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Ye Qing, Yelu Yixue, followed by two deputy commanders of the Breaking camp, Zhou Ping, Liu Jiansheng, and nearly 1,500 soldiers of the Breaking camp.
It is not very far from Lulong to Yuguan, especially for the cavalry, in an emergency, within more than an hour or even an hour, they can quickly arrive at Yuguan and join the city guarding.
But now, in addition to being heavily guarded by Yuguan, there are also many scouts scattered on both front, back, left and right to extend Yuguan's sight.
In addition, Ye Qing deliberately stopped Yelu Yixue from informing the Yuguan Guard that the King of Yan was coming today, so shortly after Ye Qing and his group left Lu Long, the two deputy commanders who broke the camp and the three commanders of the personal guards, Jia She, vaguely felt like they were being targeted.
For their own responsibilities, and to find out whether the enemy or friend of their group was targeted, and to report to Ye Qing after exploring the situation, so after feeling targeted by someone who was interested, Zhou Ping and Liu Jiansheng also sent out their scouts as soon as possible and began to chase each other with the scouts of the Yuguan Guard Army.
However, in just one stick of incense, Jia She, Zhou Ping and Liu Jiansheng had already met and negotiated several times. The other party's scout was extremely alert. After several times, his scouts almost bit them, but in the end they were successfully rid of them by relying on their familiarity with the terrain.
"Do you want to report to the King of Yan quickly?" Zhou Ping has always been mature and polite, and has always been known for his calmness in his military use. He looked back at Lu Longcheng, who had disappeared from sight and said to Jia She.
"Don't you feel it's hostility or goodwill?" Jia She was also a little confused. Logically speaking, now that the Song Dynasty is already in the world of the Song Dynasty, Lu Long shouldn't have enemy scouts as soon as he left.
After all, if Lu Long is an enemy, why is there no news at Yuguan? Even Lu Long's side, there is no news at all? Could it be that the prefect Wanyan Tuo and Tongzhi Wanyan Haida have already had a rebellion?
The three of them did not discuss the reason, and finally decided to report it to the King of Yan immediately, so as not to delay major events or put the King of Yan into a dangerous situation.
Jia She took on the appointment to report to the King of Yan, but Jia She went quickly and came back faster.
Before Zhou Ping and Liu Jiansheng could react, Jia She ran back with a puzzled look on his face.
Zhou Ping and Liu Jiansheng hurried forward and asked, "How, what are the instructions of the King of Yan?"
"The King of Yan means to continue to investigate, but the speed of the march remains unchanged." Jia She touched her mind, and then faced the puzzled eyes of the two, she said innocently: "I don't know what the King of Yan's order means, but I promise that I will never tamper with the King of Yan's order, even a word."
Zhou Ping and Liu Jiansheng looked at Jia She's decisive appearance and believed that Jia She did not dare to change the orders of the King of Yan. After a little conspiracy, they actually allocated 500 people to Jia She, asking Jia She and the 500 people to protect Yan King Ye Qing.
Then Zhou Ping led nearly 500 cavalry to continue to open the road ahead, while Liu Jiansheng led the remaining 500 people behind the palace. The two were no more than half a mile away from the King of Yan who was guarded in the middle. Naturally, the scouts scattered began to increase exponentially.
Although the marching speed has not changed due to the request of King Yan, with the orders of Zhou Ping and Liu Jiansheng, the line of 1,500 cavalry that should have been marching leisurely at this time became a marching formation that should have only existed in war after the round and round changes.
The sound of horse hooves was heard endlessly, and from time to time, you could hear the roaring commands of generals to their soldiers. In just a short period of time, the atmosphere of the entire marching team suddenly became tense.
Yelu Yixue felt this familiar wartime atmosphere. He looked at the soldiers who were originally calm and calm, and suddenly became solemn. He either held the knife at his waist tightly or the crossbow at his waist tightly. The dozens of leaf-shaped banners walking above the army began to sway with the wind, and under the roar of other generals, passing the commands of the army to the lower-level generals.
"King Yan, you won't want to attack Yuguan, are you?" Looking at the changes in the entire army and feeling the tense and passionate atmosphere during the war, Yelu Yixue couldn't tell whether this was a training or a real war.
