She Song

Chapter 259 The Rainbow in the Eyes of Heroes

After Shangjing and Yanjing signed a personnel exchange agreement, the border suddenly became peaceful. People who were thoughtful realized that the root of this tranquility came from the results of the war between Yan and the northwest.

As Shangjing and Xingqing Prefecture suffered huge losses, it was natural to pay attention to the quality of officers and soldiers and military products that supported the Zhenguo Army and the Tokyo New Army.

The all-powerful cavalry group's charge encountered a setback. Hot weapons and novel equipment became combat power multipliers, forcing the top leaders of the two countries to take a positive and serious attitude.

The New Army became famous in the first battle, and Tokyo, which had tasted the benefits, increased its investment. 20 people were selected from the 10 Imperial Guards around Tokyo to train day and night according to the New Army's training outline. Craftsmen, steel mills, and gunpowder factories began New equipment was manufactured in large quantities, and a bronze gun factory was even opened in Yanjing's footsteps. All military workshops were in full swing.

With the arrival of winter, Yanjing not only used the leisure time to build water conservancy roads, but also expanded the implementation of the reserve system. At the same time, the Yanyun Administrative Committee formally exercised its authority to govern Hebei and explicitly required all military prefectures north of the Yellow River to uniformly follow the Implementation of policies formulated by Yanjing.

Of course, in line with the principle of inheriting the past and linking up with the future, which is conducive to stable implementation, Han Xiaoyao finally decided to start with agriculture, industry, commerce, and education, and temporarily shelve areas involving military, government, justice, etiquette, etc., so he gave a transition period of several months, with the latest deadline being the end of this year. Violators will be severely punished.

After receiving documents from the Yanjing Zhenbei Palace, various military states immediately divided into three forces.

Zhending Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture and Yandi bordered each other. Seeing that the Zhenguo army was strong and strong, they surrendered directly. The next day after receiving the notice, the two prefects and important officials of the prefecture all rushed to Yanjing to meet the King of Zhenbei.

For those who are aware of current affairs, Han Xiaoyao naturally adopts the friendly attitude of a courteous corporal. Not only does he offer words of comfort, but he also arranges for the reception staff to visit important units in Yanjing. After seeing them, Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion are only in admiration.

It’s hard not to accept it. The army, military industry, Tsinghua University, boarding a hot air balloon dozens of feet high is a miracle!
Next, Taiyuan Prefecture and Longde Prefecture are garrisoned by the imperial army. In addition, they are far away from Yanjing. At present, they are still focusing on Tokyo. They do not buy the account of Yanjing and Zhenbei King and directly blast the messengers out of their territory.

Han Xiaoyao wasn't angry either. After all, the imperial power at this period was still deeply rooted, but a transitional period had been given, and he would not be accused of being executed for not teaching anything in the future.

There are also some typical weak and remote military states who do not want to offend each other. They say sweet words, but in fact they make a lot of difficult bargains, and some try to find out by asking for money and food.

Han Xiaoyao looked down upon these fence-sitters even more. As long as they were strong enough, they would naturally rush to show their affection.

In the cold wind, a carriage drove along the official road towards the east gate of Yanjing. There were dozens of internal guards and soldiers from the Zhenguo Army guarding the carriage in front and on the left and right.

In the first carriage, a girl wearing fur brocade with more than a dozen pigtails lowered the curtains and asked the young man in the carriage: "Fifth brother, we are in Yanjing just ahead. I don't know if the ancestral home is still there? It would be great if I could take a look!”

The young man who was the fifth brother leaned against the carriage. Although his eyes were closed, he replied calmly: "Father said that the ancestral home is still there, but it has become someone else's mansion. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to revisit the old place."

The girl was silent for a moment, sighed, and said nothing more.

In the carriage behind them, the newly-dressed Sable became increasingly uneasy. Although the scars on his face, neck, hands and body had healed, he still felt a dull pain in his heart.

As a prisoner exchange officer, she seemed to be reborn the moment she stepped out of the Jin Kingdom's death row.

Recalling the torture and humiliation she suffered during her captivity, she endured it without saying a word, without even shedding a tear. But when she was about to arrive in Yanjing, she felt as if there was sand in her eyes.

