The Queen looked at the back of Young Master Liu who rode away after a disagreement, and finally felt a little moved in her bright eyes.
Until Xuemuzhong completely lost sight of each person and horse, the queen sighed quietly and walked towards the little cutie who was still waving goodbye to Xuemuzhong.
"What did he tell you?"
The little cutie looked up with a smile and looked up at the empress with complicated eyes: "Dad said he missed Yue'er, and even more so his mother. He asked mother and Yue'er to wait in a place sheltered from the snow for him to come back to us. "
The queen looked at the smiling little cutie in surprise: "Apart from these, there is nothing else? For example, was he the person who went to your palace that day?"
The little cutie put away her little face and looked at the queen curiously.
"If it weren't for dad, would mom be very disappointed?"
Queen Hao Mu smiled sadly twice: "Does it matter whether it is yes or no? He led his troops to capture half of the Kingdom of Jin. Do you think the others are nothing compared to these?"
"Sometimes mother really doesn't know him..."
The ground was shaking, and the sound of horse hooves gradually became clearer.
The Queen looked cautiously towards the north, took the little cutie's wrist and walked towards Yingzui Rock, gesturing to the surroundings. The Queen and her daughter stood on Yingzui Rock and quietly looked at the Shanhaiguan Canyon. The beautiful scenery looks like an ordinary person coming out to enjoy the snow.
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and the soldiers and horses whose tails could not be seen were running towards Shanhaiguan quickly.
Gumo Rongrong hummed softly, and Song Qing subconsciously glanced at Yingzui Rock, but did not see Young Master Liu.
Song Qing looked at the two empresses, and the struggle in his eyes was extremely obvious.
During the battle between heaven and man, Song Qing sighed silently, waved the command flag in his hand and ran towards Yingzhou.
"Send the order and return to the city to garrison as soon as possible."
Following the shouts of the ordering soldiers, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses rushed towards Yingzhou City with the ordering flags, paying no attention to the luxurious carriage parked not far away from the road.
Until the sky darkened, the last dragon soldiers and horses disappeared under the snowy cover of Yingzui Rock and retreated to Yingzhou City.
The little cute little face looked nervously at the last flag that disappeared from the field of vision, and looked up at the empress with a deep gaze and a solemn expression.
"Mother, the momentum of these dragon soldiers and horses is so scary."
The Queen smiled bitterly and nodded: "This is the momentum of a winner."
"Now these hundreds of thousands of troops can be said to be arrogant and powerful soldiers. If your father gives an order, no matter what lies ahead, they will move forward without hesitation!"
"Do you still remember the willow-shaped flag in front of you? That is their soul. All these hundreds of thousands of troops live for this flag. This is their military soul."
"A military spirit that no one dares to despise."
"Living for daddy's flag? Aren't soldiers supposed to be loyal and patriotic, and live for the Great Dragon Emperor?"
"Your father lives for the emperor, but they live for your father. If your father ever turns against you...forget it...this is impossible."
"Oh, it's only been three months. From the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in northern Xinjiang, a million troops have been gathered in just three months. Dalong's national power is far beyond what our Jin Kingdom can match."
"It would be great if your father was born in my hometown of Dajin."
"It's a pity that there is never an if."
"No matter whether Yue'er's father is a dragon or a golden man, he is Yue'er's good father. Yue'er believes in him."
The queen's delicate body trembled, and she lowered her head to look at the little cutie's firm gaze in the direction of Yingzhou, and she had a lot of thoughts for a while.
What exactly supports his daughter's trust in Liu Mingzhi?
"Mom, are we still waiting for dad to come back?"
"I don't want to see him, but if you want to wait for him to come back, I can't leave you here alone. I will wait with you for my mother's sake."
The little cutie glanced at the Queen's unnatural expression, smiled and walked slowly towards the base of Eagle Mouth Rock with her hands behind her back, looking for a place that could shelter her from the wind and snow.
The queen looked at the little cutie's back and sighed quietly.
Yue'er, our Daikin suffered heavy casualties in this battle. As the future heir to the throne, don't you feel uncomfortable at all? They will all be your people in the future.
In Yingzhou City, Liu Mingzhi stood on the city wall with his Heavenly Sword, looking around at the millions of troops who had begun to set up camp around Yingzhou City.
Yingzhou City cannot accommodate so many soldiers and horses, so they can only wait for the wind and snow to stop, and then let them go to the remaining five cities in batches to garrison.
After returning to the city, although there was still no food and grass shipped to the court, there were sweet potatoes stored by the people in northern Xinjiang, which was enough to survive the winter.
If sweet potatoes were not suitable for use as military rations, perhaps the Northern Expedition would have had a different outcome.
Yunyang and Nangong Ye, who were standing on both sides of Liu Mingzhi, looked unspeakably melancholy.
"Liu Shuai, please be patient. The matter is a foregone conclusion. It's too late to say anything."
Liu Mingzhi glanced at Yunyang gently: "Look away. It's easy to say it, but it's not that easy to really look away."
