Miss Xu San saw that Yu Xiang was closed, and the water and rice did not enter, she was very worried, she stayed at the door of Yu Xiang, and no one persuaded her to leave, seeing that Miss Xu San's big belly was obviously pregnant, no one dared to touch her, Chen Siyi had to accompany her to guard her.

The next day, Miss Xu San suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain and sweat like rain, and the guards panicked and rushed to the doctor and midwife.

At this time, Yu Xiang had already made a decision, and when he heard a lot of movement outside the door, he pushed the door open.

Everyone saw that Yu Xiang was very weak, as if he had a serious illness, and everyone was in a hurry, at this time, Zhu Jishi and Wu Youxing were already present, a group of people were responsible for taking care of Miss Xu San, and a group of people were taking care of Yu Xiang.

Yu Xiang came to Miss Xu San's side and saw that Chen Siyi was also there, with tears in his eyes. Yu Xiang did not shy away from it, holding Chen Siyi with one hand and Miss Xu San with the other, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm worried, but now it's okay, I'm out of the customs, don't you see that I have practiced divine skills." ”

Chen Siyi saw that Yu Xiang said easily, and burst into laughter.

Miss Xu San also smiled. At this time, the amniotic water has broken, and he is about to give birth, and he will deliver the baby on the spot, and other unrelated personnel are out of the room, Yu Xiang insists on staying in the delivery room, watching his beloved wife give birth with his own eyes, and experiencing the process of pregnant women giving birth. At that time, it was also a very shocking thing, in that era, the status of women was extremely low, and few men took the initiative to experience women's pain, not to mention a god-like person like the governor, if he was rated as a good man in the Ming Dynasty, Yu Xiang was afraid that he would be elected with a high vote.

In this era, giving birth to a child is a ghost gate, especially for the first child, and the mortality rate of pregnant women is very high. Yu Xiang was very worried about Miss Xu San, sitting beside her, holding Miss Xu San's hand, looking at her with a smile and cheering her up, which made Miss Xu San relax a lot.

The process of childbirth was painful, accompanied by heart-rending screams, Miss Xu San's hand held Yu Xiang tightly, fingernails embedded in Yu Xiang's skin, Yu Xiang pretended to be nothing, cheered her in her ear, and personally wiped his sweat.

Everything went well, accompanied by a loud baby's cry. The midwife was overjoyed and said, "Governor, congratulations, you have a son." ”

Yu Xiang was very happy and said to his wife: "Everyone has worked hard, thank you, thank you!" ”

Miss Xu San looked very prostration, but her face was still full of happiness, and she said in an extremely weak voice: "I want to see the child!" ”

At this time, the midwife put the child in Yu Xiang's hands, Yu Xiang looked at the little guy with his eyes closed, clenching his little fist, crying, a wave of tenderness welled up in his heart, the first time to be a father, there was an indescribable feeling. He gently placed the child beside Miss Xu San, and Miss Xu San looked at the child with loving eyes.

Yu Xiang walked out of the delivery room with confidence.

A day later, Yu Xiang convened an enlarged military meeting. Cao Huachun, the four Liu brothers, Lu Xiangsheng and others who are not the absolute core personnel of the New Guard Army also participated.

Yu Xiang said affectionately: "Through these two days of starvation, I experienced the suffering of the common people in dire straits; Accompanying my wife who was about to give birth, experiencing the pain of childbirth, I deeply felt the hard-won success of every life, every fresh life, since the moment of birth, has gone through hardships and came to the world, for his parents and family, it is extremely precious, all people are equal, there is no high or low. It is these thousands of people, thousands of families who have supported the Ming Dynasty, created and inherited Chinese culture, and the common people are the creators of history, should be respected, should be protected, and they should not suffer from war because of a certain person or some people. ”

After Yu Xiang finished speaking, he glanced at everyone present, and said word by word in a firm tone: "For the well-being of thousands of people and the future of the Ming Dynasty, I have decided to enter Beijing with a clear army!" ”

Yu Xiang's words, like thunder on the ground, shocked Cao Huachun and Lu Xiangsheng, and said almost in unison: "You want to rebel? ”

