Although there was silence under Juyan City, there was a faint wind and thunder in the air, which was the call of 10,000 people before Li Xian opened his mouth, just two words: "Northern Expedition!" ”

At this time, Juyan was already the base camp of 80,000 officers and soldiers of the Yulin Army, the Dragoon Army and the attached armies of various ethnic groups, and most of the officers and soldiers were still fighting in Beihai and Tangnu Wulianghai, but there were tens of thousands of people who took turns to rest and the wounded and sick.

When Li Shi came to Juyan to meet with everyone, the officers and soldiers expressed their most fervent hearts to their emperor: Northern Expedition!

The Manchus bowed their heads, and the news of the revision of the 32 articles had spread throughout the country, and the officers and soldiers knew about it, but this gesture of the Manchus could not suppress the anger in their hearts in the slightest.

In the red tide of 10,000 people, the senior generals who carried the dragon coat of arms on their shoulders were all born in the era of the Heavenly King's Mansion, the Lang officials who carried the gold star on their shoulders were born in the founding era, and the grassroots officers who carried the silver star and bronze star grew up ten years later, and most of the soldiers were born in the Yinghua world.

The high-ranking generals defeated Kangxi in Huguang, Fujian, and Yunnan-Guizhou, and the middle-level officers defeated Yongzheng in the decisive battle of the Yangtze River.

But this was not enough, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also occupied the Central Plains and the land of Yanyun, ruling over tens of millions of Chinese compatriots. The Northern Expedition and the restoration of the homeland of China are the goals that have penetrated into the bone marrow of the Yinghua warriors, especially for the warriors from the Holy Martial Society, this is the most noble mission for them to devote themselves to the military.

The battle between Beihai and Tangnu Ulianghai and the Rakshasas was only a small situation, and the officers and soldiers had no doubt about winning the final victory, and they needed more ambitious goals.

The senior generals and old non-commissioned officers shouted the loudest, they were the old red clothes of the Tianwangfu era, and their martial arts careers were coming to an end, if they could not personally create the unification of China in their lifetime, it would be their biggest regret.

Li Shi's response was a bit strange, but the officers and soldiers would never understand it as dissatisfaction with this call, and everyone held their breath. Listen to what their emperor has to say.

"Jing Kang is ashamed, especially not bloody, and the middle stream has been hit for thousands of years...... Boys! I feel ashamed that you have nowhere to spill your blood! ”

Li Xi glanced at the red tide under his feet. When faced with the army he had created with his own hands, he had the pleasure to speak freely, and when he turned back to the conversation, he even felt that the self-proclaimed "I" was unnecessary.

"I don't have to lie with you, and I don't have to explain why I haven't regained the land, but I can guarantee that China will eventually be unified! Every drop of your blood will be shed for this. Each of your battles will make the day come faster! ”

Li Xi did not make a clear promise, but the boiling fire in the hearts of the officers and soldiers gradually precipitated, and an old non-commissioned officer from the Tianwangfu era shouted loudly: "Wherever Your Majesty's sword is pointed, we will rush to!" ”

Tens of thousands of people shouted in response, and gradually converged into one sentence: "We are the sword in the hands of His Majesty-"

Li Shi stretched out his arms, and pointed his long sword somewhere: "That is it, sons, the enemy is there!" Before the restoration of the original plains. We first ploughed the court and swept the holes, and restored the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties! ”

The tip of the sword refers to Wu Ya from the Western Regions, who came from Xi'an. The faces of the two generals Zhang Hanwan, who returned from the Beihai front, Fang Tangheng and Wang Tanghe, who returned from the Tangnu Wulianghai front, He Mengfeng from Jiangnan, Pei Mingji, Xie Dingbei, and Chen Tingzhi from Huguang, and Han Zaixing, who returned from North Korea, were filled with joy.

Behind them, a large group of major generals of the tribes such as Long Gaoshan, Gesang Dunzhu, Xiao Celing, Qinghai, Mobei, Southern Mongolia, etc., were also smiling, and Takahashi Yoshilian of the Satsuma Domain was also dressed in red, carrying the double dragon coat of arms on his shoulders, mixed in the pile of major generals. Smiling happily as if you were in the clouds. ..., what made the generals excited was the determination that Li Xian had just made, war, all-out war.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty appeased the hearts of the people with thirty-two articles, the hearts of the British and Chinese troops were still boiling, so Li Shi needed to find another target. It is not only the heart of the army, but also the war machine that warms up the Yinghua.

