"Your Majesty, Zu Ti asked for the Northern Expedition, if I don't agree all the time, I will lose my trust in the world, we don't let him go on the Northern Expedition because we don't want to send troops and food, it's better to give the two of them a title, and let them find their own ways to raise the rest, such as recruiting soldiers, preparing weapons, raising grain and grass, I'm afraid they can't do it, and then they will retreat in the face of difficulties, what else to talk about the Northern Expedition."

"Lord Wang really has a good plan, so I will do what you say."

The two of them stopped discussing and summoned their ancestors Liu Kun to meet, and the two participated in the early dynasty under the leadership of Tao Kan, and the civil and military forces had nothing to play, Sima Rui said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Huns Liu Zhao is fierce and brutal, killing my people, occupying my territory, the north has now fallen into the hands of the enemy, every time I think of the people in the north is suffering, I can't sleep at night, I can't eat sweetly, and then I think of the second emperor of Huaihuai being brutalized by Liu Cong, I am even more enthusiastic, angry and angry, is unbearable!" For the sake of thousands of people of the Great Jin Dynasty, in order to recover the blood debt for the second emperor, and for the sake of the lost territory, I decided to go on a northern expedition! Reclaim the land at all costs! ”

Sima Rui made a generous statement, and all the civil and military forces below knelt down, and the mountain shouted long live long live, long live!

Wang Dao is different from Wang Dun, he is an official who supports the Northern Expedition, and he said: "My emperor Shengming, the people of the north and south are not without hope that the imperial court will recover the northern territories, and now the emperor's mind has been decided, which shows that the emperor is a Ming monarch who has never met through the ages, and the minister fully supports it!" ”

Wang Dun said: "What Lord Sikong said is extremely true, the emperor's decision to go on the Northern Expedition is in response to the people, and the ministers are very supportive. ”

Sima Rui said: "The Northern Expedition is an extremely difficult task, this person must have the material of a general, be brave and strategic, be able to stand alone, and be able to defeat the stubborn enemy. ”

The following immediately fell silent, don't look at the slogans shouted loudly, but if he was really allowed to go to the Northern Expedition, no one would want to do this kind of drudgery.

Zu Ti was about to speak, when Sima Rui said again: "Ladies and gentlemen, I actually have a candidate, and these two people are above the main hall. ”

All the civil and military forces speculated, but no one except Wang Dao and Wang Dun knew that it was Liu Kun and Zu Ti.

Sima Rui announced: "The candidates for the Northern Expedition are Tao Kan's marching army, Sima Zuti and Liu Kun. ”

"How can the emperor let such a small thing be a general?" Someone whispered.

"Zu Ti Liu Kun doesn't look at the official position is not big, but he has the material to go through the heavens and latitudes, and the emperor is not wrong."

"Yes, these two people showed their magic when defending Luoyang, fully demonstrating their use of generals, and they deserved to use their Northern Expedition."

Just when the minister was discussing, Sima Rui said: "Zu Li Liu Kun Zushang is also a Jin minister, the two of them have fallen into the name of double heroes since the Taixue period, they are righteous, and they can ask for their lives for the people after entering the public gate, and worry about the country, Zu Li also served as a general, pacified the rebellion of Qi Wannian, and later when Luoyang was attacked by the Huns, he was able to stand up, give advice, take the lead, and fight bloodily, just ask, how can such a loyal and patriotic person not be reused, plus the two of them asked for the Northern Expedition several times, so, I decided to order Zu Ti to be the assassin of Yuzhou, and Liu Kun to be the assassin of Yuzhou, to raise the matter of the expedition from tomorrow, and once it is complete, I will immediately cross the river to the northern expedition! ”

Tao Kan asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know where the Northern Expedition army will be drawn from, whether it is from the minister's army or from... How many people do you need? ”

Sima's face immediately darkened, and Wang Dun said in a timely manner: "General Tao, the number of troops in the Northern Expedition has not been decided, and it has not yet been decided where to transfer the troops. ”

