When Guo Shao left the Sanqing Hall, he immediately asked someone to find the seal of "The Grand Marshal of the World" and picked up his pen to write two words on the strategy presented by Cao Bin: Acceptance. There was no change in Cao Bin's strategy.

Just wait for the court tomorrow, I will give Cao Bin the authorization in public. The Grand Marshal of the World is not a military post, but a temporary dispatch; I promised to grant him an official position and a new title after Cao Bin finished his work.

Guo Shao decided on this matter and stood up and reflected on it several times. Then he walked to the side of a large picture on the wall, and subconsciously stared at the place in Youzhou.

...In the north of Youyun, there are two big words written: Liao Kingdom. Large areas occupy a large paper surface on it, just like a huge dark cloud pressing over the map! It makes Guo Shao feel inexplicably stressed.

Below, the area of ​​the large circumference is the largest, but the surrounding lines are complex.

Guo Shao believed that the two major countries would eventually be divided into the lands of Youyun provinces. This land is related to the destiny of the country; this land is related to the sense of security. It doesn’t matter who it should belong to, but neither country can be abandoned.

If Youyun is abandoned in the Central Plains, it will be like a person exposing his chest in front of a strong enemy who is holding his sharp edge; if Youyun is abandoned in the Liao Kingdom, it will lose a large amount of agricultural and urban supplies that can withstand blood transfusions, and there will be no longer an offensive base, and the decline of the country's destiny will be inevitable.

The Northern Expedition at the beginning of this year was quickly over, and both sides may find it impossible to cut the mess quickly and simply solve the problem; a temporary truce is brewing a bigger competition!

Guo Shao looked at the dark cloud-like place on his head, wondering what the Liao Kingdom was doing now... It can be guessed that they are also busy dealing with internal issues.

Guo Shao is now busy solving internal problems and want to accumulate more strength. The two countries have to compete in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, but the battlefield is not just on the front line, and the internal and behind the problems are the key.

This year, Guo Shao had high hopes for one of Cao Bin's actions; he turned his attention to the northwest... There was a blank space, and the people who painted the picture didn't know much about the specific situation, so he left it blank.

At this moment, Zuo You stood up from the chair, walked to the back of the screen, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, look at this memorial, Ludoson is back."

"Oh?" Guo Shao was looking at the blank in the northwest when news came from Lu Duosun. He turned around.

Zuo You handed over the memorial and said, "Lu Duosun has returned to the Great Zhou territory. This memorial was sent back from Jingnan Army's fast horses."

Guo Shao said: "As soon as Lu Duosun returns to Tokyo, he will welcome him to the palace to meet immediately."

...

Half a month later, the 25-year-old young civil servant Lu Duosun had only one military entourage, Di Fang, and finally rushed back to Tokyo. He strangled his horse and stared blankly at the majestic Tokyo Tower, standing on the field like a mountain, and the long walls were like the Great Wall on the frontier.

"Brother Lu, we are back to the capital of the Great Zhou Kingdom!" Di Fang said with emotion.

Lu Duoxun felt sad at this moment, and he couldn't even say a word. His eyes were wet and gritted his teeth before he felt a slight salty throat.

When he went there, he brought a team of more than 100 guards and missions, as well as various ceremonial guards. At this time, there were two people left. They were dressed in gray cloth clothes. In order to get back as soon as possible, they slept in the wind and hung out on the road, with disheveled heads and dusty faces, and their cheeks were a little sunken. The young and handsome talent in the past seemed to be ten years old at this moment.

Lu Duosun reached out and touched the chest. He touched something. Then he let out a long sigh and kicked the horse's stomach and said, "Go!"

When he arrived at the city gate, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city. A young general looked up and down at Lu Duosun and the other two, then saw them holding the horse and asked, "What are you doing in the city?"

Lu Duosun hurriedly found the seal from the horse's back and said, "I am the imperial official..."

At this moment, a young general wearing bright clothes and armor shouted: "Envoy Lu, Du Chenggui, the commander of the inner palace of the general Zhidu, has been waiting for a long time."

Ludoson turned his head and looked, holding his fists.

Du Chenggui said: "Please!"

Lu Duosun led his horse through the hole in the wall and saw two rows of cavalry dressed in armor lined up beside the road. Du Chenggui shouted: "Welcome Lu to return to the court!"

The soldiers neatly drew their swords and raised them, shouting Du Chenggui's words.

Lu Duosun was quite surprised, felt warm and excited. He was taken to a carriage with a little dizzy. Du Chenggui asked him to get on the carriage and said, "Your Majesty sent me to welcome Lu Envoy Lu, and I want to see you as soon as possible."

Lu Duosun had no time to prepare and was taken to the imperial city as soon as he entered the city. The emperor's personal soldiers drove the way and immediately drove directly north from the middle of the Imperial Street without any obstacles or troubles. He kept thinking on the road that his errand was not doing very well and how to speak when he met the saint.

Then he entered Xuande Gate, went to the base of Jinxiang Hall, and went to the East Hall.

Ludoson waited outside the door for a while, and then he heard a eunuch sing: "Supreme Ludoson meets you!"

He then bowed into the hall gate with a nervous and nervous mood. As soon as he entered the door, he saw about twenty civil and military personnel standing on both sides of the highest position in the morning. Lu Duosun was stunned.

Wei Renpu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, said loudly: "In ancient times, Zhang Qian was sent to the Western Regions, but now Lu Duosun fulfilled his mission!"

