Chapter 641: Expedition to Liao

On the fifth day of the fourth month, Li Zhi sent troops to Liaodong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

In the early morning of this day, Li Zhi was dressed in military uniform and said goodbye to Cui He on the square in front of the main hall of the Guogong Mansion.

Cui He wiped his tears and said, "Husband, how long are you going to Liaodong this time?" ā€

Cui He is pregnant again, and she is already two months pregnant at this time.

Li Zhi touched Cui He's stomach and said, "The short is three months, and the long is six months." When I come back from Liaodong, I will definitely be able to accompany you to have children! ā€

Cui He nodded and said, "You have to come back quickly!" Knock the tartars out early! ā€

Li Zhi nodded and said, "When I go to Liaodong this time to defeat the Tartars, the world will be peaceful!" ā€

When Cui He heard this, he was a little happy, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Husband is the best!"

Li Huan pulled the corner of Li Zhi's clothes and said, "Daddy, you might as well bring me this time, I haven't fought since I was eight years old!" ā€

Li Zhi touched Li Huan's head and said, "You are still young." When you're sixteen, I'll take you to battle. ā€

Li Huan thought for a while and said, "Then you have to wait for eight years?" Daddy, it's been too long. ā€

After saying a few words of farewell, Li Zhi no longer had a relationship with his family, and threw his cloak and stepped onto the war horse.

Out of the Jinguo Mansion, hundreds of guards guarded Li Zhi to the north gate of the Tianjin Acropolis with a gorgeous guard of honor for the Guogong. The two sides of the road in the Acropolis were full of people, looking at Li Zhi's team with anticipation.

"Grandpa Guo wants to fight Tartar!"

"After beating the Tartars, I will have no external troubles."

"My Daming is really thanks to Grandpa Guo."

"Look at the honor guard of Grandpa Guo, it's really majestic!"

When they arrived at the north city gate, all the civil and military officials from Tianjin were lined up at the city gate to see Li Zhi off.

The governor of Tianjin stood on the left side of the city gate with the imperial court officials and swept towards Li Zhi. The governor now has no real power and has become the representative of the imperial court in Tianjin.

The governor of Tientsin could not even lead the gentry of Tientsin, who had killed one after another, and the vast majority of them had been weakened by the policy of the courts, and now what remained was basically the most honest and the land was the kind of gentry who had been legally managed. The last remaining gentry in Tianjin are very different from the gentry from other places who rely on fame and fame.

Li Xing led the officials of the Jinguo Gong system, who actually managed Tianjin, to stand on the right side of the city gate, including Zheng Yuan, Li Dao and other high-ranking officials, all came to see Li Zhi off.

Li Zhi rode up to Li Xing and said, "Li Xing, this time you led 20,000 soldiers and horses to defend Tianjin and Shandong. If the southern army is attacking, you must remember the method I taught you. ā€

Li Xing said with a smile: "Big brother, don't worry, Li Xing will definitely do what Big Brother says!" ā€

Li Zhi nodded and walked out of the north gate of the Tianjin Acropolis with a guard of honor.

Outside the city, the 40,000 tiger troops who went out to Liaodong were already lined up and waiting there. The soldiers were not wearing plate armor at this time, they were all wearing red tiger army uniforms and sauce-colored leather boots, which looked like a red forest and a raging fire.

Li Zhi stood at the forefront of the army and nodded. The flag commander immediately waved the flag and gave the order. When the platoon commanders at the grassroots level saw the flag order, they took out the inscriptions sent by Li Zhi one by one and read them aloud in front of their respective soldiers.

"Since the Salhu period, the Jianzhou Tartars have occupied the Liaodong of my Han family by barbaric means, killing wantonly in Liaodong, bleeding and drifting, and the rich Liaodong has become a terrible no-man's land. Over the years, the civil and military generals of the imperial court have been corrupted, and the Tartars have entered and exited the border pass as if they had entered a no-man's land, and they have been killed again and again in the pass to loot and slaughter. Whenever there is resistance, they slaughter the city and kill all the people of the city. ā€

"For decades, under the butcher's knife of the Tartars, I don't know how many thousands, how many hundreds, how many millions of Han family sons and daughters have died."

"Is my Han family's son weak and bullied?"

"No!"

"Today, our Tiger Ben army is going to smash the Yellow Dragon and kill Liaodong to destroy the Tartars. We want to make these Yidi understand what a terrible felony it is to kill us Han Chinese! ā€

"The court is weak, the bureaucracy is corrupt, and the blue sky of the Han people is supported by my tiger army! We want to let the Tartars entrenched in Liaodong understand that every inch of land there belongs to our Han family! ā€

Hearing the officers finish their short inscriptions, the soldiers stood up straight, filled with pride and a sense of mission. Looking at the world, the beacon fire is everywhere, and the only one who can save the people of the Han family and drive out the Yidi barbarian slaves is the Tiger Ben Army.

Li Zhi raised his right hand: "The whole army set off to conquer Liaodong!" ā€

The banner behind Li Zhi swayed, and Li Zhi's order was transmitted to the whole army.

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

The 40,000 elites roared in unison and walked out one by one. Columns of red soldiers were like torrents, killing towards the base camp of the Tartars.

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After thirteen days of marching, Li Zhi's army of 40,000 arrived at Shanhaiguan.

The defenders of Shanhaiguan saw the majestic Tiger Ben Army and heard that the Tiger Ben Army was going to conquer Liaodong, and they all fried the pot. On the day when the Tiger Army passed through Shanhaiguan, the defenders of Shanhaiguan were empty. Tens of thousands of Shanhaiguan guards ignored the obstruction and scolding of the officers, and crowded to the Shanhaiguan gate to watch the tiger army.

The defenders of these Thistle towns were dressed in tatters and their equipment was in tatters. Their clothes were covered in patches, and the weapons they held in their hands were old and outdated, nothing more than some of the cheapest spears and broadswords. They are chaotic and unkempt. They suffered from the arrears of food and salaries from the imperial court, the deprivation of military funds by officials, and sometimes even starvation.

But they were still full of encouragement and enthusiasm to look at the Tiger Ben army that went out to Liaodong. They stood on the side of the road, silently one by one, watching the Tiger Benjun fall ill like a farewell hero.

Some of the older veterans were moved to tears.

Some Liao soldiers who fled from Liaodong and whose families died under the Tartar butcher's knife were even more excited and couldn't cry. They knelt on both sides of the road, crying profusely, and kept kowtowing to the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army who had sent troops to Liaodong.

They can't kill the Tartars with their own hands to avenge them, but the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army can avenge them.

Five-foot man, which one has no family hatred and national hatred? Which one is not the Yoyo son of the Han family?

The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army straightened their waists and crossed the Shanhaiguan Pass with their chests puffed up.

Li Zhi vigorously promoted education among the Tiger Army, and now the soldiers of the Tiger Army have gradually understood what a country is and what a nation is. They understand that they are not only fighting for Tianjin, not only for their own glory and wealth, but also for this country and this nation.

In the back, there is the home and country of the Han people, and in the front, there is the blood and hatred of the Han people. Decades of humiliation will be washed away by the Han family's sons. The future of the Han people will be in the hands of the Han family.

Li Zhi rode a horse through the quiet defenders of Shanhaiguan, through the soldiers of the Jizhen border army who were silent but tearful, and passed through the towering gate of Shanhaiguan.

Three fast horses came running from the front. The three guards rushed in front of Li Zhi and shouted loudly: "Guogong! The Tartars abandoned the entire Liaoxi Corridor and fled to Liaodong! ā€

Li Zhi snorted coldly: "Weak and barbarian, vulnerable!" ā€