The snow of the Great Zhou Dynasty gradually melted away, winter went to spring, the land of the Central Plains gradually became full of life, and a spring breeze blew into Luoyang City, with the smell of gunpowder blowing from the south, this is the spring that Xiao Ce has been waiting for for a long time.

Xue Rui stood in front of the civil and military officials in the early dynasty, and re-mentioned the matter of the Southern Expedition, Xue Rui said in a deep voice:

"Now my Great Zhou can be described as Haiyan River Qing, Your Majesty is in his year, should think about the affairs of southern Xinjiang, Your Majesty often writes with King Yan these days, since King Yan is unwilling to bow down to my Great Zhou, the minister thinks he can send troops to."

The truth is only on the edge of the sword, and King Yan Weixing will naturally not surrender to Da Zhou just because of the letters you have come and gone.

Seeing that the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, Ning Yu was naturally in favor of using soldiers.

Xiao Ce glanced at Xue Rui who stood up from a distance and said, "Quasi-play." ”

Xue Rui tentatively glanced up at Xiao Ce: "I wonder if Your Majesty has a decision on the choice of the commander of this expedition?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall seemed so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.

Lu Changfeng looked sideways slightly, although Li Hanning's body is better, but with the relationship between her and His Majesty, I am afraid that it is unlikely that she will be the coach again.

He had also fought with the guards before, and now he, the marshal of the soldiers and horses, was the best candidate, or perhaps the best solution.

Everyone looked at Xiao Ce, who was high up on the throne and sat on the throne, silently.

Xiao Ce said in a deep voice to the civil and military officials in front of him: "I am planning to drive the expedition in person. ”

This answer is not as Lu Changfeng expected, in the end it is their Majesty, so it must be a great military spirit.

The old minister on the side was worried, but in the end he still stood up and said: "Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and it is a long way to go to southern Xinjiang, in case there is a damage, I'm afraid it is——"

I'm afraid it's not good for their big week.

Xiao Ce immediately retorted: "Rest assured, if this battle is won, the world will be unified, and there will be no more wars for many years to come, it is a matter of once and for all. ”

Xiao Ce needed to leave the most secure person to deal with the government affairs during this time, he thought about it and chose many candidates, but he always felt that he was not at ease, so he could only put their military advisors in the capital, so he could barely rest assured.

Hearing this, Ning Yu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will do his best to handle government affairs during His Majesty's absence in Luoyang." ”

Xiao Ce looked back and forth on the civil and military officials in front of him:

"Since you have no objection, then this matter is settled."

This side has just gone down to the court, and Li Hanning in the harem also quickly learned about the previous dynasty.

Yiqing was still tidying up the room, and after a glance at the sky outside, it had rained for several days, and today it finally cleared, and he faced Li Hanning who was sitting on the chair and said:

"It's a good day outside the general, but you want to go out for a walk?"

Li Hanning looked in the direction she was looking, and indeed the sunlight fell through the clouds, sprinkled on the stone statue outside like ten thousand taels of golden scales, just looking at it from a distance, it could sweep away the gloom and depression in people's hearts.

Li Hanning was about to speak when he heard a rush of footsteps at the door not far away.

Calculating this hour, the person who came back was naturally Xiao Ce.

So Li Hanningyu said to Yi Qing: "Forget it, you go down and rest." ”

Yiqing said very knowingly: "Yes." ”

Xiao Ce walked in from a distance, naturally knowing that Li Hanning had been trapped in his room for the past few days and had not gone out, nor had he looked at Xiao An a few times:

"Han Ning, I see that the weather outside is good today, and there is still a period of time before lunch, so go out for a walk with me."

With that, he held out his hand to her.

Li Hanning looked at the person in front of him, and did not refuse, so he naturally took his hand.

It was Li Hanning who spoke first: "I heard about the previous dynasty, you plan to drive the expedition this time, right?" ”

Xiao Ce didn't intend to hide it from her, not to mention that such a big thing would not be able to hide it from her sooner or later.

"Yes, I still want to go to southern Xinjiang to see this last battle in person."

Li Hanning naturally knew that Xiao Ce wanted to fight with Wei Xing and Liang Zhou, and with the help of Yun Yan's always brave northern army, her advantage in soldiers and horses was almost crushed in southern Xinjiang, so she was not worried.

After Li Hanning was silent for a moment, he looked at Xiao Ce beside him and said:

"I'll go to southern Xinjiang with you."

Xiao Ce stopped, looked at Li Hanning in front of him seriously, and said:

"But An'er is still young, if you and I go to southern Xinjiang, it's always not safe to leave him alone in Luoyang."

He originally didn't want Li Hanning to travel long distances at this time, the child was just an excuse, which Li Hanning could see.

