Thousands of miles away in Dingzhou, the battle situation on the frontline is changing rapidly.
Due to Yan Xiaoyi's previous night attack, Qin Hao's team transporting grain and grass was completely damaged along the way. Gaoyang was short of grain and grass and was besieged by the Northern Qi army.
At the same time, other soldiers and horses of the Northern Qi Dynasty were also actively trying to contain the soldiers and horses of Chengzhou. Qin Ming really could not send suitable manpower to rescue Gaoyang. In the end, he could only let Qin Hao lead his eight thousand soldiers to relieve Gaoyang's crisis.
Qin Hao led eight thousand soldiers, lightly armed and simple, to attack day and night, and killed the Northern Qi general Chu Xiong at the foot of Gaoyang City, thus relieving the danger of Gaoyang City.
After this battle, Gaoyang City guard Cao Yong and Qin Hao became good friends.
After that, the Northern Qi Dynasty sent heavy troops to besiege Gaoyang many times, but they were repelled several times by Qin Hao and Cao Yong, losing troops and generals. This also caused the entire Dingzhou war situation to tilt in favor of the Qing Dynasty.
As for the other two border armies, Qingguo also gained victories due to the intelligence sent by Yan Bingyun.
Northern Qi's strength was originally not as strong as Qing's, and successive defeats made Northern Qi panic. In the end, due to the arrival of winter and heavy snowfall, the Qing army stopped its troops, and Northern Qi finally got a chance to breathe.
The top officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty knew very well that Qing was no match for a head-on fight, so they decided to send envoys to Qing to seek peace.
Looking around from the top of Gaoyang City, the sky and the earth were covered with white snow. Cao Yong supported the female wall and sighed: "Brother Qin, you and I have made great achievements this time. The reward will arrive soon. You and I will drink wine again."
Yan Huan, I don’t know when it was.”
According to the merits of Qin Hao and Cao Yong this time, they will be promoted at least one level. Qin Hao may even be transferred back to the capital. After all, he came here to be gilded.
"There is always a chance, live well." Qin Hao patted Cao Yong on the shoulder.
Just as Cao Yong said, the decree of reward arrived in Gaoyang three days later.
Cao Yong was promoted to one rank and still served in Dingzhou, while Qin Hao was awarded the title of General Yunhui and was transferred to Cangzhou to garrison with 50,000 troops. It was the same promotion of one rank, but the meaning was completely different, which made Cao Yong envious.
My mouth is almost watering.
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Before New Year's Eve, the Northern Qi envoy finally arrived in the capital and started a quarrel with the officials of Honglu Temple in Qing Dynasty. Fan Xian was also among them. He was recommended by his future father-in-law Lin Ruofu to take credit. He knew nothing about negotiations and could only watch from the sidelines.
It was lively, but fortunately the officials of Honglu Temple were very powerful and suppressed the Northern Qi envoys.
However, as the situation reached a stalemate, someone hurriedly handed a note to the Northern Qi envoy and whispered a few words to him. When the Northern Qi envoy saw it, he immediately smiled and told Xin Qiwu that his side would never give in on its terms and returned the favor.
He handed the note to Xin Qiwu and asked him to go back and think about it and verify the authenticity of the news.
Xin Qiwu took the note and looked at it, and immediately said something bad.
On the other side, Emperor Qing also received a secret from the Northern Qi Dynasty. The identity of the Northern Qi secret agent Yan Bingyun was revealed. He was captured by the leader of the Northern Qi Jinyi Guards, Zhong Zhong. The Northern Qi Dynasty used him as a bargaining chip to not only return the occupied territories and prisoners of war to Qing, but also
They would provide pensions to their dead Northern Qi soldiers, and most importantly, they would exchange Sean and Si Lili for Yan Bingyun.
Sean can be said to be the Chen Pingping of the Northern Qi Dynasty. He was once as famous as Chen Pingping. At that time, Chen Pingping led the black cavalry to attack thousands of miles and captured him at the cost of both legs.
But this battle was also thanks to Yan Bingyun's inquiring into the military situation and sending secret reports. What's more, he was Yan Ruohai's biological son.
Chen Pingping knew that all other conditions were false. What Beiqi really wanted was Xiao En and Si Lili. After hearing the news, Yan Ruohai decisively refused to exchange territory for his son, but Chen Pingping said that there was only one person who could make this decision. Then
It's Emperor Qing.
Sure enough, Emperor Qing agreed to let the Inspection and Inspection Institute release the people, but the bottom line was that the acquired territory would never be returned, and the rest was easy to negotiate. Yan Bingyun had to come back alive. Yan Ruohai burst into tears after hearing the decree.
The ensuing negotiations became more intense, with the envoys from both sides rolling up their robes and sleeves, exchanging words and almost starting a fight. Only Fan Xian, who was watching the excitement from the sidelines, felt drowsy and relaxed.
Half a day later, the negotiation came to an end. Emperor Qing was quite satisfied with the result, so he decided to hold a night banquet in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, where the emperor and his ministers celebrated together, and invited the envoys from Northern Qi and Dongyi to accompany them.
