On the eighth day of September in the third year of Dachen Shenlong, outside the city of Yanmen.

Chen Kefu led the officials of Yanmen Pass to see off the soldiers and horses led by Wang Rengong. Chen Zi Flag, Wang Zi Shuai Flag, Qin Zi Jiang Flag, Zhang Zi Jiang Flag, Cheng Zi Jiang Flag, Luo Zi Jiang Flag, Black Flying Eagle Military Flag, Five-clawed Yellow Dragon National Flag One by one in the wind.

Under the banners one after another, there were helmets one after another, Wang Rengong's marshal Huang tassel helmet, Qin Qiong, Cheng Bingjin, Luo Shixin, Daniel Zhang, Zhang Meng, Zhang Biao, Shen Guang and other generals' red tasseled helmets, white helmets of non-commissioned colonels, and black helmets of the military police and scouts in charge of military discipline inspectors and special service department scouts, and on top of countless top helmets with dazzling light, wisps of helmets danced in the wind.

Under the dazzling marshal Huang Ying's helmet, Wang Rengong's weather-beaten eyes did not see the slightest worry about going to the outside of the fortress, and some were just the momentum of a strong man like a mountain and a hero without regrets. He swayed his head full of gray hair, his eyes were like a sword, and his expression was like a knife.

On the high gate tower of Yanmen Pass, a long row of trumpeters began to blow the long horn, and the majestic horn sounded one after another.

At this moment, Emperor Chen Ke, who was dressed in bright yellow armor, appeared on the city tower. I saw that under the gaze of tens of thousands of soldiers, Chen Kefu walked to the largest war drum on the city tower, took the double mallet from the drummer's hand, raised his arms back, and then struck a pair of drumsticks heavily on the cowhide drum.

The snare drum beats, crescendo to the point of shock.

In the sound of the emperor's drums, more war drums began to beat, and for a moment they sounded like thunder, and the sound of drums resounded throughout the Yanmen Gate.

The soldiers who stood neatly and solemnly outside the gate couldn't help but turn red, and their spears were neatly waved, with the soldiers of the three armies shouting in unison: "Long live, long live." Banzai! ”

Ma Rulong. The people are like tigers, and the 50,000 light horsemen who set out on the expedition are full of morale and spears like a forest. The steel knife is better than the snow, the flag is like the sea, and the roar is shocking.

The roar of the people was stirring for a long time. The whole Guancheng was full of excitement.

After a long time, Chen Kefu walked down from the city tower and rode his horse to Wang Rengong and other generals.

"Bring the wine!" Chen Kefu said loudly.

The waiters brought the imperial wine, and Chen Kefu personally picked up a wine jar and poured the wine for the generals one by one.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Da Chen has been established for three years, but there are still disputes in the world. Now there are steppe wolves snooping on the side, and this expedition is to force the wolves to retreat. Then the court has a chance to sweep the world. Your journey is a long and dangerous one. I am here today. A glass of wine for all the warriors. I wish you all a great success! ”

Wang Rengong took the wine glass and drank it all. "Please rest assured, your Majesty will live up to Your Majesty's expectations."

Li Jing also handed Wang Rengong a glass of wine on the side and said, "Big brother, second brother is waiting for the good news of the eldest brother at Yanmen Pass!" The eldest brother returned victoriously on the other day, and the second brother is still here to prepare wine and wait for the wind! ”

Wei Chigong, Changsun Wuji, Changsun Shunde and other civil and military personnel in Yanmen Pass stepped forward to pour wine for the soldiers to see them off. In addition, the officials in the city had already prepared the wine for the soldiers, and at this time, they also recruited them one by one to serve wine to tens of thousands of soldiers.

Woooooo ~

The drums and horns sounded in unison, and the three armies set out for battle.

On the Yanmen Pass, Chen Kefu led hundreds of officials to look northward, and in the distance, the soldiers and horses led by Wang Rengong were wrapped in smoke and dust, and moved slowly to the north.

Three days later, Song Jingang took 3,000 light horsemen to escort the last group of more than 20,000 people outside the pass and finally arrived at Yanmen Pass. At this point, more than 300,000 people outside the Yanmen Pass have all retreated to the Yanmen Pass at this time, and the countless towns and villages outside the pass have all been turned into ruins according to Chen Kefu's order to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness. Hundreds of thousands of people poured into Yanmen Pass at once, but fortunately, Changsun Wuji and others had already made sufficient preparations, and a large number of people began to go south to Taiyuan, Loufu, Xihe and other places, where the local government had already been prepared to receive it in accordance with the orders of the imperial court. …,

And the attachment of Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er also brought about 50,000 soldiers of all ages. For these people, Chen Kefu, who was extremely short of soldiers and horses at this time, did not disband them immediately, but temporarily mixed these 50,000 soldiers and horses with the township soldiers and militia groups. For Song Jingang and other surrendered generals, Chen Kefu was very generous, Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er had previously obtained the titles of Song County Duke and Yan County Duke, at this time Chen Kefu each awarded them the post of Tiger General, and also rewarded a lot of money and land.

This time, Song Jingang and others arrived, and they also brought a team of envoys from the Turkic Emperor Yehu Khan. These people were originally going to Luoyang to see Chen Kefu, but after Chen Kefu knew about this, he simply asked Song Jingang to bring the envoy to the palace in Yanmen City.

