On the second day, everyone defended on the tower of Caozhou City for a day, but they did not see the Beirong army attacking the city, which made them very puzzled. They felt that Meng Buge had lost nearly 20,000 horses yesterday, and with Meng Buge's character, he would definitely attack Caozhou City today to take revenge.

However, the Beijung army did not attack the city.

When they continued to come to the study in the evening, they were in a mixed mood. The good news is that today's Beirong army did not attack the city, so that the soldiers had a day of rest and had a full rest; The worry is that this time the Beirong army did not attack the city, it was more like the darkness before dawn, and after the Beirong army rested, they waited for them to arrive in a battle that might be more brutal.

However, when he came to Ji Qingchen's study and saw the smiling chief manager, Xu Dachun asked, "The chief manager is so happy, is it that Long Xiangjun is about to arrive in Caozhou?" ”

Now all military affairs are under Ji Qingchen, and the scouts are under Li Changzheng's command, which makes the news outside the city reach Ji Qingchen's hands as soon as possible, and Xu Dachun will ask so.

"Yes, tonight, the 60,000 elite cavalry of the Longxiang army will be ready to arrive in Caozhou City, and three days ago, the king sent Baixiang City to lead the Black Eagle Cavalry to meet the Longxiang Army, and met the 60,000 Beirong cavalry who went to block the Longxiang Army halfway, the two sides experienced a battle of life and death, and the Black Eagle Cavalry and Longxiang cavalry led by Baixiang City and Bai Yang defeated the 60,000 Beirong cavalry in one fell swoop, and beheaded 20,000 Beirong cavalry, but they also lost more than 10,000." Ji Qingchen said lightly.

The strength of the Beirong cavalry, the five people in the study have seen it, and they can annihilate 20,000 Beirong cavalry in one battle, which is brilliant enough, but being said by Ji Qingchen so easily and freehand, it still makes them a little unbelievable.

"Chief Administrator this-" Fang Wanqi was a little excited and became incoherent, "Is this true?" ”

"Really killed 20,000 Beirong elite horsemen?" As a fierce general in the Northern Liao army, he has faced the Beirong elite cavalry several times, but Xu Dachun doesn't believe in this result, "How-"

"At the cost of more than 10,000 casualties in exchange for 20,000 Beirong elite cavalry, this battle is really a big victory!" Xiang Ziyu didn't have what Ji Qingchen said, but said excitedly.

"Yes! Beirong lost 20,000 people, which is probably a heavy blow to them! Meng Li nodded in a low voice.

Quietly watching the reactions of the five people in front of him, Ji Qingchen found that Xu Zizhang, Xiang Ziyu and the others looked at him differently, and in addition to admiration, the rest of their eyes were still admiration. Because after obtaining the military power of the Black Eagle Rider through bloody means, Ji Qingchen handed over the Black Eagle Rider to Bai Xiangcheng, Xu Zizhang, Xiang Ziyu and others did not ask the Black Eagle Rider again, even if the Black Eagle Rider secretly went out of the city, they all remained silent when they got the news the next day.

Now they thought that the Black Eagle rode out of the city in order to meet the Beirong cavalry with the cavalry of the Longxiang Army, which was planned by the prince-born chief in front of them before arriving in Caozhou, which could not help but make them admire Ji Qingchen's accurate judgment of the actions of the Beirong army and his skillful use of cavalry warfare. And through this news, they also understood why Ji Qingchen went to Caozhou City to obtain the power of the Black Eagle Cavalry by bloody means.

So the knot in their hearts was untied, and there was no resentment towards Ji Qingchen at all.

"This king only got the news sent by the scouts, as for the specific battle situation, it will not be determined until Baixiang City and Baiyang arrive in Caozhou City. In this way, you go back to rest first, and when the Longxiang army and the Black Eagle cavalry reach Caozhou City, the king will hold a banquet in the palace, and we will triumphantly receive the wind and wash the dust for the army. Ji Qingchen said to everyone in the study.

"No!" Xu Zizhang and Xiang Ziyu happily received the order and happily withdrew from the study.

"Long March—"

"What does Brother Nine command?" Li Changzheng appeared in the study in time, and in private he called Ji Qingchen like this, and Guo Quanhe and Zhang Rang did not follow Ji Qingchen to Caozhou City, so he rushed to Ji Qingchen's personal guard captain.

"You instructed the military affairs Sima to prepare a banquet for the army, and the soldiers have made great contributions, and this king cannot fail to reward them." Ji Qingchen said.

"No!" Li Changzheng hesitated for a moment but agreed.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Li Changzheng's hesitation, Ji Qingchen asked.

