Emperor Wen probably stayed in the imperial city for too long.
Or maybe he wanted to find out Yun Zheng's family background.
In the next few days, Emperor Wen asked Yun Zheng to take him to visit many places.
Ye Zi and Shen Luoyan were both pregnant, and Miaoyin didn't want to face Emperor Wen all day, so Emperor Wen only allowed Yun Zheng to accompany her.
Over the course of a few days, Emperor Wen visited coal mines, honeycomb coal workshops, cement workshops, kiln factories, and other places.
The only thing to be thankful for was that Emperor Wen did not visit the workshop where refined salt was produced.
It is not known whether Emperor Wen did it intentionally or unintentionally, but this time, Emperor Wen did not go to see the army in Shuobei. Instead, he went to see the economy and people's livelihood.
In the end, Yun Zheng failed to stop Emperor Wen from going to Qingbian.
Yun Zheng led his personal guards, along with the imperial guards led by Zhou Dai, and accompanied Emperor Wen to Qingbian.
As they were on their way to Qingbian, heavy snow began to fall.
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Emperor Wen stood motionless on the city wall of Qingbian with his hands behind his back.
Thanks to the protection of the city wall, the heavy snow from the sky did not fall on Emperor Wen.
However, the cold wind was still a bit chilly as it blew over.
Yun Zheng was worried that Emperor Wen couldn't stand the cold wind, so he suggested, "Father, it's cold here, go inside and rest!"
"It's okay, let's take a look!"
Emperor Wen shook his head slightly and gazed deeply into the distance.
Looking at Emperor Wen's appearance, Yun Zheng couldn't help but feel secretly curious.
What is this old guy looking at?
The heavy snow blocked our view and we couldn’t see anything beyond a hundred meters. There was nothing to see!
Seeing that Emperor Wen was unwilling to go down, Yun Zheng had no choice but to take off his cloak and put it on Emperor Wen.
"Have all the troops returned?"
After a long time, Emperor Wen suddenly asked.
Yun Zheng replied: "Except for the army stationed in the Northwest Protectorate, everyone else has returned."
"Are you going to prepare the army next?" Emperor Wen asked again.
"Um."
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "The Northern Army suffered heavy losses in this battle, and they have also sent a lot of troops to the Northwest Protectorate. I plan to prepare another 20,000 standing troops during the winter! In addition, I will also prepare 30,000 vassal troops."
The vassal army led by Fu Tianyan and Huo Gu was supplemented with some prisoners after the brutal battle at the Sulu River, and now it still maintains a size of 10,000 people.
If he could prepare another 30,000 vassal troops, he would have 40,000 vassal troops.
In his plan, these vassal troops will be the main force for the future attack on the Dayue Kingdom!
It was because Zuo Ren understood this that he chose to come back to train his troops.
Emperor Wen's heart skipped a beat, and he asked in surprise, "After all this preparation, even if you don't count the Tian soldiers, I'm afraid you have at least 300,000 soldiers and horses, right?"
"No way."
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "Even if I count all the soldiers who can fight, there are still less than 300,000 people!"
As he spoke, Yun Zheng started to review everything with Emperor Wen on the spot.
On the Northwest Protectorate side, the miscellaneous troops added up to about 70,000.
The total number of defenders in the cities of Shuobei is almost 70,000.
The troops that Yu Shizhong and his men withdrew consisted of only about 40,000 people.
Yanhuishan and Weibian still have 20,000 reserve troops, but these 20,000 reserve troops will soon be reorganized into regular troops.
No matter how you calculate it, there is not an army of 300,000!
"Okay, stop settling accounts with me!"
Emperor Wen interrupted Yun Zheng, who was talking about everything, and said calmly, "As long as you can afford it, I won't say anything even if you raise a million-strong army."
Emperor Wen glanced at Yun Zheng and continued, "The name of the vassal army sounds offensive. In my opinion, you might as well change the vassal army to the Guiyi army."
Guiyi Army?
Yun Zheng's eyelids suddenly jumped and he was secretly surprised.
For a moment, he really suspected that Emperor Wen had also traveled through time.
He actually knew about the Guiyi Army?
After a moment, Yun Zheng shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind, bowed and said, "Thank you, father, for the name!"
