Chapter 464 Departure, return to the imperial capital
"It's a pity. If Gu Chengxuan was killed, Li Chuan would definitely be in chaos and restless."
"At that time, we can find the loopholes and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."
Bai Yutian was the first to break the silence and said helplessly.
He wanted to kill Gu Chengxuan not only for Gu Chengxuan's own crime and his identity, but also for the safety of Eagle City.
With Gu Chengxuan's death, Li Jie lost his allegiance and would definitely not serve the barbarian army wholeheartedly.
What's more, the 20,000-strong army is even more difficult to suppress.
Now, although the rebels have been eliminated, Gu Chengxuan is not dead.
In this way, it would not be able to cause a devastating blow to Li Jian and others.
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In the following time, with the support of Bai Yutian's 100,000 troops, it will be very difficult for the barbarian armies of the three northern countries to successfully attack Eagle City.
Moreover, Bai Yutian, reminded by Yuncheng, built an iron wall to intercept ships to prevent the barbarian army from going south.
With this iron wall, the barbarian army was finally unable to take advantage of the navy.
And in the land battle, facing the giant beast-like Eagle City, the barbarian army was helpless.
Coupled with the artillery and muskets brought by Bai Yutian, Eagle City is like an iron wall that cannot be broken through.
Tuoba Xiongqiang led the barbarian coalition to attack Eagle City fiercely for seven days and seven nights, but failed to achieve any results.
In the northern frontier, the wilderness stretches as far as the eye can see.
And countless corpses have been buried in this desert.
There were soldiers from the Zhou Dynasty and barbarians from the three northern kingdoms.
At the end of November, winter is about to enter, and the north is even colder than the Central Plains and the south.
Even the barbarian army cannot withstand this cold.
Therefore, the barbarian army finally delayed its offensive and even gradually retreated.
Bai Yutian looked at the desert in the distance and sighed.
This time, almost the biggest crisis in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was finally resolved.
However, the living environment of both the Shanu Kingdom and the three northern kingdoms was extremely harsh. No wonder they would invade the Great Zhou Dynasty at all costs.
You know, even this desert was once the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty and was called the Northern Desert.
If you go straight north from the Ansai Plain in the north, you can reach the Northern Desert.
More than half a month has passed, and there is still no movement from the northern barbarians, and the navy army on the Yuan River has also begun to retreat.
This battle finally came to an end.
And Bai Yutian also planned to return to the imperial court with his teacher.
It's been more than half a year since he came out. From summer to winter, Bai Yutian has missed his family very much.
Now that he has a wife and children, he also needs to be prudent in some matters.
During this time in Eagle City, Bai Yutian often exchanged letters with Yun Qing. Of course, Bai Yutian did not forget Yan Yumeng, Jie Yunaling and others.
Although Jie Yunaring was a native of Shanu, ever since he married into Dazhou, he had devoted himself to her, and had never done anything out of the ordinary except for Jie Yukang's affairs.
It is precisely because of this that Jie Yunaring was also recognized by the concubines in the harem, so that she would not be left out in the cold.
Of course, Yun Qing played a lot of role in this.
As for Yan Yumeng, although his words are slightly cold, the concern of those who speak makes people laugh.
Bai Yutian knew that Yan Yumeng had always had a grudge against him, and even if he really liked her, he didn't want to admit it.
However, Yan Yumeng at least behaved himself and was sincere towards Bai Yutian.
Two days later, Bai Yutian arranged everything and got ready to return to Tailin City, the imperial capital.
When he goes back this time, Bai Yutian will use all his strength to deal with Tianjia and Fuzhou. At the same time, he will also prepare to regain the lost territory of Dazhou and engage in a decisive battle with the surrounding barbarians.
Of course, to achieve this step, Bai Yutian must strengthen the army and the people.
At present, some people and even soldiers in the Zhou Dynasty still have awe of the barbarian army.
If you are timid before fighting, how can you win victory?
Therefore, Bai Yutian must reverse this thinking and make Zhou Dynasty truly a powerful country.
After a series of melees between the 150,000-strong army in Yingcheng, only 80,000 troops were left.
In order to maintain sufficient defensive strength in Eagle City, Bai Yutian added another 50,000 troops to the Northern Army.
However, these 50,000 troops are not permanent troops, and all of them, including the previous Dingbei Army, can implement a rotation system.
That is, after guarding the border for a certain period of time, you can rotate, leave the border, and return to your hometown.
Now that the Great Zhou Dynasty has been basically pacified, the implementation of this policy will not only relieve the homesickness of the border soldiers, but also keep the border soldiers in a high-spirited state of struggle.
It can be said that it accomplishes multiple things with one stone.