As soon as Xie Zhaorong opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Yue. He was lying on his side next to her, with one hand on his back, with a strange expression and a slight frown on his brow.

Seeing her open her eyes, he didn't speak, just looked at her quietly.

Xie Zhaorong reacted for a while, looked around, and tears fell without warning.

She's alive.

I can't tell whether it's sad or happy.

It turned out that she really had a big dream.

In the dream, Yuan Ke died, and the pain that pierced his heart was still there.

Xiao Yue stretched out his index finger, rubbed it on her cheek, looked at the tears on his fingertips, and said lightly, "Could it be that you also dreamed that Yuan Ke died?" ”

Her body shook, her hands were hidden in the brocade quilt, clenched tightly, and she couldn't help but tremble.

That's the man! He killed Yuan Ke!

She couldn't help herself in pain, she wanted to accuse, she wanted to question, she wanted to cry.

But she just looked at him in silence.

Xiao Yue frowned and pinched her chin, "Don't look at me like that." ”

Her heart was hot, and a mouthful of blood spat on his chest without warning, and immediately dyed his white shirt bright red.

Xiao Yue looked down at her chest, and then raised her eyes, her pale bloodless lips were red, and the blood was still dripping down the corners of her lips, blooming one by one on her concubine-colored clothes.

Xiao Yue wiped the blood from the corners of her lips with her fingertips, and said calmly, "It seems that your illness is not cured." ”

Xie Zhaorong didn't look over, and didn't want him to touch him, "How long have I been asleep?" ”

"Nineteen days."

She nodded, "I'm dying." ”

A trace of pain appeared in Xiao Yue's eyes, and it was fleeting, "I have my own way to keep you alive." ”

She shook her head, smiled weakly, and her heart was like ashes, "What are you clinging to?" ”

Hearing her ask, he was patient and persuasive, "What am I obsessed with, don't you know?" ”

Seeing that she didn't speak, Xiao Yue changed the subject, "The day after tomorrow, the Northern Expedition army will go out, and you will accompany you." ”

Xie Zhaorong was shocked, looking incredulous.

Xiao Yue said, "I personally led the Northern Expedition. ”

After speaking, she got up, and when she left, she didn't forget to tuck the corners of the quilt for her.

She was left alone in the empty dormitory.

He wants to go on a personal expedition?

We just lost the battle last year, and we have to raise troops this year, even if the division is famous, what a heavy burden it should be for the country!

Yuan Ke had a hard time in the north, wars, floods, and sinicization, all of which made him unable to sleep.

Now Xiao Yue's northern expedition is tantamount to adding insult to injury.

Xiao Yue personally commanded the Northern Expedition, which means that this is a large-scale war, and I am afraid it will be protracted.

Can Yuan Ke stop it?

She hoped for the victory of her country and the Northern Dynasty to resist, but she couldn't tell where her heart was.

Can you still persuade Xiao Yue?

No.

She was in pain, anxious, restless, and could not do anything.

As anxious as Xie Zhaorong was the people of the Chengtian Palace.

They had been in the temple day and night for three days, their lips were dry, and as soon as they sat down on the bench, they got up and walked around impatiently, sighing.

When the saint returned to the palace a few days ago, he suddenly announced the Northern Expedition, and everyone was shocked and opposed.

Even Lu Xiuyi, who had always supported Xiao Yue, frowned, and thought twice about His Majesty.

Soldiers, ominous weapons, things or evil, so those who have the Tao are not placed.

The biggest problem that plagued the Southern Dynasties was grain and grass. As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first.

The grain and grass transportation line of the Southern Dynasty was too long.

Even if the king of Jiangxia is pulled out and Yongzhou is included in the direct management of the imperial court, it is still enough to choke.

In the army of the Southern Dynasties, five people were one army, five soldiers were one tael, five taels were one pawn, five pawns were one brigade, five brigades were one division, and five divisions were one army. At the time of conscription, each of the five families sent a man, and a total of five people were sent to each other, which happened to form a team, and no matter what they did, these five people were always divided together.

I just recruited soldiers last year, and I am afraid that the people's resentment will boil over this year.

