Unlike King Jing's uncle Wu Chenghou, although the general of Zhenguan is lower than the Marshal of the Border Pass in terms of rank, he has one more advantage in comparison.
That is the right to start a war.
Marquis Wu Cheng controlled 100,000 troops in the border where he was responsible. For example, Emperor Xin now had 20,000 more, but if he had no orders from the court, he could only defend the border.
However, Emperor Xin was different. After taking charge of the military, government and civilian areas in the border areas, his autonomy was relatively greater.
As long as he can stay in enough troops to guard the border and solve logistics problems such as food, grass and supplies by himself, he can make his own decisions, whether to send troops to attack the barbarian land outside Dali.
Of course, he still needed to submit memorials to the court before sending troops.
However, this is just a process, and its purpose is to let the court know what the purpose of mobilizing his troops on a large scale, so as not to have misunderstandings.
This time can be before the war begins or after the troops are sent.
This is also a little compensation for the old emperor to send his son to the bitter and cold land on the border.
Emperor Xin sent people to the court to send memorials to the court for attacking the grassland three days before he decided to send troops, and he used the normal teleportation method of the post station, rather than the fastest 800-mile rush.
He could indeed send troops directly to the grassland without the permission of the court, but that was when the court did not object.
If the court rejected his plan, he could only defend the border like Wu Chenghou.
To put it bluntly, this autonomy cannot go against the will of the court.
A few months ago, the old emperor promised that he could expand his troops of 20,000 troops and gave him enough 60,000 troops for half a year, Emperor Xin already knew that the old emperor had guessed his intention and gave him the
With support.
The reward was not even started when the Turkish second invasion plan was set out from the court. Even Emperor Xin had to sigh that he was worthy of being the emperor who could become the strongest country in the ancient moon world, and his sense of smell was keen.
Therefore, he was not worried that the old emperor would oppose his plan to send troops to the grassland.
The development of the border areas under Yanque Pass in the past few months cannot be concealed. He believes that the old emperor can also see that with Yanque Pass's existing capabilities, he can already bear the logistics supply after sending troops.
It will not put pressure on the court.
However, if nothing unexpected happens, most of the officials in the capital are now supporting the eldest prince to become a king.
When he was in the capital, Di Xin had not realized that he wanted to hide his identity as the Lord of the Realm, and he would have left many flaws. In addition, his performance at the border, he did not believe that the King of Cheng, who was suspected to be the Lord of the Realm, would not have believed that he was not a king of Cheng.
I suspected that he was also an outsider who came.
There is no hatred between the realm masters, but they cannot afford to compromise on the issue of competing for the position of the realm master of the ancient moon realm. King Cheng will definitely not watch him attack the grassland and thus strengthen his power.
Therefore, Emperor Xin could not give King Cheng a chance to block it secretly.
Only by making the established facts and the tacit support of the old emperor can he not let the King destroy his plan.
After the distance between Yanque Pass and the capital and the memorial was sent to the capital at a normal speed, Emperor Xin's army had already penetrated the grassland.
Of course, there may be a secret sent by King Cheng in Yanque Pass to monitor him, but this kind of thing can only be a secret that both of them know, but cannot be pointed out on its own initiative.
Although everyone knows that the royal family has no affection, and even the old emperor knows that his sons will not be lenient for the sake of the throne, this kind of thing can only be tacitly understood.
Unless he rebels directly like the second prince, if someone seizes the handle of King Cheng taking the initiative to monitor other princes, a crime of a brother's wall will fall, which will be enough to cause a huge blow to his current reputation.
Other princes who are determined to be the throne will beat the dog and take the opportunity to deal with Cheng Wang.
Although King Cheng's power is dominant in the capital, he dare not bear the joint attacks of many princes under the premise that there is a king Yu outside eyeing him.
Therefore, even if King Cheng knew about Emperor Xin’s troops in advance, he could only act as if nothing had happened before the memorial arrived in the capital.
The same is true for other princes and princes.
Emperor Xin still doesn't know that Mingyue Tower is the power of Chengwang. Now the power of Mingyue Tower in Yanque Pass has been uprooted, and Chengwang has become a blind and deaf person in Yanque Pass.
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The oath-taking meeting before sending troops is very simple.
King Yu was preparing to send troops to the grassland. Before the people in Yanque Pass noticed it, the soldiers had already vaguely guessed it.
Tens of thousands of troops, even if they are just small defense changes, will consume a lot of resources, not to mention frequent mobilizations during this period, as long as they are individuals, you can see that His Highness Yu has a big plan to implement.
The idea of rebellion was subconsciously rejected by everyone before it even appeared.
Now the old emperor's remaining power is still there. Although Dali's subjects were a little dissatisfied with the inaction of the court, they would not have the desire to rebel against Dali unless they really couldn't survive.
Besides, His Highness Yu himself is a prince. If the prince has not been established, he may ascend to the throne. How could he rebel?
It was not a rebellion, but after a winter, the hungry Turkic tribes had not invaded the south again, so there was only one reason for the army to be mobilized.
Take the initiative to send troops to the grassland.
The soldiers who noticed this were almost excited.
If anyone has the deepest hatred with the Turks, it is not the court or the people in the hinterland of Dali, but the border troops guarding the northern border to resist the Turks' southern invasion.
Years of offense and defense have already caused the two sides to form an endless hatred. From top to bottom in the army, everyone in the army is always looking forward to the day when the Turks are completely eliminated.
During the oath-taking ceremony, Emperor Xin didn't need to say much, and all the soldiers became united in hatred of the enemy.
With the belief of revenge and victory, the army set off after the oath-taking ceremony and left Yanque Pass.
The enemies around Dali were not only Turks. In order to prevent the rest of the surrounding forces that coveted Dali from taking advantage of the situation, at least 30,000 soldiers and horses in the northern border areas were left to defend the border.
Emperor Xin handed over all the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses to An Junshan, who was responsible for leading the troops to the expedition.
Among them, the Flying Leopard Army, the Flying Tiger Army and the Flying Wolf Army came out in full swing.
Among the 50,000 soldiers and horses, there are 30,000 cavalry, which is even more than that of the Turkic army, which is famous for its cavalry.
However, this also means that the baggage that can be brought is greatly reduced. Even if there will be logistical supplies in the future, the war still needs to end in the short term.
In order to fight quickly, the army was divided into six routes after staying at Yanque Pass and advanced into the grassland together.