Zhao Ning was somewhat surprised by the emperor's order. He was delayed for some time because of his inspection of the customs along the Great Wall, but he didn't expect that he had just arrived at Yanmen Pass today, and he would need to lead his troops out of the customs tomorrow.

But because of this, the emperor's order arrived one step earlier, otherwise, Zhao Xin would not have said that he should also go north to the grassland when he saw Zhao Ning.

Zhao Beiwang asked Zhao Ning to sit down, and then said:

"Four times in a row, counting today is the fifth time, Tianyuan Khan did not appear with the envoy team, His Majesty's will to let Tianyuan Khan enter Beijing to ask for guilt was ignored by the Tianyuan royal court, and there should have been anger.

"This also shows that the Tianyuan Khan did not plan to go to the capital in person, so His Majesty asked us to send a group of elites to the north to inspect the grassland, which has the intention of putting pressure on the Tianyuan Imperial Court and making the Tianyuan Khan submit.

Wang Rouhua, who was sitting on the side, stopped when she saw Zhao Beiwang say this, and added:

"Your Majesty also has the intention of testing the Tianyuan Royal Court, if the Tianyuan Royal Court is soft, if it can't give a satisfactory performance to Your Majesty, this means that the Tianyuan Royal Court does not have the heart to surrender to the Great Qi.

"If this is the case, the Yanmen Army, and even the Shanhai Navy, may go north to conquer the Tianyuan tribe. ”

Regarding the analysis of Zhao Beiwang and Wang Rouhua, Zhao Ning certainly agrees.

The Tianyuan Royal Court was about to attack the Dadan Division, and he knew about it, but the Great Qi government and the opposition didn't know about it.

Even if Zhao Ning told the news of this uncertain prophet, because there was no evidence, he could not tell the exact source, and it would be difficult to win the trust of the Great Qi government and the opposition.

Just based on Xiao Yan's operation of the fine forces in Daqi, it was not possible to deduce the conclusion that the Tianyuan Royal Court wanted to unify the grassland at this time.

On the way to Yanmen Pass, Zhao Ning had been thinking about how to make the Yanmen army prepare for war and attack in time to sabotage the plan of the Tianyuan Royal Court to annex the Dadan Department.

The best plan was for him to find a reason to go north and find evidence that the Tian Yuan tribe was going to war.

But the idea is not easy to implement. Because Feiyuwei rashly entered Mobei last year, he was detected by the Tianyuan Royal Court, which has made the latter's various actions cautious.

If Zhao Ning needs to act covertly, and without a suitable reason to investigate everywhere with great fanfare, then this goal will be difficult to achieve.

It's different now.

Because of Song Zhi's edict, Zhao Ning could not only swagger to the grassland, but also bring a team of soldiers and horses. In this way, unless the Tianyuan Royal Court wanted to immediately fight with Great Qi, it would be difficult to do anything to Zhao Ning.

Of course, the difficulty remains.

According to Zhao Ning's memories of his previous life, there is not much time left for him. In a month, the big war will begin.

Because of Xiao Yan's matter, now that the situation has changed, it is unknown whether the Tianyuan Royal Court will start a war earlier than in the previous life.

Zhao Ning pondered for a moment and then asked Zhao Beiwang: "How many soldiers and horses does my father want to send out of the customs?"

Zhao Beiwang glanced at Wang Rouhua, saw the latter nodding slightly, stretched out a hand, and said:

"Five teams of soldiers and horses, each with a thousand light horsemen, did not have to carry baggage, and supplemented the military rations of the tribes along the way. The first four teams each go to a royal court, and the fifth team is your team, which can check and fill in the gaps and decide where to go for yourself. ”

Hearing Zhao Beiwang say this, Zhao Ning instantly thought of a lot of things.

First of all, there are no more soldiers and horses out of the customs.

Let's say a lot, there are only five thousand light horsemen in total, and they are scattered actions, not enough to afford a big battle;

Let's say less, after all, this is not going north to start a war, but patrolling, the envoy of the Son of Heaven has a strong meaning, and there are a lot of five thousand soldiers and horses.

It can be seen from this that the emperor's intention seems to be simply to put pressure on the Tianyuan Royal Court, and he does not think in his heart that the Tianyuan Royal Court now dares to start a war with Daqi, and he is sure that this action can force the Tianyuan Khan to submit.

Secondly, these 5,000 light cavalry are going to the four royal courts, which means that only the Yanmen Army, the Shanhai Army in the east, and the Longyou Army in the west have not moved.

Seeing Zhao Ning pondering, Zhao Beiwang spoke again:

"You just came to Yanmen Pass, you should be more familiar with military affairs and subordinates, I didn't plan to let you go about this matter, but your mother said that once you know about this matter, you will definitely take the initiative to ask to go, and you are now the smartest person in our Zhao family......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, quickly glanced at Wang Rouhua, and hurriedly added: "One of the smartest people! When you go to the grassland, you should be able to see something that ordinary generals can't see."

"Your mother and I are not suitable to leave Yanmen Pass easily, and suddenly appear in Mobei. Therefore, this matter can only be left to you, which is why you are not assigned a specific place to go and let you decide the direction for yourself. ”

Wang Rouhua looked at Zhao Ning, there was no lack of doting and pride in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Although the child who is a mother is still young, it is enough to be independent. ”

As he spoke, he didn't forget to glance at Bai Zhaobei, and took the opportunity to bury him: "Unlike your father, who lacks heart and eyes, even if he is allowed to go to the grassland, he can't see anything, unless someone else has put the soldiers and horses in front of the city."

"Ning'er, when you get to the grassland, you have to be careful, in case you perceive any danger, don't be reckless to find any evidence, just come back directly.

