Survival countdown

Chapter 94

In the 25th year of Yuanshou, spring.

Jingyuan Road, Northwest Shaanxi Province, Tiandu Village, Jingzhou.

The cold wind is blowing and the night is gray, and the mountains are dyed navy blue, but the tops of the mountains are dotted with white snow, which is particularly eye-catching.Tiandu Village, which is the first line of defense on the Dajing border here in Anzha, is now lit with torches, and the lights in the handsome tent are crackling. The man who entered the handsome tent.

The face is ordinary, leaning towards the appearance of the Qiang people, thin and thin, with wandering eyes and guilty conscience.

"Is it the package you dropped near Tiandu Village?" Su Dan threw out a package, which contained Da Xia Gongqing's brocade robe, ribbon and letter. The letter was opened and read. "This letter is signed by the general, but the place where the parcel is thrown is the place where the supervisor Li Min must go through. If the supervisor of Dajing sees the contents of this parcel, he will report to his superiors... You are trying to make a countermeasure , give me someone to be accused of collaborating with the enemy. It's a pity that I missed a move. I am a good general for generations, guarding Jingyuan. My uncle Keshan is the marshal of the Jingyuan Army, the leader of the Shaanxi army, and the great scene The emperor has to be courteous, and dare not sentence him to death lightly, you cunning, greedy Daxia people may have calculated the wrong person!"

He slapped the table violently, and Shudan snorted coldly: "Push it out and cut it off! Hang my head at the gate of the village, and let the people of Daxia see what will happen to offending me, Shudan!"

The soldiers led the army and pushed the spy out to behead him.

Dansong calmed down, beckoned someone to bring in the food and drink, cupped his hands and rushed to Li Minxue, the superintendent who was opposite, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Li, for trusting me, I didn't believe the villain's countermeasures."

Li Minxue also clasped his hands and replied: "You don't have to be polite, General Suo. This plan is obvious. It's obvious that Da Xia underestimated us as brave and foolish people. Besides, Tiandu Village is the first line of defense for Dajing Your Majesty sent me here to help General Yu hold this line of defense with all my talents and knowledge, not to mention that General Yu’s uncle, Marshal Keshan, is from a family in the Northwest. Compared with the treacherous Daxia people, the lower officials naturally trust General Ji more."

Dan was so surprised by what he said, he smiled happily, just as the food and drink were served, he hurriedly greeted Li Minxue to enjoy it, at the same time thinking that this new supervisor is much more interesting and smart than the original supervisor.

It should be known that Emperor Dajing was quite jealous of generals who had soldiers in their hands, and especially distrusted them from the northwestern tribes. He repeatedly sent supervisors to accompany them.

Therefore, the relationship between the supervisor and the general is not very good most of the time. If it were replaced by the original supervisor, he might go to the prefect of Jingzhou to inform him right away. duty.

When the wine was full, Li Minxue persuaded him: "General Sue, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Su Dan waved his hand: "Let's just say it's okay."

Li Minxue: "Since the king of Lin'an County defeated the Xia army three years ago and signed a peace covenant, although the two countries have opened up business and trade, Daxia is still making small moves. Spies, spies, and border cavalry small-scale temptations and attacks have never stopped. However, I think Daxia's wolf ambition has never been severed. The official also heard that the monarch of Daxia has been infected with the wind and cold since last winter, and several princes and ministers under him are ready to move, and the loss of the war has made the poor and impoverished The common people are even worse—"

"Hey, what exactly do you want to say? Don't be meandering. I'm most annoyed that you scholars have to lay a lot of groundwork in front of your sentence. You just get to the point."

"..." Li Minxue: "The lower official suspects that Daxia is planning to launch another attack, using Tiandu Village on Jingyuan Road as a breakthrough."

"What?" Su Dan was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, and stood up abruptly, his figure like a blind man brought a great sense of oppression. "Lord Li, you just said that I, the famous general of the Ji clan, is also the leader of the Northwest Fan soldiers. Go and find out how powerful the [-] Fan soldiers in the Northwest are! Besides, I am not an incompetent person, do you know that Tiandu Village has a reputation of copper and iron walls? Do you know why it has such a reputation?"

