At first Yu Xiang was reluctant at all, worried that after putting himself on the shrine, he would not be able to come down, and he could not withstand Li Yan's persuasion in turn, considering that the people would reduce the suffering of the war, and finally agreed to launch a public opinion war.

As soon as the story of the Emperor of Heaven giving the unicorn came out, it was immediately widely spread among the people. Legend has it that Yu Xiang was working in the study that day, and suddenly felt in a trance, and a person appeared in front of him inexplicably, this person claimed to be the Jade Emperor, saying that he could not bear the misery of the world, so he specially appointed Yu Xiang as the Qilin official and entered the king of Beijing. Yu Xiang woke up suddenly, thinking it was a dream, but there was a jade unicorn on the desk, which was exactly the same as what he saw in the dream, and this jade unicorn was antique and exquisitely carved, and it was not an ordinary thing at first glance. Yu Xiang's guards all said that they saw a vision on that day, and there was an auspicious colorful light, from the roof of the study, straight into the sky, all of them said categorically, with noses and eyes, and the listeners believed it.

In addition to a few core figures who planned this matter, even all the soldiers of the New Guard Army thought that this matter was true, and there was no doubt that they all felt that Yu Xiang was extraordinary in their hearts, and that he was descended from heaven to earth, so that they felt that they were the teachers of justice, and this kind of heroism complex inspired the morale and fighting spirit of the New Guard, and they were all proud of being the New Guard, and swore allegiance to the death.

Yu Xiang changed the flag of the Northern Expedition from the blue sky and white clouds on a red background to the unicorn pattern flag on a yellow background, and named the Northern Expeditionary Army the Qilin Army.

This move has received extremely good results, the people at that time are very superstitious, see this story told with nose and eyes, all believe it is true, and the folk all think that the unicorn is a beast, do not hurt the living beings. With this story as a foreshadowing, the common people have a good impression of the Qilin Army, and they all think that Yu Xiangtian has given divine will to liberate the suffering people, and he is an extraordinary person. So in all parts of Henan, although Yu Xiang is not allowed to worship himself, but there are still many families secretly worship Yu Xiang to pray for blessings, and now there is this myth and legend, which proves that Yu Xiang is a god rather than a person, and there are more people who worship Yu Xiang, the old man worships for blessings, businessmen worship for wealth, and officials worship for job hunting. Even his father-in-law, Governor Chen, almost worshipped it, but later thought that it was his son-in-law, so he gave up.

When the news reached the neighboring provinces, the common people believed that the Qilin Army was a righteous army.

From the seventh day of the seventh month of July, the Qilin Army held a grand ceremony to sacrifice the jade unicorn, and Yu Xiang bathed and changed clothes, abstained from alcohol and meat, and showed extreme piety. The purpose of these rituals is to show the world an attitude, and to make a fake show. If you do more, you will continue to make others believe it, and even you will believe it yourself. The founding emperor who was not murderous, full of blood, all of them were executioners, and later, all of them were divine kings and became saviors, which is not clear whether it is to create public opinion, so that the later little emperors really thought that they were gods rather than people.

The sacrificial ceremony was carried out until the tenth day of the seventh month, Yu Xiang waved the Northern Expedition, commanded 80,000 troops, mighty, and the military flag covered the sky and the sun, boundless. The sword points to the capital. At the same time, it was announced to the world: bad luck, disasters and famines, foreign invasions, but now the saint is bewitched by traitorous ministers, blinded by the holy eyes, pro-villains, and distant virtuous ministers, resulting in chaos in the court and poor livelihood of the people. Yu Xiang, the governor of Henan, was entrusted by the Emperor of Heaven to enter the king of Beijing Qin, and was on the side of the Qing monarch, and he was also bright and bright.

In this Northern Expedition, Yu Xiang made a very bad plan, and almost exhausted all the manpower and financial resources in Henan, using 200 red-coated cannons, 2,000 tiger squat cannons, and fire. There were 20,000 guns, 80,000 soldiers, and about 30,000 of them were really effective and had undergone short-term training, and the other 50,000 were basically recruited temporarily.

Yu Xiang hopes that this battle can be resolved quickly, and the time cannot be dragged on too long, otherwise, the land of China will be a hell on earth.

Much to Yu Xiang's surprise, Fu Wang Zhu Changxun actually donated five million taels of silver for the first time to support the Northern Expedition, Fu Wang hopes that the Northern Expedition will be victorious, through contact with Yu Xiang, produce strong confidence, of course, Fu Wang has his own plans, Yu Xiang is said on various occasions to be the king of Qin, not to be the king, with his understanding of Yu Xiang, Yu Xiang has always been a word counts, if Chongzhen dies in the war, maybe he can become the emperor. Therefore, he made a generous move, and donated 5 million taels at once, and with his example, people from all walks of life in Henan donated one after another, and soon, the donation amount reached 10 million taels. Yu Xiang put all these donations into the Hero Fund, and set up a wartime fund management committee to be responsible for the disposal of these funds, even during the special period of the war, Yu Xiang did not forget to standardize the operation of the fund, so as not to lose the trust of the people.

Compared with the imperial army, the Qilin army is rich in materials, advanced weapons, and popular favors. The 100,000 troops of the imperial court were only 2 million taels of silver, and the ministers of the court and the central government all verbally supported it, but secretly with their own small calculations, they did not see anyone take out real money and silver to actually support the imperial army. They have this heart, but they don't have the courage, they are afraid of settling accounts after the autumn.

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As soon as the army came out of Anyang, the situation was beyond everyone's expectations, although there was an optimistic prediction of the situation, but the reality was too optimistic, everywhere it went, not only did not meet resistance, but everywhere was welcomed, Linzhang County, Cheng'an County, Handan County ordered to open the city gate early, personally welcome Yu Xiang into the city.

