Leaving Li Changchuan's car and returning to his team, Ji Qingchen asked her when Shu'er got into the car, "Shu'er, did you hear the conversation I had with your imperial brother in the car?" ”

Seeing Ji Qingchen asking, Shu'er looked serious, and she was a little confused, so she didn't know how to answer, so she could only nod slightly.

"Now that you have heard the conversation between us, you must have known that this time we will return to Dayan, it will be more auspicious, in my estimation, this time back to Dayan, my father will definitely be furious, not only will I be cut off from my lordship, but also may let me step down from the post of Governor of Northern Liao, and demote me to a flat-headed common man......" Ji Qingchen said calmly, "You should also know that the reason why I am unscrupulous in Dayan is that I rely on the Northern Liao army, without this army, I am nothing, So I just want you to think clearly......"

It's just that Ji Qingchen's words haven't finished yet, Shu'er understands the meaning of his words, immediately interrupts his words, and says righteously, "Don't talk about Brother Qingchen, no matter how many dangers there are ahead, Shu'er is willing to follow you, no matter what kind of danger we will encounter after returning to Dayan, Shu'er is not willing to let Brother Qingchen bear it alone, it is true that Shu'er is a princess of the royal family, but Shu'er is also a child of the country, she can endure hardships, and follow Brother Qingchen's side, Shu'er is already very satisfied, and she doesn't dare to expect anything more." ”

Shu'er's face was resolute, and her tone was irrefutable, not at all like her usual.

And when Ji Qingchen said this, he quietly watched Shu'er for a long time before he hugged her into his arms and whispered in Shu'er's ear, "Shu'er, don't worry, since I can come to you thousands of miles away, I will definitely find a way to give you happiness." ”

"Yes!" Shu'er whispered, her face filled with sweet happiness.

Returning to the team again, Ji Qingchen asked the army to speed up the delivery, and walked out of the boundary of Shangjing City in a short time.

However, as soon as the team stepped on the official road leading to Yanzhou, he heard the sound of hurried horses in front of him, and the sonorous sound of horses' hooves on the ground was very powerful, and he could judge that this was a well-equipped and well-trained cavalry. This time he came to Shangjing, so that Shangjing City stirred up the bottom of the world, not only destroyed the white horse Yicong, but also beheaded the three generals of Xijing, he knew that the Empress Dowager Xiao and the ministers who left the country hated him to death, even if he left Shangjing, he did not relax his vigilance, and now when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, he immediately ordered Li Changzheng and the four hundred cavalry battalions to make preparations for battle.

However, the distance between the two was too close, and the speed of this cavalry was too fast, just when the cavalry battalion was not ready for battle, this cavalry had already appeared at the end of the ranks, and there was a burst of dust on the official road, and a fierce cavalry rushed towards the cavalry battalion.

"Haw Par ride? How did they end up here? Ji Qingchen, who saw this cavalry, said in a low voice, he was a little surprised, the tiger and leopard cavalry is the personal guard of the emperor who left the country, and the current commander is his second senior brother Tie Yan, if there is no order from the emperor Li Changchuan or Tie Yan, the tiger and leopard cavalry will not leave the capital, but now this cavalry has appeared on the official road, and the number is not less than five hundred, what do they want to do? Is it for yourself?

Just when Ji Qingchen thought so, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion was ready for battle, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry also rushed to a distance of only a hundred steps away from the Xiao Cavalry Battalion before they reined in the war horse.

"Little junior brother, you're surprised, aren't you? I didn't expect my brother to appear here, right? At the moment when Ji Qingchen saw the commander of the tiger and leopard riders clearly, the commander of the six hundred tiger and leopard riders in front of him spoke.

"Second Senior Brother, I didn't expect you to appear here." Ji Qingchen also smiled faintly, he didn't think that the second senior brother Tie Yan appeared here by chance, it must have another purpose, "I don't know what Senior Brother Lu Dao is?" ”

Because the two are brothers, Yi Ji Qingchen didn't go around in circles, so he asked directly.

"It's nothing, it's just that Your Majesty gave the princess a dowry, and you can't give it away in the capital, so you ordered me to wait for you here." Tie Yan said with a smile, "Little junior brother, please come out and see the princess!" ”

"Second Senior Brother, please wait a moment!" Ji Qingchen said, and ordered the guards around him to invite the carriage to the horse.

"See Her Royal Highness the Princess!" When Tie Yan saw Shu'er, he immediately gave a salute, and when he saw Shu'er nodding slightly, he said, "Your Royal Highness the Princess, Your Majesty is worried that you will go south this time, and it will be unsafe on the road, so he specially asked the minister to send two hundred tigers and leopards to ride as the princess's personal guards, and asked the princess to accept it." ”

After Tie Yan's words were finished, before Shu'er could speak, he saw two hundred tiger and leopard knights riding out of the team behind him, they walked up to Shu'er step by step, and one of the captains at the head dismounted and bowed down and said, "Li Ke, the captain of the tiger and leopard cavalry, see the princess!" ”

"Captain Li doesn't need to be polite!" Shu'er said, she was very polite to the captain in front of her, because she knew that this captain was the commander of the two hundred tiger and leopard horses given to her by her imperial brother, and it was her future security.

"In the future, Li Ke and the two hundred tigers and leopards around him will be dispatched by the princess, and the princess will be asked to show me!" Li Ke said.

"Captain Li, let's go back to the team!" Shu'er said to Li Ke, Li Ke took the order, and with an order, two hundred tiger and leopard riders were included in Ji Qingchen's team, and she said to Tie Yan, "Please tell your father and thank him for his great gift!" ”

"No!" Tie Yan replied respectfully.

