After Yan Kui had just dealt with the situation on the side of King Qingnanduan, Xiao Guan also welcomed two guests.

Frontier Envoy, General of Zhengdong, and Duke Qi He.

Cao Yuanjiang, the deputy envoy of the frontier and the general of Pingxi.

These two came to inspect the situation of the soldiers and horses of the border army, and the first stop was Yan Kui in Xiaoguan, Beiling, and when they finished inspecting the border army in Beiling, Yan Kui, the deputy envoy, would also go to the border army in other places to inspect together.

The envoy of Qi Zhenfu has ordered that before the summer of the seventeenth year of Liyang, the government office of the envoy of Zhenfu must find out the entire situation of the border troops of various departments in the frontier, and then start to prepare and prepare.

To put it bluntly, after serving as a pacification envoy for a few months, Qi He, who thought he had initially gained a firm foothold, was ready to attack the border army.

This inspection of the various units of the border army was his first step in meddling in military power.

Yan Kui knew Qi He's intentions, but he didn't mean to stop it, of course, he couldn't stop it.

Qi He is the leader of the border army, and he wants to inspect all the departments under his command and win over people, which is justified, and no one can make mistakes.

Moreover, among the border army, there must be people who want to take refuge in him, and Lang has the intention of having a concubine.

How can this be stopped?

There's no way to stop it!

So Yan Kui simply didn't do useless work, anyway, the 80,000 people under his command Ma Qihe didn't leave, and the rest of the departments depended on Qi He's ability.

What's more, the most important thing is that Qi He can take the opportunity of inspecting various departments to win over and subdue the people of all departments of the border army, and Yan Kui, the deputy envoy, can also do the same.

And not only Yan Kui can, but the other deputy envoy Cao Yuan can also do this, otherwise you think that Cao Yuanjiang will not wait for the general to be a good general, and he will patrol around with him when he is full.

Lao Cao also has the heart to win some military power!

In this inspection, Qi, Yan, and Cao already knew in their hearts, and everyone relied on their means to see who had the greatest harvest and the highest rank in the end.

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In the seventeenth year of Liyang, the eighth day of the second month

Xiao closes the city gates

Yan Kui, who got the news, rode the red flame horse with red eyes, and was bored with Xiao Guanzhong, waiting for Qi and Cao to arrive.

Around noon

A large group of cavalry appeared on the official road not far away, Yan Kui looked at it, and saw that it was playing with banners such as "Qi" and "Cao", so he knew that the main man had arrived, and ordered a few close generals to ride his horse to meet him.

Before approaching, Yan Kui and the others took the lead in stopping their horses and took the initiative to say hello.

"I am Yan Kui, where are the Duke of Liguo and General Cao."

Qi He and the others heard the movement in the horse team and took the initiative to respond, Yan Kui smiled and said after saluting the two.

"The two of you have traveled all the way, and they will be tired, and they will return to the city to rest with the end."

To tell the truth, there is a distance between General Guan and Xiao Guan, and when he rushes down in one breath, even Yan Kui's body and bones have to be slow, not to mention Qi Cao and the others.

Don't look at the two of them are three-grade heavy generals, but in recent years, they have been sitting in the capital, and they have been sparse for a long time, and they are pampered, and they can't stand the pain of running around and toiling.

Cao Yuanjiang is okay, how to say that he is only in his early thirties, he is in the prime of life, and although his body is tired, he can still hold on.

But Grandpa Qi can't do it, with a son as big as Qi Weiqing, he has already passed the year of destiny, how can his body withstand such a toss, if he hadn't stopped twice on the road, it is estimated that he may not be able to sit on a horse and talk now.

Even if Yan Kui didn't say anything, the two of them didn't have the heart to toss more, Yan Kui opened his mouth, and Qi He and the others were happy to get off the donkey down the slope, enter the city, and plunge into the house arranged by Yan Kui, and did not appear until the afternoon of the next day.

