Hua Mulan was stunned when she received Zhao Junsheng's edict, and let her be a princess to fight against the emperor of the Southern Dynasty? What did she, the husband and king of the Qianguo, and the ministers accompanying the army, think?

"But how do I feel so happy? Could it be that I have been in the palace for a long time and have been suffocated? Or do I really want to lead my troops into battle? Mulan muttered to herself alone with the edict.

After sitting alone for a long time, Hua Mulan came back to her senses and shouted: "Come on, spread the news that the ministers of the court and the central government have entered the palace to discuss matters!" ”

"Yes, sis!"

Hua Mulan called her henchman Lilac and ordered: "Just now the king sent someone to send an edict for me to lead the army to the south to fight the army of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty!" If the palace is gone, this huge palace will have no owner, and the palace is worried that some palace maids and eunuchs will get carried away without control and break the rules of the palace! On the palace maid's side, you have to be strictly controlled! As for those eunuchs, the palace will order the chief eunuch before leaving! ”

Lilac hurriedly bowed down and agreed: "Yes, don't worry, there are slaves and maids here, and the palace maids in the palace can't mess up!" ”

Hua Mulan nodded and shouted outside the door: "Come on, go and invite General Li Bao to come!" ”

Li Bao is the commander of the forbidden army and is responsible for guarding the security of the palace.

After a while, Li Bao, who was wearing armor and a sword, came to the main hall and hugged his fists and said, "Minister Li Bao greets Niangniang!" ”

Hua Mulan said: "Li Bao, this palace is going to be edicted to lead the army to the south, and there will soon be no master in this palace, during the absence of the king and the palace, the access control of each palace gate must be stricter, and outsiders must not be easily let in!" ”

Li Bao was stunned for a moment, and then hugged his fists and agreed: "Niangniang, don't worry, with Li Bao here, the guards at the gates of the palace will not let any idle people in!" ”

Then Hua Mulan and Li Bao went to the main hall of the Qinzheng Palace, and the ministers and generals who stayed behind were already present.

After everyone paid their respects, they were called up by Mulan, "Zhuqing, this prince has received an edict from His Majesty, and he will soon lead the army south to fight with the army of the Southern Dynasties, and the troops will be drawn from the garrison army in various states of Hebei, and the military and political affairs of the DPRK will depend on Zhu Qing!" ”

What the? The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee were shocked, in the past few days, the army of the Southern Dynasty was personally commanded by the emperor Liu Yikang, and the Northern Expedition had been discussed in the DPRK and China, and the land of Henan had been captured one after another.

The remaining ministers and Hua Mulan agreed to send troops to block the Southern Dynasty army from continuing northward, but in the past few days, the court has been arguing over who will lead the troops and where to transfer them, and they have never thought that Zhao Junsheng's edict has arrived.

Gao Yun stood up and said loudly: "Princess, this matter must not be allowed!" The princess is a woman, how can she lead the army to face off against the emperor of the Southern Dynasty? If this matter spreads, it will definitely make the world laugh! ”

After Gao Yun, a large group of ministers came out to oppose it.

Hua Mulan was also helpless for a while, and waved her hand: "Come on, show the king's edict to all the secretaries!" ”

A eunuch took down the edict and handed it to Gao Yun, and the edict quickly turned around in the hands of the ministers and returned to the imperial case, Hua Mulan asked: "But there are still people who question the authenticity of the edict?" ”

Gao Yun said: "Niangniang, the ministers are not questioning the authenticity of the edict, but because Niangniang is really not suitable to lead the army to the battle, this will be a joke!" ”

Hua Mulan was so angry that she trembled all over, and said angrily: "What kind of joke? Who stipulated that the palace could not lead troops to the battle, in the past, the barbarians in the northeast disturbed the border, and it was not the palace that led the troops to quell the barbarian rebellion? ”

Gao Yun said: "Niangniang, it's not that the old minister deliberately wants to find fault and find faults, Niangniang was not the princess of Qian, and the Qianguo has not yet been established, so it doesn't hurt to be casual and harmless, but now the Qianguo country is a princess every year, if it weren't for the death of my generals, how can I let Niangniang lead the troops?" Isn't that a joke? ”

The general ministers stood up in support of Gao Yun, and they all spoke eloquently, saying that Mulan's head was about to explode.

At this time, Cui Hao saw that this posture continued to make trouble, but he was afraid that it would be impossible to end the trouble, so he had to stand up and say to the ministers: "Everyone, please listen to me!" ”

Gao Yun and the others glared at Cui Hao angrily, "Cui Hao, do you also agree with this ridiculous edict?" You don't want to be embarrassed, we still have to be embarrassed, as the saying goes, the lord humiliates the ministers to death, if this matter becomes the laughing stock of the world, we will be to blame even if we die! ”

Cui Hao said: "Ladies and gentlemen, since the king has issued an edict, it must have been carefully considered!" Besides, if Niangniang led the army to defeat the emperor of the Southern Dynasty this time, this would not be an absurd move, but a wise one! Cui reminded you that some things can be stopped in moderation, and it is impossible to withdraw the edict once it has been issued, and it is useless for you to object, do you want to resist and disobey the decree? ”

The ministers really didn't dare to resist the decree, even if it was an edict issued by an absurd emperor, no minister dared to resist the decree, not to mention that Zhao Junsheng was not an absurd monarch.

Hua Mulan saw that the ministers had died down, so she said: "Before the king led the army to leave Qianjing, he had made arrangements for military and political affairs, and the palace didn't take care of anything, and after the palace left Qianjing, everything was as usual!" Where is Pei Jin? ”

Pei Jin stood up and promised: "Weichen is here!" ”

"The baggage of the Southern Expedition army must be prepared to arrive at the front line in advance, and it must not be delayed!"

