Listening to Luo Huan's bold words, Zuo Nianyuan shook his head with a wry smile.

The Quang Nam camp lacks everything, but there is no shortage of money. Although the imperial court looked at them differently, the Guangzhou government made up another sum of money for the Northern Expedition. However, when they arrived in Hebei, Zuo Nianyuan and other officers found that there was almost nothing to buy with silver here. Hebei has experienced war and chaos, and when the Khitans retreated, they almost destroyed the grange, and the strong men were either taken away or turned into bandits. The Northern Expedition of the Song State in Hebei not only found it difficult to requisition supplies from the people, but had to allocate military rations to help the people. Ordnance, cotton jackets, all armies are lacking, and the price of pigs and sheep is dozens of times that of Quang Nam. Fortunately, Luo Huan and other officers acted boldly, bent on maintaining the morale of the army, and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to search for military supplies. Although it was freezing outside, the inside of the Quang Nam camp was happy, and everyone was bent on returning south as soon as possible.

"Lord Zuo-" "Lord Luo-"

The soldiers at the 'gate' of the battalion saw Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan, and they all took the initiative to salute.

"Well, that's good." Zuo Nianyuan nodded with satisfaction.

The soldiers in the battalion all had smiles on their faces. It seems that the news that the army is about to go out did not put too much burden on them. The officers wanted to make meritorious contributions, and the soldiers wanted to overcome Youzhou as soon as possible, so everyone should go home early. In the minds of many Guangnan scholars, the population of the Great Song Dynasty was several times that of the Liao State, and the Northern Expedition army was more than 100,000, gathering the world's "elite" soldiers and fierce generals. The Quang Nam battalion reused non-commissioned officers as officers, and this optimism inevitably affected the whole army. Therefore, the upper and lower levels are bent on fighting, and there is no fear of war. The army was about to set out, and the people who came in and out carried a particularly neat energy, and the smell of roasted 'meat' wafted in the barracks. Luo Huan grinned, it seems that the other officers of the Guangnan battalion have the same idea as him, they are about to fight a big battle, let the soldiers eat first, and then go into battle to kill the enemy.

The news that the Northern Expeditionary Army was about to pull out the camp and go north, the entire Song army camp with Hejian Mansion as the heart moved. Although the reward of the imperial court has not yet arrived, it has been promised, in addition to money and food, Wang Gui once again confirmed to the generals in public that once the Northern Expedition is successful, from the generals to the soldiers, according to the official rank and merit, everyone will get a piece of land in Hebei and eat food as soldiers. As a result, the morale of the bottom immediately picked up. For the vast majority of the soldiers in the Tokyo Left-behind Division, learning martial arts, selling goods to the emperor's family, and serving as soldiers to eat food are just silver money and land. Especially those veterans who have been in the army for many years, they have fought fiercely with the Liao army for many years, even if they fight in the wilderness, they are not afraid, but faintly hope to end this war as soon as possible and receive a reward for disarming and resting.

The Prime Minister attached great importance to this advance, and after Cao Liangshi was moved to Hebei and Henan as a transfer envoy, not only did he not ignore the imperial court, but instead made every effort to supervise the transfer of heavy military supplies from all over the country. He is the boss of the Li Society, and he has been in charge of Tokyo for several years, Cao Xianggong's pole is 'inserted', and he actually sees miraculous results, and the transfer officials in various places dare not slack off. Under the strict supervision of Tokyo, the Daimyo, the Transshipment Division, and the Military Department, the supply of baggage and heavy goods in the rear suddenly accelerated, and truckloads of grain, grass, and gunpowder were continuously delivered to the river in the face of heavy snow. Cao Liangshi estimated that as long as the snow melted in February and the canals and channels thawed, the baggage problem of the Northern Expeditionary Army would be completely solved.

However, after his performance reached the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was only regarded as another means for him to defend himself and Yue Fei.

In February, 'spring' began, although the climate was extremely cold, and the rivers and lakes in the north were still frozen, the prime minister still urged to send troops.

So, on the 10th day of February, Wang Gui, the marshal of the Northern Expedition, gathered again to discuss the matter and decided to send troops on February 15.

Wang Gui issued a general order, Lu Mingyu and Luo Xianshi led the left army of 30,000 troops to attack Bazhou in advance, Zhang Xian led the front army to attack Xiongzhou, and Yang Zhong led 30,000 soldiers and horses to stay in Hejian City. Contrary to some people's expectations, neither Lu Mingyu and Luo Xianshi of Zhao Xingde's old department, nor Zhang Xian of Yue Fei's old department, opposed Wang Gui's arrangement during the military discussion, and the three generals ordered each of them to go back to prepare for the expedition, so that the important ministers of the court who had been concerned about the camp in Hebei from afar put down half of their hearts. On February 15, it was the day when the left army sent troops, Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan's Guangnan battalion was originally assigned to the front army, Zhang Xian was worried that the south wind would not compete, and might not be able to win a decisive victory with the Liao army in the field in the middle of winter, so he resigned from the Guangnan battalion because the supplies of the front army were not enough. So the Guangnan battalion was kicked to the left army again, and Lu Mingyu arranged for them to march all the way with the artillery team, and the artillery team acted together with the left army battalion, and the protection was the most thorough.

"Unexpectedly, the 'yin' and yang were wrong, and I still marched with Lord Lu."

