The next day, Yun Zheng and Dugu Ce hosted a banquet for the middle and upper-level generals of Beilu Pass as planned.
Halfway through the banquet, Dugu Ce informed everyone of Wei Wenzhong's collusion with the enemy, and told them frankly that Yun Zheng would be in charge of the Northern Palace Army in the future.
Dugu Ce's words naturally caused a huge uproar.
It was not until this time that the generals realized that Yun Zheng and his men really wanted to seize power.
After Yun Zheng and Dugu Ce patiently analyzed the current situation with the generals, half of the generals chose to obey Yun Zheng's orders, while the other half would rather die than surrender.
These generals who would rather die than surrender were basically the sons, nephews or disciples of the generals in the court.
It is really difficult to subdue these people.
Yun Zheng had no choice but to have them imprisoned temporarily, and repeatedly assured them that other than imprisoning them, they would not be made difficult and would not be short of wine and meat.
After imprisoning those people, Yun Zheng said to the generals who chose to submit: "Generals, from now on, I will replace the soldiers around you!"
"I am not afraid to tell you the truth. I am afraid that you are just pretending to obey my orders but doing something behind my back."
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"I have already told you all about the importance of Beilu Pass! I have no intention of engaging in war with my father, so there cannot be any problems at Beilu Pass!"
"Please allow me to be humble for once. When the situation stabilizes, I will personally pour wine to apologize to you all!"
"Please rest assured, I have always believed that although my father is not a wise ruler, he is definitely not a tyrant. Under his rule, at least the people in most places live and work in peace and contentment."
"Throughout history, those who rebelled when the people were not living in dire straits rarely succeeded. This king is not stupid enough to rebel at every turn!"
"It's really boring for us to fight among ourselves. I would rather lead you to expand the territory for the great cause and wash away the shame of the war six years ago..."
Yun Zheng sincerely told everyone his concerns and thoughts.
He has to be on guard because people’s hearts are hidden!
Beilu Pass is so important!
Once Beilu Pass fell into the hands of others, he would inevitably go to war with Emperor Wen.
Whenever there is a fight between father and son, the one who loses is always Da Gan's own strength.
He doesn't want to do anything that would make his relatives sad and his enemies happy.
Although some people were dissatisfied with Yun Zheng's honesty, most of them expressed understanding.
Yun Zheng didn't want to go to war with Emperor Wen, and they certainly didn't want to either.
Since the beginning of winter, Yun Zheng had led his troops in many battles with Beihuan, and had finally allowed Dagan to gain some advantages against Beihuan. Now was an important time to recapture the three border cities. If civil strife broke out in Dagan at this time, it would be a loss.
After obtaining their consent, Yun Zheng replaced all the personal soldiers of the eight generals who had surrendered with him with members of the Blood-Clothed Army.
Of course, this is only temporary.
It is such a waste to let the Blood-Cloth Army serve as personal soldiers for these people!
Once the situation stabilizes, the people who should be replaced will be replaced back.
Two days later, Zuo Ren led 6,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 old and weak farmers to station at Beilu Pass.
Only at this point did Yun Zheng and Dugu Ce relax.
To be honest, they were still very worried these two days.
Although they controlled some of the generals of Beilu Pass, Beilu Pass had an army of 30,000.
If someone instigates, the soldiers in Guanzhong on the northern slope are likely to fall into civil strife.
Now, Zuo Ren has arrived with his troops. They can transfer some middle and lower-level generals from Zuo Ren's troops to replace some generals of Beilu Pass, and then transfer another 20,000 people to the two frontline guards. Beilu Pass will basically be stabilized.
"Fortunately, the prince blocked the news in advance, otherwise, it would be too difficult to capture the Beilu Pass!"
Dugu Ce let out a long sigh and said with emotion.
They had never been so nervous before.
During these two days, Dugu Ce lived in fear and hardly slept.
"Who says it's not?"
Yun Zheng shrugged and said with a wry smile: "So, my father's arrangement is still very smart! Letting the sons, nephews and disciples of those generals in the court come to Beilu Pass is equivalent to tying Beilu Pass to the court! Even if Wei Wenzhong wants to rebel, it will be difficult to mobilize the troops of Beilu Pass..."
Emperor Wen may have been lacking in military talent, but he was definitely good at political politics.
Well, if someone could fight his way out of so many princes and ascend to the throne, how could he not be very good at political tactics?
Dugu Ce nodded in agreement and asked, "Should we start conquering Sanbian City tomorrow?"
"It's time to take action!"
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, and said with a wry smile: "To be honest, it is not that meaningful to recapture the three border cities now! The most important thing now is to seize Goubian. The time to recapture Qingbian and Weibian will be a little later..."
Now, Goubian is the most important!
They must seize the edge of the hill before the Baishui River thaws.
Beihuan is now withdrawing from Gobian because it does not want to continue to fight with them with a large army.
But once the Baishui River thaws, it will not be so easy for them to cross the river and seize the hillside.
At that time, Beihuan would simply place 20,000 people at Goubian, and it would be very difficult for them to cross the Baishui River and seize Goubian.
Although Beihuan’s food shortage was becoming more and more serious, at the very least, it could still guarantee the food supply for the 20,000-strong army.
Dugu Ce thought about it and nodded, "That's true, but..."
"I understand!"
Yun Zheng interrupted Dugu Ce and said, "Now that so many generals of the Northern Army are willing to follow me, they want to recapture the three border cities. If I don't do this, it may cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers..."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Ce couldn't help but nodded and smiled.
That's what he wanted to say.
However, since Yun Zheng understands this, I believe there is no need for him to say more.
"Let's set off tomorrow!"
Yun Zheng pondered for a moment, and then said: "Although Beihuan has suffered a lot, it may not be quiet. To defend the three border cities, at least 60,000 to 70,000 troops are needed..."
"Sixty to seventy thousand?"
Dugu Ce frowned and said, "Isn't sixty or seventy thousand a little too little?"
He had previously thought that Yun Zheng was going to send an army of 100,000 to recapture the three border cities!
“Not a few!”
Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "Beihuan will definitely withdraw from Weibian and Qingbian, but at the same time, Weibian and Qingbian will definitely be severely damaged. My idea is that our people will not enter Weibian and Qingbian for the time being. We will place 20,000 people to guard Goubian, and the other 40,000 to 50,000 people will be placed about 60 miles in front of Goubian..."
This way, the supply lines can be shortened, and the Wei Bian and Qing Bian can be included in their protection range.
When the ice on the Baishui River begins to melt, they will have fewer places to defend. At that time, they will be able to transfer more troops to Sanbian City and launch a counterattack against Beihuan.
Of course, the premise of all this is to have enough food!
Without food, everything is nonsense!
Yun Zheng was thinking about whether he should find a way to cheat three to five months more of food and fodder from the imperial court before leaving Beilu Pass.
However, he had too many things to do right now, and he really had no good way to cheat for food and supplies.
well!
With the military power in hand, problems also arose.
Without the supplies from the imperial court, it is really not easy to feed the more than 200,000 Northern Army soldiers!
If he can't even prevent these soldiers from going hungry, the military power in his hands will be unstable sooner or later...
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