At the end of September, Yizhou, which was ready to stop, launched an attack on Henghai under the watchful eye of all the people. Twenty thousand soldiers and 8,000 armor soldiers stepped into the hundreds of miles of no man's land in Texas and marched in the direction of Henghai.

The reason why this battle is highly anticipated is because if Yizhou wins this battle, the form and strength of the Northland will change dramatically.

The power of virtue once again shocked the world.

The Chengde people, who originally thought that they had suffered a miserable defeat in Yingzhou, although they survived the catastrophe, they would inevitably choose to lie dormant to recover their strength for a long time to come. But the reaction of the Chengde people made everyone's jaws almost drop.

While the pain continued, the Chengde people launched a large-scale counterattack war.

First, the two armies attacked Zhenwu, Zhenwu ruled Yizhou, and Dingzhou was in danger, which also forced Gao Biao to defeat in Daizhou, and Zhang Zhongwu, who was in a good situation, had to suspend the attack on Hedong and instead sent a large army to support Zhenwu to ensure that Dingzhou and Yizhou were not occupied by the Chengde people, which made Gao Biao finally breathe a long sigh of relief, and he could finally free his hands to regain momentum and gather troops to deal with Zhang Zhongwu's attack.

When Dingzhou and Yizhou were in a stalemate, Chengde actually launched an attack on Henghai with the power of Yizhou, and the strength of Yizhou also surprised everyone.

Yizhou actually dispatched 8,000 armor soldiers and 20,000 government soldiers.

The size of such an army is already comparable to that of some smaller knots. Among the four states of Chengde, Yizhou is only ranked third in strength, slightly stronger than Shenzhou. If you follow the analogy of Yizhou's strength, then Chengde's war potential is enough to make everyone's hearts frightened.

Shi Zhuang was the commander of the vanguard of the Yizhou Army, and he took the lead in setting off on September 27 with 1,000 armor soldiers under his command, Shen Congxing and 1,500 cavalry from Shen Congxing of Shiyi and Li De, who were already active in Dezhou. And the main force led by Li Ze and Cao Xintong, after taking the oath in Wuyi on October 5, also marched in the direction of Dezhou.

In the Li family's mansion, Li Ze put on the armor specially made for him by the craftsmen in the family. These nail leaves are used with the latest technology, each nail leaf is lighter in weight, but the protection is several times stronger than the general nail leaf, the whole armor together, less than twenty catties, but unfortunately such a nail leaf has no way to mass produce at all, the craftsmen hammered out such a piece slowly, it took several people a whole year. This made Li Ze very regretful, if it could be mass-produced, and his cavalry would be uniformly equipped with this kind of armor, their combat level would inevitably go to a higher level.

Originally, this nail leaf was coated with a layer of gold dust by the craftsmen, and the yellow cancan was extremely eye-catching, especially standing in the sun and being illuminated by the light, it was really radiant, like a god descending from heaven. But the first time Li Ze saw this pair of nail leaves, he ordered the gold dust to be scraped off and painted silver-gray.

The scene of the city full of golden armor will always only appear in the movie, and on the real battlefield, wearing such armor to stand out from the crowd, I am afraid that the enemy will launch a fierce attack on my place like a chicken blood. It's definitely not a good feeling to be on the battlefield and be everyone's target.

So this golden armor turned into this gray and inconspicuous appearance in the sighs of the craftsmen.

With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Wang carefully checked for Li Ze whether the silk silk of the armor was tightly tied, touched here, knocked there, and turned around 360 degrees to inspect without dead ends. I wanted to say something, but finally my lips fluttered for a while, but I didn't say anything.

"Mother, don't worry, this time my son sent troops to fight the water dogs, there is nothing to worry about." Li Ze smiled at the women in the courtyard and said, "I'll be back in two months at most. This time I'll go to the beach, and when the time comes, I'll be sure to bring you a lot of beautiful shells, well, or conch to blow."

He rolled up his palms, made a conch kiss, and blew a few times.

The women in the courtyard were reluctant to make a smile, especially Mrs. Wang, in the first half of her life, there were countless things like this to send the men of the family to the expedition.

Her father and brother were all under her gaze, and they confidently stepped out of the house and went to the battlefield, but in the end, neither of them returned.

She wanted to tell her son a few words, but after thinking about it, it would be too unlucky, so she could only swallow back the words that came to her mouth.

"Tian Bo, after I leave, the affairs of the family will be handed over to you." Li Ze looked at Tian Bo, who had a serious face, and said. In my absence, the vigilance at home must not be relaxed, but strengthened, and we have many enemies, both overt and covert, and we must not allow our opponents to take advantage of any gaps."

