Regarding the Northern Expedition, Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting discussed it very carefully, and the two chatted for at least three or four hours, and it ended after midnight.

Through this secret discussion, the two also reached an agreement on the matter of the Northern Expedition, and the command of the new army of the Ming Guards that remained after the Northern Expedition led by Cao Yue and how to deal with other affairs in the court.

The next day, Cao Yue had a separate chat with Shi Kefa about the Northern Expedition, and after persuading Shi Kefa to support the Northern Expedition with his own views, Cao Yue went to Ma Shiying, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and others alone.

These people expressed their support for Cao Yue's proposal to lead an army to the north as soon as possible, find a way to recover Beijing, and avenge the first emperor. They have no reason to oppose this kind of thing, not to mention that these people are more or less subject to Cao Yue, and even if they have opinions, they dare not explicitly oppose them.

Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo had other proposals, they all proposed to go on a northern expedition with the army, they did not ask to be able to command the army to fight, but just wanted to see how the new army of the Ming Guards fought and what its combat effectiveness was.

Cao Yue finally agreed to such a proposal of the three of them, and let them go with him on the expedition as his senior staff officers.

After doing the matter satisfactorily, Cao Yue participated in the court meeting, and together with Sun Chuanting, the palace proposed to lead the army to the north, recover the lost land in the north, expel the Jiannu who occupied Beijing, and recapture the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty from the hands of Jiannu. This proposal was supported by most of the ministers who participated in the court meeting, and soon the court made a decision to raise a large army to the north, crusade against the Jiannu who entered the customs, and recover Beijing.

After the court approved the decision of the Northern Expedition, it authorized the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to take charge of the campaign, and the specific date of the expedition was also set by the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

Although it is said that the court meeting is just a formality, and the Northern Expedition will be carried out no matter what, the hundred officials at the court meeting did not dispute too much, and almost unanimously agreed to the Northern Expedition to build slaves. The recovery of the Jingshi still made Cao Yue very happy.

However, some people are not happy about this, it is not Cao Yue's wife, Zhu Yujiao, who has been renamed the eldest princess of Kunxing.

Since coming to Nanjing, Cao Yue has been busy most of the time, and when he is not in the house, Zhu Yujiao doesn't even have many opportunities to meet Cao Yue, let alone get along intimately together. However, Zhu Yujiao understands this, she knows that Cao Yue is busy with state affairs, and she is not looking for flowers and willows outside.

Now Cao Yue is in the high position of the governor of the capital, and the army of the Ming Dynasty is under his control. The war continues, and there is so much to do. For Zhu Yujiao, she is burdened with national hatred and family hatred, and the only thing she can do is to fully support Cao Yue.

But after hearing that Cao Yue was going to lead the army to the Northern Expedition and recover Beijing, Zhu Yujiao couldn't help but change her face. Although Zhu Yujiao also very much hopes that Cao Yue can help her father avenge the emperor, and hopes that the capital of the Ming Dynasty can be recovered, but she is already a mother, and what she wants most is that her husband can be by her side and not do anything dangerous. A family can stay together for a long time. She was very afraid that Cao Yue would have any accidents, so the mother and son would have nothing to rely on. When she heard Cao Yue, who rarely returned home once, talk about the expedition, Zhu Yujiao couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Brother Yue. You must be careful, don't have any accidents, otherwise we won't be able to live!" Zhu Yujiao didn't care that there were still people around her. desperately threw himself into Cao Yue's arms and cried bitterly.

Cao Yue waved away the servants and left after the subordinates brought the door and left. He hugged Zhu Yujiao tightly, and kept kissing her, comforting while kissing, and assured that he would definitely return safely, and not even a single hair would be missing. But this still couldn't soothe Zhu Yujiao, she still kept sobbing and complaining, telling her worries.

Zhu Yujiao's sadness made Cao Yue feel distressed and guilty. Because during this time, he spent most of his time in the Yanziji military camp, and the Yanziji camp was a certain distance from Nanjing City, he was busy with military affairs and could not return to his house often.

Cao Yue was a little worried that Zhu Yujiao couldn't accept the reality that he had other women, and he was also ashamed that he had snubbed her for being close to other women.

In the end, Cao Yue comforted her very patiently, and stayed in the house for the night, and comforted Zhu Yujiao several times in one night, so that Zhu Yujiao was extremely satisfied, and she didn't even have the strength to cry, so she could sleep with confidence. I don't know if I figured it out, or Cao Yue's comfort satisfied her, after getting up the next day, Zhu Yujiao's little face was very delicate, and she was ashamed to match in front of Cao Yue, and she didn't complain.

Of course, when Zhu Yujiao left Cao Yue and returned to the barracks, she still told her vigorously that she should be careful after the expedition, don't take risks, she and her son are waiting for him to return safely. Cao Yue naturally agreed nonchalantly, and joked that the person in the world who could take his life has not yet appeared, and he will definitely live past a hundred years old and witness the Ming Dynasty move from chaos to prosperity.

Cao Yue originally wanted to tell Zhu Yuanyuan about Chen Yuanyuan, Liu Ruyi, Dong Xiaowan and others, but after thinking about it, he dispelled his thoughts, and now he is not in a hurry to tell her this, everything will be said after the end of this Northern Expedition.

The imperial court soon announced the military action of the Northern Expedition to recover the Beijing Division, and called on people with lofty ideals in the world to contribute to the recovery of the North and the Beijing Division. The imperial court once again issued a conscription order, hoping that hot-blooded young people could serve the country in the army, devote themselves to the battlefield of killing the enemy, and use their blood and lives to compose a magnificent song of good men fighting for the country.

After the imperial court issued an edict to the world that the Ming Dynasty would regain the lost territory of the Northern Expedition, the first issue of the "Ming Guards Daily" was also officially published.

This 16-page newspaper has a total of 2,000 copies, and the content in it is all edited by Chen Yuanyuan, Dong Xiaowan and Liu Ruyi, and the typesetting and art illustrations are all their masterpieces. The headline on the front page is a crusade against Jiannu and Liukou written by Cao Yue, in which Cao Yue roughly described the general trend of the world, and bitterly stated the crimes committed by Jiannu and Liukou against the people of the Ming Dynasty, saying that the Ming Guards would never tolerate Jiannu and Liukou to make chaos in the Central Plains and occupy Beijing. All the officers and men of the Ming Guards will definitely recover the lost territory,

The "Song of the Ming Guards" "written" by Cao Yue was also published under the text. The other pages are full of passionate and enthusiastic articles, including the soldiers' eagerness to recover the lost territory as soon as possible and avenge the emperor's heart, as well as the portrayal of their usual training, and many situations of the Ming Guards are introduced. Several women fully understood Cao Yue's meaning and produced a military report that made Cao Yue very satisfied.

Soon, this revenge, full of blood and passion, spread from the barracks, and countless people were circulating. Because there were not many newspapers in the neighborhood, and there were many people vying for them, the price was quickly inflated, and even a newspaper could not cost more than ten taels of silver.

"Daming Guards Daily" with the Northern Expedition soon approached people's field of vision, and a large number of military newspapers circulated, but also made the Ming Guards more familiar and understood by the people, there are more enthusiastic young people after reading the newspaper, began to serve the country in the army, joined the Ming Guards.

In the third issue of the "Daming Guards Newspaper" is a special issue of the Northern Expedition, after the printing of this issue of the military newspaper, Cao Yue also led the army to leave the Yanziji camp and swore to the Northern Expedition. (To be continued.) )