Since Li Qi returned to Jinyang, the atmosphere in the city has been very tense, and the curfew has been maintained, and from late at night to midnight until midnight, except for patrolling soldiers and idle people, they are not allowed to go out on the streets.

Fu Yanchao's Fenzhou army was stationed in the southern city of Jinyang, and in the middle of the afternoon, there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the barracks, and I saw a group of cavalry in bright robes coming towards the barracks.

The guards of the barracks hurriedly reported to the barracks, and when the team came to the gate of the barracks, Jinyang Patrol Fu Yanchao was already waiting in front of the door.

Li Qi rode on a jujube horse, slowed down the horse, and took the lead. The white and tender skin on his face when he first crossed over has been working hard for more than three months, and the other thing is that the riding and archery exercise has turned into a healthy wheat color, and there is a confident smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sitting on a war horse in armor, the whole person was full of heroic spirit, this inexplicable momentum made Fu Yanchao secretly shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but bow down from a distance and salute: "The minister Jinyang patrol envoy Fu Yanchao welcomes His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The weather was hot, Li Qi galloped from Beiyuan to the south gate, this armor was impermeable, and he was already sweating profusely, and his armpits were already soaked with sweat. But his face was still radiant and he didn't show any tiredness. He jumped off the horse, held Fu Yanchao with his hand and said, "Big brother is polite, they are all from his own family, so there is no need to be polite." ”

Although Fu Yanqing is in his early forties and has fought for many years, he is also a veteran in the Jin army, but his father Li Cunxian is the son of Emperor Wu, and he is the same generation as Li Jiqi. Although he has now reverted to his ancestral surname, Li Qi still treats him as a brother by his own family.

Fu Yanchao invited Li Qi and his entourage into the barracks.

The Fenzhou army he brought to Jinyang numbered 3,000 men and was stationed in Nancheng, An Jinquan's Zhenwu Army was stationed in Beicheng, and Zhou Guangfu's Yanmen Army was stationed in Dongcheng. Every night there is a curfew patrol, and the main thing is that these three armies take turns to be on duty.

Li Qi and Fu Yanqing walked slowly to inspect the camp, and said as they walked: "Now that the situation in Jinyang has become more and more stable, I am thinking that the curfew will be lifted in the next few days, and the garrisons in the city will return to their own towns. I just suddenly remembered something important, so I hurriedly came over to discuss with my eldest brother, and I didn't say hello in advance. ”

Fu Yanqing said: "The prince can come to the barracks, he is not in a hurry to be happy, how dare he not welcome it." ”

"I originally wanted the eldest brother to guard Jinzhou, but I considered the safety of Yunzhou, and the Shanbei system as one, Yunzhou is now guarded by General Anlao, you can rest assured, but there are no reliable generals in Shanbei Prefecture, I want to ask the eldest brother to move to Shanbei, I don't know what you think." Only the two of them were together, and Li Qi said his intention directly.

The so-called Shanbei is the northern part of Youzhou Taihang Mountain and Jundu Mountain, and the eight military states in the area of Jundu Mountain and Yanshan, namely Xin (Zhuolu), Wu (Xuanhua), Concubine (Huailai), Confucianism (Yanqing), Shun (Shunyi), Tan (Miyun) and Guangbian Army, a total of eight border military states, these places belong to the jurisdiction of Youzhou.

In the twelfth year of Tianyou, after the Jin army pacified Liu Shouguang in Youzhou, Shanbei was included in its territory, and then a major rebellion broke out, and Li Cunxuan's second brother Li Cunju died in the Shanbei Rebellion, and it also triggered the first major war between the Jin army and the Khitan.

