With the expedition plan confirmed, the Privy Council's mission instantly increased several times.
The Privy Council is an institution in charge of military affairs. Although it is not like the Song Dynasty, where civil servants hide behind the scenes and control the power of frontline generals, it is also responsible for formulating strategies and arranging and mobilizing generals for expeditions.
The three major imperial guards, the Imperial Guards Division, the Imperial Palace Division, and the Royal Camp Division are indispensable as the main force. In addition to the Imperial Guards, other military envoys and defense envoys need to be deployed to assist.
Originally, whether heading north or south, there was no reason to mobilize the troops of Shu Yuan in Caizhou and Guo Tingzan in Bozhou.
But Luo Youdu did not hide his selfishness at all, and generously submitted the names of Shu Yuan and Guo Tingzan.
He knows the rules of the game: this kind of selfishness is allowed from above.
Li Chongjin and Zhang Yongde both have their own powerful confidants. If Luo Youdu wants to contain them and even become a military leader in the future, he needs to have his own strength.
Otherwise, you will only fall into passivity, which will affect the overall situation.
As long as he doesn't go too far and makes the emperor Guo Rong feel in danger, he won't care and will give some support.
After all, the connections between Zhao Kuangyin and his father Zhao Hongyin in the Forbidden Army were well known to everyone, and it was impossible for Guo Rong not to know about them at all.
It's just that he believed that he could suppress Zhao Kuangyin, and he didn't expect that he would die young.
Sure enough, Guo Rong had no objection to Luo Youdu's selfishness. Considering Luo Youdu's background, it would be far more effective to choose Shu Yuan and Guo Tingzan, who are not reused but have the strength, rather than digging little by little to win over senior generals in the army.
I agreed to his schedule without any hesitation.
The gathering of soldiers and horses, the gathering of food and grass from all walks of life.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that a war is about to break out.
In order to increase the credibility of the Southern Expedition, Guo Rong specially ordered someone to write a refutation of Liu Sheng of the Han Dynasty in Lingnan, exposing Liu Sheng's evil deeds one by one, including killing fifteen brothers, taking nieces into the harem and other beastly behaviors.
There are simply too many to write about.
Except for a few insiders, almost everyone and even the lieutenant generals thought they were going to conquer Lingnan.
On this day, Luo Youdu helped Fu Qing'er for a walk in the backyard.
As the day of the expedition approached, Fu Qing'er's belly grew bigger day by day.
Then the decline in IQ is directly proportional to the improvement in temper.
Especially since the day of the expedition coincided with the day of childbirth, Fu Qing'er was even more concerned about gains and losses.
"I wonder if Mr. Lang can wait until our child is born before going on the expedition."
Fu Qing'er was worried.
Luo Youdu smiled and said: "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to wait and see the birth of our child."
He calculated the time.
July 5th was the time when Luo Youdu learned that Fu Qing'er was pregnant.
This day gave him great shock and joy, and he remembers it clearly.
Luo Youdu specifically consulted a doctor. Generally, the joy pulse can only be felt after two months of pregnancy.
In other words, Fu Qing'er was conceived in May, and based on ten months of pregnancy, March of the next year would be the approximate time of delivery.
Although the time for the expedition has not been determined, the initial estimate is between March and April, which should give both the enemy and ourselves enough time for spring plowing.
In this way, while the Zhou army had an extra ration in their territory, they could also harvest their food in the Khitan territory, killing two birds with one stone.
Fu Qing'er said: "Mr. Lang won't perfuse me!"
Luo Youdu gave his beloved wife great tolerance for her temper during this period, "How is it possible? You have to trust your man's accurate control of time..."
Just as Luo Youdu expected.
Although Wang Pu and Fan Zhi compromised and agreed to the expedition, they never agreed to launch the army before spring plowing.
We must wait until spring plowing and the people have planted food before we let go.
For the sake of balance, Guo Rong set the time for the expedition in April.
March 21st, fourth watch time.
Fu Qing'er suddenly felt something in her sleep, cramping in her abdomen, and woke up her sleeping husband beside her.
Luo Youdu reacted instantly. He didn't even bother to put on his boots and socks, and ran out of the room shouting "Wen Po".
Luo Youdu attached great importance to his children and hired six experienced nuns to live at home.
The six people were divided into three teams and took turns to rest.
As soon as they heard Luo Youdu's call, the two men on duty rushed to the scene.
It's close to the due date, and hot water is always available at home 24 hours a day.
Luo Youdu was well prepared for all details of the delivery.
But even so, Luo Youdu's heart was still beating "bang bang bang", almost jumping out of his chest.
This feeling was more exciting than the first time he went to the battlefield or the first time he saw death.
Luo Youdu kept walking back and forth.
Every scream from Fu Qing'er in the room made his heart clench.
Luo Youdu has never been so helpless, not even when he traveled through time.
"My dear husband, it's okay. I've seen this kind of scene many times."
Huber was comforting him, but he didn't even realize that he was speaking awkwardly and with heavy words.
Luo Youdu became even more panicked when he told him.
Until the dark shadow on the sundial in the yard appeared on Mao Shi, and with the rising sun, the baby's cry reached Luo Youdu's ears.