On the night of the night banquet at the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the eldest princess sang a harmony with Guo Youzhi and cooperated with Zhuang Mohan to question Fan Xian's poetic talent.
As a result, Fan Xian drunkenly wrote hundreds of poems and everyone was stunned.
But all this was just Fan Xian's plan. He deliberately pretended to be drunk in front of everyone, but in fact he wanted to sneak into the Queen Mother's palace late at night and put back the key he had stolen before.
On the way to return the key, he unexpectedly learned that the eldest princess actually colluded with Northern Qi and sold Yan Bingyun.
The next day, many leaflets appeared in the streets and alleys of the capital. On the paper, it was neatly written that the eldest princess Li Yunrui was traitorous and secretly traded with the Northern Qi Dynasty. The public opinion was boiling, and everyone in the inspection institute was also anxious.
After Emperor Qing learned about this, he called the eldest princess and Chen Pingping to confront each other. In the end, the eldest princess threw Guo Youzhi out to take the blame. She thought she had escaped disaster and even ridiculed Chen Pingping.
But soon, the eldest princess Li Yunrui understood what it means to be ginger or old. Chen Pingping used Yan Ruohai to test out Zhuge, the traitor in the inspection institute, thus confirming that Li Yunrui had reached out to the inspection institute, which undoubtedly touched the
Emperor Qing's reverse scale.
As a result, the eldest princess Li Yunrui was driven out of the capital and away from the center of power in Qing Dynasty.
Fan Xian originally thought that after Li Yunrui left, he could take a breather, wait quietly to marry Lin Wan'er, and live his own life. However, Emperor Qing gave him a task, asking him to lead a delegation to Northern Qi to exchange for Yan Bingyun.
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Fan Xian was naturally unhappy at first, but Emperor Qing threatened his marriage to Lin Waner, and Fan Xian finally had no choice but to accept this hot potato.
Afterwards, Fan Xian escorted Sean all the way north.
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Cangzhou Camp.
"General, there is someone outside the camp who wants to see you, saying he is coming from the capital."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Qin Hao's heart moved. Judging from the news from Si Lili, counting the days, Fan Xian should be arriving in Cangzhou soon.
"please come in."
"yes."
Not long after, the soldiers came in with a man dressed in black.
"I've met General Qin."
"Teng Zijing." After Qin Hao dismissed the soldiers, he said with a smile: "Sit down, Fan Xian asked you to come, right?"
Teng Zijing was not polite and sat directly where Qin Hao was sitting. He leaned over and whispered: "Fan Xian has a letter and asked me to give it to you."
Qin Hao took it and took a look. As he expected, Fan Xian and his party were less than a hundred miles away from Cangzhou.
In the letter, Fan Xian also talked about Sean, asked if this was the person Qin Hao mentioned before, and also asked Qin Hao to help escort the delegation north.
After closing the envelope, Qin Hao said to Teng Zijing: "Go back and tell Fan Xian that as long as he reaches Cangzhou, I will ensure that he is safe and sound."
"Thank you, General Qin."
Teng Zijing hurried back to recover and told Fan Xian the situation.
Fan Xian's tense expression gradually relaxed. Wang Qinian on the side asked curiously: "Sir, you seem to trust this General Qin?"
"What? Shouldn't I trust him?" Fan Xian asked back.
Wang Qinian sneered: "It's not that it's just that adults seldom trust anyone so much."
"Wang Qinian, look at what you said, don't I usually trust you?"
"Trust, trust, Wang, thank you so much for your trust."
Fan Xian stepped forward and patted Wang Qinian on the shoulder: "Since I trust you so much, I have something to do for you. You won't let me down, right?"
"Sir, you know that I am quite lazy. If it's something very important..." Wang Qinian's face suddenly froze.
"It's very important. You have to go to the prison car and help me keep an eye on Sean."
"ah?"
Two days later, when Fan Xian led the envoy and was less than ten miles away from Cangzhou, a group of cavalry suddenly rushed out and stopped in front of the envoy. The leader was tall and tall, holding a black gold spear. He looked like a ninth-level master.
"Who is your Excellency? How dare you block the Qing Kingdom envoy's path." Fan Xian's heart skipped a beat.
"Stop talking nonsense, open the prison car and release the people. If you don't die, if you resist, we will kill you without mercy!"
"Are you Uesugi Tiger?"
Uesugi Tiger snorted coldly: "Boy, stop being so smart and let me go immediately, or you will die on the spot!"
Fan Xian rolled his eyes: "The person locked in this prison car is the Great Demon King Sean. The people of our Qing country hate him to the core. Now among the Northern Qi Dynasties, the only one who wants to save him is his adopted son Uesugi Tiger. It just so happens that Uesugi
Hu, like you, is a ninth-grade master."
"I have long heard that Northern Qi General Uesugi Tora is a well-known hero, but I don't expect him to be such a secretive person. It seems that the rumors are not credible."
Uesugi Tiger stared angrily and pulled off the veil directly: "Hmph, since you guessed my identity, no one in your delegation will survive today, kill me!"
