The million imperial troops led by General He Guangzong of the Cavalry and General Li Hong received an order to enter Canglong City on the evening of December 30, 428, the Jin Dynasty. Then the million troops began to retreat into Canglong City overnight from the six gates south of Canglong City.

It took a full night for a million troops to retreat into Canglong City. Not long after the millions of imperial troops entered Canglong City, the troops of Suzhou Xiangjun appeared outside Canglong City, and then the continuous Suzhou troops came to Canglong City from the direction of Arc deputies.

On the evening of January 1, 429, the Great Jin Dynasty, in the Suzhou Xiangjun camp south of Canglong City, Zhang Mingqi, the commander of the Suzhou Xiangjun, held a grand dinner in his giant tent. In addition to several strategists under Zhang Mingqi, nearly 200 Suzhou Xiangjun generals attended the dinner.

Zhang Mingqi picked up the wine glass and smiled at the several strategists and generals in the tent and said, "Everyone, today is the first day of the New Year. It was the Spring Festival last night. I should have a big banquet to reward everyone, but in order to arrive at Canglong City as soon as possible, I can only postpone this banquet tonight. Now our Suzhou Xiangjun is already at Canglong City. As long as our Suzhou Xiangjun can capture Canglong City, you will be here to be your wife and son in the future, and you will also have endless wealth and glory. This is my promise to you! Come, for the new year and for the world of the Great Jin Dynasty, we will drink this cup full of money!"

Then Zhang Mingqi picked up the wine glass and toasted it first. Several strategists and nearly 200 generals of the Suzhou Xiang Army followed suit and each drank the wine in the glass.

Zhang Mingqi put down his empty wine glass, turned his head and said to the guard behind him, "Hurry! Pour wine for Brother Fan. This time we can defeat the imperial army outside the Arc destiny. Brother Fan is a great contribution!"

The person who was called Brother Fan by Zhang Mingqi was named Fan Dongying. He was originally a general of Gu Country, one of the four vassal states in the southeast of the Great Jin Dynasty. He had the courage to lose to ten thousand men. After the Lu army invaded Gu Country, Fan Dongying and other Gu Country generals led Gu Country's army to resist, but the strength of Gu Country and Lu Country was too different. In addition, the invasion of Lu Army was very sudden. At the beginning of the battle, the Gu Country's army caught off guard, which made Gu Country's situation very difficult. No matter how powerful Fan Dongying's martial arts were, he was only one person, and he could not change the overall situation at all.

In the end, after Gu State resisted the Lu army for a month and a half, all the two states of Gu State were captured by the Lu army. The emperor of Gu State and most of the Gu State royal family committed suicide. Fan Dongying, with some Gu State soldiers who were unwilling to surrender to the Lu army, finally retreated to Zhejiang Province of the Great Jin Dynasty.

The Great Jin court's resentment against Gu State made Fan Dongying feel very resentful to the Great Jin court. Even if the Great Jin could not provide too much assistance to Gu State because of the rebellion of the Suzhou Xiang Army, there were more than 100,000 elite Dajin border troops on the border between Zhejiang and Gu State. If half of these tens of thousands of elite Dajin border troops could enter Gu State for support, Gu State would not have been destroyed by Lu State so quickly. In the least, the emperor and royal members of Gu State had time to retreat to Zhejiang State safely.

Fan Dongying discussed with several generals of Gu State under his command, thinking that it would be impossible to rely on the current imperial court of the Jin Dynasty to restore the country. So they set their minds on Suzhou Xiangjun, a newly emerging force in the Jin Dynasty. Then Fan Dongying led the remaining more than 5,000 Gu State soldiers to pass through the entire Zhejiang Province of the Jin Dynasty, and entered Lianzhou, which was controlled by Suzhou Xiangjun, and directly asked to join Suzhou Xiangjun as a whole.

Zhao Lianjin, a general of the Suzhou Xiang Army in Lianzhou, learned that the remaining 5,000 soldiers from Gu State were going to join the Suzhou Xiang Army, and did not dare to make a decision privately. He immediately reported the matter to Zhang Mingqi in the Canglong City area with a carrier pigeon.

After Zhang Mingqi learned about this, he discussed with several strategists and decided to accept the remaining three thousand soldiers of Gu State. After all, Zhang Mingqi had already regarded the seven southeastern states and even the entire Jin Dynasty as his belongings. Now that Lu State has successively captured Jiao State, Xun State, Gu State and Lai State, it will inevitably become enemies of Zhang Mingqi and the Xiang Army of Suzhou.

The enemy of the enemy is a friend, so Zhang Mingqi would not care about the reaction of Lu State to the acquisition of the remaining three thousand soldiers and horses of Gu State.