"Brother Jiu, we don't have much food in stock, if we add 100,000 Longxiang troops, it is only enough for the army to meet the needs of ten days, if we reward the three armies too much tonight, I am afraid that if the grain and grass in the imperial court do not arrive, we will run out of food." Li Changzheng replied. As the captain of the personal guard of the head of the Northern Liao Xing Camp, he also shoulders the work of some of his staff, not only the captain of Ji Qingchen's security guard.

"Grain and grass?" The corners of Ji Qingchen's mouth turned up, revealing a strange smile and said, "Don't worry, someone will send it to us." ”

"Brother Jiu is talking about the Shangzhou Wei family?" Li Changzheng asked in a low voice.

"yes!" Ji Qingchen replied with a sneer, "This king promised the crown princess to behead Tuobani and send his head to King's Landing, such a great credit, how could the Shangzhou Wei clan not make some representations?" ”

"Since the Shangzhou Wei clan has grain in stock to supply our army, why do the military department and the household department still need to transfer it to the south? Wouldn't it be better for them to spend money directly from Webster to us? Li Changzheng asked a little puzzled.

"Wei's!" Ji Qingchen sighed and said, "The Shangzhou Wei clan is too hidden, I'm afraid the imperial court won't dare to use them!" ”

Seeing that Li Changzheng was still very confused, as Ji Qingchen's key training confidant general, he didn't want to hide too much, so he explained, "The Wei family has withdrawn from the court to become a businessman, and the businessman's profit-seeking nature, if you want them to contribute to the court, they must have something to ask for the court, you also know that they are now strong enough, if they are allowed to participate in the court politics, what will happen?" Presumably, the other six great families don't want to see it, right? ”

"It's really complicated, I don't understand the Long March, but I still think the big tent is a little easier." Li Changzheng scratched his head and said.

"Yes! That's why the ancestors and ancestors of Dayan advocated that the military should not interfere in politics, because they didn't want the soldiers to be distracted by government affairs, so that they would fall into the intrigue of the government and politics, and put their military talents on the struggle for power and profit. Ji Qingchen said with a sigh.

"If Brother Jiu doesn't have any orders, the Long March will go down and prepare." Li Changzheng didn't understand what Ji Qingchen said, and he didn't want to understand it, he just wanted to be a pure soldier, just like his grandfather Li Muzhi.

"Go ahead!" Ji Qingchen said lightly. Li Changzheng bowed and withdrew from the study.

Li Changzheng left the study, and Ji Qingchen was left alone in the study, he spread out Dayan's map, and watched quietly for a long time, before he said to himself, "Shangzhou is much richer than Yunzhou, but the Beirong army entered Yanmen Pass and did not enter Shangzhou and approached Yunzhou, it seems that the target is King's Landing, but Beirong is to loot property this time, not really want to attack King's Landing." Looking at it this way, they don't attack the rich and Shangzhou but put their minds on Yunzhou, there must be something wrong with it. ”

After a moment of silence, he continued to sigh, "Meng Buge didn't show surprise when he saw the king's Qinglong Horse Lance, which shows that he already knew that the Qinglong Horse Lance was obtained by the Wei Clan, so he has been in contact with the Wei Clan, and the two are very familiar with each other!" Looking at it this way, does the Beirong army's southward attack on Yanmen Pass have anything to do with the Shangzhou Wei clan? ”

"In fact, judging from the father's arrangement of grain and grass this time, he doesn't need the Shangzhou Wei clan, and he may also suspect that the Beirong soldiers have something to do with the Wei clan this time, right?" Ji Qingchen continued to think, "If that's the case, the other six great families are estimated to have reached this point, and they will acquiesce in their father's arrangement." But the Shangzhou Wei clan is not stupid, they must know that this time the Beirong troops are heading south, and they have been suspicious of their father and the six great families. So are they trying to sit back and wait? Or is there something else to do? ”

Ji Qingchen, who had been pondering for a long time, couldn't get the essentials, so he could only close the map, take out the Jiaowei piano and go out of the study to the back garden to play the piano to express his inner depression and sorrow.

The leaves of the trees in the garden have withered and withered, and only the winter plum leaves stand in the snow, ready to meet the winter snow with its proud wind bones.

Ji Qingchen, who walked to the pavilion, sat on the ground, thinking of Shu'er in the distance, thinking of today's victory, and thinking of his battle with Meng Buge outside Caozhou City, and a song "Chivalrous Travel" came out of his mouth between the strings plucked:

Zhao Keman Hu Ying, Wu Hook Shuang Xueming. The silver saddle shines on the white horse, like a shooting star.

Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles. Brushing off the clothes and going away, hiding deep with the name.

Idle over the letter tomb drink, take off the sword and kneel forward. will scorch Zhu Hai and persuade Hou Huan.

Three cups of Turannuo, Wuyue is light. After the eyes are dazzled and the ears are hot, the spirit is born.

Saving Zhao with the golden mallet, Handan was shocked first. Two strong men in Qianqiu, Xuanhe Daliang City.

