"Handsome ......" Tian Shizhen just muttered, and before he finished speaking, Liu Yanqing yelled at him: "You still dare to quibble? Tian Shizhen immediately stopped, Liu Yanqing continued to scold with his head and face, and asked the generals to go back and think about it, then he returned to the inner room angrily, reached out and took the tea handed by the servant and drank it all, and then he took a long breath, and finally did not make a big mess.

At the right time, the tooth soldiers came, and the marching Sima Wang Yan asked to see him, Liu Yanqing was stunned for a moment, and immediately let him in. Wang Yannai is the eyes and ears of the Imperial City Si Jinwei Mansion in Hebei, and is responsible for surveillance.

Wang Yan's face is thin, with a slight beard under his chin, although he is just thirty, there are already deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, and he is preoccupied all the time.

"Congratulations to Lord Liu on his return to Bianjing, and he raised his hand to resolve a dispute."

Liu Yanqing smiled, got up and arched his hand: "If this little twist and turn can't be suppressed, wouldn't the old man be in charge of Hebei for sixteen years in vain." The imperial court entrusted the 200,000 army to the old man, seeing that His Royal Highness the King of Wei and the carriage and horses of Lord Tong were about to arrive in the Daimyo, the Jinwei Mansion should also rest assured, and in the past few years, I would like to thank Lord Wang for a lot of help. ”

Wang Yan just sat down, and when he saw Liu Yanqing salute, he hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and said: "The big commander has killed the last general." Although he has the responsibility of surveillance, and the secret performance can reach His Majesty, but he is extremely strict, although he is dissatisfied with Liu Yanqing's courage in love with his husband and allowing the military law to be abolished, but he has always followed the rules of his subordinates in etiquette, and he thinks that Wang Yannai is the most obedient outlier in Liu Yanqing's Hebei camp.

Although Liu Yanqing did not have the intention of separating and rebelling, he had always stayed away from the people of the Imperial City Division, and he was about to step down at this time, but he couldn't help but say: "These subordinates of the Hebei battalion are all good men who do not blink their brows when they go into battle to kill the enemy, and they all blame the old man for being arrogant and indulgent on weekdays, and he is confused for a while, and his words are occasionally inappropriate. In addition, Lord Tong is the favorite minister of the Son of Heaven, and he must be a prestige in Beijing. ”

Wang Yan saw that Liu Yanqing pleaded for his subordinates regardless of taboos, although there was no expression on his face, he was emotionally moved in his heart, as the saying goes, people are about to die, their words are good, and birds are dying and their songs are also mourning, this Liu Yanqing has not forgotten these old departments when he left office, it can be seen that those arrogant and laissez-faire actions are not all to buy people's hearts.

"Lord Liu rest assured, the Hebei camp is the pillar of the country, the imperial court is leaning on the Great Wall, Lord Tong has won the favor of His Majesty, and he will see everything." Wang Yan said slowly, he and Liu Yanqing have always been wary of each other, and they will leave Hebei at this time, and there is a bit of colleague feeling between them, "Moreover, Xia Guan will also be transferred back to Beijing soon, and there may be a chance to meet with adults at that time." "Tong Guan was born in the Son of Heaven and a close minister, so he naturally didn't want to keep the nails buried by the Imperial City Division around him, and Shen Yun, the official of the Imperial City Division, also took the initiative to transfer Wang Yan away.

Returning to the marching Sima Mansion from the Jiedu Embassy, Wang Yan closed his eyes and pondered, Liu Yanqing's recent actions, there was no possibility of rebellion, so he got up and came to the pigeon room, untied a pigeon feather from the leg of a carrier pigeon, and used a fine needle to pick out the silk book in the dark gray feather handle of the pigeon feather, and gently unfolded it, "Liu Yanqing rebelled" five ant-like small words were impressively visible.

Wang Yan burned the silk book, which was as thin as a cicada's wings, and sprinkled the ashes in the stream that flowed through the mansion, then exhaled, returned to the study, and carefully sorted out the files of the past few years. Although the Jinguan Mansion is nominally under the control of the Imperial City Division, the headquarters of the Imperial City Division mainly monitors the Jingshi, and the movements of the Jinguan Mansion outside the capital and even including Liaoxia and other countries have become a rule. As the commander of the Jinguan Mansion in Hebei, Wang Yan was not only responsible for monitoring the border commanders, but also responsible for liaising with the fine work in the Liao State, recruiting horse thieves and mountain bandits as the peripheral forces of the Jinwei Mansion, all of which had to be handed over to the newly arrived Hebei camp one by one. Thinking that Shen Yun, the official of the Imperial City Division, actually wanted to hand over the file of the Jinguan Mansion to the border marshal, Wang Yan's heart swelled with a ridiculous feeling, no wonder everyone in the capital regarded Tong Guan and others as traitors, just from this matter, the national system was undoubtedly destroyed.

Liu Yanqing obeyed orders wholeheartedly, and even if the generals of Hebei were dissatisfied with the imperial court, they were helpless, and they were meeting the deputy generals together, occasionally complaining, and their minds were lively, and they even sent their cronies to report to the King of Wei and the Xuancheng envoy who were still on the way. For these movements, Liu Yanqing, who is about to leave office, and Sima Wang Yan, who is about to leave office, are not as good as the five generations, the world has been peaceful for a long time, and the soldiers below are just soldiers to eat food, and it is just a matter of making trouble, and no one will seriously kill officials and rebel. In the future, this stall in Hebei will naturally be cleaned up by Tong Guan, who is favored by the Son of Heaven.

