The war between the grassland and the central capital was like a black cloud overwhelming the city, and the grassland tribes retreated almost at the same time, not only the small tribes, but even the four tribes that Xiao Yu relied on began to move closer to the direction of the royal court.

Originally, the station where Huang Hanji's department was located had been emptied at the moment, and only a large open space was left to connect with the surrounding grassland. As soon as the snow stopped, a cavalry came here in a thick layer of snow, all dressed in furs and mink hats, and if you looked closely, you could see the ornate scimitars at their waists.

At the head was a young man dressed in a black mink fur, which was not very gorgeous, and even variegated. If in the Eastern Capital, the magnates disdain this kind of mink fur, the Eastern capital magnates love fox fur more, and the mink fur cannot be compared with the fox fur unless it is a solid color. Unlike the other knights around him, whose scimitars were adorned with gems at their waists, the young man had a simple sword hanging from his waist, and he was the first to stop on a small hill and look in the direction of the central capital.

Next to the young man was an old man with a withered face, pointing in the direction of Zhongdu with a horsewhip, and said with a smile: "The northwest line of Zhongdu is bordered by Baishan in the north, and the northwest of Baishan is the Qinghe River turning to divide the grassland and the Central Plains, and the west side of the river is Hanoi Prefecture of Dazheng. Originally, according to the arrangement of the Great Khan, the four of us are like rampant rooks in chess, which can be attacked and retreated, and can be defended, if the grassland really has the ambition of the Central Plains to go south, and the northwest line cannot go, then we can bypass the central capital, and drive straight into the southwest line. The southwest line, in the final analysis, is two terrains that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Xiliang Corridor and the Hexi Plain, as long as you cross the Xiliang Corridor and then pull out several large camps on the Hexi Plain, the entire Xiliang Prefecture is already in no danger to defend, just like the little girl who has been stripped of her clothes, there is no room for resistance. ”

Hearing the old man's last words, everyone in the cavalry laughed, the old man smiled, and continued: "The four states in the northwest of Dazheng are in the situation of three one, from the southwest to the northwest, they are Xiliang Prefecture, Xihe Prefecture, Hanoi Prefecture, and after the three states is Shaanzhou, beyond Xiliang Prefecture, there are two choices, one is to attack Shaanzhou, and then cross the Xilingkou, and approach Zhili Prefecture and even the Eastern Capital. The second is to bypass the ascending mountains and enter Luzhou, Yuzhou and other places in the east. If there is a cavalry from the southwest line to break into Dazheng, whether it is one or two, it is enough to shake the Dazheng government and the opposition, and then the Wenchen, who is unwilling to go to war, will naturally be noisy, the reason why the grassland wants to fight in previous years, and the weak attitude of the princes of the eastern capital is the key, as long as the princes of the eastern capital exert pressure on the court, it is enough for Xu Lin to withdraw his troops and return to defense. ”

The young man, who had been smiling lightly, finally spoke: "Huang Taiji has seen the princes of the Eastern Capital thoroughly. ”

The crowd laughed again.

Xiao Yu smiled, his smile was slightly cold, "What the princes of the Eastern Capital care about is nothing more than a little flashy face, as long as the grassland is nominally a minister, as for how many people have died in the northwest and how much land has been lost, in their eyes, it is just a bitter cold land, where do they care about this." ”

Huang Hanji nodded with deep feelings: "What the horse said is good, when I was young, I went to Dazheng with the mission, at that time, because of the war in the northwest, the king of Khan asked for compensation, and the princes of the eastern capital began to be very tough, and they worked hard for a month, and finally changed the indemnity to give coins, and the princes of the eastern capital readily agreed, but the silver was still those silvers, and there was no less." ”

The corners of Zi Shuiyang's mouth, which had been inconspicuous on the other side of Xiao Yu, showed a slight mockery, the reason why Xiao Yu dared to leave the royal court where the heavy troops were stationed and came to the grassland border was because of this witch sect elder. In order to prepare for the upcoming grassland war, Autumn Leaves had not shown up for many days, and in fact, Xiao Yu did not dare to have Autumn Leaves, the head disciple of the Taoist Sect, come to be his guard.

The group went to the southwest again, Xiao Yu deliberately lagged behind, and walked side by side with Huang Hanji, Xiao Yu said softly: "Although the rebellion of the Red Lady is peaceful, but the palace is empty, and now the enemy is current, Bo Lao has deep qualifications, is stable, and assumes the position of the left minister, what does Huang Taiji want?"

Huang Hanji remained silent, "It's all up to the horses." ”

Xiao Yu glanced at Huang Hanji, as if he wanted to find out something, but unfortunately he only saw a strange smiling face piled up with withered wrinkles.

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment and continued: "The position of the right minister has the right to mobilize all the ministries, and also leads the twelve military forces of the royal court, and the only people who can hold this position are Huang Taiji and Shen Dongzan Taiji. What are your plans?"

