The two words Li Heng shocked Zhao Kuo. This name... I am afraid that it has not appeared in the court or the officials in the court for many years.

I still remember that the last time I heard someone mention this name, it should be when he had just ascended the throne. The reason why Li Heng's name appeared was because after he ascended the throne, when his ministers considered many important generals under Ye Qing's command, they mentioned the name Li Heng, and then... no one mentioned the word Li Heng anymore.

The reason is simply that after mentioning the name Li Heng, other ministers in the court unanimously believed that although Ye Qing and Li Heng were both expelled from the powerful army and were demoted to the Imperial Army, they should have taken on greater responsibilities under Ye Qing's command after Ye Qing's rise.

But Ye Qing's command was countless generals. Although Li Heng was an old "subject", he seemed not valued by Ye Qing and was placed in Xiping Prefecture for many years. This made Ye Qing's subsequent conquests to attack Jin and recover the northern land, or the generals he brought when he returned to Lin'an were mainly Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can, and there was no such place as Li Heng. This made Lin'an's court officials wonder whether Ye Qing had been secretly guarding against Li Heng?

The reason why Li Heng was placed in Xiping was to minimize Li Heng's prestige and influence in the army, so as to replace Li Heng with Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Can and others?

Over the years, Li Heng has guarded Xiping without regrets. Whether in Lin'an or Yanjing, there are few rumors about him, which further confirms people's neglect of Li Heng and Ye Qing's intentional or unintentional suppression of Li Heng.

On the way back to Anbei Prefecture, Zhao Kuo's heart seemed particularly heavy. Although he figured out what Yu Yunwen was going next, the appearance of the name Li Heng cast a deeper shadow on his heart.

Liu Keshi's words were still heard: The 5,000 elite soldiers in the King of Yan's Mansion was not the King of Yan's ideas, but Li Heng's ideas. Li Heng has returned to Yanjing for more than a year!

But... why hasn't anyone ever known that Li Heng has returned to Yanjing for more than a year? Is it Li Heng's deliberate low-keyness in daily life that has caused people to ignore his existence? Or... This is a preparation, a strategy and intentional way to make people know that he has returned to Yanjing? Was it discussed with Ye Qing?

Zhao Kuo in the carriage sighed heavily. The news that Master Liu Ke told him was difficult for him to digest for a while, not to mention that behind the news that Master Liu Ke said seemed to have a hint of warning!

Li Heng returned to Yanjing for more than a year, which was enough to shock him. The five thousand elite soldiers of the Yan Prince's Mansion were from Li Heng's idea. What does this news mean?

This shows that Li Heng definitely plays an important role in Yanjing, and it is not as speculated by the court officials back then. Li Heng has never been valued by Ye Qing in the north, and he is even secretly excluded and suppressed by Ye Qing!

At this moment, Zhao Kuo looked at it, Li Heng was like the invisible hand of Yanjing City, secretly manipulating everything in Yanjing City, examining the situation in Yanjing, and then making every decision that was most beneficial to the King of Yan, even... there was no need to communicate with the King of Yan!

And such a person was actually regarded by officials in Lin'an court. He was the most insignificant person under the command of King Ye Qing of Yan!

Zhao Kuo suddenly felt that he might be necessary and asked his mother Li Fengniang more about the matter between Ye Qing and Li Heng in his early years.

The moment he walked off the carriage, Zhao Kuo turned around and looked at the deserted street in front of Anbei Mansion, then looked up at the blue sky of Yanjing City, suddenly smiled bitterly, shook his head and said to himself, "The court has misjudged the situation from the beginning." Wei Jing did not dare to say anything, standing at the gate of Anbei Mansion, Zhao Kuo, who did not enter at the first time, was still unsatisfied. After looking at Wei Jing, he said, "Do you know why?"

Without waiting for Wei Jing to answer, Zhao Kuo continued: "I remember that the court had secretly sent people to the north to differentiate the forces of the King of Yan in the north, found Liu Keshi, Yu Yunwen, and Xin Qiji, but they all ignored Li Heng! So I was thinking, if the court had directly contacted Li Heng secretly at that time and promised to be the king and presided over Li Heng, then... would it be possible to hit the key points of the north with one blow?"

