Li Zhe had not been in the second battalion for a few days, and he was not even familiar with his own officers and soldiers, and the time for the army to start was already here.

In the past few years, the Northern Expedition of the Song Army has become easier and easier, and the army is not too prepared.

On this day, Li Zhe led the army out of the camp, and the people who came to greet and see off were already waiting at the side of the camp early, because Li Zhe's second battalion was already behind in the sequence of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the people in front of him had already started, plus it was a scorching summer, so the people were not very many, only a few hundred people, but they still moved the officers and soldiers.

They all cheered up and strode forward.

Li Zhe looked over the crowd of send-offs, and saw that the front was facing the scorching sun, who was not Fang Jueyuan in front of him?

Hearing that Li Zhe raised troops, Fang Jueyuan brought Huang Zongxi, Xu Frame, Duan Zhishen, Hong Yanyan and others to see him off.

Seeing Li Zhe, Fang Jueyuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"Brother Li, with your talent and talent, I originally thought that you were going to emulate Mr. Dongpo, indulge in the world, and leave words for future generations, in today's era, the wind is surging, and it seems that it is a good opportunity for us and other literati to uphold the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period and educate the people, that is, Mr. Dongpo has never had such a good opportunity as me, but I didn't expect that in the end, you chose to put pen to paper from Rong and go to the Jinge Iron Horse outside the Saiwai, which ...... Ay! ”

Fang Jueyuan didn't look down on Li Zhe for joining the army, but under the selfishness in his heart, he had already regarded Li Zhe as the first potential among the young heroes in the world, and he definitely had the opportunity to be comparable to Mr. Su Shi, the first writer of this dynasty, Mr. Su Dongpo. That future status in the literary world is definitely not inferior to that of Yan Shu and Ouyang Xiu in this dynasty.

In the current world, the people's hearts are ready to move, and it is the time when the overlords of the literary world have made great achievements.

It's just that he didn't expect Li Zhe to be a good writer, but he ran to join the army, Fang Jueyuan didn't think so, he always thought that Li Zhe should specialize in writing. In today's world, the social value and status of a generation of writers are definitely higher than that of a martial general.

This kind of dispute has been carried out many times between Li Zhe and Fang Jueyuan, each time it is unhappy, this time Li Zhe raised troops to go north, Li Zhe thought that Fang Jueyuan would not come to see him off, but he didn't expect that he finally came.

The other party Jueyuan's resentment, Li Zhe smiled and said:

"Hey! Brother Fang! Don't complain, don't you hear it, even a generation of poets like Li Bai Dufu also have the pride of fighting with a sword, but after all, there is not much opportunity to implement it, yes, although I am a literati, I am also from the family of the martial lord, and I can have the opportunity to go to the battlefield in person to serve the country and die on the battlefield, this is the opportunity I have been pursuing, Brother Fang, don't be too stubborn. ”

Next to him, Huang Zongxi and others also opened their mouths to persuade Fang Jueyuan,

"Yes, sir! Brother Li is right, he can wield a sword and wield his power outside the Saiwai! I don't usually have such an opportunity, otherwise, who wouldn't want to be like Brother Li and write from the story of Rong Xiao Banchao? ”

They are also young people, who can have the dream of being able to put pen to paper and settle the world without a point, and the dream of martial arts can be fixed on the horse, and they only have envy for Li Zhe, where is there any dissatisfaction.

After some persuasion from several people, Fang Jueyuan was relieved.

Li Zhe's gaze looked beyond Fang Jueyuan to look elsewhere, and there was another group of people behind him who was a little strange.

Each of these people in the front row was holding a number plate with words written on it, with conspicuous big characters written on it, no matter how this posture was, Li Zhe felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and then looked at the big characters written on the number plate:

"Oppose reckless military force, and treat people with benevolence and righteousness!"

"The Northern Expedition every year is abusing the people's fat and people's ointment,"

"Oppose the Northern Expedition and bring down the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion!"

