"General Wei, you also know the current situation in the country..."
"From Beihai Pass to Star City, anything can happen in this long distance. Without the protection of the general and the Starfall Legion, I would really have trouble sleeping and eating." Haha.
Wei Junqian laughed.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Not only are you and Imperial Envoy Li here in the team. The Imperial Envoy represents His Majesty. Who dares to use their brains on the Imperial Envoy?" Chen Xiuzhu frowned even more.
"That's what I say, but how can we guarantee that someone is confused? General Wei, we have to guard against this kind of thing." Uh... Wei Junqian was thoughtful.
Chen Xiuzhu was immediately elated when he saw this.
"General Wei, one more thing is worse than one less time. Otherwise, you and the generals Xingluo will escort me to Xingji City." He raised his head and looked at the sky.
"Besides, the Chinese New Year will be here in a few months. When I return to Xingji City, I will definitely entertain all Xingluo brothers at the palace..." Before he could finish speaking, Wei Junqian had already waved his hand.
"Xingluo is a border guard and should not move without His Majesty's orders. I appreciate the prince's kindness for my brothers."
"As for security issues." He pointed to the west in a haha,
"When we get to the border, there will be Beihai Customs garrison waiting for the prince. Hasn't General Huang always been on good terms with the prince? He will ensure that the prince has a safe journey." Chen Xiuzhu was anxious.
Who is Huang Shitao? He is far inferior to Wei Junqian in terms of reputation and connections. He hurriedly rambled a few more words, trying to impress her with emotion and reason.
However, Wei Junqian talked about it, but either did not give a direct answer or brought up the imperial edict of Emperor Changxing to block it.
Chen Xiuzhu's mouth went dry as he spoke, and in the end he could only give up because he was secretly annoyed. The small Baekje Peninsula is not far from the capital to the border of Unchui, but the post roads in this era were built around the foot of the mountain, and the winding roads are not close at all.
The group wandered for four days, almost making Chen Xiuzhu sick, before the team returned to the majestic Beihai Pass.
Huang Shitao, the smiling general guarding the gate, had already come out to welcome him.
"The general has met His Royal Highness King Qi and General Wei." There was a flurry of courtesy exchanges between the two sides.
"The post road is bumpy and tiring, so don't say anything. When you get back here, you are back home. Your Highness and all the Xingluo brothers should go in and rest first." Chen Xiuzhu turned his head and looked at Wei Junqian hopefully.
"General Wei?" Haha. Wei Junqian waved his hand,
"Thank you for your highness and General Huang's kindness. I appreciate it."
"It's just that now that the East China Sea barrier is gone, the defense of Jinlongtan is empty, and General Xiao can't stand alone. The Japanese pirates are very likely to take the opportunity to make a sneak attack. I'd better take the first step and wait for the victory to return in the future, and then have a drink with the soldiers of Beihaiguan." The words have not yet finished. .
Crash. All the Xingluo generals have collectively turned their horses and headed eastward in sequence under the leadership of the generals.
No one even looked back at Beihaiguan.
"This Wei Junqian..." Chen Xiuzhu and Huang Shitao, who were under the city gate, saw complicated things in their eyes, but they could only talk a few words to cover up the embarrassing situation in front of them.
The Starfall Legion and his party walked for more than thirty miles before collectively stopping to rest and replenish their supplies.
"Is there anyone else around?" After eating and drinking, Wei Junqian suddenly spoke.
"Go back to General, there is nothing around except our team."
"Very good." Wei Junqian nodded with satisfaction. Since the Starfall Army entered Baekje in early March, he had ordered that the road from Beihai Customs to the capital of Baekje should be firmly controlled.
Not only to ensure the land supply of logistical materials, but also to ensure that the large number of legions can return to the homeland in time when necessary.
Four days ago, Wei Junqian led a team to escort Chen Xiuzhu back to Yunchui, and the Xingluo soldiers who were watching around him even expanded the surveillance scope.
It can be said that there is not even a fly nearby except for their group. After the rest, the long team continued eastward, but that night there were a few people missing.
The next day, Wei Junqian had already left the Great Wall and walked on the vast grasslands of the north. Next to him, Shen Dazhu grabbed his weapon nervously and kept looking around.
"General, this is already Beixiong's sphere of influence. With just a few of our brothers, it's really dangerous."
"Dazhu, you are wrong." Wei Junqian shook his head.
"This land has been our Yunchui pasture since ancient times. Do you see this vast grassland in front of you? We people have been grazing here for thousands of years." As he said that, he raised his telescope and took a look from a distance. The Great Wall is looming among the mountains in the south.
"It's just that the empire later made great efforts to build the Great Wall."
"That wall did block some attacks from the north. But it also trapped the hands and feet of the guards and restricted the vision of historians. From then on, everyone used it to divide national borders."
"The general is right." Shen Dazhu and other personal guards naturally followed Wei Junqian's lead.
"But general, the surrounding area is deserted and it's going to snow again. Where are we going?" Haha.
Wei Junqian laughed and patted his shoulder.
"It's a good thing that it's snowing. I hope it gets heavier and heavier, and it's best that it's so cold that it only happens once in a hundred years or even once in a thousand years." As a result, the nomadic people north of the Great Wall had to stop and look for a place to huddle together for warmth.
Such places are secluded and hard to find, but often have a unique location to fight against the elements such as snowstorms.
It is almost as fixed as the settlements of various ethnic groups in Xiliang. As long as he finds them, he will have a general goal for whatever Yun Chui wants to do in the future.
"General," Shen Dazhu was even more nervous,
"If you want to find such a place, just ask the Legion's spies to come. Why do you need to do it yourself?" Who is Wei Junqian?
If there were three long and two shortcomings in the vast snowfield here, the entire legion would be in trouble.
"It's okay." Wei Junqian laughed heartily again. When the Xingluo Army had just moved to Guangxin County, he personally went to the neighboring countries of Nanfeng and persuaded Wanxiang and Baoxiang to send troops to Nanfeng together.
"Moreover," Wei Junqian glanced at Shen Dazhu,
"How do you know that there are no spies here in the army?" At the beginning of the year, when Xingluo moved to Beiguan, Wei Junqian made a plan to go north to Beixiong.
The whole army had already made preparations early. It's just that it has been delayed again and again by various things, and it's only now that I have time to implement it.
But spies are just spies after all. They can find out the enemy's situation, or create some surprises like Ren Ning did with the old Kailun tribe, but they can't play a big role in real alliances or divisions between countries.
But Wei Junqian is different. He and the Starfall Legion were well-known in the surrounding countries.
This trip is indeed risky, but as the saying goes, dangers and opportunities coexist. When the time comes, whether it's making allies or dividing enemies, Wei Junqian's personal action will be the final word.
"So that's it," Shen Dazhu finally realized and couldn't help but laugh and scratch his head,
"It turns out that the little one is too talkative."
"It's okay, let's go." After saying that, Wei Junqian took the lead and headed north.
