After a brief respite of seven days, Li Xuan led his army away from Gan River by water route.
A thousand sails appeared like clouds, and a thousand large grain ships, catching the east wind, sailed away from the mouth of the Gan River like arrows released from their bows.
Jiangxi Governor Lei Li delivered on his promise, and within less than five days he had assembled 140,000 soldiers for Li Xuan, which was 20,000 more than planned.
The organization was essentially the same as that of Prince Ning's original forces, but Lei Li incorporated a large number of Jiangxi Weisuo soldiers, the Jiangxi standard militia, and officers from the Liaodong Cavalry into it.
Additionally, some repentant military officers who had defected were kept on after Lei Li's scrutiny and were allowed to redeem themselves.
This maximized the reliability and combat effectiveness of these troops.