The Rakshasas are not a suitable opponent, at least not yet, the battles between the Tangnu Ulianghai and the Beihai are limited by supplies, and the scale is not large, and the Rakshasas have not yet made up their minds to devote the main force to the Seris for a full-scale battle for Siberia. The main force in the battle of the West is the navy, and if the navy wins, the overall victory will be won, and it will not be able to promote the army to fully warm up.

Looking around the Anglo-Chinese land border, there is only the Western Regions, and there is only the Dzungar Khanate of Galdance. Huā spent three to five years to destroy Dzungaria with the strength of the whole country, and then set out to restore the Central Plains, which was also a continuation of the earlier national policy of "moving from west to east".

Dzungaria was, after all, a powerful khanate, with millions of men and at least 100,000 near-"modern" troops. It seems a bit arrogant to destroy Dzungar in three to five years. However, in Li Xi's view, the relationship with Dzungaria was only a military duel, and other factors were less involved, and three years were a little urgent, and five years were a little late.

Li Xian's move was not a temporary idea, Luo Tangyuan's military intelligence department had been preparing for this for several years, in addition to the small Celing Department that had joined Yinghua, Dzungaria also set up a number of chess pieces, and the supply line from Xi'an also extended to Shazhou, and there was a considerable foundation on both political and military sides.

At first glance, it seems that Galdan Tse Ling has suffered an unwarranted disaster, a few years ago the two sides also joined hands to conspire with Qinghai and Mongolia, and now Yinghua has turned his face in the blink of an eye.

But Gardan Tse Zero is not completely innocent, before Liu Xingchun and Gan Fengchi took advantage of the Xi'an assassination case to doxx the Xi'an rivers and lakes, and actually fished out Gal Dan Tse's secret spy group. Galdan Ce Ling is a hero, he is wary of Yinghua, his cronies and subordinates Xiao Celing defected to Yinghua, and the big Ce Ling around him also has a good impression of Yinghua, to say that he has no mustard, so take some precautions for this, it is simply sorry for his ambition and IQ.

But he has obviously done too much, stationed in Xi'an, trying to contact Yue Zhongqi and Prince Sui, and planning to work together to defend Yinghua, which is already out of bounds. Yue Zhongqi and Prince Sui did not respond positively, obviously afraid that Yinghua would use this as a lever to be ruthless.

Galdan Tse Ling had to go further and make peace with the Rakshasas, Dzungaria's old enemies. In his opinion, the Rakshasas are still separated by a large number of Central Asian ethnic groups such as the Kazakhs, and they are too far away to enter the Western Regions, while Yinghua regards the Western Regions as a place to be contested, and his brother-in-law, Emperor Shengdao, is ambitious and expands everywhere, and will never fall behind in the Western Regions. Therefore...... The Yinghua threatened Dzungar better than the Rakshasas, and were the real enemies of life and death.

After the assassination case in Xi'an, Galdan Tse didn't care about negotiating with Yinghua. Clarifying his suspicions, he actively negotiated with the Rakshasas, and at the same time urgently prepared for war in the country, which has taken the initiative to lift the curtain of war.

Dzungaria's preparations for war had a dual purpose. If Yinghua wants the Northern Expedition. That was Dzungaria's only chance. Wait for Yinghua to kill the Manchus, and then turn back to deal with Dzungaria, Dzungaria will have no chance of winning. Therefore, by taking advantage of the Anglo-North Expedition, he stabbed him in the back and fought for a peace, and Dzungaria could survive.

If the Anglo-Chinese did not go on the Northern Expedition...... The hero sees the same thing, and Galdanze can understand it with his knees. Dzungaria will now face a catastrophe, and of course it will have to prepare even more for war.

"Western Regions! Western regions! ”

The cries of Fort Juyan continued, announcing the beginning of another great war.

When the officers and soldiers were boiling with enthusiasm, at the meeting of the front-line commander-in-chief held in Juyan Fort, the generals were also red-faced.

Fighting for who will command the army of the Western Expedition and which troops will participate in the Western Expedition, every decision will be related to the supreme glory and the interests of the mountain, even if it is a good friendship. No one is merciful. It is a consensus that Wu Ya will be the commander of this battle as the protector of the Western Regions, but under him, there will be a number of governors, whether it is a general or a military division. They all have to fight. ..., when everyone was tired of arguing, Li Xiancai said: "Although this battle is to destroy the country, it is also important to train soldiers, not only to train martial artists, but also to train the country's soldiers, so it is ......"

Glancing at the generals who were panting like oxen, Li Xian smiled slightly: "Everyone has a part in this battle. ”

Everyone is stunned, everyone has a share? What's this way of playing?

