Jia She, who had disappeared for several days, appeared in Ye Qing's room with a middle-aged man after He Chong and Sima Jian left.

"I stopped in the teahouse, and I happened to meet He Chong and Sima Jian, talking sneakily in the corner." Jia Shi smiled in front of Ye Qing and told Ye Qing some of the words he heard.

Ye Qing only smiled, and then looked at the man who was led in by Jia She, he was around forty years old, and he might be younger, after all, people in the military should be more mature in appearance.

Medium stature, but looks very lean, long hands and feet, mediocre appearance, only those eyes, can see a trace of perseverance, the rest of the nothing protruding.

"You are Hengqiao?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.

"Yes, my lord, the last general is none other than Hengqiao." The middle-aged man was neither humble nor silent, and his expression looked joyless and carefree.

But deep down in his heart, whether he was nervous or not, from the moment he was about to walk to Ye Qing's residence, he suddenly stopped, ran to the teahouse in the name of resting, and came to ease the emotions when he was about to meet Ye Qing, it can be seen that Hengqiao came to see Ye Qing, and it was false to say that he was not nervous.

"Would you be interested in being sent under my command? East Huainan Road ...... Or Huainan East and West Road, the lack of a suitable commander, is able to sit on an equal footing with Yang Jian, dare to confront him, or even make him suffer a loss. Ye Qing said straight to the point.

Heng Qiao swallowed his saliva unconsciously, looking at the man in front of him who was light and breezy and smiling with an easy-going and calm smile, in his thirties, with angular cheeks, lean and tall, like a sharp and simple spear, as if a killing aura would suddenly emerge from his body at any time.

Looking at it, his eyes instantly became a little awe-inspiring, but he knew that it was the man in front of him who almost single-handedly recovered the current territory of the Northland, and on the way here from the Guanghua Army, Jia Shi also said something about the battle of Guanshan under his inquiry.

Especially when he heard that the man in front of him stopped the 20,000 cavalry of the Jin people alone, so that he didn't dare to take a step forward, Hengqiao's whole person seemed to be about to boil, and his legs and hands trembled involuntarily, wishing that he could also experience such a hearty killing war.

The casualties of 2,000 people were exchanged for the slaughter of more than 20,000 Xia people, and not only that, I heard Jia Shi say that now the Xia people have to compensate Lord Ye for money, and they also have to pay a high ransom to redeem their captives.

Xia Ren succumbed to the strength of the man in front of him, and even Jin Ren was also unable to take advantage, and he also wanted to lose money and things to the person in front of him.

"The last general...... The last general is terrified, worried that he will not live up to your expectations. Even though Hengqiao tried his best to control his emotions, he still stuttered a little after he spoke.

"Sit down and talk." Ye Qing pointed to the chair opposite, and then said to Jia She: "You have worked hard in the past two days, keeping an eye on He Chong and Sima Jian, the words in the teahouse cannot be fully trusted, don't let them leave your sight before they come here tomorrow." ”

Jia Shi responded, and then before turning around and going out, he didn't forget to pat Hengqiao's shoulder comfortingly, and then walked out of the study quickly.

As Jia Shi left, Heng Qiao also sat down on the chair opposite, his heart was still full of nervousness and apprehension, he had thought about it all the way, how to express himself in front of Ye Qing, or how to make Ye Qing appreciate some of his thoughts, but he couldn't say it in his stomach at the moment.

Even on the way, he secretly thought that after seeing Ye Qing again, he would question his identity first, so as to prove his unruliness and prove that it was not something that ordinary people could win over.

But when he saw Ye Qing, the man who had always been easy-going with his smile, the thoughts along the way instantly seemed to sink to the bottom of the sea, so that he had nowhere to fish, and he didn't know what to do at all, so he could only instinctively accept Ye Qing's inquiry, or take the school exam.

"In the Guanghua Army, do you still have henchmen? How many? Ye Qing looked at Hengqiao, whose face was covered with sweat, but he didn't dare to wipe it, and motioned for him to drink tea to relieve the heat.

And Heng Qiao didn't stretch out his hand to the teacup for the first time, and first replied seriously: "Lord Hui, the last general dares to guarantee that all the last generals of the Guanghua Army will mobilize." ”

"So confident?" Ye Qing didn't hide his surprise and excitement, looked at Hengqiao and asked.

"When you first started to regain the lost territory, the general of Xuzhou wanted to go at the end of the first battle, but at that time, the general was not the commander, and like the current general, he was imprisoned in the military tent by Yang Jian and could not move, so the last general was not able to follow the adult." Hengqiao is ass is only a little bit of a chair

Face said.

"In that case, why does Yang Jian still reuse you and promote you to the commander of the Guanghua Army?" Ye Qing asked with interest.

