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Chapter 1178 The Eve
May [-]th.

After several days of trekking, Chang'an was in sight, Hao Gou'er opened his eyes wide and looked at the distant city wall, trying to see clearly that this capital city is more imposing than Hanzhong.

However, to his disappointment, although Chang'an has a large population, the city is not much larger than Hanzhong City, and it even looks a bit messy and disorderly.

If Hanzhong City is worthy of the title of Longxing City, Chang'an, as the capital city, is too old and feels embarrassing.

But Hao Gou'er was still excited. He saw the teams coming from all directions and saw the banners swaying on the top of the city, and felt a kind of vigorous vitality.

"Northern Expedition to expel captives! Restore the Central Plains!"

On the crowded official road, such a shout suddenly sounded.

Soon someone responded and shouted: "Take advantage of the victory and go north! Drive the captives! Drive the captives!"

"Wan Sheng!"

Hao Erfu was startled, shook his head and said: "Young people have nowhere to spend their strength, they are hoarse and still shout."

Thinking about it carefully, it was the first time that Li Xia spent a lot of time chatting like this.

Whenever these simple and powerful words sounded, the atmosphere would become more and more enthusiastic, and finally they would start to sing as if they were drunk.

"Who will be with you?" Yang Guo said, "The Northern Expedition is successful, and I will return to my hometown in Shanxi."

Whether they are full of vigor, mature and stable, civilian husbands or generals, all kinds of people are ready on the eve of the Northern Expedition.

These important ministers are usually unpredictable, but when it comes to these parents, they are not much different from ordinary women.

"Just now I heard Zhu Gong talk about your second brother and Yuan Yan, and I thought that Yuan Yan should have a lot of contacts in the Northland. You said that you also arranged her to be in the team going north, how about it?"

Li Xia gradually couldn't speak, and just listened silently.

This time, they were asked to gather together and be managed by a new logistics officer.

Hao Erfu was a little nervous at first, but after waiting for a while, he found that their supply officer was a young man who looked very kind.

It can be seen that he was more passionate than these people when he was young.

"Although I can see that His Majesty is extraordinary, I thought that at most I could defend the Song Kingdom. I didn't expect, I didn't expect, my vision is too narrow."

"It's the same in my family." Wang Cui said in a low voice: "I'm living a good life, why would I send my daughter to practice martial arts?"

"I married you, but I'm going to war again... Are you worried about the princess? You can go to accompany her from time to time."

When Hao Gou'er passed by them, he couldn't help singing along, and immediately a young man looked at him enthusiastically and waved to him.

Hao Gou'er stood on tiptoe and looked ahead, looking for the group of young people with his eyes.

"In the morning of the next day, His Majesty will take an oath at the Temple of Heaven on the outskirts of the city. We will take a rest tomorrow and get up early the next day to participate in the oath ceremony."

This is a question he has been thinking about recently. He is afraid that if he dies on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition, marrying Wang Cui will harm her instead. It is better to let her stay with the princess all the time.

"Huh? Why don't you go and accompany Sister Mingyue and the others?"

Li Xia said: "In recent years, she has done a good job in public affairs. She has contributed a lot to the mobilization of the Northern Expedition and the support of public opinion. It will not affect her official career just because she is a daughter."

Hao Gou'er's eyes were already lit up, and he was eager to go over and be with them, but he still wanted to push the cart.

The closer they were to Chang'an City, the more and more young people on the official road greeted each other.

He could also feel the atmosphere along the way.

On the contrary, these important ministers are already very old, and there is not much time to chat with them.

Li Xia said: "Not only that, I also count on Duke Yang to govern Shanxi."

"That's good……"

"Yes, the official position should not be very high. It looks like a small quartermaster who only cares about us."

"Join the army."

Yang Guo waved his hands again and again, and said, "Your Majesty loves me so much. I'm too old to be useful."

"Brother Jiang? Where is this going?"

"That's right." Yang Guo said: "I heard that since her husband passed away, there have been many proposals for relatives, and Zhang Hongji is among them. She didn't even fall in love with her, so she just went to become a female crown."

But in fact, Hao Gou'er was also very interested in the topic Sun Laoliu and the others were talking about, and had already understood it clearly.

Wang Cui said: "The princess seems to be busy with new things recently, and she seems to have adapted to life in Chang'an."

"Your Majesty doesn't know something." Han Chengxu sighed: "What the veterans are worried about is not Yuan Yan's official career, but her marriage."

……

He will not yell before going out, but save his strength for the battlefield.

When Wang Cui saw her, she said, "Brother You, you are a general, so you don't have to take care of the household chores, my mother and I will take care of them."

Each of them wore a sword, and the red tassels on the sword shook slightly, adding to their heroic spirit.

What is rare is that they are not discussing political affairs, but just sitting and talking about trivial matters.

Fan Xueyi is still explaining various matters at the end.

