Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 229
Xiande's fifth year, April [-]st.

This is the day when the great army goes out.

Luo Youdu got up early in the morning, and instead of hurrying to go out, he picked up Chouchou very skillfully, making all kinds of strange noises to tease him to play.

It has been nine days since the little one was born.

As Wen Po said, the little guy is different every day.

The fetal oil on the body has been absorbed by itself, the jaundice has also subsided, and the skin is becoming fairer day by day.The facial features that were shrunk together gradually unfolded, and the appearance of the aliens was no longer seen.

However, the skin is still a little wrinkled. It is said that the wrinkles will disappear after more than a month, as the baby grows rapidly.

"Chou Chou is gradually becoming less ugly, but it's a pity that Dad can't see your gradually handsome appearance."

"Don't blame Dad. There are some things that you don't do now. It will be difficult to do it in your generation."

Now that she has a child, Luo Youdu has a little more concern and responsibility in her heart.

Although ugly is not ugly anymore, Luo Youdu does not intend to change his name.

Nicknames are the custom of this era, the cheaper the better.

Compared with Jin Chenggong's black buttocks, Sima Xiang's dog son, Tao Kan's brook dog, and Li Zhi's pheasant slave.

Luo Youdu thinks ugly sounds much better.

When he's older, give him a name you've come up with.

Fu Qing'er said with a smile on the side: "Legend, let's go, there is a concubine at home, I will definitely raise Chouchou to be white and fat, and wait for my husband to return triumphantly."

"wait me back!"

Luo Youdu handed Chouchou to Fu Qing'er, kissed her lightly on the forehead, turned and left.

Fu Qing'er didn't go out to see her off, she was still in the confinement stage and couldn't stand the cold.

She has to have a good body in order to take better care of their children.

As soon as he walked out of the inner house, he saw an iron bump sticking in the hall.

Luo Youdu took a closer look, only to realize that it was Huyanzan.

Hu Yanzan is now covered in armor stitched together with iron armor leaves, almost covering his whole body, looking like a humanoid tank.

"Command the army!"

Hu Yanzan's voice was three times higher. This foolish boy wanted to kill a thief in his dreams. Now he finally has a chance. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep well all night. At dawn, he couldn't wait to put on this family armor .

Luo Youdu stepped forward and tapped Huyanzan's chest, felt the thickness of the armor, and asked, "This armor is not light, is it?"

"Not heavy!" Hu Yan praised: "It's only 65 catties!"

Luo Youdu clicked his tongue and said, "It's really not heavy, it's just a little heavier than Bu Renjia."

The cavalry wears armor that is heavier than the infantry, neither heavy nor heavy, not heavy at all.

Luo Youdu waved his hand and led Hu Yanzan and more than ten personal guards to the imperial camp.

The whole Bianjing city is full of parting atmosphere at this moment.

Soldiers and generals either joined their own troops, or went directly south.

They did not intend to go straight north, and such a premature exposure would be detrimental to their plans.

Therefore, the first step is to go south in a deceptive way, and then at night, turn around and go north, advancing both by land and water, and head towards Ningzhou with lightning speed.

When Luo Youdu arrived at the Imperial Camp Division, Cao Bin and Pan Mei had already made preparations and lined up [-] soldiers to wait for Luo Youdu's review.

The Yuying Division only has [-] troops, and there are [-] troops brought by Shu Yuan.

After receiving the order, Shu Yuan led his troops to the Imperial Camp to join the army.

As for Guo Tingzhi, as the defense envoy of Bozhou, he is closer to the camp of the Dazhou navy.

Luo Youdu asked him to lead his [-] soldiers to the naval camp to wait for the reunion.

Looking at the valiant soldiers, Luo Youdu didn't say too much nonsense. This trip to the south is a cover-up, and it's useless to talk too much. He just shouted: "For merit, for rewards, let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, he dialed directly.

The simple words reached Shu Yuan's heart.

This brave general, who can risk his life to the enemy for the sake of making meritorious deeds, rode his horse to Luo Youdu's side, and said, "Commander, don't think that these soldiers under your command are not as well-equipped as the Imperial Army Division, they really won't be inferior in fighting."

Luo Youdu didn't doubt his words at all. Shu Yuan was the kind of general who could bring out the potential of soldiers. He was the best at fighting tough battles. He was a master at fighting the enemy with his life.

Luo Youdu said softly: "I can tell you the truth beforehand, our task is the heaviest. As long as the success is successful, the first credit goes to us and we didn't run away. But you should know that high returns mean huge risks. The two are co-existing."

Shu Yuan's eyes were shining like hungry wolves, and he said excitedly: "If there is any dirty work, just give orders to the commanding army. The subordinates will never frown."

Luo Youdu nodded affirmatively and said, "I believe this!"

However, at the same time that Luo Youdu led the soldiers and horses to the Huaihe navy camp, all the armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty also completed their deployment and pretended to go south.

Then when night fell, he resolutely headed north and crossed the Yellow River silently.

On April [-], Guo Rong arrived at Cangzhou on the border of Dazhou.

Just like in history, the Zhou army marched northward at an extremely fast speed, and the news was extremely secretive. It wasn't where the Great Zhou's chariots and horses passed, and the local people didn't know about the Great Zhou's Northern Expedition.

Khitan has no way of knowing.

On April [-]th, Guo Rong arrived at the Qianning military camp, and the vanguard general Murong Yanzhao directly approached the city of Khitanning Prefecture.

The governor of Ningzhou called Wang Hong a Han Chinese. In this chaos, he didn't have any special feelings for Khitan or the Central Plains.

Whether it is Khitan or the Central Plains, as long as they can live well and allow their wives, children and parents to live a good life, where is it not a mess, and where is it not the same as serving others?
There is no difference between left and right.

So when Murong Yanzhao's troops approached the city, An Qimai, the Khitan judge of Ningzhou, consolidated the city defense immediately, and ordered people to go to Youdu Mansion to send a message to Xiao Siwen, preparing to stick to Ningzhou.

But Wang Hong led his own soldiers to An Qimai's back, and stabbed him in the back.

Ningzhou surrendered directly to Dazhou without a single soldier.

Guo Rong immediately ordered Li Chongjin to go to Xishan Road in Dingzhou to guard the key points and block the reinforcements from the Northern Han Dynasty.

At the same time, let Han Tong and Zhao Kuangyin advance by land and water to Yijin Pass respectively.

Zhou's soldiers advanced rapidly, and Yijin pass guard Zhong Tinghui, who had only a thousand troops in his hands, did not dare to stop him, so he offered the pass and surrendered again.

The news that Da Zhou took one pass and one state finally reached the hands of Xiao Siwen in Youdu Mansion.

Looking at the battle report from the front line, Xiao Siwen was dumbfounded.

He remembered that someone told him half a year ago that Zhou Jun's goal was to go north, not south.

Although Xiao Siwen likes Han culture very much and respects Song Xiong very much.

But at the bottom of his heart, he also felt that fighting with soldiers was a matter for warriors.

What can a book friend who has no power to restrain a chicken achieve in the military?
Is everyone really Zhuge Liang, Xie Xuan, and Chen Qingzhi?
What's more, Xiao Siwen only respected Song Xiong's literary talent, learned the Central Plains culture from him, and never regarded Song Xiong as a confidant of his staff, and never talked about any political affairs with him.

Therefore, facing Song Xiong's reminder, his attitude was to ignore it.

(End of this chapter)