"The king of Jianguo has just issued a decree to the headquarters of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the recovery of the northern capital, and my Ming Dynasty is by no means the Southern Song Dynasty, and I will never favor the south of the Yangtze River, and I will never share the world with Hu Qing!"

Outside the Xiaolingwei camp outside Nanjing, on the school grounds, there were all martial arts students wearing brand-new red narrow-sleeved regimental collar robes and red scarves wrapped around their heads. All the martial arts students stood up straight, motionless, only their heavy gasps could be heard, everyone looked excited, a little nervous in the excitement, and the muscles on their faces twitched.

Li Yat-sen was also fully dressed, and he also hung a waist knife and pistol on his belt, pressing his right hand on the hilt of the knife, and holding a yellow scroll in his left hand, which should be the so-called Northern Expedition Decree. He stood at the front of the queue, and beside him stood Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua, who were on an equal footing with him in Nanjing. In front of him are these hundreds of students of the third phase of the martial arts hall who have not yet graduated from the "short training class".

Although the "short course" has not been completed, and the military education they received is still quite superficial, this does not prevent them from having a common background - the third phase of the martial arts department, and the disciples of the third middle hall (Li Zhongtang is the master of the martial arts hall, and Lu and Chen Erzhongtang are the deputy hall masters)!

With a common background, you can hold a group, you can rank seniority, and you can trust each other, and you can form a system in which the senior brother commands the junior and the student obeys the principal (vice principal).

Moreover, when Li Yat-sen selected students for the third phase of the martial arts department, he also gave special preference to the children of Jiangbei and Huai. As long as the two Huai disciples who are coarse and well-versed in literature and ink are willing to devote themselves to the third phase of the martial arts hall, Li Dazhongtang will not refuse!

Therefore, most of the students in the third phase of the martial arts department of the Yingtian branch of this lecture hall (there are also three phases in the Guangzhou General Hall) are from the two Huai origins, and what they have learned is not only the basic military knowledge and the big truth of "The World is Public" and "The Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System", that is, how to pull people to run a group training.

For this reason, Li Zhongshan also asked Lu Zhongtang, who had done a very good job in organizing regimental training in Yingtianfu, to give a lecture to these Huaixi and Huaidong students -- teaching them how to go back to their hometowns and mobilize the clan and township party to serve as soldiers and run regimental exercises!

In addition to teaching in the classroom, Lu Sanhao also drew a group of small military leaders with practical experience from his Ying Tianfu group training to join the third phase of the lecture hall, and let them act as the backbone, and when they arrived in Jiangbei, they could teach their good classmates how to pull people's heads.

In addition, Chen Yonghua and Chen Zhongtang also intervened in the third phase of the martial arts. He had a confidante Chang Mingyue Chang Xiangu before, and now Xiangu has become a dignified Mrs. Chen, so Chen Yonghua, a Fujianese, is bound to the Jiangdu Chang clan - Chang Yuchun's descendants moved to Jiangdu County, Yangzhou Prefecture after Chang Mao and Chang Sheng's two grandfathers were bad, and they gave birth to many descendants, and they became stronger after Chang Xuanzhen continued to seal Huaiyuanhou, although they have undergone a change of dynasty, they are still Jiangbei clans.

So Chen Yonghua stuffed dozens of people with the surname Chang through this relationship. With these surnames Chang and the Chang family's connections in Yangzhou Mansion, when Li Dazhongtang led the troops to Jiangbei, these dozens of regimental training seeds have soil, as long as they pour some silver, they will be able to take root and sprout immediately!

In addition to learning to pull people's heads, Li Dazhongtang also led them to participate in several battles to repel the tentative attacks of the Qing army. Although they are all battles won by lying down, these rookies on the battlefield can be regarded as having smelled the smoke of gunpowder and seen the dead and bloodshed.

Brush up a little bit of experience points, and at the same time eliminate the fear of clearing soldiers. Now, they are full of expectations for the future of themselves and the new Daming!

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Zhongshan's face, and Li Dazhongtang was also as pale as iron at this moment. As he grew older, Li Zhongshan's appearance became more and more majestic, and his face lines, which were originally soft and delicate, have now become well-defined, with deep eyes, and a beard that has just grown, full of murderous aura, and the living Lu Bu Li Fuchen is completely carved out of the same mold.

