The cold wind is howling, the snow is dancing in the air, the whole world is ruled by white, and some time ago, the remnants of a series of terrible battles that took place here have been completely covered with snow, and there is no trace of it anymore. On the side of the road, there is a small post station, in which ten soldiers of the Eastern Army are stationed, but there are nearly twenty war horses, which is a post station for the Eastern Army to deliver letters.

Wang Pei was wrapped in a thick cloak and sat in the post station, accompanied by a civil official under Ye Zhen of Tianhe County, this time Wang Pei was ordered by Tian Fucheng to go to Jishi City to see Gao Yuan.

Tian Fucheng blatantly led the troops back to Qi at the beginning, that is, he saw that Lao Tzu Tian Dan was bound to be defeated, but he was afraid that he would not be able to save his life, so he moved his mind, but he never thought that tens of thousands of troops would return to Qi, but Lao Da Tian had already taken precautions, mobilized the whole country, denounced him as a traitor, and planted all the reasons for the defeat of this war on him, which made his reputation in the country plummet, and almost became a traitor that everyone shouted at, Tian Fucheng was shocked and angry, fortunately, whether it was Wang Pei or Huo Siwei, he knew that after getting on his boat, Unless you follow the final victory, there will be no good end, with the help of these two experienced generals, with nearly 70,000 troops in your hands, Tian Fucheng even went to Jimo, Gaotang and Du, finally has his own territory.

But even so, the precious time, but day by day, after taking these two pieces of territory, the previous lightning blow has no longer worked, the civil war of Qi gradually fell into a stalemate, the eldest prince Tian Yuan stabilized Linzi, Pinglu and both capitals, and the other capital Ju is now because of the invasion of the Chu people, it is also in danger, Tian Yuan tried his best, but only controlled about half of the territory.

The country of Qi is basically divided into two.

The war is deadlocked, Tian Fucheng is not afraid, his subordinates are all elite soldiers, far from being comparable to the army that Tian Yuanyuan put together temporarily, if the two sides really do it, he can defeat the opponent with dignity, the problem is that Tian Yuanyuan is also very aware of this problem, Jian Ban does not collide with Tian Fucheng head-on, sticks to the city and contends with Tian Fucheng At the same time, he sent a small group of elite troops to attack everywhere, harass, and publicize Tian Fucheng's treason, so that Tian Fucheng ruled the area, and rebellions broke out.

Compared with these, Tian Dan is not only alive, but also the Eastern Army is more tolerant of it, which makes Tian Fucheng even more frightened, if the Eastern Army and Tian Dan reach some agreement, and Tian Dan is returned, Tian Fucheng is sure of his defeat, I am afraid that in an instant, outsiders or do not understand Tian Dan's huge influence in the Qi country, as a son, he is clear.

The most hateful thing is that those who once opposed Tian Dan and Tian Dan did not kill them in many scruples, in this chaos, were killed by Tian Yuanyuan by taking the opportunity.

The war was at a stalemate, and Tian Fucheng sent Wang Pei to Jishi City to meet Gao Yuan, with only one purpose, that is, not to put Tian Dan back, even if he had to pay the price for it, of course, it was best to let the Eastern Army kill Tian Dan.

Wang Pei held the pottery cup in his hand, the hot water vapor came out of the mouth, and the palm of his hand was also warm, staring at the burning firewood in front of him, Wang Pei did not have much hope for this mission.

This is to send yourself to the door to let the other party blackmail! Wang Pei sighed in his heart. It is impossible for the Eastern Army to let Tian Dan go back, this is the unanimous opinion of Wang Pei and Huo Siwei, and letting the Qi State fall into civil strife is the ending that Gao Yuan wants to see the most, but Tian Fucheng was terrified because the Eastern Army suddenly released Tian Jingwen and 5,000 soldiers. These 5,000 people did not come back with bare hands, but were sent back to Qi by the ships collected by the Eastern Army in full armor, and this army returned to Qi State, which made Tian Yuanyuan's momentum soar. That's why Wang Pei stopped this trip.

The Eastern Army will never let Tiandan back, but it will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to blackmail both sides. Wang Pei thought helplessly, this trip, it depends on how big the appetite of the Eastern Army is.

"My lord, add some hot water!" The head of the soldier in the post house lifted the iron kettle for boiling water from the fire and said to Wang Pei.

"Thank you!" Wang Pei raised his head, looked at the soldier who was blind in one eye and limp on one leg, and put the pottery cup in his hand on the ground. I have long heard that the Eastern Army has a very generous pension for the soldiers, and now it seems that it is not a lie, if in the Qi State, such a wounded and disabled soldier would have been sent home a long time ago, but now, this person has obviously been well settled.

"This lord is from Tianhe, I heard that Jicheng is prosperous, I don't know if it is or not? I've never been to Jicheng in my life!" The veteran put the iron kettle back next to the fire, sat down cross-legged, looked at Wang Pei and asked with a smile.

"Jicheng has been through the war and has suffered a lot of damage, but after all, it is Yandu, and it is natural to be prosperous." Wang Pei replied with a smile.

"That's good, that's good!" The veteran smiled heavily, "Our governor is going to Jicheng, if there is a mess there, the old man will definitely be unhappy."

"Gao Dudu is the general of Zhengdong and a subordinate of King Yan, he won't go to Jicheng, right?" Wang Pei asked tentatively. Won't the Eastern Army welcome back King Yan?"

