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

Chapter 299 Slowly Swallowing

Ning Yi was not short of supplies. After all, he managed money and food very well.

We also seized a lot of them, including from the escort teams of the aristocratic families and the princes' soldiers.

With reasonable distribution, it will be enough for Ning Yi to use for a long time.

Moreover, there were a lot of weapons and ammunition, and a lot of prisoners were captured, and a lot of enemy troops were annihilated.

Ning Yi also screened and selected, and gave all the usable ones to the temporary army and the criminal army.

There are still quite a few left, enough for him to organize several large armies.

As for the other worn-out ones, they need to be repaired by the blacksmith and a group of handymen so that they can be used again.

Although the rain of arrows consumed a lot, he also captured a lot of spoils.

And they fought battles every day, so they just had to collect as many arrows as possible from the rain of arrows shot by the barbarian army.

But even if I have these things, I can't let the court not give them to me.

Ning Yi knew very well that the reason why the old emperor was saving on supplies was to prepare for the elite troops he was training in the south.

Naturally, he was not happy about this and had to ask the court for supplies.

Whether it is winter supplies, money, food or medicine, they are all necessary.

And the ones who came to inspect were Yu Zhen and his group.

Ning Yi put on a good show with them on the spot, showing them a pile of miscellaneous items and worn winter clothes to show them how the court was fooling people.

Then let them take a good look around the wounded camp and see how many wounded soldiers there are.

Another thing is to let them see how the two sides fight on the battlefield.

If we go to the money and grain warehouse provided by the court, we will find that there is not much stock left.

There are indeed not many of these warehouses left. After all, Ning Yi has to support so many imperial troops, and the food and necessities for people and horses are wasted every day is huge.

That’s not all. There are also refugees and others who need to be taken care of. How can the warehouse be full?

Of course, Ning Yi has more than one warehouse, and it is naturally impossible for them to see the others.

He could even supply money and food to his own private army of tens of thousands of soldiers, so how could he be without supplies to resist?

But if he doesn't ask the old emperor for it at this critical moment, the old emperor will be reluctant to give it to him.

The old emperor also had to go to the south to recruit soldiers and horses, and to store supplies in warehouses in the south to prepare for his ascension to the throne.

A large amount of money and food was seized from Aturu's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and even more was seized in Fangzhou, which was the money and food storage base at the front.

There were also so many teams from aristocratic families, and many of them were confiscated.

Even if the imperial court doesn't provide a penny of supplies now, Ning Yi will have enough to last for more than a year.

Moreover, he intercepted the summer and autumn crops in the north and took them to Hushan Pass.

But you can't settle these with the emperor. You just need to settle with the court and find out how much supplies you sent and how much I consumed.

Any other captured food? Sorry, not much, not enough to eat.

Anyway, once the spoils are captured, we can just distribute a portion to the army below to make the soldiers happy.

Who else would tell others about it?

Another thing is that Yu Zhen is loyal to the Sixth Prince who gets things done.

The other investigators could only detect superficial things. They just felt that Hushan Pass was too hard, with heavy casualties every day. That was enough.

As for the others, I can't find any place to investigate.

Only by constantly asking the court for supplies can people realize that the life at Hushan Pass is very difficult.

"How is the recuperation of the wounded going?" Ning Yi asked Qin Haifeng.

Qin Haifeng smiled and said, "Your Highness, the number of wounded soldiers who have recovered this time is as high as several thousand."

"According to your instructions, after a thorough screening, it won't be a problem for half of them to become junior officers."

Ning Yi nodded: "These people, just pull up the temporary army and train them well for this prince in the rear."

"As for the rest, make them officers of the criminal army. The servants who perform well will also be promoted to the newest temporary army. As for the servants who have recovered from injuries, give them as many opportunities as possible to perform."

Ning Yi also said helplessly: "At present, this is the only way to quickly promote and expand the army, otherwise even the grassroots officers will be gone."

The most important thing in expanding the army is the backbone issue. As long as the grassroots backbone is solid, everything else will be easy.

"Also," Ning Yi instructed, "have those old scholar-like servants do the ideological work. Whether these temporary troops can be used by this prince depends on them."

That’s no problem, Qin Haifeng said, they have almost all been screened out.

But Qin Haifeng was puzzled: "Your Highness, will the wounded soldiers from the vassal kings' troops continue to join the criminal army?"

"If they achieve great military success, wouldn't it be possible that they would eventually rebel?"

"That's fine." Ning Yi said nonchalantly, "They've been through so much, rising from a small private to a captain, which is already quite impressive. If they want to protect their positions, they must follow this prince honestly, otherwise their vassal kings won't give them positions."

"Besides, the soldiers below are all watching him. I believe some soldiers are willing to take his place."

Those soldiers fought in several battles and were injured. After they recovered, they were promoted. Who wouldn’t be jealous?

This is also a way to motivate soldiers.

As long as you fight bravely, you will be treated well if you are injured. After your injury is healed, you can also improve your status. Why not do it?

"How is the transportation of wounded soldiers going?" Ning Yi asked.

Qin Haifeng immediately said, "Your Highness, rest assured. The injured soldiers have been gradually sent back to the capital to recuperate."

There is no way around it. Many of the wounded soldiers are disabled and cannot go to the battlefield.

It is useless to stay in Hushan Pass, and it will waste a lot of supplies.

However, Ning Yi personally distributed sufficient pensions to them in public, and also registered them properly, allowing them to follow the team transporting supplies and return to the capital to recuperate.

After the war is over, Ning Yi promised to go back and find wives for those unmarried people.

But they were so grateful that they burst into tears. Although they were injured, not only were they given a lot of silver, they were even allowed to leave the front line and go back.

Of course, as long as they are still able to work, Ning Yi will try his best to have the Intelligence Department send them to the base.

Those disabled soldiers who are willing to stay at home can stay and farm, and those who still want to work can go to the base. As long as they can still work, Ning Yi will take them.

After all, the disabled soldiers received great favors from Ning Yi, and they were very grateful.

Moreover, if the cavalry soldiers were disabled and still capable, Ning Yi would take good care of them and let them return directly to the base to serve as cavalry instructors.

They only need to train batches of excellent cavalry recruits, and Ning Yi will be very satisfied.

Last time, we tricked the barbarian Khan and captured 30,000 prisoners.

Ten thousand people were selected and reorganized after a month. Now, thousands of recovered wounded soldiers have finally been sent over and fully reorganized into the Provisional Fourth Army.

He also stuffed in some of his own servants who had performed well on the battlefield, enough to control the army first.