"It's time to get nervous." Ye Qing, who was sitting on the horse's back, looked at the dozen swaying flags not far above his head, and then looked further away and said: "After entering the Jin Dynasty, do you think the Jin people will make us feel like we are in a state of no one? Even if they were worried and did not dare to send large armies to monitor us all the way north to Shangjing, there would probably be no less sending scouts to secretly monitor us, so it's time to make them familiar with how to deal with other scouts better next."
"But..." Yelu Yixue was still a little confused. After today's Jin Kingdom, even if his group of people were secretly followed by Jin scouts, it would be normal. After all, it was the King of Yan who led an army of more than 3,000 people into other countries. Whether it was the Jin people who secretly sent scouts to monitor or escort them, it should be no exaggeration, right?
"I know what you want to say, but I don't plan to walk all the way to Shangjing with peace and friendship." Ye Qing gave Yelu Yixue a meaningful look.
Yelu Yixue's heart was shocked in an instant. He obviously understood from Ye Qing's words that Ye Qing would not choose to fight all the way to Shangjing, but after leaving Yuguan, Ye Qing would never overly restrain them along the way, and even wanted to use the only more than 3,000 cavalry to kill Wanyan Xun as the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. After Wanyan Xun became the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, the mighty and dissatisfied the army of the Jin Dynasty.
When he thought of this, Yelu Yixue's heart became clearer in an instant, just like the clear sky above his head today.
"The King of Yan expected that after we entered the territory of Jin, the Jin soldiers would never let us go north and go north to Jing Road, right?" Yelu Yixue asked.
"If you were Wanyan Xun, would you watch us unimpeded? Besides, even if Wanyan Xun didn't want to have any troubles on our journey north, I just wanted us to arrive in Shangjing smoothly and safely, but... will his generals agree? Will they really obey Wanyan Xun's words completely?" Ye Qing said with a smile.
"Yes." Yelu Yixue sighed in his heart. Now that Song Ting has entered the Jin Dynasty, he is afraid that even if Wanyan Xun's orders are given, the generals under his command may not be completely abide by the orders. Even if he does not dare to disobey Wanyan Xun's will, it is not impossible to send a scout to harass Ye Qing's army in private, right?
After all, the relationship between the Song court and the Jin Kingdom seems to have been truce because of the Song court's victory, but this does not mean that the generals who led the Jin Kingdom would be convinced by the Song people's army, right?
What's more, before Ye Qing was born, the Jin people had always had a sense of superiority in all aspects when facing the Song people. Now they suddenly changed their roles and became the weaker one. Then can the Jin people really accept their fate in front of the Song people?
So along the way, if the Jin people had the opportunity to use the power of scouts to kill the Song people, how could there be no reason to let them go?
What's more, even if there was any friction and unhappiness with the Song people on the way to Shangjing, as long as they won the Jin people, would Wanyan Xun really blame them after they arrived in Shangjing? I'm afraid that when the Song people left in a mess, Wanyan Xun would immediately reward these Jin generals who had threatened the Song people.
From Lu Long to Yuguan, the confrontation between the scouts of the two armies was extremely lively. From the initial cautious attitude of not being able to identify whether it was an enemy or a friend, after fully understanding whether the other party was an enemy or a friend, the scouts on both sides were obviously unwilling to weaken their momentum in front of the friendly forces. Therefore, after knowing exactly the identity of the other party, the scouts on both sides did not reduce their oppression and offensiveness, but instead competed with the other party more decisively and ruthlessly.
The attitude between the two sides was no less than that of fighting with the real enemy. It was not until Ye Qing, Yelu Yixue, and the defending generals from Yuguan stood on the top of Yuguan City that they stopped by the unwillingness of the scouts on both sides.
Ye Qing, who was standing on the head of Yuguan City, asked casualties casualties on both sides. Yelu Yixue glanced at his own deputy general and smiled bitterly, "I have to say that the scouts who broke the camp are still better. In the end, even though they knew it was a drill, they were like they were on the real battlefield, and they were already red in their eyes. The victory and defeat between scouts was already obvious, and Yuguan was defeated."
Ye Qing, who stood in the wind on the top of Yuguan City, looked at the vice general who was a little guilty and embarrassed, and smiled and said, "Since that's the case, let Zhou Ping and Liu Jiansheng guard Yuguan. The Yuguan scout who was fighting with them today will follow me to the Jin Kingdom."
