I was a famous teacher in ancient times

Chapter 719 Stay in the North
In Jiaozhou, when Yang Xixuan received the news, Zhang Min had already assembled his army to attack Tan County. This is the best route to attack Jizhou by bypassing Huizhou.

Zhang Min's act of bombing the capital silenced Yang Xixuan's court for a long time. The capital was destroyed and everything had to be rebuilt.

Yang Xixuan doesn't care about the imperial palace, he can live anywhere, what he cares about is the people in the capital, how many people have lost their homes for generations and fled the capital?How many people are there in Beijing now?
Yang Xixuan's face was as cold as ice. After eight years of chaos, how many people are left in the north?

Ming Chen and other officials stepped forward to plead for the Northern Expedition, and the slogan was loud, "I implore the emperor to make the Northern Expedition, save the Li people, and restore peace to the world."

Yang Xixuan stood up, although it was not the time he chose for the Northern Expedition, but the world is unpredictable, and now the Northern Expedition has to be done, Yizhou and Jizhou must not be lost, "Everyone and I will fight the world and save the people."

The blood of all the ministers boiled, and finally waited until the day of the Northern Expedition, "The ministers and others take orders."

Compared to Yang Xixuan's yearly stockpile of grain and grass, Zhang Min didn't see enough. Zhang Min attacked Tan County as soon as possible.

Although Zhang Min drove Hulechina away, a large number of soldiers and horses were still needed to guard against Hulechina's return.

Besides, there is not much summer left, and it is necessary to prepare for winter when autumn comes. Zhang Min doesn't have enough cotton coats for the soldiers to spend the winter.

In the eight years of troubled times, there was not enough food in the north, and there were no ordinary people growing cotton. The cotton production in these years was extremely low. The cotton that circulated in the market was either grown by cotton merchants in their own fields, or it was collected from the fields of rich and powerful.

The price of cotton remains high, hitting new highs year by year, and only the rich and powerful can afford it.

The winter in the north is very cold, and the cotton padded clothes are worn in rotation when the barracks are not in use. Even a reed cotton padded jacket is precious, because cloth is also a currency in troubled times.

Due to various factors, Zhang Min had to take down Tan County quickly. Zhang Min had a good plan, thinking that Han Chenhui would not be short of food if he took refuge in the south, and if he took Han Chenhui, he would have food.

However, Zhang Min didn't know that Yang Xixuan still had a secret route to the north, and he had already transported many elite soldiers, like a sharp dagger, who would deliver a fatal blow when the time came.

Yang Xixuan has strong soldiers and horses. The soldiers who went north this time are not only well-equipped, but also each have woolen clothes and pants. The sweaters are thick and very warm.

In order to ensure the production of woolen clothes, Yang Xixuan opened workshops in the newly established states and recruited many people to work. Not only did he ensure the production, but he also provided them with livelihoods, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Over the years, the official road leading to Jizhou has been repaired. Although the grassland road is the safest, the army went north smoothly.

Originally, the grassland tribe could prevent Yang Xixuan from going north and become Zhang Min's helper, but when Yang Xixuan was going north, he bombarded the drill all the way.

Hule China wanted to intercept it, but he suffered a lot in the north. He was afraid that the once-unified grassland would fall apart after another defeat. He never mentioned that he was afraid of Yang Xixuan's cannons and advanced firearms.

Hu Lechina could only pretend not to see it again, and even wished that both Yang Xixuan and Zhang Min would suffer. He also had other calculations in his heart. He wanted to go south to grab food when there was a shortage of food in winter. The lack of soldiers and horses in the south would be beneficial to him.

With all kinds of thoughts, Yang Xixuan's army took the opportunity to go north. When Zhang Min knew about it, he almost vomited a mouthful of blood, and couldn't help scolding Hu Lechina for his short-sightedness.

Zhang Min angrily swept the teacup to the ground. Yang Xixuan occupied Jizhou, and the road leading to Jizhou borrowed the grassland road. Hu Lechina tore up the cooperation with Yang Xixuan, and did not seize the road these years. It is good now, Yang Xixuan The army crossed the border arrogantly and pretended not to see it.

Hule China didn't hear it, he must have rolled his eyes when he heard it, really thought he didn't want to rob?He did tear up the cooperation, but most of the materials needed by the grassland were purchased from the south. Even if there was no wool business, the grassland tribes still couldn't do without the materials from the south.

Even if Hu Lechi angered Yang Xixuan and cut off all contacts, as for going south to plunder, hehe, after seeing the power of cannons and firearms, Hu Lechi could only see what he saw, at least he maintained a delicate balance in the past few years.

Zhang Min believed that Hule China wanted to make a profit, but he couldn't stop.

In Shanghe Town, Yang Xi and his wife are worried about Ziheng in the north. A war is about to break out in the north. This time Zhang Min has no way out, and Xixuan will not take a step back. Ziheng stays in the north.

Yang Xi didn't take a good rest when he received the news, "Ziheng said that he can't leave before the war, he will boost morale if he stays, I understand him, if he leaves before the war, it will not be good for his future reputation, I also support him decided, but my heart just can’t be at ease.”

Zhou Yu was also worried about the eldest son, but as the eldest son said in the letter, the eldest son not only represented himself, but also represented Xixuan in the north. exist.

Yang Xi continued to mutter: "I have prepared a lot of wound medicine, I just hope that Ziheng will not get hurt."

Zhou Yu patted his wife on the shoulder. The battlefield is too cruel, and the sword has no eyes. No matter how powerful you are, you may be injured on the battlefield.

Because Ziheng stayed in the north to participate in the war, the young boys in the family were honest, and went home obediently after school every day, and never went to the barracks to make trouble again.

Shanghe Town didn't have a deep feeling for the army's Northern Expedition, and couldn't understand the worries of Yang Xi and his wife. It has to be said that for the people of Shanghe Town, they really didn't feel the pain of troubled times, and they were a model of lying down and winning in troubled times.

Ye Shun knew that Ziheng was in the north, and he talked a lot about the situation in the north these days. Ye Shun had been in the north for many years, and he knew the north best. Unfortunately, he didn't comfort Yang Xi and his wife, and the couple became more worried.

At this time, Ziheng had followed Han Chenhui to Tan County for several days. Outside Tan County, there were large pits blasted by artillery fire everywhere. Looking over with a telescope, he could still see a lot of rubble and broken trees, all made of explosive traps. the result of.

Zhang Min's army attacked several times, Zhang Min blew up the capital with dynamite, and he felt the power of the dynamite.

Zhang Min didn't dare to think, it's all gunpowder, why is Yang Xixuan's gunpowder so powerful?

On the city wall of Tan County, Ziheng held a telescope in his hand, "I haven't given up on attacking Tan County yet, so I have to pay attention to night raids tonight."

His eyes quickly skipped the stumped limbs and broken arms. The city wall was like hell, with blood everywhere. On the first day, he felt a little nauseous, but now his face is expressionless because he has seen a lot.

Han Chenhui's eyes turned blue, and he hadn't had a good rest for a few days, "It's another night attack, motherfucker."

Since the explosive traps outside the city were gone, and he couldn't arrange for people to continue planting the traps, these days the attacks continued day and night, and once the enemy almost climbed the city wall.

The corner of Ziheng's mouth twitched, he really wasn't used to General Han's swearing, he had seen General Han's roughness these days, he didn't repeat all kinds of swearing words, and blinded the weak scholar's appearance for nothing.

　There is still ~~~ at night
　　
　
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