If Mrs. Dong crosses over, maybe he will cry and call "Wu'er Fengxian"!

A red battle flag fluttered behind Li Zhongshan. More than 200 officers he brought with him from Guangdong, all of them stood in the most standard military posture of the martial arts. Overhead is the blue sky, and behind him is the Purple Mountain where Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty rests. The 15,000 fully armed Huai Army and the Yingtian Regiment are already waiting for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains!

Looking at this tiger ben created by himself, Li Zhongshan, who was going to make a generous statement, was speechless for a while, and it took a long time before he spoke: "Although China is big, we only have one city in the southern capital, and now that the strong enemy is coming, we have no way to retreat!" And it is not advisable to be trapped in an isolated city. Since ancient times, the lonely city cannot be defended, and it is difficult to last. So we only have to attack, and offense is the best defense! We must cross the Yangtze River, cross the Huai River, cross the Yellow River, kill the heart of the enemy, and point our troops at the city of Beijing, which the Tartar Emperor has stolen!

Now the army of the Tartars is either pressing towards the southern capital, or confronting the Wu family in Guanzhong, or guarding the old nest in Beijing and Guanwai, and Jiangbei is empty, Huaibei and the Central Plains are even more empty. So I'm waiting for a lot to do!

Ladies and gentlemen, are you willing to cross the river and the northern expedition with me, chase the Tartars, recover the land, recruit strong men, and open up a new foundation? ”

"Yes! We are willing to follow Zhongtang's northern expedition to the Central Plains and smash Huanglong! ”

The students below, as well as the officers and soldiers around them, all roared together!

Li Yat-sen didn't have the slightest intention of concealing his strategic intentions this time. In fact, when the first day of the third phase of the Nandu Lecture Wutang opened, this strategic intention was already clearly placed there.

And Li Zhongshan called the army he pulled out in Nandu the "Huai Army", and he was also making it clear to everyone that the two Huai were his next target!

This is playing the cards and engaging in yang conspiracy!

In fact, Yue Le and Jie Shu are also bright cards against the pressure to the south, and those who understand military affairs know that it is impossible for them to storm a fortified city defended by 20,000 elite soldiers and more than 100,000 militiamen guarding their homes.

And in the face of the Qing army, which likes to slaughter the city, the defenders of Nanjing will inevitably fight to the death.

Although those militiamen only had "rudimentary" equipment such as spears, short axes, crossbows, cloth iron armor and shields, and did not have many firearms, Ying Tian Tuanlian and Geng Jingzhong's Dongwang firearms were quite a few, from shotguns to cannons!

In the face of such a strong city, even if Yue Le and Jie Shu forcibly recruited a million militia groups according to Kangxi's instructions, and all of them were driven into battle, they would only give away their heads.

So surround Nanjing is the only viable option!

In view of the number of defenders and their determination to oppose the Qing Dynasty to the end, the only means of encirclement that Yue Le and Jie Shu could take was to harden the village and fight a dumb battle. In the periphery of Nanjing City, forts and hard villages were built one by one, until the east, south, and west of Nanjing were surrounded and a section of the river was faced in the north, and the naval army trained by Shi Lang and the naval army of Jiangxi Battalion could be relied on to blockade.

And to break this step-by-step encirclement tactic, jumping to the outside line to encircle Wei and save Zhao is also the only way.

Therefore, when Yue Le in the camp of Qixia Mountain heard from Li Guangdi, the "alternate Qin Hui" of the Ming Dynasty, that Li Zhongtang was going to lead the Huai army to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, he was not too surprised.

"Lord Wang, don't underestimate this Wang Zhongxiao. He's going to be in trouble, and most of the thieves in Jiangning Mansion are caused by him! "Li Guangdi, who is dressed as a Taoist priest, is sitting in Yue Le's Zhongjun Hall in Qixia Zen Temple at this time to report to Yue Le!

Although he and Chen Menglei look very similar to Qin Hui, there is really no Zhao Gou in Nanjing City now, and there is no Yue Fei. There are only characters like Geng Dongwang, Li Zhongtang, Lu Zhongtang, and Chen Zhongtang.

Not to mention the alternate Qin Hui, even if the real Qin Hui crosses over, he has to shout the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains together!

Why don't you try to return to the south and the north to the north? Try it and you'll die!