Fan Jin, the chief of military affairs of the General Headquarters, also arrived and re-approved the uniforms. Awarded the title of general, sealing the car and riding general, he raised his hand to signal, and the staff officer unfolded a huge map. On the map, two thick lines run through the Western Regions, and then several thin lines are divided. Finally, they converge in Central Asia.

Fan Jin said in a deep voice: "Build roads and forts, step by step, take turns to fight, force the activity space of Dzungaria, and force Gardance to fight with our army!" ”

This is a dignified posture to crush the enemy with absolute superiority in troops, material and financial resources, and of course, it is also the most costly option.

Zhang Hanwan frowned and said: "This means that the budget will be increased by at least twenty or thirty million per year, and the West is still fighting, where will the money come from?" ”

Fan Jin pointed to the northeast of this map of the Western Regions with a teaching whip: "Of course it's from here......"

The generals are silent, where? Manchu Qingbei. The Manchu Qing Dynasty has compensation, and it has to let the customs, even if there is no 20 million, there are always 10 million, with this half, the other half is easy to find. Thinking about the Manchu Qing Dynasty paying money and Dzungar being stabbed, everyone felt that there was a kind of smile that was so happy that they were going to be hurt internally, and they didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of the emperor, so they had to be expressionless.

Wu Ya frowned and said: "Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty is down, there are still many hidden dangers, Yue Zhongqi's force has shrunk to Tongguan, and I don't know how to deal with it......"

Fan Jin said: "That's Chen Xiang's business, the devil, you can lead the war in the Western Regions with peace of mind, and the Protectorate of the Western Regions will also move to Shazhou, and then move west in the future." ”

Chen Xiang is Chen Wance, although there is only one prime minister in the political affairs hall now, everyone is still used to calling the minister, for example, the envoy is called the prime minister, and the governor of the Privy Council is called the prime minister. Chen Wance's Imperial History of the Capital is only a part-time job, and he has been appointed as the "General Office of the North and South Affairs Bureau", a supernumerary department under the Central Court, which will coordinate the military and political affairs of the restoration of the Chinese homeland, and Yue Zhongqi's affairs have been under Chen Wance's management.

Thinking that after the destruction of Dzungaria, the battle of recovering the land will be ushered in, and the hearts of the generals are burning.

Wu Ya said again: "Thirty-two bright Manchu tails, if Yue Zhongqi still thinks he is a Han, why shouldn't he be obsessed anymore." ”

Tongguan, General Ning Yuan's line, Yue Zhongqi's bookcase is full of newspapers.

Yue Zhongqi, who is over fifty years old, has never looked old, but at this moment, he is lying on his back, buried in a chair, hiding his face with his hands, I don't know whether he is mourning for the Qing Dynasty or for himself.

In fact, ten years ago, after the defeat of Huguang, he lost his illusions about the Qing Dynasty, but he always felt that he was connected with the Qing Dynasty and righteousness, and he always inspired himself with loyalty. When Prince Sui confessed to the assassination, he also carried it out with all his might, without slackening at all.

But after the defeat of the Xi'an assassination case, the Holy Dao Emperor took the opportunity to play, and the Qing court was blown down by this wind, and Concubine Chun came to the fore and became the Empress Dowager Cichun, Qianlong was deposed, and Prince Sui was bound to Yinghua.

This is not enough to make Yue Zhongqi collapse, even if the shame listed in the thirty-two articles, and the Empress Dowager Cichun wants to stabilize the country with pillars. Continuing to linger, he felt that this was a helpless move.

But in Article 32, he Yue Zhongqi became a sinner, although this is also the price of helplessness. But when it falls on him, without a trace of resentment, then he Yue Zhongqi is not a person.

Yue Zhongqi understood that the court was also giving him a chance to make a decision by himself, whether it was to Yinghua. still hidden, and even committed suicide to be loyal, anyway, he didn't dare to force him to make any choice. After all, he still has tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, and he has been carrying them for many years, so he naturally listens to him more. forced him to make some mess and ruin the peace between the north and the south, which was by no means what the court wanted. …,

The relatives who had been promoted to the rank of Minister of War and Aircraft had previously discussed assassination with him, but now they were huddled hundreds of miles away. Waiting for himself to make a choice, he was afraid that he would be angry and stand on his own, so he sacrificed the flag.

But what should you choose? Carry the loyalty of the Qing Dynasty for a lifetime. At the last moment, it was the Qing Dynasty that forced itself to lose this loyalty?

