In August, Galan led the Dragon Guards to Jicheng, the capital of Zhuo County.

The news of the Eastern Expedition had already spread, and the officials, soldiers and the people were all smiling happily.

The Eastern Expedition was finally over, and from the central government to the local governments, they all breathed a sigh of relief, especially the local governments in Northeast China, which have been under unimaginable pressure in the past three years, and now they can finally sleep peacefully.

Since the Eastern Expedition was over, the soldiers of Yingyang Mansion from all over the Twelve Guards did not need to travel long distances to the Far East battlefield, so the imperial army finally got rid of this terrible nightmare. As for the civilians, especially the people on the northeastern and north and south of Dahe, they finally hoped that the war would end. The end of the war means that their relatives could return from the battlefield and the family could finally be reunited.

However, there was a group of imperial people who were very dissatisfied with the victory of the Eastern Expedition. The victory of the Eastern Expedition brought great benefits to the emperor and the imperial reformists, but their interests were damaged. For this reason, they took advantage of the two bloody massacres of the city by the Galan and the Dragon Guards, and took advantage of the series of bloody atrocities of the imperial army on the Far East battlefield, holding up the banner of benevolence and righteousness and launched a fierce "attack" on the emperor, the central and the imperial military. They demanded severe punishment of the scum in the army and severely punishing the bloody thugs. In fact, they wanted to hit the emperor and the reformists in the face, slapped the imperial military in the face, and tried their best to attack and weaken the authority of the emperor and the central government.

The Galan and the Long Guard Army became famous because of this. I believe that it will not take long before their reputation will leave Middle-earth and spread all over the world.

For the emperor and the central government, for the nobles of aristocrats who respect benevolence and righteousness, Galan and his Dragon Guards committed unforgivable crimes on the battlefield in the Far East. They were a group of vicious Asuras. However, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Empire, Galan and the Dragon Guards were imperial heroes. They were idols they worshiped and praised. For the civilians of the Empire, Galan and the Dragon Guards were beasts in prehistoric times. They were not only afraid but also feared.

Just as the complex emotions of the imperial officials, soldiers and civilians, Galan and the Long Guard arrived in Jicheng.

News about the emperor's desire to "severely punish" Jialan and the Long Guard Army has become rampant, so no one has come to welcome the heroes of the empire, whether they are officials from the Eastern Expedition Base Camp or the Zhuo County Prefectural Office. They are all too "busy" to go out to welcome them, but the most basic etiquette must be followed. The base camp and the Prefectural Office have sent several officials to welcome them ten miles away in order to comfort and properly resettle the Long Guard Army.

The powerful force of the Galan and the Dragon Guards was fully demonstrated on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition. Now it is even more famous. Such a great army was criticized for bloody killings and even punished. It is regrettable and sighed, especially those officials and soldiers who knew that 300,000 imperial soldiers died tragically by the hands of the Goguryeo. They were particularly disappointed by the emperor and the central government's approach. However, the Middle-earth people who knew this secret were too few. Most Middle-earth people only knew that they had won the Eastern Expedition, and the emperor once again expanded their territory and made martial arts. The emperor wanted to govern the country with virtue and rule the world with benevolence and righteousness. Of course, they had to punish those bloody killing brutals who violated his will and lost their face, and to demonstrate his benevolence and monarchy style.

Galan and the Dragon Guard are in trouble. This is everyone's consensus. Facing such a beast that is constantly "running", who is not scared?

However, the result was worse than they expected. That night, the Dragon Guards did not set up camp, but under the command of Galan, they rushed directly into the expeditionary army's baggage camp and looted them.

No one came forward to stop it. Not to mention the officials and guards of the baggage battalion who escaped, even the left-behind officials in the Expedition Command turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye. The actions of the Galan and the Long Guard actually confirmed the rumors. Since the emperor wanted to punish them severely, it was natural that these biggest heroes of the Eastern Expedition went crazy for the last time. Who dared to confront them head-on at this time? Isn't that asking for death?

However, what happened next gave Jicheng an unknown premonition. Is the Long Wei army going to rebel?

The Longwei Army looted the baggage camp for five days and forcibly recruited tens of thousands of civilians and large numbers of cattle, horses and carriages from all over the country in Jicheng. Then, all the materials obtained were transported out of Juyong Pass and headed straight to Huairong City, an important town in the northern part of Zhuo County.

Huairong City is north of Taihang Mountains, in the middle of Sanggan River, and the southwestern foot of the Yanshan Mountains. It is the border between Northeast Road and North Dai Road. More than ten miles northeast of Huairong City is Zhuolu. This city has been destroyed by war and is now just a fortress outside Huairong City. From Huairong City to the north is Baishan, where there is the ancient Yan Great Wall. Going north is Huaihuang and Yuyi. After the six towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is the location of the northern desert.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Zhuo County was called Yanzhou, and the south of Taihang Mountains, plus the current Yuyang County and Beiping County, was Youzhou in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Therefore, the northeastern road of the empire was very large, covering Youyan, western Liaoning and present great Liaodong, which was vast. The barbarian land bordering this vast border included both the Far East and the Northern Desert. Now the situation in the Far East is under the control of the Empire, and the Western Turks have formed a short-term worry-free alliance with the Western Turks, and the next step is to concentrate efforts against the Northern Desert.

During his time in Jicheng, Jialan had a fierce conflict with Chai Shao, Huang Junhan and Wei Zheng.