On the fifth day of the eighth month, the Zhenbei Army guarded the crown prince Zhao Ke and the envoy Tong Guan was about to arrive, and Liu Yanqing had already summoned the town guards and generals who were far away in Zhending, Hejian and other Liao and Song borders. The envoy in front reported that the Zhenbei army was only camped ten miles away from the camp in Hebei, and the prince and the envoy would officially come to the camp in the early morning to read the holy decree and summon the generals.

The area of 500 paces out of the gate of the big camp was cleaned by tens of thousands of troops transferred from the left near expedition, and a layer of water was carefully sprinkled with showers, willow branches and other materials to prevent dust from flying. When the sky was light, the 50,000 soldiers who stayed in the camp lined up outside the gate to greet them.

Liu Yanqing is already over fifty years old, in order to show his deference to the imperial court, he personally put on his helmet and armor, rode a horse and stood in front of the army, but from morning to noon, the sun gradually rose, the heat wave also rose, and the prince and Tong Guan had not yet arrived. In order to show the majesty of the army, most of the Hebei soldiers who lined up early were wearing heavy armor, and many of them were already sweating under the scorching sun.

"His grandmother's is saying that it will arrive early in the morning, and it will be noon, why haven't you come yet, isn't this tossing grandpa alive?" The fierce general Tian Shizhen stared at the military envoy sent by the Zhenbei Army viciously, and the other generals also looked unkind, and the military envoy secretly complained in his heart, "Why don't these Hebei soldiers understand the rules, they are really a group of proud soldiers." Early in the morning, the school parade was lined up, and Shangguan naturally arrived at noon, and the Beijing division had already become a rule, which was also convenient for everyone to do things. Every time there is a school review, the Fourth Army rehearses various formations a month in advance, and the swords, guns, swords, and halberds are wiped and wiped. The school review at noon, and the second watch of the first night went out of the city to form a team. At the end of the year, basking in the sun, enduring a little hardship, what is it, the proofreading is the most important, and after the day of the proofreading, it will be a comfortable day. ”

Some of the Hebei soldiers have begun to untie the belt of their armor and wipe their sweat with their clothes open, some of them use their swords and guns as crutches to beat them, and half of the cavalry have already dismounted, leading their horses to each other. Liu Yanqing's face sank, and he was about to call the generals to go down to the whole team, only to hear the rumbling of drums, and the tall cavalry with sixteen dragon flags of various colors as the leader, followed by various honor guards, and then the arrays of the battalions of the Zhenbei Army with bright armor appeared one after another.

The Hebei army has been slacking off for a long time, it is rare to see such a strict military appearance, and it is intimidated by its majesty, and the soldiers who are staggered and crooked have stood up straight, and the armor belt is untied and quickly re-fastened, and the cavalry is busy getting on the horse, and the officers below the capital, the battalion commander, the adjutant general and other officers have begun to urge the soldiers under their command to reorganize the queue, so as not to lose the face of the Hebei army, and be looked down upon by the Zhenbei army and the newly arrived Du Deployment adults.

The Zhenbei army came to the front of the Hebei army, after the formation was completed, with the order of the herald, the cavalry in front of it was like a knife splitting waves and scattered to both sides, showing a horse with a golden roof and copper eaves, the four corners of the roof were decorated with Rui beasts, the wooden carriage depicted with fairy figures, the doors and windows were carved with exquisite cloud dragon ornaments, the railing of the royal horse was wrapped in a gold skin, carved gold flowers, and the curtain was made of pure pearls and silver threads. There are hundreds of attendants in front and back holding red Luo pin gold palm fans to cover it, and from a distance, it seems that an auspicious cloud wraps the prince's frame.

The princes of Hebei had never seen such gorgeous carriages and horses, and they couldn't help but turn their heads and ears, and even Tian Shizhen wondered: "What is this?" The envoy of the Zhenbei army introduced: "This is the frame of His Royal Highness the King of Wei and the Tong adult, don't you want to be safe?" ”

"What?" Tian Shizhen lost his voice and said, "A dignified man, how can you ride like a woman?" After the troops below understood that this was the carriage that the prince and the new commander were deploying, they also talked about it, and the panic that they were initially shocked by the military appearance of the Zhenbei army was swept away, and turned with a trace of disdain and hostility. Most of the horse-drawn carriages in the Hebei army were used to transport the heavy and wounded. Even if he is as powerful as the coach Liu Yanqing, when he patrols the border towns in the cold winter, he also rides his horse like the generals, which is an old practice, since the late Tang Dynasty, as a general, and without a disability, it is unheard of to travel by car.

Zhao Ke was wearing the court clothes of the ceremony, waiting for the audience of the Hebei generals in the car, heard the noise on the other side, knocked on the car window lightly and asked, "Lord Tong, what's going on in the Hebei army?" Tong Guan was also wondering, and replied when he heard the words: "I think these Hebei soldiers have been on the border for a long time and have never seen the royal majesty, so they are a little panicked for a while." ”

"Oh, I see," Zhao Kewen said, "The soldiers have been working hard in the border court for a long time, and this king is fortunate to be in Hebei on behalf of the heavens, and he should be a good student to reward the three armies." Tong Guan agreed, his eyes were slightly cold, he had regarded Hebei Xingying as his own territory, and he could not allow others to touch it.

At this time, the military formation of the Hebei camp on the opposite side had been quiet, under the arrangement of the generals, the cavalry dismounted, the soldiers without heavy armor knelt on the ground, the heavy armor bowed to salute, and the 50,000 soldiers shouted in unison: "See the king of Wei Chitose, Chitose, Chitose!" The attendant opened the curtain, and Zhao Ke got up and got out of the carriage with a smile on his face, boarded the frame, and waved to the Hebei troops on the opposite side.