In the end, Mei Yinzhi only said one sentence.

"The Emperor Shengming!"

In just one sentence, the amount of information contained is too much.

As soon as this sentence came out, Qin Shuhuai was relieved.

Chongzhen was also relieved.

And Mei Yinzhi did not say those four words just because of what Chongzhen said today, but the changes in the world that he had seen with his own eyes in the past two years made him say those four words.

The Demon Cult and the Imperial Court have been reconciled ever since!

On behalf of the Demon Sect, Mei Yinzhi promised the imperial court to go on a northern expedition, but he refused all the rewards from the imperial court, and then stepped out of the Forbidden City with his head held high.

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The army of the Western Expedition has returned, and the war of armament has naturally entered the final stage.

Qin Shuhuai, as the leader of the martial arts alliance, issued a solicitation order to all sects and factions, and this time it was not soldiers who were recruited, but masters of each faction.

Soon, the two masters of Shaolin's Zhiren and Zhikong came, and the beggar gang leader Wang Datong, Wudang Chang Wuji, Kongtong Ersheng, Tangmen Tang Sanniang, Cao Gang Ma Sansao and other masters came.

To Qin Shuhuai's surprise, the Kunlun faction also sent Zhang Taicheng with five hundred disciples.

In the past, the Kunlun faction had internal strife, some of them had to follow the Demon Sect, and some of them had to join the Martial Arts Alliance, but as a result, the faction with the Demon Sect had the advantage, so that they did not participate in the alliance.

Now that the Demon Sect has joined forces with Qin Shuhuai, if they don't come again, don't think about mixing up.

Qin Shuhuai naturally accepted them with a smile.

On August 18 of the fifth year of Chongzhen, 20 red-coated cannons and tens of thousands of shells arrived in Baoding.

At the same time, all kinds of munitions and materials have also been delivered in a steady stream.

The movement of the army is also underway.

The Guanning army transferred 40,000 elite soldiers to Qin Shuhuai, and joined forces with Mangui's 12,000 army, totaling 52,000 people, for the left army, with Zhao Shujiao as the main commander and Man Gui as the deputy commander.

Li Dingguo led 5,000 troops, Liu Guoneng led 10,000 troops, and Du Wenhuan, Cao Wenzhao, and He Renlong led about 40,000 troops, totaling 55,000 people, to form the right army. Li Dingguo is the main commander, and Cao Wenzhao is the deputy commander.

As for the Chinese army, it is composed of 40,000 martial arts coalition troops, 8,000 demon sect soldiers, 5,000 Jianghe gangs, 5,000 factory guards and 20,000 Gansu soldiers, a total of 78,000 people, the commander is naturally Qin Shuhuai, and the deputy commander is Jin Gang.

The Northern Expedition army totaled about 180,000 troops, almost concentrating the elite forces of the Ming Dynasty.

September 26 of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the auspicious day of the zodiac, it is advisable to travel far and open.

At noon, outside the city of Baoding.

The expeditionary army gathers here, and the black pressure is overwhelming, and there is no end in sight!

Qin Shuhuai was wearing a general helmet, holding Yitian, and under his crotch was a group of strong high-headed war horses, under the escort of Lai San'er, Zhiren, Wang Datong, Zhang Xiao and others, slowly went out of the city.

The city gate was already crowded with people, and hundreds of people ran to see off the officials and soldiers.

The official army is finally going to the Northern Expedition!

It's finally time to avenge the dead compatriots!

The group of man-eating demon kings entrenched in Liaodong are finally going to be served in a pot!

As long as you can clear the Tartars this time, then everyone's good days have really arrived!

Yes, now that the court is benevolent, everyone is not worried about food and clothing, if the Tartars are destroyed again, is it not the peaceful and prosperous era that only exists in the history books?

The officers and soldiers must win!

Knock knock, knock knock, the people beat gongs and drums to see off the Northern Expedition army.

According to the old practice, the local old men gave wine to the soldiers at the gate of the city.

Qin Shuhuai drank a bowl of wine, then pulled out the cold and shining Heavenly Sword, and was about to give an order, but suddenly heard a strong man shouting behind him, "General Qin! General Qin stays!"

Qin Shuhuai turned his head to look behind him, but saw four strong men carrying a white-haired old man, who was hurrying over.

After taking a closer look, I realized that this person was Cao Huachun!

