Zhu Yujiao's originally ruddy face turned pale in an instant. "Husband, Brother Yue, what's going on?"

Cao Yue also roughly told Zhu Yujiao about the current situation, and Zhu Yujiao listened to what Cao Yue said, her pretty face became even whiter, and tears couldn't help but fall from her eyes.

"Husband, then you should lead the army north to King Qin as soon as possible, you must find a way to rescue your father and mother, as well as the crown prince and King Ding, and your concubine, they are all the closest people to Jiao'er," Zhu Yujiao said, throwing herself into Cao Yue's arms, tears rolling down, sobbing and continuing: "Jiao'er doesn't want her father and mother to suffer, and she doesn't want the prince's brother and Jiong'er's younger brother to be in trouble, and her concubine is in trouble. ”

The concubine is Zhu Jieyuan, who was named Princess Zhaoren, and was also born to Queen Zhou, who is only six years old this year, and Zhu Yuanjiao's favorite is also this young sister.

Cao Yue hugged Zhu Yujiao in his arms, stroked her head and comforted: "Don't cry, don't worry, your husband is the most heroic general in the world, and he will definitely be able to rescue your father, mother, and your younger siblings!"

"Husband, Jiao'er is very afraid!" Zhu Yujiao hugged Cao Yue tightly and cried very sadly: "I know, things must be very critical, otherwise you wouldn't have said that!"

"Yes, the situation is very critical," Cao Yue didn't intend to hide it, and told Zhu Yujiao some truths, "Jiao'er, some things are not hidden from you as a husband." In fact, the situation was already very critical, and I asked the imperial court to lead the army to conquer Henan and Shaanxi, but your father did not agree, so I have been training in Nanjing, and the new army in Nanjing is not allowed to be transferred privately. Maybe he did it because he was wary of me, but he did it, and it also led to very serious consequences, that is, far water could not quench the thirst of the near. Perhaps, Liukou arrived in Beijing earlier than our Qinwang division, and I only hope that the defenders of Beijing can support it for a while. ”

"Huh?!How could my father be like this?" Zhu Yujiao couldn't help but raise her head and looked at Cao Yue in disbelief. "How could my father be wary of you?"

"Your father's suspicion is very serious, this is a secret known to everyone in the world, he doesn't trust anyone, including my son-in-law, so he relieved me of my position as the chief soldier of Datong and sent me to Nanjing to train troops. If the situation were not critical, after the Nanjing New Army began to take shape, he would have relieved me of my military duties again, thrown me elsewhere, and let other generals lead the Nanjing New Army!"

In order to make Zhu Yujiao mentally prepared for some things. Cao Yue had to speak ill of his father-in-law in front of his wife.

"How could my father be like this?" Zhu Yujiao was still shocked, she thought that her father trusted Cao Yue very much, so she asked him to come to Nanjing to train the army, and asked her to come with her. Unexpectedly, there was such a secret hidden behind it, after the victory of the Battle of Datong, Cao Yue no longer went to Datong to serve, and the reason behind it turned out to be like this.

"Well, don't worry. No matter what, your father is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and as a courtier, he must do his best to save him no matter what. Cao Yue picked up Zhu Yujiao's head, faced her on all sides, and said softly: "I will definitely do my best to rescue, hoping to rescue your father and mother from Beijing!"

Cao Yue's words. Zhu Yujiao was very moved, she hugged Cao Yue tightly and said emotionally: "Husband." Jiao'er thanks you, no matter what the final result is, Jiao'er will be grateful to you. You also have to be careful, you must return safely, Jiao'er and our son need you, no matter what, you must return safely, okay? ”

"Well, I promise you that you will return safely!" Cao Yue agreed very solemnly.

Cao Yue went back to his home to accompany Zhu Yujiao for one night, and after saying goodbye to his family, he never returned home.

There is a lot of preparation work to be made for the expedition, although it is said that because of the changes in the situation in the world, the Nanjing New Army has been preparing for war, but there are still many things to really go on. Cao Yue, the command system of the 100,000-strong army, must be well established, and this is the most important thing to achieve victory.

In peacetime training, Cao Yue had established his own command system and had enough guarantees to bring all the troops under his command. However, the current means of communication are very backward, and it is not easy for hundreds of thousands of troops to do a good job of coordination.

In addition, the addition of Sun Chuanting made Cao Yue unable to add a side branch system to the original command system.

Sun Chuanting should give him enough authority and provide him with sufficient auxiliary personnel.

Of course, all this is not difficult to do, and just two days later, the two sets of command team members were formed, but the people under Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting were obviously insufficient, but fortunately, it basically did not affect the operation of the command system.

Moreover, most of Sun Chuanting's subordinates are still Cao Yue's cronies, and he is not worried that this team will be abducted by Sun Chuanting.

In addition to the army, there are many important matters in the war, and the follow-up supply of military supplies such as grain and grass is something that Cao Yue attaches great importance to. During this time, he had a lot of contacts with Shi Kefa, and his relationship with this historical minister was okay, and it could even be described as sympathy. After the army was launched, Cao Yue handed over the important task of supplying grain and grass to Shi Kefa.

Gao Hongtu was there, Cao Yue had already given a few graces, and this Nanjing's household secretary now only had to obediently obey orders. Other Nanjing officials basically did not dare to brush Cao Yue's intentions, and grasped the handle caused by others, which was such a benefit.

However, Cao Yue was still not at ease, he did not know how these officials would behave after he led his army out of Nanjing. He ordered his second brother Cao Chao, as well as Chang Yanling, Guo Peimin, Zhang Shize and others, to do their best to control the situation and not let these officials in Nanjing get out of control.

Just in case, Cao Yue left 5,000 men and horses, as well as a detachment of more than 200 people from the special guard battalion, which was under the command of his second brother Cao Chao. In troubled times, the barrel of the gun is the hardest, and many things can be solved by force.

Before the army started, Cao Yue ordered the 800 sergeants of the special guard battalion to take the lead in setting off, as the vanguard of the entire army, to investigate the military situation in the front, remove obstacles, and ensure the safety of the army. The special guard battalion has been expanded to 1,800 people, and all but the 200 or so who remained in Nanjing followed the army. Now there is a detachment of 600 people around him, which he personally commands.

Prior to this, Cao Yue had already sent hundreds of sergeants from the special guard battalion to Xi'an, Kaifeng, Beijing, and Tianjinwei to investigate the military situation and establish contact points to prepare for the response. It's just that because of the inconvenience of contact, the role of these sergeants is not well reflected, but Cao Yue believes that these advance personnel will work.

The army will soon be on the march! (To be continued.) )