Xiao Yan's sudden departure simply told the world that Yongguo was going to join forces with the barbarians to invade Dayan.

Once the two countries are at war, who cares if a proton lives or dies? If he doesn't run at this time, it's too late.

Hearing that Princess Yongning, who was good friends with him, was disheartened and resentful when she learned the news, she directly closed the palace gate and refused to see guests in Weiyang Palace.

And in the distant snowfield, inside the king's tent, a middle-aged man with crimson hair was sitting on a white tiger skin seat.

"Good!" After listening to the briefing of the barbarian scouts, he smiled, raised his head, and drank the wine in his glass.

This person is none other than Shan Yu of the Barbarian Royal Court, Morton.

Morton said loudly: "Continue to gather the sons of all tribes, and when it is determined that there are only 8,000 people in the Yan Kingdom to support the Northern Mansion, then immediately attack the Jianbei Pass!"

He was originally worried that Xiao Jichen of Yongguo would disobey the orders of the Emperor of Yongguo, but now that he saw that Xiao Yan, the proton of Yongguo, had run away, he must have gotten the news and knew that Yongguo really wanted to make a move against Yanguo.

Morton was much more relieved and continued to drink freely.

In the king's tent, the voices of countless barbarian soldiers cheering also sounded.

The day after Xiao Yan left Beijing, Chu Yao hurried to Weiyang Palace to comfort his sister.

"There is no grass at the end of the world, the old does not go and the new does not come, Xiaoliu, for my brother, I will introduce you to eighteen young talents in Beijing, you can choose."

Chu Yao stood outside the gate of Weiyang Palace and shouted inside through the gate.

"I really didn't expect Xiao Yan to be such a cowardly person, I am Huanghuang Dayan, the state of etiquette, how could I embarrass him because the two armies are fighting, but he actually ran away, it's really disappointing."

"It's okay with Xiaoliu, bye bye, bye-bye, the next one is better."

Let Chu Yao speak, the door of the palace is still closed.

Chu Yao was not in a hurry, took the water bladder carried by the little eunuch beside him, moistened his throat, and continued to shout.

After a long time, after Chu Yao's mouth was dry, Zhuxue came out, bowed, and said, "Fifth Highness, please go back, my Highness doesn't want to see guests today."

"It's okay, then I'll come back tomorrow and bring some novelty gadgets to relieve Xiaoliu's boredom."

The next day, one more person appeared outside the temple gate.

"Sister Yi'er, I bring you all kinds of snacks, including: steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chicken, ......

Fu Qianqian was carrying a huge food box, followed by a row of accompanying palace maids, each of whom held a plate in her hand, on which were freshly prepared dishes.

She stood outside the door for a while, and then Xue Xunchun and a team of Crane Control Division came out, took the food box and plate, and said with a smile: "The slave and maid thank the county lord for the kindness of my Royal Highness, but His Highness doesn't want to see guests today."

Fu Qianqian also waved her hand: "It's okay, then I'll come back tomorrow and bring some fresh dishes for Yi'er to eat."

On the fourth day, the eldest princess Chu Mingsu appeared outside the gate of Weiyang Palace.

She was dressed in a dress of gold and silver threads, followed by six handsome young men.

"Yi'er, man, aunt here, these maiden aunts will give it to you, they are all the top brands in several buildings in Beijing, you have to treat it well!"

Chu Mingsu comforted with a smile on his face.

A moment later, the door of the palace opened, and six young men with weak crowns lined up to be led into Weiyang Palace by Pillow Snow.

"Thank you Eldest Princess, My Royal Highness will definitely be in a much better mood with these servants, but it's a pity that she doesn't want to see guests today." Pillow Xue said.

Chu Mingsu waved his hand: "Don't worry about it, don't worry about it, as long as Yi'er accepts it, it doesn't matter if you don't see this palace, this palace will come back in two days, and bring some new people to Yi'er."

On the fifth day, Chu Yao learned that Xiao Yan had given Chu Yi a wooden sword, and spent a lot of money to buy an extremely exquisite golden sword built by the forging master in his later years, and sent it to Weiyang Palace.

Day 6, Day 7......

In half a month, Princess Yongning's private treasury had a few hundred taels of gold;

Outside the palace, there are twelve more talented young singers, and they have become a leap

It is the first green building in the capital, and it is in the limelight for a while;

Chu Yi was lying in the dormitory and gained five pounds.

"I don't know...... What's going on in Beifu, calculate the time, and now my brother should open the first bag."

Chu Yi touched his soft little belly, and sighed in his heart, the abdominal muscles he had worked hard to get from practicing the sword before were still ninety-nine to one after all.

Before she went to the East Palace, in addition to explaining the affairs of Xuanjia Jun and Geng Chuan, she also gave Chu Ye three tips.

Outside the hall gate, Chu Yao was still shouting.

"It's been the seventeenth day, and Chu Xiaowu isn't too tired."

