Just when Jiang Ergou and Chu Tianxiong fell silent, there was a heavy sound of horses' hooves from the direction of Tianshan Pass.

The Great Chu cavalry, who was about to gather the bones of the robes, turned over their horses at this moment, holding their sabers and waiting for them, although the possibility of the grassland barbarians going and returning was almost zero, but at this time it should not be taken lightly.

Chu Tianxiong couldn't help but clench the saber in his hand after hearing the sound of horses' hooves, although he guessed that this was a reinforcement from the Tianshan Pass, but everything had to be careful!

When Qi Qian's burly figure appeared from a distance, all the Great Chu cavalry exhaled together, he was no longer able to continue fighting in such a state, if the grassland barbarians made a comeback, they would be truly dead!

When Chu Tianxiong saw Qi Qian, the latter naturally saw them as well, and when he saw the corpses all over the ground, he knew that he was too late.

But fortunately, they still won the battle in Da Chu, if the second prince has three longs and two shorts, even if the emperor Chu Zheng will not blame, they themselves will feel that it is difficult to explain.

With the arrival of the two thousand cavalry led by Qi Qian, Chu Tianxiong and them are really safe, even if those grassland barbarians still want to go back and kill a horse pistol, they also have the capital to fight.

Two thousand horsemen naturally joined the team to clean up the battlefield, and Qi Jian rode alone in front of Chu Tianxiong.

"I'm late, but thankfully you won. ”

Qi Jian did not salute Chu Tianxiong, although he was the second prince, he did not talk about that on the border, and even according to his military rank, Qi Jian was still above Chu Tianxiong, and at this time, it was already on the three words of the second prince to be commensurate with him at the same level.

And Chu Tianxiong did not blame for this, since he came to the border of Liaodong, he has always regarded himself as a soldier rather than His Royal Highness the Second Prince in the capital.

"How many people are there from the steppe barbarians this time?"

"Three thousand horses in total!"

Hearing Chu Tianxiong's answer, Qi Jian was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to remember something, and then it suddenly dawned on him, with that master of the first grade on the frontal battlefield, it was not impossible to defeat three thousand horsemen with 1,500 horsemen.

But Chu Tianxiong's next sentence really shook Qi Qian's heart.

"But three thousand miles... There are a thousand wolves to ride!"

Hearing the word wolf riding, Qi Qian's serious face showed a hint of surprise, for him, who has been dealing with grassland barbarians all year round, he knows better than anyone present what a thousand wolf rides mean, it is by no means a gap that a first-class master can make up.

"Wolf riders, if there are really a thousand wolf riders, even if Mr. Six is there, it is impossible to win?"

For Qi Qian's question, Chu Tianxiong laughed, he hadn't told him that the other party also had a quasi-first-grade master!

Chu Tianxiong took half a step back and pointed to Jiang Ergou who was standing behind him.

"General Qi doesn't know, this Jiang Shaoxia is already a first-grade sword cultivator at a young age, if he hadn't helped him today, I'm afraid that when General Qi arrives, he will have to collect the corpse for us. ”

Hearing Chu Tianxiong's introduction, Qi Jian set his eyes on Jiang Ergou, but there was something incredible in his eyes, and the latter looked at this border army general with a tiger's back and naturally showed a trace of admiration.

"Thank you Jiang Shaoxia for helping our army, Qi has thanked me here. ”

Jiang Ergou was originally a person who didn't like hypocrisy, but at this time, he could only wave his hand at Qi Jian again.

"General Qi is polite, if I don't save me today, then I won't have the face to go back to Dachu. ”

"You two want to go back to Da Chu?"

Hearing Jiang Ergou say this, Qi Jian frowned, but when he saw the remaining soldiers, he hesitated and said to Jiang Ergou.

"You two might as well go back to Tianshan Pass with us, it is much closer to enter the pass from there than to rush to Lantian Pass. ”

When Jiang Ergou saw Qi Qian's embarrassed look, he knew that Tianshan Pass was not open to the public, in fact, this matter can be understood if you think about it carefully.

Tianshan Pass, as the first pass on the border, naturally can't let you come in and out at will, especially Jiang Ergou and the two of them came back from the direction of the grassland, thinking of this, Jiang Ergou said to Qi Qian.

"General Qi is not afraid that we are the spies of Da Chu? Although we have just saved your soldiers, how do you know if this is a bitter trick of the grassland? You must know that after a first-grade sword is cultivated to the Tianshan Pass, it is no less effective than two thousand iron horses entering the Tianshan Pass!"

Jiang Ergou's words choked Qi Jian speechlessly, he did have this consideration, although he knew that this possibility was very small, but whether he could take the risk or not.

But this Jiang Fuyu obviously saved their Dachu hundreds of nearly a thousand people, not to mention that there were two princes here, so he had to invite them to return to Dachu from Tianshan Pass.

Looking at the embarrassed expression of Qi Qian, a big man in the army, Jiang Ergou said with a smile.

