Chapter 1023: Northern Expedition
Gu Yong persuaded him like this, and when he saw that Liu Zheng seemed to have made up his mind, he didn't continue to persuade him.
I could only retreat with a straight face.
However, Gu Yong had just retreated, and Chen Deng stood up on the other side.
"Your Majesty still has one more matter, if Your Majesty wants to take the royal conquest, the marriage that was discussed with General Lu Bu before, I'm afraid the time will be postponed."
Chen Deng was the minister in charge of the wedding.
Since Liu Zheng wants to drive the expedition in person, I am afraid that he will not be able to catch up in time.
He couldn't be the master of this matter, so he could only ask Liu Zheng what he meant.
Liu Zheng forgot about this incident, and after hearing Chen Deng's reminder at this time, he also frowned.
It is impossible to change what was set before the marriage event.
But if Liu Zheng wants to drive the expedition in person, it is difficult to have the best of both worlds, and he can't wait until he gets married to go on an expedition to the northern alien race, if he really does that, let alone eliminate Yuan Xi, the daylily will be cold.
Yuan Xi and his entourage didn't know where they had gone.
He didn't want to let down Lu Qiling, and he didn't want to let go of the matter of the royal conquest.
After frowning and pondering for a moment, he still thought of a way that could barely achieve two things.
"Well, the wedding will take place normally, but I'm going to do it on my way to the north."
"You will hold it in Jianye City, and I will take Lu Qiling to Qingzhou, which can be regarded as a vacation time for me and Lu Qiling to get married."
Anyway, it is not a strange relationship with Lu Qiling, and they have known each other for many years.
Moreover, Lu Qiling is also a female general in the women's battalion under Liu Zheng.
This time, he went to the north to attack Yuan Xi, and it made sense to bring Lu Qiling's women's battalion.
On the way, just hold the big wedding by the way.
Extraordinary moments, extraordinary times, extraordinary methods.
As soon as Liu Zheng said this, Chen Deng, who was still a little confused before, was also stunned, he never expected Liu Zheng to do this.
He still had some doubts, but after hearing Liu Zheng say this, he also understood that he could only do what Liu Zheng wanted.
"The minister understands, so he will go down and command."
After Chen Deng's question ended, there were no other voices of doubt from the people present.
Since no one objected to Liu Zheng's personal expedition, the next step was how to plan the imperial expedition and how to deal with those nomads in the north?
There is no need for Liu Zheng to be personally involved in this regard.
With his think tank to help him plan everything, he just had to listen to their advice.
In half a day, Guo Jia, Chen Deng, Gu Yong, Mi Fang and others had already planned everything.
Grain and grass have begun to be assembled and transported to the north.
The army did not move, and the grain and grass went first.
Although there is no shortage of food in various places under Liu Zheng's command, since it is to face the attack of the northern nomads, almost all the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places will be dispatched, and the food consumed by these soldiers and horses is not a small number.
The daily consumption of an army of 100,000 is a terrifying number, if you don't prepare in advance.
In the event of a shortage of military rations, it would be a great blow to the morale of the army.
In addition to mobilizing grain and grass to the front line in advance, it is also necessary to start issuing orders and mobilize troops and horses stationed in various places to start assembling.
This time, Liu Zheng's plan was not just to defend against Yuan Xi's attack.
He wanted to eliminate Yuan Xi in one fell swoop, so as to wipe out all the alien races such as Karasuma and Xianbei.
If this is done, the number of soldiers and horses that Liu Zheng needs is not a small number.
Therefore, he needs to mobilize a large number of troops and horses in advance.
Not only the soldiers and horses near Yangzhou, but also the soldiers and horses stationed near Xuzhou.
After all, they are not cavalry, their mobility is relatively weak, and it takes three or four days to pass from the station, and it takes half a month to reach the long one.
After all, there are not many soldiers and horses stationed in the direction of Jizhou by Liu Zheng now, and the only people and horses who can quickly reach Jizhou are some troops stationed in Qingzhou by Zang Ba.
Other soldiers and horses that needed to be mobilized, such as Sun Ce, the army under Zhou Yu, and the men and horses hired by Wen were stationed in Yangzhou and Xuzhou.
It is still a little far away from the location of Jizhou, and it will definitely take time to rush over.
It's not that they can arrive in three or two days, and besides, their soldiers and horses are mainly infantry, and their mobility is not very fast.
Therefore, Liu Zheng had to make arrangements in advance, and lead their soldiers and horses to quickly rush to Jizhou to join the army and then make plans.
Because the battle against the northern nomads was very important this time, Liu Zheng could not tolerate a trace of sloppiness, so he decided to mobilize more troops.
Just these soldiers and horses that fell already occupied nearly half of the troops under Liu Zheng's command.
If it weren't for Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Sun Jian, Liu Chong and others. It is necessary to guard Jingzhou and Yuzhou. It is really impossible to mobilize their troops and horses.
Liu Zheng really planned to send some soldiers and horses from them to Jizhou.
After all, the northern nomads have a large number of cavalry, and it is not easy to completely eliminate them without the strength to compete with them.
After all, the number of cavalry under Liu Zheng has always been a shortcoming, and if you want to fight them head-to-head on the frontal battlefield, the chances of winning are really not great.
It can only be suppressed by relying on a far superior military superiority over them.
Only then was it possible to drive these northern nomads out of the land of China in a short period of time.
Because of the urgency of the war in the north, Liu Zheng did not have much time to stay in Jianye City, and on the second day, he had already let Xu Huang, Tai Shici and others lead the cavalry to Jizhou first.
He himself took Lu Bu's father and daughter, as well as their trapped camp and women's battalion all the way north.
Go to Xuzhou first to meet Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who are stationed in Xuzhou.
Although Xuzhou manages Xuzhou, it is still the Chen family and the Mi family. But the military power has always been firmly in the hands of Liu Zheng.
After all, Xuzhou was taken away by Liu Bei once before, and some of Liu Zheng's forces in Xuzhou were almost eliminated.
Now it is the manpower that Liu Zheng arranged again after he recaptured Xuzhou.
Of course, in order to prevent other forces from getting involved, the soldiers and horses stationed in the Xuzhou area are Liu Zheng's most trusted people.
For example, his eldest apprentice Zhou Yu was stationed in Xuzhou.
This time, Liu Zheng went north along the road to come to Xuzhou and met Zhou Yu's soldiers and horses.
Although he had to mobilize a lot of troops and horses to go to the north to crusade against the aliens.
However, the soldiers and horses stationed in various places are also indispensable, and every legion under Liu Zheng can only send a part of the soldiers and horses to follow him to Jizhou.
The rest of the men and horses stationed in various places still have to set aside a part and guard the local area in case Liu Zheng's army goes out. As a result, there was some internal turmoil in the house.