After a deep sigh, he said to Ji Qingchen, "Little junior brother, you will have a lot of difficulties going south this time, but senior brother doesn't have the ability of senior brother, and he can't let you get out of the customs smoothly like him, so I can only give a small gift, and I hope to help junior brother!" ”

"Second Senior Brother-" Before Ji Qingchen finished speaking, he saw the four hundred tigers and leopards behind Tie Yan riding to separate a path on both sides, and four hundred war horses appeared in front of Ji Qingchen's eyes.

Four hundred war horses are nothing to leave the country, and they are nothing to Tie Yan, a close minister of the emperor, but these four hundred war horses are for the exclusive use of tigers and leopards, which is very precious.

The reason why the tiger and leopard cavalry can dominate the world, in addition to the personal qualities of the knights, weapons and armor and war horses also play a great role, especially the war horses of the tiger and leopard horses, not only fierce and unruly horses, but also a good horse that travels thousands of miles a day, because the number is scarce, and there are not many horses that can be fed in a year, so they can only attack the tiger and leopard horses, and the generals of the military are not equipped with them.

But now, for his own safety, the senior brother gave four hundred war horses in one go, which made Ji Qingchen unspeakably moved.

"Little junior brother, this is the only thing senior brother can do for you, if you meet on the battlefield in the future, senior brother will not show mercy, I hope junior brother can understand." Tie Yan rarely showed a hint of misery, and whispered.

"Thank you, brother!" Ji Qingchen said, besides, he didn't know that he should say it to Tie Yan, because he knew his senior brother Tie Yan's character too well.

"Then have a nice trip!" Tie Yan said, didn't say anything more, and rode away.

Seeing that the four hundred tiger and leopard cavalry on the official road disappeared again, Ji Qingchen, who had been silent for a long time, ordered Li Chang to levy war horses, distributed them to the four hundred cavalry battalion soldiers, and ordered to set off again.

This time, Ji Qingchen's more than 3,000 people are all configured with one person and two horses, but through the long-distance attack and the confrontation with the white horse Yicong, 3,100 people were killed, only 400 Xiao cavalry battalions remained, and their war horses also suffered great losses, and the 400 Xiao cavalry battalion can only be one person and one war horse now, which is a fatal injury for Ji Qingchen, who is in danger of leaving the country.

And Tie Yan sent four hundred war horses, and re-entered the Xiao cavalry camp to achieve the equipment of one person and two horses, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the cavalry around Ji Qingchen, plus two hundred tiger and leopard horses that did not belong to the Xiao cavalry camp, and now there is Empress Dowager Xiao who wants to intercept and kill Ji Qingchen halfway, and he is confident that he can return to Dayan.

However, out of the capital Ji Qingchen ordered to escort forty carts of property and property convoy to move forward separately from the horse team, because the speed of the carriage was very slow, which would affect his march, so he let the carriage walk at the usual speed, just send the goods out of Ningwu Pass, he would order people to wait outside Ningwu Pass, and he led the 400 Xiao cavalry battalion and 200 tigers and leopards to rest at the post station with Shu'er, and disappeared in Yanzhou the next morning.

Because he knew that since he had offended the Empress Dowager Xiao, Xiao Wangsun and Li Honglie, etc., if he still walked along the official road, he would definitely be attacked by unknown cavalry along the way, and the official government along the way would definitely not interfere, and when the time came, he would have 10,000 people and not enough for the Empress Dowager Xiao to consume, the only way was to break away from the established route, find a route by himself, and strive to get rid of the interception of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and answer Dayan safely.

Also, he knows very well that the guard of Ningwu Pass will be Sun Zonghan, and this time he will not be intercepted and killed by Empress Dowager Xiao along the way, but as long as he arrives at Ningwu Pass, with Empress Dowager Xiao's ruthlessness, he will definitely order Sun Zonghan to get rid of him. Therefore, he chose to lead 600 cavalry to find a route by himself, and did not want to take the established route that Empress Dowager Xiao had already set up for an ambush.

Regarding Ji Qingchen's decision, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion naturally had no objections, they were Ji Qingchen's personal guards, even if Ji Qingchen ordered them to commit suicide, they were not ambiguous at all.

Shu'er naturally listened to Ji Qingchen's words, and would not be dissatisfied with her Qingchen's brother's words.

And the tiger and leopard rider only obeyed Shu'er's orders, and would not pay attention to Ji Qingchen's orders, which was caused by the military orders of the tiger and leopard riders, so during the march, the tiger and leopard riders have been dispatched by Shu'er, that is, there have been several times when Shu'er asked the tiger and leopard riders to listen to Ji Qingchen's orders, and the tiger and leopard riders did not obey.

For the disobedience of the tiger and leopard riders, Shu'er was naturally very dissatisfied, and almost killed Li Ke.

However, Ji Qingchen can understand the style of the tiger and leopard cavalry, he led the tiger and leopard cavalry at the beginning, and knew the military law of this cavalry that dominates the world, so he did not force them to obey his orders.

However, although the tiger and leopard cavalry only listened to Shu'er's orders, this cavalry was still a fine cavalry that dominated the world, so that the two cavalry carried out their own orders, and they only spent two days and one night, using the advantage of two horses to gallop out of the Yanzhou territory.

However, as soon as the horse team rushed out of Yanzhou and stepped into Fengzhou, they were targeted by an army of 10,000 people leaving the country, which surprised Ji Qingchen, he didn't expect that he was cautious to this extent, and he still didn't get out of the eyes of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and was caught by the Empress Dowager Xiao's army.