Princess Yuling and the generals of the Yulin Army who led the team were killed by Zhao Junsheng one after another, and as soon as the banner fell, the 1,000 Yulin Army was scattered by more than 200 personal guard cavalry led by Zhao Junsheng.

There was only one charge, and after the charge ended, Zhao Junsheng looked back at his horse, there were very few Yulin troops still alive, and at this time, where did he have the heart to continue fighting, and he desperately beat the horses and ran away.

Zhao Junsheng didn't plan to chase and kill the fleeing Yulin generals, and ordered the guards: "Clean up the battlefield!" ”

Cleaning the battlefield is mainly to collect the bones of comrades, this battle lost not many guards, only more than 20, but there are more than 30 wounded, these guards have undergone extremely cruel training, combat skills and tactics are very proficient, this rescue operation before and put on heavy armor, even the war horses have vests, two hundred horses are two hundred heavy armor iron horses, lined up in a dense formation to charge a thousand feather forest army light cavalry is naturally overwhelming, their own losses are very small.

The recovery of the corpses and equipment of the comrades was quickly completed, and Zhao Junsheng gave an order, and everyone rode away quickly.

Three horses per person marched quickly for a day and a night to get rid of the pursuing soldiers of the imperial court, but Zhao Junsheng did not relax, but continued to hurry, and marched at the fastest speed until he reached the Flying Fox Pass.

When he arrived at the Flying Fox Pass, Zhao Junsheng was a lot more relieved, there were dozens of guards here, even if there were chasing soldiers, with the Flying Fox Pass, it was enough to resist it.

"Fu Zhan, you take this talisman and return to Jixian County, and quickly transfer 5,000 troops out of Wuruan Pass to capture Guangchang!" Zhao Junsheng took out a talisman and handed it to Fu Zhan.

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

At this time, there is still a Guangchang between the Flying Fox Pass and Youzhou, as long as Guangchang is captured, you can directly control the Flying Fox, and the control of the Flying Fox can block the imperial court soldiers and horses to the west of Taihang Mountain, as for the Jizhou area south of Youzhou, the imperial court is now only afraid that it will not be able to command the local garrisons.

It was only at this time that Zhao Junsheng had time to talk to Mulan about his experience during this time.

"Mulan, you've suffered a lot in prison these days, right? Look you've lost a lot! ”

Hua Mulan said with a smile: "It's just that the food is a little worse, the housing is a little worse, the jailers didn't do anything to me, Tuoba Jun didn't dare to torture me before taking away your military power, but he was locked in a prison and couldn't be free, he always felt uncomfortable and anxious."

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng also sighed: "Yes, as long as you don't lose your freedom, get sick, or get disabled, it's already the greatest happiness, and only those who have experienced going to prison know the pain of losing your freedom!" After returning to Jixian County, you have a good period of recuperation, and raise all the spirit and spirit back, the mother-in-law learned that you were arrested and put in prison as a sect love Yu Dang, and she was in a hurry after she was imprisoned, and she washed her face with tears all day long, and she accompanied her well after you went back, the old man worried about his children for a lifetime, it was not easy! ”

"yes, I see!" Hua Mulan agreed, leaning on Zhao Junsheng's arms.

The two talked for a long time, and Zhao Junsheng told him about the attack on Yan and Goguryeo during this time, and Mulan was very yearning after hearing it, and felt very sorry that she couldn't participate.

After resting for a day at the Flying Fox Pass, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan set off to return to Jixian County with two hundred guards, still leaving two teeth to guard the Flying Fox.

When they arrived at Wuruan Pass, that is, the Bauhinia Pass in later generations, Fu Zhan had already transferred 5,000 soldiers and horses from Jixian County out of the pass, and after the two lines were connected, Zhao Junsheng ordered Fu Zhan to lead troops to capture Guangchang, and hoard heavy troops in Feihu to guard against the possible attack of the imperial court soldiers and horses.

Before returning to Jixian County, Mulan asked Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, this time we made such a big move in Pingcheng, it can be said that we have completely broken with the imperial court, what are you going to do in the future?" Do you want to rebel against the court and stand on its own? ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Breaking with the imperial court is already a fait accompli, but the rebellion is not enough, the bald Baozhou rebellion in Hexi, the rebellion of the Bailong people in the Shanhu people of Bingzhou, there is Rouran in the north, and the Southern Dynasty in the south is ready to move, Tuoba Jun will never dare to send troops to attack my Youzhou again, and he does not have so many troops." We don't have to obey the edict of the imperial court now, as long as we don't openly rebel, the imperial court can't do anything about us, we can develop rapidly and quickly stabilize the Northeast and Goguryeo, as long as the situation in the Northeast and Goguryeo's original homeland is stabilized, we will not be afraid of any strength to attack! ”

"That'······ What about taxes? What about the appointment of officials and generals? Mulan asked.

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Since it is a separation, of course everything is up to us!" ”

Hua Mulan sighed: "Although the current situation is beneficial to us, it is not good for the people of the world, the court cannot control the overall situation, there will inevitably be wars, and it is still the people who suffer!" ”

"That's why I said that we want to make our own strength grow as quickly as possible, this court is not good, then change to a court, level the world as quickly as possible, so that the people can bear less suffering, only the world is unified, and the internal friction can reduce the suffering of the people!"

"There seems to be some truth to what you say! I still don't understand, a few years ago, my Great Wei was still strong and powerful, and the country was prestigious, why did it become like this in just a few years? Does the rise and fall of the world depend entirely on whether the emperor is virtuous or not? Mulan couldn't help but shake her head and sigh as she spoke.

