The Invincible Sixth Prince

The next day, Yunzheng and Duguce hosted a banquet for the middle- and upper-level generals of Beilu Pass as planned.

Halfway through the banquet, Dugu Ce informed everyone about Wei Wenzhong's collaboration with the enemy, and frankly informed that Yun Zheng would be in charge of the Beifu Army in the future.

Dugu Ce's words naturally caused thousands of waves to rise with one stone.

Only then did the generals understand that Yunzheng and the others really wanted to seize power.

After Yun Zheng and Dugu Ce patiently analyzed the situation at hand with the generals, half of the generals chose to obey Yun Zheng's orders, but the other half would rather die than surrender.

These generals who would rather die than surrender were basically the nephews or disciples of the generals in the court.

It is indeed too difficult to conquer these people.

Yunzheng had no choice but to have them imprisoned temporarily, and repeatedly promised that besides imprisoning them, he would never make things difficult for them, and they would not be short of food and wine.

After putting those people in prison, Yun Zheng said to the generals who chose to join him: "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 orders, but you will do some tricks behind your back."

"I have told everyone about the importance of Beilu Pass before! I have no intention of going to war with my father, so there can't be any problems with Beilu Pass!"

"Let me be a villain for a moment. When the situation stabilizes, I will personally pour you wine to make amends!"

"Please rest assured, I have always believed that although my father is not an eternal wise king, he is definitely not a faint king. Under his rule, at least the people in most places in Daqian can live and work in peace and contentment."

"Throughout the ages, those who rebelled when the people were in dire straits rarely succeeded, and I will not be so stupid as to rebel at every turn!"

"It's really boring for our own families to fight back and forth. I would rather lead you to expand territory for Daqian and wash away the shame of the war six years ago..."

Yunzheng sincerely told everyone his concerns and thoughts.

People's hearts are separated from each other, so he has to guard against it!

Beiluguan is so important!

Once Beilu Pass falls into the hands of others, he will inevitably go to war with Emperor Wen.

And when they fight between father and son, Da Gan's own strength will always be lost.

He didn't want to do something that would make his relatives angry and his enemies happy.

Although some people were dissatisfied with Yun Zheng's honesty, most of them expressed understanding.

Yunzheng didn't want to go to war with Emperor Wen, and they certainly didn't want to either.

Since the beginning of winter, Yunzheng has led his troops to fight against Beihuan many times, and finally allowed Daqian to have some advantages against Beihuan. Now is an important time to recover the Three-Border City. If there is civil strife in Daqian at this time, Then the gain outweighs the loss.

After obtaining their consent, Yun Zheng replaced all the soldiers of the eight surrendered generals with blood-coated soldiers.

Of course, this is all temporary.

It is indeed such a waste to let people from the Bloody Clothes Army serve as personal soldiers for these people!

After the situation stabilizes, the people who should be replaced will be replaced.

Two days later, Zuo Ren led 6,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 old and weak field soldiers to garrison Beilu Pass.

Only then did Yun Zheng and Dugu Ce relax.

To be honest, they were still worried these past two days.

Although they controlled some of the generals in Beilu Pass, Beilu Pass had an army of 30,000 people.

Once someone instigates them, the soldiers in Beilu Pass are likely to have civil strife.

Now, Zuo Ren and his troops have arrived. They can transfer some middle- and lower-level generals from Zuo Ren's troops to replace some of the generals in Beilu Pass. After that, they can transfer 20,000 people to the front two guards. Beilu Pass will basically be stabilized. .

"Thankfully, the prince blocked the news in advance, otherwise, it would be too difficult to capture Beilu Pass!"

Duguce took a long breath and said with emotion.

They had never been so nervous before.

In the past two days, Dugu Ce had been very nervous and barely slept at all.

"Who says it's not?"

Yun Zheng shrugged and said with a wry smile: "So, my father's arrangement is still very clever! Letting the nephews and disciples of the generals in the court come to Beilu Pass is tantamount to tying Beilu Pass to the imperial court! Even if Wei Wei Even if Wen Zhong wants to rebel, it will be difficult to mobilize the troops at Beilu Pass..."

Emperor Wen may be somewhat lacking in military ability, but in terms of power, he is absolutely powerful.

Also, how can a person who can fight and ascend to the throne from so many princes not be powerful in power?

Duguce nodded with deep understanding and asked, "Then should we start conquering the Three Sides City tomorrow?"

"It's really time to take action!"

Yunzheng nodded slightly and said with a wry smile: "To be honest, recovering the Three-Border City is not that important now! The most important thing now is to seize Gubian. The time to recover Qingbian and Weibian is slightly later..."

Now, Gubian is the most important thing!

They must seize Gubian before the Baishui River thaws.

Beihuan is withdrawing from Gubian now because he does not want to continue to waste time with them with his large army.

But once the Baishui River thaws, it will not be so easy for them to cross the Baishui River to seize Gubian.

At that time, Beihuan will directly put 20,000 people on Gubian. It will be difficult for them to cross the Baishui River and seize Gubian.

Although Beihuan's food shortage is getting more and more serious, no matter how bad it is, it can still ensure the supply of food and grass for the 20,000-strong army.

Duguce thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's the truth, but..."

"I know!"

Yun Zheng interrupted Dugu Ce, "Now that so many generals of the Beifu Army are willing to follow me, it is largely because they want to recover Sanbiancheng. If I don't do this, it is likely to cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers in the army..."

Hearing this, Dugu Ce couldn't help but nodded and smiled.

That's what he wanted to say.

However, since Yunzheng understands this, I believe there is no need for him to say any more.

"Let's leave tomorrow!"

Yunzheng thought for a while and then said: "Although Beihuan has suffered a lot, he may not be content. To defend the three-sided city, at least 60,000 to 70,000 troops are needed..."

"Sixty or seventy thousand?"

Duguce frowned and said, "Is sixty or seventy thousand too much or too little?"

He had thought that Yun Zheng was going to send a hundred thousand troops to recapture Sanbiancheng!

"A lot!"

Yun Zheng shook his head and said: "Beihuan will definitely withdraw from Weibian and Qingbian, but similarly, Weibian and Qingbian will definitely be severely damaged. My idea is that our people will not garrison Weibian and Qingbian first. To clear the border, we will put 20,000 people to guard Gubian, and the other four or five people will be placed about sixty miles directly in front of Gubian..."

In this way, supply lines can be shortened, and border guards and border clearers can be included in their protection.

When the ice on the Baishui River begins to melt, they will have far fewer places to defend. At that time, they will be able to mobilize more troops to garrison Sanbiancheng and launch a counterattack against Beihuan.

Of course, the prerequisite for all of this is to have enough food and grass!

Without food and grass, everything you say is nonsense!

Yun Zheng was thinking about whether he should find a way to get three to five months more food and grass from the imperial court before leaving Beiluguan.

However, he has too many things to do at the moment, and there is really no good way to deceive him into getting food and grass.

Ugh!

Once military power was obtained, problems followed one after another.

Without the supplies from the imperial court, it is really not easy to feed the more than 200,000 people in the Beifu Army!

If he can't even prevent these soldiers from starving, the military power in his hands will be unstable sooner or later...