Wei Jing didn't know how to answer, and not to mention that as a eunuch, he never dared to speak even a little about state affairs.

"However, referring to the fact that Li Heng returned to Yanjing for more than a year and had not been discovered by anyone, even if the imperial court sent people to secretly contact him at that time, it would be useless. After all, a person who is so low-key may be difficult to be attracted by high officials, high salaries, wealth and honor. In this way, Liu Keshi is not the second person in the Northland at all. Li Heng is probably the second person."

After saying that, Zhao Kuo sighed again and walked towards Anbei Mansion. He still had some questions and a hint of heavyness in his heart, and needed his mother to help him solve his doubts.

What kind of relationship is between Li Heng and Ye Qing? Zhao Kuo feels that perhaps only the mother can help him solve this mystery.

At this time, Ye Qing had just received a letter from the slaves of the gods from Zhao Paner.

Seeing that there was no tail in the study, Zhao Paner, who became more and more familiar with Ye Qing and became more and more unruly, found a seat for himself to sit down. He first added a cup of tea to Ye Qing, and then poured another cup for himself.

"Is there anything else?" Ye Qing asked Zhao Paner while looking at the letter.

Zhao Paner was stunned for a moment and said lightly: "It's okay, just sit here and rest for a while."

After saying that, he sat there holding a teacup as if no one was around, and Ye Qing ignored it after taking a look.

The Slaves of Qi Shilie had already set out from Changling. Before leaving, although Yu Yunwen did not meet, there were letters between the two. Therefore, the Slaves of Qi Shilie did not have to look forward to it, let alone worry about their rear. They led the army to quickly head towards Huining Mansion.

"What's the news over Mo Xiaobao?" After reading the letter, Ye Qing thought about the time in his mind and asked.

The latest letter to Qi Shilie's Gods Slaves I received was two days ago, so in two days, although the soldiers of Qi Shilie's Gods Slaves won't be allowed to come to Ningfu City, let alone the smoothest calculation. If there is any obstacle on the road, I am afraid that the army of Qi Shilie's Gods Slaves will arrive at Huiningfu, and it will take several days to delay it.

But no matter what, as long as the Qishilie Gods slaves set off from Changling, Wanyan Xun should also find signs of Qishilie Gods slaves privately mobilizing the army in these two days. In this way, as long as Wanyan Xun discovered the mobilization of the Qishilie Gods slaves, Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Can and others confronted the imperial guards, they would definitely be able to take the lead in feeling the morale of the Jin army.

Zhao Paner slowly moved the teacup away from his mouth, with a faint red lips on the edge of the cup, which made Ye Qing realize in an instant. No wonder, looking at Zhao Paner today, it turned out that he was wearing heavy makeup like a female ghost today. His whole face was a bit scary, and his lips were red as if he had just drunk blood.

"What's wrong, are you?" Ye Qing frowned slightly and asked Zhao Paner.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Paner put down the teacup, followed Ye Qing's gaze, and lowered his head and looked up and down on himself. After not finding something wrong, he asked in confusion.

"Your makeup today..." Ye Qing didn't know what to say about her, so he had to point his face and said.

Zhao Paner suddenly realized, reached out and gently touched her scary white cheeks, then smiled at Ye Qing Yanran, almost scaring Ye Qing's soul away, and then said charmingly: "You don't understand, this is the most popular makeup for women nowadays."

"Is that so? Then you'd better not go out at night. Thank you for the people of Liaoyang." Zhao Paner's makeup made Ye Qing forget the question he had just asked Zhao Paner. After saying that, he lowered his head and continued to look at other military affairs.

The mockery in Ye Qing's words of Zhao Paner could naturally be heard. His bright eyes, which were more delicate than the makeup on his face, were so beautiful that he glared fiercely, and then remembered the question Ye Qing had just asked her, and then said: "No news has been heard yet, but..."

"But what?" Ye Qing raised his head and asked.

"Yesterday, Mo Xiaobao and Wanyan Chen defeated the most fierce attack in the Jin army in these days. Then you don't plan to reward them?" Zhao Pan'er asked with his head tilted.