Wang Daodao: "Your Majesty, Jingzhou and Yangzhou can send 50,000 soldiers and horses... ”

Without waiting for Director Wang to speak, Sima Rui smashed the eunuch on the side of the dragon chair, and the eunuch understood and announced: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

On the way, Tao Kan seemed to be worried, because he saw that the emperor actually had no sincerity in the Northern Expedition, and he was just doing it for people to see, Zu Li looked at Tao Kan with a wrong expression, and asked: "General Tao, you seem to have something on your mind?" ”

"No, no, I'm just thinking, the Northern Expedition is a big matter, I don't know if our Great Jin can afford it."

"Rest assured, general, we will keep everything simple, as long as we can win a few battles, it will make a big difference."

"Well, I still have faith in you two."

Back in the barracks, Zu Ti returned to the place where the clansmen lived, and he told the clansmen the news that he and Liu Kun were going to go on a northern expedition, and Zu Yue said happily: "Great, we can fight back to our hometown!" ”

Everyone cheered, and Zu Yue immediately organized his clansmen and villagers to form a team of 200 people to join the Northern Expedition.

Zu Yue said: "Zu Ti, this time the emperor named you a Yuzhou official, and let you go on a northern expedition, how many men and horses are you going to give you?" I guess, it shouldn't be less than 100,000, and now you're a general! ”

"Brother, what will happen, the emperor has not explained, everything has to wait for the news from the DPRK and China, during this period, my brother can train these two hundred people on my behalf, only by training a team that is good at fighting, can the Northern Expedition be successful."

"You don't have to worry about this, wrap it up on me, you can stay in General Tao's camp with peace of mind, and if there is news from the DPRK and China, we will immediately cross the river and go north."

Liu Kun was named the assassin of Bingzhou, and naturally he wanted to develop towards Bingzhou, but Bingzhou has already fallen into the hands of the enemy, how can he go to work, this is where Sima Rui's scheming lies, let you retreat in the face of difficulties, but Liu Kun was not intimidated, he still wants to go north to Merge with the state to occupy Jinyang, and become a sharp knife inserted into the heart of Zhao State!

Some of them heard that Liu Kun had become the assassin of Bingzhou, and was going to Jinyang, and there were 500 people in the begging army to find Liu Kun and go to Jinyang with him, Liu Kun was good at appeasement, and they all gathered them together, waiting for the news of the imperial court order to set off.

On this day, Zu Ti received a decree from the eunuch in the palace, asking him to set off tomorrow, Zu Ti thought to himself, it was finally the day to go on the expedition, he took the edict and asked: "Father-in-law, has the emperor ever explained the soldiers, horses, food, grass and equipment used in the expedition?" ”

"General Zu, the grain has been loaded onto the ship, and it is on the south bank of Jingkou, one hundred stones."

"One hundred stones!?" Zu Ti was shocked, one hundred stone of rice is enough for three thousand people to eat for three days, how can this be the Northern Expedition, how did he know, this is just Sima Rui symbolically pulling out some rice.

"Father-in-law, how much military money did the emperor give?"

"This... No. ”

"None? Father-in-law.. ”

"The imperial court was financially tight and had no resources, so it took 3,000 pieces of cloth from the treasury to serve as military expenses, and loaded them on ships together with rice."

"Ah, the military budget is three thousand pieces of cloth!"

The eunuch hummed softly.

"How many people will the emperor pull out to me?"

The eunuch smiled and said, "General Zu, this... This one doesn't. ”

"No?" Zu Ti's mouth opened wide.

"Yes, no, you are the assassin of Yuzhou, and the soldiers and horses will be recruited by yourself."

"Then how many weapons did the emperor pull out of me?"

"This ,,, really doesn't have this, it's up to you, the assassin, to create it yourself."

"Huh!? Yes? Yes?! ”