"But now our Ming Dynasty has extremely limited food and supplies, so the first time we went to the north was estimated to be about one thousand troops." Hong Chengchou explained the mission in detail, "The biggest enemy, I have already said, is the situation of cold and uninhabited thousands of miles. In addition, the emperor explained that the Tsarist Russian Empire, far away in the west, also sent troops to operate. The number of them was not large, but most of them were composed of vicious people. In addition to conquering small tribes and obtaining details of the activities of the northern tribes, it was to eliminate the Tsarist Russian army..."

Listening to Hong Chengchou's detailed explanation, there were still many generals who were eager to try, and they immediately calmed down. Especially those Han generals, for them, the Hetao area was already cold enough. Going north, it was still a place further north of Haohai. How could there be living people? What's more, there are any Tsarist Russian troops, and it's a temptation to be given a title, but whether they have the life to come back alive is still a question!

Looking at the expression of the general below, Hong Chengchou knew it in his heart. It seemed that he had a good guess. Those who could voluntarily accept this order would probably have to be selected among the Mongolian generals who surrendered to him.

After he finished talking about the difficulties of the Northern Expedition, he was about to tell the other benefits that Emperor Chongzhen had explained, but suddenly he saw a man stepping out from the hall, holding his fists with his hands, raising his head and raising his chest, and shouting: "I will go!"

He spoke with a northern Shaanxi accent, but he was a Han man.

After a closer look, Hong Chengchou recognized that he was a general who was a thief and a guerrilla general Li Zicheng! He couldn't help but be surprised. Before the emperor could even say anything about the extra benefits he had given, he was moved by a painting cake that was worshipped by the general and the title.

Not only Hong Chengchou was surprised, but also other generals present were surprised. Especially Li Guo, the tiger, Gao Yingxiang, the king of the Chuang, were more surprised than others. In their opinion, Li Zicheng was a smart person, steady in his work, and generally did not suffer any losses. He was a rational person.

But now this job is actually a very difficult job. It not only needs to fight with small tribes, but also fight with the vicious Tsarist Russian army, and it is also a job that has suffered a lot for a long time. It has high requirements for yourself and subordinates. Life is much better now than before. Not only do you have to worry about life, but you are also a guerrilla general. In terms of this, you have wealth and honor. In comparison, you are unwilling to accept the order. Why can't you be so smart?

Hong Chengchou looked at Li Zicheng with a serious expression and confirmed again: "I have said that the troops will not be given too much, and the food and supplies are limited. You need to travel all over the north to the horizon to expand the territory for the emperor. During this period, not only wars are needed, but also flexibility and flexibility are needed. How to survive with the army in the cold environment, how to deal with the affairs of the tribes you encounter. If you annihilate the Tsarist Russian army you encounter, the pressure is very great, so how can you still receive the order?"

"I am willing to go!" Although Hong Chengchou said so much, Li Zicheng did not hesitate and immediately responded with a firm attitude.

None of the others left the list to compete for this job with Li Zicheng. When they looked at Li Zicheng, there were admiration, surprise, disdain, and ridicule.

Hong Chengchou quickly glanced at the generals below in the main position, and nodded immediately and said, "It's so good, today's discussion is just like this, Li Zicheng stays!"

The generals obeyed the order and immediately said goodbye to the Governor, left the lobby together, and walked out of the Governor's Mansion.

Before they reached the door, some people couldn't help but start talking.

"He is a Han man, do you know how cold it is in the north? He can't kill him!"

"Yes, no one can make people despair!"

"Far further than Haohai, haha, he definitely doesn't know that the north is probably bigger than the entire Ming Dynasty. I guess I will stay in the north for the rest of my life!"

"I really want Feng Jue to be crazy, just a short pie. Maybe when I come back alive, the emperor forgot that something happened, haha!"

“…”

Listening to the words discussed by others, Li Guo and Gao Yingxiang were a little worried. If Li Zicheng was going to go, he would not know when he would see him again in the future, nor would he know if he could come back.

"Or, I'll go and tell the Governor, I'll go too, I'll accompany Uncle Li!" Li Guo finally stopped and said to Gao Yingxiang.