Hearing Ye Qing's words, the deputy general Yelu Shibei, who was originally embarrassed, was instantly surprised. He looked at Ye Qing in disbelief, hurriedly saluted, and said in stiff Chinese words: "Thank you, I will never let you down this time, and I will never let the prince down again."
"You have performed well." Ye Qing crossed Yelu Yixue, walked to Yelu Shibei, patted the cold and heavy armor, and said, "You did not lose this time in the drill confrontation between scouts. On the contrary, you have won the respect of all the soldiers in the breaking camp."
Seeing that the deputy general Yelu Shibei wanted to speak, Ye Qing patted his shoulder again and continued, "This is not that I am comforting you, but that is the fact. After the two sides investigated each other's identities, it was precisely because I was backing me behind my back that your scouts under your command would let go of their hands and feet to confront them, but they would still be a little worried about whether I would pursue it later. Therefore, this drill confrontation will be at most a draw."
Yelu Yixue listened to Ye Qing's explanation and after careful consideration, he had to nodded silently.
It is indeed as Ye Qing said, behind the breaking camp is the name of King Ye Qing of Yan, and the scouts of Yuguan are obviously afraid of the name of King Yan. Naturally, even if they have reached the drill that is as real as the battlefield, even if the scouts of Yuguan do not care about the breaking camp, they will still be more or less concerned about the four words of King Ye Qing of Yan.
After staying in Yuguan for a night, Ye Qing left the 1,500 people who broke the camp, Zhou Ping and Liu Jiansheng, at Yuguan. The nearly two thousand people under Yelu Shibei, who were about to change defense in Yuguan, also stayed at Yuguan. When Ye Qing passed by Lu Long again, he went directly to the Jin Kingdom to go to Beijing.
On the way back to Lulong from Yuguan, Ye Qing received a secret report from Dong Chao that Temujin had arrived in Xijing now and would probably arrive at Shangjing Road, where the capital of the Jin Kingdom is located in three or five days.
Therefore, after Ye Qing returned to Lu Long, he had no extra time to stay in Lu Long.
After meeting Lu Long's magistrate and Tongzhi again, including several other Lu Long officials who had welcomed him Ye Qing on the first day of his arrival, Ye Qing stepped into Li Shi'er's mansion next to him alone.
Monk Wanyan Chen, Wanyan Xielie, and Qishilie Baishan looked a little more respectful to Ye Qing than to be in Yanjing.
Li Shi'er was temporarily living in the mansion where Lu Long had a palace maid escaped with her, and a eunuch followed him. Of course, there were also a few maids carefully selected by Lu Long in the mansion to serve Li Shi'er in the mansion.
Wanyan Ankang did not come to Lu Long with Li Shi'er. Instead, after having a night chat with Ye Qing at the Tea House that night, he sent Wanyan Ankang to the Yan Prince's Mansion early the next morning, and Li Shi'er handed it to Yan Qingcheng.
Even though she was not in the way of dealing with her, Li Shier and Yan Qingcheng, Li Shier still believed in Yan Qingcheng very much and would not owe Wanyan Ankang during her period when she was not in Yanjing.
Ye Qing's arrival surprised Li Shi'er slightly. She thought that it would be difficult for her to see Ye Qing again since she came to Lu Long.
Naturally, I wouldn't have expected Ye Qing to come to visit her again, waved his hand to signal Monk Wanyan Chen and others to retreat, and then after the two palace maids in the hall, a eunuch and other maids in the hall retreated, Li Shi'er then signaled Ye Qing to sit down and pour tea and water for Ye Qing himself.
"But you are still used to it? If you have anything to be unsatisfied with, you can talk to Lu Long after I leave tomorrow. I believe they will do their best to help me for my sake." Ye Qing took the lead in breaking the silence in the hall and said.
"The King of Yan has made a good arrangement, and I am very satisfied here, and I feel even more comfortable than staying in Yanjing City." Li Shi'er unconsciously glanced at Ye Qing and said.
Ignoring whether Li Shi'er's last sentence was the truth or the irony. Ye Qing glanced at the tea that Li Shi'er poured himself and smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then stay here with peace of mind. As long as you don't do anything extraordinary, no one will disturb you here."
"Then thank you, King Yan." Li Shi'er said with a curl upwards. Unconsciously, she wanted to talk back to Ye Qing. Even after Ye Qing stepped into the hall, Li Shi'er repeatedly warned herself to be calm and patient, but as soon as she opened her mouth, even Li Shi'er could not control herself.
