Winter is gone and spring is coming, and it is February of the third year of Jianyan.

Cao Yun and Zhao Fujin's belly became more and more obvious, their bodies became more and more tired, and it was not convenient to walk. The mansion specially invited four midwives to accompany the two of them every day.

"Dongmei, go and urge the master, and say that the time is coming, let him hurry up, forget it, I'll go by myself! Come and help me."

The little maid hurriedly ran up to support Cao Yun. Cao Yun supported him with one hand and the other, and walked slowly towards the inner hall.

In the inner hall, Li Yanqing was still drinking porridge slowly. He was a little distracted. He had been preparing for the war nervously over the past few months. Seeing that the day of the Northern Expedition was about to come, a disharmonious voice came from the court. Some ministers made public statements and asked the officials to return the power to the Supreme Emperor. Although the voice was very weak, it was definitely not a good omen.

Just after the New Year last month, the old coach Zongze unfortunately died of illness. He had 80,000 Chuzhou troops under his command. Whoever was in charge of this army became the focus of the struggle between the officials and the Supreme Emperor. Once the Supreme Emperor wins, the throne of the official family will be in danger.

Judging from the current situation, the commander Liu Guangshi has the highest call for the commander Liu Guangshi. Liu Guangshi's father Liu Yanqing was the confidant of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji. He participated in the Jiangnan rebellion and was deprived of all his official positions by the court after his death. Liu Guangshi was also implicated and was granted the title of a general's void official. However, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji insisted that Liu Yanqing was not guilty and forced Liu Yanqing to rebel, posthumously named him King Yan and posthumously named Shanzhong.

This undoubtedly won Liu Guangshi's heart, which made Liu Guangshi cry and became more firmly loyal to the Supreme Emperor. At present, the Supreme Emperor has drawn nearly 40% of the court officials over. Lu Yihao, Fan Zongyin and Zhu Shengfei have publicly stood in line to support the Supreme Emperor, and Zheng Wangzhi expressed neutrality, which has led to the power of the Supreme Emperor rising day by day. Last month, the Supreme Emperor passed the seal signing case with three votes in favor, two votes against and one abstention. The official's will must be issued with the Supreme Emperor's seal.

This means that in terms of imperial power, the Supreme Emperor has already been on par with the official family. At present, the Supreme Emperor is still relatively weak in the military. If Liu Guangshi succeeds in taking over the military power of 80,000 Chuzhou Army this time, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to the official family.

Li Yanqing was a little worried that when he launched the Battle of Xia, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji would take the opportunity to launch a palace coup and deposed the emperor Zhao Gou ascended the throne again.

"Husband!"

Cao Yun walked into the lobby and saw that her husband was still in a daze. A bowl of porridge and a plate of buns on the table almost didn't move. She urged: "Husband, didn't you say there was something important today? Why are you still in a daze?"

Li Yanqing woke up, smiled apologetically, and hurriedly stepped forward to support his wife, "You are inconvenient, just let Dongmei come over and remind her, don't have to come by yourself."

"The doctor gave me a walk if I had the chance. Husband, hurry up and eat!"

Li Yanqing hurriedly drank porridge and ate a few more buns, then smiled and said, "I'm full, it's time to leave."

Cao Yun sorted out his clothes for him, and Yanran smiled and said, "Didn't you say you would go back to the capital in spring last year? Why didn't there be any movement?"

The news about Zhengxia was blocked extremely tightly, and Li Yanqing didn't even say his own wife. No one in the entire Jingzhao Mansion expected that a war was about to happen.

"The situation in the court is a bit weird. The old man told me not to go back for the time being. Let's wait and see!"

Cao Yun nodded, "You have decided by yourself, let's go!"

"Then I'll leave."

Li Yanqing kissed his wife's cheek, and the maid and female guard next to him quickly turned their heads and held back their laughter on his face. Cao Yun shyly pushed her husband away. Li Yanqing laughed and walked quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Yanqing arrived at the Jingli Mansion under the escort of hundreds of cavalry. As soon as he turned over and dismounted, Cao Ye came up, "Jiangwei, news from the court is here."

"What do you mean?" Li Yanqing asked quickly. The news came at this time must have something to do with military power.

Cao Ye was about to speak, but Li Yanqing stopped him, "Let's go in and talk!"

Li Yanqing came to his cemetery room and sat down, then said to Cao Ye: "What's the situation in the court?"

Cao Ye bowed and said, "The military power has been settled, and the Chuzhou army is divided into two parts. Liu Guangshi succeeded the Chuzhou defense envoy, commanding the commander, leading 40,000 troops, and the other 40,000 troops were handed over to the commander Yue Fei to enhance the strength of the Jingxiang front line."

