With Cao Xueyang's great victory, the danger caused by Zhao Tianlin's tragic death for his country has also been somewhat eliminated.
Both the north and the south have entered a brief period of confrontation, and the central court needs to recruit troops and horses to strengthen the defense line and regain the land of Henan.
The Zhao Palace needs to reorganize its troops and accumulate strength for going south again.
On the Zhao King's side, the thirty-five main troops led by Zhang Shimei were defeated, while on the court's side, Zhao Tianlin's Pingjing Army was almost completely wiped out, and its commander died for his country.
It's a close fight on both sides.
But really speaking, King Zhao’s side is more at a disadvantage.
Zhang Shimei's 350,000-strong army was the elite of King Zhao and the cream of the northern border army.
The painstaking efforts of King Zhao for many years are in it. After being tempered by the bitter cold wind and frost on the border, he is not only loyal to King Zhao, but in terms of combat power, he surpasses the Royal Forest Army among the six armies of the Emperor and is as good as the Tiance Army.
The most critical among them are the middle and lower-level officers in this army. These talents are the key point for King Zhao to control the troops.
The greatest strategist of later generations proposed to build the branch on the company. This is to control the grassroots and ensure the purity of the team.
By the same token, these middle- and lower-level officers who were loyal to King Zhao were the grassroots forces that King Zhao was able to rebel against.
Now King Zhao is having a headache over this matter, but the problem of troop sources is actually not that difficult to deal with. King Zhao obtained a large number of fine cavalry from King Ning, and after defeating the Pingjing army, he also obtained more than 100,000 defeated soldiers and prisoners, plus King Zhao was in Hebei
The loss of military resources can be fully compensated by recruiting troops, but a large number of loyal middle- and lower-level officers are needed.
This is also one of the reasons why King Zhao is currently standing still. The Wolf King wants to lick his wounds and then lead the pack of wolves to attack the highest position again.
From the moment he raised his troops to quell Jingnan, there was no way out. The battle between him and Thirteen was about life and death.
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Divine Capital, Daming Palace, Imperial Study Room.
"Wu Qing, how is the mobilization of troops and horses?!" Emperor Linde asked while sitting on the main seat.
"Back to the top, the 80,000 imperial guards have handed over the defense and set off in three batches to support Governor Cao!"
Cao Xueyang's Longwu Army is now the only main mobile field force in the hands of the imperial court. Even if the princes in the imperial court did not trust Cao Xueyang very much before, they had to put their hope in him.
Moreover, Cao Xueyang achieved a record that could be called a famous general in history. With a new army, he defeated the top elite led by King Zhao's top general and almost wiped out the entire army.
Even if Li Chengen comes, he doesn't dare to say that he can do it.
At least Wu Keming felt that he would definitely not be able to win such a battle.
Therefore, at the last highest military meeting in the Divine Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the top leaders of the Great Zhou Dynasty had unified their thinking and gathered the remaining troops to support Cao Xueyang.
The most important of these is the 80,000 Yulin Army. These 80,000 people are the foundation of the original Jinyang garrison. Some of the officers were originally under Cao Xueyang and are elite veterans. They can greatly supplement the combat effectiveness lost by Longwu's new army.
Thirteen then looked at Li Chengguang, Minister of the Ministry of War, "Li Qing, where are the local preparation troops!? The Wucheng Bingma Division and the Liumen Division have been complaining to me recently. Because of the transfer of the Royal Forest Army, they
The pressure on public security has suddenly increased.”
The core force of the Royal Forest Army guards the imperial city, while the remaining troops are responsible for stabilizing public security in the capital.
Fortunately, Yang Qingyuan rectified the public security in Gyeonggi and the results were very good. Otherwise, the Gyeonggi area would be in turmoil now.
Li Chengguang heard the words and said, "I am in charge, but I have neglected my duties and slacked off. It's just that it is not easy to mobilize the garrison troops and horses from various places."
The number of preparation troops will not be too large. After all, they are second-line reserve troops and will only be set up in key counties.
For example, the coastal counties of Yuezhou were equipped with Japanese troops, and the Jinghu area was equipped with barbarian troops...
However, their number was not large, and most of them were stationed in batches. Even the deployment of the Ministry of War was a troublesome matter. Li Chengguang led the Ministry of War in circles for more than half a month before he could complete the deployment of troops and horses.
The troop deployment documents stamped with the seals of the Sixth Army Governor's Office and the Ministry of War have just been sent out, and even the nearest preparation troops will probably have to arrive within seven days.
Wu Keming on the side did not speak. At this time, it was not wise for him to excuse or challenge Li Chengguang.
Although Thirteen is not proficient in government affairs, he has great trust in Li Chengguang's ability. However, he is not an orthodox prince and has not received corresponding education and practice. It is impossible for him to understand everything about the affairs of the DPRK.
This is one of the advantages of Yang Qingyuan and others transferring government affairs processing to the cabinet.
When professional people do professional things, the emperor should not dictate matters that he does not understand.
The most typical representatives are those who followed Taizu of the former Song Dynasty. They were obviously not familiar with military matters, but every time before the Song army went on an expedition, they had to draw a military formation diagram, and they had to force the generals to fight according to the formation diagram...
But if the actual military and government affairs are handled by the cabinet and the Sixth Army Governor's Office, there will be no such worries.
It is enough for the emperor to hold military power, financial power, and personnel appointment and dismissal power!
Thirteen has done a good job, and now the advantages of this system are also being brought into play.
"I know that Li Qing is working hard, but in these troubled times, we need all of you to work together to put an end to the troubles."
Having said this, Li Chengguang stood up and saluted, "I dare not fail to do my best."
After the discussion, the ministers left the imperial study, and then a slightly feminine eunuch quietly walked into the imperial study.
"Long live your visit!"
Wang Zhi was appointed by Emperor Linde to take over the West Factory after the execution of Yuhuatian Fu. He indeed had a talent for being a spy and managed the West Factory with great success.
Last year, he was also named the Outstanding New Factory Supervisor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"How's the storm in the capital?" Emperor Linde asked while looking at the memorial in his hand.
"Long live the return, the undercurrent has calmed down! Governor Cao's great victory has made those who were ready to make moves calm down and become dormant again."
Thirteen smiled without any surprise, "This is normal. Most gamblers only place bets when they see the odds of winning. Long Wujun's big victory made them unable to see the situation clearly, so naturally they did not dare to act rashly.
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"This slave has already written down all these capricious people according to the instructions of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and will only wait for Long live to be punished."
Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, is Xiao Jiu, the eldest princess of Jinling, Zhu Qionghua.
Her martial arts skills are even better than those of Emperor Linde, Zhu Zhanhe. At this moment, she took the initiative to stand up and put Jingping in the turmoil in the capital.
She is from the royal family and is a disciple of Yang Qingyuan. She is the most suitable candidate whether she is responsible for the six gates, the Guangwen Department of Dali Temple, the Prison Suppression Department, or the East and West factories.
"Tell the imperial sister not to do anything for the time being. Keep these people for now. Maybe they will be able to use them more easily in the future."