Jialan told me bluntly that Pei Shiju said that I was the prefect of Zhuo County, but I was still in charge of Zhuo County. In fact, my prefect is a nameless decoration, and I was purely a comforting upgrade to me and left me idle. I can be idle, but the soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army cannot do it. First of all, the Dragon Guard Army cannot disperse, and secondly, Pei Shiju needs an army to implement a new desert diplomatic strategy for him, so my best position now is Yanbei. The Dragon Guard Army must follow me to Yanbei and fight against the Beilu.

Everyone knows what Yanbei is. The situation there is too complicated, and there are too many local snakes. As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress local snakes. Even if you are a strong dragon, when you arrive in Yanbei, you will be trapped in the shallows if you are not careful.

Due to geography and history, Yanbei is home to many ethnic groups such as Han people, Xianbei people, Turks, Xi people, Khitan people, Wu (xi), Shiwei people, etc. In addition to the imperial garrison, the towns, forts, mountain villages, and tribes of all ethnic groups are armed, and horse thieves are prevalent. At the same time, it is also the best place for thieves and prisoners to hide. Strangely, Huiyi is extremely prosperous in this special environment, and private markets are constantly banned, forming a unique channel of smuggling with great interests in the north and south.

There are three ways for the Northern Territory to invade Zhongtu. From the past history, either from Daibei or Lingshuo. It is rare to go south from Yanbei. In addition to geographical reasons, there is another important reason. Both the north and the south need a channel for exchange of strategic materials. Zhongtu needs war horses, while the Northern Territory needs salt and iron. Therefore, the more the two sides fight, the more they need to maintain such a channel for back-to-air.

Now that the Jialan and the Long Guard are going to Yanbei to fight for a world. In a sense, they have returned home and returned to their old business, because Yanbei and the Western Regions belong to the border of the empire, they are both places of mixed fish and dragons, and they are lawless places, and they can do whatever they want, but in this way, they are far away from the east and even more out of reach from the political center of the empire.

What is the purpose of Jialan doing this? Is it escaping, or is there another plan? No matter how you look at it, they are all escaping, they are all self-exile. From the perspective of the Wuchuan faction, Chai Shao could not follow Jialan to Yanbei, and from the interests of Shandong people, Huang Junhan and Wei Zheng were of course even more unwilling to follow Jialan to the border, so both sides had their own opinions, and no one could convince the other.

In the end, Galan chose to give up. He wanted to keep Chai Shao, Huang Junhan and Wei Zheng very much. He did not care about their talents, but wanted to maintain close contact with the noble forces behind them. He just waited for the moment when he went south to serve the king and turned the tide. These noble forces would definitely be able to exert immeasurable help. However, Galan was wishful thinking, and without common interests, the cooperation between the two sides would inevitably end.

On August 15th, the emperor ordered the revocation of the Long Guard Army and disbanded the Long Guard Army, Galan and officers at all levels of the Long Guard Army waiting for new appointments.

On the same day, the emperor's edict came again, appointing Jialan as the deputy ambassador of Northeast Road, specifically responsible for the Yanbei region. At the same time, he was appointed as the ambassador of Northeast Road Xue Shixiong. While he was re-appointed as the general of the Left Imperial Guard, he officially served as the governor of Zhuo County and prosecuted the prefect of Zhuo County.

In the end, the emperor neither retained Galan's military position nor granted Galanwen's official position, nor promoted Galan to a higher title, but gave Galan more and more power.

Northeastern Ambassador and Deputy Ambassador, he has very strong powers.

"Dao" appeared in the late Northern Wei Dynasty. Its settings were different from administrative states and governors' districts. It was a region stipulated by the state to carry out military expeditions, supervision and condolences to local areas. Its specific powers even include camps and fields, calming local prices, etc., and the exercise of this power was limited to ambassadors, expeditions of governors and leaders of the Taiwan Strait.

Jia Lan served as deputy ambassador of Northeastern Dao and was specifically responsible for the Yanbei area. In fact, he was the first person in Yanbei. He had the final say in Yanbei's military and political affairs, and even Xue Shixiong was inconvenient to interfere. This shows that the emperor trusted and valued him and had high hopes.

On the 16th, Jialan bid farewell to Chai Shao, Huang Junhan and Wei Zheng, and headed straight for Yanbei.

On the way, Jialan was ordered to form the Northeast Ambassador Yanbei Headquarters, under the order of the Long Guard Army, from military bureaucrats at all levels to ordinary guards, and joined the Yanbei Headquarters and reported to the emperor and the center.

On the 20th, Jialan arrived in Huairong and built the Yanbei headquarters in Zhuolu on the north bank of Sanggan River.

When the Jialan and the Long Guard entered Yanbei, it was like throwing a huge rock in a quiet lake, causing waves. The first thing they received was the town garrison army and eighteen county governments in the border area of ​​Yanbei, but the generals and county officials of the town garrison army were neither clear about the intention of the court nor the purpose of the emperor and the central government. They were unwilling and frightened, and they all watched the changes one by one.

Jialan was thunderous and decisive, and the first order was to check the private sector. The brigades belonging to the headquarters came out in full swing and cut off the private market and returned to the public at any cost.

A stone stirred up a thousand layers of waves, and Yanbei suddenly had a storm. At this moment, local forces, large and small, were forcibly pushed to the forefront by Galan.

Is the sky in Yanbei going to change?

=(To be continued...)
Chapter completed!