Therefore, Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei, the two "confidants of the king" and "alternate Qin Hui", are now very active, both of them are part-time teachers in the Restoration School, and talk about the "Northern Expedition" with people every day, how Zhu Yuanzhang went on the Northern Expedition, how Liu Yu went on the Northern Expedition, how Zhuge Kongming did the Northern Expedition, and why the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty came and went. And where are the favorable conditions for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains now?

In short, both of them are now experts in the Northern Expedition!

Even, the mentality of these two alternate Qin Hui has changed.

That Chen Menglei felt that the Northern Expedition was like. The probability of success is quite high! In addition, he is Yimen Chen again, and Chen Yonghua and Chen Zhongtang are the same clan, and they are also the Fujian Township Party, so he has been very close to Chen Yonghua recently, and he also persuaded Li Guangdi not to be Qin Hui, but to form a party with Chen Zhongtang for personal gain!

And although Li Guangdi was moved, he still felt that there was little hope for "Xiao Ming" in Nanjing. Or Wu Sangui is more likely to succeed, so he wants to find a way to seek refuge with Wu Sangui.

In order to vote for Wu Sangui, he has to behave well! This is the opportunity to transfer to Kangxi's side to be Qin Hui, but Kangxi himself asked him to be Qin Hui!

After making up his mind to vote for Wu, Li Guangdi went on to say to Yue Le: "Lord Wang, there is still a lot of grain and grass in Nanjing, and it will not be a problem for a year and a half. But how much food is there in Beijing? If Wang Zhongxiao's Northern Expeditionary Army had cut off the Cao Yun, would the city of Beijing be able to hold on?

If Wang Zhongxiao and Wu Shifan meet in Henan, they will go on a northern expedition together. Can Beijing hold on? ”

Nalan Mingzhu was also in Qixia Temple, and when he heard that a good student might join forces with Wu Shifan, he felt a little strange: "Didn't he participate in the killing of Wu Shifan's eldest brother Wu Shilin?" Can Wu Shifan still join forces with him? ”

Li Guangdi said: "Ming Caoshuai doesn't know, the students have heard many people in Nanjing City say that Wu Shifan is Wang Zhongxiao took a great risk to fish out of the princess's mansion in Shihu Hutong, Beijing. Later, Wu Shifan followed Wang Zhongxiao to stay in Guangdong for a long time, and also went to study in Wutang and Weixintang under Wang Zhongxiao's arrangement, and he was a brother and sister with Wang Zhongxiao. Therefore, Wang Zhongxiao supports Wu Shifan and supports the third prince Zhu, and there will be a prince in the future! ”

That's too confusing, isn't it?

Mingzhu Xin said: I think I am already very clever on the way to being an official, but compared with this Wang Datou, I can't do it at all!

"Duan Fan," Yue Le said to Mingzhu at this time, "Now that Huai'an has accumulated a lot of rice, you are the Cao Governor, so I will personally escort them to Beijing!" ”

"Good!" Mingzhu nodded heavily, "Lord Wang, don't worry, the lower officials promise to transport all the rice and grain from Huai'an to Beijing to the regent!" ”

Yue Le nodded with satisfaction, and said to Ma Hu, the governor of Jiangsu, who was also in the Jiangdong camp: "Ma Futai, you go back to Suzhou immediately, escort all the silk cloth in Suzhou weaving to Huai'an, and hand it over to Duanfan. By the way, when passing through Yangzhou, remember to bring the inventory of Yangzhou weaving, and then bring as much salt as possible. ”

"Huh!" Mahu also hurriedly got up to receive the order.

He knew that this was Yue Le showing favor to the regent Fuquan!

Yue Le is now the regent's man!

However, he couldn't stop Yue Le, so he had to deal with it first, and at the same time make a small report to Kangxi, who was far away in Xi'an

"Lord Wang," Li Guangdi, who also had a heart for Kangxi, reminded Yue Le at this time, "Even if there is enough food in Beijing for a year, it may not be able to keep the officials who think that if you want to keep Beijing, you have to return to the emperor!" ”

What should Kangxi do when he returns to his teacher?

Can Fu Quan fight Kangxi? He is a regent with a bad name and bad words, why should he fight against the real emperor?

Yue Le, Mingzhu, and Ma Hu were all expressionless and didn't say a word.

