Chapter Seventy-Three: The Xi People's Request

In a few days, Duan Hongchen mobilized all the soldiers and horses and prepared to defend Goguryeo in Longquan Mansion. He thought that Longquan Mansion was local, and there was no need to divide troops to set up grain routes, so it could be calmly defended. Xu Qing shook his head and said, there is a river in the east of Liaodong, you go there to intercept him. If the battlefield is far away, it will not affect the production of the people, and it can be regarded as a barrier to defend against danger.

Duan Hongchen: "Oh? You say the Yalu River......"

"It's also called the Yalu River now?"

"What's now? It has always been called the Yalu River, and the territory of the Bohai State has been there before. (Sorry, limited knowledge)

"That's right, it used to be the Balhae Kingdom, and now it is, and you can't let the Goguryeo people come in easily."

Whether it can hold it or not, no one knows.

At the end of the three armies, there were only 5,000 men and horses. This time, Duan Hongchen did not borrow troops from Xu Qing again, but asked Xu Qing to help him defend Longquan City and ensure the transportation of grain and grass. In addition, it is necessary to control those overly anxious Haoyou in the city and prevent them from causing chaos in the rear.

The most important thing is that if you can't hold it, you will lead the troops and take Xu Qi back to Cangzhou.

said to the outside that the king of Bohai was personally recruited, and the prince stayed behind.

As soon as the broken red dust was pulled, another disturbing news came. Xi envoy, please meet!

Could it be that the Xi people are coming for revenge? At this time, Xu Qing couldn't hold his breath anymore. The Koreans claim to have 50,000 soldiers and horses, and nine times out of ten they will make a discount, only 30,000. Because it was impossible for Goguryeo to raise the whole country's troops to attack the Bohai Sea, its rear was also unstable. Silla, Baekje, are all south of it, and there is a feud.

5,000 people against 30,000 people, with the danger of the Yalu River, it is not impossible to hold it. But if the Goguryeo and Xi people are attacked from both sides, then Xu Qing can only smear oil on the soles of his feet and slip away.

The Xi ambassador came to see him, but it was a reparation.

In the inner palace, Xu Qi sat in a high position, and Xu Qing stood aside. The ambassador of the Xi nationality performed a grassland salute in a proper manner, and also performed a Han salute, which can be regarded as lowering his posture.

"Respect the prince, Princess Bao Qilan, the envoy of the Xi clan worships."

Xu Qi "appeased" him and asked him what he meant.

"Princess, the last time my clan came to fight, it was purely because the villain sowed discord, and my Great Khan failed to distinguish right from wrong, so he sent me to apologize."

Xu Qi didn't speak, looked at Xu Qing, Xu Qing asked, "Oh?" Apologies, what about your sincerity? ”

The envoy of the Xi tribe: "All the people who received the property and people before are in the list, uh, Lord Xiangguo, please see ......" The envoy of the Xi tribe saw that Xu Qi was respectful to Xu Qing, thinking that Xu Qing was Xiangguo, so he continued to say to him: "There are also thousands of cattle and sheep sent by my Great Khan. ”

Xu Qing flipped through the list at will, didn't look at it, just sneered. This Xi clan is apologizing and apologizing, not at all as fierce as before, there must be demons when things go wrong, what are they going to do?

Seeing Xu Qing like this, the envoy of the Xi clan hurriedly said: "There is also the villain who sowed discord before, I also brought it over......

"Oh?" At this time, Xu Qing became interested, and heard that the envoy he sent to negotiate actually sold all the information in Bohai for Ronghua with his backhand, and he was so angry that he jumped up. Xu Qing also wanted to see this talent who could be angry enough to break the red dust, and raised his hand to let him in.

There was a noise outside the door, and a man with a big tie threw it in.

Xu Qing looked at it, but his jaw almost dropped in shock.

This is an acquaintance!

Who?

Lu Jing!

"Hahahaha......" Xu Qing laughed loudly, when Cangzhou suppressed bandits, he thought that this old boy was killed by the rebels during the night terrors! I didn't expect to see it here today, the world is so small......

Lu Jing also looked surprised, why is Xu Qing here? Was he exiled? Lu Jing couldn't gloat at this time.

Xu Qing looked at Lu Jing, dressed in mink, with a fat face, if he didn't look distinctive, no one would recognize him if he was so blessed. Xu Qing was about to speak, but Xu Qi said very angrily: "You villain, do you still have the face to come back?!" ”

Xu Qing stopped talking and continued to listen to Xu Qi: "When we came to Bohai, you were fighting with dogs for food, if my father hadn't saved you, how many days would you have live?!" ”

"After saving you, not only did I not treat you as a slave, but I also gave you an official, which one is less than you?"

"You ......" Xu Qi's small chest rose and fell, and she couldn't go on, obviously she was angry.

"Princess, it's me who is wrong, I'm obsessed, I'm not human......" Lu Jing cried bitterly, kowtowed and repented: "Ask the princess to surround me with a dog's life, let me serve you again......"

Xu Qi's face was very cold, and he drank: "Come on, pull this traitor out, let the dog bite him to death!" ”

"Ambassador, ambassador, help me, I can send you information for the Xi clan!" Lu Jing turned around and begged the envoy of the Xi clan, but how could the envoy of the Xi clan keep him now, he just turned his head and ignored it. A hint of a yin vulture flashed in Lu Jing's eyes, and when he saw Xu Qing again, he swallowed his saliva, knelt in front of Xu Qing, and kowtowed heavily.

