Chapter 354 Gu Chengxuan, relying on the emperor to make the princes
Before Yuncheng finished speaking, Bai Yutian was almost confused. Fortunately, he knew the main characters of the Shi family and the Lin family, so he was able to hear clearly.
"But this time it was related to Gu Chengxuan. Gu Chengxuan supported Shi Wanqin's third son Shi Ziyong to become the "emperor" and killed Lin Qi."
"Although Shi Ziyong is the nominal leader of the Tianyi Army, it is Gu Chengxuan who truly holds the real power."
Shi Ziyong is relatively smart, but has a weak character and cannot be used in a big way. What's more, he is only fourteen years old and can only be controlled and exploited by Gu Chengxuan.
After Yuncheng finished speaking, Bai Yutian's face immediately darkened, and there was caution in his eyes.
Isn't this another version of "holding the emperor's hand to command the princes"?
Unexpectedly, the remnant of the Gu family who once escaped from Tailin City would have grown to this point in just over a year.
Bai Yutian always thought that the most terrifying person in the Gu family was Gu Taizhong, but now it seems that it should be Gu Chengxuan.
Everyone could feel Bai Yutian's anger, and they all became quiet, not daring to touch this bad guy.
Before this, none of them could have imagined that Gu Chengxuan could actually achieve such a step.
The Shi family and the Lin family fought so hard that both sides suffered losses, but Gu Chengxuan took advantage of them.
If the Tianyi rebel coup had not happened too quickly, the Zhou court would have even planned to use this opportunity to attack the Tianyi rebels.
After four incidents, the current strength of the Tianyi rebels has not only not weakened, but has become more unified, and its strength is showing a growing trend.
The leaders of the Tianyi rebels this time were all members of Gu Chengxuan's personal team and came from various local small and medium-sized aristocratic families.
These small and medium-sized aristocratic families are also Gu Chengxuan's strongest supporters.
Faced with the aggressiveness of the two rebels, Bai Yutian naturally had to take action and fight back with a tough attitude.
After Kou Wang's victory in Jiangbei, he defended the town of Huaizhou, and Deng Yongle's 50,000 troops and the 50,000 defenders in Jiangbei were also incorporated into Kou Wang's new northern army.
Bai Yutian once wrote a calligraphy inscription for the newly-Dingbei Army, which depicts a northern tiger swallowing a wolf. The brushwork is sharp and flowing, and it also contains an endless and domineering atmosphere.
Based on this calligraphy, Kou Wang organized the new northern army into the Northern Tiger Army, which is now quite prestigious in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"Send an order to Kou Wang and ask him to intercept Yu Xiaobei in Jiangbei."
Kou Wang and Yu Xiaobei are old rivals. In the war a year ago, Yu Xiaobei was defeated by Kou Wang many times, and Yu Xiaoxi even died in Chanzhou City.
Let Kou Wang deal with Yu Xiaobei, Bai Yutian has absolute confidence in Kou Wang.
As for the Tianyi rebel team, Bai Yutian appointed the Fenghuo Battalion headed by Jing Ling to deal with it.
As for the Tianyi rebel team advancing along the Yuan River, Bai Yutian issued a new order, asking the generals of the cities along the way to intercept and slow down the progress of the rebels.
In the imperial study, orders were issued one after another and sent to various places in the Great Zhou Dynasty to deal with the various armies attacking the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Bai Yutian must make the most detailed plans for each army route to avoid being led by the enemy.
However, the Weibei Valley also needs support.
The importance of the Weibei Valley to the Great Zhou Dynasty is self-evident, and the Weibei Valley is currently only guarded by You Kan's 60,000 to 70,000 troops.
The army attacking the Weibei Valley was a combined force of 200,000 from the two major rebel armies. People like You Kan alone could never stop them.
However, now all the troops available to the Zhou Dynasty have been sent out, and the rest are the defenders of major cities.
These important cities basically require defenders to guard them to prevent them from being taken over by the two rebel armies.
Bai Yutian pinched his eyebrows and continued to order, "Meng He."
"I'm here!"
Meng He was originally the minister of the Ministry of War. He performed well in the mutiny against Gu Taizhong and was named the general of the city guard camp by Bai Yutian. Later, he grew up and gradually took control of the entire city guard camp.
Of course, there is also Bai Yutian's support.
As a loyal supporter of Bai Yutian, Bai Yutian will naturally reuse him.
Everyone looked shocked when they heard Meng He's name.
Meng He was in charge of the city guard camp. In the previous wars, Bai Yutian had never given orders to Meng He.
Could it be that Bai Yutian is planning to use the city guard battalion now.
As expected, Bai Yutian said slowly: "I order you to lead an army of 80,000 city guards to support the Weibei Valley."
"Your Majesty, is there something wrong with this move?"
Bai Yutian's order aroused doubts as soon as it was issued.
Once the city guard camp is deployed, Tailin City's power will immediately become empty, making it easy for people to take advantage of it.
"Don't we need the Weibei Valley?"
In response, Bai Yutian asked.
The minister sneered, but didn't know how to answer.
Of course we cannot give up the Weibei Valley, but Tailin City is the capital of the Zhou Kingdom and Bai Yutian is here, so there is no room for failure.
Everyone looked at each other, but they couldn't come up with an idea.
"Okay, let's stick to the original plan."
"Yes!" Meng He replied.
This was his first time on the battlefield, and he was still a little nervous.
At the same time, he also understood the importance Bai Yutian attached to the Weibei Valley, knew the importance of his actions, and did not dare to slack off in any way.
After the order was issued, Bai Yutian did not rest. He still needed to deploy to the four southeastern provinces.
The four southeastern provinces are located behind the two major rebel armies. If they can harass or attack the two major rebel armies from the rear, they can be greatly restrained.
The four southeastern provinces also have a lot of population and resources. As long as they are effectively managed and improved, they can definitely play a huge role.
Over the past year, Bai Yutian has also invested a lot of effort in the four southeastern provinces.
If it weren't for the fact that the Weibei Valley was the only channel between the Zhou Dynasty and the four southeastern provinces, the four southeastern provinces would have developed faster.
Nowadays, the four southeastern provinces have mainly developed naval divisions, but the strength of the land army is relatively weak.
However, even if they are weak, they can still cause certain losses to the two rebel armies.
Bai Yutian wanted this effect. With a wave of his hand, he asked Meng He to bring a lot of silver coins and issued an order to the four southeastern provinces, asking them to organize troops behind the two rebel armies.
These teams need to cooperate with the main army of the Zhou Dynasty to contain the two rebel armies when necessary.
Since the two major rebels are chattering away, a battle will determine the outcome.
If all the main forces sent by the two rebel armies this time are wiped out, the two rebel armies will surely perish.
The existence of the rebels prevented the national power of the Zhou Dynasty from increasing, and the people often suffered from wars.
The most important thing is that if it is not stable internally, it will easily fall apart if external forces intervene.
The Shanu Kingdom will never be their sincere ally. Who can forget the blood feud between hundreds of thousands of people on both sides?
Not to mention the extremists in the Shanu Kingdom, there were also many people in the Great Zhou Dynasty who opposed Bai Yutian because of the alliance between the Great Zhou Kingdom and the Shanu Kingdom.
After everyone dispersed, Bai Yutian stood up and looked at the stars under the night sky, which were so bright and beautiful.