He patted his chest, "I used to be known as the Iron Wall General. The Daxia people attacked the Fuyan, Huanqing, and Xihe roads successively before, and they were beaten to pieces. Every time they missed our Jingyuan road, it hurt them." I lost the opportunity to make contributions—" The conversation changed, and I was quite proud: "But this also shows that my family's army is well-known, and the Great Xia would not dare to attack easily. Now if they regard me as a soft persimmon, they think that they can easily It’s right, but it’s a big mistake!”

"The Great Xia Army will come if they want, and fight if they want to fight. I'm not afraid of fighting!"

Li Minxue mainly wanted to persuade Su Dan to be more vigilant, and to make arrangements in advance to prevent Daxia's iron hooves from trampling on him, but Su Dan was always arrogant and could not listen to other people's advice, so he was helpless.

I thought that if the Jijia army ten years ago was really frightening, but now the leader of the Fanbing, Keshan, is very happy, self-willed and suspicious, and some indiscriminate killings. He killed several nephews and nieces before, because he is the successor of the hero. , the leader of the Fan soldiers, and the marshal of one of the Northwest Four Armies, he could not be easily replaced, so he was pardoned.

And this Ji Dan is Ji Keshan's nephew, he is deeply loved by Ji Keshan, and he is regarded as his own son. It is rumored that he was born of an affair with Ji Keshan and his stepsister. He is indeed powerful, brave and good at fighting, but he is more natural. Big, headstrong, and a little stupid.

Li Minxue sighed, seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, he wrote a letter after returning to the tent, asking someone to send it to the prefect of Jingzhou, telling him about Daxia's little tricks and plans, presumably the other party would take the initiative to find Keshan.

After all, Ji Keshan is very scheming, he should be more reliable than Ji Dan.

***

Jingzhou Mansion.

Even in Jingzhou, where roughness is the beauty and the products are not particularly rich, the scale and decoration of the mansion are still particularly gorgeous. In this water-scarce northwest, there is actually an artificial lake ten feet wide in the mansion. In the center there are Dongting Taihu stones transported from Jiangsu.

It can be described as extremely luxurious.

Meng Tianzong, the magistrate of Jingzhou, was amazed again and again, especially amazed.

Seeing Ji Keshan, the leader of the Northwest Fan soldiers and the marshal of the Jingyuan Army, already felt timid. This Ji Keshan was nearly fifty years old, with a full face and beard, and a bear-like physique, especially strong. He was surrounded by perennial killings There is a bloody air on his brows, and there is a life-threatening hostility in his eyebrows.

Ji Keshan didn't even lift his eyes: "Master Meng came to visit, what's the matter?"

Meng Tianzong told Li Minxue's letter in detail, Ji Keshan's face didn't change, he just nodded, looked at Meng Tianzong, saw the fear he was eager to hide, and knew that this was a weak person by nature.

In just a few breaths, Ji Keshan decided on the idea of ​​wooing Meng Tianzong, and immediately cupped his hands: "Master Meng, the mansion has prepared some delicious food and wine tonight, can you please stay and drink together?"

Meng Tianzong was flattered and said again and again: "Naturally, naturally."

Waiting for General Meng Tianzong to invite you to listen, Ji Keshan immediately sent people to Tiandu Village: "Let Jidan dike Li Minxue. In military matters, you should first advise Shudan, but you have to leapfrog to report to the higher level, learn from Li Minxue. The birds of the former supervisors!"

***

Early summer of the same year.

Jingzhou Tiandu Village.

In front of all the soldiers and Li Minxue, Ji Dan raised his knife and beheaded Daxia's envoy, and said loudly: "This man is Daxia's envoy, and he brought a message from the second prince of Daxia to my tent. , to lure him with profit, allow me to be a high-ranking official and generous salary, and let me betray the great scene and return to the Great Xia! Not to mention that I am loyal and loyal, just say that they, the party barbarians, used countermeasures a while ago, and now they are making these people out of the mainstream The pickling tricks, maybe wait for me to get into it, and turn them around, it will kill me!"

All the soldiers were silent.

Ji Dan then said again: "Now hang his head at the gate of the village and tell the people of Daxia that they should fight upright and avoid using disgusting schemes."

As soon as the words fell, all the soldiers raised their spears and howled, which shook the birds of Tiandu Mountain to fly out of the jungle.

Su Dan passed by Li Minxue and said, "Master Li, are you still worried that I won't be able to guard against the plots of Daxia people?"

Li Minxue didn't know why he specifically said this sentence, he just thought it was in response to what he said a few months ago to remonstrate with Dan, and immediately said: "The general is very thoughtful."

