Time flies.
When Xu Yi and Wang Qiujin took a carriage out of Pingcheng.
The time has come to June 22nd.
During the five days he stayed in Pingcheng, Xu Yi, in addition to traveling with Wang Qiujin, sat and played chess with Xu Qi every day.
During this period, the couple's residence had been in the Tangxi Villa of that generation's palace.
Because of this, every move the couple made in Pingcheng was under Xu Qi's surveillance.
Inside the carriage of Prince Yan's Mansion.
Xu Yi sat at the small wooden table with his eyes slightly closed, and his fingers slowly tapped the small wooden table in front of him.
The scenes of his contact with Xu Qi in the past five days kept repeating in his mind.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, and there is no absolute disguise.
It's just a matter of being careful or not.
Xu Yi calmed down and tried several times without leaving any trace.
I also found some clues.
Xu Yi paused his fingers slightly, and two big words slowly emerged in his mind - 'Strong Enemy. ,
That generation of king Xu Qi must have had a similar purpose to him.
But after all, Xu Qi has been a feudal lord for many years, and the foundation he has accumulated is definitely not comparable to that of Xu Yi at this time.
If a few years later, something unexpected happens in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Then sooner or later there will be a real life and death battle between Xu Yi and Xu Qi.
Without him, Yanmen County, Dai County, Shanggu County, and Yuyang County are really close to each other.
How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?
If Xu Yi wants to take the land in Guanzhong, he must first take over Xu Qi. Otherwise, the logistics and his base will not be guaranteed at all.
In the same way, if Xu Qi wants to advance into Guanzhong, he must deal with Xu Yi as soon as possible.
If not, there is always the risk of being taken advantage of.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but start to look at himself.
Compared with Xu Qi and secretly controlling the two counties, it is different to turn the two counties into iron barrels.
Although Xu Yi has not yet arrived in Yandi, he has already established two enemies invisibly.
One is Li Guangli's son, who was once the biggest dandy in Chang'an City and is now Li Yu, the captain of Pinglu School in Shanggu County.
Second, Sun Daohua, the governor of Shanggu County.
Although Xu Yi didn't know how much price Xu Yong and others paid to save Sun Daohua in the final court game.
But Xu Yi understood that if he wanted to save a frontier official from the Xiongnu invasion, the price he had to pay would be extremely high.
If Sun Daohua's ability is mediocre and his loyalty cannot be guaranteed, Xu Yong will definitely not pay a huge price to keep him.
Let’s leave aside the two enemies who are already on the bright side.
Xu Yi's influence in the Yan region cannot be compared with Xu Qi's influence in the Dai region.
Without him, one has not yet arrived in the domain, and the other has been secretly running the domain for more than twenty years.
How to compare?
In addition, there is also the military aspect.
The apparent strength of King Dai's three guard battalions is fifteen thousand.
An average guard battalion has 5,000 people.
This number is consistent with Xu Qi's ordinary character.
But based on Xu Yi's observation of Xu Qi over the past few days, he is no less cautious than Xu Yi himself.
If Xu Yi is Xu Qi, then he will definitely cultivate more troops secretly.
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If Xu Yi was Xu Qi, he would definitely control the number to around five thousand.
Nothing else.
If the quantity were larger, the consumption of food and grass alone would be tantamount to self-destruction.
Not to mention issues like training venues.
But Xu Yiming's current military strength is only Gu Dengyun's two hundred soldiers.
If all 3,000 troops in the trapped camp are included, there are only 3,000
Just the remaining troops.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but stop tapping his fingers on the small wooden table and frowned slightly.
He couldn't help but think secretly in his heart: "It is urgent to incorporate the troops trapped in the camp into the escort camp."
"Besides, I don't have much time left. I must expand all three guard battalions to full strength within a year."
The military is the foundation for a stable life.
No one needs to remind this point, Xu Yi is naturally very clear in his heart.
Moreover, the military strength here refers to the real elite division, not just a random army.
And if you want to train elite soldiers, you naturally cannot do without a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh heavily.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Xu Yi sighing, Wang Qiujin couldn't help but asked in a soft voice, "Are you still worried about the affairs of Prince Dai's Mansion?"
Although Wang Qiujin didn't know why Xu Yi sighed, it was not difficult to guess with his intelligence that the reason why Xu Yi sighed must have been caused by the palace of that generation.
Nothing else.
Wang Qiujin has not forgotten the night when Xu Yi was drunk when he first arrived at Prince Dai's Mansion.
And in the next five days, any trip to the mountains and rivers must be a real trip to the mountains and rivers.
Xu Yi's various abnormalities only appeared after entering Pingcheng.
With Wang Qiujin's carefulness, it would not be difficult to discover these.