As the driver reined in the horse, the convoy stopped at the foot of Yanjing City.

Huan Die stepped out of the motorcade and saluted Han Xiaoyao who was waiting on the roadside and reported: "Huan Die, the humble counter-espionage officer, was ordered to escort the Special Service Sable of the Ministry of Internal Security and four soldiers from the Beijing intelligence system. Please give me your instructions!"

Han Xiaoyao returned the greeting and said: "I will lead the Yanjing army and people to welcome the five heroes. Now let me escort them!"

"Yes!"

Huandie returned to the convoy, dismounted and informed Sable and others on the five carriages one by one: King Zhenbei will personally welcome you into the city.

Ah!
The prince will actually come out of the city to greet us in person? !

Although they heard that Han Xiaoyao had always treated his subordinates kindly, the four Beijing secret agents were still very shocked when they heard this.Sable had seen the scene of Han Xiaoyao welcoming Zhong Fu, but she couldn't help but get excited. She wiped her face with a cloth, straightened her hair and clothes, and was helped out of the car by Huandie.

As far as Sable could see, colorful flags were fluttering on top of the city, and the roads were swept clean. Thousands of people lined the streets to welcome them. There were Zhenguo officers and soldiers, officials at all levels, and ordinary people. The leader was none other than the King of Zhenbei. Han Xiaoyao.

With the support of Huandie, Sable stepped forward step by step, and her tears could no longer be controlled and flowed freely.

At the same time, Han Xiaoyao also walked towards Sable with a smile. Sable quickened his pace and was about to raise his hands to salute, but saw Han Xiaoyao calmly holding Sable gently into his arms and greeting: "Welcome home!"

Although Sable has a straight face, she is nearly thirty years old. In addition, she has been tortured in prison during this period. Not only is she physically weak, but she also looks extremely haggard. Suddenly, she was hugged by Han Xiaoyao in an almost intimate way. She was so stunned that she couldn't even say anything. Not coming out.

Han Xiaoyao immediately returned to his normal posture. Seeing the doubtful look in his eyes, he explained: "You have endured humiliation and made great contributions to the country without fear of sacrifice. You are the heroes of the nation! You are also my brothers and sisters!"

Afterwards, Han Xiaoyao hugged and greeted the other four people one by one. One of them had his lower limbs broken and was carried over. Han Xiaoyao also bent down and hugged the other person.

Jiang Queer and others took the opportunity to shout: "Salute to the hero!"

"Welcome the hero home!" Zhenguo officers and soldiers raised their right hands in salute at the same time.

Many people involuntarily followed the salute and shouted together: "Salute to the hero!"

After many days, Sable once again saw the familiar military salute and felt extremely warm and relieved.

At this moment, her mood was extremely stable. King Zhenbei and her colleagues did not abandon her or discriminate against her. After suffering all kinds of hardships, they gave them the highest respect.

She raised her right hand and solemnly returned the salute.

"Thank you! Thank you!"

At some point, Han Xiaoyao came to Sable and said, "Come on, heroes, get in the car and accept your glorious moment!"

Under the leadership of Han Xiaoyao, the five heroes boarded a special open-top extended carriage filled with red, green and colorful decorations.

Jiang Queer jumped on the front of the car and became the driver. When he whipped his horse whip, four horses passed through the crowd and headed towards the city gate.

"Boom boom boom!"

A series of explosions came from the top of the city, and everyone was startled.

Han Xiaoyao explained to Sable: "It's a salute! I formulated a etiquette method to welcome important guests. 24 cannons were fired nine times to express gratitude and respect to you. It will become a routine in the future."

Sable and others said in fear: "Your Majesty, I just did my duty, how dare you greet me with a salute?"

Han Xiaoyao said: "It's great if you can do your job well. In this way, everyone can remember your contribution!"

With the rumbling sound of cannons, the carriage entered Yanjing. Among the crowds on both sides of the street, many people looked enviously at Sable and others who were able to ride in the carriage with King Zhenbei. Some even sprinkled confetti from upstairs.

Colorful confetti was scattered in the air, like beautiful and magical rainbows.

(End of this chapter)