After Dong Chao called hot water last night, let Ye Qing take a hot bath comfortably, and soaked his feet for half an hour, Ye Qing felt as if he had finally come back to life.

Although the clothes he brought were old, they were also cotton wool, and they were not much better than the snow-soaked clothes, but at least they were much drier and warmer than his snow-soaked clothes.

The man's firewood house was already extremely comfortable for Ye Qing, naturally, he was also worried about Jia She, who was still outside the gate, and Xu Han, who didn't know where he was now.

He naturally knew how difficult it was to endure the taste of a snowy night, and he also knew how cold and hard it was when the soaked military uniform and cotton uniform arrived at night.

It is not possible to light a fire in the mountains to keep warm, nor to strip off the baking clothes, but to sweep out a snow-free area, and then gather the horses together, and the people hide in it to avoid the cold.

"Is there a way to get up to this wall?" Changing into the clothes given by Dong Chao, coupled with the beard on his face, Ye Qing at this moment is completely a farmer.

"I'm afraid it won't work now, and it will be about another hour." Dong Chao helped Ye Qing bake his original clothes, lowered his head and continued: "The Jinren patrol is basically early in the morning, in the afternoon, and before the sun is about to set, and at night, there are garrisons stationed at the beacon tower and the enemy tower. ”

Ye Qing sighed slightly, although he was worried about Jia She, Xu Han and the others outside, but at the moment he still needed to know more about Yanmen Pass, and he still needed to wait, waiting for his own conjecture to be verified in a short time.

"Is there anyone with an umbrella outside the gate?" Ye Qing asked again.

The reason why Yanmen Pass is called the first dangerous pass, in addition to his role in the military, is because of the importance of Yanmen Pass, which makes the importance of Shuozhou, Yingzhou, Huanzhou and Yunzhou much smaller, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures all belong to the Great Wall, but the reason why Yanmen Pass is divided inside and outside the pass is entirely because Yanmen Pass is also within the circular Great Wall at this time.

As a result, in addition to the fortresses built by each other according to natural hazards, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun also have the undulating Great Wall as the first line of defense, defending the entire Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and not being captured by the Mongols in a short period of time.

"There are all four states, but now because of the heavy snow, it is difficult to contact the last general." Dong Chao said helplessly.

Although he is just an inconspicuous guy in Yanmen Pass, since Ye Qing put him in the realm of Jinren, Dong Chao has been operating in this area all these years, and even a few years ago, Dong Chao's identity as a businessman was even more influential here.

It was only later that after Ye Qing began to fight the idea of the sixteen states of Yanyun, Dong Chao had to get rid of his identity as a merchant and personally entered the land of the four states headed by Yanmen Pass.

Looking at Ye Qing's slight sigh, the keen Dong Chao still asked unconsciously, "Your Excellency, can you ...... But what needs to be ...... the end? ”

"Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Silkworm, Xin Qiji, and even the news of Lao Liu Tou, Zhao Qi'er and others, because of this heavy snow, there is no news for the time being, and it is difficult for me to judge for a while, where they are now. Not to mention ....... Ye Qing got up slowly, looked at the earthen wall of the firewood house, as if the map of the sixteen states of Yanyun that he had engraved in his mind had been hung on the earthen wall, and after a pause, he said in a deep voice: "Not only do we have no way of knowing our own news, but now we also lack news about the Mongols and the Jin people. If you want to take Yanmen Pass, it is naturally impossible to rely on a strong attack. ”

Ye Qing was already disheartened at this time, even if he only had a one-sided understanding of the tip of the iceberg of Yanmen Pass after entering Yanmen Pass last night, Ye Qing had already clearly realized that it was almost impossible to capture Yanmen Pass just by relying on more than 10,000 people outside the pass.

And where Xu Han is now, whether he has lost his way in the mountains and mountains, and whether he has joined Jia She, is unknown.

"Before the last general enters the customs, it is certain that the Mongols and the Khitan Liao have been in contact." Dong Chao said firmly, what's more, he had also informed Ye Qing of this matter in time, of course, he also knew that Ye Qing now wanted to know what extent the Mongols and Khitan Liao people had developed, and what level of pressure on the Jin people had reached, but he also didn't know about these.

Whether it is Yanmen Pass, or the four states of Yunzhou, which is nearly fifty or sixty miles north of Yanmen Pass, and the farthest is only one hundred and ten miles, their troops are still very complete at this time, and they did not go to Yanjing or other places to aid the Jin court because of the support of the Khitan Liao people who rebelled with the support of the Mongols.

So this naturally made Ye Qing, whose eyes were black, a little worried, wondering if the rebellion of the Khitan Liao people would continue with the support of the Mongols, or would it be ...... It has been pacified by the Jin people in a short time.

After entering Yanmen Pass, Ye Qing felt like a modern person in later generations who had lost his mobile phone, and suddenly felt as if he had completely lost contact with the outside world, especially when he saw that Yanmen Pass was so majestic and solid, Ye Qing's mood couldn't help but start to feel a little anxious.

Dong Chao is very familiar with the entire Yanmen Pass, and although he is just a small man now, he doesn't have to cook for the Jin people, nor does he need to report to anyone, so he discusses various things with Ye Qing in the firewood house.

