When Li Xiang came out, Lord Suzuki also came over in a carriage from a distance. He must have heard the news as well. Li Xiang must have a lot of questions to ask him, so he didn't wait for Li Xiang to send someone to find him. He just asked his men to drive the carriage over.
"The situation is a bit urgent. Let's talk about it in the carriage. Now let's go to the military camp in the northwest."
There is sea to the south of Fuso's capital and land to the north. The army of the Futian family came from the northwest, so Li Xiang had to go to a military camp in the northwest first.
There are not too many troops stationed in the capital at present, only 3,500 people. In addition, there are more than 7,000 Fuso troops, but these people have just surrendered. Although Lord Suzuki has found a new general to take over, it is actually unknown how many people these people can control.
Now the Fuso army is staying obediently in the barracks and patrolling the city at the appointed time. On the surface, they have accepted the leadership of the Tang Dynasty, because there has been no change. But if the Fukuda family's army arrives outside the city, it is hard to say who these 7,000 people will help.
If Li Xiang had known this would happen, he would not have sent Fujii Jiro out. This guy has some ability in handling the army.
"We won't fight a battle without confidence. Send a letter to Su Dingfang immediately and ask him to send reinforcements from Fukuoka and Nagasaki."
Li Xiang did not bring Su Dingfang with him this time because General Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin had both returned to their country, so someone had to stay there. Before the new general arrived, Su Dingfang stayed in Fukuoka.
Although Ding Tu, as a naval general, could guard an area, Li Xiang felt that it would be better to let Su Dingfang handle matters on land.
Hearing Li Xiang's arrangement, Lord Suzuki nodded. He had been following Li Xiang these days, and he knew how Li Xiang succeeded. That was because he did not take risks in many things. After they happened, he would immediately mobilize the troops around him. What he could trust most was not the so-called chances, but the army with weapons.
Li Xiang would only feel absolutely safe when the Tang army was stationed around. This was not just what Li Xiang thought, more and more people in the Tang Dynasty thought so. So when the rebels of the Futian family came, Li Xiang's first thought was to mobilize the army.
"How many other troops around the capital can be used? I'm talking about those who are absolutely sure. If they are in an ambiguous situation, we should transfer them away as soon as possible to avoid having them stay there and cause trouble for us. We can't afford to be careless at this critical moment."
Li Xiang knew that there were still many Fuso troops around the capital, but it was difficult to judge how many of these people could be trusted. After all, everyone had expressed their loyalty, and no one had done anything excessive so far. He just didn't know if they would still behave like this after the Fukuda family's army arrived.
"Your Highness, please give me a day."
Suzuki Nakatasu was a pragmatic person and he could not answer Li Xiang's question casually. Li Xiang thought that one day was enough time to sort out the troops around the capital. Although one day was a bit tight, Li Xiang did not have much time left.
According to the intelligence, the army assembled by the Fukuda family is less than two days' journey away from the capital. The Fuso army's marching speed is not fast, but Fuso's territory is too small. The Fukuda family and the emperor are both on Honshu Island, so if they want to come here, it will be very fast. If they were not waiting for the armies of other princes, they would have come here long ago.
After arriving at the military camp, Li Xiang found that it had entered a state of combat readiness. These were all troops from the Tang Dynasty Navy. When the Tang Dynasty Navy was first formed, Li Xiang asked them to form an army similar to the Marine Corps. He did not expect that it would be used now.
According to these people's thinking, the Fuso people should have been defeated, but they didn't expect such a situation to happen again. If this is the case, then we can only use heads to make them shut up and not scare their main resistance force. I am afraid that similar things will happen frequently in the future. As our Highness said, if you want peace, you must first go to war.
Why were the officials in the capital and the emperor's close ministers so frightened? Because they all knew how powerful Li Xiang was. Why didn't Fukuda Yasukawa know this? Because the two sides had never fought each other before, and he believed that he could gather an army of tens of thousands, which would also be an opportunity for the Fukuda family.
When it was announced that the emperor was going to Chang'an, Fukuda Yasukawa thought that the opportunity had come. The emperor's reputation among the people had plummeted, and no one thought that this person could continue to be the emperor of the entire Fuso. If Fukuda Yasukawa could drive the Tang army back, then some things would probably be different. This is the savior of the entire Fuso.
So under such circumstances, Fukuda Yasukawa secretly contacted several other princes, and then assembled an army of nearly 80,000, claiming to the outside world that there were 200,000 troops, and they were going to Chang'an to ask the king.
"Asking the Emperor" is an ancient Fusang saying, which means that when there are problems with the emperor's rule, the princes will gather their troops and go to the capital to ask the emperor what is going on. Of course, this is a more beautiful way of saying rebellion. In fact, to put it bluntly, it means rebellion.
Although the Tang Dynasty's army is very powerful, it is probably impossible to defeat them with only a few thousand people. There are also some other troops scattered in the city, and all of them assembled are less than 4,000 people. Even Li Xiang, the commander, has no confidence in using these 4,000 people to fight against the 80,000 troops of the Futian family.
Li Xiang had been staring at the sand table for a long time. We didn't have much chance on land, but we still had a lot of chances on the ocean. But in the end, he shook his head helplessly. Although the navy's warships' guns were powerful, their bombardment range was limited.
If they attack from the north, the only chance is to retreat into the city. If they continue to fight outside the city, the navy's warships' artillery will not be able to reach them.
Now that the capital has just stabilized, Li Xiang will never give up the capital and let them in. If that happens, the confidence that has just been built up will be shattered, and the chaos in the city will happen again, even worse than last time.
