In early August, Di Zhi's injury healed a lot and was able to get out of bed, but he still had to use a cane to walk.

Before we knew it, it was August again, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching again, and news came from the south. The emperor was overjoyed and appointed him as Prince of Jin. When he heard this news, everyone was extremely excited. The soldiers of the new army ran around and told each other, celebrating excitedly, and Li Xingzhou was also happy.

Prince of Jin means that the situation in Beijing has basically been decided.

But the more this happens, the more anxious he is to go back, planning to return to Kaiyuan before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

It is naturally impossible to go by land, so you can only go by water and go back from the Bohai Sea.

Not only did he accept the reward, Li Xingzhou must be prepared to deal with the subsequent political struggle, the King of Jin was just a ladder.

When it comes to political struggles, many people are disgusted first, but many people don’t understand that the people not only have economic interests, but also political interests. For all mankind, this understanding is very late.

Political interests are a very important part, and political means are a kind of "smart game". It is precisely because of the existence of political means that many resources are wasteful and bloody conflicts are avoided.

The simplest ones are Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.

Later generations respected Xiang Yu as a hero and said that Liu Bang was a hooligan, but no one thought that Liu Bang's "rogue" made the world less blood and less death.

For example, after the two entered the pass, they showed that Liu Bang did not kill the King of Qin, and returned to the army to rule three rules and did not receive rewards.

Many later generations saw this disdain to ridicule Liu Bang for his show, which was simply a naked political means to win people's hearts and hypocrisy.

Even if Liu Bang did all this to win people’s hearts, what about the countless people in Guanzhong? That is a great blessing!

Even if he is fake, he does it, that's the key.

What's wrong with Guan Zhong's people supporting him? This can be regarded as a transaction, which is the political interests of the people. Your policies are good to us, we support you, and we are not good to us, and we abandon you, and we should have done this, what does it have to do with people?

Could it be that after Xiang Yu came in, he killed the King of Qin, robbed Guanzhong, and burned the Xianyang Imperial Palace with fire? But some people think about the people in Guanzhong.

Some people also say that Liu Bang was betrayal and began to kill heroes for the sake of power after he was firmly in power. He was a real villain.

Like Xiang Yu, he would not use political means or use his brains to kill me if he opposed him. More than 100,000 people surrendered, and would not win people's hearts, and he would not feel at ease, so he would be buried alive!

I don’t know how to settle the city, win over people, and slaughter it! As recorded in history books, I “have no burden in the city”! (The men, women, young and old in the city were killed)

Is this a hero? The King of Western Chu is truly in character, not pretentious at all, he does whatever he wants, so heroic! Have you ever asked the many innocent people who were killed?

So some people always think that the lives of several kings of different surnames are fate, while the lives of countless innocent people are not fate?

Xiang Yu's hero, Liu Bang's villain.

You should know that no matter which dynasty it is, the tension about power is an inevitable trend, the difference is:

If it were Liu Bang, because he was smart and "rogue", he would know political means. For power, he would use political struggles to kill his enemies. The evil ones would be punished. He would never ask, unite the majority, attack a small group, and eventually die a small part of the people. No matter whether he is moral or not, what impression he will leave on future generations, the people he will kill must be very limited.

What about people like Xiang Yu who have no political mind and do not know about political struggles?

He is definitely killing innocent people for power because he doesn't have the brain and doesn't know how to deal with it is the most efficient way to minimize damage.

His method is very simple. If a city does not surrender, it will be done if it is killed. If it is afraid that the enemy will come back, if it is captured and killed, it will be done if it is captured and killed. He does not know how to use political means to win people's hearts and stabilize the world.

Some people do not regard themselves as human beings, but are at the bottom of the ruling class, and regard the lives of high-ranking officials and powerful people as their lives, so the lives of ordinary people do not tell fortunes.

Therefore, political means have absolutely positive sides. They are derivatives of human wisdom. If there is no political means, humans do not know how much darkness and blood will be experienced. It is unknown whether human civilization will survive endless conflicts and brainless killings.

And those who understand politics like Liu Bang eventually won, which is a great luck for Chinese history.

Otherwise, in that era when the princes compete for hegemony and the kings jointly launched a conquest, it might be like the dark and bloody times like the late Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, the Five Barbarians invaded China.

Now facing the prince, this is the problem that Li Xingzhou is most worried about.

The prince is not a politically savvy person. The key is that Xiang Yu is not smart, at least he is brave and courageous. The prince is not only smart, but he is also ambitious and not brave. If such a person is used by others, such as Meng Zhiye, he might have to make a big deal.

