The two big ghosts, Meihua Wuniang and Fenshan Jiuniang, chatted with King Ming for a long time before coming out of the heavily guarded Chinese army tent.

No one knows what they talked about.

The Ming army marched all the way, and there was an endless stream of Ming people seeing them off along the road. Many people shouted the slogan "The Ming Dynasty will win, the king is powerful" and took the initiative to send the Ming army off.

From the central court, local states and counties, to the grassroots people, they all regarded the Southern Expedition as a national war that was related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, as well as their own life and death. They enthusiastically supported it and their emotions were high.

The momentum is so huge and unparalleled that it shocks the world!

The great power accumulated by the Ming Dynasty's many years of reform was fully reflected in this southern expedition.

Jiang Yao secretly arranged the Jiuding in the Jiuding Hall of the Deep Palace, and finally began to rapidly increase his royal luck.

The hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty were solidified and their patriotic enthusiasm was so high that no country in the world could match it.

It was obviously just the Ming army's southern expedition, but it seemed that the entire Ming people were involved!

Civil war!

I don’t know how many monks from the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to donate resources, or directly served with the army, or took the initiative to maintain local security and prevent other countries from taking advantage of the situation.

The Ming Kingdom, which only had fourteen states and occupied only 10% of the territory of Shenzhou, became a small but powerful war machine, which began to be launched under the leadership of Jiang Yao.

The nobles of the Wu family were all shocked. How could this be the Ming army's southern expedition? This was simply the entire Ming Dynasty's southern expedition!

In early April, the Ming army came to the north of Fanshan Mountain, and under the protection of the army's battlefield, began to cross the vast Fanshan Mountain.

This is a long march full of difficulties and obstacles, and it is destined not to go smoothly.

Although it was the first expedition, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army were very high-spirited. It can be said that their morale was like a rainbow and their fighting spirit was like a tiger.

Many new scholars in the academies of the Ming Dynasty now know what poetry and poetry are. Many people have written poems to praise the army's expedition.

Someone wrote a poem: "The Qing thieves invaded Japan from the north, and the king's army marched south. The wind blew in the sky, and the Ming Dynasty flag shone brightly."

There is also: "The saint preached in fourteen states, in the forty-ninth year of Jiang Gong's reform. My king made great plans to open up the southern region, and the Ming army came out of Fanshan Mountain."

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And so on.

Most of them are limericks of this low quality, which were rare in the Ming Dynasty, which had not long since restored ancient poetry.

There is also a female poet who gracefully wrote:

“The ginger water is weak and the rain is falling, and the fog is falling in the desert of Fanshan Mountain.

Seeing my children off to the far end of the world, I smiled and asked my husband when he would return.

The bright moon shines in the fourteen states, and white clouds fly three million miles away.

I don’t know how many times the Han family members of the Southern Territory and the Night Meng King Master have been together.”

But it shows that when Wang Jiangyao saw this poem, he couldn't help but nod and smile. After reading it for a while, he couldn't help but praise in public:

"This poem is heroic and restrained, poetically tactful, and clever, especially the last sentence, which suddenly rises to a strange peak and bursts with tension. It is a masterpiece of a sincere and talented woman! How wonderful!"

Qin Yu glanced at it and said with a smile: "I don't understand poetry, but my lord has a keen mind for poetry, a natural talent, and a natural eye. This last sentence is really extraordinary. I wonder who wrote it?"

Only then did Jiang Yao pay attention to the poet's title. When he saw it, he was a little stunned for a while, and then he couldn't help laughing loudly.

Qin Yu said in astonishment: "Master, why are you laughing? Who wrote this poem?"

Jiang Yao thrust the selected poems copied by Jin Yiwei into Qin Yu's hand and said, "Zi Zhou, read it yourself."

Qin Zizhou was a little surprised when he read the title, "Is it her? Mrs. Ouyang?"

It turned out that this female poet turned out to be Ouyang Feng's wife Mi Nong Ni, the famous Mi Nong Ni who was known as the most beautiful woman in the Ming Dynasty!

Although Mi Nongni is a witch, she is a Gu Envoy in the Ming Dynasty, and she is also a newly promoted powerful witch saint.

Her stunning appearance, powerful qualifications, and noble status made Mrs. Ouyang extremely famous.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ouyang is also very talented in poetry.

However, Qin Yu was a little strange. Mrs. Ouyang was not familiar with the lord. Why did the lord laugh when she wrote poems?

Qin Yu was a little confused, but he didn't ask.

Duanmu Hongdao didn't care about poetry. He pointed at the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops who were eager to fight, "Your Majesty, my Ming army is so powerful that the Qing army will definitely be vulnerable to a single blow."

Jiang Yao looked solemn and said, "Don't be careless. The Qing army is very strong and has a lot of support. In this southern expedition, Ming Dynasty is betting on the fate of the country. Whether we can win or lose. Once defeated, Ming Dynasty will not have another chance."

"Let alone defeat, even if it is a tragic victory, our army will not be able to bear it."

This is the tragedy of a small country. There are too few opportunities for trial and error, and most of the time it is all-or-nothing.

In this southern expedition, the Ming Dynasty was gambling on its national destiny.

