Li Yanqing stayed in Gyeongju for another ten days before returning to Jingzhao Mansion, as long as he got the compensation and ransom money and horses, the follow-up treatment of Gyeongju had nothing to do with him, and all of them were left to Zhizhou Linde to deal with, he needed to recuperate, and then calm down to consider the next move.

As soon as he returned to Jingzhao Mansion, he received two happy news, one was that his wife gave birth to Lin'er, and the mother and son were safe, and the other was that he was also the head of Yanyan Road.

The news that he finally became a father made Li Yanqing very happy, but the appointment of the head of Yan Yanlu really made Li Yanqing a little confused.

Shaanxi Road is an administrative division to some extent, because it is too important to the strategic location of Western Xia, so the imperial court from a military point of view in the north of Shaanxi Road along the Song-Xia border to draw six route armies, namely Yongxing Military Road, Yanyan Road, Huanqing Road, Jingyuan Road, Qinfeng Road and Xihe Road, of which Xihe Road has been controlled by the Western Xia, in fact there are only five roads, these five roads directly border with the Western Xia, stationed 60,000 border troops.

Li Yanqing was crowned as the governor of the Yanyan Road, which included Suizhou, Yan'an and Yanzhou in terms of geography, and had 10,000 troops, and the actual garrison of the army was in Suizhou and Yan'an Prefecture, but he was only in charge of the army, but he did not ask about the local administration.

"Sir, what do you think is the significance of the imperial court appointing me as the head of Yanyan Road?" Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and asked.

Mo Jun smiled: "I've been thinking about this question for a few days, Yan Yan Road is on the border, and you are in Jingzhao Mansion, it stands to reason that the two should have nothing to do with each other, and there are Yaozhou, Fangzhou and Juzhou in between, but I heard that Western Xia has signed a border agreement with the imperial court, and it is agreed that they will not use each other's swords and soldiers within twenty years, so that the possibility of war on the border is not great, and the imperial court is likely to be disarmed on Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road to reduce the burden of military spending." ”

Li Yanqing frowned, "It's impossible for the border to be without an army!" ”

"Of course there will be an army, but it won't be as many as now, I estimate that at most half of the army will be retained, and the Yanyun Road Army will likely be cut, but Yan'an Mansion and the Suizhou border can't be without garrisons, at this time, the imperial court will appoint you as the head of Yanyun Road, won't the army come?"

Li Yanqing suddenly understood, "Are you saying that the imperial court will let the Jingzhao Mansion army fill the border army of Yan'an Mansion and Suizhou?" ”

Mo Jun nodded, "This should be what it means, otherwise it really doesn't make any sense to make you the head of Yanjun Road." ”

Li Yanqing took a few steps with his hands in his hands, "If that's the case, wouldn't I want to put a deputy general in Yan'an Mansion and Suizhou?" So who do you think is better in the past? ”

"I think Cao is good, he is good at defense, and then put three battalions over, including two battalions in Yan'an Mansion and one battalion in Suizhou, it should be enough, of course, the premise is that the imperial court is really disarmed."

Li Yanqing nodded silently, his heart was a little heavy, there are still three years in history before the Jin soldiers are about to attack the Song Dynasty, although Wanyan Agu died unexpectedly under Yanjing City, but his death was only one year earlier than history, so the extent to which this matter can change history is still debatable, at least Wanyan Wu Qimai has successfully ascended the throne, and began to consolidate the throne as in history, Li Yanqing is very worried that the Jin Kingdom will attack the Song Dynasty in advance.

It's really unwise to disarm the Great Song Dynasty at this juncture!

That evening, Li Yanqing wrote a memo strongly advising the imperial court to maintain sufficient military deterrence on the Tangut border, arguing that the Tangut promises could not be trusted, and that once they had completed their strategic plan in the north, they would likely turn around and attack the Song dynasty and force the Song dynasty to restore the Sui coins.

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More than three months have passed in a flash, and Li Yanqing's letter to the imperial court is like a mud cow entering the sea, without any news, but the court's decision-making is exactly the same as Mo Jun's guess, the border agreement reached by the two countries in Song and Xia has a clause on the simultaneous disarmament of the two sides, according to the agreement between the two sides, the border garrisons of the two sides will be gradually reduced to 10,000 within 20 years, of which the first three years shall not be higher than 40,000, of which the border garrisons on Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road shall not be higher than 20,000.

The Western Xia army took the lead in fulfilling the treaty, reducing the 150,000 border army by 110,000 to maintain only 40,000 troops, and the Song dynasty also began to act, reducing the troops of Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road to 20,000 each.

However, the Western Xia transferred the reduced army to the north, and the Song Dynasty transferred the reduced army back to the capital, which made Li Yanqing not expect, perhaps the loss of troops in the two northern expeditions was too large, so the imperial court did not cut the army, so Li Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Zhao Ji is not stupid at all, and he is reluctant to let the elite Western army go home and return to the farm.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty also played a small trick, only reducing the border army and not cutting the garrisons of Jingzhao and Taiyuan, so the significance of Li Yanqing concurrently serving as the head of Yanyun Road is shown, once the border is critical, Li Yanqing and Yao Pingzhong will directly lead the Jingzhao Army and the Taiyuan Army to the north.