Yue Le and Mingzhu are obviously the Fuquan party, and of course they don't want Kangxi to return to Beijing.

And Ma Hu is secretly loyal to Kangxi, and on the surface, he has to deal with Yue Le and Mingzhu.

I don't know how much time passed, but Ma Hu opened his mouth so-so: "Jin Qing, why don't you go to Xi'an in person!" ”

Li Guangdi naturally couldn't ask for it, but he didn't dare to agree immediately, but turned his gaze to Yue Le and Mingzhu.

Mingzhu nodded and said, "Then let Jin Qing go, be careful on the way." ”

What he meant was not to go too fast, so that the regent had enough time to figure out how to pit Kangxi!

Yue Le also nodded, this matter is always to be told to Kangxi. And it is also necessary to let Kangxi and Fuquan have a king against a king in Beijing!

After all, the Qing Dynasty can't always engage in the two kings standing side by side, right?

What's the matter, and who should I listen to?

When Li Guangdi, a loyal minister who was determined to be Qin Hui, slowly went to Xi'an to find his "Zhao Gou", the Northern Expedition army on the side of Nanjing City was making rapid progress!

On the same day that Li Yat-sen announced the decision of the Northern Expedition to his subordinates, the troops originally stationed in Xiaolingwei handed over the defense area to Lu Sanhao's regimental training, and then the whole army moved to Xicheng, Nanjing (that is, the area between the two rivers into the Qinhuai River), and the next day began to take merchant ships, under the protection of the Yingtian Shui Division warships commanded by Jiang Sheng (sent by Zheng Jing), and crossed the Yangtze River one by one.

And Liu Jinzhong's troops, stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River, are also in a state of being ready to be pulled out at any time - their position is the front line, and the whole army is on high alert!

When Li Zhongshan himself appeared near the Puzikou wharf with Yang Xiaohuan, who was dressed in military uniform, under the protection of the pro-soldier guards, on a merchant ship, Liu Jinzhong had already led a team of neatly dressed pro-soldiers and his wife Shang Shuying to wait on the wharf for a long time.

Shang Shuying's face was a little ugly, she was very reluctant to be transferred to Li Yat-sen's command - although she could charge into battle and there was a team of female soldiers by her side, Li Zhongshan couldn't use her as a fierce general, right? She has only one use under Li Yat-sen, as a hostage!

With her under Li Zhongshan's hands, Liu Jinzhong did not dare to come nonsense, and the people of the Xushun Mansion did not dare to be too disobedient, and Shang Zhixin and other Shang family members in Nanjing City would also have scruples.

If it weren't for the revenge of killing her father and destroying the family, Shang Shuying actually didn't care about being mortgaged to Li Zhongshan, it was a little Lu Bu!

But the problem is that the beams on both sides are too deep, and Li Zhongshan still has a Shang Fang sword in his hand that can be cut first and then played! Will you find a reason to slaughter her?

"Wang Datou is here!"

Just when Shang Shuying was nervous, Liu Jinzhong had already whispered, "You girl has to be careful when you come to him. He's going to kill you, I can't help it! ”

"Am I your wife?" Shang Shuying was almost angry and cried because of this, and turned around and looked at Liu Jinzhong viciously, "You don't care if he wants to kill me?" ”

Liu Jinzhong shook his head and said: "Don't do it yourself, he won't kill you, you are my person after all!"

Even if your brother and King Geng Dong want to do something in Nanjing City, you will be fine. I'm betting you on him, but it's actually for your own good! Otherwise"

"Is this for my good?" Shang Shuying was so angry that she almost vomited blood. This man obviously handed himself over as a hostage!

At this moment, the wooden boat that Li Yat-sen was riding had already docked, and then he heard someone shouting: "The secretary of the military department, the governor of Jiangbei, and the envoy of the Guangdong Navy. Li Zhongtang has arrived! ”

Shang Shuying, who was huffing and huffing, was standing side by side with Liu Jinzhong, but when she heard this shout, she didn't say a word, picked up her battle robe and trotted forward all the way, leading Liu Jinzhong and the generals of the Xushun Mansion system to rush to the dock together, and then took the lead in kneeling, and said loudly: "The last general Shang Shuying will see the cabinet supervisor!" The last general is willing to listen to the dispatch of the overseer. May the Governor be commanded! ”

(End of chapter)