"General Qi actually doesn't have to be embarrassed, although I just helped you, but the rules in the army are immutable, not to mention that the weight of Tianshan Pass is absolutely not to be lost, our rush to Lantian Pass is nothing more than a matter of one more day, which is more important than the safety of Tianshan Pass. ”

Although Qi Jian was grateful to Jiang Ergou, it was indeed inconvenient to let them enter the pass from the Tianshan Pass, and when he heard Jiang Ergou take the initiative to mention it, he followed the borrowed donkey downhill.

"In this way, then thank you Jiang Shaoxia for your understanding, although I know that the two of you have no possibility of doing it carefully, but the rules in the army are the rules in the army, and you can avoid it as much as possible if you don't touch it. ”

Chu Tianxiong also nodded at this, although his original intention was to invite them to return from Tianshan Pass together, but since they had already said it at this time, he was not reluctant.

Subsequently, the four people present, including He Huaichun, fell silent, half of the four of them were important members of the army, and they were generally Jianghu rangers, so it was really difficult for them to find a common topic.

It wasn't until all the matters were completed that Jiang Ergou said to Chu Tianxiong and Qi Qian.

"Two generals, the matter here is about to be completed, and the two of us won't stay too long, so we will set off and rush to Lantian Pass, if you hurry up, you can catch up with breakfast in Lantian Pass tomorrow morning!"

Chu Tianxiong and the two nodded together.

"Then let's say goodbye, if Jiang Shaoxia has the next time he comes to the border pass, he might as well come to Tianshan Pass, although we are not allowed to enter or exit, but there is no problem in greeting the last meal of wine and meat." ”

Jiang Ergou took a step back and stood still with his fists clenched.

"I don't love anything else, but I love wine and meat the most, so just for this meal, I will definitely go to Tianshan Pass in the future, two generals, come to Japan, let's say goodbye." Farewell!"

"Farewell!"

After finishing speaking, one person and two horses hit the road again, and Chu Tianxiong and Qi Jian also began to reorganize the team and were about to lead the team back to Tianshan Pass. It's just that Jiang Ergou and Chu Tianxiong don't know what the next meeting will be.

......

In the capital, a carrier pigeon that flew from there this morning fell into the palace.

Subsequently, a number of court centers, including the Prime Minister Taishi and the three governors, were recruited into the palace by Chu Zheng with a wave of his sleeves.

In the council hall, Chu Zheng sat on top of it, and Su Wang, Lu Xiangrui and others stood scattered below, the youngest of these people was undoubtedly the imperial envoy Lu Lingxuan.

Compared with the full hall of gray beards, Lu Lingxuan, who is only forty and four now, is sure to be worthy of the word young, although since Ma Suiliang was ousted from the position of the imperial envoy, he took over Ma Suiliang's position.

But in the past few years, he has always been regarded as a dispensable person, wanting to shine in the small court composed of all first-class members, and he will listen to it for five years first.

For Lu Lingxuan, today is no different from usual, listen more, watch more, learn more, but he doesn't need to say more, this is the greatest wisdom he has cultivated in the Hanlin Academy for fifteen years.

In the past year, Guotai and Min'an, a small court meeting like this has not been carried out for nearly half a year, so everyone present for a while couldn't figure out what Chu Zheng was going to do today, so everyone had to wait quietly for Chu Zheng's next step.

After reading a copy of the recital in his hand, Chu Zheng spoke slowly.

"This morning, I received a secret letter from the Liaodong border. ”

Su Wang, Lu Xiangrui, Cheng Yijie and others are already old gods, only those six ministers who are slightly inferior and some young officials who are qualified to enter this small court can't help but secretly guess in their hearts: Is it that those grassland barbarians are restless and have begun to provoke at the border again.

But Chu Zheng's next sentence made everyone in the hall puzzled.

"In fact, strictly speaking, this letter cannot be regarded as coming back from the border pass, but from the grassland. ”

If you can't figure out the specific situation, no one dares to speak, Chu Zheng also knows what they are thinking, so he simply opened the skylight and said something bright.

"This matter is related to our Da Chu's attitude towards the grassland in the next ten years, so we need you to discuss how our Da Chu should face the next grassland. ”

Chu Zheng continued after a pause.

"The grassland has been discussing the establishment of their regime recently, and the name of the country has been thought of to be called the Northern Zhou, and they have also dug up a group of scholars from our Dachu to preside over the government, not to mention more, it only takes five years to make the Northern Zhou regime of the grassland mature. Ladies and gentlemen, are we going to stop the establishment of this regime, or are we going to help them, or are we going to stand by and watch?"

At this moment, except for Su Wang, Lu Xiangrui, and Cheng Yijie, everyone is a little confused, regardless of where our emperor heard the news for the time being. It doesn't matter what kind of intelligence the scholars who go to the grassland are.

But what good is it for them to Da Chu just to establish political power in the grassland? They all know the actual situation of the grassland now, and there are several forces divided between the Twelve Roads Wolf King and the royal court, and they are all at odds with each other, but if they establish centralized power, it will be no different from Da Chu, and when they go together, won't they be a greater threat to Da Chu?

But having said that, such a simple truth, our emperor, who is so smart to the bone, can't see it? Since he brought this up, there must be something they didn't expect.

It was with this thought in mind that no one in the council hall spoke, anyway, even if Chu Zheng wanted to ask, it would start with Su Wang's big guys, and for a while, they couldn't implicate these small families like Shangshu.