Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 173 The Request of the Xi People
In a few days, Duan Hongchen mobilized all the soldiers, horses, food and fodder, and prepared to defend Goguryeo in Longquan Mansion.He thought, Longquan Mansion is a local area, so there is no need to divide troops and set up food roads, so it can be defended calmly.But Xu Qing shook his head and said, there is a river to the east of Liaodong, go there and intercept him.If the battlefield is far away, it will not affect the production of the people, and it can be regarded as a barrier if it is guarded according to danger.

Duan Hongchen: "Oh? You said the Yalu River..."

"It's also called the Yalu River now?"

"What now? It's always been called the Yalu River, and the territory of Bohai State has been there before." (Sorry, limited knowledge)

"That's right, it used to be the Balhae country, and it's still the same now. Goguryeo people can't come in easily."

Whether it can be kept, no one knows.

The three armies were exhausted, with only 5000 troops.This time, Duan Hongchen did not borrow troops from Xu Qing, but asked Xu Qing to help him defend Longquan City and ensure the transportation of grain and grass.In addition, it is necessary to control those overly anxious Haoyou in the city and prevent them from causing chaos in the rear.

The most important thing is that if you can't hold it, you will lead your troops and bring Xu Qi back to Cangzhou.

It is said to the outside world that the king of Bohai will personally conquer, and the prince will stay behind.

Just as Duan Hongchen set off, another disturbing news came.Messenger of the Xi Clan, please meet me!

Could it be that the Xi people are coming to take revenge?At this time, Xu Qing couldn't hold his breath anymore.The Koreans claim to have [-] soldiers and horses, and nine out of ten they will fight in half, only [-].Because it is impossible for Goguryeo to raise the whole country's soldiers to attack the Bohai Sea, and its rear is also unstable.Silla and Baekje are all to the south of it, and they are feuds.

5000 people against 3 people, with the danger of the Yalu River, it is not impossible to defend.But if the Goguryeo people and the Xi people were attacking from both sides, then Xu Qing could only get oil on the soles of his feet and slip away.

The ambassador of the Xi family visited him, but he made an apology.

In the inner palace, Xu Qi sat in a high position, and Xu Qing stood aside.The ambassador of the Xi clan performed a prairie salute and then a Han Chinese salute in a proper manner, which was regarded as lowering his posture.

"Your Majesty, Princess Baoqilan, the envoy of the Xi family, the foreign minister, worship me."

Xu Qi "pacified" him and asked him why he came.

"Princess, the last time my family came to the battle was purely because of villains sowing dissension. I sweated profusely and failed to distinguish right from wrong, so I was specially sent to apologize."

Xu Qi didn't speak, she looked at Xu Qing, Xu Qing asked: "Oh? Sorry, what about your sincerity?"

The envoy of the Xi clan, Jishou: "All the property and population received before are in the list, er, Mr. Xiangguo, please take a look..." The envoy of the Xi clan saw that Xu Qi was very respectful to Xu Qing, and thought Xu Qing was the prime minister, so he continued to say to him : "There are also thousands of cattle and sheep sent by my sweat."

Xu Qing flipped through the list casually, but didn't look into it, just sneered again and again.This Xi clan made an apology and an apology. It was completely different from the viciousness before. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. What are their plans?
Seeing Xu Qing like this, the Xi clan envoy hurriedly said: "I also brought the villain who sowed discord before..."

"Oh?" Now Xu Qing became interested, and heard Hongchen say that the envoy he sent to negotiate actually sold all the information on Bohai in exchange for Ronghua, which made him jump out of anger.Xu Qing also wanted to see this talented person who could break the world of mortals, so he raised his hand to let him get in.

There was a sound outside the door, and a heavily tied man was thrown in with a plop. Hearing the sound, it was quite heavy.

Xu Qing took a closer look, but his jaw almost dropped in shock.

This guy is an acquaintance!
Who?
Lu Jing!

"Hahahaha..." Xu Qing burst into laughter. When Cangzhou suppressed the bandits, he thought the old boy was killed by the rebels during the night terror!I didn't expect to see you here today, the world is so small...

Lu Jing was also surprised, why is Xu Qing here?Was he exiled?At this time, Lu Jing couldn't take pleasure in other's misfortune.

Xu Qing looked at Lu Jing. He was dressed in mink fur and his face was full of happiness. If he hadn't been distinctive, no one would have recognized him if he was so fat.Just as Xu Qing was about to speak, Xu Qi said very angrily: "You villain, do you still have the face to come back?!"

Xu Qing stopped talking and continued to listen to Xu Qi: "When we came to Bohai, you were fighting with dogs for food. If my father hadn't saved you, how many days would you have lived?!"

"After saving you, not only will you not be treated as a human slave, but also an official. The delicious food is easy to use. Who can miss you?"

"But you..." Xu Qi's small chest was heaving and unsteady, and she couldn't continue speaking, obviously out of anger.

"Princess, it's my fault. I'm obsessed with ghosts. I'm not human..." Lu Jing wept bitterly, kowtowed and confessed: "Princess, please spare me the life of a dog, let me serve you again..."

Xu Qi's face was very cold, and he shouted: "Come here, pull this traitor out, let the dogs bite him to death!"

"Ambassador, ambassador, help me, I have sent you information about the Xi Clan!" Lu Jing turned around and begged the Xi Clan envoy, but how could the Xi Clan envoy save him now, but turned his head away.A glint of evil flashed in Lu Jing's eyes, and seeing Xu Qing again, he swallowed his saliva, knelt down in front of Xu Qing, and kowtowed heavily.

