Two days later, Ji Qingchen and Li Changzheng returned to Caozhou City, and the next day Emperor Yan's decree arrived.

However, the eunuch who came to announce the decree this time was Wei Zhongxian, the chief administrator of the Great Interior, which made Ji Qingchen slightly surprised. Because with Wei Zhongxian's current identity, if it weren't for the special decree in the special period, Wei Zhongxian would not have to leave the King's Landing to announce the decree outside, even if Caozhou defeated Beirong in the first battle this time, it was not worth Wei Zhongxian to go to Caozhou to announce the decree in person.

But this time, he personally went to Caozhou to announce the decree, which made Ji Qingchen have an inexplicable blind thought in his heart, could it be that something happened in King's Landing City?

Just when Ji Qingchen was thinking like this in his heart, Wei Zhongxian had already walked to the hall to announce the decree, he finished reading the content of the holy decree, walked straight to Ji Qingchen, and continued, "Your Highness, this time the old slave came to Caozhou to receive an order from His Royal Highness, and His Majesty gave His Royal Highness a secret decree, so that His Royal Highness would return to King's Landing City immediately with the old slave. ”

"What does Father mean?" Ji Qingchen was shocked again when he heard Wei Zhongxian's words.

Because he listened to Emperor Yan's caution about his return to King's Landing from Wei Zhongxian's words, in order to allow himself to return to King's Landing City, he could personally let Wei Zhongxian go out, was this to prevent himself from disrespecting the will? Could it be that he defeated Beirong in Caozhou, and his father had already had a guess in his heart? Or is it that someone told his father that he informed his father of the words of Li Changzheng and the 800 soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion on the upper floor of Caozhou City, so that his father had a problem with himself?

Thinking of this, Ji Qingchen's body shook again, and he couldn't believe that this would be the father he knew, because his father was not like this under his influence.

Again, he didn't believe that his father could be so narrow-minded.

But if you don't explain it like this, how can you explain that Wei Zhongxian personally went to Caozhou to announce the decree, and let himself go back to King's Landing City with Wei Zhongxian?

"Your Highness—" Wei Zhongxian saw that Ji Qingchen was still stunned, so he reminded in a low voice, "Your Highness, quickly accept the order!" ”

"The decree of the minister-" Ji Qingchen hurriedly returned to his senses and respectfully accepted the decree.

The content of the holy decree was, first, Emperor Yan agreed to Ji Qingchen's request to pardon Wei Quanxing, Xiang Ziyu, Xu Zizhang, Fang Wanqi, Meng Li and Xu Dachun for their dereliction of duty, and allowed them to continue to stay in the Northern Liao Army to atone for their crimes. Second, Emperor Yan asked the household department to pull out 100,000 copper coins for rewarding the three armies. Third, Cheng Qianfan, Bai Xiangcheng, Bai Yang, Yu Wenzhui, Li Changzheng and other meritorious soldiers were all promoted to one level. Fourth, the holy decree said that Emperor Yan was ready to let the Privy Council reform the Yulin Cavalry, considering that Ji Qingchen's Northern Liao Metropolitan Mansion would fight against the Beirong army alone, he assigned the Long Xiang army to Ji Qingchen's Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

When the people in the hall had heard what had been written, they were overjoyed.

Because of this battle, they put a lot of effort into victory, and after also defeating the Beirong cavalry, they also got the official position and title they wanted.

However, among the happy people, only Xiang Ziyu and Bai Xiangcheng frowned, and they didn't seem to be very happy with their reward. Because they heard it very clearly, this time the imperial court rewarded the generals who participated in the Caozhou War with high positions and generous titles, but only did not mention the reward of the Northern Liao King, the commander of the three armies who made the first contribution in the Caozhou War.

This made the two of them feel the slightest uneasy.

They don't think that the imperial court doesn't know that the real first merit of this Caozhou War should be given to the commander of the three armies, the Northern Liao Wang Ji Qingchen. But the imperial court just didn't give the king of Northern Liao a reward, and he didn't even mention his military exploits and praise him verbally.