I haven't seen him for a year or so, Cao Huachun has become like a weak and dying old man, if you don't look closely, you can't see that this is the Dongchang Governor who was powerful and famous in the martial arts!

I can't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart.

When Cao Huachun approached, Qin Shuhuai immediately hugged him and said, "Duke Cao, it's been a long time!"

Cao Huachun smiled weakly and said, "Governor Qin, the old man learned that Governor Qin was on the Northern Expedition today, so he came from home to give Governor Qin a ride!"

As he spoke, he struggled to climb down the sedan chair, picked up a bowl of wine and handed it to Qin Shuhuai, and took a bowl himself.

"Qin Du, you told our family that day, you want our family to live well, look at that, look at the day when the peaceful and prosperous world comes. Hehe, so our family doesn't want to die with an old face, I don't want to die until now! Qin Du, cough cough, Qin Dugong, Dongchang is a good man, I won't regret handing it over to you......! If you come back, our family is still alive, and our family will definitely go ten miles out of the city to welcome you! Come on, cough cough, cough cough, dry, dry this bowl of wine, give it to you, give you a strong trip!"

Cao Huachun coughed violently, not only did he not lose his breath when he spoke, but he even lost his breath, his face was pale, and his physical condition was obviously extremely poor.

But he didn't seem to care, and he insisted on saying so many things in a different way, as if he was afraid that if he didn't say it now, he wouldn't have a chance to say it in the future - you must know that the Dongchang Governor, who was famous in the past, would never say so many things in one go!

Qin Shuhuai became more and more emotional in his heart, picked up the wine and drank it all, and then solemnly hugged Cao Huachun and said, "Cao Dugong, please take care of your body, on the day of triumph, I will personally go to the house, thank Dugong for this bowl of Zhuangxing wine!"

Cao Huachun laughed, raised his neck and dried the bowl of wine in one gulp, and vaguely had a trace of the demeanor of the Admiral Dongchang back then!

But after drinking, he coughed again and again, and half bent over with a cough.

A strong man hurriedly infused some true qi on his back, and then stopped coughing.

Another person who looked like a little scholar reproached, "Oh, godfather, the doctor said that you are not allowed to drink, why do you still drink! I will ignore you after you do this!"

Cao Huachun smiled slightly and touched the child's head dotingly.

Then he raised his head and shouted at Qin Shuhuai with all his strength, "General Qin, Grandpa Guo! Let's go! The old man is watching you here!"

Qin Shuhuai nodded, and then with a wave of the Heavenly Sword, he shouted at the whole army with endless majestic true qi, "Pass my general's order, and the whole army will set off!"

Toot toot~~ The majestic horn sounds!

Wipe and rub!

The 180,000 army officially started the journey of the Northern Expedition!

Travel 700 miles in six days, cross the mountain customs.

After passing the Shanhaiguan, there is a long and narrow passage in front of it, which leads directly to Jinzhou from the Shanhaiguan.

This passage, or corridor, is bordered by the Bohai Sea on the east side, along the Great Wall on the north side, and on the outside of the Great Wall is the Duoyan Department. It has almost no depth, at most a hundred miles wide.

This corridor can be regarded as a pipeline, and the Shanhaiguan defended by Wu Xiang and the Jinzhou City defended by Yuan Chonghuan are like two plugs blocking the two ends of the pipeline, if the Duoyan Department rushes in across the Great Wall, as long as Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou are not moving, then they don't want to do anything.

But what if one of these two passes is broken?

If the Shanhai Pass is breached, then Houjin's allies, such as the Mongol Ministries, can directly enter the pass and threaten Gyeonggi. If the Jinzhou-Ningyuan line is broken, then the allies of the Later Jin can copy the back of the Northern Expeditionary Army and attack the Houjin on both sides.

Neither of these consequences is devastating.

It can be seen the importance of the Shanhaiguan and Jinning defense lines.

It was precisely because of its importance that Qin Shuhuai asked Yuan Chonghuan to continue to be the Jiliao Governor, and in fact was in charge of both the Shanhaiguan and Jinning defense lines, because it was indeed very stable during Yuan Chonghuan's defense in history.

The army continued to advance, passing through Ningyuan three days later and arriving in Jinzhou five days later.

This is currently a stronghold of the Ming Dynasty in the forefront of Liaodong, out of Jinzhou City, that is the territory of Houjin, Houjin's nest Shenyang (not yet called Shengjing, that is, Shenyang) is only 400 miles away from Jinzhou!

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