Nanjing, the breath of the Spring Festival is still left in this bustling city, some fragments of firecrackers can be seen on the ground from time to time, and some heavily dressed children are running and playing on the street.

Li Yunzhong stood on the palace wall and looked at the antique Nanjing City, every time there was a kind of touch, the road paved with bluestone slabs, the palace built of marble, the clear and flowing river, the hall well-style houses one after another, these scenery that has long disappeared in modern times, are all built by the poor people with one hand.

Fu Luanxiang took a white coat and presented it to Li Yunzhong with both hands, and said shyly: "Your Majesty, it's cold outside." ”

Li Yunzhong took the thick cloak, tied it to his body, looked at Fu Luanxiang's thin clothes, took it off again, and draped it on her shoulders: "Why don't you take one for yourself?" Seeing Fu Luanxiang struggling, as if the big gas was poisonous, he said in his mouth: "The emperor can't do it, you are a golden body, what if you catch a cold?" ”

How could Fu Luanxiang's strength resist Li Yunzhong, after a while, Dayu was honestly draped on the beauty, Li Yunzhong took her hand and said gently: "Let's go, let's go down." ”

"En" Fu Luanxiang lowered his head, his face was slightly red, and he followed behind Li Yunzhong, looking at the little hand held by Li Yunzhong, the crimson color spread from his forehead to his chest.

Fu Luanxiang saw Li Yunzhong walking towards the backyard, and hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, Lin Daji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and others have asked to see him, and they are already waiting in the upper study. ”

Li Yunzhong laughed to himself, turned his head and walked towards the study.

"Ministers and others see the emperor!"

"No courtesy, a few Aiqing can have a military intelligence report."

Lin Daji presented a battle report to Fu Luanxiang and explained: "Your Majesty." Exultation! Jinggang victory! Li Xiucheng came to report, Chen Yucheng, commander of the New First Army. attacked Hubei and captured Li Xubin, a fierce general of the Hunan army. Annihilating more than 10,000 Hunan troops, forcing the Hunan army brigade to return to help, Li Xiucheng took the opportunity to storm the Hunan army camp, a company advanced hundreds of miles, broke more than 80 Hunan army camps, and now our army has attacked Hukou, and the siege of Jiujiang can be solved in a few days. ”

Looking at the battle situation described in detail on the fold, Li Yunzhong couldn't help but rejoice: "Okay! Chen Yu's achievements are good, and this Li Xubin is the third person in the Hunan Army. The status is second only to Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi, and this time it will be able to seriously hit the morale of the Hunan army, since the Hunan army intends to withdraw to Hubei, it seems that it is aimed at Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng let Chen Yucheng enter Henan and return to northern Anhui, can you come up with other countermeasures? ”

Zhang Suimou bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, Chen Yucheng is alone, and he has taken in many remnants of the Hui Party and Sichuan. Although the number of people has surged, but the combat effectiveness will inevitably decline, and the detour to Henan may be more than enough and not enough, if our army follows behind the Hunan army and takes advantage of the situation to attack Hubei. It can form a two-sided attack, and the odds of winning are greatly improved. ”

Yang Jinlong sneered: "I'm afraid it's not a two-sided attack, but a breakdown by each one!" The Hunan army has been operating in Hubei for a long time. Our army has no kindness to the people, and the Hunan army waits for work. Our army has a long-distance expedition, and Hubei is a vast area. The terrain is unique, and the people have long hated it for a long time because of the scourge of long hairs......"

Lin Daji saw Li Yunzhong's gloomy expression and reprimanded: "Presumptuous! How can our Han army be compared with the Taiping army. ”

Yang Jinlong suddenly woke up to the fact that this Han army was separated from the long hair, bowed his head and gasped, and secretly said How could Meng Lang be like this today, for the sake of the Hunan army, he would not lose his future.

Li Yunzhong calmed his anger, and understood in his heart that these scholars were very anxious for the Northern Expedition to Youyan, and they couldn't wait to get rid of the identity of rebellious thieves, and the best way was to capture Beijing and obtain an orthodox status, so that they could not only show up justifiably, but also position their opponents as traitors and rebels, and persuade them to surrender and conquer in an open and honest manner.

Yang Kailin saw that the emperor was not angry, and boldly admonished: "Now the Hunan army is frightened, and it will inevitably collapse after retreating to Hubei, as long as our army sends a part to stick to Jiujiang, the rest of the soldiers and horses can go on a northern expedition, the emperor of Manchuria is unpopular, the people of the north are looking forward to the king's division, Henan, Shandong, and Hebei green camps are not enough, and our army can come to the city of Beijing in less than three months, and the emperor is invited to send troops to the northern expedition." ”

Yang Kailin was in a stirring mood, and couldn't help crying, he was a Shaanxi personnel scholar, risking the danger of raiding his family and exterminating the clan to join the Han Dynasty, although he was in a high position, he was always worried about his family and friends, and he was afraid that the Qing army would investigate his details and slaughter his family and friends.

Yang Jinlong also admonished: "The Northern Expedition is a move to conform to the public opinion of the heavens, and the emperor thinks twice." ”

The emperors of all dynasties were eager to attack the enemy's capital as soon as possible, why did the emperor always push back, Yang Jinlong and his friends couldn't figure it out, so they had to try their best to advise.

Li Yunzhong took a deep breath, closed his eyes and thought about it, even if the Northern Expeditionary Army could not defeat Beijing, it would not be wiped out like history, thought for a long time, and said: "Tomorrow the Northern Expedition will be discussed!" ”

Yang Jinlong and others quickly spread the news of the Northern Expedition, and the scholars all celebrated with their crowns, celebrating that they were about to get rid of their rebellious identity, the camp composed of scribes was already a behemoth, and the Gui family did not dare to offend easily, so they could only acquiesce in the development of the situation.

The court, all the officials have arrived, the wide hall of the Chaoyang Palace, full of more than 100 officials of more than six grades, some officials are pale, it is obvious that the expression of the initial recovery from a serious illness, the officials who are on leave at home are also struggling to come to the Chaoyang Palace, they do not want to miss this moment that determines history, if you are lucky, you can make a statement that will be recorded in history, and it will be famous for a hundred years.

"The ministers see the emperor, may the emperor live long live, long live, long live!" The loud voice refracted back and forth in the Chaoyang Palace, and the aftermath lingered for a long time.

Li Yunzhong resisted the urge to cover his ears, and said with a sneer: "Today is unusual, is everyone's enthusiasm very high?" ”

Lu Jianying glanced at the court officials who recorded Li Yunzhong's words in the book, and a few black lines appeared on his head, afraid that the emperor would say something amazing, so he hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, this is the first big court meeting of the New Year, of course we are excited, congratulations to the emperor, last year our army was invincible, the territory has doubled, according to this development, next year we can dominate the world." ”

"Please send troops to the Northern Expedition and dominate the world!" The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty seemed to be rehearsing, and they all bowed down and asked for their lives.

"Accurate!" Li Yunzhong also saw the court officials who were struggling to write a book on the side, and his voice immediately became majestic.

Li Yunzhong looked at Lin Daji in the front row again and asked, "Does the military department have a good plan?" ”

Lin Daji stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War and the General Staff Department have drawn up a plan for sending troops, please take a look at it." (To be continued......)