Chapter 45: Return
All the way to the horse, the starry night, and finally on the third day, the carriage entered Yanjing City, and the two did not return to the palace and went straight to the palace. At this time, Chang Ruojin was already waiting for the two of them in the Qinshu Palace.
Entering the palace gate, the two saw Chang Ruojin's face calm, and there was no abnormality, they couldn't help but look at each other hesitantly, looking at the moonlight and wind in front of them, Chang Ruojin did not ask him in a hurry about the alliance, but ordered the palace people to bring food, signaling him to eat first, the two wanted to say something but were stopped by Chang Ruojin, and the two of them were indeed hungry all the way, looking at Chang Ruojin like this, they sat down and ate. Chang Ruojin on the side took the letter of alliance brought back by the two of them and read it slowly.
Seeing that the two of them finished eating and washing, Chang Ruojin asked about the alliance between Jiang Li and Xiwu, and then his expression became solemn, pondered for a while, and said slowly to the two of them: "Five days ago, the Ji Kingdom sent people to carry out a small-scale harassment on the border, but fortunately, General Wei stationed at the border arrived in time, so the loss was not very large. The two of them were slightly stunned in their hearts and said in unison: "Ji Guo is so fast. Looking at the two young people, Chang Ruojin took out a letter, the letter was written by Emperor Kangning of the Ji Kingdom to Chang Ruojin, the general content is in addition to the threat of Chiguoguo or the threat, after reading it, Fengzhao and Yueming smiled lightly, as expected, but I didn't expect Jiguo to react so quickly.
"I'll go to the border tomorrow to see the casualties, and since he dares to hit us, I'll fight back a little. Feng Zhao's eyes burned with excitement, and then he said: "Fight against his arrogance, I don't believe that the Thistle Kingdom at this time will raise heavy troops for the three small countries in the south." βγ Chang Ruojin glanced at the wind photo appreciatively. Now the pattern of the world has already changed, and the Great Dragon Dynasty is staring at the Ji Kingdom in the east in the center. And the reason why Yanlong dared to break away from the Ji Kingdom was also based on this. There is still the Molong Kingdom in the north of the Ji Kingdom, how dare he use heavy troops.
This surprise attack on the border of Yanlong was actually a tentative operation, which incidentally served as a warning. Now it's up to Yanlong to act.
Yueming looked at Chang Ruojin and said softly: "Father repaired a letter and sent Lord Wen to envoy to the Ji Kingdom, telling them that the reason why Yanlong broke away from the Ji Kingdom was because the iron arrows of the Ji Kingdom attacked the King of Ning Jun when he married the sixth princess last time, causing the loss of basic integrity between the two countries, and "He wanted to use the matter of the six princesses as an excuse again, but after thinking for a while, he gave up, "Forget it, the reasons for wanting to break off diplomatic relations are enough." Chang Ruojin's eyes lit up, and she nodded slightly, since there is no reason to break off relations.
At noon on the second day, Fengzhao rushed to the pass of the last attack, and walked another day to the border adjacent to Yanlong and Jiguo, a brick city wall that stretches for thousands of miles separates Jiguo and Yanlong, Yanlong has been a vassal of Jiguo for hundreds of years, so the guards of the border pass are also very loose, and the city gate is always open. Today, however, the city gates are closed, and the walls are covered with heavily armed soldiers. Guarding this place is the famous general Wei Ying of Yanlong, Wei Ying is forty years old, has been stationed at the border for many years, and has a capable and calm appearance. Seeing the legendary King of Ningjun, Wei Ying also looked at the wind photos very carefully, and the wind photos in front of him had already dispersed the strong momentum, and Wei Ying nodded secretly in his heart.
Standing on the city wall, Feng Zhao looked at the side of the Ji Kingdom, since the soldiers of the Ji Kingdom attacked Yanlong that day, there has been no movement until now, but a simple bamboo fence checkpoint has been set up at 500 meters of the city wall of Liyanlong, and their city gate has to go forward for half a day to arrive. There weren't many sentinels guarding the checkpoint, and Feng Zhao couldn't help but show a sneer, which was clearly Ji Guo's contempt for Yanlong and a surveillance of the soldiers here.
"General Wei, can you describe the sneak attack that day? On the city wall, he looked into the distance, but his mouth was asking Wei Ying. So Wei Ying said that day was attacked on the side, it turned out that six days ago, the sky was just bright, the soldiers guarding the city gate opened the city gate as usual, but unexpectedly the city gate just opened, the other party more than 1,000 people suddenly appeared outside the city gate and killed the soldiers who opened the city gate, rushed to the city wall, because there was no war for many years, so the guard soldiers at that time were caught off guard and caused casualties of 100 people, just that early that morning, Wei Ying asked his own people to patrol the various checkpoints and met the group of sneak attack Ji soldiers, so he drove the other party out in the fastest time, and killed and injured the other party 100 people, resulting in casualties on both sides about the sameγ
Hearing this, Fengzhao didn't speak, just twisted his good-looking sword eyebrows. Walked along the city wall for a hundred and ten miles. Take a closer look at the landscape on the other side. Then returned to the camp.
In the camp, he summoned Wei Ying and all the generals under him: "General Wei, inform me that from now on, the soldiers must practice diligently every day, and order all the soldiers to be very energetic, so that each of them is ready for war at any time." As he spoke, his eyes swept over every general present one by one, and everyone couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts wherever their eyes passed.
