The eastward march of the legation was immense, and every day they traveled only sixty miles, and the prince and the envoy stayed in the post house, while the others camped five miles outside the city, and it was forbidden to approach the city. It was just after noon on that day when the mission marched to the Caocheng River to fight the tip, and then passed through the valley to prepare for the camp in the evening at the Lan army.

"Tell Zheng Fang's envoy to come and see me!" As soon as the people and horses stopped, the Caochengchuan inspection had already ordered people to set up tents, prepare food and horse materials, and arrange for the mission to rest.

"Yes, Second Master!" Seeing that the prince was not good, he hurriedly ordered someone to find it, and he stepped forward to serve the prince to wash.

"A bunch of bullshit stuff!" The prince wiped his face and rinsed his mouth, his mouth didn't seem to be clean, and he threw the towel into the basin and scolded.

"Second master, what is upsetting you, take a sip of tea first to dissipate your anger!" Seeing that he was happy, all the people in the tent withdrew from the tent, held a cup of tea and said.

"Can't go forward, how can these fools arrange the march route like this!" Zhao Ta patted the table and said, even as an escort, he only knew the destination of the road, but did not know the specific route of the march, which was arranged by Zheng Haoran, the envoy of prevention.

"Uncle Wang, what's the matter with your nephew?" Zheng Haoran heard that the prince was summoning and hurriedly ran over.

"There is a problem with the route of our march, we can't go like this, change the route immediately!" Zhao Ta took a sip of tea and said.

"Uncle Wang, this nephew can't be the master!" Zheng Haoran looked at the angry prince and said.

"Aren't the daily schedules all arranged by your Guoxin, why can't you be the master?" Zhao Tan's eyes stood up, and he said in a deep voice, the meaning was very clear. If you can't give a reasonable explanation, don't blame this king for being angry.

Uncle Wang was angry. Listen to my nephew! Zheng Haoran was also a little panicked, and hurriedly said. The walking route was arranged by the Privy Council, and the nephew only acted according to the order, and could not be the master. ”

"Hmph, a bunch of straw bales, all shit in their heads!" Zhao Ta said hatefully, the Song army had to fight according to the formation map made by the emperor and the Privy Council, and the result was defeat after defeat, and they also wanted to arrange it when they took a walk, but you used your brains. Just swipe on the diagram and you're done.

"Uncle Wang, is there anything wrong with this route?" Zheng Haoran was startled, his legs were weak, and he knelt down and said, Uncle Wang is rude if he is in his heart, it won't be scolding me, right? He knows how the wealth of the Zheng family came about, how his officials got it, and once he loses the protection of his family, he doesn't know what kind of good life Lu Dao will live.

"Get up, it's useless!" Zhao Ta didn't expect to scare his nephew like this. Could it be that his own Wang Ba's anger has soared, "Ahead is the Qi Valley, which is the main road to the Qi Lan Army, how can you let the Jurchens see the truth at will." In addition, Hedong is an important border defense area, and the city defense and roads should not be lightly shown to others, which is much more serious than you receiving a few maps! ”

"Uncle Wang. The lesson is that the nephew is humble and can't be the master. I can't afford to track it down from above! Zheng Haoran understood that Uncle Wang's anger was not aimed at himself. But he can shake his majesty with a small eight-pin out of Beijing, and he will never dare to change the route map formulated by the Privy Council.

"This king doesn't care, the marching route must be changed, avoid dangerous passes, important towns and marching avenues, enter the city only after dark, and must leave before dawn, and the Jurchens must not have the opportunity to spy on the city defense!" Zhao said.

"Uncle Wang is very right, but there is a time limit on the road, we change the route without authorization, and we don't take the main road, many people are slow to move, and they can't arrive on time to be limited!" Zheng Haoran was about to cry, he had long heard that the prince was unruly and loved to cause trouble, so he connected with him early and got into a relationship, he was afraid that he would be mad, but despite his caution, he still couldn't escape.

"What are you afraid of, if there is something, the king is responsible, can't the king be the master of this matter?" Zhao Ta said in a fierce voice.

"My nephew has no intention of being afraid, but I'm just worried that Uncle Wang won't be able to explain!" Zheng Haoran said with a bitter face, since you are not afraid, you will be on top of the sky when it falls, but if you are punished, don't be angry with me.

"Well, it's obedient, this king won't lose you, so you still call me Uncle Wang!" Zhao Ta smiled and praised him twice.

"It's all up to Uncle Wang, and my nephew will arrange it!" Zheng Haoran said that this change of route is also a troublesome matter, not only to re-select the guide, but also to inform the local state and county, this errand matter has to be done by yourself. Today, there is no way to change the route, so they can only find a random reason to postpone the departure time by an hour, and when they arrive at the valley, the sky is dark, and the valley is even darker.

Zheng Haoran figured it out and learned to be obedient. The prince is the envoy of Hedong Xuanfu, as long as anyone dares to disobey in his territory, let alone delay for one day, it is delayed for ten days, let them give a proof who dares to say a word, and they don't have to eat radishes first and worry about it. And he will also inform the prince of the route and destination of the next day's march as early as possible, and will only carry it out after his approval, which was originally sent by the cat next to the mouse, but now the cat has become an accomplice of the mouse.

As soon as the prince tossed like this, everyone was guilty, the big road did not take the small road, there were cars and horses, and they got up early every day and rushed in the dark, and the states and counties along the way also got the secret order of the prince, everything was simple, not extravagant and wasteful, and the gifts given to the Jurchens were to be saved, just some local products.