That's not a good sign! The two thought to themselves. Looking at the king of Northern Liao who had already received the holy decree, seeing his gloomy expression, the hearts of the two of them were even more uneasy.

……

When Ji Qingchen arranged Wei Zhongxian to rest in the backyard, and when he returned to the study, he saw Bai Xiangcheng and Xiang Ziyu coming together.

"Have you come to this king for something?" Ji Qingchen asked. He was packing up his things in the study, because tomorrow morning, he would return to King's Landing City with Wei Zhongxian.

"Your Highness, is Your Majesty going to let you go back to King's Landing?" Bai Xiangcheng asked.

"Yes." Ji Qingchen nodded slightly, looked at the two of them in a little surprise and asked, "How do you know about Lu Dao?" ”

Just now, Wei Zhongxian told him that Emperor Yan asked him to return to the monarch, but he didn't say anything about it, and how did Bai Xiangcheng and Xiang Ziyu know about it?

"Guess." Xiang Ziyu replied truthfully, "Because there is no mention of the military exploits of the chief administrator in this holy decree, Ziyu feels that the imperial court does not want His Highness to continue to stay in Caozhou City." ”

"Yes." Ji Qingchen replied, he was not going to hide anything from the two of them, and said with a deep sigh, "This king will leave Caozhou with Gonggong Wei tomorrow and return to King's Landing City, and he is preparing to arrange Caozhou's military affairs at night, but I didn't expect you to come." ”

"Your Highness, why would Your Majesty let you return to King's Landing at this time?" Bai Xiangcheng was a little anxious and asked urgently.

But Ji Qingchen shook his head slightly and didn't speak.

This shows that he also doesn't know what Emperor Yan wanted him to return to King's Landing.

When the two of them saw that the King of Northern Liao himself didn't know what the court would do to let him return to King's Landing, they were even more shocked in their hearts, and secretly thought to themselves, did the imperial court really want to make a stupid move to change generals on the spot? Now, although he has defeated the 200,000 Beirong army and forced the Beirong elite cavalry out of Yunzhou, he has not been completely defeated!

"Don't speculate about this matter, this king still believes in his father's emperor, he asked this king to return to King's Landing City, there must be another hidden secret, not what you think." Ji Qingchen comforted.

Bai Xiangcheng and Xiang Ziyu were silent, they didn't know what to say, so they could only stay in the study for a while and leave.

In the evening, Ji Qingchen convened the generals of Northern Liao to discuss in the hall, he handed over the military affairs to the deputy chief Cheng Qianfan, and said a few comforting words to the generals before leaving.

The generals saw Ji Qingchen's somewhat lonely back when he left, and he was very angry, but he had no choice but to sigh slightly and leave.

The next day, Ji Qingchen left Caozhou City with Wei Zhongxian. He left this time, with only Li Changzheng and the 800 Xiao Cavalry Battalion with him. But before he had walked long out of Caozhou City, he saw a group of more than 40,000 iron horsemen appear on the official road ahead.

Wei Zhongxian was taken aback, thinking that it was the Beirong cavalry, but after a closer look, he found that it was the Great Yan Iron Cavalry wearing black armor, so he was relieved a lot, and asked Ji Qingchen, "Your Highness, what is this?" ”

"This, this king doesn't know what to do!" Ji Qingchen didn't know how to answer Wei Zhongxian, because he was also a little confused, and he didn't know what the cavalry and others in front wanted to do here.

However, at this time, they were already close, and Ji Qingchen found that this cavalry was the Black Eagle Cavalry of Baixiang City, and at the front of the cavalry team, Bai Xiangcheng, Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others were standing on horseback waiting for him. Seeing Ji Qingchen, everyone dismounted in unison and saluted him.

"What are you doing here?" Ji Qingchen roared coldly.

Seeing Bai Xiangcheng, Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others, he seemed to vaguely understand something.

