In the following time, Wang Yuan, as promised, cooperated wholeheartedly by mobilizing the civilians to reinforce the city walls.
——When it came to understanding the defense system of Nankou Pass, no one in this pass city had a better grasp than him.
Meanwhile, Li Xuan was both arranging the defenses and busy writing letters to the cabinet in Beijing, the Ministry of War, the Central Army Dudu's Mansion, and the Jingtai Emperor who was fighting in Tangshan.
The saying goes that 'if your status is improper, your words won't be heard'. Although all the army generals from the Youji General Wang Yuan down were submissive to him at this moment, complying with his every order, this was actually out of the ordinary.
For Li Xuan to issue orders to the armies as easily as he would his own hand, to rally the force of ten thousand armies, and even mobilize the human and material resources of Nankou Pass, he still needed to obtain authority from The Court.