"After the lord took Xuzhou, Yang Jian released the last general, at that time, the last general only wanted to make contributions, as long as he could fight, no matter where he went. Of course, it's best to fight to the death with the gold thief. Therefore, the last general followed and pacified Lord Han Yanxuan to the southwest, suppressed Ziqi and Luodian, and then became the commander by virtue of his military exploits. Heng Qiao's expression was interspersed, and when he said this, he also seemed to be dancing with his eyebrows, and his pride was overflowing.

It's just that God doesn't fulfill people's wishes, although Heng Qiao has made a lot of contributions, and even most of them were snatched away by Yang Jian, but these are nothing to Heng Qiao, as long as there is a battle, it doesn't matter how much credit he has, and who he ultimately owns.

Of course, these are not enough to make Hengqiao fall out with Yang Jian, or be dissatisfied with Han Yanxuan.

As Zhao Ruyu began to lay out Ye Qing in secret, and when Jin and Xia began to encircle and suppress Ye Qing, in fact, Han Yanxuan, who had already heard the wind at that time, also began to secretly lay out on Lizhou Road, beware that Ye Qing would escape back to the Song Realm from the direction of Dasanguan.

It's just that at that time, Han Yanxuan also had to take into account the two countries of Ziqi and Luodian, which had just been suppressed, and he couldn't draw more troops to deal with Ye Qing, not to mention, he didn't want to clash head-on with Ye Qing who broke through from Dasanguan, but in the end, he cheapened Zhao Ruyu, or was caught by Zhao Ruyu It was he who killed Ye Qing, so as to slander him as the mastermind, and if he made such a fuss above the court, then he had to bear this eternal infamy for Zhao Ruyu.

After all, no matter what, Ye Qing has not shown his disobedience to the Song court at all, even if he has become the target of the public in the court, but among the people, there are still the vast majority of the people who regard Ye Qing as another great Song warrior after Yue Fei, so once Ye Qing's death is related to him Han Yanxuan, he Han Yanxuan can't afford this infamy.

But if Ye Qing was allowed to enter the Dasan Pass from the Xia Kingdom in a generous manner, Han Yanxuan naturally felt very pity, he was very worried, in case Ye Qing could lead the remnants of the army to escape to the Dasan Pass, he would just watch him flee back, which was completely equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain.

After all, compared to Zhao Ruyu, Ye Qing obviously had more threat and pressure on him, and Zhao Ruyu obviously had not reached Ye Qing's weight.

Therefore, on the basis of Han Yanxuan's mentality of wanting to be a bitch and wanting to set up an archway, Hengqiao became the only most suitable person to stop Ye Qing.

is also a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and at that time, Hengqiao thought about helping Ye Qing to attack Xuzhou, so Han Yanxuan conspired with Yang Jian, and planned to borrow a knife to kill people, once Ye Qing passed through the Dasan Pass, then let Hengqiao lead the army to block the attack, and finally he himself led someone to destroy Hengqiao and avenge Ye Qing.

In this way, Ye Qing is also dead, the murderer is also dead, and he can still have a good reputation for avenging loyalty and righteousness in front of the world, and most importantly, all the recovered territories north of Huainan East Road, he can easily hold it in his hands.

And Han Yanxuan also believes that with Ye Qing's current strength, even if he dies, but the so-called hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, his loyal subordinates must be able to find out who is behind the trouble, and Zhao Ruyu will definitely not be able to get rid of suspicion at that time, and he can also release the news to the world, so as to achieve the perfect achievement of killing two birds with one stone.

"Did you go?" Ye Qing listened to Heng Qiao's narration and asked with a calm smile.

"The last general is gone." Heng Qiao lowered his head a little embarrassed, and then raised his head and said: "It's just that at that time, the last general didn't know that he was going to deal with you, they just told the last general that it was to block a group of treasonous soldiers." It's just later, as many merchants can no longer go to the Xia Kingdom to trade, plus some rumors, etc., so that the last general began to be suspicious, and sent his subordinates to quietly investigate, but at that time, the Xia State frontier gave people a feeling of facing a great enemy, and the last general instantly thought that the Xia people were going to fight with us, otherwise, it would be impossible to dispatch the various armies so frequently in the frontier, so he reported to Yang Jian first. ”

"Even so, Yang Jian won't be able to tell you that the person you are going to deal with is me, right?" Ye Qing continued to ask with a smile, at that time, he didn't think about returning to the Song Dynasty from Dasan Pass, it was precisely because of this concern that he finally chose Guanshan, which seemed to be more difficult.

