A month later, news came back from Jiangbei that Kou Wang had occupied the Pingyuan Mountain area.
Bai Yutian was overjoyed and wrote the words "Northern tiger swallows wolf" for Kou Wang, praising Kou Wang's achievements.
However, Kou Wang also encountered desperate resistance from the Nanchuan Wolf Army and was unable to take another step forward.
Coupled with logistical and food problems, Kou Wang was unable to continue the offensive.
Nanchuan was also demoralized and unable to continue the offensive.
They took the initiative to contact Da Zhou and planned to sign an armistice agreement with Da Zhou, intending to temporarily stop the fighting and return all the occupied land to Da Zhou.
However, Bai Yutian did not agree, but asked Kou Wang to hold on to the occupied land first and not to start a war easily.
If the enemy comes to fight, retreat slowly.
Kou Wang didn't know how to explain it, but since it was Bai Yutian's order, he naturally supported it very much.
The locust plague in Jiangbei has been resolved. Although there is not much food left, the battle is going on now and new food is about to be harvested.
The food for Kou Wang and others can barely be supplied.
"Your Majesty, why don't you sign an armistice agreement with the Nanchuan rebels? You know, a ceasefire now would be of great benefit to us."
"If you insist on fighting, you will ultimately only let the people continue to suffer from the war and put the country in a war, which is extremely detrimental to the development of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
At the court meeting, Yan Chong asked in confusion.
In terms of political ability, even Yuncheng has to be inferior to Yan Chong.
At this time, he considered people's livelihood and politics, and believed that a truce with Okawa Kingdom would be very beneficial to them.
After they rest and settle down for a period of time, they can wipe out the Okawa Kingdom in one fell swoop.
Yan Chong knew that Bai Yutian loved the people like a son and was absolutely unwilling for the people of Zhou to continue to suffer, so he said this.
After Yan Chong finished speaking, some people came forward one after another to support Yan Chong's views.
They all believed that the war should cease at this time.
Only Yuncheng looked relaxed and stood still without moving.
Someone looked at Yuncheng and wanted him to persuade Bai Yutian.
Bai Yutian and Yuncheng are Bai Yutian's right-hand men in the court, and they hold high positions of authority.
If Lian Yun Chengdu persuades him, Bai Yutian might think about it.
However, Yuncheng remained unmoved and seemed to have no intention of speaking out.
"Hahaha, do you all think that by not stopping the war, I am disregarding the well-being of the people and the country? I am a coward and a mediocre king!"
Bai Yutian sat firmly on the dragon throne, laughing loudly, the pressure was extremely strong.
Everyone bowed quickly, with a look of fear on their faces, "I don't dare."
Now, who dares to say that Bai Yutian is a fool or a mediocre king.
Bai Yutian is at best a tyrant. He treats officials and government affairs harshly, with clear punishments and no mercy in punishment.
However, they didn't understand why Bai Yutian didn't stop fighting.
Bai Yutian glanced at everyone. Everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Bai Yutian.
Bai Yutian was not angry. He spoke slowly and explained the reason to everyone.
"The reason why I won't stop fighting is because there is still territory that needs to be regained."
As soon as this statement came out, all the officials in the court began to discuss it.
Now that they have almost reached Nanchuan City, they still want to recapture somewhere else.
Nanchuan City is the base camp of the Nanchuan rebels. In the short term, Kou Wang's army alone may not be enough to recapture it.
And Yuncheng finally had a flash of inspiration and stood up, "The territory your Majesty mentioned is the Weibei Valley area."
After hearing Yuncheng's words, Bai Yutian nodded happily.
“Weibei Valley!”
Everyone was startled, and then quickly began to recall the location of this place in their minds.
"The Weibei Valley is the meeting point between the Nanchuan rebels and the Tianyi Army!" Fan Yongxian, Minister of War, had a deep understanding of the topography of the Zhou Dynasty, so he immediately remembered it.
After hearing Fan Yongxian's words, everyone reacted.
The Weibei Valley is where the territories of the Nanchuan Rebels and the Tianyi Army are connected.
Wouldn't occupying that place mean that we can open up the channel to the southeast and strengthen the connection with the southeast coast?
Since the founding of the Dashun and Dachuan Kingdoms, they have cut off the connection between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the southeastern states. As a result, the Great Zhou Dynasty's control over the southeastern states and coastal areas has become weaker, and it even has no time to understand the situation there.
The imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty began to relax its control over various places during the reign of Emperor Luo of the Zhou Dynasty, and reached its peak in the early days of Bai Yutian's accession to the throne.
Although Bai Yutian has now weakened the local area and strengthened control through various actions, the southeastern states and the hinterland of the Great Zhou Dynasty are not bordering the territory, and there is no way to manage it, causing the problem to become more and more serious.
At this time, Kou Wang was approaching Nanchuan City, causing Nanchuan to gather most of its troops towards Nanchuan Prefecture, but instead relaxed its vigilance in areas such as the Weibei Valley.
Therefore, now is a good time to take back the Weibei Valley.
"But Your Majesty, we have no troops available now."
"Are we going to continue to transfer soldiers from the Zhenxi Army and the Dingbei Army?" Fan Yongxian said worriedly.
Bai Yutian stared wide-eyed and said angrily: "Who said there are no more soldiers? We have recruited thirty to forty thousand new soldiers during this period, plus a group of students from the Martial Arts Academy. We are afraid that we will not be able to recapture the Weibei Valley."
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However, as soon as this statement came out, it attracted strong opposition from everyone.
There are a lot of new recruits, but the training time is still short and their combat effectiveness is not very strong.
If once on the battlefield, the morale of the troops is weakened, it may cause greater losses.
"That's what you all said, dear ladies!"
After hearing what Bai Yutian said, everyone felt relieved.
Some people are already considering recruiting soldiers from the Dingbei Army and the Zhenxi Army, and are wondering how many soldiers are appropriate.
However, after hearing Bai Yutian's next words, everyone almost collapsed again.
"Then we will send an additional 30,000 soldiers to the city guard camp, and the veterans will lead the new recruits."
Since its establishment three hundred years ago, the City Guard Battalion has been responsible for protecting the security of the capital of the Zhou Dynasty and has never been sent out.
Even during the Five Kingdoms Chaos four years ago, the City Guards Battalion was only responsible for the safety of the relocation of the capital.
"Hmph, what kind of fighting power can a group of people have if they hide every day? These two incidents have already shown the problems of the city guard camp."
Bai Yutian insisted on sending out the city guard battalion. Finally, with the persuasion of the ministers, Bai Yutian reduced the number of city guard battalions to 20,000.
In this way, the new soldiers and the veterans of the city guard camp, a total of 60,000 people, formed an army to take back the Weibei Valley.
"Oh, by the way, this time Kou Wang won the victory."
In order to keep it secret, Bai Yutian specially sent these 60,000 people out of Tailin City in three waves without any oath-taking and other procedures.
The Weibei Valley has a higher terrain and steep terrain. Apart from several smaller cities, there is only one big city, Weibei City.
Before the Zhou Dynasty, the administrative divisions were states and cities, and there were no towns.
Therefore, some smaller cities are also considered cities, but there are basically no threats in these places. Only ordinary people live there, and there are even very few garrisons.
If you want to seize the Weibei Valley, the only threat is Weibei City.