The weight of these four words caused everyone present to fall silent for a moment.
Everyone knows what this means. It means that they will not accept any surrender from the demon clan and want to completely destroy them.
This is a war of genocide.
Even Li Changling, who had always been belligerent, fell silent.
The demon clan also has children and women. They may have never set foot on the battlefield, which is indeed a bit cruel to them.
Chen Chao glanced around and said: "I know that you may think this is too cruel, but hatred will never be erased. We can remember the hatred of ceding 30,000 miles of Mobei for hundreds of years.
They will naturally remember today's defeat and keep them alive. A hundred years later, or only a few decades later, they will make a comeback. It is very difficult to win this battle now. Can everyone guarantee victory in the future? "
"If they win by then, they will definitely have greater hatred, and the people behind us will not have a good life."
Chen Chao calmly said: "This is indeed a bit cruel, but if anyone wants to scold me, just scold me Chen Chao. Once and for all, even if the Liang Dynasty becomes history in the future, it is the matter of the human race itself. No one else can bully us.
."
Chen Chao's words made everyone present think deeply.
Gao Xuan was the first to speak. He said calmly: "I agree."
The young general said a few words, "The sin lies in the present, but the merit lies in the future."
Li Changling also figured it out, slapped the table and said: "We people have been fighting for our whole lives. In front of us, Daliang has been fighting for more than two hundred years, so we still want our descendants to fight? It doesn't make sense!"
When the two of them spoke, the other generals stood up and expressed their agreement.
No one wants their descendants to have to go to the battlefield.
"Not to mention anything else, the general has long been tired of staying in this northern territory for so many years. Now, just in time, after fighting the last battle, the general also wants to see what the scenery of Jiangnan is like!"
"Yes, you have endured enough in this bitter cold place for decades, haven't you?"
"Hahaha, the general is not married yet. If there is no need for this, I will find an aunt from the south of the Yangtze River in the future. I heard that she is very good at water!"
For a time, the atmosphere in the entire lobby became lively and much more relaxed than before.
Chen Chao glanced at Gao Xuan and signaled that you have the final say on what happened next, and he came to Yunjian Yue's side, lowered his voice and said with a smile: "Ah Yue, your girl is a good-looking girl, why don't you marry her in the future?
How about my disciple Xiao He? He is an honest man and does his duty well."
Yun Jianyue frowned slightly and simply refused: "No one can try to take advantage of my daughter!"
"Look at you, how anxious are you?"
Chen Chao smiled and said, "Isn't this easy to talk about and discuss?"
Yun Jianyue sneered, but then asked: "Chen Chao, why didn't you say that you would marry my daughter as a baby when you gave birth to a son?"
Chen Chao looked disgusted, "Who gave birth to that thing?"
Yun Jianyue came up to her with an aggrieved look on her face, "Chen, damn, didn't you say you wanted Xiao He to marry my Xiao An?"
Chen Chao rolled his eyes, "Don't you agree?"
Yun Jianyue sneered: "So you are also this kind of person?"
Yu Xiyi took the opportunity to say: "Ah Yue, how about we work together to beat him up? No matter how powerful he is, he can't fight with us."
Yunjianyue laughed it off.
Chen Chao took a step back calmly, as if he was really afraid that these two guys would team up to punch him.
The two people laughed here and the atmosphere was harmonious.
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After the discussion, Gao Xuan stayed to arrange the specific matters, while Chen Chao and Xie Nandu came to the top of the city and looked into the distance side by side.
Xie Nandu said: "Zhu Xia is awake, you should go see her again."
Before Zhu Xia woke up, Chen Chao visited him once. Now that he woke up, he smiled bitterly and said, "Some don't dare."
It wasn't that he was afraid that Xie Nandu would be jealous, but that he really didn't dare to face Zhu Xia. It wasn't that he was afraid of what Zhu Xia would ask for, but it was the fact that Zhu Xia didn't mention anything that made him feel even more guilty.
"After all, I have to take a look." Xie Nandu looked into the distance. After the snow stopped, most of the snow in Mobei in front had melted away, and some weeds had already sprouted up.
Greenery is faintly visible.
But in fact, summer is about to enter in some southern state capitals at this moment.
"If we didn't have Zhu Xia's two bottles of blood this time, we wouldn't be able to do this."
Xie Nandu said softly: "She has indeed sacrificed a lot for you. If..."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Chao shook his head and interrupted: "Even if you want to think about wronging yourself, I have never had such thoughts."
Chen Chao said: "If you have a favor, you must repay it, but how can such a thing be calculated like this?"
Xie Nandu said nothing.
Chen Chao took a look at the soldiers at the top of the city. Most of these soldiers were from the state army, but they had experienced a great battle and their combat effectiveness had been significantly improved compared to before.
