It stands to reason that with such a scale of expedition, King Fu, as the emperor, should personally send the army to set off anyway, but everyone in Jiazhou knows that he is just a puppet, and after this battle, Li You will be enthroned as the emperor, so no minister has made such a suggestion in the court. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And Li You is also constantly weakening King Fu's influence, how can such an opportunity to easily brush up his reputation make him play? Therefore, this grand expedition was completely presided over by him, and after worshipping heaven and earth, the god of war, Li You said loudly, "It has been several years since the northern captives captured the Beijing division, and the people of the northern land are looking forward to the king division like the hope of a long drought. ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! As soon as the words fell, the soldiers who were ready to go, the civil and military officials and the people who came to see him off were all full of enthusiasm and couldn't help shouting, wishing Li You an early victory and triumph.

"I wish Lord Taiwei an early attack on Dragon City and capture Arub." Qian Sa, the most senior among the officials, then came out and said, he has already made up his mind, now that Qian Hua's sailor has landed in Dizhou, he will definitely be able to reap countless credits in the future, and the glory and wealth of the Qian family are enough to guarantee, so there is no need for him to continue to rely on the court, and after Li You ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, he will return to his hometown and return to Qiantang to retire with peace of mind.

"I wish Lord Taiwei an early attack on Dragon City and capture Arub." Later, Yao Guangxiao, Wang Ji, Xu Guang and other important ministers who stayed behind led hundreds of civil and military officials to congratulate in unison.

"Thank you for your good words, I'm going!" Li You bowed his hand in return, then jumped on Zhu Longma and looked around at the people who came to see him off, and after saluting, he threw his cloak and turned around and ordered loudly, "The whole army is on the move!" ”

"All march!" A herald passed Li You's order to every corner of the team, and the war drums and horns played an impassioned marching song, and the team began to march on the road with neat steps.

In the distance, Zhou Nan and Zheng Yan'er reluctantly waved goodbye to Li You through the curtain in the carriage; Li Lingyue still raised her chin proudly, but her eyes were filled with a layer of fog.

There were 100,000 troops in this northern expedition, but more than half of them had already arrived in Dugi Province one step ahead, and tens of thousands of people either went north directly from Huainan Province or took ships from the port of Lingnan Province, and only 20,000 people led the march by Li You himself.

After coming out of Jiazhou, we did not go far to Jiashui Wharf, where many large ships were already waiting, and they would first arrive at Huainan Road by water, and then from there to Luo Shiji's camp; In the first stage of the Northern Expedition, Li You commanded them and Luo Shiji's soldiers and horses to exterminate Yuan Zhang first, completely destroying this northern army that penetrated deep into the Central Plains.

Before Li You arrived in Dugi Province, Luo Shiji had already started the early harassment operation under his orders, and the Jiazhou military camp became extremely busy, countless soldiers continued to enter and exit from the military camp, and kept cleaning up the ranger horses taken by the Beiyu camp opposite, and the peace between the two sides that lasted for a long time was broken.

"General, the fine work lurking in the Beiyu camp has sent a message, the grain and grass they stored in Qingyun County for transfer has been burned by the rebels, and the rear has not been able to send new grain and grass for a long time, and now there is not much grain and grass in their camp." A staff officer reported the latest news to Luo Shiji, "The people in the camp have begun to become panicked, and many soldiers have the heart to return to the north. ”

"Hmph, I've plagued the Central Plains for so long, and now I want to go back safely? How can there be such a cheap thing! Luo Shiji snorted disdainfully, "How are those new soldiers doing?" Might it be possible to adapt to the combat here? ”

The 30,000 reinforcements sent by Li You in advance have arrived in the battalion, although these recruits have undergone arduous training, but after all, they have less experience in actual combat, and they are not familiar with the combat habits of the north, so they have to continue to practice, and when they can be put into actual combat, it is the day when Luo Shiji leads the army and the opposite Beiyu to start a decisive battle.

"More than eighty percent of the soldiers who go out to sweep the rangers these days are new reinforcements, and after the initial discomfort, they have gradually become accustomed to this kind of conquest, and their gains are not much less than those of the veterans." The staff officer replied confidently, "After taking turns out of the camp to experience the battlefield, they have now adapted to the combat mode in the north, and the final adaptation training will be completed in a few days at most." ”

"Good! Keep an eye on them, and contact nearby rebels to prepare them for a decisive battle. Luo Shiji's order was transmitted to many rebels in Henan Province through the channel of the Black Ice Platform, and Shi Huaiyi and Yang Wu also received this order that had been waiting for a long time.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, after this battle, they could finally return to the army! But before that, they had to complete the last task, they found a few village owners again, and without saying a word, they first took out a few official appointments with Li You's autograph, "Congratulations to the three village masters, the official document of Lord Taiwei canonizing you has arrived, and from now on, you will be the official officials of the imperial court!" ”

Before the decisive battle, they had to be given something to boost their morale, so Hei Bingtai sent these long-awaited canonization documents by the way, Xue Kun, Jiang Qi, and Qi Yunhai saw this thing, and they were immediately excited and couldn't help themselves, snatched their share from Shi Huaiyi's hand, carefully held it in their hands and looked at it over and over again, and only after a long time did they say in an incredibly loud tone, "Let's... Shall we become officials? ”

"Hehe, you are in charge of the army in a good way and have made many meritorious achievements, Lord Taiwei is also rewarded for meritorious deeds, and the three of them don't need to be like this." Shi Huaiyi said with a smile, "In addition to the three village masters, the big and small leaders and meritorious soldiers in the village also have rewards, but they couldn't send the documents because of the poor roads, but Lord Taiwei has already led the troops north, and it won't take long to attack here, and you can accept the rewards with the village owners at that time." ”

As soon as these things were taken out, the morale of the cottage was greatly boosted, so when Shi Huaiyi said that Luo Shiji asked them to cooperate with the final decisive battle, the leaders of the nearby cottages rushed to agree; The official positions of this reward are different from high to low, and many of them are not convinced, so they regard the next battle as the last chance to reverse the situation, so will they preserve their strength?

A few days later, Luo Shiji led a large army to launch a fierce attack on the camp of the northern captives, and in their rear, countless rebels also attacked, and the flames of war spread again.