The name Guiyi Army is indeed much better than the vassal army!
If Emperor Wen hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have thought about this problem.
“That’s enough!”
Emperor Wen waved his hand and said, "I will be leaving soon. You don't have to accompany me anymore. Go and do your own thing!"
"Father is leaving now?"
Yun Zheng was surprised.
"It's time for me to go! It's not good to leave your third brother in Fuzhou forever."
Emperor Wen said calmly, "Don't send me off. This trip back and forth will take up quite a bit of time."
"This..." Yun Zheng was a little embarrassed, "I'd better escort my father out of seclusion!"
He did have to go to the Yanhuishan camp again.
Going from Qingbian can save a lot of time.
But since Emperor Wen was leaving, it seemed a bit unreasonable for him not to see him off.
"No!"
Emperor Wen refused directly, "You still have to take Jiayao to Fuzhou anyway! You have a lot of things to do, don't bother, state affairs are more important!"
Is that so?
Yun Zheng hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then I will take Father to the edge of the hill!"
"Okay!"
Emperor Wen didn't say much and nodded in agreement.
Just do it when you say it.
Soon, Emperor Wen set out for the hillside.
By the time they arrived at the edge of the hill in the wind and snow, it was already very late.
Yun Zheng thought that Emperor Wen wanted to have a good chat with him in the evening, but it turned out that Emperor Wen had no intention of chatting with him at all.
After dinner, Emperor Wen went to rest.
In Yun Zheng's opinion, Emperor Wen's actions were somewhat abnormal.
However, Yun Zheng did not ask any more questions.
The next morning, the snow stopped.
Emperor Wen set out from Goubian early in the morning.
"Okay, stop sending me off!"
Emperor Wen waved his hand at Yun Zheng and said, "Just focus on your work. You don't have to worry about the wedding! Just remember to bring people with you when the time comes! I know you will definitely fool me, but you still have to do the superficial work!"
"I obey your command."
Yun Zheng laughed dryly.
He really wanted to fool Emperor Wen.
He felt a little embarrassed after hearing what Emperor Wen said.
Emperor Wen smiled and continued, "My greatest wish in this life is to visit the Northern Huan Royal Court. I want to go there next year! You have many clever ideas, help me think of a solution! I only have one request, don't arouse the suspicion of your third brother and the ministers in the court!"
Upon hearing Emperor Wen's words, Yun Zheng's face turned green, "No, Father, this..."
"Okay, that's it!"
Emperor Wen waved his hand gently, "Go and get busy! I'll be waiting for you in Sifang County!"
After saying this, Emperor Wen quickly got on the carriage, not giving Yun Zheng any chance to refuse.
Yun Zheng looked at the lowered curtain with a helpless look, and suddenly he had the urge to rush onto the carriage and fight with Emperor Wen.
So, this old guy just looked around for a long time, thinking about how to run to the Beihuan Royal Court reasonably?
He hasn't thought of a solution, so he lets me think of one?
This old guy cheated the third brother and now he’s trying to cheat himself?
"Your Highness... respectfully bids farewell to your father!"
Yun Zheng bowed and saluted, feeling depressed.
Soon, Emperor Wen's carriage left under the escort of everyone.
After seeing Emperor Wen off, Yun Zheng should go about his own business.
Yu Shizhong and his men had already escorted the captives back to the Yanhuishan camp.
He had to distribute the prisoners, and most importantly, he had to decide on the reorganization of the army.
Now, their territory is too big.
He must ensure sufficient military strength, firstly to stabilize the internal situation, and secondly to deter other forces.
It’s nonsense to play the emotional card with forces like Beihuan!
The key is to have enough deterrence!
Three days later, Yun Zheng led his personal guards and rushed to the Yanhuishan camp at full speed.
Today, the Yanhuishan camp is overcrowded.
The accommodation conditions for these prisoners were also very bad. Basically, there were dozens or even hundreds of people crammed into one tent. Even so, some prisoners had no place to settle, so they simply dug holes near the camp and stuffed some hay into the holes as their shelter.
Yun Zheng didn't care about whether these prisoners were doing well or not. As soon as he arrived at the camp, he summoned all the generals to discuss matters...
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