Waiting for Wei Ying and the others to finish speaking in unison: "After the last general's order". He said in a deep voice: "The generals and I went out of the city gate to the Jiguo checkpoint. With that, he flicked the sleeves of his wide robe and brought up a gust of wind, but the man had already left the camp. Wei Ying and the others quickly followed, and when they got out of the camp, Fengzhao had already ridden towards the city gate, and Wei Ying and the others were busy getting on their horses and following them.
The soldiers stationed at the city gate rarely saw this kind of formation, hurriedly opened the city gate, stared at King Ningjun with big eyes, and watched the generals all dressed in cold and shining armor also beat their horses out, and couldn't help but be suppressed by their momentum, thinking that it seemed that they were really going to fight.
There are many valleys on the official roads of Yanlong and Jiguo, and where there are no valleys, they are also bordered by mountains and seas, and whether it is Jiangli or Xiwu to reach Jiguo, they must borrow Yanlong's official road, otherwise they cannot go to Jiguo. Fengzhao did not slow down the speed of the horses all the way, when passing the checkpoint set up by the Ji country, the horses were faster, Wei Ying and the others followed, and the spear was in their hands and had stabbed at the soldiers of the Ji country guarding the sentry post at any time, those soldiers of the Ji country saw the dust from a distance, and a team of men and horses galloped over, and immediately wanted to close the fence wall made of bamboo. But as soon as their hands were placed on the fence, a strong force brought a gust of wind, and more than a dozen soldiers were instantly taken out dozens of meters away and then fell heavily to the ground, and before they could understand what was going on, they heard the clatter of horses' hooves, and a team of men and horses had galloped by.
With a stick of incense, Feng Zhao took Wei Ying and others to the city wall set up by Ji Guo on the official road, and like Yanlong, Ji Guo also built a tall and majestic city wall between the two mountains, and the soldiers stationed on the city wall saw a team of soldiers with shining armor rushing from a distance and immediately closed the city gate.
Standing under the walls of the Ji Kingdom, Feng Zhao grinned contemptuously, originally he didn't have to come forward, but looking at the hesitant expressions on Wei Ying and the others when they heard that there would be a war at any time, he felt that he should give them a hint that war would happen at any time, and Yanlong was not afraid of war.
The soldiers of the Ji Kingdom on the city wall looked at the dozens of people below, dressed in the armor of Yanlong, and one of the messengers had already run to the camp and called the general Yuan Fengpei who was stationed here. Yuan Fengpei heard that Yanlong was coming, Tengteng went to the top of the city gate, stood on the city gate and looked down, and couldn't help but show a teasing smile, among these people, Wei Ying made him have some scruples, and he looked down on half of the other people, as for the front of the wind, he had never seen it. But judging by what he was wearing and where he was standing, he must be above Wei Ying.
He didn't say a word, just arrogantly took a bow and arrow, pulled the bow and shot it at the wind. At this time, Fengzhao was wearing a dark green wide-sleeved brocade robe, with long hair scattered and sitting on a horse, and his temperament was noble, luxurious, and majestic. When he saw the fifty-year-old man in Jiguo holding a bow and arrow, Junmu couldn't help but show a charming smile, "I'll wait for your arrow" He thought to himself.
The "whoosh" arrow broke away from the bow, whistling all the way straight to the wind, Yuan Fengpei's smug smile spread along the wrinkles on his face, seven days ago he received a letter from the monarch ordering him to send someone to attack Yanlong Border City, and he succeeded in one fell swoop. Today, Li Yanlong sent someone to see that he was here to challenge, so it was better to give him a dismount first. The arrow flew towards the wind, and there was no hesitation in the cold. Feng Zhao, who was sitting on the horse, watched the arrow getting closer and closer to him but didn't move, Wei Ying next to him hurriedly raised his gun and was about to block it, but he heard a low shout: "Don't move" He immediately stopped raising the spear. The arrow was getting closer and closer to Fengzhao's face, and Wei Ying and the others next to him changed their faces greatly, but they didn't dare to act rashly without an order, just an inch away from Fengzhao's forehead, suddenly the arrow stopped moving forward, but it didn't fall, just hung in mid-air and didn't move.
On the city wall, Yuan Fengpei watched the arrow get closer and closer to the wind light, and the wind light on the horse did not appear to dodge in the slightest, he couldn't help but be a little nervous, he didn't want to really kill people, because so far, the two countries have not really broken off diplomatic relations. Just when he was annoyed that he was reckless, he found that the arrow stopped in mid-air and neither advanced nor fell, and he couldn't help but look at it carefully with wide eyes. Feng Zhao looked at Yuan Fengpei on the tower of the city gate, raised his right hand slightly, stretched out two slender fingers and gently pinched the arrow, and then smiled mockingly, and raised his sleeves lightly. Yuan Fengpei, who was looking at the wind on the city gate, suddenly only heard three whistlings, and Duan Cheng's three-section arrows flew over his head, and then he heard the breaking sound of the three-pole flag behind him "card, card, card" and then poofed all the flags behind him were inserted into the city wall behind him, and the soldiers who had good things went to see it, but they only saw three holes, and they couldn't see the arrow body that was broken into three sections, and they couldn't help but be stunned for a long time before they spit out a sentence: "My mother." β
Yuan Fengpei looked at the wind under the city wall with heavy eyes, and the wind swept the tall city wall in front of him expressionlessly, smiled contemptuously at Yuan Fengpei, lifted the horse reins in his hand, turned around and galloped away, Wei Ying and the others also followed, leaving only a puff of smoke and dust in an instant.