Gao Yanzong left the emperor's line, what he saw along the way, the field of vision was broad, the mountains and rivers were becoming more and more dangerous, and the scenery was very different from the hinterland of the Central Plains, and there was a little more scene outside the plug. I also encountered Turkic bandits along the way, and all of them were wiped out.

"Have the Turks penetrated this far?" Gao Yanzong was deeply worried, and learned from the captives that there was no war breaking out in Youzhou, so he put his mind at ease, quickly whipped up, and went straight to Youzhou, but was stopped by the city gate officials at the gate.

"We have official business, let us in!" The one who spoke was Gao Yanzong's personal guard, a good hand picked out from the Six Towns military camp, he was tall, with an unobtrusive scar on his face, and he was the captain in the team guarding Gao Yanzong.

After yelling at the gatekeepers, he rode around the gates, the thick beard at the corners of his mouth trembling from side to side, and the cowhide armor on his body rattled.

This city gate official is from the Hu people, and he is also a jinshi in this year's examination, and he is not afraid of the bluffing obscenity, and his light brown eyes spew out anger.

Although the other party is a captain, he is just a city gatekeeper. But the new science and technology jinshi is strong, and he still upholds justice and morality in his bones, in the remote place of Youzhou, the law has not been revitalized, and Yan Bing has always been arrogant, if he retreats out of fear, won't it make people laugh? How can you still control the people below!

So he suppressed his shame and exclaimed, "I don't care who you are!" Rules are rules, and people who are not soldiers outside of the state are not allowed to enter the city in armor! If you want to enter the city like this, you first asked me if I would agree to the crossbow! ”

The lieutenant was furious, and just wanted to whip and scold, but was stopped by Gao Yanzong, who looked at them coldly and ordered: "Get off the horse and change your clothes!" ”

The sound of armor removal came and went, and the three hundred cavalrymen who had just returned to their bright armor changed into civilian clothes one after another. The city gatekeeper glanced at them, snorted coldly, pointed to the long knife at their waists, and said:

"Weapons are also not allowed to enter the city!"

"-You!" The generals were furious and changed color, but Gao Yanzong's face sank and he scolded: "Stop! ”

These soldiers are the forbidden army in front of the emperor, all of them are arrogant, and when they are provoked, they want to break out. Gao Yanzong's respect for the king, and the deputy governor of the six towns of Jinyang, they didn't dare not listen to his words, and after pressing down the angry subordinates, Gao Yanzong stepped in front of the city gate officials, and his face was a little unkind:

"Youzhou is a big rule, that is, at the feet of the Son of Heaven in Jinyang, and it has never been said that soldiers are not allowed to bring knives into the city, this king's group of soldiers are all guards of the Son of Heaven, and it is also the rule that the blade cannot be let go, and it is also the rule that the body does not remove the armor, and you first order us to remove the armor, and then let me wait to remove the knife, what is the reason?" He arched his hand to the west and said, "You must know that we are here on the orders of the Son of Heaven, and you dare to insult this king here?" ”

When the city gate official heard that he claimed to be the king, he chuckled in his heart, and when he heard that he was carrying a holy order, he immediately put away his contemptuous posture, and said with a solemn face: "Since I have His Majesty's edict, it is inconvenient for me to check, but I want to check the official documents of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council." Seeing that Gao Yanzong's face was dark, he stiffened his head and arched his hand, saying, "Where the responsibility is, forgive me!" ”

Gao Yanzong was silent, and turned out the official documents of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, and when the city gate officials saw it, they retreated with complicated expressions: "In this case, the king can enter the city." Gao Yanzong entered the city on his horse, and a cadre of soldiers put on armor again and swaggered into the city gate. The lieutenant complained to the governor for a while: "Governor, the thief is so rude, why didn't the governor clean him up by the way!" ”

Gao Yanzong replied with a cold warning: "You all give me a little restraint!" I came to Youzhou, I was in charge of the army, not fighting in the nest, although the city gate official was pedantic, then after all, he was the duty, even if it was passed to His Majesty, there was no responsibility to be held accountable...... Let's be honest. ”

A group of people entered the city gate, all the way to the Assassin's Mansion, and met Di Fulian. After hearing what happened at the city gate, he smiled slightly, and said, "Oh, the young man doesn't know what happened, and he collided with the king, and I ask the king to forgive me." ”

The soldiers had some unpleasantness at the city gate, and he also found an opportunity to make amends, Gao Yanzong showed the left ear of the Turkic who had been cut off, and he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and even wrote a letter asking for merit, and sent someone to Jinyang quickly.

Before the messenger set off, Di Divolian deliberately gave the letter to Gao Yanzong for a look, which not only described in detail the whole process of Gao Yanzong's generals being brave and strategic, and exterminating the Liukou. He also described the victory of this suppression of bandits as a "prestige of the imperial court and shocking the crowd!" "There is a great contribution to the country and the people are exempted from hardship". Ask the court to give a reward according to the law.

