On the Baqiao Bridge outside Xijing City, the prince held the holy decree, and the officials standing behind him were neatly lined up next to a bright yellow carriage. As soon as the horse was reported in half an hour, the army of the Northern Expedition was about to come. The ministers couldn't guess why the emperor wanted to go out of the city to greet him, and this was the first time since the Zhou Dynasty.

After nearly a year of the Northern Expedition, the results achieved were brilliant, forcing the royal court to sign such a humiliating peace treaty. It is no exaggeration to say that in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Golden Horde fought against the Golden Horde, but this time it truly solved the hidden danger in the north, and at least ten years left it without the strength to go south.

Li Yuan has completed the unfinished great work of three generations of emperors, and he is qualified to proudly tell his ancestors about his immortal achievements. As if he had heard something, Li Yuan got up and looked into the distance.

Looking at the smoke and dust raised by the march in the distance, several large flags were waved in the wind. Li Yuan's smile floated on his face, "Your Majesty, the army has returned." Wang Wei turned around and said.

"Pass the order, play music, and welcome my king's triumph." Li Yuan was a little excited.

Wang Wei bowed and made a gesture to the commander of the forbidden army not far away. A low and majestic trumpet sound came from the city wall, and Yang Zhao, who was in the middle of the queue, raised his eyes to look at the capital city in the distance, and said in a low voice: "Go home." ”

When the army reached the capital, they heard the sound of the trumpet, and the procession began to quicken its pace, and the queue became much more neat, and it did not take long for the army to stop not far from the emperor's line. The commander of the forbidden army immediately stepped forward with Wang Youce, Yang Zhao and other generals saw Wang Wei holding the imperial sword, and hurriedly turned around and dismounted, Lin Yuan also got out of the car when he saw this, and fell to the ground with the generals.

Wang Wei glanced at the generals who were kneeling and bowed, and said loudly: "God bless the Great Zhou, all the generals please come to the front of the emperor to be obedient." ”

"No!" Everyone got up and walked to the emperor.

Yang Zhao took the lead in stepping forward, holding the talisman in both hands, and half-knelt on the ground: "Minister Yang Zhao, fortunately, he did not disgrace his life, and led the army to return triumphantly, please ask the emperor to collect the talisman and review the three armies." Wang Wei next to the car stepped forward with a tray in his hand, and Yang Zhao carefully placed the talisman on it. Li Yuan stood out of the car at this time, picked up the talisman handed over by Wang Wei, and raised his hands above his head.

At this time, the soldiers present shouted in unison: "Wan Sheng!" Wansheng! ”

Lin Yuan quietly looked up at the middle-aged man standing in the car, because of the crown, he couldn't see his face and expression clearly. But I think it's definitely excited at the moment.

That's right, Li Yuan is really excited right now, he hasn't seen this meeting for ten years. Enjoying the sound of the tsunami in the army, Li Yuan's face smiled even more, as if he had returned to the days when he was young and studying in the north.

That year, the great victory in the north, Lin Tao, the prince of Yasukuni, personally took himself to inspect the border army, at that time he took the most unforgettable lesson in his life, the joy after the victory of the war infected him, and he also understood why his father sent him to the north to study, the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not begging, but the collision of countless iron and blood and the blood of capable people with lofty ideals.

At that time, he knew the importance of military power, and after taking the throne, he strengthened military power all the time to prepare for his future plans.

Li Yuan looked around at the army in front of him, a smile appeared on his face, this is the real lion of a hundred battles, and it is also one of the pillars of his future. With them, they can rest assured that they can implement the new policy, and with them, the invincible family will be much more restrained. Thinking of this, Li Yuan raised his arms and shouted: "Watching the army of a hundred battles, the luck of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the luck of the people of the Great Zhou, ten thousand victories!" ”

There was another deafening shout from the army: "Wan Sheng! Wansheng! ”

Looking at the emperor Li Yuan who was supported by the soldiers, some of the officials who greeted him were worried. Among the military attachés, there are more envy in their eyes, and people with discerning eyes know that after this battle, it is difficult for the Great Zhou to have a big war, and it will be even more difficult to accumulate military merits in the future. But no one has envy in this matter, and there is no resentment.

The officers of the Great Zhou Dynasty are a special but united group, all of whom are nobles who have accumulated military merits, and they believe in the supremacy of force. It should be that you can't fall behind, and if you don't get it, you can only blame yourself for your bad life.

In addition, I usually don't interact with the big families who are mostly civil and official groups, and it is not normal to meet in the past without scratching the two sentences. He is a hardcore supporter of imperial power. At present, the biggest reliance of the saint is still his own group of nobles in the army.

