In June, Zhao Yu led a hundred civil and military officials of Chuzhou and a staff member to arrive outside Jiqing City.

At this time, more than two months have passed since Jiqing was conquered, Xu Da and others have completely stabilized the situation in Jiqing City and its surroundings, cleared out many remnants of the Yuan court in the surrounding areas, and completely isolated the enemy north of the river, and then sent a team of 3,000 elite soldiers to Chuzhou to respond.

Now Zhao Yu's banner has been changed from the general manager of Zhenhuai to Wu Guogong and the generalissimo of Peking University, which is an expedient measure negotiated by the staff of the former governor's office. Since Jiqing City has been captured, even if it is just to attract the hearts of the people of Jiangnan, it is not enough to be justified not to be the king. Therefore, when Zhao Yu arrives in Jiqing, he will officially become king. In this way, it is a transition, and the other is to leave a buffer room.

Xu Daxin reported that after the captive army conquered Jiqing, many Jiangnan gentry and even the soldiers of the captive army were surging with a wave of persuasion. And with Zhao Yu's current power, even the south of the Yangtze River has not yet been pacified, and it is too early to be called the emperor. If these calls for persuasion are ignored, it will inevitably snub and hurt the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, so this buffer is left to appease the people.

Zhao Yu did not ride the chariot specially prepared for him by Xu Da, but rode on the back of a jujube red ordinary military horse, wearing a new Panlong gold armor, dazzling under the scorching sun! This way from Chuzhou to Jiqing, he always led the front of the team, even if the sun was the most fierce at noon. First, he wants to leave a profound heroic image to the people of Jiangnan. Second, I also want to feel the hearts of the people here most intuitively.

The will of the people is a very strange thing. Most of the time it is useless, but at some critical moments, it can exert amazing strength! Those who win the hearts of the people may not be able to win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people will certainly not be able to sit on this steady footing!

Along the way, many people and gentry in the state capital welcomed them. That level of enthusiasm made Zhao Yu quite unbearable. This may not be without the factors behind the local officials in the state capitals, but throwing away these flashy and unreal things, the real people's uplifting mood can still be seen. Zhao Yu is not a person who likes to talk about it. But it is also not a matter of eating the old. Local officials jumped on the bandwagon. To create such a warm atmosphere, the excitement of the people's hearts is also obvious, so it is not much to resist, as long as it does not cause too much trouble to the people and miss the agricultural time. He doesn't strictly prohibit it. After all. was able to successfully win the celebration. A cause for celebration indeed.

When the celebration was approaching, the atmosphere of welcoming the people reached the extreme, and it was as far as the eye could see. Both sides of the road are crowded with people. The nostalgia for the former Song Dynasty, the disgust with the Tatar court, the joy of the revival of the Han Dynasty, and the desire to change the miserable life are all mixed together, and the people can only vent them in such a way.

Among them, many believers in Mingzun were the most excited, and many knelt on both sides of the road and kept prostrating, so that even blood stains appeared on their foreheads.

Liu Bowen and other strategists followed Zhao Yu closely, although they were all scribes, they could not withstand the scorching sun and rode horses for a long journey, but they were infected by the warm atmosphere of the people, and still worked hard to persevere. Even though his face was red and sweaty, he still felt very excited when he saw the people cheering and greeting. This is the omen of the prosperous era, and this is the foundation of the building that they have laid little by little! Self-cultivation and the rule of the country and the world are the aspirations that a man should have, and this is the most lofty ideal of a Confucian scholar! And today, they finally see the hope of success!

Further back of the team are the leaders of the Ming Sect, Yang Xiao, Yin Tianzheng and others. Compared with the staff of the Governor's Office in front, their group of people has martial arts, can still withstand the heat, and their image is not embarrassing. However, their performance was even more embarrassed than that of the previous staff of the Governor's Mansion, not to mention that Yang Xiao was solemn and speechless, Monk Peng and Wu Wu behind him had already burst into tears with excitement, and tears wet their clothes!

They have failed for too long, and they have been waiting for success for too long! After the Mingjiao spread to Middle-earth, they took it as their duty to sweep away the injustices of the world, and they gathered people to cause chaos, killed officials and rebelled, and everything they did was to create an ideal world in their minds. However, there are too many setbacks and resistance, too much butcher's knife blood, but too little taste of the joy of success!

