After listening to Grand Tutor Cai's report on the military situation, Yang Cheng immediately realized that Dugu Cheng was definitely up to something again.
For Dugu Cheng, having fought against the Thirty-Six Great Bandits for so long, it was absolutely impossible for him to allow them to bypass his defenses and attack the capital.
Moreover, through the Meng Tao incident, Yang Cheng has confirmed that Dugu City is definitely colluding with the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, or rather, has some kind of tacit understanding with them, and is suspected of harboring bandits to enhance his own power.
The other party was probably dissatisfied with the court's decision to deprive the Wuwei Army of its military funding, so they wanted to put pressure on the court and show it that the Great Zhou Dynasty could not function without its own Wuwei Army to suppress the rebellion.
This is the first floor.
The second level is probably for those who come for themselves.
Everyone knows about the feud between himself and the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, and now only the Zhenwu Hall on the Great Zhou side still has the strength to fight. He will definitely have to take action himself to snipe the Thirty-Six Great Bandits.
He could then use someone else to kill him, letting himself die at the hands of the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, and then Dugu City could send troops to drive out the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, thus restoring his prestige. It would be a win-win situation.
Dugu Cheng has certainly come up with a good idea!
"The thirty-six bandits are almost at the city gates. Does the Grand Commander have a plan to repel them?"
Zhou Deyuan asked with a grave expression.
With the elite border troops of the Great Zhou all stationed abroad, the Zhenwu Hall is now their only source of military strength.
Yang Cheng said calmly, "I have no plan, and I don't really understand large-scale military operations."
But I only know one thing: when soldiers come, we will block them; when water comes, we will dam it.
The thirty-six powerful bandits were marching straight towards the capital. This was an absolute crushing force; any schemes or tricks would be useless.
There are no other forces in the capital, so my Zhenwu Hall will do everything in its power to suppress the Thirty-Six Great Bandits.
Furthermore, Yuwen Du's Northern Army is still recuperating around the capital and hasn't left. I need the authority to mobilize the Northern Army.
The thirty-six bandits led by Kuanglong Xuanyuan numbered nearly 100,000. Yang Cheng could hunt down the thirty-six bandits, but someone still needed to deal with the other bandits.
His cooperation with Yuwen Du last time went fairly well. Now that Yuwen Du and the Zhenwu Hall are working together, as long as Yang Cheng can deal with the leaders of the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, the other bandits will be easier to handle.
Grand Tutor Cai replied directly, "No problem! Yuwen Du will fully cooperate with the Grand Commander!"
During the last suppression of the White Lotus Sect, Yuwen Du followed Yang Cheng and earned a lot of military merits.
Although facing the Thirty-Six Great Bandits was dangerous, Grand Tutor Cai preferred to have Yuwen Du act with Yang Cheng.
Zhou Deyuan bowed deeply to Yang Cheng and said in a deep voice, "I must entrust everything to the Grand Commander!"
"Your Highness is too kind. It is my duty, and Yang Cheng will certainly do his best."
Zhang Xuansu noticed that Yang Cheng's expression was not good, clearly still holding a grudge against Yang Cheng for the time he had been severely criticized last time.
"Grand Commander, you'd better act quickly, lest those rebels reach the very gates of the capital and alarm His Majesty."
Zhang Xuansu said something indifferently.
Yang Cheng looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Does the Marquis of Anguo mean that I should fly over now to fight the Thirty-Six Great Bandits? No need for a plan, no need to reorganize the army?"
Before Zhang Xuansu could say anything more, Zhou Deyuan looked at him sternly and said coldly, "Does the Marquis of Anguo know anything about military affairs?"
If you don't understand military affairs, don't spout useless nonsense here!
At a time when the entire Great Zhou Dynasty needs Yang Cheng to hold it up, Zhang Xuansu is still making sarcastic remarks.
Zhou Deyuan knew what was good for him and knew that he couldn't afford to offend Yang Cheng, especially at times like these.
His seniority was too great, so Zhang Xuansu didn't dare to be presumptuous and could only snort coldly before falling silent.
Empress Dowager Zhang smoothed things over, saying, "Grand Commander and Your Highness, please don't take offense. Marquis Anguo was just worried about His Majesty's safety, and his words were a little inappropriate. He meant no harm."
Yang Cheng chuckled coldly, not understanding what was going on, and then turned and left.
Grand Tutor Cai also left with Yang Cheng, his face expressionless.
Old Wang sighed, shook his head slightly, and followed Zhou Deyuan out of the main hall.
After everyone had left, Zhang Xuansu said with a displeased expression, "What do they mean by this? Do they even respect His Majesty?"
Empress Dowager Zhang advised, "Right now, our court still needs to rely on Yang Cheng. If we anger him, who will help us stop the Thirty-Six Great Bandits?"
Zhang Xuansu snorted, "I think Yang Cheng doesn't respect the imperial court or His Majesty at all!"
After venting his frustrations for a few minutes, Zhang Xuansu left.
Zhou Yuan seemed to be deep in thought when he heard Zhang Xuansu's words.
After returning to Zhenwu Hall, Yang Cheng didn't bother with the messy affairs of the imperial court and directly prepared to target the Thirty-Six Great Bandits.
"Meiniang, you've collected enough information on the Thirty-Six Great Bandits over the years, haven't you? Bring me all the information."
Ye Meiniang nodded and immediately handed over a large stack of documents.
Ye Meiniang, the chief intelligence officer, was no joke. Over the years, she hadn't been lazy at all, but had organized the information on the Thirty-Six Great Bandits very neatly.
It even includes details about each person's personality, each person's birth details, etc., all in great detail.
The Thirty-Six Great Bandits were not as mysterious as the Holy Duke Zhang Liang; too many people in the martial arts world knew about their past.
Previously, Yang Cheng planned to pacify the internal situation before dealing with external threats, but he had not yet decided whether to target the Jianghu forces of the Great Zhou, the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, or the Holy Duke Zhang Liang.
Now that the thirty-six bandits have delivered themselves to his doorstep, Yang Cheng no longer needs to make a choice.
Yin Wuxie and the other three waited there silently for Yang Cheng to give the order.
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