Shennong Dao Master

"The other three units have experienced division and are currently engaging in conflicts within the military camp, lacking the capability to step out of the military camp's boundary for now."

In such a short time, Tianyang True Monarch gathered so much intelligence because his influence was widespread, with numerous followers.

Additionally, the God of Agriculture below was mostly unaffected, allowing for the relatively smooth transmission of orders and information.

The main reason for this situation is that priests usually do not learn the 'Minister of Agriculture Inviting God Skill.'

Besides the Military Minister of Agriculture Officer, the strength of the Literary Minister of Agriculture is relatively weak.

Their combat power is inferior in other aspects; the focus at the beginning of the rebellion is on seizing power.

Who would think of farming and disrupting Heavenly Time and Earthly Advantage right from the start?

Even Prince Liang doesn't think this way. He wants a complete Pinghai State, not a devastated one.

Only after realizing it's impossible would they turn into bandits, resorting to wanton destruction, delay, and obstructing the court's army from pursuing them.

"Is it possible that the master seized Wu Xuan Ying's authority to command a hundred thousand ghost soldiers and ghost generals?" Zhao Xing asked again.

"Initially it was not possible, but now it is," Tianyang True Monarch responded, "However, I do not recommend you do this."

"As a third-level Inspector, you only have authority over those below the third rank; taking control of ghost soldiers and ghost generals' authority is against the rules."

"Prince Liang represents chaos, while the court stands for order; any sensitive action at this time is inappropriate."

"Even if you order these hundred thousand ghost soldiers and ghost generals to pacify Tianhe Prefecture, at most it would counterbalance merits and demerits, and if Wu Xuan Ying decides to resist, you could even be at fault."

Zhao Xing nodded; for court officials, things are never as convenient as for rebels.

However, he was just asking out of curiosity. He initially didn't consider being able to seek help from the master's golden body.

"Thank you for your guidance, master."

After Zhao Xing finished asking, he immediately found Wu Xuan Ying and Zhang Ping for a discussion, as these two currently held the highest positions.

Soon, these two also summoned the main officials of each department.

In terms of martial artists, there were no third ranks, only a fourth-rank City Guard Army Guardian General, Li Gan, because high-rank martial artists were mostly in the military.

The Mechanical Department also had no high rank, only a Standard Fourth Rank named Gongsun Yang.

Although the mechanical devices in Tianhe Prefecture had high ranks, their operators did not require a high rank.

Additionally, there were two people, namely Peng Yu, the dean of the Li Fire Taoist School, Tianhe Branch.

Xiao Han, the dean of the Bishui Daoist School, Tianhe Branch.

These two are also third-rank, but their strength is merely average, belonging to the weaker end of the third rank.

Their role is merely to guard the two Daoist Academies' branches set in Tianhe Prefecture, overseeing the Li Fire Altar and the Biyou Canghai Array as transit hubs for resource transportation.

Outside the range of the Daoist Academy, these two can't exert third-rank strength.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what can be confirmed now is that the Xinyang Army has rebelled, the main general was killed, and the new rebel general has already submitted to Prince Liang."

"Additionally, the Tianxia King has already raised a rebellion."

Zhang Ping and Wu Xuan Ying were not surprised upon hearing this.

However, Gongsun Yang, Peng Yu, and Xiao Han were quite shocked.

"The Tianxia King is a Third Grade Middle Stage martial artist, who ascended to kinghood through military achievements."

"In other ways, he might not be particularly outstanding, but he is exceptionally skilled in battlefield strategy!"

"The Tianxia King, when leading troops, cannot be killed even by a Second Grade."

Zhang Ping handed over a document: "The Tianxia King has already sent a proclamation to the Prefecture City, demanding He Zhengchen lead all officials to kneel and submit to him."

"The Tianxia King also claims to have control over fifty-six commanderies in the east, with eight garrisons under his command."

"Claiming an army of three million strong."

"He's giving us half a month to consider, otherwise, he will bring an army over to attack."

Zhao Xing accepted the document and couldn't help but smile.

This is common in rebellion; they always like to exaggerate their strength to make it seem vast, deceiving uninformed people into joining them.

Gongsun Yang, Peng Yu, and Xiao Han looked quite surprised, not understanding why Wu Xuan Ying and Zhang Ping were treating Zhao Xing so politely.

It seemed like Zhao Xing was on equal footing with Wu Xuan Ying and Zhang Ping.

"What strategies do the gentlemen propose?" Zhao Xing inquired.

Zhang Ping and Wu Xuan Ying exchanged glances, somewhat hesitant.

They had already guessed that Zhao Xing intended to deploy troops out of the city to suppress the rebellion.

Wu Xuan Ying stated: "We must hold the Prefecture City without losing it; as long as the Prefecture City remains under the court's control, Tianhe Prefecture wouldn't be the domain of the chaotic army, and the commanderies below would also rise up and resist."

"If the backbone is lost, then it would completely fall."

Zhao Xing nodded: "Without affecting city defense, how many can be spared from the City Guard Army of Tianhe Prefecture?"

Li Gan pondered: "At most five thousand."

Zhang Ping said: "The Transportation Department can only spare five hundred Military Minister of Agriculture Officers."

Wu Xuan Ying added: "Out of Tianhe's hundred thousand ghost soldiers and ghost generals, we can spare up to ten thousand ghost soldiers and one ghost general for rebellion suppression, but I can send Yao Yuanchun out."

Gongsun Yang, seeing Zhao Xing looking over, though not sure why Zhao Xing was so impressive, asking questions to the two third ranks, still honestly replied: "Without affecting the Mechanical Array for city defense, up to ten thousand middle-grade mechanical masters can be deployed to maneuver the tower ships, operate large siege engines, and break boundary machines."

"No one can be dispatched from the Li Fire Taoist School," Peng Yu shook his head.

"The same for the Bishui Daoist School," Xiao Han concurred.

They truly have no one to spare.

The Ping Man war had dragged on to the Jingxin Calendar 35th year; the available middle and high-rank personnel had been mostly conscripted into the army by Prince Liang, leaving only a small number to maintain the inland commandery government's operation.

If not, Prince Liang wouldn't dare to revolt.

Zhao Xing nodded, turning to Zhang Ping: "Mr. Zhang, how many seventh-rank warships, large siege engines, and boundary-breaking devices does the Prefecture City have?"