It is at least four or five hundred miles from Yanjing to Yuguan, and there are nearly ten places to stop along the way. In addition, Li Shier's deliberate trouble delays, Ye Qing and his group almost rushed to the place they wanted to stop after the sun sets.

The three thousand people broke camp and two hundred people's personal guards were the main forces of Ye Qing's rank. Monk Wanyan Chen, Wanyan Xielie and Qishilie Baishan were accompanied. Along the way, there was no intersection with the Song Dynasty army or Ye Qing, and he led dozens of guards to guard Li Shi'er's carriage.

When Li Shier fled to Yuguan, there were only seven or eight people left by his side. After staying in Yanjing for some time, Li Shier's command had become "strong in soldiers and horses" from some time.

Whether it is Li Shi'er, Wanyan Chen and others, since leaving Yanjing City, they have never explained to Ye Qing where the nearly 100 extra cavalrymen came from, but Li Shi'er believes that even if they don't say it, Ye Qing may be able to guess it.

Under the afterglow of the sunset, a small city not far away was already visible. The scouts scattered from the camp ran back and forth on the not-so-wide official road, raising yellow yellow dragon dust.

The weather has begun to warm up. Along the way, I have seen many greens gradually spread throughout the earth, exposed on the loess land. From time to time, you can see the people who are farming, both covered in the afterglow of the sunset, and in the quiet and peaceful state, they are tired after a day of fatigue.

As the army passed by, the people or the tourists who were rushing to make way for their army early, and they had to lead the ox cart and donkey cart to dodge the farmland on the side of the road.

The dust left behind by the army was flying, and the dust in the sky could not stop them from being curious about this army. The dusty dust was allowed to hit the face, and they still looked at the back of the mighty army without blinking.

The flags with black letters on the red background were flying with the setting sun in the army. The leaves on them were like dragons, as if they were about to break out of the flag at the next moment. The literate tourists knew it. As the Song army occupied Yanjing and drove the Jin people outside Yuguan, the land under their feet had changed their names to Zhao.

Although the people who were hiding in the fields were filled with awe of this army, their confusion still revealed their "ignorance". Even now, they are still kept in the dark. They are still unable to tell whether the army that had just passed by was the Song court or the Jin army.

A few days ago, I occasionally heard someone talking about a war between Jin Ting and Song Ting in Yanjing, and some people had the foresight that the world would change its master's surname Zhao. But in the end, there had never been a war between two armies around Yu County or under the entire Luanzhou. It was just that for a while, the various armies passed by were extremely frequent, but it was only those few months. Later, the entire Luanzhou returned to its former peace again, and whether the master of the world's surname was Zhao or Wanyan was left alone.

The people obviously did not care much about these. After all, the soldiers and horses did not fight here, and no passing army destroyed their peaceful and poor life. Therefore, the question about who the master of the world was thrown behind them during the warm days. The growth and harvest of crops in the fields this year is obviously worth their concern.

It was just a short night of rest in Yu County. On the second day, Li Shi'er's procrastination, Chaoyang had completely run out of the horizon, and Li Shi'er reluctantly followed the army to continue his journey.

It has been considered an ordinary distance to reach Yuxian. If you arrive at Luanzhou City, even if you are not far from Yuguan, the path Ye Qing and the others chose did not specifically choose the rugged and difficult path as they did when they went to Xijing to assist Wanyan Jing. This time they chose the Kangzhuang Avenue. In Li Shi'er's opinion, the reason why Ye Qing was like this was nothing more than to pass through this Song court army and announce that the world is now the territory of the Song court.

After three days of rest in Luanzhou, Ye Qing set out again, officials at all levels such as Luanzhou Prefecture and Tongzhi were also given the opportunity to meet the already well-known King of Yan during the three days of rest.

So I seized the short three days, which was like Ye Qing stating the people's livelihood in Luanzhou today, and also telling the various sufferings and obstacles they encountered. In short, it was nothing more than the harmonious scene in Luanzhou, which had not suffered from war. However, it was all because of the contributions of these officials that the peace in Luanzhou was maintained.

During this period, Li Shi'er sent Wanyan Chen to find Ye Qing once, but Ye Qing ignored it at all. Instead, he sent Jia She to negotiate with him. In the end, Jia She came forward to reject Li Shi'er's request to continue staying in Luanzhou.

As the last big city before entering the Jin Kingdom from Yuguan, Luanzhou is naturally much bustling than other prefectures and counties they passed by. In addition, it has never been affected by war, so Luanzhou is now more suitable for Li Shier and his friends to stay than Yuguan and other places.

