Yulan lived in this Zhuangzi and spent a leisurely period of time since he traveled to ancient times. For the unhappiness of Yuxin and Yinyue's marriage, mercy and sympathy, the pain of physical injuries has also been alleviated.

When they arrive in this kind of rural place, the old lady does not restrict them, and they don't have to get up early every day to say goodbye, and they accompany the old lady to eat and read the Bible every day, which takes one or two hours, and the rest of the time is even if the Zhuangzi goes around, as long as she brings the girl and wears a hat, the old lady will turn a blind eye.

It is early spring, the weather is warmer, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, Yulan and Yuqing are accompanied by the maid to walk outside and bask in the sun, sometimes they will look at the field to see the farmers planting crops, and sometimes they will also pull the people in the village to chat with them, the old lady is a low rent, and the villagers here are also industrious and simple, planting land, raising chickens and ducks, and living a comfortable life.

Yulan carefully observed their expressions, Zhang Zhuangtou was instructed by the old lady, and walked the streets to publicize the majesty of the national soldiers of the Heavenly Empire, and the clown who suddenly jumped off the beam was vulnerable, didn't he see that the old lady in the capital of the first assistant mansion lived in Zhuangzi?

The key is the sentence in the back, the amount of exemplary power is endless, even a noble person like Mrs. Yang is here to be safe, they are cheap people, what are they afraid of? The people's hearts have stabilized in this way, and the spring ploughing organized by Zhuangtou has been smoother than every year.

On the other side, Yulan found a way to have a pastime, this Zhuangzi is by the mountains and rivers, the village is a small river, now the weather is warm, the ice and snow in the river have melted, Yulan saw that the children in the Zhuangzi ran to the river to touch the fish and catch shrimp, Yulan also moved his mind, after all, they are everyone's girlfriends to play like this, after all, it is a little inappropriate, so he asked Zhuangtou to prepare a fishing rod for himself, and every time he has leisure, he pulls Yuqing to go to the river to fish.

Zhuang Tou specially arranged two teenage unmarried girls to teach Yulan and Yuqing how to fish. They are all natives of Zhuangzi and grew up, and they are very good at fishing, frog hunting, wild vegetables, and small beast hunting. The two girls taught seriously, Yulan Yuqing also learned carefully, Yulan had fished in his previous life, so he naturally got started, Yuqing grew so big but it was the first time to take a fishing rod, and when Yulan was able to catch the fish, Yuqing would not look at the fish and whether it had been hooked.

Yuqing was so envious: "Seventh sister, why are you so smart?" ”

Yulan comforted her with a smile: "The key to fishing is not whether you can catch fish, but that kind of leisurely state of mind, the so-called 'fishing leftover fish'!" There was a smug look in his tone.

Yuqing was stimulated by her and wanted to catch a fish.

Because the fish caught is small, I let the kitchen make a fish soup at night, and feed it to the old lady, the old lady drank the soup, and did not forget to knock a few words on her mouth: "Don't play too much, don't forget to bring the maid ...... wherever you go" and so on, the two little girls lowered their eyebrows and pleasing their eyes, and said again and again that they were strict, and the old lady couldn't pretend to be strict. She had already said hello to Zhuangtou, and now all the young and middle-aged men in Zhuangzi have avoided going out, so naturally there will be no problems, and Yulan is also a sensible person who knows how to advance and retreat, and with her with Yuqing, the old lady is relieved.

The old lady changed her words: "Well, this fish soup is quite fresh, you can also taste ......"

So the two sisters each held a small blue and white porcelain bowl and sat down with a smile on the old lady's head. Well, the soup made from the fish you caught yourself is delicious!

Yulan Zhuangzi is very good, but Ye Yichen is sleeping in the open while closing the meal. He ran all the way, even through several dangerous passes, and carefully investigated, but he did not go. The Jurchen cavalry didn't see a single one, but they saw that the garrisons everywhere were lax, the military discipline was lax, and the soldiers in many places were dressed in tatters like flowers.

The more Ye Yichen looked at it, the more his face sank, it was only 6 years since the founding of Great Chu, how could the ** in the army reach this level? At that time, most of the large and small cities near Juyongguan were allocated by the imperial court, and they were repaired several times, and they had both the functions of pass and city, and the official road that Ye Yichen took was the main road to the northwest throat, and the business was developed and quite prosperous. Ye Yichen asked people to take off their armor and pretend to be merchants to inquire about the cities, and it turned out that the garrisons of the nearby passes were all returned to Juyong, and the guards of the pass were controlled by Bi Ji. This Bi Ji is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he is used to slapping horses, and shamelessly gave his daughter to the right attendant of the military department as a concubine, and gave him a large sum of silver, so that he got the title of a juyong guard.