"Naturally, he won't tell me, but when the last general left, when he heard him talking to Sima and the judge in the army, the last general overheard, so the last general didn't calm down ......." Speaking of this, Heng Qiao said with chagrin and remorse: "The last general broke in to question Yang Jian, but I didn't expect to see Lord Han Yanxuan, who was supposed to be in Ziqi and Luodian. confront

The last general's questioning, they first denied it, and then they said that the adult had defected to the enemy and treason, and the last general also pretended to understand and forget it, telling them that the last general then rushed back to Dasanguan overnight, intending to deal with you, but in fact, the last general really wanted to help you. It was only later that Lord Han Yanxuan noticed it, and chased the last general to Dasanguan overnight, and then the last general lost his command of the Guanghua Army, so he has been demoted to a subordinate general since last year. ”

"Han Yanxuan and Yang Jian didn't have murderous intentions towards you?" Ye Qing continued to ask with a smile.

Heng Qiao knew that Ye Qing's series of questions had a strong taste of suspicion, but when he saw Ye Qing's easy-going and calm smile, he gave him another kind, as if he was a listener, quietly listening to him tell about the mysterious events that made Dasanguan nervous during the last year, and he didn't feel that he was being suspected at this time.

It's like he's talking to an old friend for many years, which makes him feel very comfortable and relaxed, and he doesn't feel that this is interrogation, so that he is very willing to tell the man in front of him about the secret of last year's events one by one.

"They don't dare." After Hengqiao finished speaking, in the face of Ye Qing's clear gaze, he scratched his head a little embarrassed, shaking his position in the army in front of everyone like Ye Qing, which made him feel that there was a bit of an axe, so he smiled and said: "If they want to kill me, then they have to kill the entire Guanghua Army first." The last general is not talking big, anyway, at that time last year, as long as there was an accident in the last general, the last general dared to guarantee that the entire Guanghua army might have to rebel. So it is precisely because of this that Han Yanxuan and Yang Jian have no choice but to demote me first, and then slowly think about how to divide the Guanghua Army, and then punish me. ”

Ye Qing took a sip of tea, smiled and said lightly, "Isn't it enough to send you to other armies?" Just like Qin Hui killed Yue Fei without any punishment back then, wouldn't it be simple? ”

"They don't dare because they're afraid that their scandal will be exposed. What's more, as you said, with Marshal Yue's experience, how could the last general not be guarded? In addition, the war between Ziqi and Luodian has ended, and he has no chance to send me to the battlefield to die. Hengqiao was finally able to relax and said with a smile in the face of Ye Qing.

Ye Qing smiled noncommittally, and then said: "I thought about returning to Song from Dasan Pass, but it was precisely because I was worried that I chose Guanshan, but fortunately, there is always a reward for paying, and Guanshan was finally held in my hand." ”

"Your Excellency is wise." Heng Qiao slapped his ass, and then faced Ye Qing's gaze, he turned out to be a little blushing and embarrassed: "In fact, when the adults went to Guanshan, the last general really sweated for the adults, at that time, the Guanghua army soldiers, there were not a few people who knew about it, most of them were talking about it, they were not born early to follow Marshal Yue to crusade against the Jin people, if they could follow Lord Ye to fight with Jin and Xia Yanchang, even if they died in battle, it would be worth it for a lifetime." ”

"Where is the Gwanghwa Army stationed now?" Ye Qing asked as he flipped through a stack of envelopes on the table.

"It's still in Dasanguan, and now that the adults are safe, Yang Jian is no longer as wary of the Guanghua Army as before." Hengqiao replied quickly, then paused and said happily: "My lord, you are free to send it, and the general will never frown." ”

"Dasanguan is the backyard of Jingzhao Mansion, since Yu Yunwen was in charge of Jingzhao Mansion, Dasanguan is like a dagger hidden in the dark, making people uneasy. You are not suitable for the commander of Huainan Road, and you are suitable to continue to garrison Dasanguan and guard the back door for Jingzhao Mansion. Ye Qing said easily and decisively, and then handed Hengqiao an envelope, and said slowly after Hengqiao took it: "You can contact this person after you go back, his name is Li Heng, and he is now stationed in Guanshan, after a period of time, there may be abnormalities in Lanzhou Mansion, and it will depend on you and Li Heng when the time comes." ”

"Yes, sir." Hengqiao said in response, and finally said with a little regret in his expression: "My lord......." ”

"Why, do you care if you can't wrestle with Yang Jian and let yourself breathe a bad breath?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.

"That's not true, in fact, the last general also knows that the Great Disperse Pass is very important. And now no one except me can guard the Dasanguan, unless Yang Jian only adds troops to the Dasanguan to contain me, in short, he doesn't dare to send me to other places at will, because my lord, now that you are back, they are afraid that you know that they have secretly dealt with you, of course, they definitely don't know, the adults have already done it. ”

"Forget it, if you want to fight with Yang Jian, it won't work in the army alone, guard the Dasan Pass, take care of the back garden for Jingzhao Mansion, and you will have this opportunity." Ye Qing said pointedly.

Heng Qiao was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with a strong smile, not knowing whether he understood the meaning of what Ye Qing said.