But in Ye Qing's view, although Luanzhou is a big city, it is naturally not suitable for Li Shier, who is still a little bitch in his heart, to stay for a long time because of his lack of troops.

Leaving Luanzhou City and continuing to go east, the sunny weather seemed to make the whole world a little wider. As we got closer and closer to Lulong, the last heavy city behind Yuguan, it seemed that the tip of our nose could already smell the unique ocean smell of the northern seas.

Lulong City was born because of its name. According to legend, when the Emperor Qin Shihuang of that year, he sent Lu Sheng, Han Zhong and others to the sea to seek immortality and find a way to immortality, so he took Lu Long before he was named Qinhuangdao.

When she heard Ye Qing explain the origin of Lu Long's fate, Li Shi'er, who was guarded by nearly a hundred Jin cavalry in the carriage behind her, was scoffed at by Li Shi'er, who had never liked the Han people to use these allusions and legends to name the fate of the city. She felt that this story that was named after legends and allusions and explained through Ye Qing's mouth was quite ironic and disdainful.

In Li Shi'er's opinion, Ye Qing wanted to use these words to define that the west of Yuguan is the rightful jurisdiction of the Song court. So in her opinion, perhaps after passing Yuguan, Ye Qing could still use various legends and allusions to prove that the areas outside Yuguan were also legitimate territory of the Song court.

Lulong is only dozens of miles away from Yuguan at the Pass. When the Jin court ruled, this place was an important place to garrison troops. Although it was not as much valued by the Song court as it is now, Yuguan, which has always been a hub connecting the inside and outside the Pass, has never been ignored by the Jin court after the Jin court moved its capital to Yanjing.

It was just because after passing Yuguan, it was still under the jurisdiction of the Jinting, even if there were troops to guard it, it was more symbolic, and the barracks of soldiers that were continuously exporting from Yanjing.

As Yelu Yue started to set off for Anxi, Yelu Yixue had already begun to return to Yuguan from Anxi again. Compared to Ye Qing's journey because Li Shi'er slowed down, Yelu Yixue was like a wing of his ribs. For nearly a thousand miles, Yelu Yixue only took his hundred personal guards all the way, and it was the first to arrive at Lulong the day before Ye Qing arrived at Lulong.

When Ye Qing and his group entered Lulong, Yelu Yixue had already led officials at all levels in Lulong City to greet the simple city gate. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Ye Qing did not even get off the carriage. He just lifted the curtain and whispered a few times after Yelu Yixue approached the carriage, and then slowly stationed into Lulong City with disappointment on the faces of other officials in Lulong City.

Compared to the fact that Yelu Yixue did not want to show his thoughts in front of Ye Qing, and the fact that Yelu Yixue had become the confidant of the King of Yan, Lu Long's officials naturally wanted to see the King of Yan at the first sight when the King of Yan arrived here. Even if they could not say even a word to the King of Yan at the city gate, at least they could be familiar with each other in front of the King of Yan, right?

But after he arrived at the gate of Lulong City, the old King of Yan didn't even get out of the carriage. He just whispered a few words to his confidant and started entering the city. This made the officials who had been waiting for a long time and had no idea how many drafts had been made in their hearts. He was naturally disappointed when he was thinking about how to impress the King of Yan in a brief greeting when he saw the Queen of Yan.

Lu Long's prefecture and the Notice were both Jin people with the surname Wanyan, but there was an extremely interesting phenomenon, that is, whether it was the prefecture of Luanzhou, Tongzhi or Lulong's prefecture, Tongzhi, although both were officials of the Jin surname, they were all born in the Song Dynasty. They read books recommended by the Song people's academy and took the imperial examinations of the Song court. Just like the Han officials under the rule of the Jin court, although they were Han people, they were officials of the Jin people.

It was not new for the Song people to be an official in the Jin court, especially since the Jin court drove the Song court to the south of the Huai River, and the Jin people who were an official in the Song court were initially rare, but with the sudden rise of the Song court, Ye Qing's unstoppable Northern Expedition to recover lost territory, the number of Jin people who were an official in the Song court gradually increased, from being rare at the beginning to being common now.

Obviously, it was also a deliberate move for the Jin people to be an official in the Song Dynasty, especially after occupying the city of Yanjing, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and the cities of various prefectures within Yuguan, Ye Qing's deliberate move was even more deliberate.

