Xu Fangwu, Kong Chi and Liu Keshi were anxiously waiting for the spies' report. It has to be said that their judgment that they had been going south since Changling set out, was correct, especially when they were aimlessly searching for the foot of the continuous mountain, they suddenly found the messy horse hooves marks.

Moreover, based on the horse's hoof marks and debris such as feces, there should be a large army who had just stayed here for a short time ago.

"Can you be sure it's Ogedei's army?" Liu Keshi's lips were trembling with cold, and his legs seemed to be a little out of control on the horse's back.

"I don't know yet, but if you let the spy look forward, you will probably be able to determine who the other party is." Kong Chi took a breath. They set out from Changling yesterday, and now they have been chasing for a day and a night. Now they have finally found some clues.

Xu Fangwu looked at Liu Keshi with a strange expression and said in confusion: "Mr. Liu's expression... Is there anything important that I didn't tell us? Is it because they are numerous or have they concealed something?"

After hearing Xu Fangwu say this, Kong Chi involuntarily looked at Liu Ke. It seemed that since yesterday, he had been searching south, Liu Ke has been absent-minded and seemed to be wanting to speak but stopping.

Master Liu Ke rubbed his cheeks that were frozen. The sun above his head seemed to be no different from that of summer, but why can't he feel a trace of warmth?

"I didn't hide anything, but..." Liu Keshi sighed with emotion and continued, "I don't know if I am a natural broom star, or if I am very lucky. Since we started from Changling yesterday, I have a sense that I think we will be the first troops to find Ogedei."

"Really?" Xu Fangwu and Kong Chi's faces were filled with surprises, and they were watching the various wars of conquering Liao, Xia and Jin dynasties.

Although they followed Yan King Ye Qing to make countless military achievements, they were always a little worse than their ideal military achievements.

How to say it? Whether it is Xu Fangwu or Kong Chi, they all feel that the military achievements they made in the past were due to the contributions of King Yan or others, and it seems that they have not made any contributions on the battlefield completely independently.

Liu Keshi looked at the two grassland wolf with some helplessness when he heard the enemy, as if he had encountered a flock of sheep, with his eyes shining.

He also knew very well that Xu Fangwu and Kong Chi were eager to make contributions. After all, on the way, compared to the first time he was not willing to meet Ogedei, Xu Fangwu and Kong Chi were excited as if they were injected with chicken blood on the way of searching, and they wanted to find Ogedei immediately and make a great contribution.

"Can you restrain the greed on your faces? I am an amateur in war. What if we are the first to meet Ogedei, even if the light cavalry behind us can run around quickly, have you both thought about my feelings? Will you still have to distract you and protect me at that time?" Liu Keshi said angrily.

Xu Fangwu and Kong Chi had a look of his thoughts, but it was not awkward. After all, they were already talking about the urgent mood of trying to make contributions all the way in front of Liu Keshi.

"No, even if the situation on the battlefield is more urgent, we both believe that with Lord Liu's courageous plan, we will definitely be able to... protect ourselves." Kong Chi touched his nose and said.

"What's this? What? Are you really planning to leave me behind and make meritorious contributions?" Liu Keshi knew that Kong Chi was joking, but he still pretended to be serious: "I tell you two boys, don't think that I don't understand the military formation, so I can leave me behind for military achievements. Boy, think about the consequences. If I have a few shortcomings, let alone the King of Yan... It's the princess and General Li Heng, let's see how you explain it."

"Why is this threatening?" Kong Chi still said with a smile.

Xu Fangwu looked serious and said, "This is not a threat, this is a naked complaint. This is Lord Liu's slimness and a small belly that cannot tolerate others."

"You two boys, just keep talking. Don't beg me if you have something to do in the future." Master Liu Ke hummed twice in dissatisfaction. At the end of his sight, a few small black dots were coming to them at a rapid speed: "Let's see if it's our scout?"

Xu Fangwu and Kong Chi hurriedly stopped the joke on their faces, turned their heads and looked behind them, and saw several fast horses raising a burst of white snow splashing behind them, and were quickly speeding towards them.

"It's our people, look at the flag flying above the head." Xu Fangwu said with a voice less relaxed as he was just kidding, and now there is a little more solemnity and majesty.

After a while, several quick horses came to them, with a spy who was used to identify the enemy and us flags on the back, and reported directly on the horse's back: "Reporting to the three commanders, it is certain that the Mongol cavalry entered the mountains ahead, and the number of people should be large, and there should be no problem for three to five thousand people. Moreover, they also left behind a large army of severance and cavalry that misled us to pursue, so it delayed for some time."

"Haha, you actually have anti-reconnaissance capabilities." Liu Ke

The master took the lead and said, "By the way, I will immediately pass the news from us to Princess Yan and General Li Heng and others."