Pillow Xue shook her head: "The golden sword has been melted three times, and the golden Buddha has been melted two, cough cough...... Your Highness, isn't it good for us to melt the Buddha?"

"Alas, the people of my Dayan have been displaced by famine, and the body of this palace is weak and unable to take care of itself, so I can only look anxious, so I have to melt the golden Buddha that Chu Xiaowu sent to this palace to use as disaster relief money, and the Buddha is above, and he will also understand this palace."

Chu Yi smiled faintly.

Pillow Snow: "......"

Chu Yi finally stood up and walked to the door of the hall: "Open the door."

The gate of Weiyang Palace, which had been closed for more than half a month, slowly opened, and Chu Yao's whole person became excited.

Immediately, his eyes gradually widened.

He thought that what came out would be a sad and sad little Liu, but the little six who appeared in front of him had a ruddy complexion, an excellent complexion, and a gentle smile on the corner of his lips.

He even felt that Xiao Liu was still a few pounds.

Chu Yao: "Little Liu, aren't you sad?"

"Who told you that Hongu is sad?" Chu Yi asked rhetorically.

"But Xiao Yan is gone......

Chu Yi walked out of the hall door and patted Chu Yao's shoulder: "Xiao Yan is just leaving, not dead."

Chu Yao: "......"

The curvature of the corners of her lips rose, and she said slowly, "It's almost over there in Beifu, let's go, there's a serious matter for us to do."

Chu Yao asked suspiciously, "Serious business? What serious business do you want us to do? What's wrong with Beifu, there won't be an accident, Xiaoliu, don't be scary."

The corners of Chu Yi's mouth twitched, and then he said slowly, "For my brother, propose!"

*

Beifu, Jianbeiguan.

The wind and sand are long, and the distant mountains are dyed with snow.

Jianbei Pass is the junction of Yan and Manrong, and the boundless mountains on both sides cover the other cities of Beifu, only here is a huge gap, allowing Barbarian Rong to invade the Central Plains from this gap from time to time.

Outside the pass, a few earthen fortresses built by barbarians stood on the wasteland, and the sound of drinking and merrymaking came from the fortress.

The weather was dry and cold, and the cold winds from the snowfields were constantly hitting the sky and the earth day and night, as well as this century-old majestic pass.

I heard that Jianbei Pass was originally called Dingbei Pass, a hundred years ago Yan Kingdom won a great victory here, and wherever the Dingyuan army went, they looked at it, so that the barbarians were frightened, and the Great Yan Sword pointed to the entire snow field.

Later, Dingbeiguan changed its name, and it was also hoped that the younger generations of the Central Plains would not forget the glory of Dayan, not be afraid of the barbarians, but to defeat them.

Jianbei Pass also has the people, last year's whole year of victory, the people of Dayan in the pass raised their eyebrows one by one, and the Hui merchants who came and went, the barbarian pawns are particularly proud to do business.

Who would have thought that at the beginning of the year, the general Su Jingyuan actually drove to the west with a recurrence of his old injury, and after this incident, the barbarian who had been living in peace for a long time had faint signs of raising his head these days.

It's going to war! The people are aware of it.

At this moment, on the city wall of Jianbei Pass, there are three people, the eldest prince Chu Rin, the crown prince Chu Ye and the young general Su Bai.

Chu Ye had just arrived here yesterday and was familiarizing himself with the situation in the pass.

"This is the case now, since Morton wrote that letter, our scouts have discovered that Morton has gathered a large number of barbarian soldiers, stationed in several forts a hundred miles outside the pass, and now the number is close to fifty thousand."

Su Bai said in a deep voice, his face cold

High.

His face was still handsome and handsome, and his long peach eyes were much sharper than before.

Chu Ye had seen Su Jingyuan's nephew Su Bai in Shangjingcheng, and he had worked with Su Bai's brother Su Xuan for many years and knew both brothers.

In the past, Su Bai was dashing, although he was very easy to deceive, but he also liked to study military books, and the most he said all day was that he would definitely be stronger than Su Xuan in the future, and he would glorify the lintel of the Su family.

Now he is darker than before, and after a few months of training in the army, the 20,000 Dingyuan soldiers in the pass are very convinced of him.

Next to him, Chu Rin tightened his brows, looked at the endless wasteland under the city wall, and said coldly:

"There are only 3,000 foot soldiers in Jianbei Pass who can defend the city, and the 20,000 Dingyuan army and the 8,000 Yulin army you brought are all cavalry, in my opinion, instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to take the initiative to attack, directly send 20,000 iron cavalry, and take those few barbarian fortresses that are still increasing in number."

Su Bai shook his head and objected to his thoughts: "What if that fortress is just a decoy, what if Morton finds out that the army is out of the city and directly attacks Jianbei Pass!"

"Then we'll immediately come back to their aid and take them back."

"A hundred miles, even cavalry can't come in time. There are five fortresses outside the gate, but if the 20,000 iron horsemen are scattered, they may not be able to wipe them all out in one go."

