No matter how complex the composition of officials in the Capital was, how many belonged to the Aristocratic Families, how many were opportunistic, how many were secretly conspiring with the powerful Wang, Yang, and Li clans, and even those who were undercover agents of the God Demon... in the end, the court officials had no troops at their command. On the contrary, the Four Symbols Sect, under the covert operation of Huangfu Qing, had been building its influence for many years, and its latent power was indeed considerable.
The final battle-ready contingent of the Forbidden Army had gone to support the battlefield at Puyang, and their experience in warfare might have made them even more elite by now. Now that the battle at Puyang was over, this contingent was most likely urgently returning from the battlefield. The journey wasn't too far... But once this contingent arrived, it would be Vermilion Bird who would be even happier.