The two Jin and Liao surnames, Wanyan and Yelu, occupied almost half of the officials in various prefectures and cities within Yuguan under Ye Qing's deliberate intention.

The two houses that Yelu Yixue sent to set up early, one became Ye Qing's current home, and the other naturally became the residence of Lu Long for the next period of time.

Lulong City is not very large in scale. It is at most a medium-sized city in the Central Plains, but even such a city, after entering this city, all the people were visible to the people.

Even as the people of Lu Long said, the number of troops garrisons here is greater than that of the people. Although it is a joke, it is undeniable that after the Song court regarded Yuguan as an important pass, Lu Long, who was dependent on Yuguan, became the location of the troops stationed in Yuguan.

It is obvious that Yuguan is not only garrisoned, but is stationed in turn with other armies. Therefore, the army after retreating from Yuguan will naturally rest in Lulong, or be transferred from Yuguan to other troops to exchange defenses from other places.

From Song Ting's mobilization actions, we can see that whether it was Song Ting or Ye Qing, the importance he attached to Yuguan far exceeded that of Jin Ting's previous emphasis on Yuguan.

Lu Long's prefecture and Tongzhi were kept by Ye Qing's gesture to Yelu Yixue, while the rest of the officials were dismissed and returned to the house. They looked disappointed but helpless. The magistrate Wanyan Ta was left behind, and Tongzhi Wanyan Haida was surprised and excited.

Of course, this was also expected by the two of them. As Lu Long's top and second-in-command, if he could not get the reception from King Yan, then this would be a bit inconsistent with the officialdom.

The appeaser Yelu Yixue took Wanyan Tak and two officials from the Jin Song Ting, Wanyan Haida, walked towards the depths of the house where they had spent nearly two months of hard work. Although when they repaired the mansion, both Wanyan Tak and Wanyan Haida had already knew every tree, every door and every window of the mansion, but when they moved in again today, they actually made the two of them feel an inexplicable sense of strangeness and respect for the mansion.

Wanyan Tu and Wanyan Haida's eyes occasionally crossed the top of the mansion and looked over the other mansion on the left. Both of them were curious about the situation in the mansion, and even more curious about why Queen Li Shier, who had settled in that mansion, came here with the King of Yan of Song Ting, and had to live here more time.

Although there were some "other" thoughts in their hearts, they naturally did not dare to tell others about the slightly dirty thoughts in their hearts. They could only hope to confirm their speculation through Li Shier's every move in Lu Long, and what the relationship between the queen of the Jin Kingdom and the King of Yan was, and whether it was really as they imagined.

Follow Yelu Yixue into the hall that was personally supervised by the two of them. The King of Yan, who did not look dusty on the outside, was already looking at the two of them with a smile. The two hurriedly followed Yelu Yixue, and then the King of Yan, who looked approaching and smiling, walked up to him and held his arm.

"Thank you, King Yan..." Wanyan Tu and Wanyan Haida said excitedly.

"Sit down, sir." Ye Qing said with a smile. The maid who was also carefully selected by the two of them immediately walked over with light steps and served tea to them.

Looking at the King of Yan, who was much younger than they thought and his face was not as fierce as they imagined, their hearts were still beating very fast, and they were a little nervous and sat on the chair with only half of their butts, looking carefully at the King of Yan, who was walking back to the main seat.

"The two adults have also prepared a banquet in the best restaurant in the city today to welcome you. Moreover, this house has been specially prepared for you by the two adults for nearly two months." Yelu Yixue glanced at the two people who were sitting there uneasy, stood on Ye Qing's side and said with a smile.

"The two Lords Wanyan are in love, so I naturally need to appreciate this kindness." Ye Qing nodded with a smile and said to Wanyan Tu and Wanyan Haida.

Wanyan Tu and Wanyan Haida hurriedly stood up to express their gratitude like Ye Qing, as if Ye Qing was going to invite them, not them.

"Would you like that..." Yelu Yixue looked at Ye Qing hesitantly and asked.

"Send me to tell me, just tell me." Ye Qing's tone was firm and firm. Yelu Yixue, who already had a relatively familiar understanding of Ye Qing, immediately nodded clearly to show his understanding.

Then Yelu Yixue looked at Wanyan Tu and Wanyan Haida. Before Yelu Yixue could speak, the two stood up again and said, "Since that's the case, the official asked the King of Yan to atone for his sins. Please allow the official and Lord Wanyan to leave first and prepare for the banquet tonight."

