In early autumn, the decisive battle in Hebei. Hanting officially replied, the time and place have been determined, early autumn is July, the seventh month of the lunar calendar, which is about August in the Gregorian calendar, in this year, the weather is not too hot, and it will gradually become cooler.

"Sure enough, you avoided the hottest May and June?" Li Ming looked at this reply with great interest, it is rare that magnesium powder (magnesium carbonate) was prepared as an anti-slip means this year, but he didn't expect it to be used.

"Lord, there seems to be something wrong with the other party's choice of words!" Guo Jia stepped forward, "If the other party is going to fight us in Jizhou, then we should reply with 'decisive battle in Jizhou'." Now that the decisive battle in Hebei is now, I am afraid that the entire Hebei and Youyou three states will be counted as a battlefield. ”

"This has been expected for a long time!" Li Ming smiled, "The other party has a connection with Xianbei and Wuhuan, and the Southern Xiongnu themselves are their people." Not to mention the Montenegrin Army and tens of thousands of Yuan Shaojun who were incorporated before, I even doubt that Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi will defect. Forget it, we didn't invest much in Jizhou anyway, and we didn't lose much. ”

"Since it is a battle in Hebei, is it mainly based on the Northern Legion?" Zhang Zhao asked.

"Hebei is the area they are responsible for, let Wang Yu be in charge! Keep an eye on that kid Li Chong, don't let him take risks! His martial arts are indeed not bad, but he has no actual combat experience, and he has killed a few death row prisoners, but that is not countable, it is the first time to go to the battlefield, and he has lived in a relatively stable environment since he was a child, I am a little worried. Li Ming looked at Li You.

"Even if the head of the family doesn't say it, Xiaoru has already sent someone to pay close attention to the young master's situation." Li You replied.

Time passed day by day, and after receiving an official reply from the imperial court, the two sides quickly began to mobilize materials and soldiers and horses.

Hebei is completely like a big barracks, I don't know how many troops began to assemble one after another, and all kinds of materials were constantly transported here. At the same time, Xianbei and Wuhuan, and even the Southern Xiongnu were ready to move, Xu Huang reported that Xianbei and Wuhuan scouts often appeared on the border, obviously intending to investigate the reality and defense of our army.

"Ma Chao and the Southern Xiongnu Department are in Yanmen County, Wuhuan and Xianbei have sent reconnaissance cavalry in Shanggu County and Liaoxi County respectively, Yuan Shao and the Black Mountain Army are eyeing Julu County, is the imperial court planning to give us a ten-sided ambush array?" Li Ming looked at the information that was gathering one after another, and couldn't help but joke.

After a pause, he looked at Jia Xu and asked, "How likely is a multi-sided war?" You know, a guy who has been imitating us! No, Hedong to Taiyuan County; From Chang'an to Hanzhong and Xiping, railways were built for transportation......"

Li Ming's side has also built several railways in the past three years to completely connect the north and the south, mainly to better transport materials in the east, southwest and north. Such a big project naturally can't be hidden from Hanting, so since last year, Hanting has built three wood-track railways.

By the way, the railway from Zongyang to Shouchun has been fully replaced with a real rail railway, and anti-rust technology has begun to appear, after all, the concept of alloy has been proposed a few years ago, and there will be brave men under the heavy reward, after a few years, many craftsmen, especially Dian Jie, have tried a lot of formulas, and finally made a more rust-proof steel.

Without rubber, the steam engine that can be used can not be developed, the steam locomotive can not be developed, and in the end it is still necessary to rely on horses for traction, but at least it saves the embarrassing scene of replacing the wooden rail once a year, and it can return to the cost in two years, and then it is a pure profit every year.

Li Ming even planned to open up the construction of railways and let the private sector contract, which was a means to win over the family. Now this proposal is being discussed in the cabinet, after all, the high profits of railway transportation, Zhang Zhao is really a little reluctant to cheapen others.

