We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

For this trip to Anton, Li Che mobilized exactly 10,000 troops.

Among them, 3,000 were barbarian soldiers composed of Mohe people, and 7,000 were veterans of the Ninggu Army.

The barbarian soldiers are led by Erbu. This old guy has been very honest recently and has completely submitted to Li Che.

The Ninggu Army was led by Li Che himself, accompanied by generals such as Wang Sanchun, Wang Laosi, Yue Yun, and Wang Hu.

At the same time, Li Che recruited 5,000 volunteers from the city to join the army and be responsible for the logistics of the army.

Since ancient times, marching and fighting were not just the job of soldiers, but required the cooperation of a large number of civilians, auxiliary troops, and pawns.

Generally, one soldier needs three civilians to supply food.

If the journey is long, more will be needed.

However, the journey to Liaodong is not too far, and all the Ninggu troops are equipped with horses, so it can barely be considered a mobile force, so the number of civilian laborers is relatively small.

The straight-line distance from Chaoyang City to Andong City is about 472 kilometers, but this is the distance from Chaoyang City to Dandong City in later generations.

With the advent of high-speed rail, trains, and highways, this distance can now be reached in six hours by car.

It is early spring now, the snow has just melted, and the roads are muddy.

In addition to the problems of bypassing other barbarian tribes and mountains and rivers blocking the way, even if the Ninggu Army was composed entirely of cavalry, it would take at least seven days to arrive.

The defense of the city was still left to He Conglong, while Qian Bin and his partner stayed in the rear.

Li Che found that the combination of these two people was becoming more and more useful. Qian Bin was shrewd and shrewd. Although he did not have any earth-shattering strategies, he was steady.

He Conglong remained calm in the face of danger and disciplined his troops strictly, much like Zhou Yafu of the Western Han Dynasty.

After learning about Li Che's appointment, Wang Sanchun looked at He Conglong with a strange look, thinking that old He was not liked by His Highness.

Otherwise, why did the two generals of the Ninggu Army always follow His Highness to fight, leaving Old He to stay in the rear?

But He Conglong remained calm and didn't think so at all.

On the contrary, he knew that the reason His Highness left him to guard the city was because he took a liking to him.

Just like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the novel.

Liu Bei once tried to let Zhang Fei guard the city, but what happened? He even lost his wife.

From then on, Guan Yu could lead an army alone to defend the city, and Zhang Fei would never have to be bothered.

Although Guan Yu also had the stain of losing Jingzhou due to carelessness, that was after he flooded seven armies, shocked the whole of China, and almost forced Cao Cao to move the capital.

To put it bluntly, in Li Che's mind, Wang Sanchun is a fierce general and He Conglong is a talented commander.

The two have different positioning, so there is no need to distinguish between them.

Li Che led his personal guards out of the palace, and Uncle Yang was waiting at the door with his maids and servants.

After seeing Li Che come out, they all shouted in unison: "Your Highness is mighty and has returned triumphantly!"

Li Che now has a headache when he sees all these beautiful girls in the palace.

Don't touch them, it makes me feel a little agitated just looking at them.

I want to touch them, but they are too young and I really can't bring myself to do it.

I could only look at Uncle Yang helplessly: "Uncle Yang, please take good care of the house and don't bring anyone home again."

Uncle Yang was also helpless. There were so many women in the mansion, but His Highness had not touched any of them.

If he had not seen the prince grow up, he would have doubted Li Che's orientation.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I understand."

Li Che couldn't let go of his evasive look.

I just hope he brings someone home again, and not those little girls. What a sin...

Isn't the young woman attractive? The wife... cough cough cough...

After leaving the palace, Li Che walked along the road towards the outer city.

The people he met during this period all kept cheering and sincerely congratulating him on his triumphant return.

Just say that from the inner city to the outer city, the people followed voluntarily, and when they arrived at the outer city, thousands of people had gathered on both sides of the road.

After Li Che waved his hand in greeting, the people were overjoyed and spontaneously shouted "Long live His Highness".

When Li Che heard them shouting "Long live" before, he didn't think anything of it. After all, in later generations, these two words were no longer taboo.

When they were in college, many college students would shout "Long live" if their parents gave them a few hundred more dollars in living expenses.

But now that he had heard it so many times, Li Che suddenly felt that he could not go on like this.

"When you have time, let the people know. You can cheer, but never mention the word 'Long live' again." Li Che turned and said to Zhuge Zhe beside him.

Zhuge Zhe gave a bitter laugh and said, "Your Highness, it's probably too late to tell the people now."

We didn't stop the people when they were shouting, but now everyone is used to it, so it's difficult to stop them.

The four words "Long live His Highness" have almost become a catchphrase for the people of Chaoyang City and a polite greeting when they meet.

When two people meet on the street, the following conversation might take place:

"Hey, Lao Li, what are you doing?"

"Old Zhao, go to work. Have you eaten yet?"

"I ate it. The wild boar meat dumplings I ate today were so delicious. Thank you, Your Highness. Long live Your Highness."

"That's right, long live His Highness!"

Li Che couldn't imagine whether an imperial envoy who came to Chaoyang City in the future would be scared to death after seeing this scene.

Fortunately, the Northeast is remote, and the imperial court will not easily send envoys here.

"It still needs to be changed." Wang Laosi interrupted from behind, "Your Highness is still young and it's a bit early to discuss this matter now."

"We must at least recruit some more brothers and capture a few cities. Only then can Your Highness raise his arm and shout out this slogan."

Zhuge Zhe stared at Wang Laosi with wide eyes, then looked at Li Che.

What does he mean?

This is a rebellion! Have I, a remnant of the previous dynasty, encountered a true rebel today?!

Li Che glared at Wang Laosi, who smiled flatteringly, but there was no regret in his eyes.

In Wang Laosi's eyes, there is only Li Che, not Daqing.

Not to mention Wang Laosi, I'm afraid that those middle-level officers who came from the criminal camp all had the same idea in their minds.

If Li Che said he wanted to rebel, they would immediately turn their guns around and attack Shanhaiguan.

"It's just a joke." Li Che said.

Zhuge Zhe closed his mouth silently. If he couldn't tell the difference between jokes and truth, he wouldn't have to be called Zhuge.

I knew that the officers under His Highness were not easy to deal with, but I didn't expect them to be so vicious!

Zhuge Zhe tried hard to hold back the little pearl from falling.

I thought that by joining Li Che's army, I could clear my identity as a remnant of the previous dynasty.

Now it seems that this is washed with ink!

After leaving the inner city gate, soldiers from each camp began to merge into the team.

The armored cavalry battalion, with its men and horses in full armor, the crossbow battalion, armed with bows and arrows, the lightly armed scout battalion, the heroic medical battalion...

There is also a barbarian camp with all its members riding on horses, which gives off a fierce and powerful aura when viewed from afar.

De Erbu saw Li Che with a dark face coming towards him from afar, and his heart skipped a beat.

His Highness is in a bad mood. Should I say something nice later?

I scratched my ears and cheeks, really having no idea what people in Daqing like to listen to.

In a blink of an eye, Li Che was already in front of him.

De Erbu panicked, remembering the time he met Emperor Qing when he was young. He hurriedly dismounted and knelt, shouting:

"Greetings to His Highness, long live His Highness!"

Li Che staggered and almost fell off his horse.