For three whole days, Qian Qianyi, who arrived in Wuchang for the first time, was immersed in an inexplicable emotion, since three days ago, after having a long talk with Li Ziyuan and knowing his intentions, Qian Qianyi was in a mood, he had been hesitating, thinking about Li Ziyuan's words.

"If a student leads 200,000 elites, goes on a northern expedition, and directly takes the Beijing Division, how many victories and defeats are there?"

Northern expedition!

Seventeen years, since the martyrdom of the first emperor and the entry of the Qing captives, this is the wish of the people of the world, if the Northern Expedition can be successful, then, it must be a famous thing in history!

Whoever accomplishes this will surely be praised by the world!

Thinking that tomorrow morning, Li Ziyuan will swear to go north, and Qian Qianyi's mood is difficult to calm down no matter what. He sat on the bed with incense burning, and there he closed his eyes and concentrated until half an hour later, when his mind was quiet.

At this moment, Liu Ru's anxious voice came from outside.

"Master, master, it's a big deal, it's a big deal!"

Liu Ru hurriedly walked in from outside, and when he saw Qian Qianyi sitting cross-legged on the bed, he said urgently.

"Master, the concubine just heard on the street, I heard that Li Ziyuan has gathered a large army, is it, does he want to use troops in Jiangbei?"

Liu Ruye's face turned pale, and when he looked at Qian Qianyi, there was a question in his pretty face, could it be that the purpose of the master's coming to Wuchang was to persuade Li Ziyuan to send troops to Jiangbei?

Qian Qianyi opened his eyes and suddenly laughed.

"Why is Hedong Jun so panicked, although Linchuan is ordering troops and wants to use troops in Jiangbei, but this Jiangbei is not the north of the other Jiangbei, Linchuan is ordering troops at this time, it is for Hebei, but for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains!"

What the!

Liu Ru's eyes widened in surprise, and those eyes were full of incredulity, so that the voice became excited.

"The Northern Expedition? The lord is saying, is he saying, he, he Li Ziyuan is, is he going to the Northern Expedition? Northern Expedition to the Central Plains? ”

"Exactly!"

Qian Qianyi stroked his beard and said.

"This is also the reason why the husband came to Wuchang this time, for the livelihood of the world, how can the husband let Zhu Zheng and the two kill each other, for this reason, the husband can only lobby Li Ziyuan's Northern Expedition, so that the idea of Yanping can be broken, and the trip to the Northern Expedition of Linchuan can awaken the original intention of the two!"

At this time, Qian Qianyi naturally didn't mind taking the credit on himself, he had already made up his mind, he would participate in the Northern Expedition no matter what, and the history books would definitely write about it in the future!

As for the rest...... Qian Qianyi thought of the 500,000 taels of labor silver that Zheng Chenggong ordered him to bring with the ship, these silver were originally for Li Ziyuan's opening money, and now, this silver should naturally be used where it should be used.

Enjoying Liu Ruye's admiration, Qian Qianyi's heart was full of pride. It seems that he has seen a few months later, the world praises him Qian Qianyi, and when the time comes, who will dare to say that the old things that were reduced back then?

Early the next morning, there was a boiling outside the Hanyang Gate in Wuchang. The 8,000 soldiers were all dressed in new uniforms, all of them carrying firearms on their shoulders, and when they stood in formation, the swords and spears swayed, and the horses of the officials neighed. The 8,000 soldiers gathered outside the city gates, waiting for the cannon to be fired. Another 20,000 soldiers had already boarded the ship. Hundreds of river boats are neatly moored on the Yangtze River, and the boatmen will operate the boats to transport the troops to Xiangyang via the Hanyang waterway. At other wharves, more than 1,000 sampan boats were moored temporarily, and six or seven thousand people were busy loading the last batch of grain and grass onto the ships.

First, three cannons rang out, and Zhao Jiquan, Li An and others led the officers and soldiers of each battalion and began to board the ship. Li Ziyuan, accompanied by a group of personal staff, went to the riverside wharf, where they would take a boat and accompany the fleet along the Han River to the northern expedition to Xiangyang, where more than 100,000 elites under his command were now gathering in Xiangyang from all directions.

A flagpole more than three zhang high has already been erected on the riverside, and there is a vermilion flag hanging at the top of the flagpole, and the flag is embroidered with a big "Li" character with black silk thread, which is his Li Ziyuan's big flag, and the river wind blows the flag and makes a loud noise, attracting thousands of people up and down near the wharf to see the excitement, and they are all looking at this army with excitement.

The Great Army of the Northern Expedition!

It's no secret. The article written by Deputy Qian Qianyi has clearly told the world that he, the general of the Huguang General Army, led the Northern Expedition today to recover the Han people.

Next to the flagpole was a large square table full of lit candles and sandalwood. There was an empty wooden plate on the side of the table. More than ten zhang away from the square table, a tent was temporarily erected, and the Wuchang prefect and the officials of the yamen in the city bought wine and candied here for Li Ziyuan and others. The leader was Yao Qisheng, and after Li Ziyuan chose the Northern Expedition, he handed over Wuchang to Yao Qisheng.

Surrounded by everyone, Li Ziyuan came to the riverside. He was wearing a black armor made of Jiangbei, although it was not gorgeous, but it was extremely practical, but due to excessive excitement, his face was flushed, and he only looked radiant. He clenched his hands into fists and kept throwing his hands to the crowd of onlookers. For a while, there was a stir around, and many people were shouting.