After hearing this, Gao Yingxiang looked at the lobby of the Governor's Office, and finally shook his head and said, "Forget it, your future is limitless, so don't delay your future with him."

Because Li Guo was able to communicate directly with the emperor, he was highly valued by the Governor and the Chief Secretary. If nothing unexpected happens, among all the generals, except Man Gui, Li Guo was the most likely general to make his name.

Gao Yingxiang paused, shook his head and said, "I don't know what he thought, but he actually wanted to take on such an errand. When he came out, I'll talk about him carefully! But... since he has already taken it, he can't repent. It's all in vain!"

Speaking of this, he sighed again: "No one even wants to go to those Mongolian generals. I really don't know what he thinks!"

After hearing this, Li Guo frowned and said nothing, obviously he couldn't figure out what happened to Li Zicheng.

After nightfall, many generals who knew gathered in Gao Yingxiang's house, talking, and when they were about to leave Guihua City and return to their respective stations tomorrow morning. The topic they discussed was nothing more than this matter. No one could understand Li Zicheng. The conclusion that he could get was that Li Zicheng was too ambitious! Of course, this was his own people, otherwise he would probably say that he was too ambitious and was unwilling to accept everything in front of him, and he was determined to climb up.

As they were talking, suddenly Li Zicheng came over.

As soon as they saw Li Zicheng walking in with a smile on his face, everyone couldn't help but talk about him.

"What's going on with you? Now in Guihua City, we are all generals, and our lives are not as sad as before. Why do we still stand up?" Gao Yingxiang said with a little blame.

Li Guo was also worried and said, "If the Governor ordered a general, it would be impossible, but you went to snatch it. Why is this?"

"Brother Li, do you just want to be awarded the title? How many military generals in the country can be awarded the title?" Shen Yikui also shook his head and sighed, "What's the point of giving you about a thousand troops this time? Just think about it with your toes, you know that the people above just want to give it a try and don't pay much attention!"

Shen Yiyuan looked at Li Zicheng and pointed at him with his fingers, "You have always been smart, why are you stupid this time? This is in Hetao. Can we Han people go to those desolate places in the north? How much will the court attach to such desolate places? How much can the emperor pay? If you expand your territory, someone must be able to pay taxes! I tell you, eight out of ten, when you come back, you won't know what the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month are going on. Whether the emperor can remember this is a question!"

“…”

Listening to their various words, Li Zicheng was not annoyed. He still smiled. He stepped forward and grabbed the freshly heated wine pot first, tried the temperature, and felt that it was OK, so he raised his neck and drank it happily. He drank all the wine in the wine pot before he left it down and laughed loudly: "Happy, happy!"

When all the people present saw this, they couldn't help but look at each other, wondering why Li Zicheng was so happy!

The atmosphere at the scene was a bit strange when Li Zicheng made this happen. Li Zicheng, as the person involved, looked happy, but the bystanders looked worried, confused, confused, and so on.

Gao Yingxiang was a little depressed. Just as he was about to talk about it, Li Zicheng said first: "The Governor has an order. This time I go north, I will not take my original subordinates, but select suitable subordinates from each army..."

He had just said that Gao Yingxiang finally spoke, and said with a little annoyance: "That's it, will you be happy?"

Although selecting troops from each army is indeed conducive to Li Zicheng going north to complete his errands, how happy is this benefit?

After hearing this, Li Zicheng smiled and looked at his uncle and said, "In addition, the Governor said that the emperor's will ask me to take my intermediate officers to the capital to meet the saints. We are going to teach in the primary martial arts hall of the capital, and the emperor will personally teach and explain all the matters of the northern expedition. This winter, it is probably over in the capital. When the weather warms up next year, we will start the expedition."

When they heard this, everyone suddenly showed a look of surprise, their mouths wide open as if they could stuff eggs into them. Then, immediately, they all asked excitedly.

"What? Come to Beijing to meet the saint, or do the emperor teaches the lesson in person?"

"It's impossible, why did the emperor teach in person? There has never been such a thing before!"

