Han Jin and the others had just taken a few sips of tea when Yun Zheng walked in with Shen Luoyan and others.
Before Han Jin and the others stood up to salute, Yun Zheng raised his hand to stop them, then asked with a smile: "Commander Han, there is something I forgot to tell you just now."
Han Jin had a bad feeling in his heart and asked tentatively, "Your Highness, do you have any other instructions?"
"Didn't the king get assassinated before?"
Yun Zheng said with a smile: "I have already found out from the interrogation that those assassins were all sent by the prince!"
"Although I am fine, I cannot swallow this anger!"
"I would like to ask Commander Han to help me take the two assassins back. I will write another letter and ask Commander Han to bring it to my father. I would like to ask my father to seek justice for me..."
Han Jin almost cried after listening to Yun Zheng's words.
Those assassins were sent by the prince!
If I bring the assassin back, wouldn't that be tantamount to offending the prince?
...
...
If the assassin died on the way, not only would he be held responsible for failing to escort him properly, but he would also have offended the Sixth Prince!
If things go wrong, I might be mistaken for being the prince's cronies!
Isn’t this a life-threatening matter?
At this moment, Han Jin just wanted to cry.
It is so frustrating to be the deputy commander of the imperial guards!
Every time something bad happens, it happens to me!
After hesitating for a long time, Han Jin looked at Yun Zheng bitterly, "Sixth Prince, we are only here to pass on your orders. This... this matter of escorting the assassin is really not our business!"
Listening to Han Jin's words, Shen Luoyan couldn't help but laugh secretly.
Isn’t this what Yun Zheng wanted Han Jin to say?
Yun Zheng only needs Han Jin to bring this news to his father.
As soon as Han Jin and his men left Shuobei, Yun Zheng immediately ordered Zuo Ren to send troops from Beilu Pass to approach Fuzhou.
By then, the relationship between the imperial court and Shuobei will become tense, and Yun Li will be in trouble again.
In order to calm Yun Zheng's anger, Yun Li has to come up with something, right?
In this way, doesn't Yun Zheng have another chance to trick Yun Li?
"Is that so?"
Yun Zheng stroked his chin and thought for a while, "In that case, I won't make it difficult for you! Before you go back, please go and see the assassins that I have imprisoned in Dingbei, and also help me to testify, so that my father won't say that I am slandering the prince! Commander Han should not refuse this small request, right?"
Testify?
Han Jin's face was slightly sad, and he was complaining in his heart.
He knows.
Yun Zheng had previously asked him to escort the assassin back, intending for him to refuse.
He politely refused to help Yun Zheng escort the assassin back to the imperial city.
If he refuses even this now, it would obviously be a lack of respect for Yun Zheng!
Now, if we really talk about face, Yun Zheng’s face is probably greater than the prince’s!
This Sixth Prince is really sinister!
As soon as you arrive, you've dug a hole waiting for you to jump into!
After hesitating for a long time, Han Jin finally nodded reluctantly and secretly made up his mind that he would never come to Shuobei to convey imperial orders again.
Whoever wants to come can come!
Whenever the court is going to send an imperial edict to Shuobei, I will pretend to be sick!
Yes, that's it!
…
Han Jin and his companions stayed at the edge of the hill for more than an hour.
As soon as the painter finished painting Jia Yao's portrait, he hurriedly left with the portrait and the head.
Yun Zheng also specially sent Zhou Mi to take them to Dingbei to meet those assassins.
At the same time, Yun Zheng sent someone to pass a message to Zuo Ren at Beilu Pass, asking him to pretend to approach Fuzhou.
No need to run too far.
We just need to let Han Jin and the others see that the soldiers at Beilu Pass are preparing to advance to Fuzhou.
If we run too far, it would be a waste of food, right?
A day later, Yun Zheng celebrated the victory for all the soldiers of the Northern Army.
All the Northern Army units received the news and celebrated the victory, whether they were stationed on the border of the mountain or in other places.
The banquet at the edge of the mountain lasted for three whole days.
After the banquet, it was natural to reward people according to their merits.
After all the rewards were given out, millions of taels of silver were spent.
Although Yun Zheng felt a little painful, he still had to reward him.
There is no other way. For someone like Dugu Ce, his position has basically reached the top, and we can only reward him with money and property.
Even those who were promoted because of their military achievements would be rewarded with some money and property.
In the battle with Beihuan, the Beifu army suffered heavy casualties.
According to detailed statistics, the number of Northern Army soldiers killed or forced to withdraw from the battle due to injuries and illnesses was nearly 90,000.
Among them, Tian Bing lost 23,000 people.
