Ye Mengxiong decided to join the camp of the Northern Expedition against the rebels.

This is undoubtedly great news for the entire Zhennan Army team, Yuan Huang and Mei Guozhen were excited with tears in their eyes after learning about this, and the generals cheered and prepared to celebrate their victory.

On October 12, Xiao Ruxun officially led his army into Wuchang Mansion, and immediately brought Hanyang Mansion and Hankou under his rule, sent troops to occupy it, controlled the entire Wuhan area, and obtained more than 300 shipping ships.

There was no one in the entire surrounding area who could stop Xiao Ruxun's actions.

The first thing Xiao Ruxun did after entering Wuchang was to meet with those officials who surrendered, appease them, and praise them for 'understanding the righteousness', of course, it is difficult to say how many of these people are deeply aware of the righteousness, and it is difficult to say how many of them are coerced.

But as long as they give up resistance, Xiao Ruxun doesn't care about the rest.

It's a bit funny that the hereditary Duke of Wei left behind in Nanjing, Xu Hongji, was also in Wuchang, and after surrendering to Xiao Ruxun, he begged Xiao Ruxun with a bitter face not to embarrass his family in Nanjing, he was too nervous when he ran away, and left his family in Nanjing.

Xiao Ruxun suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

"Duke Wei, please rest assured, my department does not dare to say anything else against the rebel army, in terms of military discipline, whoever dares to break the rules, I will ask for his head, the capture of Nanjing is the Jiaolong Battalion of the Southern Army of our Zhennan Army, and it is also a soldier trained by me, military discipline is absolutely reliable, and it will never kill innocents indiscriminately."

Xiao Ruxun knew about this matter, Jiang Dahai's report said that all the Wei Guogong family except Xu Hongji were arrested and kept in the Wei Guogong Mansion for good care, Xiao Ruxun told Jiang Dahai to take proper care of them and not hurt people.

"Then thank you Gong Qin."

Xu Hongji cautiously thanked him.

Xu Da's descendants are so unbearable, and Xiao Ruxun is also quite emotional.

After pacifying this group of wall grass, Xiao Ruxun began to convene the core team to decide on the next direction of action.

"Now that we have taken Wuchang Mansion, then the next step is naturally to go down the river, go to Nanjing and the Sailor round, and then go further north, now Shen has sent Li Hualong's department to confront me in Yangzhou, as long as Li Hualong's department is eaten, the road from Yangzhou to Beijing will be opened, and Shen will have no way out if he has any other ideas!"

Xiao Ruxun pointed to the map and talked to everyone.

Some officials expressed concern.

"So what if he mobilizes the Liaodong Army and the rest of the troops of the Nine Sides to the south?"

Xiao Ruxun shook his head.

"The generals of the nine sides are not fools, I got the news before that the Liaodong Army was also dispatched by Shen Zheng, but Li Rusong, the general soldier of Liaodong, led his troops to pacify the border troubles on the grounds of border troubles, and did not follow Shen's instructions to go south to the Beijing Division, only the Jizhen soldiers went south, that is to say, the generals of the Nine Sides may not follow Shen Zheng's instructions to go south to cooperate with him.

Moreover, I have already ordered another group of men and horses to march north from Sichuan to Hanzhong, and threaten the army in Guanzhong and the northwest from Hanzhong, at least to hold back the soldiers and horses of the four towns so that they do not dare to move, and also give them a reason not to obey the imperial edict. ”

"That's a good thing."

Ye Mengxiong looked at the map and said: "Since the generals of the Nine Sides are inseparable from Shen Zheng, it means that they will wait and see, Shen will always be isolated, and only the Beijing battalions and guards around the Beijing Division can be called, those troops, hum!" Collapse at the touch of a button! ”

"What about the armies of the rest of the Central Plains?"

Another official asked.

"Other regions? The Central Plains has not been at war for a long time, and the local army has no strong army, and they are all guards, so how much can be recruited is still a question. ”

Ye Mengxiong shook his head again and again: "There is a righteous name for the Northern Expedition to rebel, the old man can guarantee that most of the officials and the army will not resist, we only need to march north, even if there is resistance, it is a minority resistance, and it is not worth mentioning at all." ”

As soon as Ye Mengxiong said this, the others didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Xiao Ruxun said: "Then the next thing is to discuss how to solve Li Hualong's problem, I don't know much about Li Hualong, Ye Gong, how much do you know about Li Hualong?" ”

Ye Mengxiong thought for a moment.

"Li Hualong is a strong person, he is resolute in his work, he is not easy to deal with, now that he has accepted that Shen has always gone south to rebel, then it should not be so easy to abandon the dark and turn to the light, he still has soldiers and horses in his hands, maybe he will resist to the end, we need to prepare for the worst."

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"In that case, let's face the enemy, I have an army of tens of thousands here, do you still have to worry about his army not succeeding? If he insists on fighting me to the end, I will face him face to life, and I have never met a decent opponent since the beginning of the army, so I should give it a try! ”

Xiao Ruxun said this with confidence, but Ye Mengxiong sounded inexplicably sad.

"100,000 soldiers and horses along the way, and the Ming million army has no achievements, enough to see to what extent the Ming army has been abandoned, if this time the army is attacking the northern captives, then I don't know how bad it is, I want to think about the Taizu Chengzu Northern Expedition, what a momentum it was, how did it become like this now!"

Ye Mengxiong's face showed a sad look, and the rest of the officials also showed a look of concern.

Generals, you look at me, I look at you, and they pouted.

Why, isn't it because you scholars got it?

Grabbing land with the guards and annexing the land, damaging the foundation of the guards' system, and then suppressing the generals and not giving the generals a little dignity, let alone the grassroots officers and soldiers, the generals only make money, and the soldiers also have their own ideas, can you talk about the army without collapsing?

Fortunately, it was Xiao Ruxun who raised the army this time, and directly poked the real status quo full of holes and put it in front of everyone, so that everyone could see it at a glance, otherwise, no one would admit that this problem really exists.

They will continue to conceal it, continue to embezzle state property, and devour the flesh and blood of the Ming Dynasty to fatten themselves, until the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south and snatched all these things with butcher knives, and they can be regarded as having completed their historical mission.

The atmosphere in the council chamber gradually became a little oppressive, and just as he was about to be, a herald suddenly ran in from outside.

"Handsome! Sailor Battle Report! ”

Xiao Ruxun's spirit was shocked, and he immediately stretched out his hand: "Show it to me!" ”

The order was passed and Jiang Dahai's battle report was handed over, Xiao Ruxun hoped with some anticipation to see good news such as Jiang Dahai thwarting Li Hualong's attack, so that he could alleviate some obstacles for himself.

As a result, when he opened the battle report and looked at it, Xiao Ruxun's eyes widened directly.

"What's wrong, Ji Xin?"

Ye Mengxiong looked at Xiao Ruxun's strange appearance and couldn't help but ask.

Xiao Ruxun raised his head and looked at Ye Mengxiong, a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Ye Gong, Li Hualong is finished."

Ye Mengxiong's eyes widened.

"Finished?"

Xiao Ruxun handed the battle report in his hand to Ye Mengxiong, Ye Mengxiong took it and was shocked.