Water Margin people

Da Xianbei Mountain.

"How long does it take to go? It's been half a month, why haven't we arrived yet?"

Zhao Gou was panting, and the mountain road after heavy snowfall was even more difficult. He could not walk thirty miles in a day.

"His Royal Highness Prince Kang, it's right in front! You'll be there just over the mountain!"

Wanyan Xiyin pointed to a mountain forest in front of him and said.

“There’s another mountain to climb!”

Zhao Gou felt like he was going to faint. He finally knew why Xu Kangzong, who was on a mission to the Kingdom of Jin last time, died of illness. How could a southerner stand in this kind of weather and environment? During this time, everyone in his team had died of illness. Several people.

"His Royal Highness Prince Kang, let a few soldiers carry you!"

Luan Tingyu saw that Zhao Gou couldn't walk and said.

"Good good!"

Zhao Gou was overjoyed when he heard this. He really couldn't walk.

Soon a simple sedan was set up, and Zhao Gou sat comfortably in the sedan.

The group walked for three days before crossing the mountain. Once they crossed the mountain, they saw a vast white plain.

"I didn't expect that beyond the mountains there was such a large plain!"

Luan Tingyu said in surprise.

"Haha, General Luan, that's Huanglong Mansion!"

Wanyan Gao pointed to a mountain at the end of the plain and said.

"Huanglong Mansion!"

Luan Tingyu's face changed slightly, the end of their journey had finally been reached.

"Then let's go quickly! Let's get warm in the city!"

Zhao Gou couldn't wait. After staying in the wild for so long, he really had enough.

"Don't be in a hurry. You can't run away from the mountain. It's not far away. If we really leave, it will take a few days!"

Wanyan Gao said.

"How many days will it take?"

Zhao Gou looked at the mountain in the distance in surprise. He could not bear to walk in this ice and snow for a few more days.

"Don't worry, you don't have to leave anymore!"

Wanyan Gao said with a smile.

Wanyan Zongjun on the side had already arranged for someone to light a bonfire and threw some wet branches into it. Black smoke quickly rose.

"This is smoke!"

Luan Tingyu looked at the rising black smoke with surprise on his face. He had only read about this in military books. Nomads would use smoke to convey messages.

"People will be coming to Huanglong Mansion soon, let's wait!"

Wanyan Gao said with a smile.

Everyone also lit bonfires and set up tents. In this ice and snow, it would be impossible without tents and bonfires.

After resting until dark, a group of cavalry finally arrived.

"Meet the Prime Minister!"

The leader, Mou Ke, dismounted and saluted Wanyan Gao.

"These are the envoys from the Song Dynasty. They came with me this time to see His Majesty!"

Wanyan Gao saw the cavalry looking at Zhao Gou and others warily. The clothes of these people were completely different from those of the Jin people.

Mou Ke looked at Zhao Gou and others, and then his expressions softened.

"What happened?"

Wanyan Gao saw Mou Ke's face, and there must be a reason for his caution.

Wanyan Gao's voice was so low that neither Zhao Gou nor Luan Tingyu heard it.

"Let's go to Huanglong Mansion!"

When Wanyan Gao saw Mou Ke looking at Zhao Gou and others again, he understood and knew that some words should not be heard by outsiders.

Zhao Gou and Luan Tingyu didn't suspect anything, so they got on their horses and followed the team on their way under the cover of night.

"Prime Minister, something happened..."

Mou Ke and Wan Yan Gao walked at the back of the team, and he reported everything that happened during this period to Wan Yan Gao.

"what?"

After hearing this, Wanyan Gao's expression changed greatly. Although he knew that the Jin Kingdom was defeated, he didn't expect that the Liaoyang Mansion had lost it, and Wanyan Wu had not been able to get it back even though he begged for the imperial chariot to fight in person. The group of people didn't arrive at Huanglong Mansion until noon the next day.

Wanyan Gao asked Wanyan Xiyin to arrange for Zhao Gou and others, while he went directly to the palace.

