The day after the news of the navy's arrival in Basra came, when most people in Luoyang were still worried about the relentless chaos in the world, Zhang Caiwei visited the Zhao Mansion.

She informed General Zhao that the Southwest Sea Navy "should" arrive in Basra. Although it is impossible to make the General and his wife make a good decision under the current situation, Zhang Caiwei still brought news to his wife from time to time about General Zhao. The General's wife neither welcomed nor rejected such topics. However, once Zhang Caiwei talked about Zhao Xingde himself, she would distract the topic. However, Zhang Caiwei could still see that in the wife's mind, General Zhao had considerable weight. She was unwilling to talk about him rashly and pretended to forget that there was such a person in the world. But in fact, if everyone in the world had forgotten such a person, at least in the General's Mansion in Luoyang, there were still people who were thinking about him. Therefore, although she tried her best to match the Zhao couple again, Zhang Caiwei was still a little angry and worth it. However, she did not feel that there was more and more worries and uneasiness under Mrs. Zhao's calm appearance.

The earth is round, and there was a strange book that made this argument as early as the founding of the Kingdom of China. The longer the navy raised his anchor and left Guangzhou, the closer it was to Luoyang.

After experiencing the heart-wrenching concerns of Guangzhou, Li Ruoxue has been constantly considering how to treat Zhao Xingde. She sometimes decided that if Zhao Xingde returns from the war, even if he comes to ask for permission in person, she will definitely avoid it. Sometimes she decides that if he just keeps him out like this, whether it is too rude will leave a bad influence on the children. Sometimes she thinks that the prince and his wife seem to have certain expectations for her and Zhao Xingde. Sometimes she warns herself not to judge a gentleman by the heart of a villain. Finally, she reluctantly mentions Zhao Xingde's name, a name that she is very embarrassed and has to think of. However, this contradictory mood is changing unknowingly, just as the thickness of the snow is slowly changing. As time goes by, some green weeds will always pop up under the snow, messy and annoying.

Today, when Zhang Caiwei inadvertently said that Zhao Xingde was likely to be ordered to lead troops to quell the rebellion, Li Ruoxue turned his gaze out the window in an instant.

Under a bright sunlight, a faint blush appeared on her face. Although she tried her best to hide it, there was a bright light in her eyes.

"Has the matter of going to war been decided?" she asked softly, as if she was just responding to Zhang Caiwei's topic politely. However, the sudden changes that happened from the inside out of the whole person were like a carefully crafted palace lantern. It was originally just quietly elegant in the dark night, but now it was shining with light that suddenly made the radiant shine. At this moment, even Zhang Caiwei couldn't help but be stunned. She hadn't seen Li Ruoxue like this for a long time.

She sighed in her heart, pretending to be unaware of it, and told all the news about the Southwest Sea Navy that she knew. During this period, General Zhao was mentioned several times. Every time, Zhang Caiwei would observe the other party secretly. Although Li Ruoxue tried her best to show calmness, the vivid changes in her bright eyes and the tenderness in her smile were unintentionally unavoidable. In the end, Zhang Caiwei had completely confirmed that the ice and snow had melted.

"General Zhao led his troops to the western frontier this time, which happened to be a hero. If he could make contributions, and the general's expectations in Kanto will be the most popular in the future."

Zhang Caiwei said with a careful sentence: "General Zhao is very rare in our dynasty. If he always lives in a corner, it will not only be extremely inconsistent with the general's talent, but also make the hero feel disappointed. Chen Chongchang told me that General Zhao is the place where people from Guandong and Guanxi, and will hold the ox ears of the five palaces in the future, and can be at peace with the world." When he said these words, Zhang Caiwei was a little embarrassed. As the eldest daughter of the Duke of Chu and the Crown Princess, she has never grown up with the stars and never needed it.

Go to win over someone personally. But the situation is different now. The three hinterlands of Xia Kingdom are in the hands of rebels, and the attitudes of the nobles in Guanzhong are ambiguous. Shuzhong is far away, and the Shu people have always been outside the political struggles of Xia Kingdom. Although the Qin and Chu Dukes in the northern border support the royal family, they are far behind, but on the other hand, they are held back by the Ross and the Meerbo people. Zhao Xingde and the power he represents are extremely critical to Xia Kingdom, not only now, but also in the future.

"No matter for General Zhao himself," Zhang Caiwei thought so, "and for Ruoxue, such an arrangement is the best."

However, Li Ruoxue just looked at the willow shade outside the window, her eyes changed, and there was no interface to say anything.

Zhang Caiwei naturally no longer mentioned that it would be best if Li Ruoxue took the initiative to move to Dunhuang to live in the future. If she didn't want to, she would naturally not be able to force others.

However, whether Zhao Xingde can return to Luoyang depends on the future situation.

