The staff member narrowed his eyes and said, "Even if a contract is concluded, so what? How can a hero in the world be bound by a piece of paper? If you don't want to abide by it, you can just tear it up!"

After listening to what his staff said, Yaocheng City Guard nodded, "That's true."

He immediately ordered his servants to bring the lobbyist from the side hall into the hall.

After the visitor arrived, the city guard of Yaocheng asked, "Besides me, who else does the prince want to conclude this contract with?"

"To be honest, sir, in addition to the generals, the prince has also sent some lobbyists to three or four cities including Sanfeng City. However, there is only one contract. Whoever concludes it first will cooperate with him."

After hearing this, the city guard of Yaocheng immediately nodded and said, "In that case, I agree, and I will enter into a contract with the prince to non-aggression!"

Within the territory of Liukang, among the cities that have not yet been lost, there are three large cities that have successively concluded non-aggression contracts with lobbyists.

The city guard who signed the contract was complacent, thinking that he had obtained a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

But they don't know that the only person who gets this opportunity is not them as they think.

They didn't know, or maybe they vaguely guessed, that Qin Yi's plan was to divide Liu Kang.

But even if they knew it, they would be happy just to sit on that extremely noble throne!

……

After a quick march, several hours later, Jing Xun's troops finally joined forces with Qin Yi's troops in the wilderness.

This was after Qin Yi led his troops to attack Liukang, and it took several months before he saw his subordinates again.

Looking at the excited faces of Jing Xun, Xuan Lingyao, Gan Zijin, and many generals, Qin Yi smiled slightly, "Why, are you surprised?"

Everyone nodded quickly, "Your Majesty, we never expected that you would actually run in front of us!"

Qin Yi smiled helplessly, "It's not us who can run, it's Situ Hongguang who can. In order to catch up with this guy, we stayed awake and ran day and night. Only then did we surpass you and we are about to reach the border."

After everyone heard this, they already guessed that killing Situ Hongguang would not be easy for Qin Yi.

Of course, it's just a little tricky.

Situ Hongguang turned into a corpse after all.

Gan Zijin quickly asked, "My lord, how did you expect that the bandits would flee into the woods?"

He could not imagine or guess the reason why the bandits suddenly turned.

Qin Yi smiled slightly, "It's not a guess, it's a guide. I sent troops and horses to pretend to be Dingyue reinforcements, so that the bandit soldiers thought there were enemy troops ahead and had to turn around. As for the north and south, the north has more room to escape.

They will naturally choose the north."

After hearing what Qin Yi said, everyone couldn't help but admire him.

What is a famous general?

This is a famous general!

Suspect the enemy's plan, predict the enemy's advance, and set up an ambush...it's really one move after another!

Turning his head, Qin Yi looked at Xuan Lingyao.

We haven’t seen each other for several months, but the beauty’s charm has not diminished and her beauty is still moving.

Seeing Qin Yi looking over, Xuan Lingyao also looked at him with a pair of eyes like autumn water, with deep joy in her eyes.

Her beautiful face has a heart-stopping smile.

Seeing the two of them looking at each other, Jing Xun and Gan Zijin coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, we still have some things to deal with first. I'm sorry."

Although I really want to ask how Zhanjing is doing, Jingxun and others know that they should leave at this moment.

Only those who lack vision will be stuck here.

Seeing everyone leaving, Qin Yi couldn't help but laugh, but he didn't say much.

After a while, Qin Yi and Xuan Lingyao were the only two people nearby.

A hint of blush appeared on her pretty face, and Xuan Lingyao scolded, "They always make fun of me."

When Qin Yi heard this, he smiled and said, "If I were here, they wouldn't dare."

Xuan Lingyao couldn't help but pursed her lips and nodded, her face full of lightness.

After being separated for several months, she misses her very much. Now that they are reunited, they will be able to see each other every day in the next period of time.

There was a lot to say, but for a moment, she didn't know what to say. Xuan Lingyao pursed her red lips and suddenly thought of the Peking Opera incident, and asked worriedly, "How is Sister Si doing? I heard that her family has been...

…”

Qin Yi sighed helplessly and replied, "The situation is okay."

