"A veteran general for many years, that's the best, listening to the old general's words, it seems that he has some friendship with him?"

Qin Jin heard that Huangfu Ke was very optimistic about Ashina's courtesy, so he was a little relieved, this is the best, what he needs most now is a teammate who can fight well. Now the top priority is to immediately contact Ashina Congli, echo with him inside and outside, and fight an ambush battle under Hedong City.

Huangfu Ke smiled and said: "Friendship is not a friendship, but there are only a few sides." This person fought with the Khitans in Beidi for more than ten years, and was not transferred to Hedong Province until a few years ago. ”

"Fighting against the Khitans? Isn't that a general under An Lushan?"

Qin Jin frowned slightly, wondering if this person still had any contact with An Lushan. Since the fall of the Eastern Capital, the binding force of the central court of the Tang Dynasty on the local government has taken a sharp turn, and whether the local generals are loyal or not depends on the current profits.

"That's true, but Ashina Congli couldn't stay in Youzhou so he was squeezed into Hedong County, where there was no war. ”

"Well, let's get in touch before we make up our minds. Since the old general has some old friends with him, it is better for you to pull the strings. ”

"It's my duty!"

After a brief discussion, Qin Jin turned his head to look at the Yellow River, which had dried up most of the time, he still couldn't believe that the Yellow River, which was famous for flooding, actually had a time when its water was exhausted. Still, he wondered, could a decrease in rainfall dry up a large river to such an extent?

"Let's go and find out for ourselves how dry the Yellow River has become. ”

Qin Jin planned to personally cross the pontoon bridge to take a look and measure the amount of water in each section of the river.

That's what the old man meant. ”

Pei Jing immediately arranged for people to go down to the river to check the water level in the river on the spot.

Seeing that the river was difficult to even cross a person's waist, Qin Jin's brows were tightly twisted together. Walking on the pontoon, the whole person shook unconsciously, and the soldier on the side was just about to step forward to help, but unexpectedly took a step, and lost his balance and threw himself on the pontoon bridge deck.

The armor's embarrassment immediately caused a burst of suppressed laughter around him. At a glance, it can be seen that this is a landlubber that has never waded in water, and it is easy to lose its center of gravity and fall on this extremely unstable pontoon bridge that rises and falls with the water. Instead, Qin Jin helped the armorer up and told him not to be nervous.

The soldier was disgraced, and his face was flushed.

"Make the king forgive his sins!"

Huangfu Ke, who was following alongside, said with a smile: "It's normal for landlubbers to be afraid of water, it's okay, just practice more." Now the water is still small, if it is in previous years, I am afraid that it will be like stepping on the clouds, and when the army crosses the bridge, I don't know how many of them fall into the river like dumplings......"

Qin Jin was surprised: "There is still such a situation? If it is an urgent war, do you have to delay a major event?"

The smile on Huangfu Ke's face disappeared.

"There will be no delay in the war at all, and any soldier who falls into the river will climb ashore on his own, and if he is unlucky, he can only resign himself to fate. ”

Only then did Qin Jin understand that when the army crossed the bridge, once someone fell into the water, it was impossible for the army to stop the old people who fell into the water, otherwise they would all be congested on the bridge deck, and once the order was chaotic, I didn't know how serious the consequences would be.

Staggered across the bridge, the group got on the war horse, and galloped all the way in the direction of Hedong City.

Hedong City is on the east bank of the Yellow River, about ten miles away from the shore. They went straight out four or five miles, but there was not a single local defender of the horse.

Qin Jinda is strange.

"Why is there no horse in this place, and if a spy comes here, won't he ......?"

Huangfu Ke hurriedly explained: "Qin envoy Jun is too worried, there is a flat river here, there are no woods, there are no high and low mountain depressions, standing on the high platform at a glance, I am afraid that our current whereabouts have long fallen in the eyes of the defenders of Hedong City." ”

Qin Jin stopped and got off the war horse with one leg.

"Okay, let's just wait here, and it's good to connect with someone when they come. ”

Although the east and west banks of the Yellow River belonged to the Tang Army, they did not belong to each other, and they did not even have the most basic cooperation.

Qin Jin had doubts about this, and it was normal to act cautiously.

Sure enough, about a quarter of an hour later, a cavalry and horse team of about ten people galloped in, although they were extremely vigilant, but they were not very hostile, and it was obvious that they had already judged that Qin Jin's group was Tang Jun.

"Excuse me, where do you belong and by whom are you controlled?"

Qin Jin was just about to answer, but Huangfu Ke had already taken the lead.

"Quickly go and report to General Ashina, and say that Feng Yijun Taishou has sent a messenger who intends to join forces with your troops to resist the rebels. ”

"May I ask what is the general's last name?"

"Shenwu Junlang General Pei Jing!"

Huangfu Ke didn't want to think about it, so he reported Pei Jing's name.

When the other party heard this, he was in awe, and after a brief greeting, he left five people to monitor nearby, and the rest all rushed back to Hedong City to report the news.

