This third strategy left him completely baffled, for it did not align with the power dynamics he was aware of.
At this time, it was only the first year of Wude, and the Liang Dynasty had just been established, holding control over the entire Guanzhong and River East.
Liu Wuzhou was still in Ma Yi, relying on the assistance of the Turkic to capture places like Yanmen and Loufan, and the Turkic had established him as Khan Dingyang.
It had not yet come to his sweeping through River East.
And Song Jingang was a peasant Rebel Army leader with over ten thousand troops, who at this time was still allied with Wei Dao'er.
By the second year of Wude, Wei Dao'er had been annihilated by Dou Jiande, and Song Jingang was heavily defeated by Dou Jiande, leading him to then take four thousand troops to seek refuge with Liu Wuzhou.
After the two forces joined, they then moved southward to Jinyang and collided with the powers of the Liang Dynasty.
