Throne room.

"Good, great! Marquis Xiaodu, I have ordered you to be the general of the Northern Expedition, and you will be fully responsible for the dispatch of troops to the Northern Expedition! Prime Minister Kong was in charge of logistics and the supply of grain and grass. ”

Xiang Tiange saw that Chu Tianxiu agreed to the northern expedition against the Xiongnu, and his face couldn't help but be full of joy, and his whole body was excited and excited.

When he was still a prince in his teens, he was influenced by Emperor Taizu and his father Xiang Yanran, and he often dreamed that he would one day ascend the throne and personally conquer the Xiongnu in the north.

The day came so quickly, and he wasn't ready for it.

Among the four auxiliary ministers in the court, Xiao Duhou expressed his willingness to fight, Prime Minister Kong Hanyou and Wang Su expressed their support, while Xie Anran was silent.

Among the five auxiliary ministers, those who supported the northern expedition to the Xiongnu had already accounted for the majority.

"The northern expedition to the Xiongnu has been decided, retreat from the dynasty! Ladies and gentlemen, hurry up and go back and prepare! ”

The young emperor got up and rushed away with a group of little eunuchs.

This time to conquer the Xiongnu in the north, he also wants to go to the north.

lest the ministers object, of course he didn't say it in advance. I'll talk about it when it's time to go on the expedition.

There's a lot to prepare.

He wants to create himself the most refined and dazzling Hundred Refining Battle Armor and Peerless Sword. There is also the emperor's chariot, the majestic battle flag of the young emperor Xiang Tiange.

...

The morning dynasty dispersed.

The ministers retired, and left the palace in twos and threes, discussing this top priority of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Northern expedition to the Huns!

After the resolution was passed in the court, it has officially become the national policy of Great Chu.

This means that since the last time Emperor Xiang Yanran returned from the northern expedition, after a ten-year policy of recuperation and recuperation, it was officially over.

The Great Chu Dynasty will launch a large-scale counterattack against the Xiongnu in the north to defeat the greatest threat to the Great Chu.

Chu Tianxiu was wearing the purple ribbon official robe of a hussar general and wearing an autumn coat, and walked slowly on the palace road in the palace.

After autumn, with a heavy rain in the south of the Yangtze River, there is no longer the scorching heat of midsummer, and there is already a slight chill in the wind.

There seemed to be a murderous aura in the air.

Northern expedition to the Huns!

Except for Xiao Duhou, no one dared to take this important task.

All the civil and military ministers walked silently behind him, and did not dare to walk in front.

In just one year, Xiao Duhou shines like a rising star.

If before, papermaking, printing, literary masters, fireworks, gunpowder guns, small steel cannons..., he was just a shining star in the night.

After defeating the 200,000 army of Wu Wang Xiang Bi and the 500,000 allied army of the princes of Jiangbei Shilu, he turned the tide and resolved the biggest crisis of the Great Chu Dynasty.

The light of the little dusk marquis is already like a dazzling sun, and it can no longer be blocked.

Moreover, he is also the son-in-law of Li Rong, the captain of the Ping Palace.

The two strongest gods of war in the Great Chu Dynasty, one old and one young, were actually in the Ping Palace. The creation of the Ping Wangfu is simply incredible.

In a mansion, there are two princes of the third public rank, and the auxiliary ministers of the young emperor.

Xiao Duhou was not born in Jinling Gate, but in the rather depressed Duhou Mansion.

But he himself has become a gatekeeper.

This could not help but make the civil and military capital of the Manchu Dynasty deeply awe, admiration, or jealousy, but also jealous.

Kong Hanyou looked at Chu Tianxiu's back walking alone in front of the ministers of civil and military affairs, and his mood was a little complicated.

As the prime minister, the leader of the Confucian officials in the temple, and the leader of the Confucian scholars in the world, he shoulders the burden of Confucianism. Anyone who stands in his way will inevitably become his political enemy.

Xiao Duhou is such a mountain, blocking his way to complete the great cause of Confucianism.

However, the little dusk is too strong.

is so strong that he, the prime minister, is extremely jealous, and he doesn't dare to go to the point of facing it head-on.