Since Dong Chao began to tell Ye Qing about various things in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures over the years last night, Ye Qing knew that Dong Chao today is just a small guy, but he is a guy with a wide range of contacts in this area, although he can't reach a golden general of the level of Yan Zhang, but now Dong Chao, among some low-level golden generals, is extremely mixed.

What surprised Ye Qing even more was that although Yunzhou was still under the control of the Jin people, if Ye Qing could take Yanmen Pass in one fell swoop, Yunzhou would immediately surrender to him as soon as possible.

Yunzhou is the farthest away from Yanmen Pass, about 100 miles away, and the rest such as Yingzhou, Huanzhou, Shuozhou, is almost a stone's throw away from Yanmen Pass, standing on the city wall, you can see the appearance of these three passes clearly.

At this time, Ye Qing, under the leadership of Dong Chao, silently looked at Dong Chao's seemingly inexhaustible sleeve pockets, pieces of broken silver, and when they climbed the city wall of Yanmen Pass, they were stuffed by Dong Chao to some soldiers, and they even felt a little funny.

Who would have thought that Dong Chao, who fell into the grass back then, although he still looks inconspicuous now, is actually an exquisite talent.

Standing on the wall of Yanmen Pass, feeling the fierce cold wind blowing over your face, at this time, looking at the entire Yanmen Pass, as well as the snow-covered mountains in Sizhou, is completely different from the scene you see when you trek through the mountains.

What can be thought of at this moment is naturally the scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, and thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, only reckless.

Looking at the enemy tower not far away, as well as the beacon tower not far away on the other side, patting the blue-brown city wall with his hand, Ye Qing finally felt it and said: "The wild people outside Yanmen Pass don't raise silkworms or grow hemp. There are no pear and jujube trees in a hundred miles, how can you get peach and apricot blossoms in Sanchun? In June, the rain swept over the mountains and snow, and the wind blew yellow sand everywhere. said that the Jiangnan people don't believe it, wear a leather jacket in the morning and a yarn in the afternoon. ”

Dong Chao nodded when he heard this, and said on the side: "No, in the situation here, if you say it to those wine bags and rice bags in Lin'an, I'm afraid that nine times out of ten I don't know what the adults are talking about." ”

As he spoke, Dong Chao's expression became solemn, looking at the endless mountains in front of him, and continued: "Although the north is hard, I have to say that only in such a harsh environment can a sophisticated iron army be sharpened. It's like when the adults put the flower planting army on the grassland, so the last general really admired the eyes of the adults, and he saw through all this at that time. ”

"The flower grower is in the army...... Nowadays, there are still many child soldiers in your hands back then. Ye Qing's expression looked gloomy, back then he promised Dong Chao that he would give those young people in his hands a life of food and drink without worry, and he could also rely on military merits to become a master, but now, ...... Of the thousands of people who died that year, one-third had already died on the battlefield.

"Life and death are destined for wealth in the sky, adults don't have to mind. If it weren't for the support of the adults back then, I'm afraid we would have starved to death in the mountains, even if we were lucky enough to survive, how many people would be able to hold their heads high like today? All this is given by you, an adult, and Dong Chao will never forget it in his life. I don't know if it's because the wind on the city wall is too strong, or other reasons, Dong Chao's voice was a little choked at this moment, and his eyes were a little red.

"After this battle, whether it is you or me, or these soldiers who follow me to fight, you can have a good rest." Ye Qing raised his head, the sixteen states of Yanyun were the territories he had dreamed of winning, and only after winning the sixteen states of Yanyun would he feel worthy of his identity and the great civilization of the Chinese nation.

And if he can't take the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, not only will he not be able to sleep peacefully, but he will also feel sorry for his status as a prophet, and similarly, no matter how big an official or a noble title he is, it will not make him feel at ease.

Now even though he is called a courtier and a hero in the north, Ye Qing firmly knows in his heart what he is insisting on and what he is insisting on.

He doesn't care about the notoriety, infamy, and crimes on his back, but he hopes that his life and his children can live in a truly peaceful world, rather than a world that is stormy under the iron hooves of nomads.

"Look over there, sir." Dong Chao suddenly looked startled, and hurriedly pointed to a sunny mountain outside the city wall and said.

Under the illumination of the sun, it was difficult for people to look directly at the snow-white mountains facing the sun at this moment, but even so, Ye Qing still squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of Dong Chao's finger.

"My lord, does it look like it?" Dong Chao looked at the snow-white mountain with some surprise and asked.

Ye Qing hurriedly walked a few steps to the other side of the city wall, expecting to be able to see more realistically, a crooked R faintly drawn on the mountain.

"Yes, it's a signal from Jia She." Ye Qing also felt excited in his heart and confirmed.

When separating from Jia She, Ye Qing agreed with Jia She, once he got close to Yanmen Pass, he would find an obvious mountain and write a lowercase r, but if he had the opportunity to connect with Xu Han, he would write an uppercase R.

So now, when Ye Qing saw the capitalized R, his heart was naturally excited.

This is enough to show that Xu Han did not get lost in the mountains, but really merged with Jia She.

