The bright moon shines on the surging Yangtze River, and only pieces of silver scales flicker on the vast water.

Fujiwara Yoshino, who was known as Sima Guanghai, couldn't sleep, got up in his clothes, got out of the cabin room, and went to the deck of the ship, looking at the shore where only a rough outline could be seen on both sides of the strait in the dark night, and his face flashed with deep pain.

He was followed by two personal guards, these two guards from Haidongye Jurchen, one was stabbed in the chest, and the other spear was stabbed in the waist, but they were very loyal, and at this time they were still guarding him at all times.

At this time, it was not yet dawn, but he knew that he had gone upriver from Yangzhou and arrived in Jinling.

"The most dangerous place is the safest place."

This sentence is said to have come from the mouth of Emperor Lu himself, and Fujiwara Yoshino agrees with it. He felt that no matter how powerful China's security department was, he should not have imagined that he would come to Jinling quietly at this time.

Fujiwara Yoshino was twenty-five years old at this time, his figure was a little thin, he was wearing a brocade robe, and he coughed from time to time. Back five years ago, he was still a sturdy warrior, but five years was enough time for him to become a traditional Chinese warrior, a scholar who looked like he couldn't lift his hands and shoulders.

Even the cheeks in his hands fell off. A pair of hands are as white and tender as a woman.

This ship is a dark chess piece he planted earlier, not for the help of this ship, not for the credit of this chess piece, he and Konoe Wenzhong have all died in the reeds east of Taizhou with the loyal guards around him.

The ship is a small cargo ship, which travels back and forth from north to south of the river all the year round, and its main business is to transport salt.

Sima Guanghai has become Zhao Ye at this moment and has become a small salt merchant. In the current era of poor communication, as long as you have money and are willing to work hard, it is not difficult to find out a few real credentials.

The river breeze in August was already a little cold, but Fujiwara Yoshino didn't feel cold at all, because of his wrong decision, a series of layouts in Yangzhou were wiped out, and the power in his hands was seriously damaged, and he couldn't forgive himself.

It was a major failure, for his duty, for those behind him.

The two wild Jurchen guards remained silent. Fujiwara Yoshino didn't know how long he had been standing outside, and by the time he came back to his senses, half of his body was cold.

"Let's go back." Take a deep breath and the cold air will go straight into your lungs. Fujiwara Yoshino snorted and sneezed.

The past cannot be traced, and a true warrior must dare to face the bleak life. Besides, emptiness is color, color is emptiness, and bliss in passing away is also a great good deed.

“…… Since I came ashore, I haven't felt like I've been riding the waves for a long time. Although the Yangtze River is just a small river compared to the ocean, it is full of water at a glance, which reminds me of the past. ”

"What is there to miss about the cramped cabin? I'm just bored now. There were several wounds among the brothers that were still getting worse, and they had to go ashore. ”

"What's the use of being in a hurry? We are now a rat that cannot see the light, and it is up to the superior to call the shots, so you should be patient! ”

"You don't have to endure for long. From Yangzhou to Jinling, it's just a blink of an eye. It will be able to land after dawn. ”

The remaining guards in the cabin whispered.

Fujiwara Yoshino heard their voices, and there was no emotion in his heart. Don't look at the previous time when they were pursued by the Security Division, they fought desperately, and with more than 20 casualties, they were able to get out of him, Konoe Wenzhong, and several other important people. But in order to entrap these people, how much did the forces behind him pay?

Everything is just an exchange.

As for the disrespect in these people's words, Fujiwara Yoshino laughed self-deprecatingly. He is now so gray and stumped, fleeing from the lair, such an embarrassment, can't it make people dissatisfied?

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A strong northerly wind blowing from Siberia swept across the steppes on the north shore of the endless Golden Lake, bringing a chill to the people.

Jinhu is the Zhaisangbo of later generations, because it is close to the Altun Mountain of later generations, Emperor Lu named it Jinhu, and by the way, he also changed the name to Yizhishui, called Jinjiang.