"Does King Yan give me any instructions?" Li Shi'er seemed to feel that she had unconsciously mocked Ye Qing just now, so she started to find a way to make up.
"There is one thing, but..." Ye Qing wiped his chin and thought for a while and said, "If you borrow money from Monk Wanyan and Chen and the others at that time, do you have any objection?"
Li Shi'er did not answer immediately. She looked at Ye Qing quietly for a long time before slowly breathing a sigh of relief and asked, "Are you referring to something further east?"
Ye Qing nodded and refused to deny: "Not bad."
"Are you really confident of convinceing Wanyan Xun?" Li Shi'er asked again.
"It's just a transaction, there is no reason to persuade or not." Ye Qing looked at Li Shier and replied seriously.
Li Shi'er said oh, then became silent, but she was only a little silent for a moment, then stared at her toes that exposed her skirt and said, "Did the slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie have been in the same group with you for a long time?"
"Not a question." Ye Qing gave an ambiguous answer, which obviously could not satisfy Li Shi'er.
Li Shi'er stopped looking at his toes, looked up at Ye Qing with a look of confusion: "What do you say about King Yan?"
Ye Qing took a deep breath and looked at Li Shier with clear and sincere eyes: "You shouldn't doubt the Gods Slaves of Qi Shilie. Whether it is Wanyan Jing or you Li Shier, in fact, the Gods Slaves of Qi Shilie have always been loyal and have no different intentions."
Li Shi'er was silent and sniffed gently, and did not continue to get too much entanglement on this issue. He asked: "When can I go to Beijing? Will Wanyan Xun die?"
"Do you want to watch Wanyan Xun repent of dying in front of you, or do you have never given up on the destruction of the Jin Kingdom?" Ye Qing asked with a smile on his lips, but his clear and sincere eyes just now became deep and lustful again.
"Is there any difference?" Li Shi'er asked with her delicate and fair chin raised.
"What do you think?" Ye Qing asked as if he was playing a dumb puzzle.
"The King of Yan is really cautious. He didn't even dare to agree to the request of me, a woman,?" Li Shi'er's mouth once again showed a strong sarcasm.
"The momentum of the deceased gold is unstoppable. If what I said at the Yanjing Chayun Tea House that day was still true, then I, Ye Qing, can also assure you, Li Shier, that Wanyan Xun will definitely get the consequences and revenge he deserves. How about?" Ye Qing ignored Li Shier's sarcasm and said.
"I really can't bear to stay away from this black soil." Li Shi'er's expression became a little lonely, and she shook her head and said.
"The Goryeo people should be responsible for Wanyan Jing's death. If they hadn't secretly colluded with Wanyan Xun, Wanyan Xun would never have rebelled in such a short time." Ye Qing looked down at the carpet under his feet, and then sighed: "When you fought with the Mongols in Xijing, I rushed over to help him thousands of miles away. Although Wanyan Xun had already rebelled at that time, if he had only relied on his own strength, he would have no chance of success. In addition, I had been with you on Zhongjing Road for a while, so for Wanyan Xun, if you wanted to rebellion, you would have to continue to postpone it. Even if... Jing'er could be more alert, Wanyan Xun had no chance of success in rebellion, but whether you or Jing'er, they all regarded my words as a warning, thinking that the reason why I, Ye Qing, was to provoke internal strife between the royal family, and your relaxation naturally gave Wanyan Xun the opportunity to collude with the Goryeo..."
"Did the King of Yan blame me for causing trouble to the country in hindsight?" Li Shi'er asked impatiently.
"I just want to say that if you want to kill Wanyan Xun, you must first destroy Wanyan Xun's supporter Gao Liren, so that Wanyan Xun can be isolated and helpless. At that time, I, Ye Qing, will naturally support you Li Shier without hesitation." Ye Qing said bluntly.
"Then how could I know that at that time, you wouldn't covet the territory of Goryeo? In the end, whether I, Li Shi'er or Wanyan Xun, wouldn't I just make wedding dresses for your Ye Qing's kingly hegemony?" Li Shi'er asked with a smile.
"But do you have any other choices? But then again, I have not been able to go to the land of Goryeo. The mountains that are endless and snowy all year round are the best barriers to resist enemies?" Ye Qing said again.