There is a huge difference between uppercase and lowercase, not to mention that Jia Shi doesn't know it at all, let alone what this letter means, so it is impossible to write it wrong, although it is very ugly to draw on the mountain, and even at first, he thought it was a mountain that was not covered by snow, if it wasn't for Dong Chao's reminder, he wouldn't have noticed it.

Ye Qing, who had been worried about Xu Han and Jia She, could finally be put back in his stomach, and Ye Qing, who had a gloomy expression, also became radiant at this moment, and began to walk under the city wall with Dong Chao, while starting to plan how to get close to the core position of the Yanmen Pass defenders and get the exact location of Wanyanzhang.

And just as they walked down the city wall, in the depths of Yanmen Pass, at this time, suddenly the sound of trumpets and war drums sounded.

Ye Qing hurriedly looked up at the few beacon towers that he could see, but at this time, there was no wolf smoke rising from them, and he couldn't help but look at the side in confusion, Dong Chao, who was also a little dazed.

"I'm going to investigate, my lord, and you can rest in the firewood room." Dong Chao didn't wait for Ye Qing to speak, and immediately said to Ye Qing.

Dong Chao is more familiar with Yanmen Pass than Ye Qing, not to mention the fact that he has just climbed the city wall, it can already be seen that Dong Chao, a man, is still quite comfortable in Yanmen Pass, at least he can walk around in Yanmen Pass at will, and no one will come forward to interrogate.

After nodding and telling Dong Chao to be careful, Ye Qing walked in the direction of the firewood house, and the two hundred soldiers who had mixed in with him at this time had now gathered in front of the cattle pen.

Unlike Ye Qing, who also had a firewood room for the night, the soldiers could only spend the night in a hay shed full of grass and ventilated on all sides last night.

But even so, it was already satisfying for Ye Qing's personal soldiers, after all, there were more people outside, who were going to spend this difficult night after night in the snow.

Obviously, the two hundred pro-soldiers were also gathered together by the whimpering horn and the sound of war drums, and when they saw Ye Qing coming over at this moment, a few of them immediately walked towards Ye Qing, and the rest of them either walked into the forage shed as usual, or they were in front of the cattle pen, pretending to be feeding the cattle and horses.

"Don't panic, you shouldn't have found us, otherwise we would have been surrounded by this place. And....... Ye Qing motioned to the few soldiers in front of him to look at the beacon tower on the city wall not far away, and continued: "The beacon has not been raised, which means that there is no invasion of foreign enemies. ”

"Your Excellency, you still have to be careful ......." The soldier reminded in a whisper.

After the absence of Jia She, these people have become the main personal guards in front of Ye Qing, in Jia She's words, even if you are dead, you must not let Lord Ye be injured at all.

Stretching out his hand and patting the few guards in front of him with a somewhat solemn expression, Ye Qing smiled lightly and reassured: "Don't panic, in my opinion, there should be something wrong within the Jin people, maybe it's a good thing for us." ”

The smile on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth gradually began to become solemn, not so much that he was pointing directly at Guanshan, just to take more than 10,000 people outside to attack the mountain, it was better to say that he was waiting for this moment in Yanmen Pass.

He led his troops to advance to Yanmen Pass, Yeluyue led an army of 30,000 to attack Niangzi Pass, Zhong Silkworm, Mo Xiaobao, and Xin Qiji attacked the Jin people from Hebei East Road, and Lao Liu Tou, Zhao Qi'er, and Po Li San went ashore at the Zhigu Ferry by water, pointing directly to Yanjing, which was only two hundred miles away.

At the same time, on the Wujing Road north of Yanjing, Yelu Liuge and Yelu Gobu had already rebelled, and in such a severe situation of internal and external difficulties, how could the Jin people still be able to have sufficient troops everywhere?

According to Dong Chao's observation, the strength of Yanmen Pass has never decreased, which is enough to show that either the Khitan Liao rebellion on Wujing Road was quickly pacified, and Mo Xiaobao, Lao Liu Tou and others encountered the stubborn resistance of the Jin people, so that the Jin people did not need to mobilize troops from all over the passes.

But does the Kim Congress have such good national fortunes? The Khitan Liao people have the support of the Mongols behind them, and Ye Qing has been planning for a long time, so the above-mentioned worst-case scenario will never occur, so it can only be said that because of the heavy snow, the Jin people have been able to transfer troops to Yanjing to Yanmen Pass today.

The Jin soldiers at Yanmen Pass suddenly became busy, which made Ye Qing, who was originally anxious in his heart, finally let go of the big stone in his heart.

The anxiety in his heart originally came from being ignorant of the external situation, and now, since the Jin soldiers in Yanmen Pass have moved, it is enough to show that the original plan has not been contained by the Jin people, on the contrary, the Jin people are now afraid that it is difficult to resist on both sides.

So when Dong Chao was out of breath, but ran over with a happy expression, Ye Qing already knew that he had guessed correctly, the horn and war drums suddenly sounded in Yanmen Pass, it was definitely not that Yanmen Pass had been invaded by foreign enemies, but that someone in Yanjing had come here to dispatch troops.