He was greedy and cunning by nature, and when he arrived at Juyong Pass, he did not organize the armament war, only knew how to be corrupt and take bribes, and sat on the "empty quota", Juyong Guan registered more than 20,000 soldiers, but in fact there were only about 15 people, and the remaining 5 soldiers still received regular salaries from the imperial court every month, and this huge amount of money went to Bi Ji's hands.

If he does this, he will learn from the others, and the armament in this area will naturally be lax, and the quality of the soldiers will be extremely poor. In recent years, there has been no fighting in the vicinity, which allowed him to get through the danger.

The bad thing is that although this Bi Ji has no real ability, he mixes well with Shangfeng, the military department wants to transfer troops from Zhejiang to support the northwest front, and the general army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is also like him, and there is a serious shortage of soldiers in the army, just like he borrowed troops, in order to make up enough troops to mobilize troops on the northwest front, Bi Ji hid from the sky and crossed the sea, and transferred a lot of the main forces on the front line of Juyongguan. It's a bold one.

Ye Yichen was furious: "Bi Ji's villain is derelict in his duties and misleads the country, he really deserves a thousand cuts!" The Ministry of War does not know anyone, and it is in vain to be an important minister of the country! After more than ten days of driving, Ye Yichen had already left Juyong Pass and came to Gubeikou, another fortress northwest of Juyong Pass. I'm consulting with the two staff members who have been with me all the way.

One of these staff members is surnamed Zhao and the other is surnamed Meng, which is equivalent to the role of staff officers in the army in later generations, most of them are physically weak, and after more than ten days of rapid marching, they are already full of faces, but these two people are important teams when Ye Yichen was in the northwest, Ye Yichen has great kindness to them, and they are also loyal to Ye Yichen, so although they are tired, no one complains.

At this time, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Meng persuaded together: "Lord Wang, you have generally seen the Gyeonggi Defense, shouldn't you also go back?" It's not that the old man and the two are afraid of suffering, it's just that you are a daughter, so there is no need to suffer with us! What's more, your safety is the most important thing! ”

Ye Yichen laughed, he grew up on horseback, served in the army when he was a teenager, and had a record of seven days and seven nights of rapid marching, this time the march was hard for the two old masters, but Ye Yichen was in good spirits, almost completely without feeling. He smiled: "I have wronged the two gentlemen, now I should watch it, then let's go back!" There was no trace of the Jurchens, and he was a little relieved. Based on the current defense situation of Juyong Pass, if the Jurchens really attack, I am afraid that Juyong Pass will be broken soon!

"This time I returned to Beijing, and I had to trouble the two old masters to fold what they had seen and heard on this trip, and the king would report to the emperor that the armament of Juyongguan must be rectified! Those bastard military attachés, it's time to kill a batch! But he thought in his heart, he must see the emperor this time, even if he forced himself to break into the Qianqing Palace!

The two old masters hurriedly said: "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

As soon as Ye Yichen lifted the reins of the horse, a horse galloped away from the Beigukou first, and went on the official road, everyone rode to follow, and after walking for only a few miles, he saw a horse flying with four hooves in the distance, and a knight came in an instant, and shouted from afar: "In front is His Royal Highness the King of Jin?" ”

Ye Yichen reined in the horse very chicly, and the white horse of J□J neighed for a while, stood up with his front hooves, stopped the momentum, and said loudly: "It is this king!" Who are you? Behind him, the big head and the others all stopped. Faintly protect Ye Yichen.

The knight's riding skills were also excellent, and when he ran closer, before the war horse stopped, he threw the stirrup and dismounted, kneeling on the side of the road, "Villain Jin Xianzhu, on the order of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, come to deliver a letter to the prince." My prince said that this matter is urgent, please ask His Royal Highness the King of Jin to return to Beijing immediately after reading this letter! With that, he took out a letter sealed with fire paint from his bosom and presented it with both hands.

In fact, he didn't need to report himself, Ye Yichen had already recognized this person as Jin Xianzhu, Ye Fengqi's personal guard, and before he left, he only told Ye Fengqi the route of travel.

Jin Xianzhu has always protected Ye Fengqi closely, and he has won Ye Fengqi's trust, Ye Fengqi sent him out to deliver the letter, and the content of the letter must be extraordinary.