The first thing Yu Xiang considered when he entered the city was how to develop production, because there was zero resistance, zero casualties, and zero damage, so there was no need to consider the post-war reconstruction at all.

Everywhere Yu Xiang went, the first thing he did was to promulgate the wartime amnesty law and the wartime special law, so that the original old bureaucrats could relax their minds, quickly restore local order, and avoid causing panic, and then the local defenders were withdrawn and expanded into the army, and the soldiers were transferred from the army into the county seat, and the original officials were transferred to other places, such as the Handan County Order to be transferred to Cheng'an County, which was conducive to improving the local political ecology. These county magistrates, not only were not punished, but they washed away their past crimes, but they are very clear about the laws of Henan, if they commit it again, then they will be punished heavily, they are cautious, diligent and thrifty, and dare not make any mistakes again, the only thing they have to do is to do their best to govern the local area well, otherwise, they will be punished for several crimes, and their heads will not be protected. Therefore, wherever the Qilin Army went, the local political environment was immediately improved, the people received timely assistance, and production was quickly restored. Everyone felt that this was the blessing of the Qilin, and many people worshiped the Qilin, and this worship soon swept across Hebei, slowly forming a belief in the local area, which has not changed for hundreds of years.

The garrison of Guangping Mansion Shi Renjie admired Yu Xiang for a long time, there was no chance to defect before, this opportunity was rare, convened his subordinates to discuss the matter of meeting the Qilin Army, was trusted by the Guangping prefect, with a few cronies, hurriedly fled, when Shi Renjie led the troops to surround the prefect's yamen, the prefect had already fled, Shi Renjie had to tie up all his family, personally welcomed Yu Xiang into the city.

Guangping Mansion is the front line of the imperial court to balance Yu Xiang, the entire Guangping Mansion has 20,000 soldiers, these soldiers have not been paid for several months, all of them are envious of the Qilin Army, and now they are included in the Qilin Army, Yu Xiang immediately announced that they are a member of the Qilin Army, and according to the standard of the Qilin Army, three months' military salary is issued, and the soldiers cheered. The morale was immediately raised, and the spirit of the entire army was completely renewed.

According to the old rules, Yu Xiang reorganized the Guangping Army and ordered Lu Xiang to be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Guangping Army.

So far, the Qilin Army has not wasted a single shot or bullet, unimpeded, and everywhere the Qilin Army goes, it carries out reforms, develops production, and relieves the poor, so that the local officialdom is immediately blown into a breath of fresh air, and the people are extremely welcome. They organized themselves spontaneously, either pushing or carrying them, leading cattle and horses, and volunteering for the army. Yu Xiang is worried about heat stroke in the hot weather, and stipulates that he will rest at noon, and only come out in the early morning and evening, and pay wages for logistics personnel, many people do not want to be paid, this kind of inspiration is for me, I am for everyone's feelings, so that Yu Xiang is very moved, and secretly determined that in the future, the world will be peaceful, and we must have a heart of awe to protect the simple heroism of the people.

In the love for Yu Xiang to lead the Qilin Army, there are many folk songs among the people, including: The Jade Emperor is coming, the gods are descending, Kaicheng is ushering in the Qilin Army, and the Qilin is coming to send Ruixiang.

The song spread to the capital, which made the Manchu civil and military extremely panicked. It was a big surprise to everyone, especially in Guangping Mansion, where the imperial court was heavily guarded and strengthened the city defenses many times, so it stands to reason that it would be necessary to resist for a while, but the Qilin army did not spend a single shot and shot and easily took the city.

Chongzhen had a calm face, and in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, the Guangping prefect was sentenced to Ling Chi, which is killing chickens and scaring monkeys, and everyone understands it.

The prefect of Guangping was immediately executed by Ling Chi, and many people in the capital transferred their hatred for Yu Xiang to this prefect of Guangping, and grabbed his meat and ate it.

In fact, the common people are very simple, the power of public opinion is indeed great, people's behavior is controlled by the will, public opinion is a tool to control the will, at first Li Yan said to Yu Xiang that the emperor gave the unicorn strategy, Yu Xiang was very reluctant, because this is undoubtedly a lie to the people, with this lie, in the future will be used countless lies to round, it is likely to have an impact on the entire future politics, but Li Yan does not give up, repeatedly state the benefits, which will reduce a large number of casualties, from the perspective of the common people suffering from war, Yu Xiang finally accepted Li Yan's suggestion, but Yu Xiang made up his mind to eliminate the impact of this lie in the future, but fortunately, Yu Xiang did not establish himself as a god, so later, he didn't have to spend so much effort to fulfill the lie, but the people did everything possible to hope that Yu Xiang was a god, and this story was not often used to prove it.

To Yu Xiang's surprise, the prefect of Jinan Prefecture took the initiative to come to surrender, and Yu Xiang's Qilin army actually subdued most of Shandong without encountering obstacles, because Jinan Mansion is the capital of Shandong, and the surrender of Jinan means that the war in Shandong has basically subsided, and Yu Xiang sent Lu Weiqi to serve as the governor of Shandong, and sent Shengying and Li Gang to assist in his work. Shandong, soon restored calm, Yu Xiang sent Zhen Jiujiang to serve as the history of Shandong fishery, Shandong by the sea, the development of fisheries, more importantly, Yu Xiang to start the development of the navigation industry. The nautical industry is where the future of Daming lies.

So far, most of Hebei and Shandong were occupied by the Henan Qilin Army without a single shot, in response to that sentence, water can carry a boat can also overturn a boat, the people's hearts are invincible, the harsh rule can only rule the body of the people, but can not rule the hearts of the people, once the time is ripe, the people will burst out of huge power, this power, overwhelming, awe-inspiring.