Su Dan's face turned cold suddenly: "Then Master Li doesn't have to do one thing in person in the future, but don't turn around and run to the prefect of Jingzhou to inform him."

Li Minxue's expression changed suddenly, his lips were hesitant for a long while and he couldn't open his mouth.

Dan Dan left proudly.

Li Minxue smiled wryly. His original intention was to tell the situation here through the mouth of the prefect of Jingzhou, so that Ji Keshan could prepare early. Feel dissatisfied and report without authorization.

I'm afraid I'll offend Jing Dan.

Sighing heavily, the other generals and marshals dare not offend the supervising army, but the supervising army of the Jingzhou Fanbing needs to be careful at all times, and he is also unlucky.But it's fine for him to be alone, it's a good thing to make Jingdan more vigilant.

***

In the late summer of the same year.

Da Xia sent [-] cavalry to storm Tiandu Village in Jingzhou, but was defeated and captured. The second prince, Tuoba Mingzhu, immediately sent an envoy to ask for peace talks, but the captured [-] cavalry claimed that they were willing to submit to the Northwest Fan soldiers.

Su Dan frowned, refused directly, and prepared to send them to the south. Unexpectedly, the leader of the three thousand cavalry knelt down and said sincerely: "I beg General Su to take me and my brothers. I am willing to serve the general and the Su family army The work of dogs and horses is not spared! The general does not know that although we are party members, half of our blood has the blood of the Qiang people. We are the people of the tribe and the land of the Northwest tribe. If Daxia hadn't plundered our northwest Land, cattle, sheep, and women, how could we have been born in that dirty place where we have forgotten our ancestors? Moreover, over the years, the King of Great Xia has been poor and extremely armed. Especially in the past three years, the people have suffered terribly. Corruption, food and grass are always delayed on the road, and the brothers really can't survive, so they come to you."

"General Ji, we are in the country of Xia, and we often hear the invincible reputation of you, Marshal Ji, and the Ji family army. , they are coming for you, for the family army, for our Northwest Tibetan soldiers!"

Su Dan asked with great interest: "Why, you all know my reputation as Su Dan?"

The leader of the Daxia cavalry widened his eyes and said in shock and admiration: "You are the iron wall general that everyone in the Daxia army knows! Because of you guarding the natural moat of Tiandu Village, Daxia will last for decades. Don't dare to offend Jingyuan Road, the people of the five prefectures of Jingyuan have enjoyed decades of peace and peace! It's all thanks to you and the Ji family army, how can you not know your reputation?"

"Hahaha..." Jing Dan, who was already overjoyed by the filming of the words, was very happy, but he was a little moved, but he was still hesitant.

The cavalry leader saw his hesitation, and immediately suggested: "General, you can dismantle our 36 cavalry and distribute them to the [-]th camp in Tiandu. In this way, even if we have different intentions and are weak, it won't be a big deal. What's more? What's more, you took us in here to promote your virtues of meritocracy and tolerance. Don't the Northwest soldiers admire you more? Some of the party members and Qiang people who intend to submit to you in Daxia also heard your reputation. I will drag my family and my family, scrambling to join you, maybe because of your outstanding virtue, I will support you and become the leader of the barbarians."

Hearing the leader of the soldiers, Jing Dan couldn't help but move his eyes, he was indeed moved.

But he still had to put on a show and let people go down. After thinking about it, he said that the cavalry leader would stop when he was good.

Sure enough, three days later, Su Dan took over three thousand cavalrymen from Daxia and broke them up into the 36th camp in Tiandu. Li Minxue didn't know what had happened until he finished all this.

He was terrified, and when he met with Jing Dan, Chen Yi said, "The people of Daxia are cunning and vicious, and it is completely unbelievable. If you break them up and organize them into the barracks, you will probably be able to find out the border defense situation and the specific information about the formation of troops. If you echo from inside and outside, you will be caught off guard, and Tiandu Village is very close to Jingzhou. Once Tiandu Village is captured, you can go straight to Jingyuan Road. Only [-] of the [-] Tibetan soldiers are stationed in Jingzhou, and the Dajing Forbidden Army is also in the original If you don't make it in time, you will be in danger. Please think twice, the general, and call back the Daxia cavalry as soon as possible, and escort them to the rear."