Anti-reconnaissance ability is a noun he heard from Ye Qing. Now he is on the battlefield, he doesn't know whether it is suitable or not. He just feels that the enemy in front has left the cavalry behind and some of the troops to mislead the pursuit. Maybe this is anti-reconnaissance ability?

And even if it is not, for Liu Keshi, who prefers to be good at writing, the meaning is actually similar.

After explaining to Xu Fangwu and Kong Chi what anti-reconnaissance ability is, Liu Ke Division, Xu Fangwu and Kong Chi continued to rest with the troops for a while, and then began to move forward and prepare to enter the vast mountains and find the exact location of the Ogedei troops.

At the same time, since the army led by Yu Yunwen set out in Ruzhou, he did not cross the vast mountains and entered the grassland at the first time. Instead, he specially picked some rare mountain roads and led a five thousand army to move forward slowly.

The mountain roads after the snow are much harder to walk than usual, and the slippery and steep mountain roads make it difficult for the army to speed up.

Fortunately, Yu Yunwen didn't ask the army to rush forward with all his might, just like leading the army to watch the scenery in the mountains behind the snow, and looking for something as if he was enjoying hunting in the mountains.

In short, Yu Yunwen's troops were completely opposite to those led by Liu Keshi. One was rushing on the grassland and the other was wandering leisurely in the mountains, just like playing in the middle of the mountain after the snow.

Along the way, Yu Yunwen also received news from other passes to understand the situation between the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Just as soon as he received an urgent report from Yelu Yue and Li Heng on the grassland, he immediately believed that Ogedei would never escape deep into the grassland. On the contrary, he believed that Ogedei would likely launch an attack on a certain pass in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

As for why Ogedei did this, in Yu Yunwen's opinion, such a choice was more in line with the military strategy situation of putting it to death. Moreover, if the dispatch was properly done, Ogedei could make Chagatai on the grassland realize another choice for the Song court.

Let them believe that in the face of Song Ting, we are not just blindly retreating and defending, we can also take the initiative to attack to check and balance them.

If you want to achieve your ideal goal, after Ogedei decided to enter the mountain, he had to find a pass with relatively weak defense to make a breakthrough. In this way, it might also cause a certain panic to the Song army stationed at the pass of the Sixteen Prefectures, and he could also gain the support of more Mongolian tribes through this military achievements, which made him extremely proudly reverse the situation of being almost isolated on the grassland.

Yu Yunwen's calm analysis made him look at the long term, which is why he always patrolled the mountains without walking out of the endless mountains.

From time to time, some hibernating animals were disturbed by the army, and then fled in a hurry to another den in the forest.

Time slipped away in the mountains bit by bit, and Yu Yunwen was still not in a hurry at all. From time to time, he still had leisure time to think about what kind of judgment would Master Liu Ke make after receiving the urgent report from Princess Yan Yelu Yue?

Liu Keshi did not know how to marching and fight, but Xu Fangwu and Kong Chi were experts. They were the two of them to help Liu Keshi. In addition, during the Battle of Summer, Liu Keshi's luck that ordinary people could not enjoy on the battlefield may really make him the first person to find Ogedei.

Thinking of this, Yu Yunwen smiled helplessly. Although he did not appreciate the way Master Liu Ke helped Ye Qing to cure the aftermath every time, Yu Yunwen had to admit that in the entire northern part, Master Liu Ke could almost be regarded as the person he relied most in front of Ye Qing.

Although leading troops and fighting was not what he was good at, in other aspects, Liu Keshi was a talented man with a great structure, and it was not comparable to that of Yu Yunwen, Xin Qiji and Li Heng.

Yu Yunwen was still thinking about these things from time to time in the mountains, or as much as possible, he could think about which pass would Ogedei take as their target of attack after entering the Mianmian Mountains?

Yelu Yue and Yao Li were the first to reach the foot of the Mianmian Mountains. There was no mark on the road leading to the mountains. Li Heng, Yelu Tiege and Yelu Shange on both sides did not report any practical information during the search, nor did they find any trace of Ogedei.

Under the mountains, the three armies gathered again, and then planned to start discussing whether to enter the mountain today or search again tomorrow.

When the spy from Liu Ke arrived at Yelu Yue and Li Heng, the sunset disappeared from the horizon, and the night began to gradually cover the entire earth.

Bunches of bonfires began to be lit under the hazy night, flashing like the starry sky. In the end, they decided to enter the mountain early the next morning.

However, the scouts from various armies had already advanced to the mountain and began to explore the road and search for any useful clues. They also began to try to contact Yu Yunwen, who had not been in contact with him.

