After Li Bin and his group entered the territory of Da Yan, they were never assassinated again. However, Li Bin and the others did not relax their vigilance just because they entered the territory of Da Yan, and were still very cautious along the way.

But this delayed the speed of traveling. It was not until the afternoon of January 7, the 20th year of Jianping that Li Bin and his friends returned to Yong'an City, the capital of the Great Yan Empire.

When Li Bin saw his wife Xie Yingying who had not seen for several years, and his eldest son Li Jie, who had celebrated his two-year birthday, his eyes turned red, "Yingying, thank you for your hard work in the past three years."

Xie Yingying was already in tears at this time and said with a sob: "Husband... wuwu... you are finally back, wuwu..."

When the Jinle tribe and the Heijie tribe jointly sent 400,000 troops to attack the border Langya City of Xiongzhou Prefecture. Li Bin led the cavalry camp to leave Yong'an City for assistance. After that, Li Bin never returned to Yong'an City, which has been more than three years since then.

Li Bin couldn't help but walk over and hugged Xie Yingying in his arms in public, "Yingying, don't worry! Our family will never be separated again in the future!"

At this time, all the generals under Li Bin were here. Li Bin suddenly hugged himself in his arms, which made Xie Yingying feel a little embarrassed, but she hoped that Li Bin could always hug him like this.

"Wow—" Li Jie, who was so crazy, suddenly saw so many strangers, and another stranger hugged his mother, and suddenly burst into tears.

Xie Yingying hurriedly wiped her tears, then turned around and picked up Li Jie, "Xiaojie, aren't you calling every day to find your father? He is your father!"

Li Bin excitedly took Li Jie from Xie Yingying, "Son, call him Dad."

Li Jie shouted weakly: "Dad."

"Haha! Good son, you will be the young commander of Zhennan Army in the future!"

The meaning of Li Bin's words is very obvious. Although Li Bin's concubines have given birth to eleven sons for him so far, the title of Zhennan Marquis in the future will be inherited by his eldest son Li Jie.

Dian Wei, who had been staying in Yong'an City to protect Xie Yingying and his son, came over and clasped his fists to Li Bin excitedly and said, "Dian Wei, Wu Song, have met the lord."

Li Bin handed Li Jie to Xie Yingying again, walked to Dian Wei and Wu Song a few steps, and punched the two of them in the chest with their fists, "Dian Wei, Wu Song, I have left a place for you in the Zhennan Army. This time you will go back to the Zhennan Grand Governor's Office in Guizhou City with me."

When Dian Wei and Wu Song heard this, they were all happy, "Yes, lord."

Xie Yingying spoke to Li Bin and said, "Husband, are you sending someone to tell your father-in-law about your return, the second uncle and Mengzi? By the way, Mengzi also got married at the beginning of last year. She is Ma Huaizhong's legitimate daughter Ma Xiuyan. Just before the New Year, Ma Xiuyan had given birth to a son for Mengzi and named him Li Yi. When your husband returns to Beijing, he can still catch up with Li Yi's full moon wine."

Ma Huaizhong is the lord of Li Bin's father, Li Zhao and his second uncle, Li Lie. He is still the deputy commander of the left imperial guard.

"Mengzi has got married, why didn't I write to tell me?"

"My husband was not suitable for returning to Beijing at that time, so I discussed with my father-in-law and didn't tell you about the marriage of a fierce boy."

Li Bin nodded slightly, "Yingying, then send someone to call my father, second uncle and Mengzi back to have a reunion dinner tonight."

At this time, in a hall in the Royal Palace of Yong'an City, the Secretary of the Secretariat Zhang Jialuo reported to the Emperor Zhao Zhe: "Your Majesty, Li Bin has returned to the Zhennan Marquis Mansion of Yong'an City. This time, only more than one hundred guards came back with Li Bin."

Emperor Zhao Zhe said in a deep voice: "I will let Li Bin enter the palace the day after tomorrow. I want to listen to the current conquest of the various ethnic groups of the Eastern Qiang in Zhennan Army."

The Secretary of the Secretariat Zhang Jialuo nodded and said, "After I leave the palace, I will immediately send someone to inform Li Bin."

Emperor Zhao Zhe hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhongcheng, do you think you can keep Li Bin in the capital forever?"

Zhang Jialuo smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, now Li Bin controls the ten outer guards of Xiangzhou Prefecture and Guizhou Prefecture, as well as hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture, and Guizhou Prefecture. Once the court puts Li Bin under house arrest in the capital, I am afraid that the group of arrogant soldiers and generals under Li Bin's command will not agree, and something may happen."

Emperor Zhao Zhe waved his hand a little upset, "Forget it, let's not talk about Li Bin's matter. There is only less than a month left before the celebration on February 2. How is the preparations for the celebration progressing now?"

Zhang Jialuo immediately said: "Report to Your Majesty, all preparations are basically ready. Most of the missions sent by various vassal states to participate in the 59th birthday celebration of Your Majesty. On February 2, there should be 38 missions including Wei and Jinluo. In addition, the missions of the Eastern Qiang tribe will also participate in the birthday celebration of Your Majesty."

