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

Yu Shengfei really didn't want to take on this kind of task.

After all, it has to pass through many areas controlled by the barbarians before it can reach Hezhou and be delivered to Han Dingtian.

But now that the mission has been assigned, only the cavalry can take it on.

Yu Shengfei had no choice but to obey, but he also said on the spot: "Your Highness, if we encounter a large group of barbarian cavalry, Yu can only choose to hide."

What this means is that if Yu Shengfei were besieged by a large barbarian army, he would not care about anything else and would just have to come back.

Ning Yi nodded: "Don't worry, if you encounter barbarians targeting you, you can come back directly. This prince will naturally not blame you."

"Since we have already negotiated, if the barbarians dare to take action, they will be the first to violate the treaty."

Many people were speechless when hearing this, as the barbarians had violated treaties countless times.

Yu Shengfei had no choice but to accept the order.

But Ning Yi is not afraid of the barbarians breaking the contract. Once the barbarians dare to target Yu Shengfei's cavalry, he can immediately send troops to Hushan Pass to attack cities and strongholds everywhere, and your barbarian army will have no choice but to move south again.

Now he is really not afraid of the barbarians moving south, because if the barbarians move south, they will be the ones who suffer the most.

Yu Shengfei led a large army and set off with a lot of food and supplies sent by the court.

Even if the imperial court didn't care much about Han Dingtian's tens of thousands of remaining soldiers.

But Han Dingtian has several cities in his hands.

As long as the barbarians have not conquered the country, the court must not give up, otherwise it will lose all face.

Ning Yi asked someone to write a letter to Han Dingtian, and also made it clear that the supplies sent should be used well.

While the barbarians are no longer attacking, we should take this time to recuperate and reorganize.

He didn't want to give up Han Dingtian's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, who were real veterans of the border army and had strong combat effectiveness.

If used well, it would be enough to strike a blow to the barbarians in the rear.

It’s no wonder that after Yu Shengfei’s army marched north, even if the barbarians received the news, they were not in a hurry to stop them.

The barbarian Khan naturally had no good intentions and allowed them to send supplies at will.

But the barbarian Khan knew that now was not the time to take action, otherwise the little guys in Hushan Pass would have the opportunity to leave Hushan Pass at any time to attack the city that had just been captured.

The barbarians have suffered heavy casualties, and the barbarian Khan also needs to recuperate.

In the middle of winter, the barbarians had wasted a lot of supplies by looting. He only needed to wait for next summer's harvest before he could reorganize his army and march south.

However, the barbarian Khan has always attracted people's attention, wondering which army destroyed his cavalry.

All we have learned now is that Ning Yi has deployed 20,000 troops in some areas west of Hushan Pass, and there are also troops that will be supported later, totaling more than 30,000.

But these military forces are not enough.

Both sides are actively preparing for war, and both know that the current peace talks are just empty words and are only a temporary ceasefire.

However, many people in the court felt that the peace talks with the barbarians were successful and the world was at peace.

Someone is trying to get Emperor Wu to transfer the Sixth Prince back.

Emperor Wu was not a fool. He was also awakened by the Prime Minister to prevent the barbarians from moving south again.

Lao Liu cannot leave Hushan Pass, so he just needs to continue to hold the position with that group of prisoners.

As for money and food, I'm sorry, except for the regular army's Beijing camp and the original garrison at Hushan Pass, we won't give a penny to the others.

They were all captives, and the imperial court did not recognize them as temporary troops.

Of course, Emperor Wu also learned that Lao Liu had actually reorganized 30,000 cavalry.

This made him feel quite unhappy.

However, it is said that they are all wounded soldiers of the Northwest Army, as well as cavalry selected from a large number of prisoners.

According to Yu Shengfei, this deputy commander looked down on Lao Liu's 30,000 cavalry.

After all, quite half of them are prisoners. What combat effectiveness can they have? They are just for show. It is a pure waste of supplies.

But no matter what, that's tens of thousands of cavalry.

Sometimes tens of thousands of cavalry can decide the outcome of a war.

Therefore, Emperor Wu continued to win over Yu Shengfei, and even spent his own money to go to the northwest to select some outstanding young men from some generals' families.

Reorganize 20,000 cavalry and bring them to the capital for proper training.

Of course, this warhorse is extremely expensive. The barbarians won’t sell it, so you can only buy it from the northwest.

As for the spoils captured on the battlefield, I'm sorry, they will either be supplied to the Northwest Army.

The remaining inferior war horses were all used by Ning Yi on the 30,000 cavalry. The total number of war horses was more than 60,000, ensuring that each person had two horses.

Emperor Wu couldn't get them all, so he could only ask for some disabled war horses. These could be used as mules and horses, but anything else was completely useless.

Emperor Wu has always been wary of Lao Liu, and now he is even more wary.

But without Lao Liu, Hushan Pass would not be possible, so Emperor Wu seized the opportunity and ordered the southern provinces and the northwest to speed up the training of new soldiers.

After the new recruits have finished their training, they will go and bring back Lao Liu to replace him.

Everything seems to be fine.

When Yu Shengfei was transporting supplies once, he found that the barbarians did not cause any trouble, but only had a small number of soldiers following him.

After several consecutive transportations, Han Dingtian finally stopped going hungry.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and there was heavy snow everywhere in Hushan Pass.

But Ning Yi finally managed to organize nine temporary armies.

And there are five guards from the capital.

On the surface, the five Beijing camp guards were the remaining troops of the imperial court, and they suffered heavy casualties.

However, the infantry of the entire Hushan Pass was firmly under Ning Yi's control.

The Spring Festival is coming.

Ning Yi even mobilized a lot of muskets and artillery from the base.

Thousands of smart veterans were selected from the wounded camp. They were all in good condition in terms of age and physical fitness.

Of course, there are soldiers from the Beijing camp, captured soldiers, old border troops, and even the second prince’s veterans.

In conjunction with the two expanded firearms regiments, they were completely reorganized into a firearms army.

This firearms corps is composed of three firearms regiments.

All of them are under the control of their own servants and officers, and the soldiers are carefully selected.

Then there is the transport regiment, as well as the reconnaissance and medical battalions, logistics and artillery, and command headquarters, all complete.

Even ten large artillery pieces that had been trained at the base were dispatched to form an artillery regiment.

Ning Yi also reorganized more than 2,000 cavalrymen and assigned them to the Firearms Army to form a cavalry regiment.

After the entire firearms army was built, they were sent directly to a restricted area in the south of the city, and no one was allowed to approach.

There are various trainings every day.

The periphery is where his three cavalry armies are undergoing long-term training.

This firearms army is the one Ning Yi is most looking forward to, and many outstanding servants have been selected to serve as its backbone.

Even in the future, every time a schoolboy graduates, he will first serve as a trainee officer in the Firearms Army for a period of time.

The total number of troops is more than 13,000.

In addition to a large number of muskets, there are also special cold weapon guards, which are enough to ensure combat in any situation.

In order to ensure the supply of military supplies for this large army, Ning Yi specially ordered people to build a lead bullet workshop nearby.