"Yes, what is this? This is the emperor's disciple!"

"I didn't expect that the emperor would attach so much importance to this matter! It's impossible to say, Brother Li, if you can come back, the emperor will definitely be able to give you a title!"

“…”

Li Zicheng laughed even happier when he heard that they were so ruthless about their attitude towards themselves. He didn't interrupt them, but just smiled and listened to them, watching them enjoyably with a look of envy in surprise.

After a while, the excited emotions of the people present finally calmed down a little, Li Zicheng said to Li Guo: "The Governor also said that the emperor will give me the ability you this time. In this way, although I have gone to the far north, I can directly report the military information to the emperor as soon as possible."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, then looked at Li Guo and immediately understood what was going on. At this moment, everyone was immediately uneasy again.

To be honest, Li Guo's magical communication ability and ability to reach the front line made them envious. Li Guo is the best among them, not that he has the strongest ability, but because he has this ability! It's just that they can't envy this ability, and they can only sigh that Li Guo's fate is good.

But at this moment, they heard that Li Zicheng would also be given this ability by the emperor. This ability is simply a magical means for those who do not know about it. At this moment, they suddenly felt that it seemed that no matter how much the price it was, it was worth it. In this way, they looked at Li Zicheng with envy, and even a hint of jealousy.

Many people present suddenly realized this time. Gao Yingxiang even said: "You are so proactive in the lobby. Could it be that you have known that these benefits have been long ago?"

When others heard this, they thought of Li Zicheng's intelligence and stability, but did such a thing. No wonder there was such an abnormal thing. He must have known that there were many benefits!

Unexpectedly, when Li Zicheng heard this, he smiled and shook his head and said, "I am not the confidant of the Governor, and there is no backstage in the court. How could I know these things in advance!"

When Shen Yikui heard this, he was dissatisfied and immediately asked: "Then why did you stand up so actively? After all, anyone can know that what the Governor said before is really not something that ordinary people can do!"

The others nodded when they heard this. If the Governor hadn't emphasized the difficulties in the front and had fewer concerns among them, maybe there might be someone who could stand up!

After hearing this, Li Zicheng replied with a smile: "Although I don't know, in fact, it's not difficult to guess..."

When they heard this, some people were dissatisfied, but they didn't say anything, just listened to Li Zicheng's continued explanation with concentration.

"...I wonder if you have paid attention to the current emperor?" Li Zicheng said with admiration in his speech, "Our emperor is the lord of Zhongxing. What we did after ascending the throne has far surpassed that of the emperors of all dynasties. If we don't say anything else, just talk about Hetao. Even if we occupy it before, it will not last long. But now you look at the methods of the emperor's governance of Hetao. Mongolian and Han people learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and treat each other equally. With such a foundation, who can take Hetao away from the Ming Dynasty?"

"Also, the Mongolian tribes in the eastern region were also impressed by the emperor. They changed the previous situation of alliance with Jianlu, and were all integrated into our Ming Dynasty. The entire grassland will be owned by our Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing Li Zicheng's words, Li Guo and others couldn't help but calm down and think carefully about what they knew. He personally participated in the matter of Western Mongolia. Under Li Zicheng's explanation, he also vaguely realized the emperor's ambition.

"You don't know if you are concerned about the war in Liaodong. The emperor has issued an order. In the future, Liaodong will no longer be subject to the autonomous jurisdiction of the Dusi, but the provincial system, and the same jurisdiction as the inner gate. What does this mean? The emperor attaches importance to the land of Liaodong! "Li Zicheng ignored them and continued to say, "Also, do you know the situation in North Korea? In my opinion, the Korean vassal state will no longer exist in the future, but will only be a province in my Ming Dynasty!"

“…”

Listening to Li Zicheng saying so many things, Shen Yiyuan and others couldn't help but feel a little emotional. When he was only paying attention to the one-acre and three-point land in front of him, Li Zicheng was paying attention to things outside Hetao. Perhaps, this is the gap!

Li Zicheng said many examples and finally asserted: "So, I felt that the emperor was definitely not just a whim about the wild land in the north!"
Chapter completed!