After coming out of the emperor's bedroom until he left the Meridian Gate, Degong looked bad and walked in a hurry. Li Xingzhou knew that he was angry.

He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Duke De, why don't you go to my mansion today? My aunt just sent some good Ganoderma lucidum from Luzhou, which happened to make tea and wine. Don't you like the most?"

"Your mansion?" De Gong said with a stern face: "I am afraid that the big temple will not accommodate me, a little Buddha."

"What's the point? No matter how big my temple is, the door is open for you. Degong is the biggest Buddha in my small temple, hahaha..." Li Xingzhou laughed dryly and said with a compliment. He could probably guess why Degong was angry.

"This is also a helpless move..." he added.

"A helpless act?" Degong widened his eyes and said, "How could he be so helpless? I think you have gained skills and have begun to be arrogant and arrogant."

"But someone has to do things."

"That's not what it is!" Degong blew his beard and glared, interrupting him, "Don't talk. I know what the rise and fall of the world is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, but that is not your responsibility alone! You can't take on such a big thing alone...

You are still arrogant, arrogant, arrogant, and willing to act! You have so many ways to choose, why do you have to choose this one? This one...the worst path for you."

Li Xingzhou himself also understood that De Gong cared about him. If he just went to Kunning Palace, it would be equivalent to turning the good situation into a gambling. If he won the bet, he would win. If he lost the bet, his previous efforts would be vain and he would no longer be able to compete with the prince.

As Duke De said, he had many choices, such as echoing the prince, or telling the emperor about it slowly, etc. There are too many choices that can help him slow down and stabilize and consolidate his current political advantages. Moreover, with the prince's IQ, the longer the time, the more flaws it will be.

He had a sure win, just drag it on.

As a result, he suddenly gave up the good situation and chose to gamble with the prince. As long as he bet, he would lose. Of course, Degong was furious.

Although Duke De’s face was bad and his words were ugly, Li Xingzhou knew that Duke De’s sake was for his own good, so he was so angry.

"I have my own difficulties, too." Li Xingcheon said.

"What's the hardship?" asked Degong.

Li Xingzhou smiled bitterly: "It's hard to say, in short, time doesn't wait for anyone."

After looking at him for a while, Degong looked at him, but finally shook his head helplessly, "Forget it, I always feel that what you think is not something I can think of. Since that's the case, you don't have to say it."

Li Xingzhou was very grateful. He would never say that apart from the Jin Kingdom, the one he was most worried about was northern Mongolia. At this time, who would have thought that Mongolia would grow and rise rapidly in an unimaginable attitude?

Furthermore, the Jing Kingdom did not care about the Mongolian tribes at all, and even the imperial court and the people rarely knew that there was such a powerful force on the northwest grasslands of the Liao Kingdom.

Only businessmen care about it because on the grasslands where material scarcity, most things are easy to sell, salt, iron, cloth, ceramics, etc., which are very easy to sell and can be sold at a good price, so merchants know more about the Mongolian tribes.

He didn't have time to talk to the prince anymore. With the rise of the Jin Kingdom, it means that Mongolia is not far away. Jing Kingdom is about to face a challenge that has never been seen in a thousand years. First, the rise of the Jin Kingdom created the myth of the Jurchens being dissatisfied with ten thousand and invincible.

Then there is Mongolia's rise and the Mongolian Iron Cavalry that has swept the invincible Eurasians for more than 20 years. None of these will give Li Xingzhou time.

The information collected by the royal family from various merchants has been sorted out now, which is the new Fang Xin. After the Northwest team, Qi Fang also recommended this person, saying that he has excellent ability to organize information and judge the situation.

Yan Shen also told him that Mr. Fang was not simple, so Li Xingzhou simply handed it over to him and gave the department that specifically integrated these intelligence. He wanted to call the Third Intelligence Agency, but he would just forget it.

The office space is located in the backyard of Tingyu Building, and is usually covered by a restaurant.

Judging from the various information obtained by the Third Intelligence Bureau, the Jin Kingdom had stopped marching and began to recuperate in the west of Juyongguan, Shangjing and other places. Moreover, the Jin army adopted the Huairou policy at the request of Wanyan Wugunai, and except for Datong Prefecture, the attacks along the way did not violate all cities. This led to the Jin Kingdom replenishing troops quickly and recovering quickly. Conservatively, it is estimated that in just two years, or even more than a year, the Jin army will be able to move south, so there is not much time left.

In the end, Degong went to the royal palace. The Ganoderma lucidum sent by his sister-in-law was bought from Dali merchants. Li Xingzhou didn't like it, but Degong was particularly concerned about it. He was good at it, whether it was Ganoderma lucidum tea or Ganoderma lucidum wine.

......

That night, Li Xingzhou said something about today in bed.

Shiyu just listened and said nothing, and Li Xingzhou had to touch her, but she ignored her.

"What's wrong?"