But Ji Dan felt that Li Minxue was deliberately showing off his talent and learning, self righteous, denying his reputation and the name of the Ji family army's bravery and skill in fighting, and deliberately exaggerating Daxia's combat power, so he felt displeased, and found a reason to dismiss Li Minxue hastily.

Li Minxue, who was sent out of the commander's account, was in a state of despair: "But I don't know that the disaster is coming."

He made up his mind and prepared to seek reinforcements.

It's a pity that before he left, in mid-autumn, the 36 cavalry who had been dispersed and incorporated into the [-]th barracks of Tianduzhai suddenly launched an attack. They joined forces with Da Xia Li Yingwai, with Tuoba Mingzhu as the coach and former prime minister Gao Yishan as the deputy general, leading [-] cavalry. Soldiers and horses stormed Tiandu Village.

Surprised Dan was defeated, abandoned the stronghold and fled.

Li Minxue was in danger, so he took over the command and sent people to the nearest Ning'an village to ask for support. Ning'an village was the second line of defense. He was ordered suddenly, and only [-] cavalry were called to resist in a hurry.

The guard of Ning'an Village is also a famous general, and Li Minxue fought desperately with less than [-] troops, resisting Daxia's [-] troops for ten days, and finally suffered a tragic defeat with no survivors.

Daxia's [-] soldiers and horses went straight to capture the two defense lines of Tiandu and Ning'an, surrounded Jingzhou, and the soldiers approached the city. However, their own damage was also quite serious, and the monarch was seriously ill. The courtiers attacked Tuoba Mingzhu by resorting to military action.

Tuoba Mingzhu had no choice but to return to the imperial court. Before that, he sent an invitation for peace talks to Ji Keshan.

Ji Keshan agreed to peace talks.

He paid 50 taels of silver, but when he turned his head around, he colluded with Meng Tianzong, the prefect of Jingzhou, and Meng Tianzong submitted a report, saying: Daxia's hundred thousand soldiers and horses suddenly launched a surprise attack, and the guards of Tiandu Village were stunned. Marshal of the Dan and Jingyuan Army was shocked and fled. Unfortunately, Li Minxue, the supervisor of the army, and the guard of Ning'an Village died in battle.

***

Wende Hall.

Emperor Yuanshou picked up a pen to criticize Zhu Hong, and someone came to report, saying that it was the king of Lin'an County who asked to see him, but he didn't lift his head: "Xuan."

Huo Jingtang came in, raised his robe and knelt down: "Your servant received a secret report that the Jingzhou Army in Shanxi Province Keshan and the Tiandu Village Guard General Ji Dan concealed the military situation, causing Tiandu Village and Ning'an Village to fall, and Ning'an Village The guard, Li Minxue, the supervising army of Tiandu Village, and [-] soldiers from the two villages resisted desperately, delaying the Daxia army at the cost of heroic sacrifices, but Ji Keshan finally accepted the peace talks, compensated Daxia with money from the imperial court and the people of Jingyuan, and turned around. But to lie to others, to confuse right and wrong, to fabricate military exploits and take advantage of them all, is really a crime that cannot be punished!"

Emperor Yuanshou's eyelids moved: "How do you know?"

Huo Jingtang: "Ning'an Village supervisor escaped from death, headed towards Fuyan Road, informed the Yanyan army of this matter, and then rushed eight hundred miles to report to Yuchen."

Emperor Yuan Shou returned the pen to the inkstone after finishing writing, and threw the notebook to Huo Jingtang: "Look."

Huo Jingtang picked it up and took a look, not surprised: "Your Majesty is still going to commend Ji Keshan and Ji Dan... Is it flattery or appeasement?"

Emperor Yuanshou: "Both." He walked down, helped Huo Jingtang and walked towards the seat next to him: "Ji Keshan is from a family in the Northwest, and he is also the leader of the foreign soldiers. He can calm the foreign soldiers when he is here." At the same time, Dajing's reward for him is his attitude towards the Fan soldiers, so I have to bear him. His grandfather and father have done nothing wrong, they are loyal to the court, and they have shown both kindness and power to the Fan soldiers. They can be regarded as famous generals. He died of illness, and gave the position of the leader of the Fan soldiers to Ji Keshan. In the early days, Ji Keshan was considered self-denying and dedicated to the public. In recent years, the judges and supervisors who went there in recent years can only praise him for surviving. You're not a fool, can you not see the problem?"

