While accepting the order, Song Xiong suggested: "I think we can specially arrange officials to go to the front line and let them tell what they saw with their own eyes. This will be more impactful."

Song Xiong's eyes were bright and slightly excited, and he had obviously noticed Luo Youdu's intention.

Luo Youdu nodded with satisfaction. He had chosen the right person to arrange for Song Xiong to take control of the Academy.

The march of 130,000 imperial troops to the north was indeed spectacular and shocking.

Luo Youdu's immediate political purpose cannot be concealed from anyone who is interested.

Open-minded literati can accept the coexistence of talented people and soldiers, while backward-minded literati naturally feel that warriors are not even worthy of comparison with scholars, let alone the best among scholars.

However, in the face of the current trend, literati who have always known how to advance and retreat dare not say anything.

But stumbling upon special links, evading important matters and talking about harm while ignoring the facts, is a mess, and it's a mess.

As long as core interests are involved, there is really nothing that some bottomless literati can't do.

If such people were allowed to take charge of the newspaper, you can only imagine what would be reported at such a critical moment.

Song Xiong was different. As a scholar who was trapped in the Khitan enemy-occupied areas, he was well aware of the harm caused by the country's military weakness.

If Luo Youdu hadn't regained the Yanyou land, Song Xiong couldn't imagine whether anyone in the north would still know that he was from the Central Plains a hundred years later.

Song Xiong also disliked the kind of soldiers and bandits of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but the soldiers of the Luo and Yu Dynasties were obviously different.

Especially this time, the 130,000 imperial troops that Luo Youdu single-handedly facilitated moved north, even Song Xiong was moved by it.

With such a forbidden army, why not report and brag about it?

Luo Youdu added: "You can also bring someone who is good at painting to roughly draw some special scenes and print them on newspapers. The effect will be better."

Song Xiong hesitated and said: "Is this too difficult?"

Song Xiong has taken over Jinzouyuan for half a year, and he knows the printing and distribution of newspapers very well.

The biggest feature of newspapers is that they are updated in real time, and new content needs to be printed almost every day.

The engraving is one thing, but the engraving is another.

Luo Youdu said: "It is not necessary to make the carvings vivid, as long as you know the meaning. It is still difficult for the craftsmen to carve simple paintings. At critical moments, no matter how difficult it is, you have to overcome it. Maybe the craftsmen are good at it, and if they improve their techniques, it will be great.

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After this mountain-opening incident, Luo Youdu realized something.

Rather than deliberately seeking perfection, it is better to take out imperfect things and use them.

If professional people don't use it smoothly, they will naturally make improvements and corrections.

Why does the development of this technology benefit the country and the people?

Isn't it just human beings' lazy nature, using simple things to make difficult things happen, and developing it step by step?

After studying gunpowder for so long, it is really not as effective as putting it into actual combat this time and discovering problems and improving it. @

Luo Youdu doesn't care about making things difficult for his subordinates now, since it's not him who has the headache anyway.

Seeing this, Song Xiong could only bite the bullet and agree.

Song Xiong was very efficient in his work, but one day, when the soldiers on the front line were working bravely to clear the canal, the big and small things that happened were published in the newspapers. Some special cases were minor injuries and they could not get out of the firing line. A group of old men were so tired that they fell down on the embankment to sleep.

The drawings are moving in any era.

Not to mention simple common people, even the younger generation of scholars are full of enthusiasm after reading it, and they can't wait to join in it.

Many poems and phrases praising soldiers were written by various literati. Even Li Yu wrote a poem to praise soldiers.

The emperor Luo Youdu was no exception and once again wrote a chicken soup article titled "The Most Glorious and Lovely Person".

The whole article praises the feats of soldiers.

These praises and praises naturally reached the front line as soon as possible.

Slippery line.

In front of the palace are the cavalry troops.

A group of resting soldiers gathered together and talked about what they had experienced.

Soldier Lu Dazhuang closed his eyes and felt hot in his heart: "Hey, this is the first time that someone has thanked you for growing up!"

"No!" Hu Niu'er beside Lu Dazhuang said, "Looking at the old man's grateful look, I...

