposite side, turned his head and said to a guerrilla general beside him: "Cui Ji, go and get the enemy general's head back for this general!"
Chapter completed!