On August 27, General Yang Guodong first sent troops to take Wanquan.

On August 30, General Gao Zhen fought out of the border pass along Yongning from Youzhou, and the 30,000 troops on the North Road arrived in the Northern Capital in less than three days, and the 3,000 Char soldiers defending the North Pass were surrounded and killed by tens of thousands of troops before they had time to react, and they did not even make a wave.

On the first day of the ninth month, General Gao Zhen personally commanded an army of 50,000 and marched westward from the northern capital, holding Xinghe firmly in his hands.

In just a few days, with no reaction from the Tsal people, General Gao Zhen successfully completed the layout.

Tokhtobula still failed to meet good luck, in Xinghe directly met the army led by Gao Zhen himself, although the gap between the soldiers on both sides is very small, but the opportunity is in Gao Zhen's hands, he does not want to fight the Zar people on the grassland.

The two sides simply fought on a small scale, and then directly ceased fighting.

Gao Zhen's goal this time is not to leave the Chaer people, they can't keep it, the grassland is too familiar to the Chaar cavalry, and Gao Zhen's plan is still in the future.

For the cavalry of these Zar tribes, Gao Zhen was not only not afraid of them, but also had a deep understanding of them.

Gao Zhenqin led 30,000 horses equipped with a full set of chariots, and stared at the ass that was not pulled off from it, and did not stop until it was three hundred miles away from Xinghe.

The southward movement of the eastern desert should be said to have taken advantage of it, at least it has robbed Weizhou's property, but it cannot be said that it has taken advantage, after all, tens of thousands of young and strong human lives cannot afford to lose in the grassland.

For Da Xia, for so many years, he has been passive, and the thorns have to be conscripted to resist when they go south, and most of the time they can't be stopped at all, the border pass is like a sieve, and it will leak out at some point, let alone take the initiative.

This time it was even more so, he almost didn't stop these wolf cubs in the early stage, let alone annihilate them.

The only fortunate thing is that this time, taking advantage of the inattention of the Chaer people, they quickly took the three towns of the border pass into their hands, which has a very far-reaching significance for the future, that is, from this time on, the border army of Great Xia can send troops from the northern capital or Xinghe to the north at any time.

On the seventh day of the ninth month, just after the end of the war, a group of merchants entered Yunzhou with more than ten carts of silk and tea from the south.

The goods of this group of merchants are still very good, and after more than a month of banning, Yunzhou's demand for these materials is also quite large, and the merchants in the city who got the news immediately rushed to the inn to negotiate the price with the shopkeeper.

Before coming, these people had already inquired, this was the business of Wei Guogong's family, and the goods came from Yangzhou, which was very authentic. Of course, with such a background, there is no one who dares to do anything, and it is the right way to honestly pay money and get the goods.

In just two days, a dozen truckloads of goods were snapped up, and the merchants were overjoyed in the inn.

In a separate room of the inn, Lu Ergongzi pulled the Lu family's guard Xiao Liuzi, who came with the goods, and was explaining the matter.

Xiao Liuzi's surname is Liu, the sixth in the family, and he has been a tenant of the Lu family since he was a child. The goods that the Xu family came to Yunzhou this time were escorted by him throughout the process.

Yes, the second prince came to Yunzhou this time with a purpose, and it is imperative to check the border army in Yunzhou.

Qi Canghai has just arrived at Yinyingwei, and many personnel are not familiar with it, and there are not many people he can use, this time the border troops in Youzhou and Yunzhou have to be checked, and he is really too busy alone, so he can only take the newcomer, at least he will not collude.

Originally, Qi Canghai wanted to send a few people with him, but Lu Yu didn't agree, he told Qi Canghai his thoughts.

He was also not familiar with the original people in the Silver Eagle Guard, and he couldn't figure out the stakes between each other at once.

This time the investigation of Yunzhou is very sensitive, and if he is a little careless and leaks the news, it will be a disaster of death, and he doesn't want to lose his life in a foreign land without knowing it.

Qi Canghai agreed with his statement, Yunzhou is not like Youzhou, whether it is a general or a few generals, it should not collude with the Char people.

After all, this crime is too big, and if you don't do it, it will destroy the nine clans, and it is not worth it for these people.

And Yunzhou is different, in case, there is really collusion with the Zar people at the level of a general, and it really can't be guaranteed, and it is not surprising that those generals absconded alone.

Lu Yu is the identity of a shopkeeper this time, doing business is originally the industry, for him, it is to act in his true colors, and there are no flaws at all.

He also had a small purpose in negotiating with these merchants, that is, to investigate and find out which generals were hiding behind these merchants, and it was impossible to do business at the border gates without a platform.

Therefore, when he was negotiating with these merchants, he also mentioned that he hoped to buy some goods from the border gates, and any horses, furs, and herbs would be fine, but it was really not good, and air-dried beef and mutton were also okay, and they couldn't be empty anyway.

This is the best way to stall for time, and it is also a strategy to reassure these merchants, and doing business is like that.

Lu Yu still has one more thing to do, that is, to find an opportunity to sneak into the local Silver Eagle's station, which is what Lu Yu himself meant.

If it were according to Qi Canghai's thinking, it would be best to give him an identity so that he could go in and check it openly, but Lu Yu felt that he might not be able to find out the truth in this way.