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Not counting the battle with the Zhou army at the beginning, just stationed after the war, Yan Kui stayed in Xiaoguan for more than a year, and this Xiaoguan has long been managed by him into an iron plate, and he can't hide any troubles.

As soon as Qi He and the others woke up, Yan Kui got the news, and then sent someone to deliver a letter to the two.

[Tonight, he held a banquet in the Pingbei General's Mansion to catch the wind and wash the dust for Qi He and the others]

Deputy Envoy Cao Yuanjiang's temporary residence

The sixth master, Cao Yuanlang, personally sent away Yan Kui's messenger, returned to the main hall, and sighed to his eldest brother Cao Yuanjiang.

"This Yan Kui behaves domineeringly, since we entered the city yesterday, his repeated actions all show his power in Xiao Pass, and the style of the last time in General Pass is the same."

Cao Yuanjiang held a cup and smiled lightly: "It is not difficult to understand, this is his Yan Yuanhan's territory, with 80,000 soldiers and horses as the backing, if it is a soft act of shrinking his hands and feet, how to convince the public, and how to deter me and Qi He." ”

Cao Liuye nodded, looked up again and asked, "Then shall we go back at night?" The younger brother is afraid that there will be no good banquet. ”

"Go, if we don't go, we'll weaken our momentum, don't worry, don't forget that we are now allies with Yan Kui, and his biggest enemy is not me, but Qi He.

Go to the banquet tonight, let's watch a good show next to us, if Yan Kui has any tricks, let Qi He have a headache. Cao Yuanjiang said confidently.

This small half a year of deputy envoy career, Cao Yuanjiang has grown greatly, and now he has gradually gotten rid of the shackles of the title of British prince, and already has a little bit of the style of the general of the Northern Jin Dynasty.

Cao Liuye looked at the eldest brother with a confident face, and didn't say much, but after leaving from Cao Yuanjiang, he still didn't worry about tonight's banquet, and quietly hid a quenched poisonous dagger in his boots, just in case.

Coincidentally, when Cao Liuye was hiding the dagger, Qi Weiqing, who came out with Qi He, also tied a set of small dark crossbows to his arms in front of his father.

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Last time, Qi He's father and son broke up with each other because of Yan Kui, but after Yan Kui left the General Pass, Qi Weiqing, who had calmed down, also began to regret his impulse that day, and then ran to Qi He to admit his mistake and ask for forgiveness.

There's no way, to put it mildly, if he wants to climb up with his ability, he has to rely on the support of his father, no matter how hard he is, he can't withstand the hardships of reality.

Although Qi He is not more important to Qi Weiqing than his eldest son, he is also his own son in the end, not to mention the last time, the fault is not all Qi Weiqing, Qi He reprimanded him, and he was a little angry, so after thinking about it, Qi He also felt guilty about Qi Weiqing's son.

Yes, later Qi Weiqing relented, and Qi He also went down the stairs, and the father and son reconciled as before.

This time under the pretense of patrolling to win over the border soldiers, Qi He considered that it was inconvenient for him to come forward directly in many cases, and sent others to come forward, and his identity was worse, so he thought of Qi Weiqing.

After all, Qi Weiqing is his sister-in-law, and to a certain extent, he can represent Qi He, and he is the most suitable person to stand up for Qi He when it is inconvenient for him.

So, since the last defeat, the second young master of Qi, who had been hidden in the snow for a few months, took the important man out of the mountain again.

At the same time, because Yan Kui dealt too much blow to the second young master of Qi last time, Qi Weiqing regarded Yan Kui like a tiger, and now when he heard that he was going to invite their father and son to the mansion for a night banquet, he was suddenly vigilant, and despite Qi He's dissuasion, he insisted on preparing a secret crossbow.

Qi Weiqing insisted on going his own way, Qi He saw that he couldn't persuade him, and let him go, so he regarded it as an extra layer of insurance, and only repeatedly told him not to act rashly, so he took Qi Weiqing, who was full of vigilance, and rushed to the Pingbei General's Mansion for a banquet.