And today, they walk on the avenue with dignity, clothed in glory, and enjoy the heartfelt worship of the people. They carried the heroic spirits sacrificed in the past on their heads, stepped on the flesh and blood corpses of the brutal Tartars, and walked towards the prosperous central holy land of Jiangnan Wencui. It is a new starting point for them, and they will embark on a more glorious journey there!

The leader of the Ming Sect was further back, and there was a continuous procession of carriages. These carriages were either loaded with household registration books or precious ancient books. In addition, there are many women, old and young.

Yang Qingdi and the other three women rode in the same carriage, in addition, there was still Yin Li, and Yang Buregret, who liked to be lively.

There was a lot of noise outside the carriage, and the girls couldn't hold back their curiosity, and from time to time they lifted the curtain and looked at the lively crowd outside the team. After seeing more, many feelings naturally arise in my heart. Yang Qingdi couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder men always talk about the world, and the people in the crowd bow and worship, who can resist such a supreme honor!"

Zhou Zhiruo smiled all the way without saying a word, she has lived with her father on the bank of the Han River since she was a child, and she knows a lot about what the people at the bottom want. Seeing people's hopeful smiles made me realize how difficult it is to enjoy all this. And what makes her proud is that it is the man who will be with her for the rest of her life who enjoys all this!

The girls talked happily, but Yang Buregret but shrank in the corner of the carriage, his expression was quite unnatural, especially he didn't dare to face Yin Li's gaze. Xiao Zhao had a keen mind and faintly noticed Yang Buregret's strange appearance, so he asked, "Unregretful girl, do you feel any discomfort?"

Yang Buregret shook his head busily, while Yin Li smiled on the side: "This girl's heart is budding, she must miss my cousin." Don't regret the girl, don't worry. I heard my grandfather say that this time the sect leader came to help, and Zhang Wuji's action to rescue those fools of the six major factions would definitely go smoothly and there would be no danger. Moreover, my father went to meet the lion king, and the day was almost up. Although the relationship between our Mingjiao and the Wudang faction is becoming more and more stiff, but the Lion King is Zhang Wuji's father-in-law after all, if he comes back, are you still worried that your Wuji brother will not rush over to meet him?"

When Yang Buregret heard this, his face turned white, and he waved his hand hurriedly and said, "I—how can I think so much! I'm thinking about things next to me......

Such incoherent appearance made the girls who didn't know why laugh more and more.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, compared with the many sensibilities of these people in the same industry, Zhao Yu still maintains an extreme calmness even at this time. His gaze passed over the heads of the crowd and landed on the fields and the city in the distance.

Years of fighting and war, the originally extremely rich Jiqing surrounding land has been affected, many of the land gradually barren, just a few months of rest and recuperation, not enough to heal the wounds of the war, in this warm atmosphere of celebrating the great victory, can not hide the vitality of the great injury.

He calmly calculated in his heart that after winning Jiqing, the time left for him to recuperate was extremely short. As the division of the righteous royal road, even if the Northern Expedition starts immediately, in order to preserve the little vitality left in the Central Plains, the so-called strategy of fighting to feed the war cannot be adopted. The task ahead is still very arduous, and if we want to find a balance between the war and the people's livelihood and recuperation, we still need to tremble and explore with all our might.

Xu Da and other generals lined up on the slope of more than ten miles outside Jiqing City, and saw Zhao Yu's banner rising on the horizon, and the military formation slowly moved forward to greet him. As the drums sounded, the army let out a neat, earth-shattering cry: "Welcome to the generalissimo, all victories!"

The escorted men and horses were stationed outside the city, and Zhao Yu was lightly armed and simple, and under the support of Xu Da and others, he rode towards Jiqing City. After passing through the sea of people, we finally arrived at the gate of Jiqing City, which had been majestic again after emergency repairs.

Xu Da pointed to the empty plaque on the head of the city behind Zhao Yu, and said with a smile: "Fanbang Hu language is not enough to inherit, and I have to ask the generalissimo to give the name of this Xiongcheng!"

Zhao Yu took a breath, and said in a clear voice: "The revival of Han unification should be the mandate of heaven, and this city should be heaven!" (to be continued......)