"As long as my son sees the abnormality, even if there is no evidence, my Yanmen Army can use this to get out of the Northern Expedition and destroy the Tianyuan Royal Court!"

This is a very overbearing statement.

Zhao Ning realized that Wang Rouhua was very wary of the Tianyuan Royal Court, thinking that the other party's wolf ambition was very heavy, and maybe he thought that the other party was already preparing for war.

In fact, this is also the difference between the core clansmen of the Zhao clan in Yanmen Pass and the imperial court and the emperor in their treatment of the Tianyuan royal court.

After last year's Daizhou incident, the Zhao clan was generally wary of the Tianyuan tribe.

An existence like Wang Rouhua, a military advisor of the Yanmen Army, is very likely to think that the other party is preparing for war and has big plans due to his own position and responsibilities.

Otherwise, the other party would not have sent Wang Ji Realm cultivators to Daizhou, and the heir of the Zhao family head was intercepted and killed.

In the eyes of the emperor, no matter how powerful the Tianyuan Royal Court is, it is only one of the four royal courts of the grassland, and it can be destroyed with a snap of a finger, and the other party will never dare to covet the Great Qi Border Pass.

Therefore, he prefers to believe that Xiao Yan appeared in Daizhou with two guards last year, just to admire the prosperity of Daqi and go to the state city to play.

If it weren't for Zhao Ning's uprooting of Xiao Yan's fine work forces this year, the emperor would not have faced Beihu squarely, not to mention the 10,000 officials who were unwilling to make meritorious contributions.

"Father and mother are relieved that the son knows what to do. ”

Zhao Ning paused when he said this, his face became solemn, and he said to Zhao Beiwang and Wang Rouhua: "After the pass is out tomorrow, the Yanmen army must immediately enter a state of readiness, in case there is no harmony, we can't delay the fighter." ”

Zhao Beiwang was still thinking about it, and Wang Rouhua had already nodded and agreed, "Don't worry, once you are in any danger, the 160,000 Yanmen army can go out of the customs at any time to meet and kill all treacherous thieves!"

When she said this, the fierce light and majesty in her eyes could hardly be looked at.

Zhao Beiwang saw that his wife had already expressed his position, and he could only echo it. This is not entirely a fear of guilt, the two have been together for more than 20 years, and he has long known that Wang Rouhua is much more reliable than himself in terms of using his brain.

When it was over, Wang Rouhua remembered something, and said to Zhao Ning with a gentle smile and no lack of banter: "By the way, after you leave the customs tomorrow, remember to go to meet the little girl of the Yang family first, and then you will go north together." ”

When it comes to Yang Jiani, Zhao Ning's head is two big, but his mother is on top, and he doesn't dare to question the other party's decision to get Yang Jiani to Yanmen Pass, so he can only say in an urn voice: "What did she do when she ran to the grassland alone?"

"This little girl, it's good anywhere, but she doesn't like to talk very much, and her mind is on cultivation. Within two days of arriving at Yanmen Pass, she said that she was going to Mobei to cultivate her skills, and it was not easy for her mother to stop her. There were also expert guards around her, so she went. ”

Speaking of Yang Jiani, Wang Rouhua had the same look in her eyes as she did when she looked at Zhao Ning, they were all so doting.

Zhao Ning pursed her lips secretly, and said in her stomach: Her mind is not all about cultivation, most of them are on eating.

......

The next day, before dawn, Zhao Ning ordered a thousand light horsemen in the barracks, and then went all the way north.

Saibei and Mobei are different geographical concepts, the north of the Great Wall is called Saibei, Mobei specifically refers to the north of the desert Gobi in the north of the Central Plains, and corresponds to the south of the desert Gobi, that is, the area south of the desert Gobi and north of the Yinshan Mountains.

Because the location of Mobei is more northern, it is more bitter and cold, Yang Jiani wants to go to Mobei to cultivate and cultivate, and what she values is the harsh environment there. The so-called harsh environment not only refers to the natural environment, but also the human environment.

The poor mountains and bad waters are more troublesome to the people, the more bad the living environment, the more fierce and light the people's customs are, and the horse thieves in the Mobei grassland are more and more vicious than the horse thieves in the south of the desert.

After Zhao Ning led the army to leave Yanmen Pass, the first thing he entered was the Monan grassland.

Fortunately, Yang Jiani arrived at Yanmen Pass not long ago, and going north was a few days ago, so it should not be far, so Zhao Ning could follow Wang Rouhua's instructions to try to find the other party to converge first, and then take the other party to the north together.

Looking for a few people in the vast grassland is naturally a needle in a haystack for ordinary people.

But there is no shortage of Yuan Shen Realm masters in Zhao Ning's team, and it becomes less troublesome to find someone, and Wang Rouhua also explained to Yang Jiani, leaving marks in a conspicuous position along the way.

Zhao Ning didn't find Yang Jiani first, but ran into another group of people.

The envoy procession of the Right Virtuous King of the Tianyuan Clan.

They were on their way back to the Tengen Imperial Court.

Because there are many carriages loaded with treasures in their team, the foot distance is not too fast, and Zhao Ning's side is a light horse, so the speed of the road is naturally better.

When the scouts in Zhao Ning's team discovered the team of the Right Virtuous King, the other party also discovered them.

The grassland is vast, but it is not as flat as the sea, the terrain of the northern foot of Yinshan is not simple, and further north is the plateau area, there are actually many mountains and rivers, so there are also the best travel routes.

On this route, two teams met.

When catching up with the team of the Right Xian King, Zhao Ning ordered the Yizi battalion to slow down the speed of the horses and put all the troops on alert.