Six days passed.

Xiao Rui and his entourage went west for 100 miles, and then went to the northwest, and now they are only three days away from the Xia border to reach Xiangzhou. If you go a few days further west, it will be the territory of Zhao.

Xiao Rui hesitated again and again, and finally asked Guo Jia's opinion, so he did not kill Zhao Kuangming, but continued to tie it up in case of emergency. There were no thrills and dangers along the way, and the walk was smooth, allowing Xiao Rui to rest for a few days.

But soon Xiao Rui got bored and began to scold the system.

Look at his current advent value, only a pitiful 0/100, but the wish value is not bad, reaching 3/4, descending on Chen Qingzhi, Gongye Chang and Han Xin, pushing the wish value to such a high level in one fell swoop.

So Xiao Rui was anxious to want the task, but the system couldn't beat a fart with a stick, so he started to shrink his head.

No, he ridiculed the system again, but the other party was still silent, so Xiao Rui could only shake his head and sigh.

Seeing that night was falling, and everyone thought that they were going to spend the night in the wilderness again, Li Yuanfang suddenly saw the rising smoke not far away, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, there should be a village ahead!" ”

"Hurry up and spend the night there before the sun goes down." Xiao Rui commanded.

Several people immediately picked up their speed and rushed out of the village as the sun set.

This is a small scale, but very quiet village, surrounded by mountains and rivers, not far from the rice fields, at this time there is a sound of frogs, there are fireflies flashing and flashing.

There is a big banyan tree at the head of the village, which looks very old, and the canopy is huge, like a canopy. At this time, there were several old men sitting under the tree chatting, looking at the people who came suddenly, all looking at them with vigilant expressions.

Li Yuanfang stepped forward and asked, "Old man, what kind of village is this?" I don't know if it's there? Our group is a business traveler, passing through this place is getting late, want to spend the night, I don't know if it is feasible? ”

Among the four old men, an old man with a withered face stood up, arched his hand, and said: "The old man is the Lizheng of this village, we are here in Zhangjia Village, there are only more than 20 households, it is the northernmost village in Yan Kingdom, and further north it will be almost to the territory of Xia Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom, do you go to Xia Country or Zhao Kingdom?" ”

Li Yuanfang was stunned for a moment, but still said: "We went to Xiangzhou in the Xia Kingdom, and now Xia and Yan have formed an alliance and have frequent business and trade, doesn't the old gentleman know?" ”

"Oh, it's going to Xia Kingdom!" The old man's cautious expression immediately eased, and the other three old men also put away their vigilance.

The old man said: "Of course you are welcome, but the village is simple, and few outsiders come, if the hospitality is not good, please forgive me." In addition, the people in the village rarely see outsiders and are afraid of life, so I hope you don't walk around! ”

Li Yuanfang nodded and said, "Don't worry, the old man, we just need to find a place to settle down and rest overnight, and leave early tomorrow morning, we bring our own dry food, so we don't have to trouble the old man." In addition, disturb your village, who is embarrassed, please smile! ”

As he spoke, Li Yuanfang took out a piece of silver and presented it to the old man.

The old man was taken aback, and then excused himself, and said: "You can come here for fate, this silver can't be collected, you can't accept it, please come into the village!" ”

The old man resolutely refused to accept it, so Li Yuanfang did not force it, so he led the carriage into the village with the old man.

Xiao Rui and Guo Jia sat in the carriage, looking at the situation of the village through the bamboo curtain, and the appearance of their group naturally aroused the vigilance of the villagers, who came out of the house and stood in the courtyard to look.

The low wall also allowed Xiao Rui and Guo Jia to see the situation of these villagers clearly, Guo Jia immediately discovered the problem and said, "Your Highness, you see, there are no adult men in the village, they are all old and weak women and children. ”

Xiao Rui also saw it, the women and children were holding their children, looking at them vigilantly, with vigilance and panic in their eyes.

Soon, the carriage came to a house, and Li Zheng pointed to this family and said, "This is my son's house, and now the house is empty, and I often clean it, so you can rest here today." ”

"Thank you, old man!" Guo Jia stepped out of the carriage and bowed his hand to the old man.

The old man saw that Guo Jiawen was polite and polite, and he was a scholarly and righteous, and he suddenly had a good impression, and he also replied: "Sone is good!" ”

Guo Jia asked puzzledly: "Old man, there is a sentence that is presumptuous, when we entered the village, we found that there were no adult strong men in your village, they were all old and young women and children, I don't know who they are?" ”

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "What about people? It's not that they have been drafted away yet. ”

"Requisitioned?" Guo Jia was surprised and said: "Yan Guo's conscription order is to choose one male as the main pawn in each household, and even if other men want to be soldiers, they are only envious pawns, but why are all the men in your village being recruited?" ”

This sentence seemed to unravel the old man's scar, and he was suddenly full of sadness, and said: "Speaking of which, who told our village to be close to the border pass, and there is often friction between Yan and Zhao Guo, and the soldiers are killed and wounded heavily. All three of my sons went to the border, two died, and only one remained. ”

Speaking of this, the old man was in tears.

Guo Jia apologized: "Old man, I'm sorry, I aroused your sadness!" ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "Hey, it has nothing to do with you, it's all Zhao Guo's fault!" ”

Guo Jia nodded, no wonder they said that they were going to Xia Kingdom, this group of old men would relax their vigilance, it turned out that their families had all died in the hands of Zhao Guo.