Damn, this is a god horse, isn't this obviously a feature of later democratic countries - demonstrations, parades, and marches?

The scene in front of him made Li Zhe suddenly have a sense of difference in time and space. This group of people is standing in front of their second battalion marching army, damn, where is this to see off their second battalion, this is obviously to demonstrate to his second battalion!

These people stood in the middle of the crowd of people who saw them off, separated from the people around them by a clear distance, which can be described as distinct, and it turned out that these people came for such a purpose.

Fang Jueyuan followed Li Zhe's gaze and saw those people, and said:

"Why, didn't I expect that our army's Northern Expedition would have opponents?"

Li Zhe had no choice but to obediently say yes.

He never thought that he would encounter such a thing in the Great Song Dynasty.

Fang Jueyuan said,

"Since there are such people who oppose it, it means that the Northern Expedition is not really so popular in my Tianzhu."

"You Li Zhe is also from a state school, you don't understand the actual situation of the Northern Expedition in recent years, have I really achieved the field in the Northern Expedition every year? That Hindu Kush, that Green Ridge, has really surrendered to my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Li Zhe was silent, there really isn't this.

"Ah! Moreover, north of the Green Ridge, the weather is bitterly cold, and it is too far away from my Tianzhu, a heaven-given land, even if I get the land, it is of little use, but it will take too much energy to defend my Tianzhu every year. ”

"The Northern Expedition, which can neither gain land nor profit, can only be to boast of my Great Song Dynasty martial arts? Sir, you are proud of your talents, haven't you thought carefully about the reasons for this? ”

Li Zhe thought about it and shook his head, he really couldn't think of a reason for this for a while.

Fang Jueyuan suddenly roared angrily:

"Northern Expedition, what's so good about the Northern Expedition, every year the Northern Expedition has produced some results, and I haven't gained a cent of land, and I've never heard of catching any powerful people, those bullshit aristocratic children go out to play safaris! At most, it is to bully and bully some poor people on the border, catch some women and children and sell them back! Hum! Don't you still understand, this King An goes on a northern expedition every year, I'm afraid those slave traders are the ones who want to go north the most, and I think they are the culprits hiding behind this! ”

Li Zhe was shocked when he heard this, isn't it? If you look at it from another angle, what Fang Jueyuan said is not reasonable.

Later generations of historians have a saying that there are economic reasons behind any war.

Europeans developed the Americas because of the Industrial Revolution to grab raw materials and markets, and opened up Africa because of the slave trade. This Tianzhu Zhou Anwang Domain's Northern Expedition, is it really because of the slave trade that the Northern Expedition is carried out every year?

This really made Li Zhe speechless.

In the end, Fang Jueyuan poured a bowl of wine with his own hands, brought it to Li Zhe, and said:

"In this case, I won't hinder your future, I wish you success in this trip and meritorious service on the battlefield!"

Li Zhe held Fang Jueyuan's bowl of wine, took a deep look at the other side, raised his head and drank it all!

Li Zhe had never liked to drink before, whether in the future or in this life, but today's bowl of wine made him feel a little sympathetic.

A few people said goodbye, and it happened that at this time Ma Zhong was poking his back next to him, Li Zhe turned around and looked in the direction pointed out by Ma Zhong, but saw that there were two people in the distance next to him, also stopping there, looking at Li Zhe from a distance.

Li Zheding saw that these two people were slender and graceful, just standing there out of thin air, it gave people a very beautiful feeling, one of them stood behind him with a pair of long legs, and he was carrying two swords behind his back, and his body looked familiar, and both of them were covered with a layer of light veil, but they couldn't hide the master's peerless appearance - is it the county lord?

The county lord came to see himself off in person?

At this moment, Li Zhe suddenly had a strong feeling for some reason. It was the softest place in my heart that was gently poked, and my whole body and mind were filled with joy from the inside out.

Since coming to this life, Li Zhe has never felt this way. And today, the object of this feeling turned out to be the county lord!