Li You announced his decision to drive the expedition in the court, and the courtiers naturally persuaded each other, but he had already made up his mind and obtained the approval of Yao Guangxiao and other important ministers, so the opposition of these people did not cause him much trouble, and the court began to get busy, and all the yamen were preparing for this expedition. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

A month later, all preparations were ready, and the soldiers mobilized from all over the country entered the camp on the outskirts of Beijing and were stationed in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and under the leadership of Zhou Bofu, they underwent the final adaptation training. On the canal, there was a continuous stream of ships transporting grain, ordnance and other materials, and Shi Huaiyi led a baggage team to sort and ship these materials, ready to set off at any time.

The Black Ice Platform also sent a steady stream of news about the Kannai Dao, and of course, the contributions of those monks and Taoists were not missed. In addition to investigating various news, they also frequently haunted the camps of various tribal dignitaries, hoping to use their own strength to alleviate the resistance that some large armies would face during the Northern Expedition.

As soon as the auspicious day of the zodiac favored by the Qin Heavenly Supervisor arrived, Li You, who had changed into a military uniform, immediately worshipped the heaven and earth and the god of war, Chiyou, under the attention of the courtiers and the people in Beijing, and slowly drove to the north with an army of 150,000. Different from the scene when Li Gui went out on an expedition last time, this time, whether it was the ministers of the court or the people who came to send him off, they did not have any doubts about Li You's defeat of Arubu, and the question they discussed was only how long Arubu's resistance could last.

Such a major military operation, of course, could not hide from Arub, who was guarding Dragon City, and he immediately convened his ministers to discuss countermeasures, he pretended to be disdainful and said, "The 150,000 army wants to attack Dragon City, and this Li You also underestimates my warriors in Mobei." ”

"Your Majesty is wise, Li You's move is to hit a stone with an egg, and he will definitely follow in the footsteps of Li Gui and be easily defeated by the Han." The ministers echoed the voice, but they didn't think so in their hearts, last time Li You defeated the 300,000 soldiers and horses led by Arub himself with a mere 100,000 troops, this time he led the 150,000 troops to the north, and there were only more than 200,000 soldiers and horses left in the Guannai Road, I'm afraid that even if there is a defense of the city wall, it can't stop them, right?

And the last time Li Gui drove the expedition in person, it was the national teacher Yuan Zhang who led the army, and there were countless wealthy families of the Great Wei Dynasty and important people in the court who dragged Li Gui back to have that big victory, and now Yuan Zhang has died in Henan Province, Yang Jiefu and others have long since died, and now the Jia Dynasty has no important ministers who are willing to help Arubu, what else can he do to resist the other party's attack?

Besides, even if this Li You didn't suffer much in Li Gui's royal expedition last time? Only led 20,000 remnants of soldiers to block the 100,000 army of the national teacher Yuan Zhang, and finally successfully broke through the encirclement and brought Li Gui back to the capital, which now his soldiers and horses have reached 100,000, how can he lose?

In addition to Arubu's descendants, the courtiers in the palace have already begun to think about the way back, and those nobles from the Mobei tribes pondered, should they immediately learn from the previous Pusu Department and Xue Hao to take the lead in escaping to preserve their strength when the situation is unfavorable? Anyway, in their opinion, the people of the Central Plains in the south have no way to directly rule the Mobei grassland, as long as they escape this catastrophe and after decades of recuperation, they may not be able to surpass today's Arub.

And those former Great Wei officials who surrendered to Arubu were much more worried, it has only been a few years, why did the Great Yuan, which seemed extremely powerful before, weaken like this? They deeply regretted why they were not resolute in the first place, if they surrendered to Li You again, they didn't know if they would accept it? It's certainly not okay to go empty-handed, but what about bringing a gift? For example, the military intelligence of the Northern Captives? For example, the head of a certain northern dignitary? Or is it a city?

"Your Majesty, now the only way to do this is to quickly contact the Hedong Province and let them lead the army south to attack the Jia Dynasty, so that Li You cannot attack my Dayuan with all his strength, so that the best policy is this." Boyan stood up again and picked up his strategy of contacting the tribes of Hedong Province, he did not give up this plan after the early setback last time, and strengthened the ties with the rest of the tribes, but he was also moved by him.

"Hmph, now that Li You has led his army north, Luo Shiji and Qian Hua are still blocking the south of Hedong Road with a large group of men, just because those guys in Hedong Road also want to break through Luo Shiji's defense?" Arubu is obviously not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of these people, but he has no better way, so he can only let Boyan try it, "But now is the time to employ people, and I can't take care of so much, you can bring some gifts to Hedong Road for a walk!" ”

For a while, these guys couldn't come up with any good solutions, so Arub could only gather soldiers and horses from all over the country, and stepped up the looting of military supplies such as grain and grass......

Soon after, this news also reached the ears of those Great Wei captives who seemed to have been forgotten, Li Chong now has little energy to scold Li You for ascending the throne and usurping the throne, anyway, this is not the first time, didn't King Fu, King Yue, King Qi and King Shu do the same thing before? On the contrary, the treatment of King Yue and King Fu made him a little moved, maybe if he fell into the hands of the Jiazhou army, would he be able to make an arrangement like them to be idle and rich?

Anyway, he has long lost his supreme power, and instead of being tortured by those barbarians in Dragon City, it is better to return to the Central Plains and become a rich man.

As for the civil and military officials who followed him, they had mixed reactions, some foolish and loyal people scolded Li You again, and those who were active began to think about whether they could get any official positions if they returned to the new dynasty? It's a pity that there are few people who are still in the court in the same year and the same clan in the past, and it's not easy to talk to someone.

Many tribes in Hedong Province also raised their vigilance when they heard that Li You was heading north, if Arub was killed by them, would it be their turn next? How can this be? Some of the weaker tribes have considered whether to migrate to the colder north to avoid the attack of the Jiazhou army in the future, while some tribes that believe that they are strong are considering whether to attack the Jiazhou army in the south, so as to delay the Jiazhou army's attack on the north and make their tribes continue longer.

In this way, under the attention of various forces, Li You led the army out of Gyeonggi Province and came to the territory of Kannai Province, where he was about to make contact with the Northern Prisoners.