The defeat of King Hun Tu at Pingjiao Pass not only caused a violent counterresponse in Dafeng, but also slashed at the Northern Barbarian Court like Nine Heavens Xuan Thunder in the territory of the Northern Barbarians.

King Hun Tu rushed to Pingjiao Pass with an army of 200,000, and was almost wiped out in less than a month, and this battle directly damaged the vitality of the Northern Barbarians, so that they could not draw troops at all when they faced Qin Feng's army later.

If you want to say why the Northern Barbarian Khan didn't let Murong Zhuo's army continue to go on the expedition, it was not that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't afford to lose this person.

At the beginning, he summoned Murong Zhuozhuo back with an order, but now that he has lost the battle, he has asked the family to clean up the mess, not to mention that he doesn't open his mouth, even if he does, Murong Zhuozhuo may not go.

He was able to sit on the position of the Great Khan thanks to the help of the Murong family, if Murong Zhuozhuo really didn't go, he would not be able to tear his face with others, and then no one would be obedient, and it would be him who was embarrassed.

Later, in desperation, Yelu Rongguang had to send King Hui Hu to Pingjiao to negotiate peace, for this peace, the entire Northern Barbarian Court was extremely quiet, especially those old gate lords and nobles, who did not dare to say a word.

For Murong Zhuozhuo, the generals of the Young Zhuang faction, this fiasco is not necessarily a bad thing for them, and the eyes of the people of the Northern Barbarians are not blind, this time King Hun Tu lost the battle, almost plunging the Northern Barbarians into a place of no return.

This is a huge blow to the status of the Eight Kings in the Northern Barbarian Royal Court, at least in the future royal court, the prestige and power of these noble gate lords will be greatly reduced, and this just gives them a rare opportunity for the Young Zhuang faction.

After this defeat, Yelu Rongguang also realized that the current Northern Barbarians could no longer rely on these Eight Kings, and if the Northern Barbarian Royal Court wanted to continue to compete with the Central Plains in the south, it was necessary to have the input of fresh blood, and this fresh blood was the young Zhuang faction general like Murong Zhuozhuo.

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After a short rest of two days in Cangtong City, Ning Xiaochuan and his party embarked on the road to the north.

Inside the Pingjiao Pass, Qin Feng looked at the information sent by the scout in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Where did Ning Xiaochuan's mission go?" ”

"General Qiyu, you are already on the way, and it is estimated that you will be able to reach Pingjiao Pass tomorrow." His scout arched his hand.

Qin Feng bowed slightly, "Let people arrange a place for them to live, they are all civil officials from Yin Du, and their bodies are delicate, don't slack off." ”

"Yes, my subordinates will arrange ......"

After the lieutenant general stepped back, Qin Feng got up and bowed slightly, took out another letter in his hand, and then, after pondering for a long time, he slowly threw the letter in his hand into the brazier in front of him.

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Outside the Pingjiao Pass, the wind and sand are everywhere, and the place outside the plug, although it is only autumn, but the strong wind blows, and it is no different from winter.

The cold wind blew on his body, but Ning Xiaochuan was fine, he had a true qi to protect his body, and he couldn't feel the cold air.

But Yu Gongming is different, they are almost all some powerless ministers, the west wind blows, shivering from the cold, and before they reach the Ping Prison Pass, they put on their coats and cotton robes one by one.

"The front is a flat prison, you adults hold on for a while."

The yellow sand dispersed, and in the depths of the wasteland in front of him, a majestic pass stood impressively in the yellow sand, like a warrior on the ancient battlefield, towering like a mountain.

"It's finally here......," Yu Gongming said tightly wrapped in his cloak and trembling.

Ning Xiaochuan smiled lightly, "Let's go in, General Qin should have prepared a banquet for us." ”

In fact, it is true, when Ning Xiaochuan and his party entered the Pingjiao Pass, Qin Feng personally greeted them.

is still wearing black armor, but the war in the past few months has made him a lot darker, and his face is full of vicissitudes, but this vicissitudes of life still can't hide the gloomy feeling on his body.

Qin Feng was still a little surprised when he saw Ning Xiaochuan wearing an official uniform, Ning Xiaochuan was already a long jade tree in the wind, and he wore an official uniform on his body, and he had a feeling of being a virtuous minister and a good look.

"Lord Ning, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here unharmed." Qin Feng stepped forward and saluted Ning Xiaochuan slightly, this was the first time Qin Feng had bowed to him in his memory.

Coming and not being rude, Ning Xiaochuan also bowed his head and said with a smile, "This should be what the official wants to say, General Qin is fine." ”

The two laughed awkwardly, the wind and sand were strong outside, and the group did not stay long, and after a while, they walked to the guest room with a group of officials.

The post station in Cangtong City is already very simple and simple, but when a group of officials saw the guest room of Pingjiaoguan, they knew what it meant to be more simple, there was a square table in the empty room, two benches, and a futon, which was still put together by Qin Feng and asked the soldiers of Pingjiaoguan to put together, and it was really worse than what I saw now.

Ning Xiaochuan is okay, when he went out to travel, he hadn't seen anything, and it would be very good for Qin Feng to arrange a place for them to shelter from the wind and rain.

Originally, Qin Feng thought that Ning Xiaochuan would complain, and even give full play to his true nature, but in fact, Ning Xiaochuan was silent, and even showed great satisfaction, which made Qin Feng a little surprised.

And Ning Xiaochuan didn't speak, even if these accompanying officials were a little resentful and dissatisfied, they didn't dare to say it, after several days of hard travel, most of these officials were exhausted, and they fell asleep after arriving at the Ping Prison Pass.