Xu Yi opened his eyes and said without concealing it: "Exactly, that day when I went to the county government office for a banquet, as soon as Fang walked out of the Prince Dai's Mansion, Wen Xin noticed a shadow following behind me."
"It wasn't until I returned from the banquet and entered Prince Dai's palace that I received another message from Wen Xin, and the shadow was still there."
When Wang Qiujin heard this, she looked surprised and asked, "Why would the King send someone to monitor you and me?"
After he finished speaking, Wang Qiujin seemed to suddenly realize something.
He hurriedly asked, "Have I ever made any mistakes in the past few days?"
Xu Yi shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, it's not the case."
The reason why I delayed telling Wang Qiujin until now was because I was afraid that Wang Qiujin would unknowingly act unnaturally after learning that someone was watching.
After all, while Xu Yi and Xu Qi were playing chess, Wang Qiujin was also chatting with the concubines and other women.
With Wang Qiujin's intelligence, he naturally understands what should and should not be said. Of course, this is based on normal circumstances.
And if Wang Qiujin has something hidden in her heart, she will inevitably be distracted when talking to Princess Dai and other women.
For a woman of the level and age of Princess Dai, the slightest bit of strangeness can often make her suspicious.
Wang Qiujin immediately understood the reason after hearing this.
I couldn't help but feel relieved and said repeatedly: "That's good, that's good."
Xu Yi smiled and didn't say too much about this matter.
Instead, he changed the subject and talked about something else.
Without him, it's just like this incident in the Prince's Palace.
There are some things that are suitable for Wang Qiujin to know so that he can take precautions.
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There are some things that are not suitable for Wang Qiujin to know, in order to prevent him from being unnatural inadvertently.
As for the purpose of entering Pingcheng openly, Xu Yi never mentioned it from beginning to end.
In fact, the reason why Xu Yi entered Pingcheng in such an upright and honorable manner was as a prince.
It was just to meet Xu Qi in person.
If Xu Qizhen is as ambitious and good at forbearance as Xu Zhen said.
Then Xu Yize must be more careful about it.
If Xu Zhen was mistaken, or Xu Yi didn't notice anything unusual.
Then Xu Yize will delve into the border defense issue with him.
He borrowed his identity as a nephew to learn from Xu Qi'. ,
After all, Xu Zhen's base camp is still located in the Western Regions and other places. In terms of familiarity with the Mobei grassland, his familiarity is naturally not as good as that of the "unremarkable" Xu Qi.
What's more, Xu Qi also occupies Yanmen County and Dai County, two important areas.
border county.
Since ancient times, in all North-South confrontations within the Central Plains dynasties, the main battlefields have generally been in three places.
That is, the Huaihe River Basin in the east, Nanyang and Xiangfan in the middle, and the Hanzhong Basin in the west.
It involves the north-south confrontation between the farming dynasties of the Central Plains and the nomadic peoples of the north.
Its main battlefield generally appears in three places.
That is, the northern part of the North China Plain, that is, the Yuyang County area.
The area around Yanmen County and Yandi Gu County on the Jindi Plateau is where the respective royal palaces of Xu Yi and Xu Qi are located.
In addition, there is the Hetao area in the west.
If the Xiongnu were to move south from the Mobei Grassland, the best choice would undoubtedly be Shanggu County.
And this is the fundamental reason why Xu Yong tried every means to force Xu Yi to Yandi even though he knew he had been taken advantage of.
After arriving at Shanggu County, the Huns generally have three choices.
First, go eastward along the Yanghe River Valley, break through Juyong Pass, and point your troops directly at the North China Plain.
The area where this passage is located is Shanggu County, which is why Shanggu County actually bears the important task of protecting the entire North China Plain.
This is also the core value of its existence.
This passage is the most convenient shortcut for the northwest grasslands to invade the North China Plain, but it is also the most heavily defended passage.
Without him, he would be the most dangerous and famous in the world.
Because of this, the second passage came out.
Second, divide the troops to contain the soldiers of Shanggu County, and then divide the troops to bypass Zijingguan Pass.
The core area where this passage is located is Daijun.
However, due to the constraints of Shanggu County, the number of troops able to attack Zijingguan was ultimately limited.
Not the first choice of the Huns.
The third channel is to directly invade the Jindi Basin through Huai'an'er, Tianzhen, Yanggao and other places.
Then all the way south to Yanmen Pass.
The location of this passage is Yanmen County, and its core is Pingcheng.
To a certain extent, the core value of Yanmen County is to provide effective protection for places such as Lingzhou and Jinyang City in the pass.
It is precisely for this reason that although Xu Qi is named King Dai, his palace is not in Dai County but in Pingcheng, Yanmen County.
Although Xu Yi was determined to turn the tide and rebuild the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But deep down in his heart, he was extremely resistant to the Huns entering the customs.
it is a pity.