Ye Yichen had a bad premonition in his heart. "Show me!" He turned over and dismounted, took the letter, opened the seal, and hurriedly skimmed through it, and his face turned blue in an instant. Zhao Meng and the two old masters also dismounted together, and Ye Yichen handed over Ye Fengqi's letter to them for inspection.

After reading it, the two of them also changed their expressions greatly, and Old Master Zhao muttered: "Juyong is in danger!" ”

It turned out that Ye Fengqi was sitting in the Beijing Division, and the spy network in the Northeast finally came to the accurate news, the Jurchen Dabeile Tutu integrated the Jurchen troops and horses, and the 30,000 army went deep into Youji, because at the beginning, he pretended to be a herdsman, and he actually concealed the ears and eyes of the spies, and now the army has been completed on the edge of the grassland, and it seems that it is going to take Juyong Pass directly.

Unfortunately, Ye Yichen's judgment was correct.

At this moment, the place where the Jurchen army is assembled is the territory of the Tu people, and the so-called side of the couch does not allow others to sleep soundly, and the Jurchen army is willing to let the Jurchen army enter his hinterland. According to Ye Fengqi's inquiry, the Jurchen logistics supply was all provided by the Tuwu people.

And just last year, the two major tribes were still in a life-and-death hostile relationship!

Ye Fengqi had already skillfully leaked the news to Jinyiwei, and Jinyiwei would definitely report it to the orthodox emperor immediately. Although Ye Fengqi didn't want the emperor to know that he had this hidden power in his hands, but when the country was in trouble, as a child of the royal family, he couldn't help but think about the country.

Ye Fengqi reminded Ye Yichen in the letter that he would return to Beijing as soon as he received this letter, because the Jurchens were brave and good at fighting, and the cavalry was extremely elite, and they were known as "full of people is not more than 10,000, and more than 10,000 can not be defeated". Ye Fengqi has a huge intelligence network in his hands, and of course he knows something about the Juyong Pass guards, but he has no hope that Bi Ji will be able to defend the Juyong Pass.

The Jurchen population is not large, and Ye Fengqi analyzed that 30,000 troops may already be the collection of all the elite of the Jurchens, which shows that the Jurchens are bound to win this battle. According to the experience of dealing with the Jurchens in recent years, the Jurchens will definitely rob the Central Plains population, wealth, silk and grain, and Ye Yichen will be in danger.

At this point, the two masters also thought of it, and looked at Ye Yichen together and said, "Lord Wang, hurry back to Beijing!" ”

A hint of determination flashed on Ye Yichen's fair-skinned and handsome face: "The position of Juyongguan is too important!" Now that I've arrived here, I'm going to have to take a look anyway to feel at ease! ”

Old Master Zhao hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin has already sent someone to deliver a letter to the Juyong guard, and it is useless for the prince to go with only this little bit of people, so it is better to wait with me to return to Beijing!" ”

Ye Yichen said resolutely: "Now that I know the situation, I will not die in vain, once things go wrong, this king will retreat." Jiang Ning, Ma Chun, you two take a few people to escort Zhao Meng and the two gentlemen back to Beijing, and the rest of them will go to Juyongguan with me to rescue! ”

Before everyone could persuade him again, Ye Yichen had already cooled down: "Quickly act according to my orders." Everyone didn't dare to say any more, so they had to divide the troops into two routes, all the way to follow Ye Yichen in the direction of Juyong Pass, and seven or eight people were divided all the way to protect the two masters and return to Beijing. Jin Xianzhu took the first step to go back to Ye Fengqi to report his life, and by the way, he reported Ye Yichen's journey to Ye Fengqi.

Ye Yichen took a hundred and ten personal soldiers to urge the horse to go, he thought that the Jurchens would quickly enter the pass before attacking Juyong Pass, and take over the defense first, Juyong Pass was dangerous, even if there were not enough soldiers in the pass, he could hold on for a while with his own excellent military ability, and when the reinforcements arrived, he would naturally be able to relieve the danger of the Beijing Division. Otherwise, the Jurchens broke through the Juyong Pass, and the first unlucky ones would be the people near Gyeonggi.

Everyone had just come to a fork in the road, but Ye Yichen suddenly remembered something, and Le Ma stopped. When the big head heard that there was going to be a war, he was so excited that his blood was surging all over his body, and he couldn't wait to fly to Juyong Pass to fight to the death with the Jurchens, but when he saw Ye Yichen suddenly stopped, he asked puzzledly: "Lord Wang, why don't you leave?" ”