Li Hanning said: "Xiao An has been taken care of by them very well these days, I have seen it all, and it is I myself who want to go to southern Xinjiang, and the battle in southern Xinjiang was not finished at that time, and I still have some regrets after thinking about it." ”

Xiao Ce saw that she insisted on going, so he stopped stopping her: "It's okay." ”

The two of them walked in the garden for a while, and Li Hanning suddenly asked again:

"Then has Your Majesty ever thought about the future of Southern Xinjiang? Southern Xinjiang is far away from our Central Plains, how does Your Majesty plan to make arrangements for Southern Xinjiang after the end of this war? ”

Xiao Ce didn't think about this, Southern Xinjiang was different from any city they had fought in the past.

Xiao Ce said quietly to the person in front of him: "Yan King Wei Xing's prestige in Southern Xinjiang is very high, as long as he is willing to be a minister, he can still be in charge of Yan Yun Ten Continents as Yan King, as for Liang Zhou, compared to Wei Xing, I have a headache how to deal with him." ”

He has never mentioned these ideas to anyone, even Lu Changfeng, but for Li Hanning, he can know everything and say everything.

Li Hanning understood his concerns, Liang Zhou was only loyal to Wei Xing, or rather, he was loyal to the tradition of Yanyun Ten Continents, Xiao Ce was worried that Liang Zhou would not surrender. With his character, it is indeed possible to swear to the death, which is a problem for them.

Li Hanning thought for a moment, then leaned into Xiao Ce's ear and said a few words in a low voice.

Fu said to Xiao Ce again: "Just use this method, it is very suitable to deal with people like General Liang Zhou." ”

Xiao Ce's gaze on Li Hanning hesitated for a moment:

"But—"

Even though Li Hanning wanted to use a bitter trick to persuade Liang Zhou, in case of an accident, Xiao Ce was still not at ease.

Li Hanning said: "I know what Your Majesty wants to say, but if you tell Your Majesty all the plans, Your Majesty is afraid that you will not agree." ”

Xiao Ce couldn't say anything about her, but he trusted the person in front of him from the bottom of his heart, and he always had no choice but to sigh and say:

"You."

Li Hanning looked at the person in front of him and said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I know that Your Majesty likes Liang Zhou, and I have always admired generals with excellent military skills, not to mention that my Great Zhou really needs such a person who is good at water warfare." ”

Li Hanning said all of Xiao Ce's thoughts, maybe other generals were still there at this time, and they planned how to assist him in attacking southern Xinjiang, but what Xiao Ce should think about in this position was how to defend it after the fight.

Before Li Hanning left Luoyang, he couldn't help but take a look at Xiao An, and now the baby in swaddling clothes was sleeping quietly in the cradle, listening to the maid outside say that Xiao An had eaten and slept quietly in the past few days, and there was rarely a noisy time.

Li Hanning took off the thin jade pendant on his waist and put it next to the baby's pillow.

This jade pendant was originally given to him by Xiao Ce, as early as when they were still in Huai'an, Xiao Ce originally sent someone from thousands of miles to send it over, and now staying by Xiao An's side can be regarded as returning to its original owner.

It's not that he is cruel to this child, but that this child will live better if he stays in Luoyang City than if he stays by her side in the future.

Before leaving, Ning Yu walked to the gate of Luoyang City to see him off, Xiao Ce approached, lowered his voice and said a few words of explanation to him, and then jumped on the horse, leading the army to the battle, Li Hanning followed by his side, tightened the horse rope in his hand and followed.

Speaking of which, she hadn't ridden a horse for a long time, and she missed this feeling of the wind whistling by her, Li Hanning finally glanced back, Luoyang City in the sunset, and turned around to keep up with Xiao Ce, just like when they went out for the first time.

The soldiers and horses they went south were divided into three routes this time, one was led by Xiao Ce and Li Hanning personally, the other was Lu Changfeng bypassed a few days ago, and the last was the strange soldiers who came to support from the north.

But Liang Zhou only received the news of Xiao Ce and Li Hanning's army marching here.

In the barracks on his side, Xiao Ce had already arranged people.

The guards on the side reported the military situation, and Liang Zhou was looking up carefully at the map hanging in the room, speaking of which this map was given to them by Xiao Ce's brother Xiao Sheng at that time, he didn't fully believe the content on this map, but it was always worth learning.

When Liang Zhou was deploying the warships on the river, the hurried footsteps of the guards came from the door:

"General! The general is not good!"

Liang Zhou immediately frowned when he heard this voice, and asked the soldier who had just entered the camp:

"What's wrong? What's the matter? ”

The guard lowered his head and said, "It's the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou, and their soldiers and horses raided the front barracks of our army at night just now. ”

Liang Zhou was stunned for a moment, and seemed to be a little unresponsive: "What did you say?" ”

The guards didn't dare to hide such an urgent truth, so they had to say:

"General, the enemy attacked our coastal military camp at night, and the brothers in front suffered heavy losses, so please make a decision."