I don’t think it’s a good feeling, I used to be a bit of a jerk.”

There was some annoyance in his words, and his state of mind was in vain.

Hu Niuer's words attracted echoes.

The Dianqiansi Iron Cavalry Army is the Dianqiansi's ace army, which was adapted from the Xiaodi Army of the Later Han Dynasty.

For a strong army like the Cavalry Army, the soldiers are all elites carefully selected.

Such people are often gifted and born very strong, and most of them have experienced bullying to some extent.

Either you are hungry because you don’t have enough to eat, or you have nowhere to release your energy.

It was originally an era where warriors were supreme. Who didn’t come out of the ruffians?

Most of what these people get is fear of rejection and backbiting, and they never know what it feels like to be appreciated or to be held by someone's hand and thanked.

This time they were ordered to clear the canals, and most of their water and food were prepared by nearby officials organized by elderly women from villages and counties.

Because the men in villages and counties either dug canals or went to the Yellow River to block water and fight floods.

The old women are naturally responsible for these trivial matters. Faced with the benefactors who help to clear the canal, the old women are naturally grateful to each other.

This gave the soldiers a different feeling.

Faced with these heartfelt thanks, many people gradually felt the taste of glory.

This time the Forbidden Army marched north, it can be said that they were united as one, and 130,000 people went against the march.

But in fact, it is not difficult to do this. The decision-makers in the military are just that small group of people.

Luo Youdu ordered: palace commander Han Lingkun, horse commander Gao Huaide, infantry commander Han Tong, and commander Cao Bin. These four people accepted the order and executed it.

According to the military discipline of the imperial court, no one dares to openly violate it.

There is no precedent for this matter. Although people accepted the order to go north, it was not without reluctance. There were many people who were not moved by Luo Youdu's "Letter to All Luo Yu Generals".

But when they faced the endless praise from the people and the literati who were far above the top, writing and praising them, their reluctance disappeared.

The glory of the military began to leave a place in their hearts.

Sometimes, illusory things can indeed give people great motivation.

A person came slowly from a distance.

"The political commissar is here!"

"political commissar!"

"political commissar……"

The army is full of rough guys, and many of them are illiterate. If they want to write letters or send money home, they don't know where to start.

The emergence of political commissars has solved many problems in soldiers’ lives. @

In particular, the first batch of political commissars were all carefully selected talents, and they easily won the love of most soldiers by virtue of their pro-military work.

Pu Hao, the political commissar of the Cavalry Army, had a bit of tiredness in his eyes. He followed the soldiers on the left and right to say hello, came to a person, and kicked the Cavalry Army Du Yuhou Mu Bo who was lying sprawled out, asking him to stop his hands and feet.

Mu Bo cursed: "There's no seat over there, so why are you next to me?"

But I still moved my butt for him.

Pu Hao sat down next to him, leaned on his butt, and said, "You have a lot of flesh, so it's comfortable to lean on."

Mu Bo said a national curse and ignored him.

Pu Hao said: "You are such a good boy. You complain the most and the more you do, the harder you work. Why bother? If it weren't for your disgusting personality, why would you still be in trouble now?"

Mu Bo said angrily: "I want you to take care of it!"

Pu Hao shook his head and smiled bitterly, there are thousands of different kinds of people.

Mubo's character was the most thankless type he had ever seen.

Regardless of whether good or bad things happen to him, he will be like the eighth wife, gibbering. But when it happens to him, he will be full of complaints and complaints, which is disgusting.

But he complained and still did it at the same time. His ability was extraordinary and he did things beautifully.

He suffered hardships but did not get benefits. Several of his superiors commented on him with mixed feelings of love and hate, with mixed praise and praise. Some even said that if he had been mute, he would now be more than just a Marquis of Du Yu in the cavalry army.

On this trip north, Mu Bo, who likes to complain the most, had to complain.

As a political commissar, Pu Hao naturally has to do his ideological work.

Mu Bo was the thorn in the side of the army, and after Pu Hao was incorporated into the cavalry army, he was the one he came into contact with the most.

After a long time, we got along quite well.

There is no dignity or inferiority in speaking.
To be continued...