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For Xiaoxiao, the concubines are still willing to help, Xiaoxiao not only holds the two major killing weapons of Phoenix and Community Chest, but also her small background determines that she is not a threat to the people in the palace, and the concubines in the palace do not regard Xiaoxiao as a competitor. Not to mention the origins of Marta and Maria, so under Zhang Yan's arrangement, Xiaoxiao, Marta and Maria now often come to the royal pool to swim.

"Xiaoxiao, I'm going to Shanhaiguan next month, are you still going?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

Xiaoxiao just nodded shyly, every time she put on a swimsuit, Xiaoxiao was always a little shy in front of Zhu Youxiao. But Maria is different, every time she sees Zhu Youxiao looking at her, she always seems to be deliberately demonstrating her strong capital, Maria's capital is really strong, thicker than anyone in the palace.

"Well, I'll call you when I leave." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I also want to go, now I am in charge of the Fengqiuhuang store, I want to go and see the business status of Fengqiuhuang in Shanhaiguan." Maria has been swimming next to Zhu Youxiao, and when she heard that Zhu Youxiao was going to take Xiaoxiao to Shanhaiguan, she immediately swam over and said.

"Yes." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, after speaking, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but point to her capital and asked, "Are you tired of walking with these two huge meat balls every day?" ”

"Huh!?" Maria was asked by Zhu Youxiao, but her face was only slightly red, and then she deliberately used her hands to support her capital in front of Zhu Youxiao, and said with satisfaction, "It's okay to walk, but you can't walk too fast with them." ”

"You should make a cover to cover them both so that you don't go up and down when you go too fast." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Xiaoxiao, don't go! The topic we are discussing is a serious one. Xiaoxiao saw that Zhu Youxiao and Maria were talking about this topic, she was shyly ready to leave, but Zhu Youxiao saw that Xiaoxiao was leaving, and hurriedly stopped her.

"Your Majesty ......" Xiaoxiao didn't know what to say. She thought to herself: is this topic still serious? So what is a topic that is not serious?

"We're really talking about a serious topic." Zhu Youxiao once again emphasized seriously. Hearing Zhu Youxiao say this, Xiaoxiao had to stay with a red face.

"The emperor said corsets." Maria said generously.

"No, no." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "The current corset is as cruel to women as Daming's foot wrapping, have you ever thought about cutting the corset into two and keeping only the upper half." ”

Maria thought for a moment and said, "I'll go back and try, I don't know if it will work?" ”

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On September 15, Zhu Youxiao led 50,000 Imperial Forest Army to swear in the Northern Expedition in Beijing. After the oath was completed, Lu Xiangsheng led 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard and immediately set off, the 10,000 cavalry was composed of 3,000 winged cavalry and 7,000 dragoons, the winged cavalry was a cavalry formed by Zhu Youxiao for the Houjin cavalry, composed of soldiers who were proficient in horsemanship, the winged cavalry was both heavy cavalry and light cavalry, wearing three-quarters armor, and the horses were not wearing armor, and they could choose a variety of tactics according to the battlefield advantage.

Xiong Tingbi led 30,000 infantry to the Chinese army, followed by Lu Xiangsheng, and Zhu Youxiao led 10,000 infantry to set off for the rear army. The dispatch of grain and grass belongs to the Metropolitan Governor's Office and the Ministry of Households. Zhu Youxiao originally wanted to sit in the Chinese army, and everyone was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would do something out of the ordinary with a hot head.

Originally, Zhu Youxiao's expedition with the army was opposed by the court, inside and outside the palace, but at Zhu Youxiao's insistence, both sides made concessions. Zhu Youxiao promised that before the end of the battle, only staying at Shanhaiguan made Zhu Youxiao barely make the trip.

On September 25, Mao Wenlong led an army of 10,000 to land at Lushunkou, and after converging with the 10,000 army led by Huang Longsuo stationed in Jinzhouwei, 20,000 soldiers and horses went straight to Gaizhou. Huang Taiji was heavily stationed in the east of the Liao River to guard against the large army coming from the Guanning Jin defense line, and he did not expect the Ming army from the sea.

On the first day of October, Zhu Youxiao arrived at Shanhaiguan on time. Sun Chengzong was waiting for Zhu Youxiao at Shanhaiguan at this time. Originally, Sun Chengzong was going to Ningyuan to sit on the front line to command, but the arrival of Zhu Youxiao made Sun Chengzong have to hand over the command to Xiong Tingbi. All this was something that had to be done to prevent Zhu Youxiao from going to the front line, and in the entire Liaodong, only Sun Chengzong could suppress Zhu Youxiao a little.

Of course, the strategy of the Northern Expedition has been formulated, and now we are looking at the on-the-spot command, in terms of on-the-spot command, Xiong Tingbi can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, and even participated in more battles than Sun Chengzong, and is not weaker than Sun Chengzong in this regard.

"Where has the army led by Lu Xiangsheng gone?" As soon as Zhu Youxiao arrived in Shanhaiguan, the first thing he was concerned about was the war.

"The 10,000 cavalry led by Lu Xiangsheng has arrived in Jinzhou, and he will be the vanguard with the 20,000 troops in Jinzhou." Sun Chengzong said.

"Where's Xiong Tingbi?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Xiong Dudu's army will arrive in Ningyuan in the near future, and after he joins Ningyuan's 30,000 army, he will immediately set out for Jinzhou." Sun Chengzong explained.

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Zhu Youxiao had a general understanding of the current battle situation before returning to his residence.

"Your Majesty, you've been on the road for more than ten days, so you should rest early." Fan Huifei said softly.

"This war is about the fortunes of the empire, I can't sleep!" Zhu Youxiao said.

"The emperor should focus on the dragon body, not to mention that the emperor didn't say that this Northern Expedition can at least be invincible?" Concubine Fan Hui said while massaging Zhu Youxiao.

"Having said that, if the Northern Expedition fails this time, the empire will also be broken, don't expect the Northern Expedition to be in ten years." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Although the concubine doesn't understand state affairs, she also knows that Jianyu is just a small place, if the empire can be invincible, even if the empire is broken, Jianyu will not be better, and the emperor can drag Jianyu down." Fan Huifei comforted.

"What Concubine Hui said is very true, you are also tired these days, you should rest early, I still want to sit for a while." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The concubine will sit with the emperor for a while." Fan Huifei said.

"Okay then." Zhu Youxiao said.

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By October 3, the 20,000-strong army of Huanglong and Mao Wenlong successively captured Huanggudao Fort, Luanguyi Fort, Yangguan Fort, Fuzhou Wei, etc., and on October 4, the army entered Gaizhou.

At this time, Huang Taiji had already received news that the army coming up from the Guanningjin defense line was the main force of the Northern Expedition, and the 20,000 troops on the east road were only used to attack the east and the west. This reminded Huang Taiji of the tactics of Nurhachi in the Battle of Salhu that year to concentrate his troops and break through each one.

(End of chapter)