In the end, it was determined that the army brought to Qi this time was the Thirty-six Cavalry Guards of the Rapid Wind, and four hundred people were selected from the scout army, led by Ling Feng himself; One hundred and fifty people were selected from the Fan Yong Army, and Jiang Huanwu designated Yong Ah Ran Shi Qimo to lead the team. And Li Yinghong also sent Wu Hongyan to lead sixteen female soldiers to protect Lin Wenqing. Of course, these sixteen female soldiers are all from Yanbei Village, and there are no Xiongnu female soldiers. Bi Jing: Now Li Yinghong doesn't dare to let the Xiongnu female soldiers take on such a heavy responsibility. The total number of people is more than 600.

Of course, Gao Yuan pretended to be an envoy, and he didn't plan to hide it from the soldiers he brought this time, because he couldn't hide it if he wanted to, so before leaving, Gao Yuan also told the soldiers frankly that he would pretend to be an envoy to visit Qi State. Fortunately, the loyalty of this group of soldiers is still very reliable, even the soldiers of the Fan Yong Army, and the possibility of betrayal is not great. Because they are all Hu people in the eyes of Chinese countries, even if they want to betray, I am afraid that no one will accept them. In fact, the attitude towards the northern nomads was the most open, followed by the Qin state, while other countries basically had an exclusive attitude towards the northern nomads.

At the same time, the plateau also requires all soldiers to call themselves adults on this trip, whether it is when there is no one and no one, and they are not allowed to call themselves lords, so as not to wear the state after arriving in the Qi country.

Of course, Lin Wenqing didn't expect that Gao Yuan would personally pretend to be an envoy to the Qi State, but this was Gao Yuan's decision, of course she couldn't interfere, so she also made a very clear choice not to make a sound, on the contrary, Li Yinghong sent female soldiers to protect herself, Lin Wenqing was also very grateful, since Dai Jun sent troops to protect, Lin Wenqing did not plan to bring more people, only brought four personal maids and thirty servants to take care of the business, and the other was the driver who drove the car.

However, the scale of this mission was indeed very large, and it carried a large number of goods, including more than 30,000 large pieces of paper, more than 50,000 pieces of small paper, and fifteen kinds of paper books, and 200 books of each species, a total of 3,000 books, and took away all the production of Daijun in the past few months. In addition, he brought 100,000 sheepskins and 3,000 skins of various other animals. There were also various other commodities and three hundred pieces of gold, as well as gifts from the envoys to the Qi State, plus supplies for the accompanying army, etc., so that there were a total of one hundred and twenty-seven chariots accompanying them. Each car consists of two coachmen and two horses. Of course, each coachman was also equipped with a spear, and when necessary, they could also be used as a fighting force.

In the end, the number of the whole team exceeded 900 people, almost one horse per person, and there were also twenty hunting dogs accompanying them, because many of the scout army were hunters from Yanbei Village, they all liked to raise dogs, and for the scouts, dogs could indeed play a great auxiliary role, so in the scout army, there were about sixty hunting dogs in total. At the same time, the plateau also brought two kestrels in Yun Yao's training uniform, and now these two kestrels can basically play the role of air sentinels, in addition to Yun Yao, they also listen to the call of the plateau. And after arriving in the Qi country, these two kestrels can also act as carrier pigeons, and live with Daijun to deliver letters.

After the preparations were ready, on the first day of the second lunar month, the convoy set off from the city of Daijun and lived in the country of Qi.

Because Zhao Di now belongs to the Qin State, and Daijun is still in a hostile relationship with the Qin State, the convoy must make a detour through the Yan State and enter the territory of the Qi State. However, the first few caravans walked, and they were basically familiar with the roads of this line, and they didn't need to look for them while walking.

So after the convoy set off from Daijun, it first passed through Shanggu County, entered the boundary of Yan Kingdom, arrived at Juyongsai, walked along Yishui, walked for a total of ten days, crossed the Yellow River north at the intersection of Yishui and the Yellow River, and then turned southward, and after three days, crossed the middle of the Yellow River near Pingshu County, and then entered the territory of Qi State, and then went south.

Originally, in the Warring States Period, "He" was the special name of the Yellow River, and "Jiang" was a special reference to the Yangtze River, while other rivers were called "water", and because there were no embankments on both sides of the Yellow River at this time, the river course was extremely unstable. At the end of the Warring States period, the lower reaches of the Yellow River divided into three rivers, which flowed into Bohai respectively. Therefore, if the convoy wants to reach Linzi, the capital of Qi State, it will have to cross the Yellow River again.

Since leaving Juyongsai, it is basically a sparsely populated area, but after seven or eight days, it was safe and sound, and there was no danger, and there was not even a single figure along the road. However, this is only a superficial phenomenon, in fact, there are three or four strong thieves who have paid attention to their team. After all, such a large team and so many vehicles are definitely a big deal.