In Ye Qing's eyes, this tilted hair and asked questions on weekdays is extremely pleasing to the eye, but today, because of his pale makeup, Ye Qing didn't even stare at that face and examined it carefully.

However, Zhao Paner's words reminded him that a few days ago, Wanyan Xun mobilized various armies from the Jin Dynasty and finally launched the first large-scale attack on Liaoyang. This battle took nearly three days to decide the outcome.

Last night, the two sides completely broke away from all contact and entered a short-term stage of war adjustment and personnel supply.

The Jin army suffered heavy losses, while Ye Qing, as the saying goes, killing one thousand enemies, hurting eight hundred by themselves. Although the casualties are not considered to be a trauma, this time the fierce attack of the Jin army still caused great casualties to Ye Qing and the others.

Of course, the most casualties were the forces of the Zhongxiao Army. After all, the Hua Family Army and Zhongxiao Army led by Monk Wanyan Chen and Mo Xiaobao were the main forces in the battle with the Jin army this time.

The Huajia Army is better, both in combat power and mobility, and it is stronger than the Zhongxiao Army. What's more, before the Zhongxiao Army returned to the vicinity of Liaoyang, although the Zhongxiao Army expanded many surrendered Jin troops in Danluo, this army, which is considered a miscellaneous army in Ye Qing's eyes, was more used to consume the opponent's combat power in this battle.

It was also this battle that made Ye Qing admire Wanyan Chen. He actually relied on these miscellaneous troops to deal with the main force of the Jin army for more than a day. Then, after Mo Xiaobao led the Hua family army to rescue, he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and retreat to the rear to adjust his troops.

Mo Xiaobao's rescue withstood huge pressure. With the lack of numbers of people, the Jin army did not open a gap from here. The battle between Wanyan Chen was obviously unreserved. With less than half a day of withdrawal from the battlefield, he immediately rushed up again, becoming the absolute main force with Mo Xiaobao's Huahua Army, and withstood the fierce attack of the Jin army several times more people than them.

Of course, at the most intense battlefield the day before yesterday, when the stalemate was in stalemate, Yelu Shibei and the two small light cavalry separated by Qi Shilie Baishan also attracted the attention of some of the main forces of the Jin army, which made Mo Xiaobao and Wanyan Chen's pressure slightly less, and eventually made the Jin army return in vain.

Unlike every war between Ye Qing and the Jin Kingdom when he regained the Northland, whether it was the regaining Yanjing or Hedong or Hebei, although Ye Qing's army would encounter obstacles, no war could be as fierce as this time, and casualties were as heavy as this time.

This is not the combat power of the army under Ye Qing. After capturing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, it is in a downward posture, but because under the leadership of Wanyan Xun and other generals, the Jin soldiers have already had no strategy to retreat, and naturally have developed a more powerful combat power than before.

As the saying goes, putting it to death will lead to life. When the Jin soldiers lost their territory, at least a large area outside Yuguan Pass could provide them with rest and rest, and even settled in a corner. Therefore, in terms of morale, the morale and determination, compared to the Song army with revenge, their combat power will naturally be greatly reduced.

But now, they are left with only Yuguan territory, and they have reached the point where they cannot retreat. Either you die or I die. Naturally, the combat power of the imperial guards at this time was completely beyond imagination.

Even though Ye Qing had already made such mental preparations before, when the war really began, Ye Qing had to admire the combat power of the Jin army, and even expressed the emotion that only Li Shier heard: No wonder the Jin army was able to capture the Bianjing and other places of our Song Dynasty with great momentum. If we hadn't been prepared for this combat power, they would have been able to retreat from Liaoyang to Yuguan to defend.

Fortunately, in addition to being directly reflected in combat effectiveness on the battlefield, war is also a consumption of money and food, as well as a struggle for the people's hearts.

The combat effectiveness is not at a disadvantage for the Song Ting side, and it is now June of the seventh year of Qingyuan, even the time is inclined to the Song Ting side.