The country now needs to recuperate, and a large-scale war will do no good.

Li Zhen, Chen Nanxing, Cui Shaoqun and others bluntly objected, and the raising of troops in August was not good for the country, so please be cautious.

The saint has been too nonsense recently, leaving state affairs to the prince and not talking about them, and talking about the scriptures every day in Tonghua Temple, ignoring political affairs.

Only more than half a month, the Jokhang Buddha Temple has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, rising from the ground, vigorous, the golden temple and the Lingtai are higher than the Lingtai, and the wide hall is more prosperous than the house.

The prince admonished him, but the saint actually reprimanded him for not doing his job.

What is the prince's business? It's the prison state.

The prison of the country was imprisoned to the Son of Heaven, and sure enough...... Not doing business.

The Holy Lord announced the Northern Expedition in the Chengtian Temple, please arrange it within 15 days, and then there will be no one again, leaving only everyone in a daze.

Everyone had no choice but to turn their prayerful eyes to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was long and jade.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked around at everyone and slapped the board, let's go our separate ways.

Tut.

The 200,000-strong army was ready to go, and the lineup was mighty, and they left the city gate and headed north.

The Northern Expedition was in the seventeenth year of the Taiqing Dynasty, Emperor Zhaowu drove the expedition in person, the third son Xiao Zhengzhi was the left general, Chen Nanxing was the right general, and the two of them each held half of the tiger talisman to transfer troops.

The Holy Lord entrusted the third prince with a heavy responsibility, which everyone did not expect.

The third prince has never led a soldier, and once he leads a soldier, it is such a heavy responsibility, which shows the recognition of his ability by the saint.

The young man was in high spirits, and he was very energetic when he straddled the horse, looking at the north, and his face was determined to win.

Concubine Chen's army made everyone have another bitter admonition, knowing that the saint would not listen, and the procedure that everyone should go through is still gone, after all, it is their job to advise the king.

The Southern Dynasty is swampy, and the Son of Heaven let the Ministry of Engineering cast twelve swords before leaving, like the four seasons, and cast it in the great river and Daze, Yongzhen River and Sea.

Regardless of whether it is useful or not, everyone is much more down-to-earth, and the people are even more down-to-earth, even if the saint does not sit in the capital, all the people feel that they have something to rely on.

Xiao Yue is extremely good at doing this kind of thing.

So outside the city gate, the kings and ministers drank goodbye, and the army set out to fight.

On August 21, under the command of Xiao Yue, the Northern Expeditionary Army made a lightning attack, cut off the outlet of the Qingshan Gorge in Dingjiang, and unexpectedly flooded the Northern Dynasty.

Two days later, Pingjing Erzhou was again in the hands of the Southern Dynasty.

The morale of the Northern Expeditionary Army was greatly boosted, Xiao Yue did not chase and fight, and immediately sent Chen Nanxing to the east, crossed the Yunling Pass, built a weir and attacked again, and rushed to the Northern Dynasty, and quickly won Suzhou Yangzhou.

The Southern Dynasty has always stationed heavy troops in Dingzhou, and every time it attacks, it is also a fierce attack on Yunling Pass, and it is lucky, if it is broken, it can go straight to the hinterland of the Northern Dynasty.

Attacking the Northern Dynasty from Yunling Pass is indeed the most direct and fastest way, which is easy to say and difficult to do.

Xiao Yue's two wings were outflanked, two-way encroachment, and the other party was caught off guard, once again showing his outstanding military talent and leadership talent, and the first battle of the Northern Expedition was also known as the 821st victory, becoming a typical case in later generations.

The war is divided into encounters, sieges, and water battles, and you have to ask which one has the greatest casualties, water battles first, siege battles second, and encounters third.

Xiao Yue is very good at water warfare.

The Northern Dynasties mourned all over the wilderness and suffered heavy losses.

In the Jingzhou military tent.

Xue Mengzhuo was prostrate on the ground, trembling, and his heart jumped up and down.

Xiao Yue didn't pay attention to him, as if he didn't see it, and only asked Ren Suming, "Can you find the incense of death?" ”