Xiao Dingwu's eyelids twitched, and he whispered, "What did you find in Shuofang?"
Xiao Dingwu knew in his heart that his father's strange idea must be related to his trip to Shuofang.
Xiao Wanchou nodded slightly: "Indeed, there are some discoveries..."
Having said that, Xiao Wanchou began to explain it to his son in detail again.
He discovered that the Sixth Prince had a very high prestige in the Shuofang Army.
If Yun Zheng does not agree, Wei Wenzhong will never be able to mobilize a single soldier from Shuofang!
This cannot be achieved with the help of Mr. Leng alone!
If he really only relied on Mr. Leng, Yun Zheng would become Mr. Leng's puppet.
However, Yun Zheng did not become Mr. Leng's puppet.
All the generals of the Shuofang Army, both big and small, respected Yun Zheng.
...
...
This respect can already explain some problems.
Moreover, although he stayed in Shuofang for several days, he was unable to ask many questions about Shuofang.
He felt that he, as the Minister of War, was like an outsider.
The generals of Shuofang, both big and small, are just a small group.
Although this doesn't mean anything, it at least proves that Yun Zheng is hiding a lot of things from him.
It is worth pondering why Yun Zheng hid it from him.
Listening to his father's words, Xiao Dingwu couldn't help but think silently.
So, is it really possible that Yun Zheng will seize control of the Northern Palace Army?
Is he going to rebel?
Or should we still maintain our own military power?
Xiao Dingwu pondered for a while, then asked, "Is Mr. Leng really that powerful?"
“Very impressive!”
Xiao Wanchou nodded and said with emotion: "This man's use of troops is unpredictable! If the Sixth Prince wants to take Beilu Pass, he will definitely not attack it by force! Even if you rely on the natural barrier of Beilu Pass, you are probably not his opponent! How much credit can you get by guarding Beilu Pass? But if you lose Beilu Pass, you will be doomed..."
The current situation is very delicate.
Xiao Wanchou didn't want his son to take this risk.
Besides, there was no need for him to take the risk.
This is an internal matter of the company, there is no need to get hung up on it.
If the Beihuan attacked, he would definitely let his son defend Beilu Pass to the death.
Xiao Dingwu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Then why did you pretend to be sick?"
"Fool!"
Xiao Wanchou glared at his son. "Once the Sixth Prince seizes control of the Northern Army, the father-son relationship between him and the Emperor will probably come to an end! At that time, the Emperor will most likely raise an army to attack him! Could it be that you want me to lead the army to attack the Sixth Prince?"
Once Yun Zheng seizes control of Beilu Pass, he will have a natural barrier!
Plus the mysterious Mr. Leng.
How to fight this?
He has already seen how powerful Mr. Leng is, so why would he want to get involved in this mess?
Do you think your life is too long?
Xiao Dingwu frowned, "Dad, this doesn't seem like your style, does it?"
"Fuck style!"
Xiao Wanchou glared at him unhappily, "If the Sixth Prince can defend Shuobei for Dagan, it will be a blessing for the people of Dagan! Let them deal with the royal family's affairs on their own, and we, as ministers, should not get involved! Otherwise, we may become victims of their game at any time!"
Hearing his father's words, Xiao Dingwu couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
He suddenly couldn't understand his father anymore.
My father only went to Shuofang for a few days, how could there be such a big change?
"Listen to your father's advice. I won't harm you!"
Xiao Wanchou patted his son's shoulder and said, "If we want to attack Beihuan, even if all the men in my Xiao family die on the battlefield, I will never back down! But let them deal with this kind of thing on their own. There is no need for us to sacrifice in vain! Besides..."
Having said this, Xiao Wanchou suddenly paused and sighed silently.
"And what?"
Xiao Dingwu asked doubtfully.
Xiao Wanchou sighed and said worriedly: "Although the current emperor is not a wise ruler in history, he is also a qualified emperor. But our prince does not look like a wise ruler at all! If there is a threat like the Sixth Prince, perhaps the prince will be a little more restrained after he succeeds to the throne..."