As the saying goes, a glimpse of the whole leopard, the border war of the Yan country is tense, resulting in a shortage of soldiers, and then forcibly recruit troops, it is not easy to make matters worse, villages like Zhangjia Village abound, for a long time, the village only relies on the support of the old and weak women and children, this village is desolate and withered. Although the village is small, it is the smallest unit that makes up the country, and it best reflects the rise and fall of a country.

As the weakest country among the Seven Kingdoms, Yan is far inferior to several surrounding countries both militarily and economically, and is still living in their cracks, how can it be miserable?

In addition, when Xiao Rui thought of the drunken dreams and deaths of those dignitaries and dignitaries in Yandu City, it was really a strong contrast, an obvious contrast.

After the old man left, Xiao Rui got out of the carriage and went into the house to rest.

After resting in Zhangjia Village for the night, everyone set off early the next morning, not wanting to disturb the peace of Zhangjia Village. They continued north, walked for another day, and came to a three-way intersection.

Go to the northwest, two days to the Yan and Zhao borders the Xifeng Pass, to the northeast, to the Yan and Xia borders the Dongfeng Pass. As long as you pass the Dongfeng Pass, you will reach the boundary of Xiangzhou in the Xia Kingdom for more than ten miles to the north, and it will not be far from the place where Chen Qingzhi is stationed if you continue to walk northwest.

When the group approached Dongfeng Pass, they sensed that something was wrong.

Because of the alliance between Xia and Yan, Dongfeng Pass, as a trade pass, is far from being as strict as Xifeng Pass, only a few merchant groups will go to Zhao State, but a large number of merchants come and go to Xia State, so Dongfeng Pass is in and out of the tube, it needs to be searched, and it only needs to be simply registered when you go out. But at this time, the security card is set up, and it seems that someone is being searched.

Guo Jia asked the horse to stop, and then sent Han Xin to check.

Han Xin was a native of Yan and would not arouse suspicion, and he would return soon after he went.

"Your Highness, we can't get through. Yan Xifeng, the prince of Yan, issued a wanted warrant for every pass to Yan Kingdom, with the heads of His Royal Highness and Mr. Fengxiao, and every car and horse had to be searched. Han Xin came back and said.

Xiao Rui and Guo Jia glanced at each other, Guo Jia smiled and said: "Although Yan Xifeng is crazy, he is smart, he realizes the horror of gunpowder, and he definitely wants to catch His Highness, it seems that it is not easy to go over easily, or take a detour to other paths." ”

There are mountain ranges between Xifeng Pass and Dongfeng Pass, so Yan can establish border passes, and the natural mountains are like the Great Wall. But the mountain range is not the Great Wall after all, it can't be solid and coherent, some mountains are towering, and some places are low, so Zhao Guo can enter the Yan Kingdom through other paths.

However, to the east of Dongfeng Pass, the mountain range gradually became lower, and it only lasted for fifty or sixty miles before it lost its height. Therefore, the border between the two countries to the east is flat, and the Yan State cannot defend it all, so it can only retreat to the south bank of the Yan River and choose a place to be stationed for defense.

At this time, the Dongfeng Pass can't be passed, so you can only go around to the east, and there will be no Yan soldiers to guard it, but there is no official road, and the wilderness path is bumpy and difficult, so you have to abandon the carriage and change the horses. If you make a detour, the journey will take another three or four days.

At this time, Han Xin smiled and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Fengxiao, I have a suggestion. ”

"Oh? Hurry up. Xiao Rui's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.

Han Xin said: "Since Dongfeng Pass is searching for His Highness, why not transfer the tiger away from the mountain?" In the next pretended to be a traveler, he accidentally saw the portrait of the person who was searching, and led away the generals and a large number of guards at Dongfeng Pass, and then His Royal Highness and Guo Jia disguised themselves, and then paid money to check the soldiers when they passed the customs, so that they could quickly pass the customs. I have just noticed that the soldiers who searched were also dealing with errands, and some people were carrying prohibited things in their carriages, and they were all secretly allowed to run away with some silver. ”

Guo Jia smiled and nodded, looking not surprised. It seems that he has already thought of a way, but he just doesn't say it. He was leaving a chance for Han Xin to play, Han Xin saved His Highness and himself, and Guo Jia recognized him quite a lot, so he wanted him to perform, so as to gain Xiao Rui's greater trust.

In fact, Guo Jia was more worried, who is Han Xin, what kind of ability does he have, how can Xiao Rui not know?

Xiao Rui immediately agreed with this suggestion.

Subsequently, Xiao Rui and Guo Jia disguised themselves, while Han Xin went to Dongfeng Pass alone, immediately removed the wanted warrant, and then was taken by the soldiers to meet the general of Xifeng Pass.

commented on Han Xin's eloquence, directly made the general believe his words, and then immediately gathered the soldiers and rushed to the place where the other party was hiding.

As soon as the people left, Xiao Rui and his party began to pass the customs, and soon it was their turn, Li Yuanfang vaguely sent the silver, and the soldiers also dealt with it hastily, and soon passed the customs safely.

When they went north for more than ten miles, their speed slowed down, and after more than half an hour, Han Xin caught up.

"I led the general into a wood, and then turned back, and even if the man realized that he had been deceived, he would not dare to go out of the city to pursue him. One is that he is about to take the territory of Xia Kingdom, and if he steps over, it will be an invasion. Secondly, if Yan Xifeng knew that he had been tricked, he might be let go, and he would be even more unable to eat and walk around! Han Xin said with a smile.

Xiao Rui smiled: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Han Xin said respectfully: "Your Highness is serious, this is what you should do." ”

"Good! Then let's keep going! Xiao Rui raised his head and pointed to the northwest, and immediately entered the territory of Yan Kingdom, his heart also stabilized, and finally returned to his home field.

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