The abandoned Li Family estate, the Mao Camp's base.
General Li was seeing off the brave warriors under his command.
The Great Zhou had a post station every 70 li. There were 67 post stations between Tongzhou and the Celestial Capital, and two cats would be assigned to each one.
During the time Pei Shaoqing was in seclusion, General Li had essentially subdued all the domestic and stray cats in the city, carefully selecting 136 of them for comprehensive training.
Today was finally the day they would set off on their expedition.
136 cats of various colors and breeds sat squatting in the courtyard, their little faces serious. Each carried a small bundle on its back containing dried fish and dried mice.
General Li, fat and plump and clearly a head taller than the other cats, stood on a stone mill. He looked down upon his kind, meowing nonstop.
The general meaning was as follows:
