Finally, on the fourth day of the eighth month, they arrived in Chengdu Prefecture, three days earlier than the deadline, and then the reinforcements from all provinces in the south of the Yangtze River also arrived one after another.

In total, there are:

The Yuezhou crusade made Lin Mocheng lead the deputy general Ma Yu and the partial generals Zhou Dawu and Wan Qian to lead 1,200 soldiers and horses.

The Chenzhou attack envoy Xie Zhiwei, the deputy general Tong Zhongyan and the partial general Bai Qianyue led 1,200 soldiers and horses.

Li Tongzhi, the deputy general of Hengzhou, and Huo Zhao, the partial general, led 800 soldiers and horses.

Jiangzhou Town's general Bo Qianfang and his deputy general Jiang Yangying led 1,200 soldiers and horses.

Yongzhou deputy general Zou Yueqi and partial general Huang Fulie led 700 soldiers and horses.

Daozhou's deputy envoy Baisheng Tianwang Ju Xingyuan and the deputy generals Fan Kun, Fang Yuanju, and partial general Chen Qinggui led 1,300 soldiers and horses.

Hongzhou deputy generals Zheng Tengjiao, Li Quandao, and Guan Wenkui led 1,300 soldiers and horses.

Qianzhou town general Zhang Tongan, deputy generals Qiu Baotong, Wang Mao led a thousand soldiers and horses.

Jizhou's deputy general Wu Chaoying and partial general Ding Qi led 700 soldiers and horses.

The rest of the states each led 500 to 1,500 soldiers and horses, and came to Chengdu Prefecture one after another.

Many military generals are familiar with the military drills over the years, or neighboring states often cooperate to exterminate bandits, bandits or catch thieves, and they also know each other.

Bai Qianyue, Jiang Yangying and Huo Zhao still met and did not speak, it seems that the beam that was married a few years ago has not yet been revealed.

Jiang Yangying is a deep and resourceful person, and has repeatedly performed miraculous feats in Jiangzhou, and in just a few years, he has been promoted to deputy general, higher than Bai Qianyue, and Bai Qianyue is really the boss in his heart.

The elite soldiers of the state or those who have the heart to serve the country and want to establish a meritorious name have been sent to Chengdu Mansion and gathered together.

Jiannan Jiedu envoy Xian Yu Zhongtong, originally Jiannan interview envoy, through Yang Guozhong's relationship, jumped to the rank and promoted to Jiannan Jiedu envoy. He was greedy, arrogant, and unrelenting, and under his rule, the soldiers and the people were full of resentment and complaints.

Because Xian Yu Zhongtong was originally a civilian official, he was only good at passing the buck and dumping his colleagues, and he was not familiar with military affairs. After taking office, he was worried that he would not be able to control the generals, so he thought about killing Liwei.

Due to the remoteness of the soldiers and horses of Chaozhou and Xunzhou in Lingnan Road, the imperial court dispatch order arrived late, and the soldiers and horses in armor were not prepared, and the heavy rain on the road delayed the march, so that the time was delayed and the arrival was a day late.

According to the military law of the Tang Dynasty, if there is a delay due to force majeure and the military period is delayed, the chief officer can be punished with 30 canes according to the regulations.

Xian Yu Zhongtong summoned the generals of the two states to come to the Chinese military tent to discuss the matter, Chaozhou town general Xu Yingqi and Xunzhou military general Lin Shanyue led a total of more than ten people to accompany the generals, except for the blade to enter the account, Xian Yu Zhongtong ordered the left and right soldiers to rush up, tied the military generals of the two states one by one, tied them to the tent, and wanted to behead the public.

When all the generals entered the account, they all told him: "If the army is not done, it will be disadvantageous to behead the generals first." ｣

Xian Yu Zhongtong was furious: "I want to affirm the military discipline and discipline, who dares to stop it? If you admonish it again, you will be guilty of the same crime! ｣

The generals did not dare to admonish again.

So Xian Yu Zhongtong beheaded more than ten generals in the two states, and passed on the heads of each battalion and each army to be terrified.

Because the two main generals who were beheaded were quite tolerant and generous to the soldiers on weekdays, and they were very popular with the army, but now they were killed for small reasons, and the soldiers and generals of the two states were secretly resentful.