The bones of the arson are fragrant, and he is not ashamed of the world. Who can read the book, the white head is too mysterious.

Oh, yes!

Just like this poem, if he is given the opportunity, he would rather be a chivalrous man who is happy to take revenge, and draw his sword to help when he sees injustice, rather than be a prince or even a king from a noble background.

Domination of the world, this is everyone's dream.

But no one knows that when a person really comes to this point, he will find that his so-called king over the world has to sacrifice his freedom.

Of course, except for tyrants and dumb kings, they will only harm the interests of the country for their own selfish desires, and they will only become a king of the country.

Of course, unlike the silence of Ji Qingchen who will only win, the current Beirong Chinese army is angry in the big tent. Beirong coach Meng Buge was furious when he received the news of the defeat of the Zhenghongqi and the Red Flag, and if he hadn't been persuaded by Haksu, he would have stabbed the messenger in front of him to report the news.

"Say it again, how many men have we lost?" After venting the anger in his heart, Meng Buge asked the messenger with a gloomy face.

"The casualties reached 20,000, but the losses of the Yan army were not small, and we annihilated more than 10,000 Yan cavalry in one battle." The messenger replied in a whisper.

"You bastard—" As soon as Meng Buge heard the messenger's answer, he stepped forward angrily, kicked the messenger kneeling in front of him fiercely, and scolded loudly, "Can the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom compare to our Beirong elite cavalry? Our Beirong elite cavalry met the Yan cavalry, and 10,000 elite cavalry could kill 30,000 of them on their backs. I lost 20,000 people, and I killed more than 10,000 Yan cavalry, this is a fiasco, this is a fiasco, and you still have the face to show off? ”

"Brother Eleven is angry, now let's think about how to stabilize the morale of the army!" Hakesu said, "This time, the Zhenghuang Banner and the Red Banner lost 20,000 in the first battle, while the Yan army only had more than 10,000 casualties, which will affect the morale of our army, plus Caozhou City cannot be captured for a long time, our situation will be very worrying!" ”

What Hakesu said about the worrying situation did not refer to facing the Yan army or Ji Qingchen, but to facing the suspicion of the Beirong royal court and the internal struggle for power and profit, this point of consciousness Meng Buge is still a little, so he suppressed the anger in his heart, and yelled at the messenger, "You go back and tell Yan Haxiong and Fu Yi who are in the yellow flag and the red flag, let them stabilize the morale of the army after returning to the camp, and be ready to atone for their crimes, if the next siege does not show the bloodiness of their Beirong Erlang, don't blame General Ben for being polite, not giving face to the ninth brother and the eldest brother, and cutting off their heads." ”

"Yes." The messenger immediately received the order and walked quickly out of the tent.

"A group of rice buckets, they are here to preserve their strength, definitely not because the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom is too strong, as they said." Meng Buge said coldly.

"Brother Eleven is not unaware that our brother is in command of the army this time, if it weren't for the Great Khan's strong leadership, I'm afraid no one would agree, this time with the Yan cavalry, without our brother's battle supervision, it is obvious that they want to preserve their strength." Haksu said calmly, but there was a faint murderous intent on his face, which showed that he was also very angry about this defeat, but he was just a deep cultivator, and he didn't jump like thunder like Meng Buge.

"Hmph—Modahan isn't a good thing, do you think he's kind?" Meng Buge is also disrespectful to his third brother Mo Dahan, the current King of Beirong Khan, "He is now weak, and if he wants the support of our brothers, he will try his best to please us, as long as our brothers are defeated this time, they will attract the dissatisfaction of the main banners and banners, and when he wants to punish us, he will definitely not intercede for us, and he will fall into the ground." ”

"Is the army defeated? Brother Eleventh don't worry about this, even if our brothers are defeated, we still have the positive white flag and the positive yellow flag in our hands, and no one in the royal court dares to openly punish us. Haksu calmly analyzed.

"I hope so!" Meng Buge sighed and said, "If the army is really defeated this time, it will be the heaviest loss for our Beirong in the face of Dayan, that is, they dare not do anything to our brothers, but our brothers should also give an explanation to the clansmen!" ”

"Yes!" Haksu nodded, but his eyes were full of disdain, he felt that his brother was sometimes too righteous and not ruthless enough, this was not like what a person who was the Great Khan of Beijon should have. However, no matter what he did, he wanted his brother to sit in the position of the king of the Great Khan of Beijung, which was a gift from his younger brother to his brother, and also to fulfill his father's last wish. Because he knew that it was not his father's intention that Mo Dahan could sit on the throne of Beirong Great Khan, it was Mo Dahan who used his own means and listened to the advice of the Yan State advisors around him to steal the throne that should have belonged to his elder brother Meng Buge.