In the face of these small difficulties, Wan Yan Xian couldn't help but complain a few words, how the traffic situation of the Great Song Dynasty was worse than that of the Liao Kingdom, it was full of one-way streets that were difficult for people to walk, and the place was also poor, and there was no legend of gold flowing everywhere and the scene of prosperity appeared. However, it didn't affect the friendship between Wan Yan Xian and Zhao Ta, seeing that he was busy with his work for returning as soon as possible, his tired and increasingly thin face was moved to tears again and again, and he felt more and more that his friend was really treating him...

Out of the Lan Army, the mission team turned south through the Ninghua Army, through Xinzhou, Mengxian, from Taiyuan Mansion to the east into the Pingding Army, after the Chengtian Army Village, out of the east of the river, into the boundary of Hebei West Road. Taihang Mountain comes from north to south, and the mountain is higher here. Because there is a large fault cut at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, the eastern slope is particularly steep and difficult to climb, which has become a big obstacle to the traffic between Shanxi and Hebei.

Fortunately, God does not destroy the blind birds, there are also many fault zones in the Taihang Mountain, some rivers developed along the fault valley, from west to east, through the ridge, into the North China Plain, they provide a natural channel for the Taihang Mountain East and West exchanges, their mission is known as the 'Taihang Eight Fortress Fifth Fortress, the World Nine Stops Sixth Fortress' of the well.

The ancients said that its land is high and flat on all sides, and the middle part is low like a well, because the mountain here is surrounded by mountains, and the terrain is dangerous, so it is called Jingcheng. In fact, Jingcheng is a pass road in Taihang Mountain, this passage chokes the throat of Shanxi-Hebei traffic, and goes out from Jingcheng to the east, and can go directly to Zhendingzhou, an important town in Hebei, into the North China Plain. Out of the west, enter Jintong Taiyuan and can be transferred to the Guanzhong area.

The stone walls on both sides of the "Jingcheng" are steep and narrow, the car can not be square, the riding can not be parallel, it is difficult to travel, but there is a war between Jin and Hebei or in the north, and the east and west marches mostly take the road here. In particular, this is the post road leading to Hebei in the Guanzhong area, this post road is connected with the north-south post road at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain in Zhending Prefecture, and the north passes Jiyan and Liaodong, the strategic position is very important, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.

It was now approaching New Year's Day, and there were few people on the post road, and a few days ago a snowfall made the mountain road even more slippery and difficult, and the procession of 4,000 men and horses stretched for miles in the mountains, and the sound of heavy wheezing of men and horses was everywhere. It was difficult for the post station in the road to receive such a large team of them, and the mission could only rush to the camp in Zhitianchang Town, Jingcheng County, so even if it was not easy to walk, they had to go, otherwise they would have to freeze in the wild for a night, and it was dark early at this time, and it was even more dangerous to rush at night.

After a day of traveling, the team finally reached the length of the day, and the local people had already packed up the post house and prepared a banquet for them to wash the dust. Everyone was tired for a day, and their interest was not high, they drank a few glasses of wine, said a few New Year's words and dispersed hastily, Zhao Ta sent Yan Xian to his courtyard, and he was ready to leave.

"Brother, come and rest in my room, our brothers haven't talked well for many days!" Wan Yan Xian also entered the courtyard, took Zhao Ta's hand and said.

"Uh... That's good! Zhao Ta hesitated for a moment and agreed, this precaution has been found out by his own people, but it is not possible to ensure that there are still nails among them, so as to contain and supervise each other, but seeing Wan Yan Xianye's enthusiasm, it is inconvenient to refuse, so he followed.

"Brother, it's not far from Yanjing ahead, right?" As soon as Wan Yan Xian also entered the house, he couldn't wait to ask Beguru to burn him a cigarette bubble to get rid of his addiction to cigarettes first.

"Out of Jingcheng Pass, five hundred miles north will be there, is my brother homesick!" Zhao Ta sat on the other end of the soft couch and turned his face and said.

"Alas, there is a little, but I always feel that I have no bottom in my heart, and it is very difficult to be at peace!" Wan Yan Xian also took two sips, and said with a melancholy face.

"Hehe, my brother is afraid!" Zhao Ta took a sip of the tea served by Beguru and said with a smile.

"Afraid?! Since I was able to draw the bow, I went around with my father and brother, killing countless people, and I never knew what it meant to be afraid! Wan Yan Xian was also very dissatisfied with Zhao Ta's words, sat up and said.

"Don't worry, brother!" Zhao Ta saw that he was anxious, smiled and waved his hand, "Brother Linghuang is kind-hearted, respectful and trustworthy, and is a gentleman of the Tao, and according to rumors, his dragon body is not safe, if there is an accident, he will abide by the ancestral system in Wu Begging, and Wu Begging... Hehe, my brother is afraid that he will not pass on the throne to you in the future, but gave it to his son, right! ”

"It's... How does the brother know that the imperial brother is sick, it must be random speculation! After listening to Zhao Tan's words, Wan Yan also slipped forward and lay down again.

"There is a saying that the speaker has no intention of listening, and the envoy who came to welcome you back asked me about the famous doctor in Hedong on that day, and asked who was sick, but he refused to say, I guess there is only Brother Linghuang!" (To be continued.) )