But I can't believe they would do it.

"Your Highness, we want to return to King's Landing with you." Bai Xiangcheng said in a firm tone.

"Your Highness, we are willing to return to King's Landing with Your Highness." Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and the other eight people roared in unison.

Hearing the words of Bai Xiangcheng, Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others, Ji Qingchen at this moment finally confirmed his judgment and knew what Bai Xiangcheng and Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others were going to do.

Suddenly, his face instantly turned pale, and his eyes stared at Bai Xiangcheng with a grim gaze. Bai Xiangcheng was also not afraid of him, and his gaze met Ji Qingchen's eyes firmly.

The two looked at each other.

After a long time, Ji Qingchen said coldly, "Brother Xiang Cheng, go back!" ”

But Bai Xiangcheng didn't speak, just kept silent.

Because since he told Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others about his speculation last night, when they made this decision, they had already made up their minds, regardless of whether Ji Qingchen agreed or not.

"Baixiang City, this king orders you to return to Caozhou City immediately now, otherwise military law will deal with it." Ji Qingchen finally became angry, and he scolded coldly.

Because he knew what the consequences would be if Bai Xiangcheng and Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others did this.

But Bai Xiangcheng, Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others were still silent, they were determined to return to King's Landing with Ji Qingchen, and they also returned to King's Landing City with these 40,000 iron horsemen. Since the two battles and two victories with the Beirong elite cavalry, Bai Xiangcheng, Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and others have completely controlled this Tieqing.

Sonorous! Ji Qingchen suddenly pulled out the wolf blade sword on his waist and shouted to Bai Xiangcheng, "Brother Xiangcheng, immediately lead the Black Eagle back to the city, otherwise don't blame this king for being unkind and not thinking about brotherhood." ”

"Brother Jiu, what are you doing here?" Wang Yin asked puzzled.

"Brother Jiu, you've returned to King's Landing City, what are we doing in Caozhou City?" Liu Qingqing roared, "We also want to go back to King's Landing. ”

“……”

Yang Zhixing, Hou Xiaotian, Zuo Zongquan, Cao Yukun, Zhou Shun, and Lin Ping also said that they didn't want to stay in Caozhou City anymore and wanted to return to King's Landing City with Ji Qingchen.

Just now, Wei Zhongxian was still quietly watching the changes, but he was also a little moved when he saw that Bai Xiangcheng and Hou Xiaotian, Yang Zhixing, Zuo Zongquan, Cao Yukun, Zhou Shun, and Lin Ping were willing to abandon the high-ranking officials and Houlu for the sake of Ji Qingchen and voluntarily returned to the monarch with him, because he had never encountered a group of ruffians like Bai Xiangcheng and Wang Yin in his life.

"Brothers, go back!" Ji Qingchen sighed in a low voice and said, "This king promises you, no matter what happens when you return to King's Landing City this time, this king will return to Caozhou to live and die with his brothers, kill the enemy together, and destroy Beirong." ”

He said to Bai Xiangcheng again, "Brother Xiangcheng, what is the sword in our hands swinging for, this answer must be found by ourselves." Not all strong people have to be at the top of the crowd. Our bravery is not justified by others worrying about him, but the truly strong are those who can make their relatives and friends feel safe and secure—"

Speaking of this, Ji Qingchen paused, and then said to Bai Xiangcheng, "Brother Xiangcheng, this king thinks you should understand what I'm thinking now, right?" If you understand, take your brothers back to Caozhou City immediately. ”

Bai Xiangcheng did not speak, and continued to be silent.

The scene is desolate!

After half a sound, Bai Xiangcheng nodded and said, "Your Highness take care all the way, we are waiting for Your Highness in Caozhou City." ”

With that, he quickly turned over and rode away.

"Your Highness take care, we are waiting for Your Highness in Caozhou City." Wang Yin, Liu Qingqing and the other eight said, turned over and rode on a war horse, and left with Bai Xiangcheng.