Chapter 1608 If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight!

Faced with Yun Zheng's frankness, Takeshi Sanada fell into deep thought again.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight!

To be honest, he felt that the possibility of persuading those lords to surrender was relatively high.

But after Yun Zheng led his army back to the capital, he didn't know whether he could suppress those ambitious people.

Since you are not sure, then eliminate it completely!

Solve the problem at its root!

Thinking of this, Sanada Takeshi immediately said: "After thinking about it, I think it would be better to just eliminate those lords!"

"Okay!"

Yun Zheng nodded, "How many troops do you need to destroy them?"

"This one……"

Sanada Takeshi thought silently for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "As long as Your Highness gives me 20,000 troops, it will be enough to wipe them out!"

"Twenty thousand troops?"

Yun Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Well, I will give you 50,000 men!"

"what?"

Takeshi Sanada looked at Yun Zheng in astonishment.

Five... fifty thousand troops?

In total, they have only more than 40,000 troops on this expedition!

Even if we add the more than 10,000 troops under Tanaka Nobuyuki, there are only more than 50,000 troops!

Does Yun Zheng want to give him command of all the troops?

This... shouldn't be possible, right?

"Listen to what the king has to say first."

Yun Zheng said sternly: "I will allow you to recruit 30,000 troops on your own. You can also wait until you capture Susano Castle and surrender some of Minamoto Nagamasa's troops! In addition, I will send someone to lead 20,000 Daqian troops to help you!"

"This……"

Takeshi Sanada frowned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Do you know the purpose of this king's doing this?"

Yun Zheng asked Sanada Takeshi again.

"I am stupid, please explain clearly, Your Highness."

Sanada Takeshi said humbly.

Yun Zheng paused for a moment, then kicked Sanada Takeshi in annoyance: "Are you really stupid or are you just pretending to be stupid in front of me?"

"I really don't know."

Sanada Takeshi laughed dryly.

After being kicked by Yun Zheng, he not only did not feel any discomfort, but was secretly happy.

Yun Zheng doesn't kick just anyone.

He would only be so casual in front of people he regarded as his own.

In front of other people, he is the regent of Daqian and must behave properly.

"I……"

Yun Zheng was both angry and amused, "I'm asking you, how many soldiers do you have now?"

"This one……"

Sanada Takeshi was speechless and said awkwardly: "It's just the twenty or so people who accompanied me on the expedition."

"You know it too!"

Yun Zheng was so angry that he laughed, "Why, are you planning to use these twenty or so people to control this land? Or are you planning to kill Tanaka Nobu and take his people for your own use?"

Takeshi Sanada's heart skipped a beat and he stopped talking immediately.

Seeing this, Yun Zheng couldn't help but patted Sanada Takeshi's shoulder and said earnestly: "I don't want you and Tanaka Nobu to quarrel over military power! But I can't ignore Tanaka Nobu's contribution and assign his troops to you!"

"So Your Highness asked me to recruit 30,000 troops to suppress Tanaka Nobuyuki?" A look of enlightenment appeared on Sanada Takeshi's face.

"It's not really suppression!"

Yun Zheng shook his head gently: "This king will never suppress the generals under his command. This king only needs to be stronger than them!"

"So, no matter how big their ambitions are, they must be taken away by this king!"

"What the king and Daqian need are capable officials, not ambitious careerists!"

Takeshi Sanada thought about it and gradually understood.

Nobuyuki Tanaka was his old subordinate.

And it only took Tanaka Nobuyuki a few days to build such a large team!

He is the King of Feathers, so he must be superior to Tanaka Nobuyuki.

As long as he is always stronger than him, no matter how big Tanaka Nobuyuki's ambitions are, he will have to put them aside!

And the 30,000 troops he gathered are also his capital!

It seems that His Highness has seen through Tanaka Nobuyuki's ambition through the fact that Tanaka Nobuyuki competed with him for the position of vanguard in the siege.

Of course, Yun Zheng's words might also be meant to warn him.

"Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness. I understand!"

Takeshi Sanada bowed and said sincerely.

"As long as you know!"

Yun Zheng took a deep breath and said quietly, "It is nothing to destroy a few lords in the south. As long as I am willing, my army can destroy them at any time!"

"But you need to establish your prestige in the army and govern this territory for me!"

"I don't want this place to be plunged into war right after I return home!"

Listening to Yun Zheng's words, Takeshi Sanada nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, that's it!"

Yun Zheng didn't say anything more and turned to walk into the big tent.

Seeing Yun Zheng coming in, all the generals stood up.

"Everyone sit down!"

Yun Zheng raised his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down. "I have decided that in this battle, Tanaka Nobu's troops will be the vanguard of the siege! Zhao Liuliang, Sanada Takeshi, the two of you will lead 5,000 troops to protect the artillery positions!"

"Yes!"

Since Yun Zheng had already given the order, the three of them said no more and gladly accepted the order.

"Wang Qi, Qin Qihu! I order you two to lead 10,000 troops to guard the south. Keep an eye on the movements in the south at all times, in case the lords in the south suddenly send troops to support you!"

"Yes!"

"The rest of the generals, lead your troops and be ready to be deployed at any time! If Tanaka Nobu's attack is thwarted, be ready to reinforce at any time!"

"As ordered!"

"This battle is to avenge the 90,000 people of Yuzhou! I'm going to make it clear, if you let the Yuan thief escape again, I don't mind beheading him in battle!"

"Yes!"

All the generals roared in unison.

"Okay, let's get ready!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand gently, "All soldiers should eat and drink tonight, and start the siege at dawn tomorrow! All units should make good deployments to prevent the enemy from breaking out at night!"

The generals received the order and left the tent one by one.

After the generals left, Yun Zheng called Lin Ji into the tent again: "Go find Zhao Liuliang and ask him to talk more with Sanada Takeshi, and remind Sanada Takeshi that I intend to use Tanaka Nobu to check and balance him."

Lin Ji took the order and quickly withdrew.

"Are you playing monkey tricks again?"

Jia Yao looked at Yun Zheng speechlessly.

Although she didn't know what Yun Zheng had said to Takeshi Sanada, based on her understanding of Yun Zheng, he was definitely going to use Takeshi Sanada.

It is even possible that Takeshi Sanada and Nobuyuki Tanaka will each lead their troops and kill each other.

"See what you said."

Yun Zheng laughed, "How can this be called monkey show? It's just making the best use of people!"

Make the best use of people?

Good people make the best use of their abilities!

I guess Takeshi Sanada was sold out by him and had to help him count the money.

Jia Yao was too lazy to ask more questions, and just stared at Yun Zheng fiercely: "If you use your evil thoughts on Bei Huan, I will bite you to death!"

As he said this, Jia Yao made a biting gesture.

"Don't worry, I won't cheat my own people."

Yun Zheng laughed, "I hope Sanada Takeshi won't disappoint me!"

If we can let the Yu people fight on their own, let them fight on their own.

If it really doesn't work, you can provide some artillery support to Takeshi Sanada yourself.

Anyway, let them consume it themselves!

If we use up all these capable soldiers, there will be less trouble when we carry out the extermination plan in the future...