After Fan Dongying joined the Suzhou Xiang Army with more than 5,000 remaining Gu Guo soldiers, he rushed to Canglong City with some troops that had just formed by the Suzhou Xiang Army.

At first, Fan Dongying and more than 5,000 Gu Guo soldiers did not receive much attention from Zhang Mingqi. However, after a war broke out with the imperial army north of Arc de Arc destined to make Zhang Mingqi ecstatic.

When the elders of Wudang Mountain Lei Jin, Chen Tong and the guardian Yang Yu, three masters with the strength of peerless generals, failed to attack and kill Zhang Shaohua, they immediately hid in the hundreds of thousands of troops of the court with their disciples. They also knew that the Polu Army would definitely suspect that it was done by Wudang Mountain and would not give up.

Later, it was not until thousands of elite troops of the Polu Army escorted Zhou Shilang's family in the Ministry of Rites to leave Canglong City, and the elders of Wudang Mountain, Lei Jin, Chen Tong and the guardian Yang Yu dared to emerge.

After the Suzhou Xiang Army and the imperial army started another war north of Arc de Arc destiny, Fan Dongying not only killed three inner disciples of Wudang Mountain with the strength of top-level generals and two powerful generals of the imperial guards on the battlefield, but also killed Chen Tong, the fourth elder of Wudang Mountain in a one-on-one battle. According to Liu Fengbao, the number one general of Suzhou Xiang Army, Fan Dongying's martial arts are definitely above him, and it is not even weaker than that of Zhang Shaohua.

In addition, Fan Dongying led more than 5,000 Gu Kingdom troops and horses to rush around on the battlefield, and he was almost killed by the commander of the imperial court, He Guangzong, the general of the cavalry. Although He Guangzong finally escaped with injuries while resisting the guards, it caused a large-scale defeat of the imperial army. If it weren't for this defeat, perhaps He Guangzong and Li Hong would not have retreated to Canglong City with a million troops so quickly.

After the guards filled Fan Dongying's wine glass, Fan Dongying picked up the wine glass and said respectfully to Zhang Mingqi: "Mongol of Zhang will never abandon us, and we took in us, those of the devastated country. It is appropriate to serve Zhang Dazhi. Dongying respected Zhang Dazhi's glass and wished Zhang Dazhi to take control of the 24 prefectures of the Jin Dynasty as soon as possible!"

Zhang Mingqi once again picked up the wine glass and said to Fan Dongying with a smile: "Brother Fan, don't worry! As long as I, Zhang Mingqi, take control of the power of the Great Jin Dynasty, I will do my best to help Brother Fan restore the country!"

Fan Dongying immediately said gratefully: "As long as Marshal Zhang can restore our Gu Kingdom, I, Fan Dongying, are willing to devote my life to Marshal Zhang until my death!"

After Zhang Mingqi and Fan Dongying had another glass of wine, Zhang Mingqi turned his head and said to a strong man with an extremely tall figure: "This time, Brother Yuan has made an important contribution to defeating the imperial army outside the Arc destiny. Come on! I respect Brother Yuan with a glass!"

The strong man named Brother Yuan by Zhang Mingqi was named Yuan Tianba, and his fate was very similar to Fan Dongying. Yuan Tianba was originally the first powerful general who emerged from Jiao Kingdom. Even the emperor of Jiao Kingdom married a princess to Yuan Tianba, making Yuan Tianba the prince consort of Jiao Kingdom.

After the Lu army invaded Jiao State, Yuan Tianba killed more than a dozen generals of Lu State on the battlefield, and even a commander of the Lu State Army, who was known for his bravery, died under Yuan Tianba's sword. Unfortunately, the invading army of Lu State had an overwhelming advantage in the Jiao State army. After nearly three months of persistence, the three states in the country basically fell into the hands of the Lu State army. The Jiao State Emperor died heroically in the battlefield in the capital of Jiao State. When Yuan Tianba broke through with his pregnant wife, his pregnant wife was shot to death by an arrow. Yuan Tianba then went crazy and led the remaining troops to fight with the Lu State army. In the end, only Yuan Tianba broke through the siege.

After Yuan Tianba left the capital of Jiao Kingdom, he found that with his own strength, he could not avenge his wife and his unborn children at all. So Yuan Tianba hid all day long and entered Fuzhou of the Great Jin Dynasty, passed through the entire Fuzhou, and went to Lianzhou to join the Suzhou Xiangjun. Yuan Tianba hoped to use the newly rising power of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Suzhou Xiangjun, to avenge his wife and his unborn children. As for the restoration of the country or not, Yuan Tianba didn't care.