Looking at the rays of the rising sun on the door of the house, Luo Youdu's hanging heart finally dropped.
After about tea time, a Wen woman named Zhang came out with a big smile to ask for the reward: "Congratulations to my husband, my mother and son are safe. My little master weighs seven and a half pounds, he is very healthy!"
"Reward, reward, reward!"
I was so happy that I couldn't care less about being frugal and asked Fengzhu to reward me.
After asking if he could go in, Luo Youdu strode into the house.
Immediately, a woman held a baby and handed it over. Luo Youdu wiped his excited hands on his body and reached out to take it. After a closer look, there were only two words in his mind: "So ugly."
This guy looks like an alien, with a pair of big eyes, facial features squeezed together, wrinkled skin, and some yellow heng.
Luo Youdu almost cried because his son was ugly.
Thinking that her mother is obviously a great beauty, she is not bad either, she is above average in any way, and her temperament is very well managed.
How could such a thing be born!!!
Fu Qing'er lay on the bed and said weakly: "Mr. Lang, let me also see our child."
Luo Youdu hesitated a little and said, "It's better not to give it up!"
Fu Qing'er said anxiously: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Seeing that Fu Qing'er was about to cry, Luo Youdu hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, just take a look!"
Luo Youdu came to the bed with the baby in his arms.
Fu Qing'er looked at the son she gave birth to with a sullen face, a little disbelieving, and asked: "Is this really the son of my concubine?"
She also disliked the baby for being too ugly.
Since the pregnancy, the love talk between the couple has turned to the future of the child.
Without exception, in their fantasies, regardless of whether they are male or female, they must be handsome young men, or beauties descended from fairies.
I never imagined that it would be so ugly.
Luo Youdu said seriously: "It shouldn't be wrong."
This inexperienced couple openly questioned the appearance of their own child.
After hearing this, several stable women around me held back their voices at first and did not dare to laugh.
In the end, I couldn't bear it any longer, and one of them said with a smile: "Mr., madam, you guys don't understand. The young master will definitely be a handsome boy in the future, at least he has beautiful eyes. The baby's skin will naturally be wrinkled after it has been in the amniotic fluid for a long time.
, there is also a layer of tire oil, it will get better in a few days, and these yellow spots will recede on their own, and they will grow longer and more beautiful."
Luo Youdu and Fu Qing'er breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, with the word "lucky" written in their eyes.
Luo Youdu was moved in his heart and said: "How about calling him Chou Chou?"
Fu Qing'er looked at her son who really couldn't care less about him, nodded and said, "I think it's okay."
The two of them looked at each other and smiled.
"Thanks for your hard work!"
“It’s not hard work!”
Named Chou Chou, the little guy didn't cry, but after eating a mouthful of dog food, he burst into tears instantly.
After another five days, Chou Chou's condition improved a little, Huang Heng's symptoms receded, the fetal oil also absorbed some of his own, and his skin looked better.
There is a little difference from the aliens, now he looks like a little old man.
As the name suggests, he is ugly.
It's almost April, and the day of departure is getting closer and closer.
On this day, Luo Youdu and Wang Pu conducted their last strategic deduction.
Luo Youdu couldn't help but ask a question that he had wanted to ask for a long time: "Mr. Wenbo, how will your son look like after he is born?"
Wang Pu's son was named Wang Qian. Historically, it was he who ridiculed Yang Ye for going to war, causing Yang Ye to be ambushed and defeated by the Liao army, but he did not dare to rescue him, which led to his death.
A perfect example of a tiger father and a dog son, but Wang Qian still looks extremely handsome.
Wang Pu smiled knowingly and said, "It's hard to explain in words!"
Luo Youdu was immediately relieved.
Zhao Zhai!
Zhao Kuangyin knelt down in front of the bed, held his father's hand, looked at his father who could not get up and said: "My son is about to go to war. This time he must make his first victory and come back, letting the world know that the son of the Zhao family will not lose."
anyone."
Zhao Hongyin said weakly but with a bit of excitement: "Okay, okay! This is the spirit of my son, the son of the Zhao family... Sanlang..."
He glanced at Zhao Kuangyi behind him and said: "You are more thoughtful than Erlang, and you are more decisive than him. You must assist him well and make up for his shortcomings."
Zhao Kuangyi said solemnly: "Father, don't worry, the child understands. The child will not let the opportunity pass by his hands again..."
In order to allow his brother to take command of the Dianqian Division earlier, he had already made careful arrangements to target Zhang Yongde's weaknesses.
But inexplicably, someone did not know who caused the "inspection of the emperor" incident, which directly muddied the calm lake.
This also greatly increased the risk of Zhao Kuangyi's plan.
Zhang Yongde has been able to work in the Dianqian Division for such a long time, so he is not an ordinary person.
If a person is careless, he can be taken advantage of by any villain, but if he is wary, it will be extremely difficult to attack him head-on.
The "Inspection of the Emperor" incident has made Li Chongjin suspect Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhang Yongde is also a little wary of Zhao Kuangyin, with the slightest crack in his heart.
Faced with this situation, Zhao Kuangyi did not dare to act rashly anymore and honestly withdrew his arrangement. To this day, he has not found an opportunity to take action.