After hearing Uesugi Tiger's order, the cavalry behind him immediately took an attack stance and were about to attack the envoy. Suddenly, Uesugi Tiger's expression changed and he turned his head to look behind him.
Fan Xian was confused when his ears suddenly twitched. He crouched down and put his hands on the ground. A violent vibration was heard, and Fan Xian's originally nervous expression gradually turned into one of pride.
Not long after, on the distant slope, black spots appeared in everyone's sight.
The civilian officials of the mission burst out laughing when they saw this.
"Haha, it's my Qingguo cavalry!"
"Qingguo's military flag, our reinforcements have arrived!"
Uesugi Tiger's face was ashen as he looked at the military flag with black characters on a red background. The deputy general behind him stepped forward on his horse to remind him: "General, this is the Cangzhou Army, with at least 500 riders."
"Hu'er, let's go. We'll leave the green hills behind. Don't worry about not having firewood to burn. I won't die for the time being."
Although Sean could not see the situation outside in the prison car, he could feel that the situation was developing in a direction that was not conducive to him.
"Don't worry, foster father, I will definitely rescue you today, and I will kill anyone who stops you!"
Hearing Sean's voice again after so many years, Uesugi, a tough-as-nails man, almost burst into tears with his eyes red.
However, at this time, an inappropriate voice came.
"Oh? Well, it depends on whether you have that ability."
The moment Qin Hao's figure appeared, Uesugihu's face suddenly turned livid. He could feel the fluctuations of true energy emanating from the young man in front of him, still above him.
Sean's expression in the prison car also changed. Although he had been imprisoned in the Procuratorate's dungeon for twenty years, his martial arts had not been abolished. The sudden appearance of his true energy was no less impressive even at his peak.
"Old Qin, you came on time." Fan Xian greeted Qin Hao as if there was no one around.
Qin Hao nodded, and then looked at Shanhu Hu with a smile but not a smile: "The Northern Qi general did not say hello, but secretly led people across the border and came to our Qing country to stop the delegation from going north. Isn't it too disrespectful to let the Qing country's border troops go?
In your eyes?"
Uesugi Tiger tightened the spear in his hand and said through gritted teeth: "Today, I just want to save my foster father."
"Sean is the hostage exchanged for Yan Bingyun. He will naturally return it to Northern Qi. Why should the general be in a hurry?" Fan Xian walked to Qin Hao and said to Uesugi Tora in a serious voice.
Sean in the prison car suddenly said: "I wonder which master is coming from outside? Is it Qin Ye, the head of the Qin family? His voice doesn't sound like it."
"Senior Xiao, there is no need to test. Although my surname is Qin Hao, I am not from the Qin family. My father is now the minister of the Ministry of Punishment."
Qin Hao's answer caused Xiao En to fall into a brief silence, and then sighed softly.
"Qingguo is indeed a prosperous country with a large number of talented people. In just a few years, another ninth-grade peak person has emerged."
"Hu'er, let's go. With this guy here, you won't be able to take advantage of me. Don't lose your life in vain."
Uesugi Tiger's eyes were red, he clenched the spear in his hand and pointed it at Fan Xian: "Boy, listen up, take good care of my adoptive father. If you dare to humiliate me in the slightest, I will kill you when you arrive in Northern Qi."
"Threatening the leader of the Qing Kingdom in front of the Qing Kingdom's border troops, Uesugi Tiger, don't you want to leave the Qing Kingdom?" Qin Hao shook the spear in his hand and knocked aside Uesugi Tiger's black gold spear.
A look of surprise flashed across Tora Uesugi's face. It seemed like he didn't use any force this time, but in fact, he used clever force, which shocked him so much that he almost couldn't hold the weapon steady.
"Huh, I'll see you on the battlefield someday, and I'll tell you the difference!" Tora Uesugi said harsh words and was about to leave.
However, Qin Hao followed the horse with his belly.
Uesugi Tiger's expression changed: "General Qin, what does this mean?"
"It's nothing. The general of the Northern Qi Dynasty came to our Qing Kingdom as a guest. Our Qing Kingdom's border troops had to send him out of the country with courtesy. It's not considered rude." Qin Hao said lightly.
Uesugi Tiger snorted coldly and said nothing more, just secretly vigilant.
However, Qin Hao did not make any move along the way until he sent Uesugi Tiger and his party outside the border.
"General, wait a moment."
Uesugi Tiger heard this and tightened his spear in his hand: "General Qin, do you have any other advice?"
"The general doesn't want to save your adoptive father?" Qin Hao looked at him with a half-smile.
"Hmph, if it weren't for you today, I would have rescued my adoptive father by now." Uesugi Tiger's body shook and he said angrily.
Qin Hao shook his head: "This is the territory of Qingguo. If you rescue Xiao En, how will Qingguo lose its face?"
"snort."
"The general is also in a difficult situation in Northern Qi now. It's probably too late to save Xiao En. I can help you."
Uesugi Tiger sneered: "Why do you want to help me?"