"One decree knows the north and the south. My younger brother has made up his mind to take this matter on him."
Chen Chao was quite emotional. In the past, he protected his younger brother from the wind and rain, but now, it looks like his younger brother wants to protect him from the wind and rain. It would be a lie to say that he is not touched.
"After all, it didn't happen to me. I'm a little happy."
Chen Chao smiled. Sometimes he didn't feel tired when he was doing things. The most tiring thing was probably that he had done something and others still felt dissatisfied.
This is what hurts the most.
Xie Nandu said: "Even if he does this, it will not help. Before this, you have done too many things. Everyone knows that now Daliang, your words are more effective. You must have contributed to things like the Northern Expedition.
"
Chen Chao smiled and said: "Isn't that good? I have too many debts on my shoulders, and I don't care about one or two more. Even if they don't understand me, as long as I can really do good things for the people, then
nothing."
Xie Nandu thought for a while, then nodded and said: "That's right, it's the last thing. From now on, stay away from the court, and ordinary people will just scold you."
After hearing this, Chen Chao just smiled and looked at Xie Nandu in front of him without saying a word.
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The most difficult thing about the Northern Expedition was not actually the baggage and supplies. In fact, after the news of the Northern Expedition spread, even though the national treasury had bottomed out, the people in various states and counties once again tightened their belts and gathered enough food and grass for the army. They were not
The so-called important ministers in the court knew very well that if the Northern Expedition succeeded, they would really be free from the demon clan for at least many years.
The most difficult thing is actually reorganizing the army.
In the previous battle, seven out of ten of the most elite border troops of the Liang Dynasty had been killed, and then countless state armies were added. The state army and the frontier army were different in nature, and it would take some time to get to know each other. For this reason, Gao Gao
Xuan chose to break up the remaining border soldiers and integrate them into the various state armies. They would teach the rules and lead the drills. Only about half a month later, the new army was completed.
But it is obvious that the combat power of this new frontier army cannot be compared with the previous frontier armies for the time being.
It's just that the demon clan today is not as scary as it used to be.
Those state troops who have just experienced the first battle are not afraid of the big battle that will happen next. Those few remaining frontier soldiers are looking forward to the next big battle. In that battle, they will fight for their robes.
Brothers take revenge.
As cart after cart of ordnance and grain and grass were transported to the north, and as the weather continued to warm, everyone knew that that day was coming soon.
So on a warm day, the army was arrayed outside the Great Wall in the north. The most eye-catching one was naturally the one hundred thousand dragon blood army led by the cavalry general Li Changling. Now the one hundred thousand dragon blood army had transformed into
, became a uniform cavalry, behind Li Changling, both men and horses were silent.
Li Changling wore a suit of animal-faced armor and held a halberd in his hand, flashing with cold light.
He twisted his neck uncomfortably. He hadn't been like this in how many years?
Chen Chao, Yu Xiyi and Yun Jianyue did not stand on the tall tower, but stood right in front of Li Changling. Chen Chao looked at Li Changling on the tall horse and joked: "General Li at this moment,
He really looks like he is the enemy of ten thousand people."
Li Changling said with a smile: "What joke are you talking about, sir? The general knows very well that even if there are a hundred Li Changlings, they are not the enemy of me alone."
Chen Chao clicked his tongue and said, "Did you learn this skill of flattering others from General Ning?"
At the mention of Ningping, Li Changling's smile gradually faded. Although this general came from the garrison lineage, he had actually established his own prestige in the Northern Army and convinced all their generals.
Chen Chao patted the neck of the horse under Li Changling's seat and said with a smile: "General Li, don't think so much. Remember, go through the southern border first and follow the established direction. This time, there will be no monks."
Participating in it is the simplest confrontation between the two cavalry armies. Mobei is 30,000 miles away. It is so spacious. It is really the favorite place for cavalry and war horses. Just run away and run back. Don't fail in the final Northern Expedition.
He was pushed down on the grassland and beaten."
This time, Chen Chao and Yu Xiyi divided their forces into three groups, each with some monks to clean up the remaining strong men of the Demon Clan, leaving Li Changling and his companions with the most ordinary Demon Clan soldiers.
Li Changling clenched his fist and hammered the beast's head on his chest, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lord Guard. If you still can't kill those monster soldiers head-on, I, Li Changling, will throw away my head first."
Chen Chao shook his head and said seriously: "I don't want your General Li's head. I just want to win, and I can only win."
Li Changling clasped his fists heavily.
Chen Chao smiled slightly, "Logically speaking, General Li's cavalry army is the most elite, so he should be the first to arrive at the Onan River, right?"
Li Changling complained: "If it weren't for the military order, the general would have been the first to rush into the demon king's city."