"Lord Xu!" Lu Jing cried and said sadly: "Lord Xu, it was me Lu Jing who was wrong in the past, and I offended Lord Xu a lot, but now that I am outside this desolate plug, Lord Xu and I are rare fellow countrymen, don't Lord Xu remember this incense?" ”

"Desolate Outside the Plug?" Xu Qing smiled: "Lord Lu, I don't think this outside the plug is desolate, save you Lord Xu, you have grown meat!" ”

"Lord Xu, save me today, I, Lu Jing, will make you a cow and horse today......" Lu Jing lifted the face that had been blessed but had experienced vicissitudes, if it was put outside, others would think that this was a good rich man who was bullied.

At this time, the guards outside the door had already come in, the despair in Lu Jing's eyes deepened, and when the guards were about to catch him, Xu Qing raised his hand and said:

"Slow ......"

"Lord Xie Xu's life-saving grace, from now on, I, Lu Jing, will be one of your dogs." Lu Jing kowtowed and thanked him.

Xu Qi stood up and asked very puzzled, "Brother Xu?" ”

"Shhh......h Although Xu Qi was puzzled in his heart, he trusted Xu Qing, so he pouted and sat down and stopped asking.

"The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, beat him with twenty military sticks and imprison him!" Xu Qing said to the guard, and at this time, Lu Jing's tense body relaxed, relaxed, and clenched fists. Xu Qing saw all this in his eyes, and a sneer couldn't help but appear at the corner of his mouth, Lu Jing, Lu Jing, I still want to break the net with Ye Yu.

In the blink of an eye, the guards put Lu Jing up and beat him, and the twenty military sticks mixed with Lu Jing's wail reached everyone's ears.

"Xiangguo...... Oh, Lord Xu is really kind-hearted, but for this kind of person...... "The Xi clan gestured to Xu Qing with a disgusted face, which means that for a villain like Lu Jing, there is no need to be benevolent.

"It's okay......" Xu Qing waved his hand and motioned for the Xi envoy to continue to say what he meant.

"Princesses, lords, and ministers are here just to make friendly relations with the Xi clan and promote harmony between the two sides." The envoy of the Xi nationality took out a roll of parchment with these many words engraved on it.

Xu Qing was shocked in his heart, could it be that the Xi people spent such a large amount of money just to use the strategy of saluting first and then soldiering? Unlikely...... Could it be that the Xi people are in some trouble? Want to settle things here to avoid trouble in the rear? Is it Turkic?

After thinking for a while, Xu Qing sighed and said: "At this time, the stakes are very high, the princess is staying behind, and she needs to ask for the king's order." You will be able to get a reply after a few days. I assure you that whether this matters succeeds or not, you will be safe and sound. ”

After listening to Xu Qing's words, the envoy of the Xi clan also felt that it made sense, this kind of matter related to foreign races was indeed not something that could be decided by those who stayed behind.

"Princess, my lord, the minister retires ......"

The envoy of the Xi clan retreated, Xu Qi asked Xu Qing why he left Lu Jing's life, Xu Qing just smiled and said, he is dead, but just one more useless corpse, and the situation of the Xi tribe that he knows will also be buried in the loess.

Xu Qi suddenly understood.

The Xi people suddenly lowered their posture, and if they wanted to make peace with Bohai, something must have happened that caught them off guard. What is it? Just ask, Lu Jing came from the Xi tribe and you will know.

Leave Lu Jing in prison for a day, and at noon the next day, Xu Qing went to see him.

"You know what I meant by keeping you alive, right?"

"I know, you want to know why the Xi people want to make peace?"

"Yes, you say it......"

"Alas, it's because of the Oga ......"

"Ohga's? What is the name of the leader of the Oga clan? ”

"A ...... with the surname Jerod"

Yelubai, the man who is going to become the Great Khan, has gathered the Dahe clan!

Half an hour later, Lu Jing's corpse appeared in the wilderness, and a lonely grave stood hastily, because he confessed, and Xu Qing left his whole body.

After a while, the dark river dispatched, and one person sent the information collected by Xu Qing to Broken Hongchen. A team closely monitored the Xi envoys and inquired about Yelubai's situation from them. And the biggest group, go north!

The northward movement of the dark river is for Xu Qing's northward journey. Since he learned about Yelubai's unification of the Dahe clan, a big plan unfolded in Xu Qing's heart.

The Dahe clan was in a hurry to swallow up the Xi people, and it was nothing more than trying to concentrate their forces to resist the Turks. You can unite or help the Dahe clan, swallow the Xi people together, and then go back to back with the Xi people, one to deal with the Turks with peace of mind, and the other with Goguryeo. In this way, the Bohai Sea can be strengthened, and a major disaster can also be removed. For the Dahe clan, it is also an opportunity to easily take down the Xi clan and avoid casualties in the bitter battle.

It's a risky move.

Because the Bohai Kingdom is too weak, even compared to the Xi people, it is much worse. If the Dahe clan unites to deal with the Xi clan, who can guarantee that after the Xi clan is destroyed, the Dahe clan will not take advantage of the situation to destroy the Bohai Sea?

If there is no Xu Qing, then the most appropriate choice for Bohai is to unite with the Xi clan against the Dahe clan, and the only way to resist the strong is to connect the two weak.

However, Xu Qing and Dahe's Yelubai had a life-saving grace, so they had a chance to turn around.

Xu Qing went north precisely for this opportunity. Of course, even if Xu Qing is here, it is a big adventure.

After all, there is only a personal relationship between Xu Qing and Yelubai, even if it is a life-saving grace, it is also a personal relationship. Is it possible to make Yelubai give up the opportunity for the growth of the Oga clan?