Shiyu asked softly: "Are you going too?"

Li Xingzhou nodded: "I am going to walk two ways. The big ship can bring more than 5,000 people. For Di Zhi to take the five thousand people, I will take another team and take another road."

Shiyu didn't speak. After a long time, she asked, "Will it be fine?"

"Haha, don't worry, the road I'm not dangerous. I'm so afraid of death. Of course, I know to be careful. Di Zhi comes to fight, and I'm just responsible for picking up the bargains." He said as he hugged Shi Yu's waist tightly.

"Have you told Ah Jiao and the others?"

"No, aren't I afraid of saying it and they were scared to cry? It's nothing big, so... please tell them for me."

"Big bastard, let me do the bad guys!" Shiyu's tone was a little trembling.

"You are crying too? Hehe, do you care so much about your husband?"

"No......"

.....

The news always spread very quickly. Within two or three days, the news that King Pingnan was about to send a new army to the north. The news of the attack on Liao again became the focus of discussion on the streets and alleys.

Of course, there are not many people who have hope. After all, the new army is the last group formed by the imperial guards and the most special group. It is directly under the Privy Council and commanded by the King of Pingnan. The number of people is only 15,000, which is too small compared to the other four imperial guards.

In addition, the last time the army went on an expedition, the three imperial guards went north, and only the new army left to guard Kyoto could see the problem.

Therefore, many people shook their heads about this dispatch. More than 100,000 troops were powerless. What could more than 10,000 new troops do? I am afraid they would die in vain again.

King Pingnan is indeed a young hero, but he has only fought twice and is incomparable to the elite cavalry of the Liao Kingdom.

Some people say that the young King Pingnan was so confused after winning twice that he won the battle. He didn't know that the world was so strong that this time he was afraid that the lives of the new army soldiers would be pitiful.

......

But no matter what the public opinion is, the royal palace has begun to take action.

The influence of the royal palace is not only in the court, but also influencing the whole country through trade. Now, after Li Xingzhou ordered the entire royal palace to be mobilized from all over the country.

Businessmen who are doing business through the Bohai Sea, Goryeo, Liaodong and other places have enthusiastically signed up to guide the army. The grain and grass raised in various places have been transported continuously to the royal palace through river network transportation. The royal palace ferry in the Hewan area has become the center of Jingguo.

With the lesson from last time, Xue Fang quickly sent the 100,000 taels of silver allocated to him by the emperor, but to the current size of the royal palace, 100,000 taels are actually nothing.

The Dingnan-class ships in the royal mansion have expanded to fifteen, of which twelve were mobilized from all over the country to the royal mansion ferry within a few days. Only two of them remained to continue to survive north and south. The business was hit hard, but they couldn't control so many.

All twelve large ships gathered at the Wangfu Wharf, and the twelve large ships parked along the riverside. The black and magnificent dragon was pulled out for more than a mile long. Everyone was deeply moved when they saw this. The first thing they saw was such a magnificent scene. Li Xingzhou stood on the shore and looked, and there was also a sense of déjà déjà sensation of the invincible fleet, but he knew that this was just the beginning.

Qiu'er's second-generation steam engine has greatly improved in all aspects, but it is still not enough to reach the power level that the ironclad ship can use, but he knows that as long as it starts, it will always be realized one day.

The long dragon docked on the edge of the case, and many craftsmen and workers were working together to install side guns. Ten main warships were also classified. The first two were fire ships, and most of the ships were used to carry artillery, gunpowder, and ammunition. Therefore, the installation of artillery on each side reached an amazing twelve gates, five gates on the lower deck, seven gates on the upper level, and a total of twenty-four gates.

These two ships were the Qidong and Qifang who died in battle, and Qifang, who had made achievements but had no reward for his daughter. Later, they were changed to the Qidong number of the brave general Qidong number by Li Xingzhou, and the Qifang number of the female general Qifang number. Qifang himself was very satisfied with this.

Now these two ships have been transformed into completely firepower ships, providing the army with shore firepower. They go straight up the Haihe River from the mouth of the Bohai Sea, and go to the Tianjin and Beijing lines in the future. The hydrological conditions along the way are good, and the roads are unobstructed. Both sides of the river are plains, which can provide good shooting conditions for fleet artillery.

"Yes, I like this kind of boat." Qi Fang stood on the shore, holding her arms and curling her lips. It seemed that she was very satisfied with the change of the ship named after her name to a fire ship.

The next eight ships were troop transport ships. In order to recognize most of the load loads for the soldiers, each ship was reduced again. Only three decks were added on each side, with a total of six guns. The gunpowder and ammunition were also very limited, leaving the remaining load to the soldiers.

The two last ships are supply ships, which are not equipped with artillery and are used to transport large army supplies.