Xiao Dingwu thought silently for a while and nodded slightly.
…
After seeing Xiao Wanchou and the others off, Yun Zheng also started to get busy.
Now, they actually have 36,000 troops in their hands.
Together with the war horses captured in the battle at Riftwind Canyon a few days ago, the number of their war horses finally exceeded ten thousand.
The cavalry training camp on Luoxia Mountain has been basically completed and can be officially put into use.
Zhou Jishan and Gao He were ordered to be responsible for the training of 5,000 cavalrymen in Luoxia Mountain.
The other 5,000 war horses were given to Shen Luoyan, who was asked to select 3,000 men who were good at riding, shooting and fighting on horseback to form a real cavalry unit!
Du Guiyuan selected a thousand men from the entire army to rebuild the Blood Clothes Army.
The Blood-Clothed Army must be cavalry.
However, Yun Zheng does not have so many war horses now.
Moreover, he wanted to transform the Blood-Cloaked Army into heavy cavalry capable of charging into battle.
It is definitely not possible to achieve this at the moment, so we can only let these people practice infantry combat first.
Feng Yu led 9,000 people to camp in the Riftwind Canyon for a long time and was responsible for the defense of the Riftwind Canyon.
The other 18,000 people were divided into two groups, led by Zuo Ren and Lu Xing respectively.
Yun Zheng's one thousand soldiers have now basically become lower-level officers in the army, which also ensures that he can fully control this army.
In addition, the more than 20,000 old and weak soldiers, except those with skills, were also divided into two camps by Yun Zheng.
It is now less than two months away from spring.
We have to make some arrangements in advance for farming and farming in the spring.
Now, Yun Zheng’s guard battalion only has a hundred people.
The commander of the Imperial Guard Battalion was replaced by Yu Shizhong.
The food and fodder looted from the Riftwind Canyon a few days ago was temporarily stored.
These food and fodder are enough to feed more than 50,000 people for a month.
After arranging all the matters, Yun Zheng called Yu Shizhong into his tent and said, "I'm going to make you the commander of my guards from a general. Do you have any objection?"
"No!"
Yu Shizhong chuckled, "I know that Your Highness is intentionally training me!"
Yu Shizhong is not stupid either.
He didn't do anything wrong. Yun Zheng made him the commander of the guards for no reason. There must be a reason for that.
After all, the commander of the guards is the one who follows Yun Zheng.
There is so much to learn from him.
"You are quite clever!"
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "To be honest, I originally wanted Du Guiyuan to be the commander of my guards, but he was determined to rebuild the Blood Clothes Army, so I couldn't force him."
"Brother Du is indeed obsessed with the Blood-Cloaked Army, and so is this general." Yu Shizhong said, "Wait until Brother Du rebuilds the Blood-Cloaked Army, and then let him serve as the commander of the guards for His Highness."
Yu Shizhong knew that Du Guiyuan was indeed more suitable than him to be the deputy commander of Yun Zheng's army.
Moreover, Du Guiyuan was a man with one arm missing after all, and even though he led his troops into battle, he still lacked some ability.
It is most appropriate to let Du Guiyuan take charge of mobilizing the army.
If possible, he would rather exchange positions with Du Guiyuan.
"Let's talk about this later!"
Yun Zheng smiled helplessly, "Starting tomorrow, I will test you with some war games. If you lose three times in a row, you will be punished. Do you have any objections?"
"No!"
Yu Shizhong quickly shook his head.
Yun Zheng is teaching him something!
How could he have any objection!
Even if he was punished, he was willing to do it.
As the two were talking, the guards outside the tent suddenly ran in hurriedly, "Your Highness, General Feng Yu sent someone back to tell you that they captured a man in the Riftwind Canyon..."
"who?"
Upon learning the identity of the person captured by Feng Yu and his team, Yun Zheng and Yu Shizhong screamed at the same time...
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