When Yuan Tianba joined the Xiang Army in Suzhou, he did not hide his origin. Since Zhang Mingqi dared to take over the three thousand soldiers of Gu State, he also minded to take over another powerful general from Jiao State. Yuan Tianba was then transferred to Canglong City by Zhang Mingqi.

Yuan Tianba is also known as the new powerful general of Jiao Kingdom. On the battlefield where he fought against the imperial army, there were as many as five disciples of Wudangshan and inner disciples who died at Yuan Tianba. Yang Yu, a guardian of Wudangshan who had the power of a peerless general, also died under Yuan Tianba's horse spear. The generals and soldiers of the imperial army who died at Yuan Tianba's hands were even more numerous.

Although Yuan Tianba and Fan Dongying had never fought each other, their martial arts should be just as good as each other, and Yuan Tianba's martial arts are definitely above Liu Fengbao, the number one general of the Suzhou Xiang Army.

Yuan Tianba picked up the wine glass and said in a deep voice to Zhang Mingqi: "Marrior Zhang, I, Yuan Tianba, live to seek revenge on Lu. I hope that Marshal Zhang can send me, Yuan Tianba, to the battlefield with Lu in the future!"

Zhang Mingqi did not mind Yuan Tianba's attitude at all. He smiled and said, "Brother Yuan, don't worry, the seven southeastern prefectures of the Great Jin, and even the entire twenty-four prefectures of the Great Jin, will sooner or later belong to me, and Lu is also a wolf-like ambition. The Suzhou Xiangjun under my official command will have a chance to fight with the Lu army in the future. At that time, we will have to rely more on Brother Yuan!"

Yuan Tianba immediately said: "As long as I can avenge my wife and my unborn child, I, Yuan Tianba, are willing to devote my life to Marshal Zhang until my death!"

Zhang Mingqi smiled happily at this time, not only because he defeated the imperial army outside the Arc destiny, but now he has surrounded Canglong City, the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, and also because he has obtained two super experts with the strength of peerless generals.

Zhang Shaohua's surrender to the Polu Army was a permanent pain in his heart for Zhang Mingqi. Now, two super generals, Yuan Tianba and Fan Dongying, have been added, which has weakened the pain in Zhang Mingqi's heart a lot.

After Zhang Mingqi and Yuan Tianba had a drink together, Zhang Mingqi asked his adviser Tang Yan: "Mr. Tang, now our Suzhou Xiangjun is already under Canglong City. What suggestions do you have for attacking Canglong City?"

Staff member Tang Yan hesitated and said to Zhang Mingqi: "Lord, as the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, the city walls of Canglong City are twenty meters high, and the four walls are more than one hundred miles long. According to the news we have obtained, the imperial army in the city, including those who retreated from the north of Arc de Arc destiny, have at least one million or more. The temporary recruitment of young and strong men is almost one million. The food and grass in Canglong City is also very sufficient, enough for the army and people in the city to use for half a year. If our Suzhou Xiang Army wants to capture Canglong City, we must be prepared for a protracted war."

Zhang Mingqi nodded, then sighed and said, "Canglong City has sufficient soldiers and food, and the twenty-meter-high city wall is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is indeed not easy for our Suzhou Xiangjun to capture Canglong City."

After pausing, Zhang Mingqi continued, "But no matter how difficult it is, we have to attack. Now our Suzhou Xiang Army is running a hundred and a half ninety steps. Only by capturing Canglong City can we seize the authority of the entire Jin Dynasty!"

Staff member Tang Yan continued to suggest: "Lord, my subordinates believe that our Suzhou Xiang army should not stop expanding while attacking Canglong City. It is best to take the opportunity to capture Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Fuzhou in the seven southeastern prefectures. In this way, our Suzhou Xiang army can advance, attack, retreat, defend, and be invincible!"

When Zhang Mingqi heard the suggestion of his adviser Tang Yan, he did not speak immediately. Instead, he frowned and thought that Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Fuzhou were not so easy to attack. For example, the imperial court gathered more than 400,000 troops in Qinhuai City in Suzhou, and there were more than 100,000 elite border troops controlled by some generals in Zhejiang and Fuzhou. Once Zhejiang and Fuzhou were captured, they would face the threat from Lu.

The strategist Tang Yan seemed to see Zhang Mingqi's concerns, so he immediately spoke: "Lord, although there are still many imperial troops in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Fuzhou, our Suzhou Xiang army has already surrounded the capital. This will definitely shake their determination to resist for the court army in the four prefectures. As long as we fight, we win over some generals of the imperial army, adopt a strategy of soft and hard to seize Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Fuzhou. Moreover, our Suzhou Xiang army has 18 guards in the southeast, with more than two million people, and the total number of troops in the four prefectures is less than one million."
Chapter completed!