Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

Military Advisor Zhang Fangliang said:

"Now, there is only one way, which is to set up ten mansions in Yunzhou City to accommodate the families of the county governors of the ten county cities."

Li Haicheng's eyes lit up!

"Holding their families."

Zhang Fangliang nodded slightly and said:

"The Prime Minister is absolutely right!"

Li Haicheng looked at the people in the hall:

"Deng Fan, Xu Bing, Zhao Er, Ma San, Tie Zhu, Wang Mazi, Lin Fei, Guo Qiu, Er Hu, Lone Wolf!"

Prime Minister Li Haicheng pointed out ten subordinates.

The ten men stepped forward respectfully.

"The general is here!"

"The ten of you will gather your troops now. Each of you will take a thousand soldiers and go to the ten counties to bring the county governors and their families to Yunzhou City."

"Remember! Tell the county governor clearly that they are here to see the new emperor Yunzhou and report to him again. I will not make things difficult for them. Tell them not to resist."

Xu Bing bowed and said:

"Prime Minister! Let's go and invite him. What if the county governor refuses to cooperate?"

Li Haicheng said coldly:

"We are bandits. If they don't cooperate, we will tie them up."

"But be careful not to kill people!"

Li Haicheng specifically instructed his subordinates not to kill the county magistrate just because they could not resist.

Deng Fan, who looked very rude, said loudly:

"Prime Minister! Military Advisor! The ten of us will go to the county town separately. Don't take the wrong road."

Zhang Wenliang ordered:

"I, the military advisor, will plan a route for you."

"Deng Fan, take a thousand soldiers to ask the governor of Wencang County.

Xu Bing, you take a thousand soldiers to ask Cuifeng County Magistrate

Zhao Er, you take a thousand soldiers to ask the governor of Yuxi County

Ma San, you take a thousand soldiers to ask the governor of Yaoshan County

Tiezhu, take a thousand soldiers to ask the governor of Baiyuan County

Wang Mazi, you take a thousand soldiers to ask the governor of Jinjiao County

Lin Fei, you take a thousand soldiers to ask the governor of Huaming County

Guo Qiu, you take a thousand soldiers to ask the governor of Qinglian County

Erhu, you take a thousand soldiers to ask for help from the governor of Shangtong County.

Lone Wolf, take a thousand soldiers and go ask the governor of Huangtang County."

After finishing speaking, military advisor Zhang Wenliang paused and continued:

"This time you go and bring back the county magistrate and his family. Don't resort to violence first. You must persuade them with kind words."

"The general will obey the order!"

The ten of them were just about to leave the hall and gather their troops.

Military Advisor Zhang Wenliang said:

"Wait! You won't be able to persuade him with your persuasion."

"We still need the Emperor of Yunzhou to draft an imperial decree to summon them."

After saying this, he turned his gaze towards Hong Li.

"Your Majesty, it's time to issue an imperial decree."

Hongli responded with a dull expression:

"It's all up to the military to draft the imperial edict!"

Zhang Fangliang's eyes lit up:

"Haha, since your majesty says so, then I won't be polite!"

Military Advisor Zhang Fangliang picked up his writing brush and wrote directly on the yellow silk cloth:

“The Imperial Edict

By the Will of Heaven, the Emperor of Yunzhou proclaims:

The government of Dafeng State was extremely corrupt, corrupt officials were rampant, and the people were in dire straits.

I have the world in my heart and am determined to overthrow this corrupt situation, give the people a bright and peaceful world, and create a glorious era of prosperity.

Today, I hereby issue a special decree to all the county governors in Yunzhou County to come to the imperial palace in Yunzhou City as soon as possible.

I hope that all the county governors will work hand in hand with me, work together, and assist me in completing this great mission.

Let us work together to overthrow the corrupt regime of Dafeng State, seek welfare for the people of the world, and lay the foundation for the future of the country.

You must obey my orders and set off immediately without any delay.

Admire this! "

After military advisor Zhang Fangliang finished writing the imperial edict, he did not give it to the Emperor of Yunzhou, but instead gave the completed imperial edict to Prime Minister Li Haicheng.

After Prime Minister Li Haicheng read it,

"Hmm! The military advisor is indeed a top-ranked scholar in the imperial examination, and his writing skills are excellent!"