But Yu Gongming was different, I saw him come to the city wall of Pingjiaoguan alone, overlooking the battlefield in front of him, and pondering while watching.

Ning Xiaochuan leaned against the pillar of the pavilion on the city wall, looking ahead, there was a piece of yellow sand, and not a single figure could be seen, "Brother Yu, what are you looking at?" It's so windy outside, you don't even wear thick clothes to come out, you're not afraid of the cold. ”

Yu Gongming smiled, walked towards Ning Xiaochuan, and Ning Xiaochuan leaned on the pillar left and right, with his two hands shrunk in his cuffs and wrapped in front of him.

Ning Xiaochuan quietly operated his true qi, a transparent shield of true qi shrouded the two of them, and the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard in the distance looked at the two ministers of the mission, one leaned against the pillar, extremely lazy, and the other curled up together, extremely obscene, and could not associate with those foreign ministers of the Ministry of Rites.

Yu Gongming pointed to the northeast direction of Pinggao Pass, which is the end of the city wall of Pinggao Pass, and the edge of the end is the cliff, "Since I was a child, I thought that I could come to the border pass to see, and this time it can be regarded as a wish, but this Pingjiao Pass is not as impregnable as I imagined, easy to defend and difficult to attack." ”

Ning Xiaochuan looked suspiciously in the direction that Yu Gongming was pointing, and said puzzledly, "Don't talk nonsense about what you say, be careful of being arrested by Qin Feng to punish the crime." ”

"I'm telling you the truth, the book says that the eastern part of the city wall of Pingjiao Pass is a cliff 100 meters deep, and there is quicksand under the cliff, and it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to bypass the quicksand and sneak attack Pingjiao Pass from behind, but I just stood on the side and looked at it, as if this was not the case.

It is exposed to wind and sun all year round, and before the Gobi, it was even more barren, how could such a dry environment breed quicksand? Moreover, this Gobi is just a ruin, there is no 100-meter ravine mentioned in the book at all, at best it is 30 or 40 meters

If the Northern Barbarian army detours behind us from the northeast corner, then the enemy will be defeated in less than three days. Yu Gongming frowned and said, what he said was reasonable.

Ning Xiaochuan pondered slightly, looked at the end of the city wall, and bowed slightly, "If you really say so, it is indeed a hidden danger from a military point of view, I'll take a look." ”

said that Ning Xiaochuan was about to go, but was pulled by Yu Gongming next to him, "It's useless, it's heavily guarded over there, and you won't let people go at all." ”

"Then I'll go find Qin Feng."

Yu Gongming grabbed Ning Xiaochuan again, shook his head and said, "Will General Qin listen to us?" Besides, General Qin has been on the battlefield for a long time, if there is a problem, he should have discovered it a long time ago, what he just said is just my guess, there is no evidence, forget it; You and General Qin don't deal with each other in the first place, if there is a conflict, it will be troublesome. ”

"That's right, although Qin Feng is not a good person, his military ability is still fine, he shouldn't make such a low-level mistake......" Ning Xiaochuan frowned and pondered, and then turned his gaze to Yu Gongming, "It's you, you read the sage book every day, how can you know so much, come on, are you secretly reading the military book?" ”

Yu Gongming smiled, showed a mouthful of white teeth, stretched out his index finger and compared one, "It's nothing to do, I watched a little bit." ”

"Hey, you kid......"

The two were laughing and talking at the top of the city, and the Praetorian Guard soldiers next to them rolled their eyes.

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When night came, Qin Feng invited Ning Xiaochuan, Yu Gongming, and Tong Xuesi to be guests in his tent.

The bright moon hangs high, the cold wind blows the tent hunting, the tent is made of fine goatskin, and there is a brazier in the tent, but it is as warm as spring.

Qin Feng was also very polite, and took out the roasted whole sheep to entertain the three of them, the meat in the house was fragrant, warm and comfortable, and it gave people a particularly comfortable feeling.

In this bitter cold place in the north of the country, it is absolutely rare to have such a warm place where you can eat barbecue.

At first, Zhang Xingshan felt that such an important negotiation was that the imperial court would send a respected minister, but he didn't expect that it was actually two hairy boys, and Tong Xuesi could stabilize the focus of things, as for Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Gongming, the more they looked at it, the more they looked like children.

Qin Feng said while cutting the meat, "General Zhang, don't underestimate these three, Ning Shilang, the fifth son of Duke Liguo, the younger brother of General Ning He, was in Tongyang City back then, and it was embarrassing for General Ben to be in Tongyang City back then." ”

Ning Xiaochuan smiled embarrassedly, he couldn't help himself back then.

"Yu Gongming, Doctor Yu, the genius student of Guozijian, was valued by the two masters, and His Majesty praised him even more, and he will be the minister of the humerus of the court in the future."

Yu Gongming was a little embarrassed when Qin Feng said something, got up and arched his hand, "General Qin is polite." ”

"This ......" Qin Feng looked at Tong Xuesi, he really didn't have any impression of this person.

Ning Xiaochuan followed Qin Feng's words and said, "This is the Guozi Prison Wine, which I specially asked for from my master, and the absolute winner of this negotiation." ”

Tong Xuesi stepped forward and arched his hand, "Tong Xuesi has seen two generals. ”

So the scholar will be the key to this negotiation? Qin Feng and Zhang Xingshan both showed puzzled expressions.

Ning Xiaochuan was also puzzled, what he was puzzled about was not Tong Xuesi, but Qin Feng, what happened to Qin Feng tonight?

is so polite, and it is completely like the two of them when they saw themselves before......