Hu Honglian invited him to come in and brought a very important news.

The news came from Saibei, and it was sent by Su Yeqing to send people to expedite it day and night.

The content is very simple, the full text is only a few dozen words, but the things said are related to the general trend: Chalahan, the right sage king of Tianyuan, led the essence to ride 100,000 days and nights to the west a month ago. In addition, it has been reported that the second prince of Tian Yuan is suspected of using troops in the Western Regions.

Hearing this news, Hu Honglian and the others were a little surprised, and Huang Yuandai was even more puzzled: "The Tianyuan clan is already strong enough to send 100,000 elite cavalry to go on an expedition?"

He has lived in Yunzhou for a long time and does not know the situation on the grassland, although Zhao Ning told him something, but he has not personally experienced the battle in the north this year, and many things lack real understanding and cognitive bias - just like Song Zhi.

In his impression, no matter how powerful the Tianyuan tribe is, it is only suspected that the Khitan and Jurchen tribes are the first to look forward.

Zhao Ning was not surprised by this. The Tian Yuan army was originally going to march westward, sooner or later, and the use of troops to the south was only one of their directions, and the west was also their main expansion direction.

In the battle of Fengming Mountain, the drawbacks of the serious lack of armor of the Northern Hu army were exposed, in order to strengthen the army, get more iron armor, and prepare for the national war with the Great Qi, Tianyuan Khan will definitely go west to conquer.

"Recently, we haven't received any news from the Longyou Army that Tianyuan has invaded the border, so who is the Tianyuan Army fighting?" asked Hu Honglian puzzled.

"The territory of the Western Regions controlled by Great Qi is south of the Tianshan Mountains and east of the Green Mountains, if the Tian Yuan Army fights west of the Green Mountains, it will naturally not clash with the Longyou Army. With the memories of his previous life, Zhao Ning easily deduced the target of the Tian Yuan Army.

"West of Green Ridge...... The Tian Yuan Army went far enough. Huang Yuandai was both surprised and surprised.

Zhao Ning smiled, "For Qi people, the Green Ridge is indeed very far away, but for the Mobei Grassland, even if the Green Ridge is not at the door of the house, it is not far away. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ning paused, "The Tianyuan Army used troops to the west of the Green Ridge, and did not invade the Western Regions of Great Qi, and whether the Longyou Army interfered or not was between the two, everything depends on Your Majesty's intentions." ”

Huang Yuandai bowed silently, Daqi can indeed not interfere with the expedition of the Tianyuan Army, but if it wants to interfere, it is also a reason: you can't sit back and watch your neighbors become strong. Geographically speaking, if the Tianyuan army gets to the west of the Green Ridge, it may attack Longyou at any time with a combined encirclement.

"Do you think Your Majesty will interfere?" Yang Jiani suddenly asked Zhao Ning.

"If it was to restrict the Jiangmen family, the emperor was naturally reluctant to start a war, but just like this year's battle in the north, the emperor finally ordered the fight, and the fundamental intention was to want An Siming and other Hanmen generals to make meritorious contributions.

"This time the battle of the Western Regions is the same, if Your Majesty intends to support the Hanmen forces in the army, you can recruit more exile troops to go to the Western Regions to participate in the war, and even set up regimental training envoys, defense envoys, and jiedu envoys in Longyou. When Zhao Ning said this, he lowered his head and took a sip of tea, stopped talking, and did not continue.

Everyone didn't ask again, and now it's useless for everyone to guess out of thin air, it depends on how the emperor chooses.

......

When Charahan came to the Seven Rivers Valley west of the Green Mountains, Meng Ge, the second prince of Tianyuan, was leading tens of thousands of soldiers to besiege Gongyue City on the banks of the Yili River, and the war was in full swing.

"King Youxian, it can be regarded as looking forward to you, with your help, this little Gongyue City can go down in ten days!" Compared with the mature and steady Meng Chi, Meng Ge, who has been making business profits in the Western Regions, has a much more lively temperament, and when he walked out of the gate to greet Chalahan, he had a smile on his face that made people feel like a spring breeze.