"Tian Yong! Make ten copies of this imperial edict, stamp them with the imperial seal, and then hand them over to these ten generals to quickly go to the counties."

Tian Yong, dressed in a blue shirt and looking like a scholar, received the imperial edict:

"Yes! Prime Minister!"

He made ten copies of the imperial edict, stamped them with seals, and gave them to ten generals who were going to the county town.

With the assistance of military advisor Zhang Fengliang, Li Haicheng of Yunzhou in southern Xinjiang quickly took control of the Yunzhou government, and gained control of food, troops, and money.

The bandit army in southern Xinjiang is at its peak.

The northern border,

The territory of Beishang Kingdom, Baidi City.

King Hongxuan of Zhenbei ordered the Fourth Army to build strong fortifications outside Baidi City.

"I don't know what's happening to Emperor Baxin of the Northern Shang Kingdom now, after I wiped out 180,000 cavalrymen and left him with only 120,000 cavalrymen!"

"But it will be soon! I only need to accumulate two years' worth of food and train powerful cavalry crossbowmen! Then I can sweep you all away."

Starting from Baidi City, to attack the imperial capital of Beishang Kingdom, the distance is several thousand kilometers. It is absolutely impossible to rely on infantry alone to cross such a long distance.

Even if it was cavalry, it would be impossible to attack the imperial capital of Beishang Kingdom directly in one fell swoop.

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan was not in a hurry at all.

His tactic was to advance step by step and occupy every inch of land.

Originally, Hongxuan could have attacked directly and captured the next city.

Kangding City of Beishang Kingdom.

Kangding City of Beishang Kingdom is a very important and large city in Beishang Kingdom.

It is considered a very important strategic town in Beishang State.

Because Kangding City is the center and there are scenic grasslands within a radius of hundreds of miles, this is a city with a very developed animal husbandry.

There are countless cattle, sheep, and war horses. If we take over the North Shopping Mall, it will be equivalent to taking over a very important strategic resource point.

Kangding City is a treasure land, and Hongxuan is determined to get it.

Losing Kangding City would be fatal for the Beishang Kingdom.

Therefore, it is not only heavily guarded, but also has towering city walls for protection, just like the Dafeng Kingdom.

It was not only the Dafeng Kingdom that was good at building strong and tall city walls. The strategically important Kangding City also had tall and strong city walls, and the garrison force was as many as 150,000 soldiers who were good at fighting and riding and shooting.

Inside the main hall of Baidi City,

In front of Hongxuan's desk were the distance between Baidi City and Kangding City, as well as a map of Kangding City's city defense layout.

These two maps were brought back by the scouts.

He looked at his highness's four army commanders.

"Commander Fan Jingtao, your First Corps is fully equipped with war horses. How is the training going?"

The commander of the First Corps, Fan Jingtao, bowed and said:

"Reporting to the prince, we are still in the process of adjusting the system. But within a few months, the crossbowmen on the war horses will be able to hit the target every time they shoot arrows!"

The commander of the Second Legion, Zhao Bencai, stood up and bowed, saying:

"Your Majesty! Why are war horses only equipped to the First Legion? Our Second Legion does not have a single war horse."

The commanders of the Third and Fourth Corps, Teng Wanzhi and Yu Deshen, also said:

"Your Highness, we gave all the captured war horses to the First Legion. Isn't that a bit biased? If we had known earlier, we should have shot only the cavalry instead of the war horses when the battle started!"

When they were fighting against the 180,000 cavalrymen of Beishang Kingdom, the army shot and killed all of them, including the men and horses. Now they regret it very much.

But before, I didn't have time to think so much.

Tens of thousands of crossbow arrows were fired at the same time, and they didn't care whether the war horses would be shot or not. Besides, if the war horses didn't die, they would still rush over and trample the infantry to death with their hooves.

So on that battlefield, the war horse must die.

Hongxuan did not discuss with the other three army commanders. He was thinking about something. With enough iron ore, they could actually build an armored vehicle similar to a steam engine with tracks.

However, he was thinking about some technical issues, and Hongxuan was thinking that if they wanted to attack Kangding City next, the most important thing would not be to climb the stairs of the city wall, but the development of black gunpowder.

Without gunpowder, it would be impossible to capture the Northern Shang Kingdom's Kangding City with just the composite military crossbows.