Having rejected Yangxin's gracious invitation, Ding Wei had not yet had time to settle his thoughts and compose his mood when an urgent scout report arrived: about fifty thousand troops of the Xinjian Army from the Xin Dynasty would reach Guanshan the very next day.
Ding Wei steadied himself, somewhat taken aback. He had not anticipated that the Xinjian Army would number as many as fifty thousand men, far exceeding his expectations.
Fifty thousand elite special forces—just how much silver would that cost?
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