The Emperor stood up, and he trembled to the front of the armor, although the Emperor was now close to the point of running out of oil, but he had not lost his majesty as the Son of Heaven. He took off the helmet of his armor and put it on his head.

At this time, the emperor shouted outside the palace: "Come on!

About half an hour later, all the confidential ministers of the six ministries came to the study.

Lou Yun got the emperor's permission and accompanied him.

The matter discussed between the emperor and the ministers was very simple, that is, two words "Northern Expedition".

And this Northern Expedition, only the king of Han who did not pass on the power of the army.

With the completion of the decision-making of the meeting, the emperor sent Cao Gonggong to draft the decree. The results of the six ministries will be announced to the public.

The Northern Expedition was a foregone conclusion, and the emperor personally led 300,000 troops to the expedition. However, there are still disagreements in the court about the number of troops, but this is set by the emperor himself, and even if there are objections, they cannot be changed.

And it was neither the King of Han nor Murong Zheng who went out with the army, but Lou Yun and Zhu Zhanji, the emperor's eldest grandson. The crown prince is in charge of the capital and supervises the country.

Lou Yun didn't quite understand why the emperor wanted to take him with him during the Northern Expedition, instead of Murong Zheng or Zhu Yunxuan. It stands to reason that Zhu Yunqiao and Murong Zheng have much more experience than him, although Lou Yun has also read a lot of military books in Guigu and is well versed in the art of war, but he is only talking about war on paper and has never had real practical experience.

If such a person goes to the battlefield to kill the enemy, it is strange that he will not be killed.

Therefore, Lou Yun didn't quite understand why this was going on.

Lou Yun was still lying on the table, looking at the moon outside the window in a daze, and a brocade robe was draped over him.

Lou Yun turned around and asked, "Sister Yan, you haven't gone to rest yet." ”

Yan Feixue pulled a chair and sat down, and said, "You stinky boy hasn't slept yet, how dare I sleep, wouldn't it be because I heard that there was going to be a war, and I was afraid of death, so I didn't dare to sleep?"

Lou Yun stood up and said, "Sister Yan said that I am not greedy for life and afraid of death. Just ......"

Yan Feixue looked at him curiously, and she said, "Just what?"

At this time, a flying knife slashed through Lou Yun's sideburns, and the long hair between his sideburns fell out a little, but this flying knife was also controlled by his flowing wind and snow.

Yan Feixue is also unable to move now, is this the secret technique of the Heavenly Machine, the power of flowing wind and returning snow? This kind of oppressive force is really ...... It's really breathless.

Lou Yun looked at the person standing on the cornice. The scabbard of the embroidered spring knife shines faintly in the moonlight.

Lou Yun said: "Auntie, it's not good to make this kind of joke. ”

Xiao Yanran jumped down and fell into the house, Lou Yun lifted the wind and returned to the snow, and her flying knife naturally fell to the ground.

Xiao Yanran patted Lou Yun on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, is his martial arts good, he studied under Tianjimen." Yunmeng's predecessor should be your master. ”

Although Fairy Yunmeng is not very old, her generation is far older than Xiao Yanran and others.

Xiao Yanran said: "I thought you were just a weak little white face, but I didn't expect that your martial arts skills were so good, it seems that I was really worried in vain." ”

Lou Yun looked Xiao Yanran up and down, and he said, "Looking at the aunt's outfit, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should leave the aunt behind." ”

Xiao Yanran said with a smile: "This is natural. I heard you're going on a campaign in a few days. So I'm going to see you tonight. By the way, the last thing a general can't put down is his own sword. ”

As she spoke, Xiao Yanran took off a cloth bag from her body. Then handed it to Lou Yun.

Xiao Yanran said: "This was sent by Luoyang. ”

Lou Yun untied the cloth bag, and under the cotton cloth was his own sword, Bingqing.

Lou Yun clenched his fists and said, "So much thank you, aunt." It's just that the aunt must ensure the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Beijing. I always felt that this expedition was not as simple as I imagined. ”

Xiao Yanran waved her hand and said: "I don't understand the things in the court, and I don't want to know about them, anyway, I did the old stubborn things, and the rest is up to you." ”

With that, Xiao Yanran flew away.

Yan Feixue sat on the chair and crossed Erlang's legs, she pondered for a moment and asked: "Yes, I don't understand either, why does the emperor have to take you with him when he goes out to fight? It stands to reason that there are many civil and military generals in the court, who are ten times more talented than you, why do you want to take you alone, who has no combat experience and has never been in power, with you." It's not just you, there's also the emperor's eldest grandson. ”

"The rest of the generals didn't bring any of them, which is what I don't understand. ”

Lou Yun put away his sword, and he said, "That's right, why is this?"

It is not only Lou Yun and Yan Feixue who are puzzled by this, but also the forces of all parties living in the capital.

Li Fu looked at a map on the wall, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine, he asked: "Sister, I don't understand, now that the north has been decided, why does he still want to go on a northern expedition." ”

Li Qiong consulted various archives and materials. These are all secretly collected by her Star Picking Tower.

After Li Qiong tidied up a little, she also shook her head. Li Qiong said: "I don't quite understand what he means. An army of 300,000 is not 30 people, and the daily consumption of money, food, and fire is a great burden on the treasury. ”

"In recent years, the monarch has reduced the levy and lightly forced labor, although the country's consumption has recovered. However, the previous two foreign wars had almost exhausted the treasury's deposits, and now the main forces of the Mongol tribes were shrinking in Mobei, which did not pose a threat to the Central Plains for the time being. ”

Li Fu said: "Maybe the faint monarch is old, after all, he is two generations older than us." When people get old, of course they will get confused. ”

Li Qiong turned around and said to her younger brother at this time: "Never despise your opponent, this is the most basic common sense. Although he is old, judging from his political achievements in the past few years, he has not yet reached the point of being old and confused, if this Northern Expedition is not his boasting for the sake of leaving a name in history, then he has a conspiracy. ”

Li Fu said: "Sister, the 300,000 army is almost all the main forces in the north of the border, and now he has taken all the troops away from the Northern Expedition, then the Beijing division must be empty, why don't we take this opportunity to hold high the banner of righteousness and crusade against the faint king, as long as we stand in Shanhaiguan, then the faint monarch will be finished." After that, just watch how Varat and the Tatars chop him into meat sauce. ”

Li Qiong smiled: "Hehe, my younger brother has finally learned to think about things with his own head, yes, it is indeed a good plan." But I don't agree, we haven't figured out each other's purpose yet, and if we just play all our hole cards, then we're really finished. Now is not the time, we need to be a little more chaotic, and only chaos can we reap the benefits. ”

(End of chapter)