On the fifth day of April, Li Zhi sent troops to Liaodong.
In the early morning of this day, Li Zhi, dressed in military uniform, bid farewell to Cui He in the square in front of the main hall of the Duke's Mansion.
Cui He wiped his tears and said, "Husband, how long will you go to Liaodong to fight this time?"
Cui He became pregnant again, already two months pregnant.
Li Zhi touched Cui He's belly and said: "It can take as little as three months or as long as six months. When I come back from Liaodong, I will definitely be able to accompany you to give birth to the baby!"
Cui He nodded and said: "You must come back soon! Kill the Tatars as soon as possible!"
Li Zhi nodded and said: "When I go to Liaodong this time and destroy the Tatars, the world will be at peace!"
When Cui He heard this, he became a little happy and a smile appeared on his face.
"My husband is the most powerful!"
Li Huan tugged at the corner of Li Zhi's clothes and said, "Dad, why don't you take me with you this time? I'm eight years old and haven't fought yet!"
Li Zhi touched Li Huan's head and said, "You are still young now. When you are sixteen, I will take you to the battlefield."
Li Huan thought for a moment and said, "Then we still have to wait eight years? Dad, this is too long."
After saying a few words of farewell, Li Zhi stopped hanging around with his family, swung his cloak and mounted his horse.
After leaving the Duke's Mansion of Tianjin, hundreds of personal guards, wearing a gorgeous guard of honor, escorted Li Zhi to the north gate of the Tianjin Acropolis. The roads to the Acropolis were lined with people standing on both sides, each looking at it expectantly.
Leading Li Zhi’s team.
"The Duke is going to fight the Tartars!"
"After defeating the Tatars, our Ming Dynasty will have no more foreign troubles."
"My Ming Dynasty really depends on the Duke."
"Look at the ceremonial guard of the Grand Duke, how majestic he is!"
When they arrived at the North City Gate, all civil and military officials from Tianjin lined up at the city gate to see Li Zhi off.
The governor of Tianjin and the imperial officials stood on the left side of the city gate and bowed to Li Zhi. The governor now had no real power and became the representative of the imperial court in Tianjin.
The governor of Tianjin cannot even lead the gentry in Tianjin now - the gentry in Tianjin have killed batch after batch, and weakened the vast majority through court policies. Now the remaining ones are basically the most honest ones, and the fields are managed legally.
The kind of local gentry they came from. The last remaining gentry in Tianjin are very different from the gentry from other places who came here relying on their fame.
Li Xingze led the officials of the Jinguogong system who actually managed Tianjin to stand on the right side of the city gate, including Zheng Yuan, Li Dao and other senior officials, who came to see Li Zhi off.
Li Zhi rode up to Li Xing and said, "Li Xing, this time you will lead 20,000 troops to guard Tianjin and Shandong. If the southern troops attack, you must remember the method I taught you."
Li Xing smiled and said: "Don't worry, brother, Li Xing will definitely do what he says!"
Li Zhi nodded and walked out of the north gate of Tianjin Acropolis with the guard of honor.
Outside the city, the 40,000 Tigers and Guards troops who were sent to Liaodong were lined up and waiting there. The soldiers were not wearing plate armor at this time. They were all wearing red Tigers and Guards uniforms and brown leather boots. They looked like a red forest.
It's like a blazing flame.
Li Zhi stood at the front of the army and nodded. The flag order soldiers immediately waved their flags and issued orders. Seeing the flag order, the grassroots platoon leaders took out the messages issued by Li Zhi one by one and read them aloud in front of their respective soldiers.
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"Since the Saar Margin, the Jianzhou Tatars have used barbaric means to occupy the Han Dynasty's Liaodong. They killed wantonly in Liaodong, and the blood flowed everywhere. The prosperous Liaodong became a terrible no man's land. In these years, the civil servants of the imperial court
The military generals were rotten, and the Tatars entered and exited the border gates as if they were in an uninhabited land. They rushed into the gates again and again, looted and massacred. Whenever they encountered resistance, they massacred the city and killed all the people in the city."
"In the past few decades, I don't know how many thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of Han family members have died under the slaughter of the Tatars."
"Is my son of the Han family weak and to be bullied?"
"No!"
"Today, our Tiger Army will march straight into Huanglong and fight to Liaodong to destroy the Tatars. We must make these barbarians understand what a terrible crime it is to kill us Han people!"
"The imperial court is weak and the bureaucracy is corrupt. The sky of the Han people is supported by our tiger and fierce army! We must let the Tatars entrenched in Liaodong understand that every inch of land there belongs to our Han family!"
After hearing the officers reciting a brief message, the soldiers stood up straight, full of pride and sense of mission. Looking around the world, wars were raging, and the only ones who could save the Han people and drive out the Yi and Di barbarians were the Hu Ben Army.
Li Zhi raised his right hand: "The whole army sets off to conquer Liaodong!"
The big flag behind Li Zhi waved, spreading Li Zhi's order to the entire army.
"Tiger!"
"Tiger!"
"Tiger!"
Forty thousand elites roared in unison and walked out one by one. The row after row of red soldiers were like a torrent, heading towards the Tatar base camp.
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After marching for thirteen days, Li Zhi's 40,000-strong army arrived at Shanhaiguan.
When the Shanhaiguan garrison saw the majestic Tiger-Ben Army and heard that the Tiger-Ben Army was going to conquer Liaodong, they were all shocked. On the day when the Tiger-Benian Army passed through Shanhaiguan, the Shanhaiguan garrison was empty. Tens of thousands of Shanhaiguan garrison ignored the obstruction of the officers.
They scolded each other, and all crowded to the gate of Shanhaiguan to watch the Tiger and Ben troops.
These Ji Town garrison's clothes are shabby and their equipment is tattered. Their clothes are full of patches, and the weapons they hold are old and outdated, which are nothing more than the cheapest spears and broadswords. Their management is chaotic, and they are all unkempt. They are full of food.
Suffering from the imperial court's arrears of food and salary and officials' deduction of military funds, they sometimes even went hungry.
But they still looked at the Huben troops who were marching to Liaodong with enthusiasm and encouragement. They stood on the side of the road, each one silent, as if they were sending off a hero to watch the Huben troops fall seriously ill.
Some older veterans were so excited that tears filled their eyes.
Some Liao soldiers who had fled back from Liaodong and whose families had been killed by Tatars were so excited that they burst into tears. They knelt on both sides of the road, bursting into tears, and kowtowed to the soldiers of the Tiger Army who sent troops to Liaodong.
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They could not avenge the Tatars with their own hands, but the soldiers of the Tiger Army could avenge them.
Among the five-foot-tall men, which one does not have the hatred of the family and the country? Which one is not the innocent son of the Han family?
The soldiers of the Huben Army straightened their backs and chests and passed through Shanhaiguan.
Li Zhi vigorously promoted education in the Huben Army. Now the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army have gradually understood what a country is and what a nation is. They understand that they are not only fighting for Tianjin, not only fighting for their own glory and wealth.
He is fighting for this country and this nation.
Behind is the home and country of the Han people, and in front is the blood and hatred of the Han people. The decades of humiliation will be washed away by the hands of the Han family. The future of the Han people will be controlled by the Han family.
Li Zhi rode his horse through the quiet Shanhaiguan garrison, past the silent but tearful Jizhen border soldiers, and passed through the majestic gate of Shanhaiguan.
Three fast horses came from the front. Three personal guards rushed in front of Li Zhi and shouted: "My lord! The Tatars abandoned the entire Liaoxi Corridor and fled to Liaodong!"
Li Zhi snorted coldly: "Weak barbarians are vulnerable to a blow!"