After entering December, heavy snow fell in the north and the Central Plains, and the entire Huai River and the north of Zhongnan Mountain were covered by vast heavy snow, and the border at this time was the quietest, and the heavy snow closed the road, and neither the Jin soldiers nor the Western Xia army could go south.

Seeing that there were only ten days left before the New Year, Li Yanqing packed his luggage and returned to the capital to visit relatives.

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Fenglingdu, in the southwest of Rui County, Hedong Road, about 30 miles away from the county seat, adjacent to Luoyang Mansion and Shaanxi Road in the south, Fenglingdu is at the corner of the Yellow River turning eastward, is an extremely important traffic and strategic fortress, across Hebei, Qin, Jin, and the Central Plains three major regional boundaries, since ancient times is the largest ferry on the Yellow River.

At this time, the Yellow River has thick ice, several heavy snows make the heaven and earth become white and boundless, it is the eve of the New Year, the Fengling ferry is particularly lively, crowded with travelers who are ready to go home for the New Year, here to cross the Yellow River is mainly to take a sled, otherwise the hike past, the severe cold on the ice is easy to leave hidden dangers for people's bodies.

Of course, it's okay to be well prepared, but you still like the feeling of sitting on a sleigh wrapped in a thick quilt.

This time in Beijing, Li Yanqing only brought Zhang Ying and more than a dozen personal soldiers, his four personal guards, Yang Guang went to the scout camp, Zhang Hu mastered the intelligence department, Zhang Bao commanded the firearms battalion, and only Zhang Ying served as the leader of his personal guards and served as the deputy commander.

Zhang Ying took a few of his own soldiers to look for the sleigh, while Li Yanqing stood in an open place and waited patiently, not far away there was a row of taverns and restaurants, full of customers, and business was very good.

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the tavern, "What kind of wine does your bird shop sell, damn it, how much water is mixed with it?" ”

Hearing this voice, Li Yanqing immediately laughed, he turned around and walked towards the tavern, opened the curtain and walked into the lobby, and sure enough, he saw Niu Gao standing on the side of the stairs and pulling the shopkeeper's shirt and yelling: "It's more expensive than Alum Tower, if you don't take out good wine, Lao Tzu will demolish your bird shop." ”

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he couldn't say a word, Li Yanqing smiled: "Old Niu, what are you doing?" ”

Niu Gao was startled, turned around and saw Li Yanqing, he pushed the shopkeeper away, and said happily: "Commander, why are you here?" ”

"When I go back to the capital, of course I have to pass by here, but it's you, how did you go west from Taiyuan?"

"Don't mention it, this year's snow is exceptionally heavy, several passages in Taihang Mountain have been closed, and Wangwu Mountain can't pass there, so I have to make a detour with Agui to Fengling."

"Wang Gui is also here?"

"It's upstairs, I'll call him!"

"No need, let's go up together."

Li Yanqing and Niu Gao walked to the second floor together, walked up the stairs, and sure enough, they saw Wang Gui sitting by the window drinking, Niu Gao was about to shout, but Li Yanqing held him down, smiled and waved his hand, and he walked up directly and sat down next to Wang Gui.

"Somebody sits here, are you going somewhere else?" Wang Gui didn't look up, and his tone was quite impatient.

"Can't we even have a glass of wine together?" Li Yanqing smiled slightly.

Wang Gui froze suddenly, slowly raised his head, his eyes widened, he's 'Ha! With a loud shout, a punch was thrown at Li Yanqing, and the drinkers on the second floor looked over here.

Li Yanqing grabbed his wrist and said with a smile: "When did your kid have this problem?" ”

Wang Gui was extremely excited, and his face bloomed with a smile, "I just told Lao Niu if I would meet Lao Li, and sure enough, I really met it, it's really providential!" ”

"Providence! It's the New Year soon, why are you here? Going to the capital? ”

Wang Gui's face darkened, and he said for a while: "It's hard to say a word, let's talk about it later!" ”

At this time, Niu Gao came up with three bottles of wine, put the wine on the table, and said angrily: "What a fucking black shop, this is found from their wine cellar, and it hasn't had time to mix water yet." ”

The shopkeeper stepped forward to put the wine hot for them, and begged in a low voice: "These three bottles of wine are sent by the small shop, please raise your noble hands for the three military masters!" ”

Wang Gui waved his hand, "Forget it this time, and serve a few more good dishes!" ”

"I know, I'll be right away!"

Wang Gui poured Li Yanqing a glass of wine, and said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone: "This time you really did not do a good job, went to Jingzhao Mansion, but left the brothers behind, now the brothers are in trouble, do you help or not?" ”

Li Yanqing was stunned, and the hand raising the glass stopped in mid-air, "What do you mean by that?" ”