"First, I accompanied Ruizong and worked hard to establish the foundation of the country and bring the great dragon back to its prosperous times. However, the sky failed to fulfill people's wishes. Ruizong worked hard to rule. His lifelong wish is to unify the world."
"But God didn't give Ruizhong a chance."
"The late Emperor inherited Ruizong's last wish and had just begun to act as a Mingjun in the prosperous age. However, he was killed at the hands of rebellious ministers and traitors, and died young."
"Your Majesty ascended the throne as emperor, but now..."
"Alas, ten years of hard work have been wasted in one day. Now I have mixed emotions, and I have so many thoughts but I don't know where to start."
"You, the assistant minister, don't you want to know what happened in the court?"
Yunyang nodded silently: "Place the troops and horses, and go back to the capital to have a look."
"I'm tired, so I'll go back and rest first."
As soon as Yunyang left, Nangong Ye patted Liu Mingzhi on the shoulder with a low expression. The former uncle didn't know what to say to Liu Mingzhi at this moment.
"Liu Shuai, I dared to overstep my bounds and compensate you for the imperial court. I didn't expect that something like this would happen when everything was ready and the overall situation was decided. Just be patient."
"I'm going back first."
Liu Mingzhi nodded silently and stood motionless against the wind and snow on the city wall, looking at the beautiful scenery outside the city covered in silver.
Until nightfall, Liu Mingzhi stood motionless on the city wall.
It was night, and the wind and snow had not stopped all night.
Liu Mingzhi also stood quietly on the city wall all night.
As the sky dawned, Song Qing, Cheng Kai and others hurriedly climbed onto the city wall, looking at Young Master Liu who was like a snowman walking over in a hurry.
"Commander, you won't stand on the city wall all night, right? The wind and snow last night didn't stop all night long."
Liu Mingzhi slowly opened his eyes, patted the snow on his body casually, looked at the worried faces of Song Qing and others, and gently stretched out his palm.
"Where's the battle report?"
Song Qing hurriedly took several thick literary books from the guards around him and handed them to Liu Mingzhi.
"Everyone has been counted, and there are a total of 114,612 people. The general has led the brothers all night to bury the brothers who died in the battle in the wilderness of Ma Mingpo in the west of the city. It is the first time for the brothers to go there. Beibian is stationed there to give an explanation to the brothers!"
Liu Mingzhi took over Wen Ce, sighed heavily, and walked straight under the city wall.
"Collect all my soldiers and horses in the middle and go see the brothers off."
"The general will get the order at the end."
Half a day later, 200,000 soldiers and horses stood on the silver-covered field, looking with heavy eyes at the 110,000 newly raised graves in front of them.
Thick snow has accumulated on many graves.
Liu Mingzhi held the thick Wen Ce and stood in the snow with scarlet eyes, looking around at the endless graveyard. He slowly opened the first roster and read aloud.
"Feng Dagang, Wu Changan, Shen Erbao, Ma Quanyou..."
From the moment it dawned until the sky turned dark, Liu Mingzhi closed the last roster in a hoarse voice and handed it to Song Qing.
"Du...Du Yu, get some wine."
"yes!"
Liu Mingzhi took the wine jar handed by Du Yu, patted off the mud sealing on it and slowly poured it on the ground.
"Brothers, Liu Mingzhi and two hundred thousand brothers are here to see you off."
"Drink this jar of wine and then hit the road!"
"Liu Mingzhi saluted you, and I would like to send you my brothers."
Liu Mingzhi took the lead and knelt down on one knee in front of the pile of more than 100,000 graves, followed by the 200,000 soldiers behind him who knelt down in unison.
"We congratulate you brother!"
"We congratulate you brother!"
"We congratulate you brother!"
Liu Mingzhi stood up, looked at the handsome flag with Liu characters fluttering in the wind behind him, slowly drew out the Heavenly Sword and walked over.
Song Qing and others who had just stood up and were unaware of the situation cut off their handsome flags at the waist before they could react.
The gold-embroidered flag fell straight down.
Song Qing and others' expressions changed greatly, and they hurriedly gathered towards Young Master Liu.
"Commander, what are you doing? This is your handsome flag!"
"Commander, you are crazy. This is the soul of a soldier of the three armies. Why did you chop it?"
Liu Mingzhi used a little force to knock Song Qing and others out. He cut off the flag with his sword and held it in his hand for a moment to look at it carefully.
Under the astonished eyes of 200,000 people, Liu Mingzhi picked up the flag and threw it towards the grave.
"Brothers, keep it to wrap yourself up against the cold."
"It is its honor to protect you from the cold."
"Song Qing listens to the order!"
"The last general...the last general is here."
"Find the best craftsmen in northern Xinjiang and pick the finest mountain stones to erect a monument."
"Let me write this letter from the front: the country is safe, the country is safe and the people are healthy."
"There is a letter on the back, civil servants get off their horses, military generals get off their horses, eight characters."
"This king's decree is to inform the officials and people of the twenty-seven prefectures in northern Xinjiang that when passing through this place, they should pay great courtesy."
"Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"
"To comfort the spirits of our brothers who defended the country and sacrificed their lives for the country!"
"Got the order!"