The veteran was a little annoyed when he heard this, and looked at Wang Pei with slanted eyes, "Where did this adult come from?" Didn't we conquer the Eastern Army?"

Wang Pei coughed a few times, "It's true that I don't belong to the Eastern Army, this time I'm going to Jishi City on business." He squinted at the civilian officer of the Eastern Army who was sitting on the other side, but he saw that the man lowered his eyes slightly, his eyes looked at his nose and his nose and his heart, and he didn't seem to hear them talking here.

"No wonder, if you are also in the Eastern Army, I will kill you with the boss's ear brackets." The veteran said stupidly." What kind of thing is Ji Ling? We all supervised the Huns, conquered Donghu, and made great contributions, but he was bent on wanting the life of our governor, and the most unforgivable thing is that he was able to lose the capital to the Qi people. I his grandmother, and finally ran away, and I didn't even want my daughter-in-law, such a king, who lost our face, what use of coming! Now we are bent on thinking that it is best for Gao Du to go to Jicheng and become the king."

Wang Pei had another series of dry coughs, he didn't want to discuss this issue with the veteran in front of him, looking at his indignant appearance, he changed the topic, "This brother, you are not lightly injured, why don't you retire and go home to recuperate, but you are still on an errand?"

The veteran touched the injured eye, "I have no home, I am alone, my leg is also injured, and I can't do farm work when I go home, so take care of me and let me be a soldier here, guarding this post station, and I have a tael of silver every month. After a year and a half, I can save a little silver, and I can ask for a mother-in-law."

"I don't know where my brother was injured?"

The veteran snorted, "Where else can I be, just in this Kuoshan Pass, I am the newly formed First Army, here to block Tiandan's reinforcements, I have been fighting for half a month, and I have lost an eye and a leg, but it doesn't matter, we still completed the task, if it wasn't for the order from above to order us to retreat, these soft-footed crabs of the Qi army would not want to cross the Kunshan Pass."

Wang Pei fell silent for a moment, the injury of the veteran in front of him was actually left by the battle with the Qi people, if he knew that he was the general of the Qi country, he was afraid that he would splash a bowl of boiling water, right? I turned my head and glanced at the official again, but I saw that the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, but he seemed to be snickering. I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves suddenly sounded outside, Wang Pei's heart jumped, he was a man with an old soldier, as soon as he heard the sound of the horse's hooves stomping on the ground, he knew very well that this was the sound of the cavalry approaching. I couldn't help but turn my gaze to this soldier.

"Don't panic, adults!" The veteran stood up with a good crutch, "This is our cavalry, there was a notice before that there are cavalry, but I don't want to come so fast."

The veteran limped to the door, Wang Pei also stood up, and as the veteran walked out of the station, a moment later, in the wind and snow, a group of cavalry quickly approached from a distance. After passing the military station, he did not stop, but stepped forward directly. The veterans were happily waving their hands at the endless stream of cavalry.

Looking at these cavalry, Wang Pei was shocked in his heart, although these cavalry were wearing the standard clothing of the Eastern Army, they were clearly Yiren, this is the Hun cavalry?

Just as I was wondering, a big flag suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Donghu Independent Cavalry Division!" He was stunned and looked at the banner in a daze. The veteran soldier next to him also lowered his hand in disdain, obviously this veteran can't tell the difference between the Hun cavalry and the Donghu cavalry, just after the end of the war with Donghu, the ordinary people are still a little unaccustomed to the Donghu cavalry has become their allies.

Under the banner, an officer jumped off his horse before the post station, handed a document to the head of the soldier, and said loudly: "The Donghu Independent Cavalry Division has arrived at Cuishan Pass one day ahead of schedule, please sign it!"

The veteran turned around and shouted loudly, and a young soldier slipped out with a cry in his hand, but with a pen in his hand.

"Sign!" The old soldier waved his hand, and the little soldier immediately picked up his pen, signed a name on the paperwork in the officer's hand, in duplicate, and the officer handed one of them to the old soldier's head, put the other one away, saluted the old soldier's head, turned and mounted his horse, and galloped away.

The veteran looked at Wang Pei and said with a smile: "I can't read, but now the young people in our Eastern Mansion are all literate!" Thanks to the old man Dudu, I will become a family in the future, give birth to a son, and be able to study, but we don't charge money for the school in the Eastern Mansion."

Wang Pei didn't hear what the old soldier said, just watched the cavalry gallop past the teams in front of him, counting the time, these cavalry were only afraid of tens of thousands of people.

What did the Eastern Army suddenly mobilize a large number of cavalry to cross the Kunshan Pass? A big question mark suddenly popped up in my heart, and I made a sudden mistake in my heart, don't they want to do it against Qi Guo, right? If the Eastern Army suddenly attacked the Qi State at this time, the territory controlled by the second prince would bear the brunt.

"Lord Lu, I don't know what these cavalrymen are doing?" He turned to look at the officer who was accompanying him.

"General Wang said with a smile, I am just a small official under Commander Ye, how can I hear about this military matter." The officer smiled.

Wang Pei was stunned and said, "Lord Lu, we have also rested here for an hour, it's time to leave, I want to rush to Jishi City as soon as possible."

"No problem!" The official was very cheerful." There are war horses at the post here, we can change horses here, and the horses we have left here will be handed over to the post station, and they will wait for them, and when they come back, they will change them back." (To be continued) R466