Xian Yu Zhongtong merged a total of 2,500 soldiers and horses from Chao and Xun Erzhou into the Jiannan Metropolitan Protectorate, which was controlled by Li Hui, and the soldiers of the two states were even more angry.

Chengdu Mansion is located in Yizhou, prosperous and wealthy, there is an ancient proverb: "Yangzhou one, Yizhou two." ｣。

Chengdu Mansion is located inland, is the general distribution center of goods in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty, with a large population and rich products, it has long been an important town in the southwest, and it is also the seat of the capital of Jiannan Road, Chengdu Mansion is prosperous and rich, and it is a commercial hub, but it is close to Tubo and Nanzhao, and there are border conflicts from time to time, so Chengdu Mansion has become the first important place in the southwest under the deliberate management of the imperial court. The soldiers of Jiannan Province are strong and brave, and the soldiers and generals under them have been on the battlefield for a long time, and their combat power is strong, and they are the most important force in the southwest border defense.

The Southern Expeditionary Army was led by Jiannan Jiedu envoy Xian Yu Zhongtong as the commander-in-chief and concurrently the chief general of Jiannan Province, Li Hui and Wang Zhijin as deputy marshals, Lizhou Raid Envoy Sun Changle, Rongzhou Town General Chen Ce and Yaozhou Town General Wu Yuewen as the deputy general of Jiannan Province, leading the main force of Jiannan Province with a total of more than 30,000 people, which was the main force of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

The generals of each province are honored by the official positions of each province, serving as the general of the army, Jiangnan West Province because the governor Qiu Zhengxian and the deputy governor Shangguan Jingtu did not come, so the Tanzhou soldiers and horses make Ming Xiang respect, Yuezhou attack Lin Mocheng, Chenzhou attack Xie Zhiwei, Qianzhou town general Zhang Tongan as the deputy, a total of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses.

In addition, the general of Daozhou, Ju Xingyuan, was the vanguard of the march of Jiangnan West Road, and served as the main general of the soldiers and horses in the states of Jiangnan West Road.

Lingnan Province was led by Mu Yijie, the deputy envoy of Jinglu, followed by Li Chongguan, the general of Guizhou Town, and Shi Dongkui, the general of Chengzhou Town, leading 11,000 soldiers who were accustomed to war, and went out with the army.

The chief of Shannan West Province will be Tian Dawei, the deputy envoy of the observation department, Xia Yuqing, the deputy commander of the army and horses, and Zhu Yi, the general of Bazhou Town, with a total of more than 13,000 soldiers and horses, and they are also the division of a hundred battles.

Wang Xuan, the envoy of Qianzhong Dao, also led Wei Sizhong, the deputy envoy of Sizhou, Zhao Qingyun, and 11,000 soldiers and horses to help in the battle.

The total number of soldiers and horses recruited by the imperial court was more than 85,000, and the leading generals and colonels were all brave and resourceful, the soldiers were strong and fierce, and the morale of the whole army was high.

In terms of combat power, the southern expeditionary army is the strongest in Jiannan Province and Lingnan Province, mainly because these two provinces are composed of border guards, which have been conquered in the frontier for a long time, and Shannan West Road often participates in supporting the crusade against Tubo, and its combat power should not be underestimated.

The color of the uniforms of the soldiers and officials is also different, and those who do not wear the regulations according to the color of the clothes will be beheaded according to the military order, but the generals and above can not follow this order, and they can wear the usual battle robes and armor.

The color of the robe is as follows:

Jiannan Road has a green robe, Jiangnan West Road has a black robe, Qianzhong Road has a green robe, Shannan West Road has a white robe, and Lingnan Road has a red robe. Divide the color of their robes to facilitate the command of the generals, and those who go into battle to face the enemy, see the color of the robes advance and retreat to know their courage and cowardice, and set rewards and punishments.

On August 13, 751, King Nanzhao Ge Luofeng sent an envoy to deliver a letter of petition for peace to Chengdu Mansion. claimed to lead the troops to set foot in Taihe City, the capital of the Southern Zhao Kingdom.

The envoy of Nanzhao was driven out of Chengdu Mansion in a gray manner, and then Pegasus returned to Nanzhao to report the tough attitude of the commander of the Tang Dynasty.

On August 20, when the south was in the heat of summer, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expeditionary Army Xian Yu Zhongtong slaughtered chickens and cattle, and immediately set off after offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and the military flag.