Suddenly, more than twenty civil and military officials looked at each other, and their eyes were gathered on his face. Lu Duosun was suddenly excited, his face became hot, and he immediately raised his chest and plucked up his breath and walked steadily into the hall of Mingjingliang Hall from the middle.

...Guo Shao looked at the disheveled official and couldn't help but look back at the blank in the northwest on the big map on the wall.

Lu Duosun walked up to him and knelt on the ground in the face of the imperial case, and whispered loudly: "I am ordered to go to Guazhou and return to report to Your Majesty today."

"Lu Aiqing, please get up quickly." Guo Shao said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Duosun stood up. He ignored the dirty clothes on his body and untied his belt in public and pulled his robe. Everyone looked at him sideways and looked at him without saying a word. Usually, if he was not dressed or behaved rudely when facing the saint, he might have been impeached by the court officials, but no one said anything about him at this time.

Ludoson then tore open a pocket sewn on his underwear, took out a leather bag from it, and then took out the paper wrapped in rolls of paper one by one.

He held up his hands and said, "I encountered two robberies on the way back, I..." After saying that, his voice choked, "This is the terrain of the western regions of Hexi. All the tribes record that I only brought this back..."

The eunuch Cao Tai walked forward, carefully picked up the paper, turned around and placed it on the imperial desk.

Guo Shao said: "Who plunders the imperial envoy?"

Lu Duosun said: "First it was the Uighurs in Ganzhou, and then it was the Dangxiang people on the west bank of the Yellow River."

He paused and said, "The way I went to the Guiyi Army was very smooth, but the place in Hexi was very cold at night, and several people were frozen to death. I met Cao Yuanzhong, the governor of the Guiyi Army, in Guazhou. Cao Yuanzhong set up a ceremony to worship in the eastern suburbs of Guazhou, and was the chief of His Majesty. He accepted the imperial court's title of Marquis of Xiping, the Chief Prosecutor of the Guiyi Army, and the governor of the Guiyi Army.

Cao Yuanzhong treated the minister with kindness and offered him a favor to the Western Regions and Hexi Tu, and 200 good horses were paid tribute. He stayed in Guazhou for many days and wrote down what he saw and heard along the way, so he wanted to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

The passage through Ganzhou (the central area of ​​Hexi Corridor) was intercepted by the Uighurs. Later, the people who saw Cao Yuanzhong give him money, and the ministers and others finally got rid of them, and the people and the ceremonial guards were intact."

After hearing this, the ministers discussed it. They all said that the Uighurs were quite merciful. They asked Lu Duosun why he came back in this look, and someone asked about the horse again?

Lu Duoxun bowed to the left and right and said, "It's not that the Uighurs are polite, but it's really for Cao Yuanzhong. Ganzhou was also the territory of the Guiyi Army in the past, and was taken away by the Uighurs. The Guiyi Army fought many wars with the Uighurs, and there were many new and old grievances. However, after Cao Yuanzhong took over the Guiyi Army, he married all tribes of various ethnic groups. He had a good relationship over the years and had a lot of trade and trade with each other, so the Uighurs would give Cao Yuanzhong a face."

After hearing this, Guo Shao nodded and saw an official from the Hanlin Academy beside him writing a record.

Lu Duosun said again: "I am waiting to return east and on the bank of the Yellow River, I suddenly encountered the Dangxiang cavalry. I asked the guide to explain that we were envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but we were just passing by here.

Unexpectedly, the Dangxiang people heard that we were envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty and did not give any room for negotiation. Without saying a word, they rushed up with weapons. My entourage and the guards of the Guiyi army fought to the death, but they were outnumbered. I didn't care about the good horses and ceremonial guards offered by the Guiyi army, and focused on protecting the drawings and forcing the Yellow River to cross the Yellow River. After crossing the river, only the entourage Di Fang was left..."

Wei Renpu said annoyedly: "Although the Central Plains have been wars for many years, they still have prestige in the hearts of the tribes. Those Dangxiang people knew that the war horses were tributes to the emperor, but they dared to blatantly kill and plunder people!"

Guo Shao also sighed secretly, saying that he had a clear idea of ​​his own. At this time, the Central Plains dynasty had not been able to enter the west for many years and had no impact on all tribes. How much prestige does it have?

Lu Duoxun said: "I ran all the way to Jingzhou and learned that the Dangxiang people hated the Han people very much... It was because Feng Jiye (Hetao area), the governor of Shuofang in Lingzhou, killed his brother and seized the throne. He changed his attitude and burned, killed and robbed the Dangxiang people from both sides of the east and west for many years, which made the Dangxiang people very hated. No wonder the Dangxiang people knew that we were envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so they killed them when they came up."

Wang Pu said, "The Dangxiang people mainly live in five prefectures such as Xiazhou. There are also Dangxiang tribes in Hetao area of ​​the Yellow River. The one who attacked Lu Envoy should be the Dangxiang people in Hetao. Dangxiang in Xiazhou was mainly Tuoba tribe, and had changed his surname to Li, and had always been granted official titles by Zhongyuan. The current leader is Li Yiyin. The late emperor (Chai Rong) gave him the title of Taifu, Zhongshu Ling, and was named King Xiping. He nominally surrendered to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and rarely had any trouble... However, Dangxiang in Xiazhou is a hidden danger."

Guo Shao suddenly realized that Xixia Kingdom should be this place!

At the moment, he looked through the files presented by Ludoson, and listened to Ludoson's story about his experiences along the way.
Chapter completed!