Ye Qinghan nodded with a smile, saying that he had worked hard, two adults, Wanyan Tu and Wanyan Haida also kept talking about what they should be, and then left their "familiar" hall with satisfaction.

As the two left, Yelu Yixue also waved back several maids in the hall. After the maids left, Yelu Yixue's expression became serious. He looked at Ye Qing for a while and said, "The General of the Mo is already planning to join forces with Li Heng and Li in Anxi. After His Princess goes there... Lord Li Heng will also send another army under His Princess' command, but if the General of the Mo is completely eliminated from letting His Highness go out of Xiping Prefecture, it will be difficult for the General of the Mo is the same as Lord Li Heng!"

"This is something I expected, but I still hope that Li Heng will not indulge her too much, so as not to let Temujin plot." Ye Qing said with some concern. Although Yelu Yue said that he was extremely pleased to agree, how could he not know that even though Yelu Yue didn't say it over the years, his hatred for the Mongols had not decreased at all. On the contrary, with the current suppression of the Jin Dynasty by Song Ting, Yelu Yue's intention to retaliate against the Mongolians has become a little heavier.

"Mr. Li Heng probably doesn't have that good face to Li An's face to Xingqing Hou. After Li An arrived in Anxi with Li An, Lord. Li Heng never gave Li An a good face. Moreover, after Li An went to Anxi, he was indeed a little more rampant than being by your side. I'm afraid it was because he saw that he was still useful to us, especially for the Mongolians, which made him... not take Li Heng seriously." Yelu Yixue said with some concern.

"Then what do you mean..." Ye Qing heard the implicit sound, and Yelu Yixue's tone and dissatisfaction actually showed his attitude towards Li An.

"The most general thought that if he abandoned him, he would abandon him! The most general's influence in Anxi cannot be compared with Li Anxi, but now that the princess has gone to Anxi, then Li An's little restraint on the Mongols and his remaining influence on the Xia Kingdom... is probably not important, right?" Yelu Yixue asked.

"That's true." Ye Qing pinched his stubble chin with thoughtfulness: "But if you are too rash, aren't you afraid of causing the remnants of Xia Kingdom to rebound to us? So even if you have something together with Li Heng, you still need to act cautiously, otherwise you will suffer."

"You are right, but now..." Yelu Yixue also began to learn to show off his cleverness in front of Ye Qing. Looking at Ye Qing's calm expression, he thought about it and said, "Lord Li Heng still wants to know what King Yan means, if King Yan agrees..."

"Be careful, don't make any big noises. Of course, the best way is to make the remnants of Xia Kingdom feel disgusted and hated Li An, so that all the remaining roles of Li An could be used." Ye Qing said after thinking carefully.

Yelu Yixue was stunned for a moment, then understood what Ye Qing meant, and unconsciously stretched out his thumb and said, "It's still King Yan... is amazing." Looking at Yelu Yixue who was probably trying to say he was insidious, but finally changed to a powerful one, Ye Qing smiled disconcertedly and said, "Since that's the case, then you will tell Li Heng and say I agree."

Yelu Yixue nodded and then continued to ask: "When will the King of Yan set out to go to the Jin Kingdom?"

"No hurry, accompany me to Yuguan tomorrow, and then we will go to Jin Kingdom." Ye Qing thought for a while and said.

As the most important pass before taking over the Jin Kingdom, Yuguan naturally had to inspect it before heading to the Jin Kingdom. Of course, in addition to seeing whether the Yuguan can resist the possible counterattack of the Jin Kingdom, we also need to see if the army stationed there is worth adjusting defense with half of the broken camp to go to the Jin Kingdom.

Half of the broken camps were replaced with the troops guarding Yu Pass under Yelu Yixue, which was intended to allow the so-called Liao army under Yelu Yixue to participate more deeply in the oppression of the Jin Kingdom by the Song court, and also to allow this army to integrate with other Song troops faster.

Of course, in addition to this part of the reason, Ye Qing also had to guard against the Jin Dynasty after he entered the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty chose to attack Yu Pass with eggs, thus causing his own passiveness.

So letting half of the breaking camp be in Yuguan is equivalent to being invincible when negotiating with the Jin Kingdom. After all, for Lu Long's Li Shier to take the risk to regain the Jin Kingdom, if Ye Qing takes the risk and turns against him, it will be worth it for him.