"General Lee! General Lee! I wish General Li the success of the Northern Expedition! ”

People shouted loudly "the success of the Northern Expedition" to congratulate and shout for it, and those who were left behind in the Ming Dynasty were even more excited to shout "Emperor Gao bless, Emperor Gao blessed", and more people shouted "General Li Gao Yi" and other words. At this moment, no matter how bad Li Ziyuan's reputation was once upon a time, now, no one cares about it anymore.

Today, he led the Northern Expedition, which is enough to make up for everything!

Sighing at the change in people's hearts, Li Ziyuan walked straight to the square table by the flagpole. A puff mat had been laid in front of the square table, and he knelt on the puff mat and looked at the sky and bowed three times. I thought silently in my heart.

"Emperor Gao will be able to succeed in the Northern Expedition at the end of the blessing of the Spirit of Heaven and restore the rivers and mountains of my Han people!"

At this time, a soldier brought a cow over. According to the rules, the expedition to the flash to hold a grand ceremony to sacrifice to the sky, to kill the cow to sacrifice to the sky, the importance of the ceremony of the sacrifice to the sky, directly related to the morale of the army, last night, the cow was washed three times with water according to the rules, and fed some concentrate feed. Early in the morning, before he was brought here, he put another red silk around his neck.

The old cow did not understand what the purpose of the trip was, and it was led into the middle of the field. A few young and strong soldiers came out of the ranks, and they came to the old cow. They were divided into four groups and squatted on the side of the ox, and then they all grabbed the four feet of the cow with their hands, and one person in front of them pinched the horns. Then the man in the lead was heard shouting, and all the people shouted at the same time, and suddenly flipped the ox to the ground, and at the same time the man quickly pulled out a short knife from his waist and stabbed it into the throat of the ox's neck, and blood spurted out. One of the soldiers hurried over and caught a basin of blood from a wooden basin. The old cow just kicked his hooves on the ground, twitching in pain......

A soldier in armor held a basin full of ox blood in both hands, walked to Li Ziyuan, who was kneeling at the table, he stood up, took the blood basin with a solemn expression, raised it above his head, and then slowly walked to the flagpole, then knelt down, and then prayed silently.

"Emperor Gao bless!"

After silently uttering this prayer, he stood up and poured the cow's blood on the ground. Then he slammed the wooden basin with all his might. As the wooden basin landed, the sound of gongs and drums, military trumpets, and cannons converged on the riverside, and the riverside was shaken for a while.

"Emperor Gao bless!"

I don't know who shouted, and in an instant, the "Emperor Gao's blessing" facilitated the cannon sound to converge, echoing and echoing by the river.

Yao Qisheng, who stayed in Wuchang as his cronies, led the civil and military officials over and presented Li Ziyuan with a glass of Zhuangxing wine.

"Junmen, please drink this wine, make up your mind to live up to the trust of the military, be optimistic about Wuchang for the military, and wait for the good news of the military!"

"If Xi is here, how can Li worry about Wuchang?"

Saying that, Li Ziyuan took the wine glass, then raised the glass to the surroundings, and then drank it all.

"Junmen, this is a flag given by the local gentry, and please ask the Junmen to raise this flag and restore my Daming country!"

With the gentry's excited words, another gentry came over holding a large flag with black characters on a red background, and the flag had eight big characters on it.

"Drive out the Hulu and restore China".

Seeing this flag, Li Ziyuan was overjoyed, he took the flag with both hands, and immediately had his own soldiers come to pick it up.

Then he thanked the gentry who saw him off.

"Please rest assured that when Li Mou takes the capital, he will enter Beijing with the flag sent by his father! Please tell Hu Guang's father Chun that in this Northern Expedition, Li will definitely do his best to live up to expectations. ”

"I wish you a victorious start to this place, expel the Tartars, and save my people."

Over there, the head of Fengshan Academy also came over with a glass of wine and said,

"General Li, entrusted by the three hundred students in Fengshan Academy, toast a glass of wine to the general, and wish the general good news all the way and triumphant songs."

Facing this glass of wine, Li Ziyuan took it with a smile and said.

"Li and the officers and men of the whole army are deeply grateful for the kindness of the students of Fengshan Academy."

Two young students also walked out from behind him, carrying another flag and respectfully presenting it to Li Ziyuan. He saw that the flag was also eight characters.

"Establish an outline of Chen Ji and relieve the people".

These words are all from Emperor Gao's "Fengtian Discussion of the Northern Expedition of the Yuan Dynasty", Li Ziyuan naturally put it away happily, he knew that all this was showing that after today, the people of Huguang Shimin had agreed with him Li Ziyuan.

This Northern Expedition can really attract the people to use it!

Once upon a time, these people were not ashamed of his Li Ziyuan's personality, even those who were the widows of the Ming Dynasty, but now, one by one, they completely forgot the sarcasm they gave him yesterday, and they all regarded him as the dry city of the Ming Dynasty.

Hmph, and yesterday, how could I have thought that it was I, Li Ziyuan, who restored the Han people today, not him Zhu Mingzhong, not him Zheng Chenggong, and not him Zhang Huangyan!

In addition to being complacent, the sound of gongs and drums and military trumpets sounded again, Li Ziyuan said goodbye to everyone one by one, full of ambition and pride, with steady steps, walked towards the boat moored by the river, he looked at the boat, and there was only one thought in his heart - Central Plains, Li is here!