Long Yongjun immediately went to East City and Kongming City with his men, rallying a total of five thousand elite guards to the White Snow Town outpost at the base of Wuji Mountain.
Zhao Benling gathered 20,000 elite guards from the Black Dragon River, Jilin, and Ning City. Following the agreement with Yang Xiao, they assembled at several key outposts near the base of Wuji Mountain.
At the same time, Zhao Benling also gathered Ning City's 20,000 elite guards to strengthen the defenses, in case Gu Beifeng launched a direct attack on Ning City from Hebei.
The atmosphere at the base of Wuji Mountain suddenly became tense.