"Did you comfort her?" Xuan Lingyao asked.

Qin Yi couldn't help but wonder, didn't you two talk sweetly last time?

Why are you calling Sister Si and showing concern now?

Could it be that after finding the target to focus the fire, they turned the enemy into a friend?

Suppressing his curse, Qin Yi nodded and said, "The comfort is not very useful. The best way is to let her know that she does not have everything."

When Xuan Lingyao heard this, an inexplicable look flashed in her bright eyes. She pursed her red lips for a long time before saying, "Sister Si is very pitiful. You should be nicer to her..."

Obviously, she has understood the hidden meaning of Qin Yi's words.

Qin Yi looked at her steadily and nodded.

Although she didn’t say anything, what she was thinking in her heart was, ‘I will treat you better.’

……

After joining up with Jing Xun, Qin Yi's military strength increased from 40,000 to more than 120,000, which was a great expansion.

Before going north, he planned to rest for a while, so he set up camp in the wilderness for several miles.

In the camp, in an open space, there was a general who was carrying a sandbag invented by Qin Yi and constantly doing weight-bearing exercises.

This training method of lying on the ground, supporting the body with four limbs, and constantly pushing up the arms was also created by Qin Yi and is called push-ups.

When Qin Yi created these things, everyone was surprised. They did not expect that Qin Yi could innovate even these small things.

I can't help but admire his wisdom and carefulness.

Today, this general is doing weight-bearing push-ups. The number of push-ups he does has exceeded the daily training volume of the powerful soldiers, but he still keeps doing it and does not stop.

Even though his face was red and his hands were shaking, he was still trying to hold on.

Next to it, there were several people watching. One of them stood with arms folded and a smile on his face.

This person was Chen Yu. Looking at the general who kept doing push-ups, he laughed out loud and asked, "Zi Jin, are you torturing yourself when you are full and have nothing to do?"

The general who was training hard was Gan Zijin. When he heard the question, he paused and gasped, "I...hu...le...hu...yi..."

His hands are shaking crazily.

Chen Yu teased and said, "Really? But everyone said that you were afraid of being punished by the prince, so you punished yourself."

Gan Zijin stopped and gasped, "Hu... Hu... say... Hu..."

Chen Yu laughed loudly and said, "Don't stop, keep going. Is it impossible?"

"You just...huh...you can't do it anymore..." Gan Zijin stopped breathing, scolded him, and then continued.

Not far away, Qin Yi walked by and was immediately amused when he saw this scene.

He didn't want to punish Gan Zijin at all, but he didn't expect that this guy would punish himself.

It can be said that "I punish myself, leaving you nowhere to punish."

Of course, it's good to train a little, so Qin Yi didn't stop him. Anyway, he will leave camp tomorrow and head north. It will take a few days on the road, so it doesn't matter if he is tired from training.

I don’t know how long I had been working on it, but Gan Zijin was so tired that I couldn’t move anymore. He fell to the ground with a pop.

When Chen Yu and others saw it, they quickly shouted, "Don't stop. I was about to help you count. Why did you stop?"

"Keep doing it, I'll start counting now, the one just now will be the first one!"

"Zijin, can't you do this?"

This time, Gan Zijin was really exhausted and couldn't show off anymore. He lay on the ground and gasped, "I really...huh...I can't do it anymore...huh..."

Everyone laughed.

After learning from Mao Lifu that Gan Zijin had stopped, Qin Yi ordered all generals to be summoned to discuss the Northern Expedition.

Soon, many generals gathered in the big tent.

Without delay, Qin Yi got straight to the point and said, "Next, I am about to make an expedition to the north. Before setting off, I must first understand the situation of the enemy soldiers."

Mao Lifu immediately responded, "Your Majesty, the battle report came from the reinforcements from Weixi yesterday, saying that in the battle with the rebels, they achieved great results and beheaded more than 10,000 people."

Qin Yi nodded slightly when he heard the words.

He knew that Weixi's reinforcements did not need to send a message to him, they only needed to pass it on to the Ministry of War.

But today is different from the past. He is already the regent and has the right to know the entire Linzhan matter.

Therefore, this is the reason why reinforcements from Weixi will send battle reports.
To be continued...