He looked at Sun Siwen.
Then he nodded slightly, confidently saying, "Eight months is enough."
Lu Yuan clapped his hands, "Good, then it's settled. The eighth month is good, in the second month of the forty-first year of Shenwu, Great Chu will officially mobilize troops for the Northern Expedition."
Sun Siwen saluted, "Your servant obeys the order."
...
After communicating with the Cabinet, Lu Yuan then found Zhou Qing and discussed military matters with him.
Zhou Qing was the foremost military officer in the country, holding the rank of the first Grand General and also serving as the Privy Council's military affairs commissioner. For Chu State's military expedition to the North, there was no way to avoid involving him.
Therefore, when Lu Yuan brought his chief disciple and presented the full plan he had discussed with Sun Siwen, Zhou Qing fell into deep thought.
"Eighteen million troops..."
Just hearing the number made Zhou Qing's head ache.