"The history of the assassin is polite, Gao Moujie Wufu, how can he dare to be so praised by the history of the assassin?" Even Gao Yanzong, who has always been thick-skinned, blushed at the moment, and apologized: "We are new here, killing thieves is incidental, and it is also our duty, so it is not worth writing a big book...... This, this is really embarrassing. ”

Di Fulian waved his hand and said: "Alas, to protect the people and fight for the country, as courtiers, we can make the place peaceful and the people have enough food and clothing, which is our primary duty." So this credit, the king should not be polite to me, although Youzhou is poor and clanging, but military pay has never been indispensable. ”

Gao Yanzong came here to pay the military power of Di Fu Lian, Di Fu Lian knew it, but he was not dissatisfied in his heart, Di Fu Lian was also a person who upheld justice and morality, and he had been in Youzhou for several years, actively responding to the imperial court policy, consolidating the border, and cherishing the soldiers, and won the love of the military and the people of Youzhou. Hearing that the Son of Heaven handed over the military power to King Ande, he was only gloomy for a moment, and then happily handed over the military power of the more than 2,000 Xianbei Baibao elite soldiers in his hand.

Gao Yanzong saw him so happy, and when he came, the little speculation in his heart disappeared, and he was secretly ashamed. It is well known that he could not even have a sacred heart, and it seems to be related to the palace change that took place a few years ago. The specific Gao Yanzong doesn't know, and even Dazai doesn't know much, but since His Majesty doesn't want to spread it, naturally there is a reason why he doesn't say it, as a minister, how can he spy on the privacy of the Son of Heaven?

He was originally prepared for what should happen if Di Fulian refused to hand over power, three hundred elite armored horsemen, he could definitely take down the Assassin's Mansion, and then hold the holy decree to suppress the chaotic soldiers, and take over the defense and military power of Youzhou. He was all planned to collect it when he came, but Di Fu was so happy to hand over the power, which made him embarrassed and secretly scolded himself for being a villain.

In order to show his strong support for the assassin and the Youzhou bureaucrats, Gao Yanzong took the initiative to give up half of the post-war profits to make up for the losses caused by the "local" border crossing. Di Fu even made a slight excuse, and also thanked the old folks on behalf of Youzhou. The two sides talked happily, and both deliberately forgot about the conflict that took place at the city gate.

"Did you see Your Majesty before the king came? Is Your Majesty well? ”

After solving the problem of the distribution of the spoils of war, he quickly turned his attention to the aspects related to the movements of the imperial court.

"Before I came to Youzhou, I was personally summoned by His Majesty. The situation of that day is still vivid in my mind! Gao Yanzong arched his hand in the northwest direction and replied: "Your Majesty is in full bloom in the Spring and Autumn Period, the dragon body is safe, and two months ago, the eldest son of the emperor was added!" I also heard that Yang Dudu of Yanzhou captured Ashina, and Long Yan was happy. Every day, even if the chapters are approved until the night is over, I am happy! ”

"Your Majesty's respect for the Great King's Holy Favor is really enviable!" Di Fulian also arched his hand in the direction of Jinyang, complimenting. Immediately afterward, he asked with a gloomy expression. "Old man Debo, I haven't seen the face of the sky for a long time, I don't know if Your Majesty will pass by Youzhou on the way to the north?"

Di Fu Lian can't even have a sacred heart, everyone knows it, and everyone who knows understands that this loyal warrior may only be able to stay in Youzhou for retirement in this life, but seeing Di Di Fulian's hopeful eyes, Gao Yanzong really couldn't bear to hurt him, and after a little muttering, he said:

“…… Count, Your Majesty is approaching Yanmen. Your Majesty cares about the people of Northern Xinjiang, and whenever there are chiefs to worship on the way, all of them are not summoned, and the mixed tribes of Youzhou are the top priority, and Your Majesty should come. ”

With a glint of hope in his eyes, Gao Yanzong coughed and changed the subject: "...... But now that the Youzhou War is about to start, let's put this war over first. ”

"Alas, being a courtier can't share your majesty's worries, it's really a shame for my generation!" Di Fu Lian shook his head and sighed:

"Don't hide it from the king, four days ago, the wolf of Ashina rode Kou Yuyang, turned east to attack my Youzhou, I led the army to fight with him, and there were victories and defeats, which made him turn back.

"Alas...... Our soldiers are outnumbered, and most of the soldiers and horses in the state are recruited and transferred in turn for the two governors of Zhenbei and Pingbei, and they are really unable to advance eastward, so they have to contact the history of Pingzhou Gao Gong and Gao Thorn, and respond to each other's horns, so as to be worthy of the confidence of a war. The king is here, and it's easy to do it! ”

“…… When His Majesty ordered me to come to lead the Youzhou army, he did not talk about how to quell the chaos, and Tang Shangshu, who was in charge of the military affairs, had other things to do at that time, and he did not note to the privy councillors to make any arrangements" Gao Yanzong knew that the imperial court expected the imperial court to send a large army to quickly repel the Turks blocking the doorstep, but in his opinion, this wish could not be realized.

"But the assassin doesn't have to worry, according to this king, the reason why Ashina can create such a big momentum is just to occupy the gap between the two governors of Zhenbei and Pingbei to fight for themselves, and it's just that Youzhou happens to be in such an embarrassing position at this time......" Gao Yanzong cut the railway, "Although there are not many Youzhou troops left, since I am ordered by the Son of Heaven, I will naturally do my best to keep the people of Youzhou safe!" ”

Di Fu shook his head again and again, and said: "In this way, I am in charge of the king, and the king only needs to kill the enemy, and he doesn't have to worry about the military posture, as long as he frustrates the sharpness of the Ashina photograph!" I'm grateful! ”