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Chapter 734: Unpredictable
By the end of June, the 34,000 soldiers of the Six Guards had been assembled for the southern expedition. Civil officials Xue Yan, Hou Hai, Pei Youzhen and others had already left Beijing in accordance with the imperial order.
Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Xincheng, was formally appointed as the General of the Expedition to the Barbarians in the Fengtian Hall. He was ordered to command the entire military power of the Beijing Camp Southern Expedition Army, the Annan Military Governor's Office, and the garrison troops mobilized from Guangxi and Guangdong, and was given the power to act at will. Chen Xuan was the chief commander of the navy, commanding all fleets participating in the war, but had to obey Zhang Fu's military orders. Liu Sheng, the Marquis of Anyuan, was appointed as the Left Deputy General of the Expedition to the Barbarians, and Yin Desheng, the Marquis of Heyang, was appointed as the Right Deputy General of the Expedition to the Barbarians.
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