After the renovation work began, the advantages of the royal mansion with a large number of craftsmen were suddenly reflected. Such a huge project was very fast, because Li Xingzhou used the boring gimmick to attract many craftsmen from all over the country, each ship could be equipped with more than a dozen craftsmen and cooperate with the workers. Each two craftsmen were more than enough to be responsible for a cannon.

The renovation work is going smoothly, and the exclusive ferry of the royal mansion is busy...

On the other hand, the new army was also actively preparing, especially Di Zhi. After hearing that the news of his ability to go to war was confirmed, he was so excited that he found him several times.

There is also Wei Yubai. When she heard that the army was defeated, she wanted to go north immediately. Her father and younger brother were all on the northern front line. Now she heard that the new army was going north to join the war, so she was so happy that she wanted to set off immediately.

The army prepared in an orderly manner. At night, the sky was clear and the weather was clear. The stars were shining in summer. The bright Milky Way hung high in the horizon. On the mound south of the New Army camp, Li Xingcheon saw Yan Shenzheng leading the artillery battalion to practice night battles.

I heard that I need to practice more diligently after the war and pursue perfect shooting.

Now the artillery in the royal palace is still equipped with front-loading guns, so it is not convenient to be on the gunboat. It also requires a frame and the shooting speed is very slow, so Li Xing needed to set up special gunboats. These Northern Expeditions brought almost all the artillery in the royal palace today, close to a hundred.

After Qiu'er's second-generation steam engine comes out, it will be replaced with a rear-loaded gun soon, because the gun barrel can be directly bored with a boring machine driven by the steam engine. In this way, the length and strength of the gun barrel will achieve a qualitative leap, and the gun performance and shooting speed will also have a qualitative leap. At that time, the gun will be on board and the real power will be reflected.

But this time I can't use it.

Li Xingzhou sat on the mound, looking at the soldiers below who were practicing overnight, and from time to time, the loud noise of cannons came from the volley of fire, and was very relieved.

"Are you sure you can win?" Li Xingzhou asked Di Zhi who was standing beside him.

Di Zhi nodded: "Prince, my subordinates are not confident in themselves, but in the new army.

I have been in the army since I was a child and stayed in the imperial guards for seven or eight years, but I have never seen such an army, such as this.

Sometimes I wish I could live here and not go back, and I went to explore it all day and night. Prince, I think no one can defeat us and defeat the current new army." He said seriously.

Li Xingzhou nodded: "I am very pleased to think about it this way. Most of the new army is fully in charge. You can fight whatever you want. As for others, I will tell them."

"Thank you for your trust," Di Zhi said gratefully.

"By the way, where is Princess Yongming? Did she come to see you?" Li Xingzhou asked.

Di Zhi shook his head, "I haven't seen anyone these days, and it's just right that I'm going to rectify the army. She can't even get to see her when she comes."

Li Xingzhou was speechless, but he had to nod, after all, the family affairs: "Let me find an opportunity to tell her before leaving."

"yes!"

"This is not an order..."

.........

In June, the sky finally cleared. In Juyongguan, the founding emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Wuguna, had already returned to Shangjing, and took away a large number of people when he left. In this area, only the prince Wanyan Li and the prince Wanyan Yun were left, plus more than 1,500 people, to monitor the every move of Liao and Jing Kingdoms in the east from Juyongguan.

In the evening, Wanyan Li happily rode his horse through the military camp. Ten soldiers saluted one after another. A little elk hung behind the horse, showing off proudly, as if it was his trophy today.

"Brother, I heard that my father is going to betroth the princess of Liao to Wanyan Liang. Princess of Liao, you are the prince and the right-hand man of the father. You have made the most contributions. It should be yours!" said Wanyan Yun next to him.

"Hmph, you know nothing! Don't provoke discord. My father has his own considerations. I have told me a long time ago. I am the princess, and a woman must be my Jurchen woman. If I were asked to marry the princess of the Liao Kingdom, wouldn't the descendants become half a Khitan?" Wanyan Li said.

Wanyan Yun was scolded and dared not refute it. After a while, he instigated: "Brother, do you think we have been watching Jing Guo people fight like this in Nanjing? If they can't fight, we will keep watching?"

Wanyan Li glanced at him, "Otherwise, this is the order of the father, and we cannot act rashly."

"I think we'll take people to the city of Nanjing without making a rash move..." Wanyan Yun tentatively said.

After hearing what he said, Wanyan Li fell into deep thought. In fact, he had been restless for a long time. His father said he would look at the strength of the Jing army. Now he saw that the Jing army was vulnerable, with more than 100,000 people, and was defeated by 100,000 or 20,000 people from the Liao people. The Liao people were vulnerable in front of the Jin Dynasty, which shows how weak Jing State can be bullied.

But even so, the father ordered not to act rashly and let Jingguo attack. He couldn't figure out what this is...

My younger brother's words made him feel excited, but he just went down to see if he didn't intend to Nanjing City, it would not be considered a violation of his father's order.
Chapter completed!