After the defeat of the Northern Expedition of Song Dynasty, the situation in Guandong took a sharp turn for the worse. In less than two months after the Battle of Xiongzhou, all the lost lands recovered by the Northern Expedition of Song Dynasty were lost. Several cities in Hebei, with the only Daming Prefecture as the center, were still defending. Fortunately, the Song army retreated most of the people in Hebei to Henan earlier, otherwise the losses would be particularly serious. However, the ambition of the Liao army did not seem to be limited to Hebei. The news obtained by the Military Information Department, Yelu Dashi personally took charge of Youzhou. All males over 14 years old in the Liao Kingdom were recruited, and all the soldiers of various tribes such as the Khitan, Xi tribe, and Jurchen tribe. The old and weak left behind, and the strong were used as cavalry to move south. The Military Information Department estimated that the Liao army in the southern expedition was at least 300,000, and the first to rebel.

Zima has been building a floating bridge in the Yellow River. On the other hand, after the defeat of Xiongzhou, all the civil and military affairs of the court seemed to have fallen into chaos all of a sudden. With the rise of bulletins everywhere, there has not been a decent response until now. Under the repeated strict orders of the Ministry of War, Cao Di, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi and other generals were still reluctant to send troops north. On the other hand, there were still people in the court who refused to let go of Lu Mingyu and other generals who retreated to Daming Prefecture. If Yue Fei had not written another letter to him and asked to reduce his title to three levels and take the blame for the defeat of the Northern Expedition, the bulletins would have been quelled. However, the Song court wanted Yue Fei to take charge of all the troops in Hebei and Henan, but it was unlikely that it would be possible.

Just when the court was struggling, the people of Song State were active out of unexpected activity. The Liao cavalry had not yet drunk the Yellow River, and the Yi soldiers of the prefectures and counties in the north and south of the Yangtze River had already risen. The students of the prefectures and counties ran around and shouted that if they did not rise up, the country would die. The headlines of the news in the morning must be the latest progress of the war in the northern border, and the news was even more prepared than the Ministry of War. In the situation where plants and trees were full of soldiers, from prefectures and counties to villages, city walls were repaired everywhere, and fire guns were being used to

, The rare goods of gunpowder are so rare that Chunyu Iron Factory can't meet the demand even if it opens furnaces and smelting iron day and night in the factory of Song Dynasty. Dongmuxing's business of selling sulfur from Japan actually exceeded the income from silver mining. In the Song Dynasty, as long as there are weapons, no matter bows, arrows, spears, armor, and firearms, there are no stocks everywhere. Once new goods arrive, they will be snatched away. The academic officials of various states wrote to the court, demanding that they follow the examples of the Liao army heading south, Yunzhou County recruits groups to resist foreign aggression.

When the war is heard, the Liao army drank horses and the Yellow River again. At the moment when the army is approaching, many people miss Zhao Xingde again and accused the court of "exiling" the good generals.

When the country of Song was in chaos, Zhao Xingde led his troops to Huwen City.

Two thousand soldiers followed the main road passed by the Western Expedition Army, from Busra to Iron Cliff, crossed the entire Khorasan area to Huwen City.

Khurashan, the place where the sun rises. On the territory of the General's Mansion of Xia Kingdom, the towering Alay Mountain and Xingdu Kush Mountain range from north to south. The Pamir Mountains are the key to the Western Regions. The river is a fertile soil surrounded by city walls on three sides. This is a road that travels between snow-capped mountains, deserts, salt marsh and Gobi. There were originally many villages and oasis along the road, and most of them were abandoned after many wars. The oasis on the Gobi was originally unrelated to people, but in the process of reclaiming the oasis, the villagers burned the dense vegetation, built canals, and reclaimed farmland, which broke the original natural balance and established an artificial balance. If this balance was not broken, as long as there was no shortage of water sources, it could continue for generations.

However, once the war breaks this balance, the artificial canals dry up due to destruction or unmaintained, causing the entire oasis to wither and disappear. During the march, Liu Zhijian, Ma Yuan and others encountered many such villages, and the houses were still there, but except for the corpses, the living people didn't know where to go. At the same time, they saw the gradually drying canals. Even if the Marine Division and the Cost of the Marine Division made every effort to ensure the fodder and replace horses along the way, it was still a long and arduous march for them. The only comfort for the Song people who participated in this expedition was that they were always marching towards the sunrise, which means that every step forward was one step closer to their hometown.

Just as Zhao Xingde was marching east desperately, the Hezhong Tuan Practicing Musket Battalion, which was supposed to be quietly waiting for the reception, was not calm.

For the marching department, the regiment training of the musket battalion is the most important secret to dealing with the rebellion in the river. However, for the marshal, this is the child who has no mother-in-law ranks the lowest in food and supplies.
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