Li Shi'er looked up at her head and thought. Ye Qing's intention was obviously also saying that if he attacked the Jin Kingdom first and then attacked Goryeo, it would obviously not be as simple as attacking Goryeo with the Jin Kingdom's troops. After all, the Jin Kingdom and Goryeo are still quite friendly before Ye Qing joined in. Naturally, when he launched a large-scale attack, the difficulties encountered in the early stage would be much smaller than those in the Jin Kingdom. This is to use the Jin Kingdom and Wanyan Xun to the end.
"No, no," Li Shi'er picked up the teacup and said lightly. Her bright eyes looked at the clear tea and stopped talking. Even though Ye Qing's footsteps had long disappeared, Li Shi'er still kept holding the tea to see the guests.
Early the next morning, Li Shi'er stood at the door of the mansion for the first time, watching Ye Qing turn over under the escort of Jia She's guards, and the surroundings were filled with officials Lu Long seeing him off. He thought Ye Qing would leave after looking at her.
But Ye Qing still slid his legs and stomped his horse's belly. Under the gaze of many Lu Long's officials, he walked to Li Shi'er, looked at Li Shi'er condescendingly, and said, "I know, if I come, you will never dare to mess with Lu Long, but since I am here, you can't give me a smile? In this case, those Lu Long officials who are watching you and me will have the opportunity to curry favor with you and give you a chance to instigate them, right?"
"Are you warning me?" Li Shi'er was indeed as Ye Qing asked, with a gentle smile on her face, which looked particularly bright in the morning.
"Maybe you can try, can they be instigated by you?" Ye Qing, who was sitting on the horse's back, looked back at the many officials who were watching him and Li Shi'er who were watching him from afar, and then continued to smile at Li Shi'er: "Although they are all surnamed Wanyan, maybe only if you have tried it yourself will believe that the demise of the Jin Kingdom is already unstoppable. Not to mention you, even Wanyan Xun cannot stop the demise of the Jin Kingdom."
Li Shi'er's face had a gentle smile in the early morning, and Ye Qing's face also had a soft smile, which fell into the eyes of many officials watching them from afar. The picture looked like the scene of her husband going on a war and her wife saying goodbye.
This made many Lu Long's officials, including the governor Wanyan Tuo and the co-magistrate Wanyan Haida, unconsciously wonder in his mind whether the Jin Dynasty's empress had been hidden by the King of Yan's golden house? Then, during the period when the King of Yan went to the Jin Dynasty, would he also want to curry favor with the Queen of Jin, who was only the nameless? Perhaps from then on, he could get his success in his career and reach the sky in one step!
Li Shi'er finally took a treasure bag from Monk Wanyan Chen, and then reached out and handed it to Ye Qing two steps forward. His bright eyes seemed to be full of reluctance in the eyes of officials Lu Long, and said lightly: "This is the tiger talisman of the Zhongxiao Army. If the King of Yan needs it, they might help. Of course, just as King Yan said, as long as the King of Yan gives the order, Monk Wanyan Chen and Wanyan Xielie will secretly go to the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible."
"Thank you for this." Ye Qing said softly with a smile, glanced at the tip of the hand and then put it in his arms.
Turning his horse's head, he turned back and looked at Li Shi'er, who was still smiling, and then he gently clamped his horse's belly. Under the escort of official Lu Long, he slowly walked out of the city under the escort of Jia She and the two hundred guards.
The other half of the soldiers who had more than 1,500 people left outside the city were commanding Yelu Yixue, deputy commander Xu Fangwu, and Kong Chi's leaders had already gathered, waiting for Ye Qing and others to go out of the city to meet.
Ye Qing's two hundred personal guards and Yelu Yixue climbed out of the horizon during the morning sun, and also met with Yelu Yixue and others and began to head towards Yuguan again.
After a brief night of rest in Yuguan, 1,500 people and 2,000 cavalrymen from Yuguan were disbanded and reorganized in one night, and embarked on the journey to the Jin Kingdom early the next morning.
At this time, Temujin had already traveled from the Mongolian border to the Jin border. The Mongolian army led by Mo Chi, thousands of miles away, and his second brother began to retreat to Tubo in an orderly manner from the army led by Zhao Kuo, Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can, led by Dali, which was only a few miles away.
Chapter completed!