After the beginning of spring, the winter snow melts away, and the last touch of white turns into dew in the warm sunlight and soaks into the soil, and the bare foothills and brown grasslands emerge a little tender green, and the birds return with a vivid atmosphere. In this atmosphere, Shanggu County gradually became lively again, and the peddlers and pawns got up early in order to make a living and rushed to the south gate.

Compared with the silent military camp at the beginning of the year, at this moment, the soldiers and horses who heard that they had returned from the Western Expedition had signs of mobilization, and in the dead of night, they could hear the sound of weapons and armor colliding from the distant military camp.

And the princes of the states who have long known this news have sent people to mobilize to the north to watch this tiger and wolf army, a little farther, set off early at the beginning of the year, pinching the time, and arriving on the day of the second dragon raising its head in the second lunar month, after all, there are some things, seeing is believing, it is better than sitting at home all day and guessing much more steadily. A team of envoys from Liaodong had passed the Juyong Pass and drove all the way on the official road.

“…..... Last year, I persuaded the lord, everything is not clear, do not act rashly against Youzhou, recall that day when I heard the news of the return of the wolf king, the whole person was frightened, the lord has not seen the Gongsun Zhi, I don't know how powerful, Yang Changshi has not seen it, I don't know how to dissuade one or two? ”

The wheels creak and turn, the carriages sway and rise with the uneven road surface, the foothills on the side are paved with green, and many caravans and pedestrians can be seen coming and going between the intersection of the roads. The old man named Zhang Nian, with a white beard and a knotted body, was burly and powerful, and an iron spear hung horizontally outside the carriage, making a slight collision with the undulations.

He is a famous general under the command of Gongsun Du, known as the first warrior in Liaodong, but after ten years, people have come down from their peak, but he is still a prestigious veteran in the Liaodong Army.

"How did Yi not dissuade, it's just that the lord is greedy for Youzhou, not to mention that Liaodong has been peaceful and rich in recent years, and there are more than 70 people in Liaodong alone, not counting Liaoxi, Lelang and other places, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, how can the lord not be eager in his heart? If it weren't for the news that the wolf king had returned from slaughtering the Western Regions, I am afraid that he would have gathered troops and horses to the south again, if it weren't for the persuasion of Yi and Liu Yi, the troops would have been directed at Goguryeo, so as to go down the steps, otherwise Gongsun Zhi's army would have been pushed to Liaoxi. ”

Lowering the curtain, he retracted his gaze and looked at the white-haired No. 1 warrior in Liaodong in front of him: "...... That's why I have to take Fang Jun to present it to the wolf king, to show that I don't have the heart of secession in Liaodong, in fact, I'm more worried about Yuan Gongzi, a young man who is heroic, a rare talent, and I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it in the future......"

"As envoys to Liaodong, the two of them are a little too prestigious." Interrupting Yangyi's words was another messenger, the younger generation of Liaodong, Liupu, who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, reading military books, and now serving as a military counselor in the Liaodong Army.

Liu Pu has a delicate face, a slender figure, and only a handful of shallow beards under his chin, quite a Confucian general's demeanor, seeing the two Liaodong old ministers looking at him, he continued: "Yuan Gongzi is erudite, has the world in his heart, who in the younger generation can reach it?" And although Gongsun Zhi is strong, in his early years, he just relied on the ups and downs of Northland Doma in Liaodong, subdued Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu, and was respected as a wolf king, and he also used it to flaunt himself, with Erzhou and several counties in the North, but he had such a title, and he stopped moving, and now it seems that he is just a short-sighted person, but it is ridiculous that Wang Lie ran to Shanggu County a few years ago, thinking that he hugged his thighs and went up with the trend, but now he is still a county guard, what kind of talent and what kind of person. ”

"Joining the army is a bit too much." Zhang Nian shook his head: "Although Gongsun Zhi has selfish intentions, but in the end there has been no war on the border for many years, Xianbei and Wuhuan have moved away, and Liaodong has stabilized. ”

"The general is old." Naryupu snorted and turned his head away.