Pingcheng and his party were destined that Xu Yi would never be able to cooperate sincerely with Xu Qi.
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And this means that if Xu Yi wants to realize his inner ambition, he must still adhere to the bottom line.
Its difficulty is no different from climbing to the sky.
However, if humans have no bottom line, how are they different from animals?
Xu Yi had already made a decision in his heart as early as when he was at the Tangxi Villa of Prince Yan's Mansion.
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The carriage moved on.
When the time comes to the last day of June.
Xu Yi's journey to become a feudal vassal is coming to an end.
Around noon, when the sun shines brighter and brighter.
The motorcade carrying the Yan Ziwang flag slowly stopped ten miles outside Juyang City.
Not far from the front of the motorcade, a large number of officials, led by people in pale purple official robes, walked quickly towards the motorcade.
When they were more than ten steps away from the convoy, a large number of officials slowly stopped.
They were arranged neatly in civil and military order more than ten steps away.
The remaining man wearing a pale purple official robe slowly stepped forward.
The man in the pale purple official robe finally stopped three steps away from the motorcade.
After straightening his clothes, he faced the direction of the carriage and saluted respectfully: "Sun Daohua, the governor of Shanggu County, welcomes His Royal Highness the King of Yan."
After he finished speaking, the officials behind him saluted respectfully and said, "We respectfully welcome His Highness King Yan."
After everyone saluted, Xu Yi started the car
Curtain slowly walked out of the carriage.
He walked to Sun Daohua and slowly helped him up. He said with a calm face, "You are so polite, Commander Sun. Please get up quickly."
After Sun Daohua thanked him in return, he stood up completely.
Xu Yi looked intently at the many officials who were saluting respectfully more than ten steps away, and said calmly: "You are excused, please get up quickly."
"Thank you, Your Highness, King Yan." After hearing this, all the officials bowed deeply once again and then stood up slowly.
After everyone stood up, Xu Yi's eyes flashed across the face of a young general in the crowd, and then he casually chatted with Sun Daohua.
And the person he was specially interested in was no one else. Astonishingly, he was really the eldest son of the current general Li Guangli, Li Yu, the captain of Pinglu School in Shanggu County.
It is different from the portraits seen in Chang'an City.
At this time, Li Yuxu had experienced several years of hard work at the border, and there was no trace of a dandy in him.
On the contrary, it gives people an unusually capable feeling.
In particular, there is an extra scar on his face for unknown reasons, which adds a bit of iron-bloodedness to his plain face.
However, that was not what really caught Xu Yi's attention.
But Xu Yi could not feel the slightest hostility from Li Yu from beginning to end.
Maybe the distance is too far.
Maybe Li Yu has been completely reborn after several years of being beaten at the border.
If it's the first one, that's fine.
If it is the second type, it will be a little more troublesome.
It should be noted that a biting dog does not bark.
As for which situation it is, Xu Yi is not in a hurry to verify it for the time being.
Nothing else.
No matter what the situation is, Xu Yi and Li Yuming will have to deal with each other in secret in the future.
Xu Yi composed himself and then focused all his attention on Sun Daohua in front of him.
Sun Daohua looks about fifty years old.
His gray hair was neatly tied up.
The face is ordinary, but there is always a hint of sadness.
I don’t know if it’s because of his camouflage or because he’s involved in the Huns’ invasion.
Do not know why.
The more Xu Yi chatted with him, the more he felt that Sun Daohua made him feel uncomfortable.
Especially the look in Sun Daohua's eyes made Xu Yi feel like a poisonous snake in the animal world in his previous life.
After Xu Yi exchanged greetings with them for a while, they each took carriages and drove slowly into Juyang City.
Two quarters of an hour later.
Xu Yi opened the car curtain and looked at the tall city wall not far away with an expressionless expression.
Perhaps this is because Juyang City is the seat of Shanggu County.
Or maybe it's because Juyang City is a border county.
In terms of the height of the city alone, Juyang City is only half as weak as the fortified city of Jinyang.
In terms of specifications, it is not much different from the Pingcheng we passed before.
After entering the city, Sun Daohua hosted a banquet for Xu Yi on the pretext of catching up with the wind and washing away the dust.
However, Xu Yi declined today's banquet on the grounds that he was tired from traveling.
Sun Daohua heard this and did not continue to insist. After the two chatted for a while, they immediately agreed to take care of Xu Yi another day.
Once the agreement was made, everyone dispersed again.
Under the sun, two long dragons slowly ran in two completely different directions.
Sun Daohua led a group of officials to the Xicheng County Government Office.
Xu Yi, on the other hand, led a group of followers and rushed to Prince Yan's Mansion in the East City.
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