Yue Zhongqi aimed at the waist knife and short gun on the other side of the bookcase, but it was just a death...... This was his choice, but he hesitated many times, but he never made up his mind. When a person dies, what is the name he leaves behind when he dies? Bo Yi Shuqi? Daqing is still there, and he will never give himself a plaque.

As for the Nanban......

When he was groaning, one person spoke, and Yue Zhongqi realized that someone had entered the house.

"Daddy...... The fifth uncle is here......"

It is his son Yue Jingzhong. Ten years ago, he was arrested by Yinghua, Qianlong ascended the throne, and after the North and South signed a peace agreement, he was released back, and he was fine, but his heart changed. kept asking Yue Zhongqi to go south, Yue Zhongqi ignored it, but he was reluctant to punish his son, so he always took it with him.

Thinking about it at this time, maybe the assassination case in Xi'an was still the wind of his son to the south, but Yue Zhongqi couldn't afford to be held accountable, so he only blamed himself for not acting secretly.

"Do you want me to call that little boy a brother? Please go back! ”

The fifth uncle in Yue Jingzhong's mouth is Yue Shenglin, the son of Yue Chaolong, and he came to Tongguan to see him in person, so he naturally wanted to surrender. In the past ten years, Yue Zhongqi and Yue Chaolong have always been face to face with each other, and it is Yue Chaolong who has forced the Shengjie army of Shangtong and the two states to dominate.

Yue Jingzhong knelt down with a pout: "Dad, even if you don't think about yourself, if you follow your tens of thousands of sons, you have to give them a place to go!" ”

Yue Zhongqi snorted coldly: "It is because of this matter that I will never go south!" The sons and daughters who followed me all had a life-and-death enmity with Nanban, and Nanban captured them, and they must be enslaved in Nanyang, rather than so, it is better to die! ”

It seems that he is also speaking his own heart, and his words are particularly resolute.

Yue Jingzhong said: "The fifth uncle said that when the time comes, these brothers can be placed in Juyan, or the Western Regions, even if there is a construction period, they are not the kind of workers and slaves in Nanyang, and they all have to divide the land." ”

Seeing Yue Zhongqi's face move slightly, Yue Jingzhong cried and begged: "Dad, they are all Han people, why bother killing each other again?"

Yue Zhongqi was surprised: "Western Regions? ”

Yue Jingzhong nodded and said, "Fifth Uncle is thorough." Wind, the Holy Dao wants to raise troops into the Western Regions and restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties! Both he and his uncle will move to the Western Regions! ”

Yue Zhongqi looked confused, restoring the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties, what a great achievement...... He felt a pain in his heart, why can't he gallop on horseback, he is also a Han Chinese.

Not only are they Han Chinese, but there are also tens of millions of Han people in the Central Plains and Yanyun Land, and the Holy Dao did not go to the homeland first, but went straight to the Western Regions.

Recalling the experience of fighting against Yinghua for more than ten years, Yue Zhongqi suddenly felt that the Holy Dao was afraid that the latter was the majority, and he didn't want the Han people to kill each other, he would rather go outside first and then inside, slowly figure it out, change people's hearts first, and then collect their land, isn't Jiangnan like this?

Comparing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the pillar theory that the court had just thrown out, Yue Zhongqi felt disgusted and disgusted, and he really wanted to die for such a court and such a country?

Yue Jingzhong was still crying, Yue Zhongqi sighed, got up and helped his son: "Let your fifth uncle come in, I want to hear it, in addition to Erlang, he wants to buy me, and what price does he bring." ”

In March of the twentieth year of the Holy Dao, Yue Zhongqi led 60,000 remnants of soldiers and more than 100,000 dependents to surrender in Tongguan, and the Holy Dao issued the "Edict on Dzungaria" in Juyanbao, saying that Dzungar was the mastermind of the assassination case in Xi'an, and would raise 500,000 troops to march west to destroy the Dzungar country.

In April, the Anglo-Qing Peace Agreement was signed in Beijing, known as the Beijing Treaty, and the original noisy tide of the Great Northern War gradually dissipated. One land and one sea, Yinghua is moving westward with the power of the whole country.

In a courtyard under the east mountain of Taihu Dongting, the old man in a wheelchair was sitting on the desk, his face was full of resentment, his pen was as sharp as a knife, and his mouth was still reading: "Dead woman!" Dead woman! ”

The sound of footsteps sounded, and it was not until he got close to him that the old man woke up, turned his head to look, and was suddenly frozen.

There were two people coming, one young and one old.

The young man was dumbfounded, trembling, and fell to his knees, hissing, "Amma......"

The old man sighed desolately, and arched his hand: "Fourth brother......"