The name of Yizhishui is extremely unfamiliar to many people's ears, but its later name is familiar to countless people, that is, the Irtysh River.

Jaisampo is a lake in the upper reaches of the Irtysh River.

This is the northwest frontier of the Liao State in the true sense, and there is a sticky eight Ge tribe, that is, the barbarian tribe. Historically, Temujin was a formidable opponent when he unified the steppes, and the Great Khan of the Naiban tribe at that time called himself Sun Khan, with an army of 100,000. And the current Naiban Department is a dog that was originally used by the Liao people to watch the door, but now it has changed to the main house, but it is still a dog.

The target of the dog's "caretaker" was the Kupchak Khanate in the northwest, a steppe khanate that had just converted to monotheism.

They were part of the Turkic people, and the whole khanate was a great tribal alliance, consisting of the Kimak, Oghuz and Kpchak, Pecheneg Turgish, Konle, Khazar, Magyar, Argen, Baogar, Usun, Alban-Yueban, Dulat, Qarluq, Urat and other tribes, and later joined the Nine Indian Naman and the Twelve Cross Kereh tribes.

They did not have much competitiveness against the more well-organized nomads of the East, but they were a headache for the Qarakhanids. Even the division of the Eastern and Western Qarakhanids had their share of strength.

After the Lu Qi Dynasty conquered the Khitan, it naturally inherited the Khitan legacy, and even took the initiative to send troops to Beihai [Lake Baikal], just because that place was the place where Su Wu shepherded sheep, Emperor Lu felt that it could only belong to China. Even if it can't form an effective rule, it will first plant a flag circle and occupy it. Convert the people there into vassals.

And the Kupchak Khanate naturally came into his field of vision.

After all, it was a khanate, more advanced than a real tribal alliance, and Emperor Lu had originally prepared a good opponent for the Kupchak Khanate. Huo Guogong Tian Hu.

But the birdman didn't want to stay there, because he thought the place was too bitter and cold.

So Tian Hu's Huo State became a country that was still on paper, and Emperor Lu lent Tian Hu the Ili region in later generations to settle down, but it was obvious that the Ili River Valley area could not really be given to Tian Hu. Now King Tian is leading his army towards the Ghaznavid Dynasty, which is the helper that Emperor Lu found for Yelu Dashi, and it is also the foothold of Tian Hu in the future.

That part of Afghanistan is very important, and it is necessary to establish a feudal state.

On the shore of the north shore of Jinhu Lake, a black fortress stands on the vast prairie, which contrasts sharply with the full greenery on the side.

At the head of the city, a young officer was folding his arms and observing the situation in a radius of hundreds of miles with a cold gaze. If you don't look closely, it is difficult for people to associate this dark-skinned and sharp-eyed young man with Pei Yun, the eldest son of Pei Xuan, who was in Yidu a few years ago and indulged in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion.

Pei Yun back then was known as the "jade-faced little marquis", with red lips and white teeth, and a face like a crown of jade.

But he didn't want the wind on the grassland to be so cold, and it took less than three years to not only blow away the residual squirrels on Pei Yun's body, but also to create a real soldier.

Compared with the lively and prosperous Yidu in Eight Streets and Nine Mo, life on the grassland and life in the army is undoubtedly boring. For more than two years, Pei Yun, who was stationed in Jinhu City, had never seen the same gold and gems as Jinling Wharf Mountain, nor did he know that the horse fever and princess fever that were being set off in the upper echelons of Lu Qi. He was accompanied only by the firmament, the grassland, and the daily routine of drills and patrols.

He has not been back to the Central Plains once for more than two years, and he has never had any contact with his family except for writing a few letters back to his family. Not being able to respect filial piety to his parents certainly made him feel guilty. But the peaceful atmosphere of Jinhu City made him feel even more anxious.

You know, from the beginning, he never thought of being a 'manly man'. Going to study in the Wuluo Academy is in line with the trend, at that time, the children of Lu Qi's nobles [civil officials] mostly entered the Wuluo Academy, but this is by no means why he has had the ambition to join the army since he was a child!