Money and grain were both problems and not problems for the Song court. Liu Keshi returned to Yanjing in time, which made the problem of money and grain a problem, but obviously did not affect the supply of grain and grass in various armies. It was just that some turmoil in Yanjing City made money and grain an unstable problem. Fortunately, it is not directly reflected in the various fronts in Liaoyang at present.

Although Song Ting was a strategic attacker, it obviously would not easily win the hearts of the people, but Jin Ting was dragged down by the battle of Goryeo and the natural disasters last year, the food and grass problems had already become difficult last year.

Wanyan Xun imposed additional taxes. Although the army temporarily solved the food and grass problems, the people were living more and more miserable. With the outbreak of war in Liaoyang, if Wanyan Xun wanted to drive Ye Qing out of Yuguan, he would have to continue to impose various taxes at present. In this way, although the army's food and grass supply problem was solved, he lost the people's hearts, which made the people even hope that the wealthy Song court could take over them. No matter what the sky above his head was, as long as they could survive.

Starting from Liaoyang, Ye Qing did not choose to ride a carriage. Although he was not wearing armor, he still chose to ride a horse to inspect the army.

Zhao Paner also had no way to ride a carriage. After all, Ye Qing chose to ride a horse. If she was riding a carriage, wouldn’t it seem a bit out of place?

Li Shi'er did not follow Ye Qing to Liaoyang. Jia She left Li Shi'er with too much psychological shadow because of the battle between Danluo, so it was impossible for him to take care of Li Shi'er in Liaoyang. He could only follow Ye Qing out of the city to patrol various fronts.

After walking out of Liaoyang for only a few miles, it seemed that the smell of blood and killing could be smelled in the air. The lush fields also lost the busy figures of the people. The crops and weeds grew together, with an indescribable bitterness and desolation.

From time to time, you can see some traces of being crushed by war, and on such a ground, the growth of weeds is even better than that of crops.

The scene I saw since leaving the city not only made Ye Qing sigh on the horse's back, but also Zhao Paner, who followed him to see the novel scene, began to feel depressed after seeing this scene.

In addition to being directly reflected on the battlefield, the cruelty and cruelty of war are obviously also have a huge impact on the people.

After passing by a field with more weeds in front of me, there was a rumbling sound of horse hooves coming from the front. A cloud like a cloud raised smoke and dust in the sun, wrapped in a murderous aura that rushed towards Ye Qing and the others.

Zhao Paner subconsciously urged the war horse to hide behind Ye Qing, and occasionally glanced at Ye Qing's smiling expression, then looked at the running clouds with a hint of doubt, and flags with ink words fluttered in the wind.

Mo Xiaobao personally led many generals under the Hua family army to welcome Ye Qing's inspection. A ball of yellow dust mixed with dozens of cavalry generals rushed to Ye Qing. Zhao Pan'er hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, and saw the leader Mo Xiaobao rolling over and dismounting cleanly: "I have seen the King of Yan."

"Get up." Ye Qing's eyes flashed more about care, and this expression made Zhao Paner feel a little jealous.

Mo Xiaobao and other generals who were bowing behind him had obviously not taken off their armor for many days. Looking at the scars on it and the marks left by swords, guns, swords and halberds, Ye Qing could almost imagine that they were just in the camp, after wiping the blood on the armor, they hurried over to welcome him.

"Thank you all." Ye Qing lightly clamped his horse's belly, looking at each general who turned over and dismounted, and then continued, "Let's go to the camp to discuss matters."

"Would you like to call Monk Wanyan Chen? He will camp in a ditch that is only thirty miles away from the end of the country." Mo Xiaobao turned over and said as he looked at Ye Qing with a long-lost smile.

Ye Qing nodded silently, then rode his horse to Mo Xiaobao, patted Mo Xiaobao's shoulder, and then rode his horse first and ran forward.

Mo Xiaobao and others followed instantly, and Zhao Paner and Jia She and other personal guards also hurriedly followed immediately.

Zhao Paner, who didn't want to follow the horse team and urged the horses to move forward quickly, trying to be outside the first row with Ye Qing and the others, so that they would not have to face the annoying yellow dust and fog.
Chapter completed!