In the Great War of Weizhou in Jin Liang that year, Li Cunqing, the king of Jin, felt that there was a shortage of soldiers and horses, so Li Cunqiao ordered his younger brother, Xinzhou (now Zhuolu, Hebei) to defend Li Cunju to recruit troops and horses in the northern part of the mountain and send them to the front line in time. But it didn't take long for the Battle of Weizhou to end with a complete victory for the Jin State, and at this time Li Cunju's soldiers and horses had not yet been recruited, so the matter was stopped for the time being.

However, Li Cunju was arrogant and brutal, causing a miasma in the entire Shanbei area, and there were many complaints. However, Lu Wenjin, the former general of Youzhou, had a daughter, who was born as beautiful as a flower, and was favored by Li Cunju and intended to be accepted as a concubine. Lu Wenjin was forced to be helpless, so he had to swallow his anger and give his beloved daughter to Li Cunju as his little wife, but he hated her in his heart.

Because the King of Jin was preparing to attack Liang in a big way at that time, Li Cunju was in a hurry to take the newly recruited Shanbei Army to the south. When he walked to the Qigou Pass in Zhuozhou, Lu Wenjin took the forcibly conscripted soldiers to riot, and after killing Li Cunju, he returned to attack Xinzhou overnight and took refuge in the Khitan. After receiving Lu Wenjin's letter for help, Yelu Abaoji, the lord of the Khitan state, immediately gathered an army of 300,000, known as one million, and entered Kouyouzhou in a big way. Zhou Dewei, the general of the Jin army, was trapped in Youzhou for more than 200 days, and was finally rescued by Li Cunxian and Li Siyuan who led the army to repel the Khitan.

Fu Yanqing thought for a moment: "Your Highness, are you going to take Youzhou?" ”

Li Qi shook his head: "Now that Li Siyuan is powerful, let's not provoke him for the time being." Shanbei may not care, but if he takes Youzhou, it can be regarded as really stepping on the tiger's tail, and he has to jump. I mean you took my edict, first went to take Ruzhou and Fuzhou, and first occupied the gateway to Shanbei in Youzhou. ”

Fu Yanqing felt a little disappointed, he hoped to be able to capture Youzhou, so that he could become a town and a feudal town. "Youzhou is now empty of troops, the situation is chaotic, and there are some of my ancestors' subordinates, and a partial division can easily take it. If you don't take it, you will be blamed for it, whether the prince will worry about it anymore. ”

Li Cunxian died of illness in Youzhou, and there are indeed some of his original tooth soldiers in Youzhou, which is also one of the reasons why Fu Yanqing is very enthusiastic about Youzhou.

"That's also a matter for the future, after you occupy Ruzhou first, you can contact your father's old department. But don't act lightly, otherwise Li Siyuan will send a large army over, and I won't be able to control you. Li Qi said as he walked, "Now our strength is weak, we need to recuperate first and accumulate strength." I estimate that you will have to wait three years before you can go to Youzhou. ”

Fu Yanqing immediately said: "Okay, I will listen to His Highness's orders." Knowing that the use of Taiyuan Mansion is really difficult now, once the troops are mobilized, the consumption is very huge, and the supply of money and food cannot be supported. ”

Li Qi smiled: "Bear with it for three years for the time being, and then I will help my eldest brother to take Youzhou." ”

What he lacks now is time, he believes that with his own knowledge, in three years, he will almost be able to wrestle with Li Siyuan.

It's just that when the time comes, it will be to lay down Youzhou, and it doesn't have to be handed over to Fu Yanchao.

The two came to Fu Yanqing's section hall in the barracks again, took out the map of Shanbei and discussed the specific action plan in detail. This mountain north of Wuzhou. Xinzhou and Ulzhou were under his orders as the crown prince, mainly Confucianism and Confucianism, and the main goal of Fu Yanchao's operation was to seize these two border military states......

One of the biggest problems is the fear of causing a big upheaval.

The biggest threat to occupy the two states of Confucianism and Concubine in the north of the mountain is not Li Siyuan, but the neighboring Khitan, so it can only be outwitted, not attacked.

This requires a little more thought......