Tian Bo bowed solemnly and said, "Don't worry, son, even if Tian Bo doesn't sleep, he will make the family impregnable."

Tian Bo is a veteran and has a lot of experience, Li Ze smiled and nodded, but when he stepped aside, he took Xia He's hand: "Tian Bo has things at home, you have to worry more about things outside, I have already sent someone to summon Yang Kai back, and you two will take a good look at Wuyi for me."

Xia He bit her lip and nodded vigorously.

"In addition to the four female guards assigned to you by Xinyue Fox, I have asked Tian Bo to equip you with four more male guards." Li Ze said: "Beware of safety."

"Where do slaves need so many guards?" Xia He shook his head again and again.

Li Ze smiled and stretched out his finger and tapped her forehead: "This is your own weight that you haven't figured out yet. Now not only Wuyi, Yizhou, your reputation is in Chengde, but also many people know it. So, if someone is going to target us, you're definitely one of the targets, and you should never travel alone during my absence. Don't even run around doing research. During this period of time, you and Yang Kai only need to stabilize the rear for me."

"Slave understood." Xia He said softly. Childe, you have to be good."

"Don't worry, you've been with me for so long, don't you know who I am? If the momentum is really wrong, the first one to slap your ass and slip away is definitely your son-in-law and me."

With the last sentence, he lowered his voice and whispered in Xia He's ear.

Xia Hepo laughed out loud, and he has been with Li Ze for more than ten years, not to mention, Li Ze is really the kind of person who is good and will slip away when he sees that it is wrong.

Li Ze and Xia He's intimacy can only be envied by the women in the back house, which even Mrs. Wang is a little jealous of, but this is something that can't be done, who let Xia He follow Li Ze since he was seven years old, and now the relationship with Li Ze has gone further? What's more, now Mrs. Wang also knows more or less the importance of Xia He in Li Ze's system. To put it simply, although Xia He does not hold any official position now, he is in fact in charge of the economic power within Li Ze's sphere of influence.

Now Xia He usually lives in Li Ze's small courtyard, but she already has an independent small courtyard, but that small courtyard is heavily guarded, guarded by Li Ze's personal guards day and night, and ordinary people can't step into this small courtyard for half a step. And this small courtyard is where Xia He works.

Mrs. Wang once made an excuse to go in, and the guards could block other people, so naturally they couldn't stop Mrs. Wang.

As soon as she entered Xia He's room, Mrs. Wang was shocked, because in the huge main house, all four walls were bookshelves, and the bookshelves were not books, but account books. Mrs. Wang took out a copy at random, and she was dizzy, the key was that she couldn't understand what was written on it.

He recognized the words, but there were countless special symbols that were like books from heaven to her.

Li Ze taught Xia He Arabic numerals, and later selected a few smart and clever people from the secret camp as Xia He's assistants, except for them, others really can't get a glimpse of the secrets in this house.

But Mrs. Wang still saw some of the things Xia He was writing, what macro control, micro guidance, policy intervention, fund allocation, government subsidies, etc., all the words were recognized, but when they were connected, they didn't understand the meaning.

Although she couldn't understand it, Mrs. Wang finally figured out what Xia He was busy with. Even though she doesn't go out of the door and doesn't step out of the second door, she also knows the importance of the money bag. Whether it is to manage the people or build an army, without money, everything is in vain, and if you want to do anything, you need money as a guarantee.

Xia He's loyalty, Mrs. Wang is naturally relieved. However, seeing that Xia He is so important, Wang Fuyou is a little worried about his daughter-in-law who will enter the door soon.

Xia He, who can manage such an important matter, is naturally extremely powerful, by no means as gentle and gentle as she seems on the surface, delicate and timid, Mrs. Wang also heard Tian Bo say that Xia He once scolded Sun Lei, the county commander of Xindu, to the point that he was bloody and sweaty.

Thinking of Liu Ruyan, a prospective daughter-in-law who is delicate and ignorant of the world's sufferings and sinisters, Mrs. Wang is sometimes a little worried.

Li Ze didn't think about these things at all now, his attention was now all focused on the battle in front of him, and after saying goodbye to everyone, he waved his hand at everyone in a dashing manner and said, "Let's go."

He turned around and strode out, and Li Mi, who was his personal guard, also followed closely.

Outside the city of Wuyi, the golden drums are bursting, a group of soldiers are holding flags, walking neatly and leaving in turn, at the city gate, the officials and squires represented by Hou Zhen are also lined up to see each other. The descendants of these families were also in the ranks of the expedition this time, and most of them accompanied Li Ze as Li Ze's personal guards.