In the imperial study of the imperial palace in Yanjing City, which is as warm as spring, Ye Qing holds a steaming new tea, Zhao Kuo

Lou Yu and the other two were also present, and their eyes were focused on Ye Qing.

After going to Yanjing Academy, Ye Qing arrived at the palace the next day. Xie Qubo's affairs had been settled. After the New Year, he could go to Yangzhou to serve as the prefect. Although it was equivalent to a rank and had not been promoted, this was enough for the Xie family, who had just been dismissed and exiled to Xie Shenfu.

After all, after Xie Shenfu was dismissed and exiled, the future of the Xie family seemed to be covered with a shadow, which made them almost no longer dare to hold any hope in the court, as if they were shackles and shackles, shackles of their freedom.

But now, in a short period of time, the court suddenly took the initiative to help them untied their shackles, which means that the future of the Xie family in the court has become clearer again, and as long as they are good at being an official, it is not impossible to have a place in the court again.

Lou Yu had no objection to this. Although Xie Shenfu caused great chaos to the court, because of Ye Qing's proactive proposal, there was not much opposition to the proposal in the court.

Of course, the reason for this is that in addition to Ye Qing's proposal, Xie Shenfu was also targeted only Ye Qing, and for other colleagues in the court, he mainly promoted and appreciated them, and finally left some popularity in the court.

Furthermore, Xie Qubo was still an official in the southern region. At that time, Xie Shenfu promoted many officials from the southern region. Even though he was now disgraced, the court did not kill him. This trace of benevolence and righteousness was actually something that many officials in the court were willing to see.

"Since the Emperor and the Zuo Prime Minister have no objection to Xie Qu Bo, I will be able to get a job when I go back." Ye Qing picked up the teacup and took a sip with satisfaction, then put down the teacup, and continued: "There is another thing... Zuo Prime Minister doesn't have to be nervous, this matter is about the grassland."

Looking at Lou Yu's expression, Ye Qing hurriedly explained.

Lou Yu shook his head quickly and said that he was not nervous about it, but that he was also worried about what he was doing on the grassland now.

"There were Princess Yan personally leading the troops and General Li Heng assisting him, and the 20,000 people from the Hua family's army were also on the grassland. There should be no problem?" Zhao Kuo immediately became interested when he heard Ye Qing mention the grassland.

"How can every plan be as satisfactory? There will always be some unexpected and unexpected situations. This time... I miscalculated it." Ye Qing said lightly.

"What? Could it be...we are we defeated?" Zhao Kuo was a little unbelievable, but seeing that Ye Qing was still calm, he still didn't believe it.

"Defeated? That's not. It's just that something went wrong when encircling Wogedei. Yelu Yue, Li Heng, and Yao Li, who was an insider, actually allowed Wogedei to escape in the siege. Now they are searching and chasing, and Liu Keshi from Changling and Yu Yunwen from Ruzhou were also involved." Ye Qing's tone was still very relaxed, and he almost showed disappointment about the almost failure of this plan.

"And there is also... An unexpected situation occurred between Chagatai and Tourei, and the two brothers made up again. However, one thing is certain, that is, Chagatai's attitude gradually changed, and he also planned to move closer to us." Ye Qing paused and continued.

"Then do you... think He Chong's method in Yanjing Academy is feasible?" Zhao Kuo continued to ask.

Ye Qing shook his head and then said, "Some situations, but I always feel that it is still a little bit worse. Maybe we can wait a little longer to see if he can come up with a better strategy. Of course, it is not enough to rely on Yanjing Academy to give advice. At that time, you still need to do something about being close to the grassland."

"Is it possible... Is it necessary to get married to the grassland?" Zhao Kuo suddenly thought of this method that has appeared in history countless times.

"It can be considered a Zhongjian. You may be able to discuss this matter when Li Heng has a problem." After Ye Qing finished speaking, he picked up the teacup he had just put down, then drank it after drinking it, and said, "The Lord and the Zuo Prime Minister must have something to discuss with each other, so I won't disturb you."

Lou Yu and Zhao Kuo stood up almost at the same time, while Zhao Kuo was polite: "How about the King of Yan staying today, why not have a few drinks in the palace?"

"Besides, I'll go to pay homage to the Empress Dowager first." Ye Qing said without looking back.

As Ye Qing left the imperial study room, Zhao Kuo and Lou Yu sat down again, the next topic was naturally after the New Year. After Han Yanjia resigned from the right prime minister, it would be more appropriate for who would be the right prime minister.

"The King of Yan has always ignored this matter. Now the Yangzhou prefect sent the ruling to Xie Qubo. I believe... at this time, the emperor may be able to let go." Lou Yiu said something in his words, with a hint.
Chapter completed!