Lu Xiufu was in charge of the military supply for the entire Northern Expedition this time. Many policies, including allowing the Hao family and his son to transport grain from Hanzhong to Guanzhong, were all written by him. Several mobilization letters in the newspaper were all signed by his name. .

"Yes, I have to go back to camp tomorrow."

The young people shouted "Northern Expedition to Drive the Captives", getting more and more excited and reverberating with passion.

He planned to bring Zhang Wenjing and Han Qiaoer with him this time. At this time, Zhang Wenjing was still packing her luggage, and she was a little surprised to see Li Xia coming.

"But my family is from a farming household, so I'm afraid you won't be used to it when you marry in."

Hao Gou'er turned his head and reminded in a low voice: "Uncle Sun Liu, stop talking."

"Yeah, I'm afraid this girl's mind is not on her official career."

He has never been perfunctory in doing things, even if it is such a small matter, he still faces it with a serious attitude.

At this time, all the farmers standing there were farmers who had come to apply for the recruitment. They couldn't order and stop like soldiers, so they couldn't help talking in a low voice.

Li Xia sat alone for a while, got up, but first chatted with Zhang Wenjing.

The team continued to move forward and finally unloaded the food and grass.

The next day, Lu Xiaoyou packed his bags, left Chang'an's house, and rode his horse to the barracks outside the city.

When Lu Xiaoyou asked the question, he scratched his head again, looking a little unconfident.

"There should be bigger ones up there, right?"

After fighting for ten years, I have done everything that needs to be done, and tomorrow I will swear to the Northern Expedition.No matter what to do again, compared with ten years of experience, it can play a very small role.

This Fan Xueyi looks gentle and polite, but he doesn't have too many people who know about Huhu when he speaks. They are all plain vernacular.

Several Beigui people had a close friendship with Yuan Haowen, and they couldn't help sighing when they talked about this topic.

Soon he found them, there were about five or six of them, they were all dressed as scholars, and the scholar's robes were also improved, the sleeves were made narrower, and the skirts were shortened, making them look much more handsome and neat.

When he was young, he was also passionate and impulsive. He entered the palace with Li Xia. He didn't even think about the serious consequences of that matter. He just did it.

"This officer doesn't look very old, does he?"

Hao Erfu hurriedly said: "Dog, don't look at it."

But now, he was afraid of more things. He was afraid that his elderly mother would be sad, that his newly married wife would be widowed, and that the family members of his soldiers would bear the pain, so he began to become more cautious.

~~
In Chang'an City, Lu Xiaoyou's family also talked about the oath of teachers.

"Hello folks, my name is Fan Xueyi, and I'm your supply officer. From now on, Lao He and I will take you to transport food to the front line."

"It's a woman after all."

Thinking of this, Hao Gou'er felt that he was one step closer to the person he admired, and one step closer to his ambition.

"Are you going to go to war after you take the vows in the future?"

They didn't talk too late, and they left around Xu time.

"At that time, who would have thought that one day His Majesty would really go to the Northern Expedition?"

Lu Xiaoyou has already passed this age.

"Today, I have to tell you a few things. First of all, you are on the front line. You must obey my orders. The battlefield is not a joke. If you are not careful, you may lose your life. I hope that you will all be killed. Take it all over, and then bring it all back..."

Lu Xiaoyou listened carefully and took notes carefully.

Li Ye said: "I have met Zhang Erlang twice, she is outstanding in everything, and she is a perfect match. If even Zhang Erlang doesn't like her, I'm afraid it will be difficult..."

The sky gradually darkened, and after the long night, it was the swearing-in meeting.

Although she is a newlywed, Wang Cui did not feel coquettish at all, she nodded and said, "Okay, I have packed your luggage for you, look, the wound medicine is here, if you are injured, you must wipe this first. "

Yang Guo didn't know how many times Yang Guo mentioned this sentence tonight.

"You stay at home with your mother... can it work?"

~~
That night, in the Chang'an Imperial Palace, Li Xia was chatting with Han Chengxu, Han Qi'an, Yang Guo, Li Ye and other ministers returning from the North.

"Then I have already seen that I have a higher vision than you." Han Chengxu laughed, and said: "After the success of the Northern Expedition this time, it's time for you and me to enjoy the rest of our lives together."

Li Xia asked again: "I heard that Yuan Yan also plans to return to Shanxi after this Northern Expedition?"

Zhang Wenjing was slightly surprised, and replied: "It's okay, Sister Yuan is the most familiar with the literati in the north, and she has been in the propaganda department these years, which should be helpful for recruiting the nobles."

After finishing speaking, she smiled and said, "If Second Brother can see Sister Yuan this time, I'm afraid he will be very happy."

"can you?"

"I don't know, I'm just joking. Presumably after so many years, the second brother must have let go of it..."

(End of this chapter)