The next morning, Song Jingang entered the palace with Yili, the envoy of Tongye Hu Khan. Yi Li swaggered into the Shenlong Hall of the Xinggong with two retinues, and did not bow down to Chen Kefu in front of the Chinese martial arts officials of the hall. Instead, he stood there a little arrogantly and arched his hand and said, "I am the envoy of the Great Khan of the Boundless Grassland, and I have seen the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty. ”

Chen Kefu sat in the hall and looked at him coldly, Yi Li looked like he was about forty points, his sheepskin robe was full of stains, and the leather hat on his head was also a little damaged. His head was covered with long strands of hair, and a few strange strands of bone ornaments hung from it. A pair of blistered eyes, a garlic nose, a face full of grass-like beards, and a wolf tooth pendant around his neck. The whole person looks as bad as his attitude.

Yili was still a little arrogant at the beginning, standing in the east of the hall and looking around, not looking at Emperor Da Chen. But after a while, he squinted at Chen Kefu, but saw that Chen Kefu just looked at him coldly and did not speak. couldn't help but be a little breathless, and couldn't help shouting: "Are you Central Plains people such hospitality?" What else is the state of etiquette, I don't think that's it. ”

Chen Kefu sat on the dragon chair, snorted coldly, slapped the dragon chair heavily, pointed at Yili and reprimanded: "My Central Plains has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, but our etiquette is only used by those who have been educated. You are just a bunch of barbarians who are clothed in animal skins, who drink blood and do not know the etiquette and shamelessness, and they do not need to be polite to you, and you are not worthy. Back then, I had an alliance with the Khan of You, and I helped him seize the position of Khan of the Steppe, and took Jinshan as the boundary, he was in the west, and I was in the east, and they were friendly with each other, and each did not offend each other. In the past few years, you have betrayed your treachery, taking advantage of the chaos in our Central Plains, crossing the Golden Mountain, and plundering all the departments of the eastern grassland, which is already an extremely rude and treacherous act. I remembered the original covenant and tolerated it again and again, but you didn't know how to advance or retreat, and actually regarded my tolerance as weakness and bullying, and now you actually entered the territory of my Dachen to settle down. You say, should I behead you today for such an act, and then send your head to the Guardian of the Leaves to show my heart? ”

Sun Wuji, the governor of Hedong, also said coldly to Yili: "What kind of master there is, what kind of slave will there be." When Tongye Hu was persecuted by Daro Khan, he begged my envoy bitterly, and even married my lord with a daughter to help him win the position of Great Khan. His Majesty the Emperor remembered the sincerity of the protection of the leaves, and sent troops to help. Unexpectedly, Tong Ye Hu has just defeated Daluo Khan now, and he is already crazy, do you really think that there is no one in the world who can control him? At that time, our emperor only had 100,000 troops in Liaodong, and he was able to defeat Shibi Khan, who had 400,000 troops, in one fell swoop. Now that Shibi Khan and Jieli and other khans are still farming on my Ryukyu Island, isn't it that Tongye Hu Khan also wants to go and have a company with Shibi and Jieli? ”

Chi Gongren, the black charcoal head lieutenant, was like an iron tower, he was wearing a heavy armor and approached a few steps, his fingers rattled, and he shouted: "In front of the Son of Heaven, those who do not kneel die!" ”…,

Yili panicked, and sweat broke out on his forehead. It took him a while to calm down, looking at the full hall of Chen Dynasty civil and military, and finally he changed his humble face, shook his leather robe, knelt down respectfully in the hall, and bowed to Chen Ke according to standard etiquette. When Chen Ke saw this, he also knew in his heart that this guy was just pretending to be brute just now, but he was afraid that his rudeness just now was deliberate, in order to find out the attitude of Da Chen towards the Turks.

Chen Kefu knew in his heart that the tough performance he and the ministers just now probably made this Yili dare not be underestimated.

Since Yili acted according to the courtesy, Chen Kefu did not deliberately embarrass him anymore and spoke to him to calm down.

"You're here to see me, but what's the matter?"

Yi Li said: "Back to Emperor Chen, my Great Khan has a saying, and my Great Khan had an alliance with His Majesty the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty. Later, the Great Khan of my family married his beloved daughter Ayiguli to His Majesty the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty, and it is said that the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty is still the son-in-law of the Great Khan of my family, and it is already a family. The Great Khan of my family acted according to the agreement, but His Majesty the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty did not believe in it, and made an appointment with the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty to send Princess Yicheng to the grassland, marry the Great Khan of my family as Kedun, and form a good relationship between the two families. But my Great Khan has sent envoys to the Central Plains many times over the past few years to beg Emperor Dachen to send Princess Yicheng to the grassland, but you have been shirking it so far. ”

"Today, according to the order of the Great Khan of the Emperor Yehu, I came to the Central Plains again to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty, and asked to take Princess Yicheng back to the grassland to complete the marriage, if not"

Eldest Sun Wuji sneered: "What if not? ”

Yili laughed and said: "You started from Liaodong outside the Guan, you should know that the grassland cavalry is invincible in the world, and where the iron hooves fall, the strong city is turned into powder. Now my lord has unified the Eastern and Western Turks for three years, and now the whole country has gathered under the Yin Mountain, how can the three-foot wall of Yanmen be able to resist? Those who know the times are Junjie, the Great Khan hopes that you can have self-knowledge, send Princess Yicheng to the grassland as soon as possible, and take Dingxiang and Mayi two counties as the capital for marriage, and my Great Khan is lenient and benevolent, and will consider returning to Mobei, so that you can still be your emperor of the Chen Dynasty, and the living beings in the world will be saved from suffering. ”