Meng Ge has been in the Western Regions for some years, but it is the first time to lead the troops to fight, but as early as the growth of the Tianyuan tribe, he has followed the Tianyuan army to fight in the east and west, so there is no shortage of generals.

Charahan bowed to salute, lowered his head and said ashamedly: "How dare you speak up for a sinful body." The Great Khan can give him the opportunity to make meritorious service and atone for his sins, which is already a great kindness. ”

After the battle of Fengming Mountain, Chalahan, who returned to the royal court, was criticized, Tianyuan Khan didn't say much about him, but other Tianyuan nobles had a lot of complaints, after all, in the past twenty years, the Tianyuan army has dominated the grassland in a hundred battles, and has never suffered such a defeat.

Tian Yuan Khan's punishment for Charahan was to deprive him of his title and position, so to be precise, Charahan is no longer the Right Sage King, but just the chief of the next tribe of the Tian Yuan tribe.

But this time, since Tianyuan Khan sent Charahan to the Seven Rivers Valley, it was to give him the opportunity to atone for his crimes, and if the war here went well, Tianyuan Khan was happy, and his restoration of the prince was naturally a matter of one sentence.

"King Youxian doesn't have to blame himself too much, as long as your cultivation in the middle of the Extreme Realm is still there, you don't have to worry about temporary success or failure, and follow me into the account. It is not difficult to capture Gongyue City, how to use troops next, to achieve the goal of rapid westward expansion, you still need more ideas from King Youxian. ”

Meng Ge's enthusiasm is undiminished, he is in the early stage of the king's extreme realm, and there are indeed many places that need to rely on Charahan in the future.

After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, the two talked about some war deployments based on the map and the various information collected by Meng Ge over the years, and after agreeing on some strategies and tactics, they sat down separately.

"Although there is no shortage of strong and hard-nosed enemies in the west, what Xiao Wang is really worried about is the Southern Dynasty. The Longyou army is close at hand, and if they cross the green ridge and attack us from behind, then we will be attacked from behind. ”

Meng Ge's face was solemn, "How big does King Youxian think is this possibility? In the battle of attacking the Dadan Division, the Yanmen Army took the initiative to attack, so that we had to divide our troops to intercept in Fengming Mountain, and the troops were not concentrated.

"In the battle of Fengming Mountain, the combat power of the Southern Dynasty army was extraordinary, and we can't underestimate them, but this time in the western expedition, the Great Khan only gave us more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and if we still have to divide our troops to deal with the Longyou army, it will be stretched. ”

From these words, Charahan felt Meng Ge's strong jealousy of the Great Qi border army.

Before this year, the Tianyuan Army, which was already the overlord of the grassland, did not take the Qi army seriously, but the performance of the Yanmen Army in the Battle of Fengming Mountain reminded the Tianyuan Army of the war of the Northern Expedition of the Qi Army more than a hundred years ago, and awakened the fear of the Tianyuan tribe for the Great Qi Army.

Charahan could understand Meng Ge's thoughts, but he thought that the other party had no need to worry at all, and shook his head:

"For more than 100 years of peace in the Southern Dynasties, the decline in the army's combat strength is inevitable, but the Yanmen army is not the same. They are special cases, they are the descendants of the Duke of Zhenguo of the Southern Dynasty, and they are the most powerful existence in the Great Qi Army, and there is Zhao Ning, an unusual existence that has made the princess suffer a big loss, so they can jump out of the scope of common sense.

"In addition to the Zhao clan and the Yanmen army, the other generals and border troops of Daqi are not worthy of our fear. If every border army can jump out of common sense, then the army of the Southern Dynasty will be heavenly soldiers, and we don't have to fight with their country. ”

Meng Ge thought thoughtfully: "Is the Right Virtuous King saying that even if the Longyou Army goes out of the Green Ridge, we can easily deal with it?"

"That's true. King Youxian nodded.