Zhang Nian frowned, and wanted to say more, but Yang Yi on the other side glanced at him before giving up. Soon after, there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the car, and after saying a few words outside, he galloped away, and Liu Pu opened the corner of the curtain: "What happened just now?" ”

A Liaodong cavalryman approached: "Qiyu Liu joined the army, he is the cavalry of Fuyang City, and he ordered us to go directly to the south of the city." ”

"I'm a guest from afar, and I don't want to wait for me to stay at the inn first....." Liu Pu waved his hand to let the man leave, sat back and snorted again: "Hmph, it's really a barbarian style." ”

Quite disdainful to say a word, seeing that the other two did not have the same hatred with him, stupidly caged hands in the sleeves, after the carriage bypassed the east gate, the time was noon, the sky outside was warm, but there were more and more pedestrians on the road, after a few miles, the front of the road was already a bustling crowd walking, rich people drove ox carts or carriages to travel with their families, at this time it was the spring sowing season, no matter how crowded the road was, no one got down to pass through the fields.

In Liupu's complaints, they really arrived at the outskirts of the south of the city, impatiently drilled out of the curtain, at a glance, there was still a crowd of people in front of them, that is, the guards in the team stepped forward to drive away, and only then did they walk forward with difficulty for a while, and their eyes were already seeing the outline of the high platform.

"If you ride so high, then Gongsun Zhi is not afraid of falling to death." Liupu stood straight, with his hands behind his back, and when he said a word in the breeze, the crowd in front of him surged, and he squeezed towards this side, and the horse neighed and moved back, and the moment he was caught in the car, he fell directly down.

The two guards hurriedly lifted Liupu up from the ground, and when they saw the surge moving back, more than a dozen northland cavalry came to this side and stopped, nailed the wooden stakes they brought to the ground, and wandered around with a voice: "The governor inspects the army, you have the honor to watch the ceremony, but you must not go beyond the signs, and those who trespass should be killed for the crime of disorder." ”

Liu Pu tidied up his messy bun, patted the mud and dust off his green robe, and spat on the ground in the crowd: "Let people come and see, and don't let people get close and see clearly, I'm ..... a person who hides it." ”

He said this quietly in the crowd, and only he could hear it, and when he muttered, in the carriage he was riding, the curtain was lifted, Zhang Nian and Yang Yi walked out, and the cavalry who shouted in front of him arched his hand: "We are Liaodong envoys, and we have come here to present a map of Obifang County, and I also ask you to make it convenient, so that we can go in and watch the ceremony." ”

After speaking, the person handed over the token. The cavalryman looked at it, nodded to his companion next to him, and then asked people to open a passage, and the Liaodong team could pass through this side, and under the guidance, they parked the carriage in the corner, and the three of them were groomed, and walked towards the bottom of the high platform with a small number of followers. The security checkpoints along the way are almost ten steps and one post, and five steps and one sentry, and the search is also very strict.

"This Gongsun Zhi's specifications are quite big, I'm afraid that the emperor is not as good as ......"

Zhang Nian looked at the soldiers in front of him, turned his face slightly, and shouted in a low voice: "If you talk nonsense again, just go back for me!" ”

At this time, a tall figure came from behind, Liu Pu wanted to fight back, but he felt a pain in his shoulder, staggered forward and stepped out a few steps, almost pounced on the back of Yang Yi in front, after stabilizing his body, he was about to open his mouth to scold, the past was a tall and strong man, holding a mace thicker than a person's thigh, under the loose bun, a face with a thick beard, looking fierce and rude. Liu Pu's open mouth suddenly closed, moved a small step, and shrank towards Zhang Nian.

The strong man didn't look at him, threw the mace to the soldier, and walked in front of Yangyi: "Li Ke, the protector of Xiazhong, since you are the envoys of Liaodong, please show me the map first, in case there is a hidden blade in the map." As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Pu, who was shrunk beside Zhang Nian.

The latter hurriedly waved his hand: "This general check ..... check." "Although he is young and vigorous, his words are mean, but at the moment he is cowardly.

"General, please check." Yang Yi handed the wooden box from the guard's hand to the other side, and said with a smile: "...... has all the atlases of Fang County in it, but the drawing is in a hurry, and it is not too detailed. ”

"Oh, I only read other things, and I can't read."

After speaking, Li Ke took out the golden silk cloth, pinched it first, and then unfolded it in his hand to check, when a voice shouted in front of him: "Xiliang Ma Teng-"

Here, Zhang Nian, Yangyi, and Liupu turned around, after all, the east is Liaodong, and the other party is far away in Xiliang, and it is rare to have the opportunity to see it in almost a lifetime, and at the same time as they look over there, Li Ke took advantage of their inattention, stuffed a thing into it, folded the cloth, and put it back in the box.

"Let's go over, I'll go to the Xiliang people to have a look."