So he wanted to go back early so that the princelings would not struggle to death. He would be punished with death without feeling merciless.

Of course, Li Xingzhou had a decision in his heart. If he had the chance, the prince would kill him if he could. He would not be ruthless and could not make any trouble. If he accidentally caused the country's turmoil, he would not want to see him.

At this time, the Jin Dynasty was eyeing her, and the northwest Mongolia quietly rose. It might be better than the chaotic times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, but it was another crisis.

The Jin Kingdom wants to rest and recuperate, and the Jing Kingdom also wants to.

There will be a battle in the north in the future. In the past few years, it depends on who can recuperate and who can develop faster.

He didn't want to waste too much energy on political struggles, but he wanted to make Jing's country stronger as soon as possible to deal with the crisis a few years later.

However, he didn't know what was going on in Mongolia now. Before leaving, Li Xingzhou was still preparing to meet the hero of his generation, the contemporary hero Wanyan Wugunai.

This person deserves the word "English Lord". Not to mention anything else, thousands of people will raise troops and destroy the most powerful Liao Kingdom in the north within a few years. Even if he only dares to think about it, he will only think about it.

So in early August, Li Xingzhou started to head north, and ten large ships also followed the sea to head north.

Li Xingzhou's plan was to meet and receive Yelu Yali, and then take a boat south and go back to Kaiyuan directly.

Of course he is not a fool, but he will not go to the meeting alone. Li Xingzhou brought Liu Ji and Wei Yubai with him, and there were three thousand new armed musketeers.

Shanhaiguan is a territory of the Jin people. If he sees that he has few people, he might have a moment of intention and kosher him on the spot. The Jin people are not stupid. Even if he is not the number one confidant of the Jin people, he can at least enter the top ten. If he is stupid, how could the Jin people miss the opportunity?

So he brought three thousand people north and there were fleets at sea to support him.

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The brigade marched for a few days and did not move very quickly. When he arrived in front of Shanhaiguan, the Jin army seemed very sincere and had already set up camp on the plains south of Shanhaiguan, waiting for his arrival.

A large area of ​​flags spread across the flat ground for several miles. Wei Yubai covered the sunlight with his hands. He looked at the camp tent in front from afar, and said to him on the horse's back: "There may be more people or more in the eighth camp, and they cannot be seen in the mountain concave behind him."

Li Xingzhou nodded: "Damn it, it's good that labor and capital are not stupid."

"I've said that the Jin people are uneasy and kind." Wei Yubai stared at the distance.

"Do you want to withdraw?" Liu Ji asked in a low voice. Liu Ji was a powerful general. This Northern Expedition was like he was on the battlefield in Suzhou, personally leading the charge, and suffered some skin injuries.

Li Xingzhou shook his head: "We're here, let's talk about it, we're not afraid." Having said that, Li Xingzhou ordered all the new soldiers to load bullets.

It is obvious that there are so many people and horses in Shanhaiguan. Most of the troops are newly added and they are just meeting each other. In front of Shanhaiguan, there are more than eight battalions stationed in front of Shanhaiguan. Most of them are cavalry. The Jin people can imagine what they think.

If he had brought fewer people, the opposite side would have rushed over at this time. When he thought of it, Li Xingzhou would stand upright and want to play with his vagina.

Seeing their military formation, someone rode a horse toward this side soon.

Thirteen people came over, all riding horses. Liu Xu was the one in front. The two of them held golden energy behind them, probably the royal flag of the Jin Dynasty.

Finally, Liu Xu stopped his horse five or six meters ahead of him, bowed and smiled, "I haven't seen you for many days, so King Pingnan has been doing well recently."

"Thank you, Lord Liu, for your concern, everything is fine." Li Xingzhou said.

Liu Xu smiled: "The prince is heroic and wise and brave. He defeated Yelu Dashi in a battle in Nanjing, shocking the world. The young hero is extremely brave and sarcastic. Now I want to go to the prince for a while, so I can be considered a hero and cherish the hero.

It’s a pity that our Jin Dynasty emperor is old and has difficulty moving. He is not as quick and easy as the prince, and he is so close to the young hero.”

Li Xingzhou nodded and did not say much to him, but said directly: "Thank you, Lord Liu, where is your master, and where is the former Princess Yelu Yali of Liao?"

Liu Xu paused, then changed his words and said, "It's in the gold tent behind him." He pointed to the large tent two or three hundred steps behind him.