"The King of Yan is relieved. After returning to Yuguan yesterday, he has carefully selected two thousand people to go north to the Jin Kingdom." Yelu Yixue had no objection to this. The 1,550 troops who broke the camp replaced the 2,000 troops who were stationed in Yuguan. No matter what, he would not lose.

What's more, on the way back, when he met Yelu Yue, Yelu Yue had already revealed to him that the incident of restoring Liao had long disappeared. Even if he fought with the Mongols, he was just avenging the Liao Kingdom. The incident of restoring Liao was already impossible.

Yelu Yixue also thought about the possibility of resuming Liao, but the current situation is obviously almost impossible for the remnants of their Liao Kingdom.

Ye Qing made a big move westward to the Anxi Protectorate, with the purpose of restraining the Mongols, and his real intention was to seize the fat meat placed beside the mouth of the Jin Kingdom.

Even if Ye Qing was able to take down the fat piece of Jin under the eyes of the Mongols, according to the news that Yelu Yue knew, Ye Qing would choose to repay his favor and use the Jin army to attack Goryeo. One was to nominally avenge Wanyan Jing, and to give Li Shier and Jin a brief explanation. The other was naturally to consume the combat power of Jin, so that the possibility of Jin's rebellion could be minimized after the Jin Dynasty returned to the Song court.

So whether it is in the long run or just looking at the moment, Ye Qing does not have much energy to help Liao restore the country. Moreover, whether it is the Jin Kingdom or the Gangry River, it is much less risky than fighting with the Mongols.

"If this is the case, it is naturally the best." Ye Qing nodded, then changed his mind again, and planned to go to the mansion where Li Shi'er lived next to him to take a look.

As Ye Qing and Yelu Yixue stepped into Li Shi'er's mansion in Lu Long, the governor Lu Long and Tongzhi who had left Ye Qing's mansion were surrounded by a group of subordinates after just returning to the yamen.

Every official seemed to be congratulating Wanyan Shu and Wanyan Haida, but the two knew very well that behind these officials congratulating them on seeing the King of Yan, the favor of the King of Yan was the intrigue and flattery of these people.

On the way back to the yamen, I heard that when King Yan was in Luanzhou, he chose to refuse the favor of the Luanzhou magistrate and the Tongzhi. But now after coming to Luanzhou one level lower than Luanzhou, King Yan chose to give them the opportunity to please them. In the eyes of Wanyan Tu, Wanyan Haida, or other Lulong officials, this can be said to be a great favor, and it can be said that there is a further signal in the officialdom.

Naturally, since the King of Yan chose to attend the banquet, it is impossible for Lu Long to be the governor and Tongzhi to go to Huichun Tower to entertain the King of Yan alone. Naturally, he still has to bring a few subordinates with insight to fight, or to make his subordinates benefit from his own selfish intentions. It is best to leave an impression in front of the King of Yan, and at the least he has to be familiar with him.

So now, the officials surrounding them, even though no one said it clearly, almost everyone was congratulating them with such thoughts.

In the eyes of these officials, since the King of Yan could choose to give Wanyan Tushi and Wanyan Haida face before not giving Luanzhou magistrate or Tongzhi, does that mean that one day, the two are likely to leave Lu Long and go to other places for dispatch, and even go to Yanjing, isn't it impossible?

So in this case, who will do the two seats left by Lu Long? Wouldn't the opinions of Wanyan Tu and Wanyan Haida be particularly important?

Wanyan Tu and Wanyan Haida have a clear mind about their colleagues and subordinates. When facing these officials in front of them, they naturally have to examine and consider them carefully. Who is more pleasing to the eyes, who is more obedient, and who is capable in daily life, naturally they have to care about it carefully in their hearts.

For a moment, the atmosphere of the entire government office began to gradually appear strange and turbulent, but this was not very difficult for Wanyan Tu and Wanyan Haida. One magistrate and the other magistrate had subordinates he admired on weekdays and had his own circle on weekdays, so on the way back from the Yan Prince's mansion, both of them had already had their own concerns.

The reason why we still have to look mysterious at this moment is nothing more than to make others envy them more and boast about them more, so as to enjoy the vanity of the vanity that after seeing the King of Yan, it seemed that his status suddenly changed.

When Lu Long was on the lantern, the magistrate and Tongzhi, who had already chosen the candidate, took the lead in leaving the yamen, then looked at his colleagues and subordinates behind him, pretended to be embarrassed and thoughtful, and began to name a few candidates who could meet the King of Yan tonight with him.
Chapter completed!