Chapter 726: It's solved without leaving the capital
The King of the North is a reward.
Because when the King of the West accepted the surrender, he not only gave Suharcha the title of King of the North, but also did not deprive him of the right to join the army.
Stepping up to the upper level of the Northern Protectorate.
Because of the remaining power left by the Western Court, the name of the Northern King gradually became more famous than that of the Northern Protectorate, making the imperial court more and more fearful of the Northern King.
This time, King Suharcha of the North was injured. This was due to the erosion of the Dingxiang Guards in the Northern Guard Camp, and it was also due to the Northern Protectorate's contribution to the situation.
Su Lu decided to personally conquer the North, not only to completely wipe out the troublesome snow barbarians, but more importantly, to eliminate the influence of the Western King's Court in the Thule Grassland.
The moonlight was like water, and when Li Qing drove back to the palace city, the moon was hanging in the east sky.
The lights in the palace are brightly lit, the palace guards look like they are facing an enemy, and the female officials and maids stand at attention.
Li Qing looked at the palace door and sighed:
"My daughter is gone, and you have to leave too. Do you have to leave me here alone?"
"Cao Hua, Su Ping, Li Kun, Zhao Wu, Wang Si, not to mention these fierce generals who can guard one side, let's talk about Lin Gang, Xie Ningyun, Yingyuan Sun Xiu and other young generals, they are enough to defeat this snow barbarian."
Li Qing wondered why Su Lu insisted on going in person.
Su Lu shook his head and looked towards the north sky. The moon was tilting to the west, and the originally sparse stars in the sky began to beat, blinking and blinking.
"The snow barbarians are not as rebellious as ordinary people, and it is cold in the north. If we send another general, I am afraid it will be like putting out a fire without pay, and it will not help."
"If this battle cannot destroy the snow barbarians and promote the prestige of our Han country, the northern border may also be unstable."
Li Qing looked slightly shocked when he heard this, and waved his hand to drive away the female official nearby:
"Is the situation in northern Xinjiang already that serious?"
Su Lu nodded:
"The Northland is a place that is difficult for our Han army to reach. In the past, the army patrolled, but there were not enough. This time, we must make a name for ourselves in a battle to scare the barbarians."
Li Qing pondered for a while and said tentatively:
"Then why not send more sergeants and extend the patrol to the current border, so that the barbarians who are not my race can understand that there is land they cannot set foot on."
"If the fist is big, they will always be afraid."
Su Lu shook his head:
"Although sending more troops is a solution, it is too wasteful. Not to mention the loss of money and food for the frontier army, but the loss of transportation on the long snowy road will make Zhou Yuan come to you every day to complain about his poverty."
"The power of a great country does not depend on its national borders, but on its invincible military formations and invincible bloody battles. If we don't hurt them, how can they be afraid?"
After hearing this, Li Qing sat on a chair and pondered for a long time. Until daybreak, he could not say anything to stop him.
On the morning of the next morning, Dong Cheng, Minister of War, reported that the King of the North was attacked by snow barbarians and seriously injured and broke his arm. The Northern Protectorate sent a request for help, requesting the imperial court to send troops to conquer the North.
The ministers who had finished the military meeting immediately started to quarrel. The Ministry of Household Affairs complained that most of the expected expenditures for this year had been spent. The thousand taels of silver required for the Northern Expedition could not be fully raised, let alone food, livestock and horses.
The Ministry of Works even claimed that all the officials of the Ministry of Works had been used for the stone rail lines and official roads, and the Ordnance Office was already overwhelmed by the creation of rotating weapons. If there was a northern expedition, there would be no way to replenish the weapons.
The other tribes also said that it was not suitable for the Northern Expedition now.
Li Qing's face was gloomy and he directly ordered:
"The Northern Expedition has been decided, Zhou Yuan, just raise the money. I don't want to hear your explanation. I originally liked you, but now you are very disappointing to me."
Among the ministers, Zhou Yuan, who originally wanted to protest a few words, was immediately stunned. After a moment of astonishment, he lowered his head and declared that the minister was guilty and must do his best for the court and the Han Dynasty.
Li Qing looked at the remaining minister of the Ministry of Industry next to him:
"Yu Wei, the Ordnance Mansion is not under your control and you are meddling in the affairs of the Ordnance Mansion without authorization. You have been working in the Ministry of Industry for too long and want to move your position."
The rest of them knelt down in fear and apologized repeatedly.
Li Qing ignored him and ordered Dani, the chief general of the Ordnance Palace:
"I don't care what methods the Ordnance Department uses. Within half a month, I must have all the weapons needed for the Northern Expedition. If anything goes wrong and the frontline soldiers lose their lives in vain because of the weapons, you are the only one I have to ask."
Dani went out to take orders and issued a military order.
Because Li Qing's words revealed his dissatisfaction with the ministers competing for the position of cabinet ministers, all the courtiers gave up their thoughts of fighting for power and gain, no longer dared to say anything nonsense, and all thought about going back and performing well.
After retreating from the imperial court, the center of the imperial court in Yanjing City began to take action.
Grain, weapons, and horses began to arrive in a steady stream from warehouses in the suburbs of Beijing, and were sent to the North Camp of the capital. Documents from the Ministry of Household Recruitment of grain, fodder, and horses were sent to all state capitals like a flood, sternly urging all states to immediately launch follow-up efforts.
The conquests of the people were prepared in advance for the Northern Expedition.
The Ordnance Office even eliminated the sergeants of the South Camp and started building various ordnance day and night. In order to fill the huge gap in various conventional ordnance, Dani spent a lot of effort and asked people to lobby.
With this promise, some ordnance was unloaded from the warehouses of the four major camps.
Finally, after ten days, all the ordnance was replenished.
At the same time, the intelligence system of Dingxiang Guard was activated, and all kinds of information were collected in the capital like a flood. All the information from the Tule Grassland, the Barbarian Land, the Rouran Prairie, and all the information from Northern Xinjiang were collected to the General Staff Office.
In this northern expedition, Su Lu took command, with Yingyuan as the forward, Lin Gang as the commander-in-chief of the left army, and Xie Ningyun as the commander-in-chief of the right army, advancing in three directions.
On the twelfth day, Pingqi rushed back from the northern border in person and met with Su Lu.
Su Lu was having a military meeting at the Ministry of War, and when he met Ping Qi, all the generals were there. Taking advantage of the opportunity to meet Ping Qi, all the generals took a short rest.
Qi Qi presented a folding book with uncontrollable joy on his face:
"Your Majesty, great news. This is a document of surrender from the barbarians in the Snowy Land. Governor Zhang Lu received the document and ordered me to deliver it first."
Su Lu looked stunned, surrender document?
All the generals in the hall were stunned. Just as they were discussing starting a fight, Xueman's surrender document came. This was a little too fast.
Su Lu unfolded the documents and looked at them. They were all in foreign characters and could not be understood, so he asked casually:
"Tell me, why?"
Ping Qi said with a smile:
"The specific process has not yet been found out, but after Yang Yi arrived in the northern border, he dealt with the spies who were trying to take advantage of both sides, and found a few talents from them. After some operations, he was actually frightened.
Snowman."
"Yang Yi asked me for orders at that time, saying that he could get some barbarians from the barbarians in the Western Regions, and maybe he could conquer the snow barbarians. It happened that there were several soldiers in the northern border army who were from Rouran, and they were quite familiar with the barbarians.
."
"Yang Yi devised some strategies, which frightened Xue Man, and the document of surrender came."
Xie Ningyun sneered and asked:
"I wonder what kind of trap General Yang Yi designed to scare even the Snow Man who almost forced the King of the North to death?"