"The prince is young hero, but unfortunately my emperor is unable to move. However, he has prepared wine. Can the prince enter the tent together? Let us have the friendship of the landlords, and it is not too late to negotiate slowly." Liu Xu invited.

Li Xingzhou smiled and shook his head and said, "Mr. Liu is kind, but you are wrong. Now Yanshan Prefecture is the territory of our Jing Kingdom, and the land under his feet is also under the jurisdiction of Yanshan Prefecture until..." He pointed to Shanhaiguan far behind Liu Xu.

"South of Shanhaiguan, so the landlord is my king, and you don't need to finish your friendship."

Liu Ji was stunned, speechless, and quickly laughed again, and changed his words: "The prince is right, but it's hard to speak. It's only a hundred steps away. The prince's army is by his side. Could it be that he is still timid in his heart? A hero who kills rebels and destroys the Liao Kingdom like the prince is full of courage. He will not dare to see my master."

He talked and laughed, with admiration in his expression.

Li Xingzhou also laughed, "Hahahahaha! Liu Xu, Liu Xu, long time no see, you are still so good at talking."

Liu Xu also laughed with him, "Hahahaha... The prince praised him." He said that, making a gesture of invitation.

"I won't go." Li Xingzhou stopped and smiled and replied. Liu Xu was silent on the spot, and the gesture of request was frozen on the spot.

"Go and tell your master, Yelu Yali will send him, tell him that I am timid and will not meet him. If you don't see Yelu Yali within a moment, we will turn around and leave, and the transaction will be invalid." Li Xingzhou said solemnly, with clear words.

"This... Prince, my head is sincere!" Liu Xu said hurriedly.

Li Xingzhou smiled slightly, "Go quickly, be sincere or not, I will be responsible for it."

Liu Xu opened his mouth, but finally had no choice but to ride a horse and take people back.

After a while, a little girl in gorgeous clothes was sent out of the tent by two soldiers and walked towards them. Liu Xu followed them, bowed her hand a hundred steps away and signaled that she was Yelu Yali, and said loudly: "Prince! This person is Yelu Yali, the former princess of Liao Kingdom. Come and pick her up!"

Li Xingzhou glanced from a distance, estimated that Yelu Yali and the rear camp had about 100 steps, and said to Liu Ji: "Liu Ji, come and pick her up."

Liu Ji nodded and rushed forward. The horse slowly walked towards the open space between the two armies. Then Liu Ji walked to the two soldiers, dismounted himself, picked up Yelu Yali and put it on the horse, pulled the horse and walked back slowly.

The whole process lasted for two or three minutes, and Li Xingzhou kept staring at the other party’s big tent hundreds of steps away.

After a while, Liu Ji finally brought the person back to the new army formation. Li Xingzhou asked someone to take her down to see if Yelu Dashi, who was following the crowd of the army formation, was a real person. When the grandfather and grandson saw him, they hugged their heads and cried bitterly, and he felt relieved.

If we really talk about generation and blood relationship, Yelu Dashi is indeed Yelu Yali's grandfather. After all, he is also the Yelu royal family, but if he says his identity is far from it, he is, but at this time the Liao Kingdom has fallen, and they are only with their grandfather and granddaughter.

Seeing that things were successful, Li Xingzhou didn't mean to stay for too long. He was not a fool. The Jin people said that they had too many doubts.

First, eight camps of troops emerged from Shanhaiguan. Why are they bringing so many soldiers?

Secondly, Liu Xu began to praise him as soon as he met and flattered him. Others might be sober when they heard it. Li Xingzhou was indeed sober. He knew that now, when the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, the Jin and Jing families were each other's biggest enemies. They flattered the enemy for no reason, gained the ambition of others, and destroyed their own majesty?

Third, Liu Xu's words seemed to be scattered, but he kept praising him for his courage and then asked him to make a deposit, which was very suspicious.

Fourth, they did not give Yelu Yali a horse. Even if the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, Yelu Yali was still the princess of the previous dynasty. If she asked her to ride a horse, would she die? Is the Jin Kingdom in the northern grassland horse farm so short of horses and so stingy?

Li Xingzhou suspected that there was only one reason: Yelu Yali was unable to move when walking. If he went over to pick someone up, he would definitely slow down even if he rode a horse.

It seems safe to be more than a hundred steps across the big tent, but if the Jin Man really finds a magical archer who passes through Yang with hundreds of steps, it is not impossible. In the ambush, he might even catch someone with an arrow even if he is waiting for him to come over and catch someone.
To be continued...