The two of them discussed it with one look at me, Chu Rin wanted to lead the cavalry out of the pass to fight, but Su Bai felt that the Jianbei Pass could not be lost, so it was better to stick to it.

Chu Ye didn't bother, and when they were deadlocked, he took out three bags from his arms.

Chu Rin stopped and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Chu Ye picked up the bag embroidered with the word "one" and explained, "Before leaving, Xiaoliu gave me three bags, and she said that I could only open the first one after I came to Jianbei Pass."

As he spoke, he pulled out a note from his bag.

The three of them looked at it at the same time, only to see that only one line of small words was written on the note:

[Out of the city, defeated, hidden outside the pass, detoured into the snowfield, and only a small number of soldiers were left in the pass. 】

"Detour into the snow?"

Chu Rin looked at the note, his eyes fell on the five words in it, pondered for a moment, and looked puzzled.

"Get out of the city and deceive, and then hide, I understand. First send 20,000 iron horsemen out of the city to take the initiative to attack those fortresses, pretend to be defeated and retreat to the pass, but in fact hide outside the pass, and wait for the barbarians to relax their vigilance before attacking, so that they can have a surprise effect...... But why make a detour to the snow?"

"I didn't expect Princess Yongning to also support the initiative, but if only a few soldiers are left in the pass, once the barbarians find out, desperately attack the city, once the Jianbei Pass is not protected, it will not cause a catastrophe." Su Bai's brows furrowed.

Chu Ye looked at the two of them and said, "You should know that Morton has reached an agreement with Yongguo, as long as Morton attacks the city, the Xuanjia army of Yongguo will attack Nanfu, but they have not discussed how to fight the Xuanjia army."

Chu Rin nodded, his face became more serious, and his dark eyes were deep and complicated: "I know, but now the safety of Jianbei Pass is at stake, and Su Bai and I are no longer allowed to think about the Xuanjia Army's attack on Nanfu."

Chu Ye smiled slightly, and said, "No, I mean, in other words, the Barbarian Rong and the Yongguo seem to cooperate, but they don't trust each other, and Morton won't risk his life to attack the city for a day if he doesn't see the Xuanjia Army attacking Nanfu."

"And Xiao Liu's trick has a premise, that is, Morton wants to wait for the movement of the Xuanjia Army - they will not really attack Jianbei Pass in a short period of time."

"You're saying that they want to flank from both sides and put double pressure on both the South and North Mansions, so Morton needs to ensure the movement of the Xuanjia Army."

"Exactly, even if Morton attacked the city in the past few days, it was all a feint, and they also knew that the 20,000 cavalry in the pass were not good at defending the city, so it was completely okay to leave a few people in the pass, disguise themselves as a large number of people in the pass, and then secretly send out the cavalry."

After listening to Chu Ye's words, Chu Rin was already eager to try.

Su Bai still couldn't help but ask, "But if Morton really takes advantage of the emptiness in the pass...... Jianbei Pass is the most important barrier for Great Yan to defend against the barbarians, and no accidents are allowed."

Chu Ye touched it again and took out Chu Tingxiao's holy decree.

"Jianbei Pass, there will be no accidents!" He unfolded the holy decree and pointed it out to the two of them, "Half a month ago, my father had already contacted the Jin Kingdom, and at this moment, the Jin Kingdom reinforcements are on their way to Jianbei Pass!"

The content of the holy decree has nothing to do with the three of them, but it is according to the seal of Wei Yuanshan when he was still a prince.

Wei Yuanshan wrote that in order to thank Da Yan for helping him regain the throne, he was willing to promise three things to Yan Guo as Emperor Jin.

Eight thousand mountains and Yue war horses, to ensure the safety of the princess, this is the first thing;

Friendship with Dayan, mutual communication, mutual non-aggression, this is the second thing;

If the barbarians attack, the border of Dayan is in trouble, and the Jin State is willing to send troops to support and fight against the barbarians with Dayan——

This is the third thing!

Su Bai's eyes trembled, a glint flashed in his eyes, and he said:

"In other words, there will be no loss in Jianbei Pass, on the contrary, as long as we make a detour to the snow field, we can take advantage of the emptiness of the rear of their royal court when Morton gathers troops and horses, and directly smashes the Yellow Dragon and draws salaries from the bottom of the cauldron!"

"Yes," Chu Ye stuffed the note back into the bag, "Alas, I don't know what is written in the other two bags of Liuliu, she told me that she will not be able to open the second one until I come to Jianbei Pass for ten days."

Chu Rin raised his head and looked at the black dragon flag on his side, his hair was blown up by the wind, his tiger eyes were sharp and deep, and he said word by word: "Whoever offends my big swallow, although it is far away, will be punished."

"I'll immediately go and order 10,000 Yuanyuan troops and 8,000 Yulin troops, and attack the enemy camp at night tonight!" Su Bai said quickly.