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This proclamation, published in the newspaper, was not only a formal declaration of war against Cao Cao and Lü Bu, but also intended to inform the people.

Therefore, Liu Bei did not extensively cite classics, but instead used plain language that ordinary people could easily understand. He also did not boast about the scale of the Northern Expeditionary Army, nor did he call upon righteous people from all over the world for assistance in the proclamation.

This proclamation was more like a vow made to the people by Han King Liu Bei and Prime Minister Li Ji, who had supported each other all the way, vowing that the Northern Expedition against the Han traitors would be victorious and the restoration of the Great Han would be successful.

However, this straightforward and simple content resonated with the people far more than ornate rhetoric.

Wherever the newspaper went, the proclamation was spontaneously spread by the people, stirring their hearts.

The Prime Minister is launching the Northern Expedition!

The common people were in an uproar.

The newspaper had become a close communication channel between the people and the court, allowing the court to know the will of the people and the people to know the heart of the court.

Even though the Great Han regime re-established by Liu Bei was only in its second year, it had already gained widespread support from the people. The people, living in troubled times, were extremely grateful to Liu Bei and Li Ji.

With the release of this proclamation, the people not only did not have any opposition or war-weariness, but instead showed support and encouragement.

Northern Expedition!

Unify the world and end the troubled times.

As Liu Bei said, this was not only Liu Bei's ambition, but also the aspiration of the people.

The proclamation stated: "The Han traitors and I cannot coexist, and the royal cause cannot be content with a partial peace."

Liu Bei stated that he would rather starve or die in battle than cut off the supply of money, food, and soldiers to the front lines. Li Ji said that he would never return if the Northern Expedition failed. Their determination was admired by countless people.

This also led to the proclamation causing a great stir within the territory of the Great Han.

Many brave men spontaneously organized and went to the local military camps to volunteer for service. Furthermore, many villages organized their people to take out the surplus grain they had accumulated during the prosperous years and voluntarily send it to the county government for donation.

This unprecedented scene left many local officials and school lieutenants caught off guard and inexplicably moved.

With such popular support, how could the Great Han not be victorious?

With such public opinion, the Great Han will surely be victorious!

However, without orders from above, how could the local officials and school lieutenants dare to accept the money and food donated by the people, and they did not dare to expand the army and recruit soldiers rashly.

Therefore, documents from various local governments flew to Shouchun like snowflakes, causing Liu Bei to be moved to tears. While trying to persuade the people of various places, he also immediately sent the matter to Langya State to inform Li Ji.

When Li Ji received this document sent by Liu Bei, he had already initially completed the reorganization of the army in Langya State.

At present, there are as many as 170,000 troops stationed in the northern border of Langya State, and another 100,000 troops will gather from various places one after another.

The total number of the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Li Ji this time is 270,000. As for the Jing and Yu armies led by Guan Yu, there are also about 200,000.

Moreover, even for the sake of the Northern Expedition, Li Ji dredged a large number of rivers in advance, which can greatly alleviate the pressure on the logistics grain route through water transportation.

But even so, in order to support nearly 500,000 troops in two directions, the number of logistics personnel that need to be mobilized is also as high as 500,000.

At this moment, Li Ji was discussing matters with the generals. Upon learning that a document from Shouchun had been sent, he immediately had someone bring it up.

Upon seeing it, Li Ji's expression changed greatly, and then he passed the document around for the generals to read.

Upon learning the content of the document, everyone's faces could not help but show a bit of excitement.

Li Ji stroked the hilt of the sword at his waist, and for a moment he understood Xiang Yu's state of mind when he committed suicide at Wujiang, and said with emotion.

"If the Northern Expedition fails, how can we have the face to see the elders and folks in various parts of the Great Han?"

Immediately, Li Ji's tone changed and he said sternly.

"The Northern Expedition is allowed to succeed, but not allowed to fail!"

The generals under the tent were all filled with excitement and shouted in unison.

"The Northern Expedition is allowed to succeed, but not allowed to fail."

Li Ji then nodded, his eyes sweeping over the generals and strategists in the tent.

For this Northern Expedition to Qingzhou, everyone volunteered and was willing to go to the Qingzhou front.

The generals selected by Li Ji here are mainly famous generals such as Zhao Yun, Sun Ce, Wei Yan, Xu Sheng, and Gan Ning, as well as hundreds of large and small generals.

The strategists included in the think tank are Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Sima Yi, Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, and Tian Feng, who recently went south to return to Han.

Previously, after Yuan Shao's death, the civil and military officials under his command were also respectively wooed by the Yuan brothers and fell into internal strife, and were finally destroyed by Cao Cao's plan.

This caused the power representing the Yuan family to completely collapse, and many of the Yuan family's civil and military officials were captured and subdued by Cao Cao one by one.

However, there were also people like Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Shen Pei who would rather die than surrender.

Under the circumstances that the general trend was gone, Yan Liang and Wen Chou charged into the enemy's formation and died of exhaustion, while Shen Pei committed suicide facing the direction of Yuan Shao's tomb.

At the same time, under the name of Yuan Shu, who was also a son of the Yuan family, civil and military officials such as Tian Feng, Jiang Qi, and Han Meng who were unwilling to surrender to Cao also went south to return to Han and were arranged by Liu Bei.

And this time, Li Ji's Northern Expedition to capture Cao Wei's Qingzhou, Tian Feng took the initiative to ask for orders, wanting to avenge his old master Yuan Shao.

Guan Yu's side is mainly defensive, and resisting Lü Bu's charge requires more fierce generals. The fierce generals he leads are mainly Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Sha Moke, Jiang Qin, and Wen聘, and Jia Xu is the chief strategist, so as not to fall into the tricks of the two Chens.

At this moment, Li Ji glanced at the civil and military officials under the tent and said.

"Now that the Great King has widely issued a proclamation through the newspaper, I believe it will soon reach Cao Wei's hands. Declaring war without prior notice is not what a royal army should do, but we should not engage in such pedantic things with the Han traitors."

"Now that war has been declared, we should immediately send troops to take Qingzhou directly, without giving Cao Wei a chance to transfer troops and dispatch generals."

Whether the war can seize the opportunity.

What is being fought for is undoubtedly this fleeting time difference.

Declaring war, of course, is necessary.

But now is no longer the Spring and Autumn Period, and besides, Cao Wei is originally a pseudo-regime in the eyes of the Great Han, so Li Ji naturally cannot notify Cao Cao and agree on a time and place to choose a battlefield for a decisive battle.

If that were the case, Li Ji would not have wasted so much effort on Jiang Gan.

Therefore, Li Ji's words became stern and he said.

"It is not appropriate to wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, immediately attack Qingzhou."

Immediately, the expressions of the generals under the tent shook.

They originally thought that the real day of dispatching troops would still take some time, but they did not expect that the Prime Minister was more decisive and swift than they had imagined.

Immediately, Zhao Yun said loudly.

"Prime Minister, Zhao Yun requests to fight!"

"Why should General Wei go into battle? This junior Sun Ce is willing to be the vanguard."

"General Fenwu, Wei Yan, is willing to fight, dares to fight, and can fight."

"Everyone, please wait…"

For a time, voices requesting to fight were endless in the tent, all wanting to win the first prize and take on the role of vanguard.

However, Li Ji had already planned how to take advantage of this great opportunity to catch Qingzhou off guard. After discussing it with the think tank, he had already made a decision.

Immediately, Li Ji ordered Gu Wei to send a map into the big tent, and then said.

"Generals, don't fight, this time to attack Cao, we will also advance in four routes…" (End of this chapter)