"Master Xu!" Lu Jing wept bitterly, and said in a sad voice: "Master Xu, I, Lu Jing, was at fault in the past, and offended Master Xu, but now that we are in this desolate place, Master Xu and I are rare fellows Ah, Master Xu, don't you think about this kind of incense?"

"Beyond the Great Desolation?" Xu Qing smiled: "Lord Lu, I don't think this place is desolate. If you save you, Master Xu, you've grown flesh!"

"Master Xu, save me today. I, Lu Jing, will be your cow and horse today..." Lu Jing lifted up that blessed but weather-beaten face. If it was put outside, others would think it was a kind person. The rich man was bullied.

At this time, the guards outside the door had already entered, and the despair in Lu Jing's eyes deepened slightly. When the guards were about to grab him, Xu Qing raised his hand and said:
"slow……"

"Thank you Master Xu for saving your life. From now on, I, Lu Jing, will be your dog." Lu Jing bowed his head in thanks.

Xu Qi stood up and asked very puzzled: "Brother Xu?"

"Shhh, keep him for a while, I have my own mind..." Xu Qing patted Xu Qi on the shoulder and told her to sit down.Although Xu Qi was puzzled, she trusted Xu Qing, so she sat down with her lips pouted and stopped asking.

"Capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot escape. Beat him with twenty army sticks and imprison him!" Xu Qing said to the guards. At this moment, Lu Jing's tense body relaxed, and there were still clenched fists in the relaxed body.Seeing all this, Xu Qing couldn't help but sneer, Lu Jing, oh Lu Jing, still wanted to kill Ye Yu.

In a blink of an eye, the guards brought Lu Jing forward to beat him, and the slapping of twenty military sticks, mixed with Lu Jing's wailing, reached everyone's ears.

"Xiangguo... Oh, Mr. Xu is really kind, but for this kind of person..." The Xi clan envoy gestured at Xu Qing with a look of disgust, meaning that there is no need to be kind to a villain like Lu Jing.

"It's okay..." Xu Qing waved his hand, signaling the Xi Clan envoy to continue talking about his visit.

"Princess, my lord, and my ministers are here only to make friendly relations with the Xi clan and promote harmony between the two sides." The envoy of the Xi clan took out a roll of parchment with many characters written on it.

Xu Qing was startled, could it be that the reason why the people of the Xi tribe paid such a large sum of money was to use the strategy of courtesy first and soldiers later?Impossible...Could it be that the Xi tribe encountered some trouble?Want to calm things down here so as not to cause trouble in the future?Is Turkic?
After thinking for a while, Xu Qing pondered for a while and said: "At this time, the matter is of great importance. The princess is staying behind, and she still needs to ask for the king's order. You will get a reply after staying for a few days. I guarantee that no matter whether this matter is successful or not, your Excellency will decide." be safe and sound."

The envoy of the Xi Clan listened to Xu Qing's words and felt that it made sense. It is true that the people left behind can not decide on matters related to foreign clans.

"Princess, my lord, I will leave..."

The envoy of the Xi Clan backed away, and Xu Qi asked Xu Qing why Lu Jing was spared. Xu Qing just smiled and said that he was dead, but one more useless corpse, and what he knew about the situation of the Xi Clan would also be lost. So buried in the loess.

Xu Qi suddenly understood.

The Xi family suddenly lowered their posture and wanted to make peace with Bohai, something must have happened that caught them off guard.What is it?Just ask Lu Jing who came from the Xi clan and you will know.

After leaving Lu Jing in prison for a day, Xu Qing went to see him at noon the next day.

"You should know what I mean by saving your life?"

"Yes, you want to know why the Xi people want to make peace?"

"Not bad, tell me..."

"Oh, it's because of the Dahe family..."

"Dahe clan? What's the name of the leader of the Dahe clan?"

"A man named Yelu..."

Yelubai, the man who was about to become a great sweat, gathered the Dahe clan!
Half an hour later, Lu Jing's body appeared in the wilderness, and a solitary grave was erected hastily. Because he confessed, Xu Qing temporarily left his whole body.

After a while, the dark river was dispatched, and one person sent the information collected by Xu Qing to Duan Hongchen.A team closely monitored the envoys of the Xi clan and asked them about Yelubai's situation.There is also the largest group of people, going north!
The northward movement of the dark river is for Xu Qing's northward movement.After learning about Yelubai's domination of the Dahe clan, Xu Qing had a big plan in mind.

The Dahe family was eager to swallow the Xi clan, but they wanted to concentrate their strength against the Turks.You can unite or help the Dahe clan, swallow the Xi clan together, and then back to back with the Xi clan, one can deal with the Turks with peace of mind, and the other can deal with Goguryeo with peace of mind.This can not only strengthen the Bohai Sea, but also remove a serious problem.For the Dahe Clan, it was also an opportunity to easily take down the Xi Clan and avoid casualties in the bitter battle.

This is a risky move.

Because the Bohai Kingdom is too weak, even compared with the Xi Clan, it is much worse.If the Dahe clan is united to deal with the Xi clan, who can guarantee that after the Xi clan is destroyed, the Dahe clan will not take advantage of the situation to destroy Bohai?
If there is no Xu Qing, then the most appropriate choice for Bohai is to unite the Xi Clan to fight against the Dahe Clan.

However, Xu Qing and Dahe's Yelubai had a life-saving grace, so there was a slight chance of turning around.

Xu Qing went north precisely for this chance.Of course, even if Xu Qing was there, it would be a big adventure.

After all, there is only a personal relationship between Xu Qing and Yelubai, even the grace of saving lives is also a personal relationship.Would it be possible for Yelubai to give up the opportunity to grow the Dahe clan?
(End of this chapter)