Qin Jin nodded secretly, the other party was really well-trained, and reminded himself that he must not underestimate the fierce generals in the Tang army.

This time it was Pei Jing's turn to be dissatisfied, since Qin Jin came, he had been low-key and rarely spoke, but at this moment, he couldn't help but ask:

"Didn't the old general Huangfu boast that he had an old relationship with Ashina?

Huangfu Ke seemed to have known that Pei Jing would ask, and pointed to the five horses that were watching them nervously in the distance and said:

"The old man is now a wanted criminal in the imperial court, and he rebelled with tens of thousands of horses, you say, even if Ashina Congli and the old man have met a few times, what then? Can you still be unwary? General Pei is different, after the famous family, the Shenwu Army is the Northern Ya Forbidden Army, and Ashina is too late to tie up from Liba. ”

Qin Jin also thought so, Huangfu Ke seemed to say everything very easily, a little indifferent, but in fact, he acted meticulously and meticulously, which was admirable.

"After a while, depending on the situation, if Ashina Congli comes to greet him in person, the envoy will report to his home. If you just send a cat and a dog over, you will have to bother General Pei to go out. ”

Pei Jing glared at Huangfu Ke dissatisfiedly, he said this as if he was a cat and a dog, but he couldn't argue with it, so he had to pretend not to hear.

"Why bother going around in circles. ”

In Qin Jin's view, it is the right topic to directly report his identity, explain his intentions, and discuss the plan to resist the rebels.

Although Qin Jin is also cautious, he is indeed tight inside and loose outside, and rarely makes the atmosphere on the surface tense.

Huangfu Ke said again:

"The big war is coming, everything is still cautious, and if you bump into it headlong like this, you may be ...... to others."

Qin Jin smiled:

"Isn't the old general all right?"

"How did you know that the old man was not frightened? At that time, I really thought that the envoy was going to tear his face. ”

"This time, that time. The most fundamental reason why Qin likes to go straight is direct efficiency, one thing is so complicated, it can only be a waste of time. ”

Hearing Qin Jin say this, Huangfu Ke's face showed a slight look of surprise, he didn't expect that Qin Yuanjun was still in a hurry, which was very inconsistent with his consistent image. It seems that he is still young, and the young man's unbearable nature still has to be experienced again, thinking of this, he is like discovering a rare and exotic beast, a little secretly proud, but pretending to be nothing.

Qin Jin and his entourage didn't have to wait long, and Ashina Congli came in person with two hundred guards.

"I don't know which one is General Pei? Ashina greeted him late and hoped to forgive his sins. ”

Huangfu Ke looked at Qin Jin with such an expression, and said in a low voice: "What, it's very stuttering." ”

Qin Jin also secretly smacked his tongue, it seems that in this era, he was born in a famous family, and he has been ahead of ordinary people for several lifetimes. Ashina knew that he was a Turkic just by hearing his name, and the Turks would be so attentive, and they really followed the local customs.

In fact, Qin Jin's inherent concept has not been changed. The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was very open, and a large number of Hu people were appointed by the officials and generals, and many of them had been naturalized in the Tang Dynasty for two or three generations or even longer, so in addition to their names being different from the Han people, they were actually Han people through and through in their bones. Just like Che Bihe, his ancestors were able to Tiele people, but after several generations, he didn't even know what Tiele said.

Qin Jin stepped forward at this time, and arched his hand: "Guarding Qin Jin in Xia Fengyi County, come abruptly, don't blame the general!"

Seeing Qin Jin reporting to his home, Ashina's eyes were all focused on him, and when he heard that it was not Pei Jing who responded to him, but the county guard of Feng Yi County, he didn't seem to be surprised at all, as if he had expected it a long time ago.

"It turned out to be the thunderous Qin envoy, disrespectful and disrespectful!

"Qin is here to cooperate with the general to fight against the rebels. ”

Qin Jin felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, it was obviously a friendly meeting, but he could feel the obvious rejection from Ashina's polite expression and words.

"Under the control of the Hedong ambassador, Qin envoy Jun directly contacted Zaixia, afraid that it would be discordant. ”

"The matter is urgent and has to be in power, Qin got the news that Sun Xiaozhe is about to attack Hedong City in the near future, if he doesn't act as soon as possible to deal with it, I'm afraid it will be too late. ”

The development of things was still beyond Qin Jin's imagination, and it seemed that Ashina Congli was not interested in Qin Jin and the others' initiatives, and even felt that they had bad intentions.

Ashina said from the rules of etiquette:

"Sun Xiaozhe is in a hurry at Shangyang Pass, how can he have the time to cross the Yellow River north to find the bad luck of Hedong City?"

When it came to Hedong City, Ashina's face began to look bad, as if he had mentioned something he didn't want to mention. Also, Hedong City had changed hands for a short time before, and it was Ashina who gave up from Congli, but fortunately, God opened his eyes and took it back.