Meng Ge sighed, unable to dispel his hesitation, "But I always feel that the border army of the Southern Dynasties cannot be taken lightly, once the Longyou Army is dispatched and we cannot defeat them quickly, then the war in the Seven River Basins and the overall situation of the Western Expedition will be in danger!"

Zara rarely wandered like this, so he said: "Since this is the case, then it is up to you to come down to guard against the Longyou army, and the marshal only needs to focus on the battle of the western conquest." ”

Meng Ge pondered for a moment, "How many soldiers and horses does the Right Virtuous King need?"

Charahan wrote lightly: "10,000 elite soldiers, three Wang Ji Realm, enough to hold the Green Ridge Pass, so that the Longyou army can not move an inch." ”

"Really?" said Möngke's eyes.

"There is no joke in the army. ”

"Okay, Xiao Wang gave 30,000 elite soldiers to King Youxian, as long as King Youxian can block the Qi army for Xiao Wang, the first merit of this western expedition will be regarded as King Youxian's!" Meng Ge took the idea.

"The last general commanded. ”

When these four words were spoken, Charahan suddenly reacted, and the reason why Meng Ge showed that he was jealous of the Longyou Army was to let him take the initiative to deal with them.

In this way, the two sides will be able to divide their troops, and Meng Ge will be able to lead the main army westward, let go of his hands and feet to fight according to his own ideas, and he will not feel constrained or even restricted in military power because he has him, a military general in the middle of the Wang Extreme Realm, by his side.

Thinking of this, Charahan secretly felt helpless. He is guilty of sin, if the western expedition goes smoothly, and the military merits are also the lion's head in Möngke, it is very good that he can redeem his merits.

......

The cold wind howled, and the felt tent creaked overwhelmingly, as if it would be blown away at any moment.

The wind is so loud that you need to speak very loudly, Rao is so, Su Yeqing still feels very happy. Not only is the steaming iron pot full of meat, but also because on this Chinese New Year's Eve, Fan Yi traveled hundreds of miles and finally arrived at Xiaoye before nightfall, so that she could not have a lonely year.

The battle of Fengming Mountain has been over for half a year, and most of the matters agreed by the two during the war have now become a reality, and the tribal power controlled by Yipinlou has fundamentally changed compared to the beginning.

Not to mention anything else, Xiao Yebu's felt tent has already exceeded 1,000, and there are more than 1,000 young warriors under his command, and Su Yeqing, a fake chief, has also become the overlord within a radius of more than 100 miles. With the power in her hands, her status in the Khitan Department is incomparable, as if she is already an upstart, and there are many tribal chiefs who have come to make friends.

Although the tribe controlled by Yipinlou is still only the Xiaoye Department that has reached this scale, the power of each department has increased exponentially, if Su Yeqing wants to mobilize all the warriors to go out now, it will not be too much of a problem to gather two thousand people.

"There is a sentence that I have been holding in my heart for a long time, you make good wine, and frying tea is also very good, but the taste of boiled meat is really flattering. Fan Yi took a sip of broth, shook his head and put down the bowl, and after watching Su Yeqing say such a thing seriously, he got up and prepared to change the pot of meat to cook it himself.

Su Yeqing pursed his mouth, "Even if I don't cook the meat well, then I have many years of experience, you have always been clothed to reach out for rice to open your mouth, and you still want to make a better taste than this pot of meat?"

Fan Yi turned around, she had the habit of looking at each other when she spoke: "When I was in Yanping, I really didn't cook, but when I got to the grassland, not to mention anything else, I had already learned how to roast sheep, and I will let you see it today." ”

"If you see something, you will see it, and if you don't make it delicious, you won't be duplicitous. ”

"You just wait to taste it!"

There is no Daqi cuisine in the grassland, and two women who are used to eating all kinds of stir-fried vegetables can only toss meat hard.

The seventh year of Qianfu ended with the boundless conversation of two women with huge differences in identities, but because they were in a foreign land and became close friends, and the strange smell of meat.