readytorunbook Chapter 194 Confidence
Chapter 194 Confidence
According to Ning Yi, 50,000 troops from the capital, plus 10,000 imperial guards, are enough to resist the so-called rebel army of Duke Dingguo.
Yang Long was still worried. He was not worried about whether Ning Yi's 60,000 troops could resist the troops of Duke Dingguo.
Instead, he was worried that Ning Yi wanted to withdraw more troops from the Beijing camp and let Duke Dingguo really capture the capital.
If Ning Yi really succeeded, he would sit on the throne.
Yang Long was naturally eager for this, as his daughter was the queen, and he, as her father, was the national pride, and even the prime minister had to bow to him whenever he saw him.
However, if Ning Yi rashly attacks the capital and seizes the throne, the whole country will be in turmoil.
At this time, the Prime Minister looked at Ning Yi leisurely and said, "Your Highness, if the rebellion cannot be quelled quickly, the princes of various places will make unrest."
As soon as the Prime Minister finished speaking, Yang Long suddenly turned around to look at him.
He was shocked. These words were too obvious and were clearly a reminder to Ning Yi.
If you really want to rebel, the local princes will definitely make trouble. Can you withstand it then? The whole country will be in chaos.
These two old foxes were both worried that Ning Yi would rebel and felt that this was a complete set up by Ning Yi.
Because they are so similar.
Ning Yi smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's okay. It's not difficult to pacify them."
"After all, the Ministry of Works has just distributed a large amount of military supplies to all the Beijing camps, and the Ministry of Revenue has just distributed military pay. Moreover, there are ten thousand elite imperial guards under the command of my father. Why should we be afraid of a mere Duke Dingguo?"
These words made the Minister of Works Zhao Yinghong cough twice.
In fact, although the Ministry of Works nominally distributed a large amount of weapons and equipment, it was all to prepare the Beijing camp for battle.
But in addition to those troops heading north, a lot of them were sent out.
The rest of the Beijing troops were just for show and were not given much. Originally, people thought that they would not be used anyway and there was no need for them to go north.
The emperor would not take it seriously. Although they were seriously corrupt, he did not want the barbarians to go south and attack the capital. Otherwise, all their officials would be in trouble and they would have no chance of doing their job.
But who could have thought that a bastard like Duke Dingguo would suddenly appear and rebel at the critical moment. Now the Minister of Works is regretting it to death.
If I had known this would happen, I would have distributed them all at once. There are still a lot in the warehouse anyway.
The Minister of Works could only bow and smile bitterly: "Your Highness, you don't know."
"Because of the urgent situation on the border, the Ministry of Industry didn't have much inventory, so it could only be supplied to the troops who were anxious to march north."
"As for the other troops, not many have been distributed."
Ning Yi glanced at him leisurely. He knew very well what was going on in the Ministry of Industry.
He has quite a few spies in Zhao Yinghong's mansion. Besides, this old guy eats the magic flowers he gives him every day to maintain his strength.
It can be said that the entire Ministry of Industry is almost Ning Yi’s back garden.
If it weren't for the worry that the old emperor above would notice something unusual.
Ning Yi can ask the Ministry of Industry to work overtime to help him build equipment. In this way, it will be easy to arm the army, and he won't have to always think about spending a lot of money to buy weapons and equipment from his Dongfang family.
Ning Yi said calmly, "Minister Zhao, can the warehouse now accommodate the needs of the 50,000 Beijing troops?"
"This is still insufficient." Zhao Yinghong said immediately: "Of course, 20,000 can still be replaced as soon as possible."
"That's easy." Ning Yi looked at Yang Long again and said, "Minister Yang, the replacement weapons and equipment for the 100,000 troops heading north are probably all in the Ministry of War. Pick out a batch as soon as possible, no problem, right?"
Yang Long thought about it, looked at Ning Yi, and then looked at Emperor Wu who was staring at him on the dragon throne.
Finally, he said, "Of course, no problem. After the court session, I will have someone prepare a batch as soon as possible."
Ning Yi looked at the Grain Storage Department again and said, "Grain Storage Department, is there any problem in providing food and fodder for the 60,000-man army?"
"Of course, this food and fodder only needs to be transported a few hundred miles north. The place where this prince and Duke Dingguo will have their final battle is not far from the capital. It would be unreasonable if we can't guarantee the soldiers enough food at such a short distance, right?"
The corners of Si Cheng's mouth twitched in the grain storage department. He was the one who least wanted to offend Ning Yi.
The last time the Sixth Prince chopped off the head of an official, that was the previous Si Cheng of the Grain Storage Bureau. Now there are rumors circulating in the Grain Storage Bureau about how the Sixth Prince was so arrogant and domineering that he killed their Si Cheng in the lobby.
He was worried that if he vetoed it, Ning Yi would immediately chop him off on the spot for delaying national affairs.
"Of course, there's no problem with that." Si Cheng of the Grain Storage Department bowed and said, "However, for 60,000 troops, a small amount is fine for a while, but more won't work. After all, the Grain Storage Department just took out food and fodder for the 100,000 troops heading north."
"That's enough." Ning Yi smiled and nodded with satisfaction.
Then he bowed and said, "Father, I am willing to go north to quell the rebellion of Duke Dingguo."
"Are you really sure you can pacify the traitor Fang Chengyu?" The old emperor's eyes were full of question marks.
He doesn't really trust Lao Liu.
Although Lao Liu is very smart and has no problem with disaster relief, military affairs are complicated and require sufficient experience.
Otherwise, why not use so many generals and use a prince who has never been on the battlefield?
Ning Yi said loudly, "Father, now, all the troops, military supplies, and food can be provided as soon as possible. I am confident that I can put down the rebellion of Duke Dingguo as soon as possible."
"If this fails, I am willing to allow my father to punish me for delaying the war."
This made people whisper that the Sixth Prince was really risking everything.
Yang Long's heart skipped a beat. He was the Minister of War and knew a lot about military affairs.
The so-called delay in the war, to put it seriously, is punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the entire clan.
The more you look at this Sixth Prince, the more he seems like he's planning a rebellion.
He saw that the old emperor was about to make a decision.
He immediately said, "Your Highness, even if you can lead 60,000 troops to stop Duke Dingguo from advancing south, Prince Huai of Huaizhou still has over 100,000 troops."
"What should I do?"
"Yes, Your Highness. The capital's troops are already quite small, and you've withdrawn another 60,000 elite soldiers. When Prince Huai marches eastward, how will the capital resist?"
To put it bluntly, the Beijing camp is simply short of troops.
If the Beijing camp had enough troops, no matter who rebelled, they could be easily defeated.
But now, the Beijing camp still has a total of 100,000 troops left.
There were still quite a few soldiers missing. In this situation, if they rashly led the army to attack, how could the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers, who had not been trained for a long time, resist King Huai's army of hundreds of thousands?
Moreover, the emperor has now mobilized less than 20,000 imperial guards.
Ning Yi asked for ten thousand yuan right away, using it as a trump card.
The remaining several thousand imperial guards have a hard time even guarding the imperial city, so how can they assist the Beijing Army in defending the capital?
Ning Yi was confident, and probably many generals in the court also had the confidence that they could stop Duke Dingguo from going south, but no one dared to take over.