Huang Hanji shook his head and said with an open-minded smile: "I am now the largest Taiji on the grassland, with the most extensive grassland, the largest tribe and the most elite soldiers. ”

Xiao Yu nodded, "Then who do you think can hold this position?"

Huang Hanji pointed at Xiao Yu and said with a smile: "The left and right phases are permanent, and the right phase is not permanent, sometimes the king of Khan can also lead the right phase by himself, and now the Great Khan is no longer there, the princess is not familiar with political affairs, so it is better to lead the right phase by himself." ”

Xiao Yu smiled and said: "Huang Taiji personally promoted Xiao to be the right minister, if Xiao can't return you a seal in the future, won't you be scolded for being ungrateful?"

Huang Hanji laughed and said, "Then I'll wait for the horse's sealing of the sweat." ”

Xiao Yu looked up at the sun, "It's not early, let's go back." ”

The sweet jujube has been thrown to Bonu, and it is distributed by Bonu, and the military power is also counted in his hands, although there are still Huang Hanji and Shen Dongzan, the two major Taiji, but in the end, Xiao Yu has taken the place, and he has been promoted from the weakest of the three to the head of the three.

Xiao Yu turned his horse's head, and finally glanced in the direction of Zhongdu, laughing at himself, in the Anguo Mansion before, the only thought was to become a cultivator, and later became a cultivator and came to the grassland, and he never thought that he would become a member of the group of people who could guide the country, the world is impermanent, nothing more than this.

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Qinghe, every time the cold winter comes, the river surface will freeze more, if you encounter the cold weather that has not been encountered for decades, there will be a wonder of frozen waterfalls in Hukou and other places, but unfortunately the ice surface is thick, and it can not withstand the trampling of thousands of horses' hooves, if you want to cross the Qinghe River and enter Hanoi, it is undoubtedly very unrealistic.

At the time of the wax moon, there was already a layer of ice on the surface of the Qinghe River, which was not thin or thick, although it was not three feet of ice, but it was absolutely no problem to just walk on it.

At this time, there was a Tsing Yi Taoist with a sword walking alone on the Qinghe River.

In the sunny weather after the snow, the whole Qinghe River is like a jade belt across the continent, connecting the two snow-capped mountains and converging the two ethnic groups.

The Taoist in Tsing Yi slowly raised his head and looked at the snow peak in the southeast direction, as well as the Xiongcheng not far from the snow peak. There is the middle capital.

Soon, the main gate of the city, which had not been opened for many years, would be opened, and hundreds of thousands of cavalry would enter the steppe.

The soldiers were divided into three routes, and the Chinese army was in the central capital.

The Taoist in Tsing Yi just smiled faintly, and turned his head to look down at the frozen river under his feet.

Suddenly, the Taoist in Tsing Yi raised his foot and stomped on the ice, this foot was not mixed with any vitality, just the strength of the body.

A thin crack appeared in the ice.

Akiba stared at this slit expressionlessly, and suddenly had a very crazy idea.

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On the eighth day of the lunar month, Xiao Yu ended his seven-day border patrol and returned to the royal court.

At the same time, the royal court elders led by Bonu, and the various ministries headed by Huang Hanji and Shin Dongzan rarely gathered in the royal court.

This is the first time since Lin Yuan's death that the royal court has such an atmosphere.

Although the two important forces of the Molun Temple and the Grassland Witch Sect are missing this time, it has ushered in an unprecedented cross-river dragon, Dao Sect!

The head of the three sects, the Taoist sect that wants to be in charge of the bull's ear in the cultivation world.

There is a small lake in the back garden of the palace, Xiao Yu and Qiu Ye, who has just returned, and Qiu Si, a disciple of Molun Temple, sit in the lakeside pavilion together.

Qiu Si skillfully fiddled with the tea set on the table, and was extremely familiar with the tea ceremony, Xiao Yu asked with a little surprise: "I didn't expect Master Qiu Si to be proficient in the tea ceremony." ”

Qiu Si frowned, then raised his eyebrows and smiled, "When I traveled to Dazheng, an official lady taught me. ”

Xiao Yu nodded, and continued to watch Qiu Si make tea and wash tea.

Autumn leaves always sat aside with an indifferent expression, without saying a word.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu turned his head and asked, "What do you gain from this trip?"

Autumn leaves turned their heads to look at the southeast and said two words: "Qinghe." ”

Xiao Yu also thought about crossing the Qinghe River from the northwest to enter Hanoi, but Huang Hanji's meaning was to march to Xiliangzhou from the southwest, although they were all the ideas of attacking and defending, but the choice after entering Xiliangzhou was to be more flexible.

Xiao Yu frowned, didn't ask at any time, but turned his head to look at the small lake outside the pavilion that had formed a thin layer of ice, and suddenly smiled: "If Zen Master Qiuyue is here, will your Sanqiu's names be counted?"