In the blink of an eye, the rice in the south of the Yangtze River and the wheat in the Central Plains and Hebei began to ripen, and the whole field was golden yellow, which looked very gratifying.

Everyone is getting used to the high yield of grain, and at the same time, they are constantly researching higher yielding grain varieties. Agricultural research seems to have become a relatively popular topic, and the two policies of variety improvement and development of special products have always been publicized and valued by Dachu.

It is a pity that there is no online shopping in these years, otherwise it will be able to further promote the exchange of local products. Nowadays, some local products that must be kept fresh cannot be sold to the outside world at all, at least not by transporting them from Jiangdong to Hebei for sale.

"The king is on the northern expedition!" With bursts of chanting, a force rushed north, and Li Ming once again drove the expedition in person, this time on the battlefield in Hebei.

However, the army did not go directly to Hebei, but advanced directly in the direction of Chenliu, and soon came to the sour jujube of the former alliance. Lu Bu has been waiting here for a long time, and Zhang Liao is here to prepare for war.

"The target tiger is firmly closed, and the whole army is assaulted!" Li Ming went north with an elite army of 30,000, plus the troops of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, there were 60,000 troops, strictly speaking, there were only 30,000 soldiers, and the rest were auxiliaries.

The population of Huaxia has been tossed in recent years, it is indeed a little small, and the places that need to be defended are constantly improving, not to mention Li Ming, the Han court has also carried out a certain amount of disarmament, mainly the army on Yuan Shao's side.

At the same time, it increased the training of non-commissioned soldiers, and even provided the troops with methods such as "Mixed Yuan Decision" and "Mixed Yuan Gong". Perhaps, as Cao Cao said in the past: "Raise the bottom line to the lower grade of the yellow level." ”

If the soldiers become stronger, then the number can be appropriately reduced, and Li Ming and Liu Ting both mean something about it. Otherwise, if you continue to use military force, hundreds of thousands of people will fight in it, and even if you win the world in the future, there will be no people under your rule.

The total number of soldiers in the royal department is also 100,000, which is a lot more streamlined. With the opening of the decisive battle in Hebei, Wang Yu also opened into Wei County, and as for the Yellow River, it has been completely blocked by Gan Ning and Zhou Taibu. For the time being, the imperial court does not have a qualified naval army at all, and it is impossible to go south without being intercepted by Gan Ning and Zhou Tai.

Three days later, the army came to the front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and the scene of the former princes begging for Dong was still vivid. Lu Bu was even more emotional, after all, he was the general in charge of guarding the customs at that time, but now he has become a general who tackles key problems.

The Tiger Prison Pass slowly opened at this time, and a troop slowly walked out, led by Liu Ting. Seeing Li Ming's figure, Liu Ting personally rode out of the ranks, and Li Ming also rode out of the ranks on the broken moon. The two sides looked at each other in the open space between the two armies.

"Didn't you say that you were going to fight a decisive battle in Hebei? How do you have time to come to Tiger Prison? Liu Ting looked at Li Ming with a little bitterness.

"Didn't you say that you were going to fight a decisive battle in Hebei? How do you have time to come to Tiger Prison? Li Ming also asked a little embarrassed.

"What about trust between people? Do you not believe me so much? Liu Ting asked directly.

"I believe in you, but I don't believe in Shen Ye! That guy never tells the truth! Li Ming shrugged.

"Don't make excuses, you're going to end up here, right?" Liu Ting looked at Li Ming, "You're not a good person!" ”

"Don't talk about me, you're not a good person! That's right, what is the sincerity between countries? Li Ming looked at Liu Ting with a smile, he really didn't plan to waste his efforts to go to Hebei to fight a melee from the beginning.

"Well, none of us are good people!" Liu Ting smiled, "If it weren't for the position, maybe we could make friends!" ”

"A good man can't be an emperor...... But I also don't like to make friends with bad people. Li Ming smiled and turned back to the formation.

"It's so hard to make friends with each other and the bad guys!" Liu Ting smiled faintly and turned back.