Yu Xiang looked at the two and asked, "What is a rebellion?" ”

Cao Huachun said: "Swinging the army into Beijing, is it possible that you want to be the emperor yourself, right?" ”

Yu Xiang asked: "I will not be the emperor, and I swear here, my children will not be the emperor either, I am not Sima Yi, and I don't want to be Sima Yi." ”

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Why do you want to wave your teacher into Beijing?" ”

Yu Xiang asked Lu Xiangsheng rhetorically: "Why did you fall into such a difficult situation?" After a pause, he said: "Although we are working hard, diligent and thrifty, we are valuing villains, being virtuous and virtuous, and appointing nepotism, so that a group of mediocre people are in charge of the government, and we can't appease the people internally, and we can't resist the invasion outside, the country is broken, and the people are displaced. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "We can start the emperor, presumably Banzai will definitely follow our suggestions and correct deviations in time, maybe there will be improvement." ”

Yu Xiang sighed at Lu Xiangsheng's pedantic in his heart, saying that he was naïve, he was still a famous iron-blooded general, saying that he was smart, and saying naïve things, isn't this obvious that this will make them enter Beijing to die, if they enter Beijing, they may not even be able to see the emperor's face, and they also fantasize about handing over the folds, Yu Xiang has long been prepared, in order to make Lu Xiangsheng completely dead. Yu Xiang asked Xue Li to enter the house to tell about the current situation in the capital.

Xue Li told how Chen Xinjia took the lead and was named the secretary of the military department, as well as how the people in the capital hated Yu Xiang and how the soldiers were suppressed. Combined with what he saw and heard after arriving in Anyang, he talked about his personal feelings with the so-called comparison of what he saw in the capital, and bluntly said that someone must have deliberately smeared and had ulterior motives.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know Xue Li, but Cao Huachun was very familiar with Xue Li, knew him as a person, and didn't expect Xue Li to come to Henan, Xue Li said, which shocked him, the battle of Julu, obviously Chen Xinjia saw death and did not save him, Yu Xiang took the new guard army to kill the Qing soldiers at the risk of annihilation of the whole army, and in turn was stolen as a military merit, not only that, but also smeared Yu Xiang, his intentions can be described as extremely sinister.

Cao Huachun lamented, although he was loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, but he still knew very well about some of his shortcomings, Chongzhen was suspicious and suspicious, stubborn and self-serving, nepotism, jealousy and jealousy, which led to the chaos of the Ming Dynasty.

Through what he saw and heard in Henan, Cao Huachun felt that Yu Xiang was honest and promising, but he didn't expect to be treated like this. After he had made up his mind, he said, "Since the Governor has made up his mind, I can't say anything more, will it hurt Banzai?" ”

Yu Xiang said: "This time on the side of the Qing monarch, I didn't mean to hurt Wan Sui, but the artillery fire is ruthless, I can't guarantee whether he will be injured by mistake, if he stays in the palace, I guarantee that he will be fine." ”

Cao Huachun said: "With the governor's words, I am relieved, I ask to go back to the capital, long live, if you can quell a war, it is also a blessing for all the people, the luck of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know if the governor can fulfill me?" ”

Yu Xiang looked at Cao Huachun and was very moved, but he was worried about his safety, how could those people with ulterior motives in the capital give him the opportunity to see the emperor, so he said: "Lord Cao, since they can tell such a big lie, they will definitely take strict precautions, and they will not give you the opportunity to meet Long live, therefore, it may be dangerous to go here, and if you are not careful, your life may not be guaranteed." ”

Cao Huachun was mentally prepared, and said emotionally: "My old life, I have lived enough to live until now, if I can see the saint, persuade the saint to know the truth, I may lose many innocent lives, my old life, even if I was beheaded by them, it is worth it." Even if it is to go to the soup and fire, the old body will not hesitate. ”

After hearing this, Yu Xiang was very moved, and immediately invited Mu Renqing, Kongkongdao and martial saint Ai Lianchi to escort Cao Huachun, and also brought many martial arts masters, dressed in disguise, escorted Cao Huachun, and set off for the capital on the same day.