Except for the Jingyuan Army, Huo Jingtang has served in the four soldiers of the Shaanxi Fourth Route Army, so he has a good understanding of the character of the generals of the Third Route Army, except Jingyuan Army Marshal Ji Keshan who has never been in contact with them.

But Cui Guogong also told him in detail about the character of Ji Keshan. In summary, he has no major integrity and minor disadvantages, far inferior to his father.

Ji Keshan was once involved in the performance for killing innocent people indiscriminately. Emperor Yuanshou pardoned him as a hero. In fact, everyone knows that Lao Shizi's heroism is just an excuse. The real reason is--

"For one hundred thousand Tibetan soldiers in the northwest?" Huo Jingtang said coolly.

Emperor Yuanshou: "Nowadays there are 63 troops in the Northwest, distributed on the Fourth Road of Shaanxi and the First Road in Hedong. It is not necessarily a serious problem, but the Fan soldiers are somewhat separated from the Dajing court, and they are more willing to obey the orders of the local aristocrats."

"I know this better than you." Huo Jingtang shook off Emperor Yuanshou's hand grabbing his arm, leaned on the armrest and said, "It's really troublesome for the soldiers to only obey the orders of the local family, but if the family doesn't obey, just change them. Ji Ke was good at deceiving his superiors and his inferiors, despised the imperial court, and disregarded the lives of his soldiers, so he replaced the leader of the Tibetan soldiers and pushed him to the top, anyway, there are more than one family in the northwest."

Emperor Yuanshou heard the words and was curious: "Is there anyone for Zi Qu?"

Huo Jingtang: "The Zhe family of Yanzhou."

Emperor Yuanshou clapped his palms and smiled: "Great kindness. But I want to go together with you. It happens that Ziqin is in charge of Yanyan army and often deals with Zheshi. Why don't you entrust the task of replacing the leader of the Fanbing army to you?"

Huo Jingtang guessed that Emperor Yuanshou would make such a move, so he was not pretentious, and only made one request: "I want Xiao Lang to go to the northwest with the army."

Emperor Yuanshou looked embarrassed: "Are you a family member of the army or?"

Huo Jingtang: "Supervisor the army."

"Absurd!" Emperor Yuanshou waved his hands again and again: "How can there be any reason for a family member to be a military supervisor? Besides, Zhao Qing is now the prefect of the capital and also serves as the imperial censor. You transferred him away. Where can I find such a capable person?" Minister of State?"

Huo Jingtang lifted his lips and snorted, "Come on, you let him take on two roles, one is the magistrate in charge of law and order and the other is the censor Zhongcheng who offended others, he has worked tirelessly After three years, he is becoming more and more homeless now, others are not as calculating as you are, but don't treat him like a fool, and don't even give a young couple the time to be alone."

Emperor Yuanshou: "You can take a concubine."

Huo Jingtang rolled his eyes at him directly, and Emperor Yuan Shou slapped the table angrily: "What's your attitude? And what's your posture? Are you sitting or not! Sit up straight!"

Huo Jingtang immediately stood up and said goodbye: "It's getting late, I have to go back to pick up Xiaolang." After saying this, he turned around and left, and turned back after a few steps. He took out a tiger amulet from his wide sleeve and patted it in front of Emperor Yuanshou, saying: "I handed over my military power three years ago. The Northwest matter has nothing to do with me. No matter if you are a fan soldier or Daxia, you can find Lao Liu. Anyway, he was also a good boy you liked back then, so you don't need to secretly tell Uncle Ten. Take it and deliberately drop it into my house."

"I—" Emperor Yuanshou choked.

Huo Jingtang put his hands in his hands, and walked out in a leisurely manner: "Don't keep thinking about destroying the relationship between me and Xiao Lang. Three years ago, he made an agreement with me to live and die together. I forced him to agree. It's agreed. You, just save yourself some trouble."

Mentioning the knife block three years ago, Emperor Yuanshou's anger dissipated, and he couldn't help sighing.

He just didn't give up, and wanted to push Huo Jingtang to the top position, but he didn't cooperate, as if he was going to grow old with Zhao Baiyu.

Of course he can forcibly order the two to reconcile, but he doesn't say that he is wrong, that the queen mother will dispatch, and that Huo Jingtang's dog temper can turn the world upside down, even the officials in the court, especially Zhao Zaizhi, have red eyes. desperately with him.

"I'm clearly thinking of them. Even ordinary couples are in love. When the relationship becomes strong, the relationship will turn weak. How long will the two men be good? No one understands my painstaking efforts."