"Are you in such a hurry!"

Zhao Gou was a little dissatisfied when he saw Wanyan Gao leaving in a hurry. He had to show his loyalty to the landlord no matter what.

Luan Tingyu realized something was wrong. Wanyan Gao suddenly became a little weird ever since he saw the people from Huanglong Mansion.

For two days, Zhao Gou hid in the warm house. The earthen kang in the north was indeed warm.

"His Royal Highness Prince Kang, Your Majesty invites you!"

Wanyan Xiyin's voice sounded outside the door.

"I'll come right away!"

Although Zhao Gou was reluctant to leave the greenhouse, he still got up and put on his clothes.

A group of people followed Wanyan Xiyin to the palace.

Along the way, Zhao Gou looked at the low-rise houses with disdain in his heart. This capital of the Kingdom of Jin was far inferior to Tokyo, not even a county in the Central Plains.

When we came to the palace, it was just a better-built house.

The Kingdom of Jin is a nation of fishers and hunters. There are no red tapes like those in the Central Plains. There are no other guards except a team of guards outside the door.

Zhao Gou came to the outside of the palace hall. Inside the hall, Wanyan Wu Qimai was sitting on a dragon chair. A group of leaders were sitting on both sides, and the other officials were sitting in rows below.

"The envoy of the Song Dynasty, King Kang Zhao Gou, came to see you!"

A soldier shouted, Zhao Gou straightened his clothes and walked into the hall.

"Zhao Gou, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom!"

Zhao Gou paid homage to Wanyan Wu and handed over his credentials.

A soldier took the certificate of credence and handed it to Wanyan Wu Qimai. Wanyan Wu Qimai just looked at it briefly and put it down.

"I can agree to form an alliance to deal with Qi, but the combat power of your Song Dynasty is really beyond words. What can you do?"

Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at Zhao Gou. The alliance had already begun, but the Song Dynasty had not shown its due strength so far.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I, the Song Dynasty, are fully prepared this time, and we will definitely be able to fight a good battle!"

Zhao Gou said.

"I've heard this more than once. When did you fight a good fight?"

Wanyan Wu Qimai snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Those bandits in Liangshan are just lucky..."

Zhao Gou said what he had already prepared.

"Haha, when are you going to take action?"

Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at Zhao Gou with a playful expression. He wanted to see what trouble Da Song could pull off this time.

Since the battle in Liaoyang Mansion, Wanyan Wu Qimai's understanding of Qi State has deepened. Qi State is by no means a den of grass bandits. It is an extremely powerful and terrifying country.

"Just after spring begins!"

Zhao Gou said.

"Spring starts? Isn't that still three months away?"

Wanyan Wu was a little dissatisfied with the begging. He couldn't wait three months. The Song Dynasty had been procrastinating in doing things. By then, spring would have begun in Liaodong and the Central Plains had not yet started fighting.

"Your Majesty, it looks like it's almost the Spring Festival in the Central Plains! Everyone is celebrating the New Year, so how can we use weapons?"

Zhao Gou explained that the Jin people did not have these customs, so they certainly did not know the importance of the Central Plains New Year.

"When is it already the New Year? You are going to subjugate your country, do you know that?"

Wanyan Zonghan said in a cold voice.

"you!"

No matter how well-mannered Zhao Gou was, his face was livid at the moment.

"Kang Kang, it's not that we can't wait, but Qi is pressing on you step by step. You celebrate the New Year, but they won't be able to celebrate it!"

Wanyan Yinshuke looked at Zhao Gou and said.

"Even if we want to take action immediately, we still have to send the news back!"

Seeing that the top brass of the Jin Kingdom were impatient, Zhao Gou could only speak.

"Then as you said, there will be a decisive battle in the spring. I will summon the Koreans, Xixia people, and all the grassland tribes to fight against the Qi State. After the event is completed, the north of the Yellow River and the Qinling Mountains will belong to us!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at Zhao Goudao. (End of chapter)