Yu Xiang then asked the Red Lady to lead the troops to defend Luoyang, Liu Xiangyi to lead the troops to guard Pingdingshan, and Shengying to lead the troops to defend Anyang. 80,000 troops, Yu Xiang personally served as the general, Liu Guoneng served as the deputy commander-in-chief, just waiting to be ready, the Northern Expedition to Beijing.

The news of the Northern Expedition of the New Guard Army was transmitted like a storm, Chongzhen got an urgent report, what he was worried about really happened, and hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures, and discussed for a few days, no one was willing to lead troops to fight against expectations, Chen Xinjia knew that the New Guards were powerful, and even the Qing soldiers could run away, which showed its strength. Therefore, if you don't say a word, no matter how much you persuade, you don't want to lead troops to resist.

Once the courtiers encountered this kind of hard stubble, they had no idea, they were noisy, and they didn't know what to do. Usually they fight with each other, but once they really lead the troops to fight, they all become cowards.

Later, Yang Sichang came out to ask for battle, to tell the truth, he was very talented in military command, and he thought that the number of the New Guards was not large, and the imperial army had an advantage in numbers, and the probability of winning this battle was very high, after all, Yu Xiang led the troops to fight in a bad name, and his words were not good, and the division was nameless, and he thought that the New Guards would be resisted along the way.

Emperor Chongzhen had great trust in Yang Sichang, appointed Yang Sichang as the general of the Governor of the World Army and Horses, mobilized Xuan Dabing, the capital escort troops, and also mobilized a total of 100,000 troops and horses from Ningyuan, Hebei and other places, and increased the salary by 2 million taels to deal with the Northern Expedition of the New Guard.

Huang Taiji got the information, he was extremely excited, and hurriedly and carefully deployed, just waiting for the Ming civil strife together, both defeated, seize the opportunity, and win with one blow. Huang Taiji personally mobilized, and the Qing Dynasty went up and down, vigorously fighting and sharpening knives, and being murderous.

Zuo Liangyu's slow move was beyond everyone's expectations, Zuo Liangyu wrote three times, saying that he was busy with the bandits and couldn't get out of his way, and applied for an extension to Henan, not only did not step into Henan's territory half a step, but took the initiative to take charge of the security of the surrounding provinces of Henan, in case soldiers from the southern provinces came to raid the nest of the new guards.

Yu Xiang was deeply surprised by Zuo Liangyu's move, he had a bad impression of him before, thinking that he had a fierce strategy, but he didn't expect him to secretly support the Northern Expedition of the New Guard, Zuo Liangyu did not immediately express which side he stood on, in a neutral state, it seemed that he was watching the tiger fight across the mountain, whoever can win this war, he will support which side, and also drew the competition venue, just like two people competing in martial arts, he is responsible for the periphery, not letting others make trouble. It seems that Zuo Liangyu is really the lord who is not afraid of heaven and earth, thinking of Zuo Liangyu in history who also raised troops on the side of the Qing monarch, Yu Xiang felt that the notorious Zuo Liangyu in history was actually a bosom friend, and he supported Yu Xiang in a disguised way.

Xiong Wencan, who was in Shaanxi, was very easy to suppress the bandits, but he did not adopt the strategy of chasing and fighting fiercely, but adopted a policy of appeasement for the peasant army, and many units of the peasant army were appeased, but Li Zicheng always refused to accept the appeasement, but in the situation of guerrilla warfare, he ran in all directions, and attacked from time to time, which made Xiong Wencan very passive, and he did not dare to be careless at all, and was in a wait-and-see attitude towards Henan's entry into Beijing and Qingjun.

Yes, in the south of Henan, there is Zuo Liangyu's guard. The west was guarded by Xiong Wencan, and the north was guarded by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and these people made a place in the middle to let the 80,000 new guards fight a decisive battle with the 100,000 regular army of the imperial court.

These generals who are bringing troops outside are all in a very wonderful mood to watch the excitement, they hate the mediocrity and incompetence of the imperial court, but no one dares to stand up against it, everyone wants to see what Yu Xiang does, and they all have the meaning of watching the tiger fight from the other mountain.