Luo Huan led the horse and walked beside the gun carriage, and said with a 'yin' face. Zuo Nianyuan walked beside him, and said with a smile: "More things are better than less things, if you move up and down for this, what ups and downs will arise after you can't keep it." He looked at Lu Mingyu not far away, and said with emotion: "I heard Brother Jia say that the thunder throwers of the left army all have the military merits of several Liao thief heads, and this is the 'elite' elite soldier who fights for millions." "'Elite'?" Luo Huan smiled bitterly, "You should have a 'fine' appearance." But these guys in the left army, where are they like the forbidden army of the imperial court? ”

Jia Yuanzhen's Mabu Huogun Battalion had already advanced as the vanguard of the left army.

According to the road on the ice that the scouts had explored in advance, more than 20,000 horses of the Left Army Brigade were lined up in neat columns, and groups of war horses dragged heavy gun wagons, ammunition carts, baggage carts, and blacksmith carts between the ranks, and a battalion of campfire guns carried guns on both sides of the artillery team, with bright armor and majestic momentum. However, compared with the former army, which was known for its military appearance and discipline, the marching columns of the left army still appeared somewhat loose. After Yue Fei's dismissal, in addition to a few personal soldiers, the original 'elite' army, including the Beiwei army, were all returned to the left army, and the left army swelled from the original 30,000 horses to more than 40,000 people. Wang Guizhi couldn't make Yue Fei's personal soldiers return to his heart anyway, so he acquiesced.

In this way, the fierce 'elite' soldiers of the original Tokyo Left-behind Division have all returned to the front army, and the military power is like iron.

Although it was more appropriate to take into account the interests of the Guangnan battalion and go with the left army, which had some connections with Zhao Xingde, Luo Huan was a little depressed by being kicked out by the front army. Yue Fei and Zhang Xian personally trained the left army with the heaviest military discipline, both military appearance and military discipline are extremely neat, in comparison, Lu Mingyu, Luo Xian, Shi Jing Xiang heroes as the backbone of the left army is much looser, some officers above the command level even have a banditry spirit, which makes Luo Huan and other Guangnan officers from scholars frown.

However, Luo Huan frowned, even he had to admit that the armament of the left army was the closest to that of the Guangnan battalion, and most of the foot soldiers were '' with guns and spears, and most of the cavalry were mainly '' the horses and men with the guns. In contrast, both Zhang Xian's front army and Wang Gui's headquarters retained a large number of charging cavalry. Therefore, the battle and defense of the left army was carried out entirely around firearms, and even if it attacked, it was first bombarded by artillery, and the musketeers marched in formation like a wall, and at the critical moment, they broke through the enemy formation with 'elite' sharp thundermen.

"General Lu, you are the informant of the 'Ezhou News' in your later life, as the chief general of the Left Army, how do you feel about sending troops this time?"

Lu Mingyu frowned, followed the voice, and saw a scholar in a green cloth cotton robe with an eager face.

Next to this scholar, there were several other people, who looked like ordinary people at a glance. The tooth general Wang Lin stood beside this group of people, nodded to Lu Mingyu quietly, and signaled that these "informants" had been screened by the 'essence' of the Left Army Shogunate.

Since the imperial court opened the Qing Dynasty and cleared the turbidity and diverted it, the newspaper industry in the Song Kingdom flourished, and in metropolises like Ezhou and Bianjing, there were no less than hundreds of newspapers and news, and sometimes, the political affairs discussed by the Inner Dynasty last night could be reported early the next morning, and it spread all over the streets, and soon the whole world heard about it. Reputable and high-quality news has become the basis for state and county students to discuss the state in addition to the imperial court newspaper. Although Deng Su set up the Di Bao Department to suppress public opinion, he could not completely control the trend of news and Qing discussions. "Ezhou News" is a very influential one, with an issue published almost every day, affecting all states across the country.

"I remember that someone once said that as long as officials do not love money, and military generals do not hesitate to die, then peace in the world is just around the corner."

Lu Mingyu looked at the informant of "Ezhou News", and said with a righteous face: "In this Northern Expedition, the soldiers are bloody on the battlefield, and my three towns in Henan serve as the vanguard of the left army, and take Bazhou first." Even if I, Lu Mingyu, hear the fate, and die at night, as long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, I will not hesitate! The 30,000 men of the left army are of the same heart and mind, and they do not hesitate to expel the northern captives and restore the old frontier! ”

Lu Mingyu finished his righteous and stern words word by word with a serious face, and without waiting for a few informants to ask any more questions, he only bowed his head slightly, and then turned his horse and galloped forward, and the standard-bearer and several herald officers urged the horse to follow him, as if there was some urgent military affairs waiting for the general to deal with it. Zuo Nianyuan and Luo Huan smiled at each other, and Luo Huan said in a low voice: "This General Lu's ability is not just on the battlefield. Zuo Nianyuan looked left and right, and sighed: "The tree 'desire' is quiet and the wind does not stop, the three towns of Henan have been supported until now, and even the left and right are in the source, how can it be done by the soldiers' fine' generals." A man who is born heroic, he only looks at him as good and evil. ”

Several reporters were still stunned, and Wang Lin, the general of the left army, greeted with a smile: "A few big gentlemen, everyone drank the wine from the expedition last night, and there is still a lot of wine 'meat' left, which is just given to a few big gentlemen to take back to fight the tooth sacrifice." Several scholars hurriedly smiled and thanked them, Hebei was extremely short of all kinds of materials, although they were Qingliushi, but some of them had not tasted the taste of 'meat' for more than a month.

"General Lu, it's really a national warrior today!" One person looked at Lu Mingyu's back and sighed. "Worthy of Mr. Zhao's cultivation." The other chimed in. The reporter of "Ezhou News" was thoughtful and muttered: "Officials don't love money, and generals don't hesitate to die...... Could it be that the three towns of Henan have made peace with Prime Minister Yue and no longer care about the matter of winning the handsome? It's really one time, and that's the other. "At this time,