It was also to prevent accidents, Qi Canghai gave Lu Yu an identity, the envoy of the Silver Eagle Guard, codenamed Lone Eagle, in charge of internal affairs, as one of the four commanders of the Silver Eagle Guard, once exposed, at least he could save his life.

The second son has never done such a thing as investigating the case, but he knows a little bit about the procedure, first check the relevant clues, check the person according to the clues, wait until the exact evidence is in hand, and then arrest the person for interrogation, as for what to do later, it is not his business.

On the night of the tenth day of the ninth month, the second son sneaked out of the inn in a night suit from time to time, and the target was Yinying Yunzhou.

This is also a point that Qi Canghai confessed before coming, the source of Youzhou is Yunzhou Yinying, but there is a problem in the middle, the news is covertly transmitted, and it is not directly through the official channel, but a report.

The garrison of the Silver Eagle is very hidden, at the state capital level, the officials and the people all know that the Silver Eagle is stationed, but where it is, who are the people, what identity, almost no one knows, there is no way, otherwise those few people are not enough to kill.

The second prince knew that this was specially told to him by Qi Canghai, and the top secret inside the silver eagle was known to him alone.

After a while, he quietly came to a mansion, which was a place that had been explored during the day, and it was also a must for the people of the rivers and lakes.

He went to the backyard and looked around the room one by one, and now he couldn't alarm anyone, and he would rather not find out than make a mistake.

On September 17, the Holy Majesty issued several decrees.

Gao Zhen first fought against the thorns in Jimingyi, surrounded and annihilated more than 10,000 Chaer people, and then recovered the two towns of Xinghe and Beidu in the border passes.

Yang Guodong first guarded Wuzhou, annihilated more than 30,000 Chaer people, and then recovered Wanquan, thanks to Sheji, gave Yang Guodong the title of Jingbian Marquis, supervised the general, and garrisoned Yunzhou.

Then some other generals were rewarded, and other officers and soldiers at all levels also received different awards.

This time, in addition to Weizhou being robbed and suffering heavy losses, there was also a big loss, Yan Guogong died.

The saint has made arrangements in Youzhou, and the coffin of the Duke of Yan Guo was directly transported back to the capital, posthumously crowned the king of thistle, and buried according to the royal rites.

Not to mention how shocked the Manchu civil and military forces who got the news, Yuan Rui and the county lord were stunned when they heard the news.

Yuan Rui has watched a lot of TV series, and he still has a little understanding of the cruelty of the cold weapon era, and he often sees some so-called gods of war and generals dying on the battlefield.

But unless it is a battle to destroy the country, with such a high status as Yan Guogong, there are many guards around him, and he will not die directly on the battlefield under normal circumstances.

The Yanguo Mansion has set up a mourning hall, and almost all the civil and military officials in the capital have gone to mourn.

Yuan Rui and the county lord also went to the Guogong Mansion in the morning to offer condolences.

"Xianggong, why was Wei Qing and Huo Qubing able to drive the Xiongnu thousands of miles away in the Han Dynasty, but now Daxia can only defend passively.

At night, when the two of them were lying on the bed, the county lord suddenly sighed, and he didn't care whether Yuan Rui understood it or not, so he turned his head and asked directly.

"On the grassland, they can't be self-sufficient, beef and mutton can be full, but they can't stand to eat every day, there is no food, no vegetables, not even salt, what should they do! You can only grab it! ”

"You also know the environment of the grassland, half a year of winter, there is snow everywhere, you can't build a house, and cattle and sheep freeze to death every year. And the saddest thing is that the grass that cattle and sheep eat in winter is stored in autumn, and if it is not good, it will not be enough, and a lot of people will starve to death. ”

"For thousands of years, it is inevitable that the grassland has always wanted to go south to occupy the prosperous land of the Central Plains."

"Xianggong, then you say, how can you deal with them!"

"County Lord, you calculate, for thousands of years, which grassland people have succeeded in going south!"

"Why, it's very simple, even if they occupy the Central Plains, what can they do! You see that the Xianbei people did gain a firm foothold, but in the end, they became part of the Han people completely like the Central Plains people. Looking at the Mongolian people again, it can be regarded as a success, and they have almost occupied the Central Plains, but as a result, thinking about grazing in the Central Plains, that's not! ”

"So, I'm really not worried about these savages on the steppe. As for them, they come over to rob them from time to time, just like those sea bandits along the coast, the mountain bandits, there is nothing to fear, and they can't do big things. ”

"If you want to completely eliminate these external troubles, it is difficult to say, but it is also very simple to say, let them be like the Han people, build houses, graze, eat food, not be frozen, not hungry, live a safe and comfortable life, who will desperately go south!"

"County lord, if you want to get rid of external troubles, the key is to be strong, with rich food, a sufficient population, and strong soldiers, these barbarians of the outer domain are really not enough."

Yuan Rui turned his head as he spoke, and suddenly found that the county lord had fallen asleep holding his arm. Immediately laughed, pulled the quilt and carefully covered her, during this time, it seemed that the county lord didn't know what he was busy with, and he was often sleepy, and Yuan Rui sometimes teased her.

Thinking about the small talk with the county lord just now, Yuan Rui really couldn't sleep for a while!

Alas, this damned era!