Although Jiang Yao was very cautious, he was actually very satisfied with the morale of the Ming army.

…

After the Qing Dynasty received news that the Ming Army was supporting the Southern Region, it once again increased its troops for the Northern Expedition and changed the commander of the Northern Expedition.

It has only been half a year since the Qing army marched north to now occupy half of the Southern Territory, which shows how incompetent the Southern Territory warlord coalition is.

If it weren't for the bloody battles of a handful of warlords such as Yue Clan, as well as the containment of the Dao'an female army commanded by Li Luoer and Li Xi, the Qing army might have conquered the entire southern region.

While the Ming army was still arduously crossing the Fanshan Forest, and the coalition of martial lords in the southern region suffered a series of defeats, the Qing army not only strengthened, but also changed its commanders.

The original commander-in-chief of the Qing army's Northern Expedition was Fu Ankang, a powerful great sage, a seventh-level military master, and Fu Sheng.

This person was a close confidant of Jiang Zhengyi. He was ranked as Minister of Political Affairs, First-class Duke, and was awarded the title of General of the Northern Expedition, Governor of the Southern Region, and Minister of Imperial Envoy.

Six months ago, Fu Ankang commanded an army of 800,000 to march north. After several major battles, he defeated the southern coalition forces and wiped out more than a million enemies.

In fact, the main force of the Southern Allied Forces has been eliminated by him. Not only did Fu Ankang fight well, he was also very effective in suppressing and purging the occupied areas. He was ruthless.

Every time the Qing army occupied a state in the southern region, countless anti-Qing monks were arrested, beheaded, and had their homes confiscated and their families exterminated.

The heads were rolling and the blood was flowing like rivers.

Not only was Fu Ankang ruthless, he also arrested many women from the southern region to serve as the queen of the military camp and as resources for the sea turtles and blood demons.

The ferocity and power of the Qing army made most of the southern monks in the occupied areas dare not speak out. However, the resistance of the anti-Qing righteous people has not stopped.

Ironically, the rebels are mainly from poor families!

It is a pity that although there are many monks from poor families who resist, they have no resources, no organization, low cultivation level, and do not understand the art of military formation. How can they be the opponents of the Qing army?

As for the once-high-ranking Wu family nobles, most of them either surrendered to the Qing army or swallowed their anger.

There are even some nobles of the Wu family who are willing to provide people and resources to form the "Southern Territory Qing Association Army" to help the Qing army suppress resistance in order to preserve the family's wealth and power.

By the time Jiang Yao swore to conquer the south, the eighteen states in the southern region had already fallen and ten states had fallen. However, in order to suppress resistance in various places, the Qing army had to station a large number of soldiers and horses in various cities in the occupied areas.

This resulted in the Qing army's strength being greatly dispersed. The number of Qing troops used for mobile offensives on the front line was less than 500,000.

When the news came that the Ming Dynasty was sending troops, the Qing government not only decided to increase the number of troops, but also sent someone to replace Fu Ankang as the Northern Expedition General.

The new general of the Northern Expedition turned out to be Long Muhuang, one of the four imperial concubines of the Qing Dynasty!

Dachi Mountain City in Fengzhou was the main camp of the Qing Army's Northern Expedition.

A luxurious cloud chariot driven by four blue birds, surrounded by a large number of guards, passed through the clouds and landed in front of the camp.

Fu Ankang, who had received the news early, had already led more than ten thousand generals to wait in front of the camp.

Although he played well and was replaced, Fu Ankang didn't complain at all.

Just because the person who succeeded him as the general was the imperial concubine Long Muhuang!

There is no queen in the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial concubine is the highest concubine. Long Muhuang is not the most favored one, but she is the one who is most trusted and trusted by the emperor.

The Long Muhuang family is not a local noble of the Wu Clan, but comes from the Divine Continent. However, it is said that they moved into the Witch Territory ten thousand years ago and have integrated into the Wu Clan over several generations.

Long Muhuang is less than two hundred years old. Although he is young, he is already a great sage of martial arts, a great sage of war, and a powerful master of the art of sound.

Not only is she extremely good at setting up military formations and blessing the sound attack field, but she is also good at internal political management.

In addition, she is also a master of insect control.

Among the powerful concubines of the Qing Dynasty, Long Guifei was definitely one of the strongest.

Compared with herself, Concubine Long Guifei not only has a higher status, greater military exploits, and stronger military skills, she is also better at winning over the nobles of the Southern Territory, winning people's hearts, digesting the Southern Territory, and stabilizing the occupied area.

Especially this point, he felt ashamed of himself.

While Fu Ankang was thinking, a graceful and elegant woman appeared from the cloud chariot. It was Long Muhuang.

"I've met the noble concubine."

Even Fu Ankang, a powerful sage and general of the Northern Expedition, took the initiative to salute Long Muhuang at this time.

All the generals saluted together, some called themselves ministers, and some simply called themselves slaves.

"Fu Gong." Long Muhuang waved his hand, "No courtesy. No courtesy for you, sir."

She is generous and very refreshing.

As soon as the cloud chariot landed, a middle-aged man with a handsome face and narrow eyes appeared in front of everyone.

"Mr. Fenggui, why are you here too?" Fu Ankang couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw this middle-aged man.
To be continued...