"Wechen obeys!"

In order to facilitate the expedition and to make herself feel at ease, Mulan sent the children to her mother's house to take care of her, although she was the only hostess in the palace, and no one competed with her for favor for the time being, but she still didn't worry about leaving a few children in the palace, mainly because the children were still too young.

Just when the garrison troops that were drawn from all over the country continued to gather in Xiangzhou, Mulan came to Wan Yutong's shop before leaving for the south.

"What kind of wind blew the mother here today?" Wan Yutong smiled and welcomed Mulan into the store.

Hua Mulan waved her hand: "Don't come with me like this, let's call me Mulan, you call me Niangniang makes me feel very uncomfortable!" ”

"Okay, Mulan, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, why do you have time to come to me today?" Wan Yutong led Mulan to the stone table in the backyard for tea.

Mulan took the teacup and said, "How did you think about what I told you last time?" ”

"What?" Wan Yutong asked knowingly.

Hua Mulan was a little unhappy: "I see that you are pretending to be confused, that is, to let you enter the palace, these days, you don't have a letter, what do you think?" ”

Wan Yutong sighed: "Mulan, I beg you not to be embarrassed for me, I am living a good life now, why do you want to pull me into the circle of right and wrong?" Is that place in the palace so easy to live in? I asked myself if I didn't have the ability to gain a foothold in the palace, with my IQ, I was afraid that even the bones and scum would be gnawed to the end after entering the palace, so you would spare me, okay? ”

Hua Mulan said: "Who gnawed you?" Now that I, Hua Mulan, am in charge of the palace alone, whoever wants to be unfavorable to you must have my consent! ”

Wan Yutong shook his head and sighed: "Mulan, don't be strong, I really don't want to enter the palace!" ”

"Don't you want to be with Brother Junsheng? You used to like him so much! ”

Wan Yutong said indifferently: "Once upon a time, now is now!" The current king of Qianguo is no longer the former Zhao Junsheng, I am not the former Wan Yutong, and the Wan Yutong who likes Zhao Junsheng no longer exists, I don't have that feeling for him anymore, don't you understand? ”

Mulan frowned: "Are you telling the truth?" ”

"No lie!"

Mulan sighed when she heard this: "If you say that, I really can't force it!" Originally, I came to think about your resignation, Brother Junsheng sent someone to send an edict for me to lead the army to the south to fight against the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, take a look at it while I am leaving, I hope you can agree to enter the palace. You see, as soon as I leave the palace, there will be no master, which has never appeared in previous dynasties, this kind of thing can be recorded in history and be named a miracle! ”

Wan Yutong's eyes widened, "This, this, this······ Zhao Junsheng is really polite enough, he actually let his princess lead the army to the battle, and the opponent is still the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, isn't he afraid of the people talking behind their backs? ”

Hua Mulan was quite dissatisfied: "Yutong, others are this kind of reaction, why are you also this kind of argument?" What's wrong with women? What a man can do, a woman can do just as well! ”

Hua Mulan's voice lowered when she said this, and she sighed: "Actually, I know that Brother Junsheng was also forced to make me handsome out of desperation, the foundation of my Qianguo is too shallow, there is no commander with a prominent reputation and sufficient talent, and he himself has been dragged in Guanzhong, if he is here, it is naturally him who leads the troops to fight against the emperor of the Southern Dynasty!" Now except for me who can make the generals of various towns obey orders, no one else has this prestige, and the most taboo thing about marching and fighting is that the orders are different, and Brother Junsheng can't help it! ”

Wan Yutong's face was ashamed, and he got up and made a blessing: "It's Yutong's shallow knowledge and misunderstanding, please don't blame Mulan!" ”

"It doesn't matter! It's not early, I should go, and I'll talk about it when I return to Qianjing! ”

The next day, Hua Mulan led the guards to travel south lightly and quickly, and they arrived in Xiangzhou in only a few days to join Bai Jinguang, Wei Jing, Liang Yi and others.

The town garrison troops and state and county soldiers drawn from various states also arrived and assembled one after another.

By 16 March, the troops of the towns and counties of the prefectures and counties had basically all arrived, including 26,000 cavalry, 18,000 infantry, and 12,000 soldiers from the prefectures and counties, totaling 56,000 men.

However, the state and county soldiers are drawn from the states and counties as auxiliary troops, and generally do not bear the main combat tasks, and the state and county soldiers will not be sent to the frontal battlefield to participate in the battle unless they have to, after all, the state and county soldiers have less training and poor equipment, and they may be defeated first on the battlefield.

"Wait for the princess!" The generals saluted Mulan, who was sitting on the main seat in the tent and was wearing armor.

Hua Mulan said expressionlessly: "I am now the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, not the princess!" ”

The generals looked at each other and immediately changed their words: "The last general will wait to see the big handsome!" ”

"Excuse me!" Hua Mulan raised her hand, and when everyone got up and retreated to the sides, she shouted to Guo Sheng, the general of Xiangzhou Town: "General Guo, Ben Shuai has sent a song to the king, and wants you to be Ben Shuai's deputy general, today you will hand over the military affairs of Xiangzhou Town to Sima to be responsible, and you will officially come to Ben Shuai's account tomorrow to listen to it!" ”

Guo Sheng promised: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Hua Mulan waved her hand: "Pass on the commander's military order, kill cattle and sheep, let the soldiers eat for two days, and wave the army south on the third day!" Liang Yi, order you to be the vanguard, and lead 3,000 cavalry to the Yellow River crossing to collect ships to prepare for the army to cross the river! ”

"Command!" The generals echoed in unison.