It's not that I don't want to, but I don't dare.

In front of the Marquis of Xiaodu, whether it is a civil fight, a martial fight, or even a conspiracy, the ministers have no chance of winning.

Even the Huns, who were regarded as a strong enemy by the Great Chu Dynasty for generations and had plagued the frontier for sixty or seventy years, Xiao Duhou didn't seem to care too much... I didn't think much about it, so I agreed.

For today's plan, he can only hope that Xiao Duhou and the Xiongnu will fight in northern Xinjiang for a few more years, 10 years and 8 years are the best, and it is not too much to fight for a few decades, and it is best not to come back.

In this way, there is also one less mountain in the court of Great Chu, which will soon make the courtiers feel breathless.

...

Chu Tianxiu took the carriage back to King Ping's Mansion.

Li Yu took Zu'er and Di'er, riding war horses, holding bows, arrows and spears, in the huge courtyard of Yuyuan, practicing equestrianism and riding archery.

Although she is a general of Erpinwei, she is not very interested in court politics and rarely goes to the court. On weekdays, he reads military books in Yuyuan and practices martial arts such as archery, horseback, riding and archery.

When Li Yu saw Chu Tianxiu come back, his face was full of contemplation, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Husband, what can happen in the court today?" ”

"The imperial court has decided to conquer the Xiongnu in the north, and I am in command!"

"When?"

Li Yu was taken aback.

"It won't be long before late autumn at the latest!"

Chu Tianxiu looked at the sky and said.

Autumn is the harvest season, and after the harvest of the autumn grain in the fields of each county, it is hoarded in the warehouses of each city and township.

The Xiongnu liked to plunder grain and grass and border people in the border area of Dachu in the autumn of each year.

Every autumn, there are clashes, big and small.

What's more, this time, the Xiongnu military minister Shan Yu led the army to occupy Shuofang City, and already occupied the border city of Dachu. With this border city base, the threat to Da Chu is even greater.

Of course, get it back as soon as possible.

This is also a good time for Da Chu.

Because the grassland is also yellow, the herders have stockpiled up the dry grass fodder so that the horses and sheep can survive the winter.

In winter, the grassland is covered with light snow and there is no grass on the grassland.

At this time, the herdsmen did not graze, and the horses and sheep ate the large amount of grass that had been piled up.

If Kou can come, I can also go!

Kill to the grassland.

Zu'er's beautiful eyes lit up, and she was immediately overjoyed: "Uncle, county lord, then can't we go to the prairie in the north?" I can see my dad! ”

Di'er was also delighted.

She had never been to the northern grasslands, and she had heard that the scenery was very different from that of the south of the Yangtze River.

"So fast?"

Li Yu couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "Fighting the Huns is not the same as fighting the princes, does the husband have a countermeasure?" ”

"Of course, it's cavalry, restrain cavalry!"

Chu Tianxiu smiled bitterly.

The Huns are not easy to fight, this is known to the world.

The tactics of the Xiongnu were completely different from those of the Great Chu princes.

The princes were the main force of infantry and peasant soldiers.

And the Xiongnu were herdsmen, archers on horseback since childhood, and they could be cavalrymen on horseback. Because of the lack of iron armor, light and tough leather armor is mostly used, and they are all archers and light cavalry.

It is difficult to exert force on horseback, and the bow is also a light bow and arrow.

Mounted and armed with short knives, he almost never fights in hand-to-hand combat with enemies.

Cavalry, with its speed and impact superiority, was definitely the strongest class of troops in ancient times.

The one who can defeat the cavalry must also be another cavalry.

After 70 years of spending huge financial resources and food before and after, the Great Chu Dynasty created 300,000 elite cavalry to guard the border area and guard the long border, which was not in vain.

If this powerful cavalry appeared in the Central Plains, the princes would not have much power to resist in rebellion.

The first emperor Xiang Yanran and Taiwei Li Rong have been preparing for this for ten years. Of course, they still didn't have enough confidence that they could defeat the 500,000 cavalry of the Huns, so they kept not triggering.

This military strength, this makes Chu Tianxiu still have a bottom in his heart.