Fortunately, the plateau made careful arrangements along the road, and the vehicles were divided into two columns in groups of ten, connected by ropes, while the soldiers walked on the outside of the vehicles, and at a distance of about five miles from the front and rear of the large group of men and horses, each sent an army of fifty people to protect the safety of the large group of men and horses. At the time of camping every day, vehicles were used as a silhouette to form a barrier to the camp, and enough people were left to keep vigil and patrol. That's why the robbers weren't allowed to get close to the team.

And the robbers also have eyes, when they see that this team is well guarded, and the soldiers are strong and strong, not to mention anything else, the guards are all cavalry, and they are all full of armor, and they know at a glance that they are not easy to provoke, although they know that this transaction is very oily, but they dare not provoke them lightly. Two of the robbers, who were still unbelievers, tried to pass through the gap between the flank escort and the brigade, but were stopped by the army and gave the robbers a stern warning.

Of course, Gao Yuan knew that such a thing happened, but in order not to make Lin Wenqing and the others worry and be afraid, he didn't tell them.

The two countries of Yan and Qi were basically bounded by these three Yellow River channels, and each side built the Great Wall along the section of the Yellow River closest to their own, and the area between the three rivers was the buffer area of the two countries. However, both sides tacitly accept that the middle section of the Yellow River is the national border between the two countries, but in the north of the middle section of the river, there are some beacon towers set up here by the Yan State along the river, while on the south bank of the Yellow River, there is no beacon tower of the Qi State. Moreover, after crossing the middle section of the Yellow River, I walked for two days in a row, but I did not find a single Qi soldier.

Everyone was also puzzled, although this section of the area is the default buffer zone of the two sides, but after crossing the middle section of the Yellow River, it is the territory of the Qi State, even if the army is not stationed here, but build a few beacon towers, establish a few outposts, or completely should, if the Yan State wants to send troops to attack the Qi State, it can be very light to pass through this buffer zone.

It wasn't until the southern section of the Yellow River that I saw the soldiers of Qi on the Great Wall built by Qi. However, this section of the Great Wall is dilapidated and very old, and there are still many large gaps, and it seems that it has not been repaired for thirty or forty years. And the soldiers of the Qi State guarding on the Great Wall are also scarce, and there is only one soldier guarding every ten steps. And some people have their backs against the battlements, some people face the battlements, and some simply sit on the battlements, in a thousand strange postures, and there are all kinds of images.

Ling Feng stuck out his tongue and said, "Is this the army of the Qi State?" It's really bad, just a few hundred of us can break through this barrier. ”

Gao Yuan also said: "I heard that the State of Qi has not had a military service for 40 years, the garrison is lax, and the military strength is short, it seems that it is not false at all." If it weren't for the fact that the countries of the Central Plains have been busy fighting with the Qin State in the past forty years, I am afraid that the Qi State would have perished a long time ago. ”

As we walked, a convoy had come to the front of the pass, when the drawbridge was lowered, the gate opened, and a group of soldiers came out of the city, led by an officer, who said, "Where are you from the convoy?" ”

Ling Feng urged him to take a few steps forward and said, "We are envoys from Daijun, at the invitation of the King of Qi, to envoy to the Qi country, and there is also a caravan from Daijun in the team. ”

When the officer heard this, he hurriedly said, "It turned out to be the mission of Daijun, please enter the customs quickly." I'll report to the general. As he spoke, he turned back and beckoned, and the soldiers parted to the left and right, giving way to the gate. Then he ran into the castle with a puff of smoke.

Gao Yuan and Ling Feng also looked at each other, could this be regarded as letting themselves into the city? It's too easy, if you really come to grab the pass, then you can easily occupy the pass without much effort. However, an accident is an accident, but you can't stand stupidly at the gate of the pass, so Gao Yuan ordered the whole army to enter the city.

After entering the city, the guards at this pass also rushed out while wearing the straps of their helmets, and even the armor on their bodies had not yet been worn, and the group of soldiers who followed him were also with crooked armor, apparently all of them had just put on their armor.

Because Gao Yuan and his party came to congratulate the embassy of Qi Wang Jian's birthday, so the Qi general who guarded the pass was also very polite, after seeing the Gao Yuan, he respectfully saluted the Gao Yuan, and after reading the national letter, he immediately released them along with the convoy. Nothing was asked, and there was no inspection team. As a result, the group of people, together with the merchants, easily passed through the Great Wall of Qi State, which can be regarded as officially entering the territory of Qi State.

Although the people of the plateau did not have to make much effort to get through the border of the Qi State, they felt quite a sense in their hearts that in the early Warring States period, the Qi State had always been one of the best countries among the candidate countries. By its in the period of King Qi Wei, the appointment of Sun Bin, Tian Ji, Zou Ji and other capable ministers and famous generals, internal governance of the government, repair the government and Qingming, and external guò Pingling, Maling World War II, twice defeated the first power at that time Wei State, famous, to the generation of King Qi, and Qin State and called the two strong countries in the world, each other called themselves the two emperors of the East and the West, and also reached the peak of the country's power, I can't imagine that it has fallen to this point now, it is really embarrassing.