Although the Northern Palace Army suffered heavy losses, the threat from Beihuan had been eliminated, and Yun Zheng's elite army plan was officially implemented.
Yun Zheng swung his sword and directly cut the regular army of the Northern Army to 103,000 people.
Among them, the garrison troops of Beilu Pass and various cities totaled 50,000.
There were only 53,000 soldiers and horses actually used for regular combat.
The three thousand Blood-Clothed Army was led by Qin Qihu and Lu Xing.
The remaining 50,000 people were divided into five groups.
Among them, there were 40,000 cavalrymen, all of whom rode two horses, and were led by Yu Shizhong, Qu Zhi, Feng Yu, and Deng Bao respectively.
There are 10,000 heavy infantrymen, with Wang Qi as the commander.
Once the Yanhuishan camp is in good shape, Wang Qi and Yu Shizhong will lead their troops to move into the Yanhuishan camp.
Yun Zheng was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army, and Dugu Ce was the deputy commander-in-chief.
At the same time, the two also served as the dean and vice dean of the Military Academy.
As for the eliminated soldiers, Yun Zheng did not turn them into farm soldiers, but proposed the concept of reserve forces and transferred all the eliminated soldiers into the reserve forces.
These reserve forces are basically distributed in Sanbiancheng and Dingbei.
Reserve soldiers are also responsible for farming, road construction and other tasks, but their tasks are much less than those of farm soldiers, and they still have to ensure that their daily training is not neglected.
Yun Zheng’s requirements for the reserve forces are simple.
Put down your weapons and you can work; pick up your weapons and you can fight!
In addition, Yun Zheng also had to select 15,000 vassal troops from the captives of Beihuan, Menghu, Zhenhe and the Beihuan people who were about to migrate, including 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry.
The 15,000-strong vassal army was led by Fu Tianyan and Huo Gu.
The centurions and thousand-man commanders of the vassal army were all powerful people.
Each team of 100 men must have people from the Beihuan, Menghu and Zhenhe tribes to supervise each other.
Yun Zheng also established extremely strict military discipline for the vassal army.
If one person defected, the corresponding century and their families would all be held accountable.
Yun Zheng originally wanted to assign an instructor to each hundred-man team of the vassal army, but there were no suitable candidates at the moment, so he could only wait until the first batch of students at the military academy graduated.
Those generals who had been thrown into prison by Dugu Ce were each beaten with thirty sticks and sent to the military academy.
If you pass the assessment, you can be entrusted with important tasks.
If you fail to pass the assessment, you will become an instructor in a military academy in the future.
Dugu Ce had no objection to Yun Zheng's arrangement.
Yun Zheng was already very kind to those people.
If it were someone else, those people might not even be able to save their lives.
Afterwards, Yun Zheng found Jia Yao again and made a request to Bei Huan.
The standing army of Northern Huan was 20,000 men.
If there are special circumstances, his permission is needed to recruit soldiers.
"It won't take 20,000 people."
Jia Yao looked at Yun Zheng coldly, "If you need, we only need to keep 8,000 standing troops and 2,000 Royal Court Guards!"
"That won't work." Yun Zheng shook his head, "You have such a large territory. Ten thousand people is still too few."
"Don't you just want to continue weakening our national strength?" Jia Yao snorted.
Twenty thousand standing troops, even if they are not engaged in farming or grazing, still need to eat and drink.
This is equivalent to leaving 20,000 young and strong people unused.
"I do mean that, but it's not as serious as you think."
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "I feel a little relieved that you have 20,000 people to guard against the Guifang and northern barbarians. It will also be good for you! Otherwise, once they launch a large-scale attack, where will you organize so many troops to fight in a hurry?"
Jia Yao was silent.
She knew that Yun Zheng was telling the truth.
For such a large country like Beihuan, 10,000 standing troops is indeed pitifully small.
After a long silence, Jia Yao raised his head and said, "I need food!"
"Can!"
Yun Zheng readily agreed, "Exchange the war horses! Don't worry, I won't let your people starve to death! In addition, every Beihuan woman who marries into Dagan will be rewarded with ten dan of grain and three sheep."
Jia Yao's face was full of bitterness. "Is this what you call ethnic integration?"
“I guess so!”
Yun Zheng did not deny it either.
Jia Yao laughed at herself and stared at Yun Zheng with burning eyes, "Then what reward should I, the Princess Regent of Beihuan, give you for marrying me?"
"Even if you are the Princess Regent, aren't you also a Beihuan woman?"
Yun Zheng smiled, "Let's follow the reward I just mentioned..."
When Jia Yao heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry.
For a moment, Jia Yao really wanted to die together with Yun Zheng...
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