Li Yanqing's face was a little bad. There was not much difference between the 80,000 troops and the 40,000 troops. Liu Guangshi won. He asked again: "What else is there?"

"There is also the fact that Han Shizhong's troops were transferred to Jiangnan to train new recruits in Changzhou."

This news made Li Yanqing feel a little relieved. This was obviously a remedy for Zhao Gou, using Han Shizhong to block Liu Guangshi's army from moving south.

"what else?"

"There's nothing else."

Cao Ye presented a pigeon letter to Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing opened it and read it. As Cao Ye said, he thought for a while and said, "If you draft a pigeon letter for me, you will say that the Western Army supports the decision of the court and resolutely defend the will of the emperor."

Cao Ye was surprised, "Does the manager want to take the team openly?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "It's time, there's nothing to worry about. Openly taking sides can slightly delay the ambitions of some people and buy us time."

"Are the general worried about something happening in the court during the Northern Expedition?"

Li Yanqing walked to the window with his hands behind his back and stared at the white clouds in the sky. After a long time, he sighed slightly, "This is exactly what I worry about."

"Would you like to cancel?"

Before Cao Ye finished speaking, Li Yanqing waved his hand and said, "How can the country's decisions be changed easily? Everything is implemented according to the plan."

"That capital" Cao Ye looked at Li Yanqing worriedly.

"Some things are not something we can control. Don't think so much for the time being, and do your best to prepare for the battle first."

"I understand!"

In the morning, Li Yanqing came to the Military Equipment Department in the North City of Chang'an. This place has always been the military equipment manufacturing center on Shaanxi Road. It covers an area of ​​about 100 acres and consists of three workshops including the Bow and Crossbow Floor, the Knife and the Gun Floor, and the Armor Floor. There are nearly a thousand craftsmen who can make all the weapons in the Song Dynasty's "Martial Jing Zongyao". More than half of these craftsmen are good craftsmen who were originally from the Bianliang Army. After the First Tokyo Defense War, they began to evacuate and most of them were sent to Jingzhao Mansion.

The Military Weapons Department has started large-scale preparations for war in August last year. Nearly seven months have passed, and it has basically completed all the military weapons and supplies needed for the Northern Expedition.

Li Yanqing first came to the Armor Square. The reason why something happened today was because a ceremony was held in the Armor Square today to celebrate the completion of the first thousand cold-forged armor. Since the help of two Qingtang Qiang four months ago, the first real cold-forged armor was successfully created, and the 300 craftsmen in the Armor Square began to do their best to create this kind of treasure weapon in the armor. In four months, they created one thousand pairs of cold-forged armor, and the large-scale horse-slashing sword had already created three thousand, and Li Yanqing could finally form his own heavy-armored infantry.

It was already late when Li Yanqing arrived at the armor workshop. The first thousand cold forged armor had been completed and hung on the deck. There was a faint cold light shining under the light. Next to him was a squad of officials from the Military Equipment Department, and on the other side were several major craftsmen.

At this time, Li Yanqing walked quickly surrounded by a large group of people. Sun Qigong, the chief of the Military Equipment Department, quickly greeted him and said, "Thank you, the General Secretary, for your attention to the Military Equipment Department!"

Everyone knows that the strategy pays special attention to the cold forged armor. Not only did the first cold forged armor come to celebrate after the success, but now the first thousand pieces are completed.

Under the attention of everyone, Li Yanqing delivered a passionate speech, thanking the Military Equipment Department for their support, thanking the craftsmen for their hard work, and hoping that the craftsmen would continue to work hard and complete the third thousand cold forging armor as soon as possible.

Even the display of the power of the cold forged armor was a performance arranged by Li Yanqing himself, allowing the craftsmen to see with their own eyes the power of the armor they created.

Li Yanqing waved his hand and the drum sounded. A team of twenty crossbowmen rushed over, each holding the divine arm crossbow. The workshop was silent, and everyone held their breath.

At this time, a soldier appeared a hundred steps away, burly, wearing black cold forging armor, holding a horse-slashing sword about a meter long in his hand, majestic, like a god.

The Horse-Slaying Sword is Mo Dao. It absorbs the gold-forging method of Xia Guojian. The blade created by the sword is five feet long, with extremely strong and wide in the middle, and is extremely sharp on both sides. It can be chopped or stabbed. Since it is essentially a long sword, it inherits the name of the Shenzong era. The Horse-Slaying Sword can cut off the horse's hooves with one sword and slash with one force. It can be seen that the war horses are chopped and two broken, which is a killing weapon against cavalry.

At this time, a escort shouted: "Prepare the crossbow arrow!"
Chapter completed!