"Lao Yang, no one has any luck." A rough voice came from behind him, Xia Lindao heard a chuckle, turned his head and said, "Yan Guogong, don't be envious." ”

"If you don't have to fight, you can't complain in your country?" The person who spoke was Shangzhu Guoyan Guogong Wujie, the three emperors, now sixty years old, and his physical strength was no worse than most of the generals in the army, just because he was old, and the court did not want him to go on the expedition. After all, it seems that this kind of military veterans are all treasures.

There was no one in the crowd to talk, and the people standing here were all high-ranking officials and people with higher titles in the court, and no one looked down on each other, and at this time, talking to each other was only the consequence of doing something.

"Then you can go out and ask for a fight now." Xia Lin said leisurely, seeing that Wu Jie didn't speak, he said: "After this battle, not to mention how many military veterans have been lost, but fortunately, there are a group of available talents who have emerged." Won't it be possible to let you old bones go into battle to kill the enemy in the future? ”

Wu Jie squinted his eyes and swept over the several young generals behind Yang Zhao, stopped on Lin Yuan, and nodded: "There are a few good seedlings, but my old Wu still has to say a pity." ”

"What do you see as a pity?" Xia Lin was a little helpless, this old man obviously stirred up trouble again.

"What can Lao Yang teach, how can I have the ability of Lao Wu. If I lead the army, how can he have a chance to breathe in the royal court. Wu Jie said proudly.

"Can you die if you don't brag? It took a year to write your name, and you have the face to say this? The black-faced veteran on Wu Jie's side couldn't help but say. Xia Lindao looked at the person who opened his mouth helplessly, it was really a gathering of enemies, and the British prince Liu Kun stood up.

As the saying goes, it is good to expose people and not to expose shortcomings, and the British public has the meaning of fighting, Wu Jie is angry, and he rolls up his sleeves and plans to do it. Liu Kun is not to be outdone, and it is not that he has never fought.

Xia Lindao saw that there were signs of action on both sides, motioned to the person in front of him to hold him, and said in a low voice: "So many people are watching, do you want to be faced?" ”

glaring at the other party fiercely, Wu Jie turned his head angrily and closed his eyes to recuperate. Liu Kun also sneered a few times and was silent. Xia Lindao has a headache, these two people have looked at each other unpleasantly since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, and now they are still like this, is this really an old man? Fighting like two children.

After that, it was time to be rewarded, and the prince began to read out the holy decree, and Lin Yuan, who didn't know anything about the content of the reward, almost fell asleep when he heard it, until he was pushed by the captain next to him, and he came to his senses. When he looked up, he realized that the holy decree had been read, and he hurriedly thanked everyone.

Some struggled to stand up, and after congratulating their colleagues, they turned around and walked towards the carriage, most of today's rewards are officers at the grassroots level in the army, like Lin Yuan and Yang Zhao, who have titles and are not low, need to be rewarded separately.

Lin Yuan walked towards the carriage and instructed Yu Shi to prepare to return home. only to suddenly find that someone was in the way. When he raised his eyes, he saw that it was his old acquaintance Yang Gonggong, and said with a smile: "It's been a long time, Yang Gonggong." ”

"Hehe, Grandpa is tired of traveling, and his body is just better, how do you feel now?" Yang Gonggong saw that Lin Yuan's spirit was not very good, and he cared.

Lin Yuan smiled: "Let my father-in-law smile, I don't know when Father-in-law Yang will be looking for it?" "I may have some eyebrows, but Gonggong Yang is afraid that he is here because of the meaning of the one in the palace.

"Niangniang counted the days, today's army is triumphant, Niangniang asked the holy decree to let the old slave take the grandfather into the palace first, saying that he always wants to enter the palace at night to go to the imperial banquet, and it is more convenient for her." Yang Gonggong smiled and explained his intentions. The palace lady has ordered, the army is triumphant, and after the reward, the royal banquet will start in the palace. Let Yasukuni enter the palace now.

I haven't seen him for nine years, and I'm sure I'm anxious, Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Please ask Gonggong Yang to lead the way." "The army is stationed outside the city, and the generals of various departments report to the military headquarters one after another, Lin Yuan got into Yang Gonggong's carriage and walked towards the inner city, to be honest, he was very interested in the palace in this world, and he didn't know what the difference was from the previous life.

"Yasukuni Gong has entered the palace?" Li Yuan looked at Wang Wei on the side.

"With Father-in-law Yang left, I want to come to my mother's heart." The prince replied.

"It's understandable that I've been away from home for nine years, but I'm afraid I'm going to peel off my skin, so I won't say goodbye, and this time I'm in danger again." Li Yuan shook his head with a smile as if he remembered something, he and Concubine Ling could be said to be childhood sweethearts, the two were in love, and they knew very well that Concubine Ling was thinking of her brother, and she didn't say anything, "Go back to the palace." ”

"No!" The prince bowed and retreated.