The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

After receiving the imperial edict, the Sixth Prince was speechless.

What is the point of the entire court? They actually agreed to all the barbarians’ demands.

On the surface, it is temporarily under the management of the barbarians, but in disguise it is under the control of the barbarians.

They also gave money and food, of course, they would give it after the taxes were collected after the Chinese New Year.

Han Dingtian refused to withdraw his troops in order to maintain the last bit of face of the Wu Kingdom.

In fact, these three points make almost the same difference whether or not to negotiate with the barbarians.

In fact, the barbarians could no longer attack because of heavy casualties and the loss of so many rebels. How could they expect to attack again?

But the only thing that Ning Yi found ridiculous was that the prisoners were actually given up.

What does this represent? It means that their barbarian captives, tens of thousands of them, have been returned. Next time, they will all pick up their weapons and become a new group of strong soldiers.

After the eunuch who delivered the decree left, Qin Haifeng asked, "Your Highness, do you want to have the prisoners from the mines sent over here?"

"What are you sending them for?" Ning Yi glanced at him and said, "Do you still want to release those tens of thousands of barbarians and let them pick up weapons and attack us again?"

Having said that, Qin Haifeng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, after all, this is the will of His Majesty. We cannot disobey."

Ning Yi had to listen to His Majesty's opinion even if he didn't want to.

However, Ning Yi knew that the barbarians would never give up.

He would not be so foolish as to believe that the barbarians would really be obedient and not move south.

If he was the barbarian Khan, he would only need to rest and recuperate for a year before continuing his march south.

It doesn't take a whole year, just the winter.

Ning Yi thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Have someone select tens of thousands of weak barbarians from the mine."

"Then they cut off their thumbs and handed them over to the barbarians as captives."

"Huh?" Qin Haifeng was stunned: "Your Highness, we captured tens of thousands of prisoners, and you only give us ten thousand..."

"The others are all exhausted from working." Ning Yi said casually, "Isn't this enough? If not, let the Barbarian Khan come to reason with this prince himself."

Qin Haifeng was embarrassed and had to bow and do it.

When Aturu arrived at Hushan Pass and received the 10,000 or so prisoners sent by Ning Yi, he was furious. There were obviously tens of thousands of prisoners, especially his 100,000 cavalrymen, almost all of whom were captured. How could there be only 10,000 people?

But he also knew that it was useless for him to dwell on it.

He took these ten thousand people to see the barbarian Khan. After reading the peace treaty, the barbarian Khan nodded slightly.

How could we dare to sign such a treaty without his consent?

As for withdrawing troops, it doesn’t matter. We just need to let some rebels hold each city.

His army can just return to the border to rest. I believe that the Wu State, which has signed the treaty, will not dare to send troops rashly. Otherwise, how could the Wu State, which cares so much about its reputation, withstand it?

But what made him angry was that the tens of thousands of prisoners he had been thinking about were about to be reorganized into tens of thousands of elite troops.

As a result, more than 10,000 people came back, and most of them had their thumbs missing.

The few fingers left are so weak that I can't even hold a knife. I'm completely useless.

The Barbarian Khan's face turned ashen as he gnashed his teeth and said, "Wu Lingyun, boy, I will skin you alive."

He had no choice now. After all, Wu Lingyun only gave him so many prisoners, and there were no more.

If you want love, take it. If you don’t want love, keep fighting.

Wu Lingyun doesn't care about whether there is peace talks or not. If you barbarians continue to attack, I'm sorry, it's you who are destroying the peace talks. This prince will attack your city, is that okay?

Atulu advised: "Great Khan, don't be angry about this kid. Next year, when your army is strong and powerful, come to Hushan Pass again and capture it in one fell swoop. Make Wu Lingyun kneel before you."

The barbarian army retreated, leaving very slowly.

But Ning Yi did not relax and continued to reorganize the army at Hushan Pass.

After continuous reorganization of several supporting Beijing guards in the west, he formed a temporary Eighth Army.

The more than 20,000 troops who had once been stationed at Hushan Pass, whose officers had been infiltrated by the Intelligence Department, were also reorganized into the Provisional Ninth Army.

What made Ning Yi speechless was that after the peace talks, the court gave even less money and food, and all of it was given based on the remaining tens of thousands of troops.

The other captured armies were just temporary troops and had no money or food at all.

This proves that the imperial court did not recognize the temporary army at all and thought they were just a group of cannon fodder prisoners.

On the contrary, the salaries of the 30,000 cavalrymen of the Northwest Cavalry Army were all in full, which made Yu Shengfei very happy.

Yu Shengfei sent people to the northwest to recruit more than 10,000 people. After they were deployed, there were immediately more than 20,000 cavalrymen.

He looked very impressive, had good weapons and armor, and sufficient pay. He didn't have to do anything but train the new cavalry.

Ning Yi was not idle either. He first replenished the Second Cavalry Guards.

The old cavalrymen who had recovered gradually from the wounded camp, as well as the wounded rebel soldiers captured on the battlefield, were selected and treated, and the cavalrymen were forcibly integrated into the Third Royal Cavalry Corps.

Each of these cavalrymen wore a round-brimmed helmet, a set of refurbished cavalry armor, and was covered in various furs. From a distance, one would think they were barbarian cavalry.

Each one is equipped with two horses and often undergoes long-term training in the rear.

Ning Yi felt that while the barbarians were retreating, he should continue to be the commander of Hushan Pass and quickly reorganize the troops here.

But it is more reliable than anything else.

To this end, he took out all the money and grain that he had accumulated in the warehouse.

As long as the wounded soldiers who come out of the wounded camp are well, they will be immediately incorporated into the army once there are enough of them.

These are all good soldiers.

No matter if they were former criminals, soldiers from the Beijing camp, or captured soldiers, as long as they entered the wounded camp, they would all be accepted by Ning Yi after screening.

The days seemed to have calmed down, and the court seemed to have forgotten about Hushan Pass.

Many people think that kicking this arrogant and domineering Sixth Prince to Hushan Pass is actually a good thing.

Let him take a group of captives and make some trouble at Hushan Pass. As long as the Sixth Prince is there, the Dawu Kingdom seems to be safe.

But the most unlucky one was Han Dingtian.

Although the two sides held peace talks, the barbarians no longer launched a strong attack.

But Han Dingtian was short of food and clothing, and he repeatedly asked the emperor for money and food, and repeatedly begged Ning Yi for something.

Ning Yi was also helpless. It was impossible for him to ignore Han Dingtian. After all, there were still 70,000 to 80,000 troops there.

Han Dingtian's performance alone is enough to prove that he is indeed a loyal minister.

The barbarian army retreated. Ning Yi reported to Emperor Wu that Han Dingtian's army of tens of thousands had trouble getting food. In the middle of winter, they needed some more military rations.

Perhaps it was for the sake of face, or perhaps it was to let others know that the court had not forgotten Han Dingtian who continued to resist outside.

Some food was actually delivered.

Ning Yi gave the order directly and asked Yu Shengfei to escort him over.

Your tens of thousands of cavalrymen are equipped with the best equipment and receive sufficient pay. Is it okay for you to escort some food and fodder over now?