On the fifth day of the second month of Guangxi, spring rain fell on both sides of the Yellow River, which played a very timely and important role in alleviating the drought that lasted for a winter.

On this morning with a few traces of dampness and coldness, Situ Wang Yun, escorted by the Five Hundred Yulin Guards, embarked on the road to Bingzhou north. Wang Yun came out of Luoyang City from the Shangxi Gate between Jin City and Zhuolong Garden. Except for a few gatekeepers who served in Situ's Mansion to see him off, no one in the court came to see him off.

The convoy heading north finally left Luoyang City under the gentle caress of the drizzle of cow, and walked on the official road leading to the fountain on the south bank of the Yellow River. Although the number of people is quite large, it still seems a bit monotonous and lonely. Lu Zhi, who was sitting in the car, didn't care that the raindrops outside the car window would float into the originally not warm car when the roller shutters were lifted up.

Wang Yun carefully observed the expressions of the business travelers and people's faces from the south and the expressions on the faces of the people. Over time, he discovered a phenomenon. People who went north had longing and expectation on their faces, while people who came from the north had a reluctance on their faces. It is certain that many of the merchants and travelers who went north from the south had to cross the Yellow River and head north to Bingzhou like him; it is also certain that people who came from the north only looked at the large amount of goods and parcels they brought, and they knew that these people had also left Bingzhou for a while.

Just from the changes in expressions on the faces of passers-by, Wang Yun felt the great influence of Bingzhou among the Han states. Wang Yun was born in Bingzhou when he was young, and naturally remembered that Bingzhou in the past was just a poor state in the north of the Han Dynasty with constant border troubles, sparsely populated and barren land. He never had his current status and attraction. Today in Bingzhou should be attributed to the young man who recited poems and moons on the Imperial Bed Pavilion in Zhuolong Garden. He changed everything in Bingzhou in just ten years. It was a great achievement when he thought about it.

Without any trouble, Wang Yun brought five hundred guards to cross the Yellow River north and came to Zheng County, Hanoi County, which is less than 100 miles away from Jiguan. When he thought that Jiguan was only a hundred miles away from the bank of the Yellow River, and less than 200 miles away from Luoyang, Wang Yun felt a terrible wave. In time, if Zhao Xing led his army down from Jiguan, he could reach the imperial capital Luoyang in three or four days. If there was a problem with the defense of Luoyang City, the civil and military officials and the emperor would be in an instant as cage birds and prisoners under the stairs.

With a few worries and boredom, Wang Yun's team continued to move northward. After three or four days, they finally arrived before Ji Pass, which stood tall on the throat road of Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain. Wang Yun looked up at the giant pass in front of him that had swallowed countless coalition soldiers, but was still indestructible and majestic, and his anxiety became even stronger.

Although Wang Yun is not an expert in the military, it will not affect his analysis and judgment with a keen political perspective. The huge deterrent force that Jiguan brings to Hanoi County and even the Sili area will always exist in the future unless Jiguan's defense power is handed over to the court again.

Lu Zhi focused on the central army of the court on the south bank of the Yellow River, hoping to use the natural danger of the Yellow River to block Zhao Xing's possible future pace of going south. It is understandable to do this. After all, Luoyang City has dangers to defend, and sending heavy troops to station around him can not only make the emperor feel at ease, but also reduce the dangers faced by fighting the strong army of Bingzhou on the plains. However, such passive defense is completely out of the combat style of General Lu Zhonglang, who is good at attacking and gnawing "hard bones". Wang Yun knew that Lu Zhi, the Grand Marshal who was in charge of the world, did this only explain one problem. He was no longer sure that he could defend against Zhao Xing's full-strength attack...

Wang Yun, who was confused in his heart, encountered a small nail before Jiguan. The incident happened as follows: This time, the five hundred imperial guards who went north to Bingzhou were not the imperial guards that Huangfu Song had come out, but the children sent to the emperor by the wealthy families in Luoyang City. These children had a nice name in the Han Dynasty, called "Lang", which is the reserve team for the future emperor to select cadres.

If Huangfu Song's subordinates had defended the old emperor and attacked Lin County's Imperial Army soldiers, no one would have put on airs before Jiguan, because they had tasted the pain of the Zhenbei Army and knew that any subordinate troops of the Zhenbei Army who defended the Bingzhou Pass could not be easily scared by a few big words. They scolded the towering walls, but were just ignored, or were directly shot by the crossbows that were closed and whistled down, and were penetrated into a string of candied haws...

These "Lang" officials who were used to walking sideways in Luoyang City heard the call from the guards at the gate that they would report the matter to the main general Xu Huang and then made a decision. Before that, any person carrying weapons could not enter Jiguan, so they stopped doing it and began to "give greetings" to the women and children at the home of the guards at the gates.

It happened that Cheng Yuanzhi, who was the "Yellow Turban Thief", was the turn of Cheng Yuanzhi, who was born in a "Yellow Turban Thief", had never had any awe of the court. Now, when he heard the Imperial Guards who symbolized the highest power of the court "give" his mother and wife under the pass, he immediately became furious and immediately commanded the soldiers guarding the city's crossbows to remove the "Lang" officials who had just opened their mouths and cursed.

When a large crossbow arrow as thick as a baby's arm and two feet long passed through the bodies of several "Lang" officials who were still chattering and cursing, everyone, including Wang Yun, was stunned for a moment. The few people who were still alive just now were shot in the blink of an eye and their intestines were sobbed, and their stomachs were broken, and their burps were burping towards the sun. This visual impact was really big.

Wang Yun suppressed the feeling of vomiting and immediately ordered the rest of the guards to retreat half a mile, then waited without saying a word to see how the generals guarding the pass would handle the funeral.

Fortunately, not long after time, a team of murderous soldiers came out of Jiguan. The number of people touched about 200 people, followed behind the generals of one civil and one military, and headed straight for the place where Wang Yun was waiting.

"Oh, Lord Situ comes from afar, but we are negligent. It's a sin!" The scribe who was ahead of him started to talk to himself when he saw Lu Zhi's carriage from afar.

"Come on, who is here?... and... please report your name." The "Lang" officials who were already scared like a group of little rabbits no longer had the aura they had just now. They trembled with their swords and guns in their hands and shouted to the scholars not far away.

"Liu Bo'ante, the governor of Bingzhou, is here to welcome the imperial envoy Wang Situ!" The scholar smiled and replied in a calm and gentle voice, which was completely different from the tone of the guards who had just been locked up.

Wang Yun, who was sitting in the car, was also a little surprised when he heard that Liu Yu came to greet him in person, so he got off the carriage and stepped forward to greet Liu Yu.

There was a reason why Wang Yun was surprised. He was rejected just now and thought that Bingzhou would only send a poor character to greet and accompany him. Unexpectedly, he sent out the nominal highest officer. Liu Yu was appointed as the governor of the state. Regardless of whether he had the final say in Bingzhou or not, the difference between him and Wang Yun was not too big in terms of the lord level. He was able to wait for Wang Yun under Jiguan, which was already the highest reception specification in Bingzhou.
Chapter completed!