Zhao Junsheng said: "You are right, whether it is the Great Wei Dynasty or the Southern Dynasty, it is the emperor who gathers great power, and every move of the emperor is related to the rise and fall of the world, if the emperor has a problem, the world will have a problem!" ”

Mulan asked; "In that case, the emperor's choice is really important?"

"Of course!"

Zhao Junsheng didn't want to discuss this issue with Mulan, for Mulan, the emperor is the master of the world, if she told her about governing the country according to law, a constitutional monarchy, etc., I am afraid that she will find it difficult to accept, or she will be regarded as a strange theory.

Guangchang did not guard against Youzhou at all, when Fu Zhan led the troops to kill, there was no way to resist, a battle under Guangchang City, in Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan and other people returned to Jixian County, Fu Zhan had captured the entire territory of Guangchang, completely connected Youzhou with the Flying Fox Pass.

After Zhao Junsheng received Fu Zhan's report, he ordered him to strengthen the garrison of the Flying Fox and pay close attention to the movements of the ancient in the north and Zhongshan in the south.

As Zhao Junsheng expected, after he rescued Mulan, Tuoba Jun was no longer able to take care of the affairs of Youzhou, just the increasingly fierce Bald Bao Zhou rebellion in Shangtai and the rebellion of the Bailong people in Bingzhou made Tuoba Jun anxious, if he didn't send troops to suppress it, he was afraid that most of Guanzhong and Bingzhou would be occupied by the rebels.

Previously, Buliu Guli, who was Zong's love confidant, received that Zongai was killed when he led the army to recruit and Shanhu in Zhouzhou, and after the news that Tuoba Jun ascended the throne as the emperor, he also stopped continuing to conquer Shanhu and led the army back to Taiyuan.

In order to appease Buliu Guli, the new emperor Tuoba Jun sent people to announce the decree to Buliu Guli, named him the general of the hussars and the king of Guangchang, and ordered him to guard Taiyuan in case the rebels went north to attack Gyeonggi.

Buliu Guli's subordinates are not without strategists, how can they not see the intentions of the imperial court? Although he was given an official and entered the knighthood, his fief was in Guangchang, and this territory was now controlled by Zhao Junsheng, how could he collect the food estate? Didn't this make him have a bad relationship with Zhao Junsheng? He wasn't so stupid, he ran all the way to compete with Zhao Junsheng.

Tuoba Jun's approach not only failed to appease Bu Liuguli, but instead made Bu Liuguli more detached from the imperial court.

Soon, Tuoba Jun found that his decree could not get out of the Gyeonggi area, and the state and county officials and town guards all disobeyed the imperial court's edicts and decrees, and Tuoba Jun was also devastated by this, hiding in the inner palace all day long with the concubines drunk and dreaming to death, throwing a mess to the courtiers.

Not to mention that the Northern Wei court was in a mess, after Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan returned to Youzhou, the imperial court soon sent an envoy to announce the decree to rehabilitate Mulan, saying that Zou Yan had been executed by the imperial court in the matter of slandering Hua Mulan as the sect and loving the Yu party, and commended Zhao Junsheng for his great contribution to the war against Yan and Goguryeo, and specially posthumously named Zhao Junsheng's ancestor Zhao Gui as the king of Anping, and the court rewarded Zhao Junsheng with 100 gold, 100 brocade horses, and a bucket of Dongzhu.

"The skin is thick enough, is this what the emperor means, or is it the meaning of the ministers of the court?" Zhao Junsheng took the edict and asked the eunuch who announced the decree.

The eunuch was embarrassed by the question, and he didn't know how to answer, if the answer was what Tuoba Jun meant, wouldn't it be an acknowledgment of the emperor's thick-skinned statement?

After thinking about it, the eunuch had no choice but to say: "Lord, Your Majesty was deceived by traitors, and now Your Majesty has come to his senses and killed the traitors to rehabilitate General Hua, which shows that Your Majesty is still wise!" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and instructed Pei Jin next to him: "Master Pei, it's not easy for the angels to come here, you arrange a good place for the angels and their party, and entertain them in terms of food!" ”

Pei Jin promised: "Yes, Lord Wang!" ”

Zhao Junsheng clapped his hands again, and a soldier walked in with a tray, on which were placed gold cakes, covered with silk cloth.

"My father-in-law came to visit, and the king didn't have any good things, only some yellow and white things, and I asked my father-in-law not to dislike it. I only ask my father-in-law to say a few words for the king in front of the emperor after he goes back, how about it! ”

The eunuch looked at the gold on the tray, swallowed his saliva secretly, and bowed his hand to Zhao Junsheng: "The prince is a great loyal minister, and our family should speak well in front of His Majesty on behalf of the prince!" ”

After sending away the envoys of the imperial court, Zhao Junsheng asked Dongfang Chen, Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and several other strategists: "Everyone, the imperial court sent an envoy to appease this king, obviously Tuoba Jun doesn't want to really turn his face with this king, so next, what should I do in Youzhou?" ”

Dongfang Cheng stood up and arched his hand and said, "Lord, my Youzhou has actually broken with the imperial court, but I still need to maintain the relationship on the surface. We can ignore the edicts of the imperial court, but we must not openly rebel and stand on our own, otherwise we will become the target of public criticism! His subordinates thought that internally, the prince should first stabilize the situation in Liaodong and Goguryeo, secondly, encourage agriculture and commerce, and thirdly, rectify armaments; Externally, it will make friends with the surrounding Dingzhou, Yingzhou, and Jizhou, strengthen the monitoring of Rouran, Kumoxi, and Khitan in the north, and strengthen border armaments! ”