The chief eunuch nodded in agreement.

But only the people around Emperor Yuanshou agree with his point of view. If other people hear what he said, they will only think that he is thinking about it. In the final analysis, it is just the emperor's delusion to control everyone.

***

Kyoto Prefecture Yamen.

The team leader stepped forward with a smile: "I have seen the king of the county, are you here to pick us up again?"

Huo Jingtang: "Is it worth it?"

The team leader wouldn't foolishly think that this was a greeting to him: "Your Excellency is sorting out the last official document, and it will be out soon." After saying this, seeing Huo Jingtang's expression softened visible to the naked eye, he said goodbye with interest.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Zhao Baiyu's figure appeared at the gate of the yamen.

"I said you don't need to pick me up every day, it's too troublesome."

Huo Jingtang: "Anyway, I have nothing to do, and I'm all dependent on Xiao Lang for now." He took out a warm wet towel and wiped Zhao Baiyu's face and hands, and took out a bowl from the treasure box to relieve the tired ginkgo. Barley syrup. "Drink it quickly, it's still warm, just right."

Zhao Baiyu said that Huo Jingtang didn't need to pick him up every day, but he was already used to stretching out his face and hands when the other party took out the wet wipes, enjoying the services provided by Huo Jingtang very naturally.

I was not used to it at first, but after a long time, it was corroded.

After waking up after being stabbed three years ago, Huo Jingtang unspeakably took care of Zhao Baiyu like a fragile porcelain doll. Arranged by him himself, it is simply a pleasure.

"Uncle Wei went to Guangdong to meet his friends from the rivers and lakes, and a letter came, saying that he intends to go to Southeast Asia for a trip."

Wei Bo suddenly proposed last year that he wanted to re-enter the arena while he still had some strength.

Zhao Baiyu naturally had no objection. In the past, Uncle Wei stayed here to take care of him, but now he is protected by Huo Jingtang and the hidden guards of the county palace, so naturally he can no longer trap Wei Bo.

"That's great." Zhao Baiyu rolled his eyes. He said before that he couldn't be an official, but as a result, the official became bigger and bigger. He had to wait until he was older before resigning.

"Yan Bing stayed quite stable in Liangjiang. The provincial test will be in a few days. I have a good attitude. I think I can go well enough to pass the test."

I took Yanbing to Liangjiang before because he was originally from there. He came back halfway for some reason, and returned to Liangjiang the year before last. He passed the provincial examination last year. If he passed the provincial examination, he would be able to come back at the end of the year.

"Miss Li and Dr. Xu arrived in Nanzhao, and asked someone to send back flower cakes and some jade. I don't know how Dr. Xu did it. The journey is far away, and the flower cakes are not bad."

Li Yiru and Dr. Xu got married in the second year after Zhao Baiyu blocked the knife, and soon after, they were traveling everywhere as husband and wife, but this year they came to Nanzhao.

"do not talk."

The more he talked, the more he envied him and wanted to play.

"Just came out of the palace?" Seeing Huo Jingtang's official uniform with wide sleeves and long robes, only worn when entering the palace, Zhao Baiyu asked: "What happened?"

Huo Jingtang: "It's still that shitty thing in the northwest." He repeated the ins and outs of the future.

Zhao Baiyu: "What is the relationship between Ji Keshan and Fanbing, and Fanbing and Dajing?"

Huo Jingtang briefly said: "There are quite a few barbarians in the Northwest, each of whom is independent, and they lived in peace before, but the Great Xia Liguo regarded the Northwest border as their back garden, and they often plundered it. Dajing also had a headache at the beginning, and it was difficult to win the battle. Later, it was discovered that the barbarians in the Northwest obeyed the orders of the aristocratic clan, assembled and trained them into an army with a scale of hundreds of thousands. He is also extremely brave, and he is familiar with the customs, terrain, language, etc. of the border between the two countries, so the imperial court came forward and rewarded the family, so as to naturalize the [-] Tibetan soldiers in the northwest."

Zhao Baiyu hit the nail on the head: "So Ji Keshan, who is in command of the Fan soldiers, doesn't actually have much loyalty to the Dajing court, so he was picked by Daxia as a breakthrough?"

Huo Jingtang laughed, "Xiao Lang is smart."

Zhao Baiyu took it for granted, he was neither excited nor shy about being praised, anyone would be indifferent to being praised every day.