When Emperor Zhao Zhe heard Zhang Jialuo mention the Eastern Qiang mission, the emperor Zhao Zhe couldn't help but say angrily: "I don't want the Eastern Qiang mission to participate in my birthday celebration. If you weren't stopping me, I really wanted to kill the Asgai of the Eastern Qiang mission!"

Zhang Jialuo smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty calmed down. Asgai is the only son of the current Eastern Qiang Khan Yilede and the first heir to the next Eastern Qiang Khan. If anything happened to Yilede in our Dayan territory, the millions of Eastern Qiang cavalry should go south and knock on the gate."

The Dong Qiang people are one of the three overlords on the grasslands. They have a population of more than five million and can even gather 1.5 million cavalry.

Although the territory of the Eastern Qiang tribe did not border the Great Yan Empire, it was only separated by a Di Qiang tribe. The cavalry of the Eastern Qiang tribe once went south to attack the Haozhou Prefecture in the northern part of the Great Yan Empire.

In addition, since the Di Qiang, the Southern Qiang, the Western Qiang, the Northern Qiang and the Eastern Qiang belonged to the same Qiang more than 600 years ago, there have always been close connections between the five tribes. If a war broke out between the Eastern Qiang and the Dayan Empire, the Di Qiang, the Southern Qiang, the Western Qiang and the Northern Qiang will likely jointly send troops to help the Eastern Qiang help the war.

This time, the Eastern Qiang tribe sent an envoy to Yong'an City not specifically to participate in the celebration of the 59th birthday of Emperor Zhao Zhe, but to marry the Great Yan Empire. Asgai, the son of Khan Yilede of the East Qiang tribe, wanted to marry Princess Ruian Zhao Shuyi.

Princess Ruian Zhao Shuyi is twenty-two years old this year. She is the only daughter of the queen and one of the three beauties in the capital. She is very favored by the emperor Zhao Zhe. It is precisely because of the emperor Zhao Zhe that Emperor Zhao Zhe hopes to find a satisfactory princess Ruian. As a result, Emperor Zhao Zhe has chosen several princesses for Princess Ruian before, but Princess Ruian was not satisfied. This made Princess Ruian already twenty-two after the year and had not yet married.

Although the 22-year-old woman has not yet married and is considered an old girl in the Dayan Empire, the emperor Zhao Zhe is unwilling to marry his beloved daughter to a barbarian of the Eastern Qiang tribe.

However, most civil officials, led by the Secretary of the Secretariat Zhang Jialuo, the Secretary of the Secretariat Shi Naijie, and the Secretary of the Secretariat Jiang Wenjun, persuaded the Emperor Zhao Zhe to put the overall situation first. Once the Dayan Empire and the Eastern Qiang tribe can marry, then the few nomadic peoples in the north of the Dayan Empire who want to go south to rob, must consider the attitude of the Eastern Qiang tribe.

The Great Yan Empire consumed a lot of money and materials in the two wars of the Four Fighting Jinluo and the Five Fighting Jinluo. The Great Yan Empire needed to rest as much as possible in the next few years. If it could marry the Eastern Qiang tribe, the four northern prefectures should be much calmer in the next few years.

The angry face of Emperor Zhao Zhe was even more powerful, "Am I still afraid that the Dongqiang tribe will not succeed? I will never marry my daughter to the Hulu!"

The Secretariat Zhang Jialuo hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, although my Dayan is not afraid of the Eastern Qiang tribe, but Asgai has made a bold statement. If my Dayan does not agree to the request of the marriage, he will look down on the Eastern Qiang tribe, and the Eastern Qiang tribe will definitely seek justice for this."

Emperor Zhao Zhe was extremely angry and laughed: "If the Eastern Qiang tribe wants to fight, then they will fight. Are my Dayan still afraid of the threat of the captives!"

Zhang Jialuo hurriedly said, "Your Majesty calms down, and I feel that it is better to save things than to do more. If the Dong Qiang tribe really sends a large army south for this matter, my Da Yan will inevitably experience another war. With the current financial situation of my Da Yan, I really can't afford such a war."

Emperor Zhao Zhe gritted his teeth and said, "Don't say it, even if I say it out loud, I will never marry Princess Ruian to that Asgai. If a war broke out with the Eastern Qiang tribe because of this and the national treasury has no money to fight, I will take silver from the royal treasury to the end with the Eastern Qiang tribe!"

When Zhang Jialuo saw the attitude of Emperor Zhao Zhe, he did not dare to persuade him anymore, so he quickly changed the subject. "Your Majesty, for the celebration on February 2, the Ministry of War is preparing to let the twenty-two inner guards and imperial guards each send a battalion of troops to be inspected by His Majesty. His Majesty thinks the scale of this military parade is OK?"

Hearing Zhang Jialuo distracted the topic, Emperor Zhao Zhe snorted slightly and then said: "The twenty-two inner guards and imperial guards each sent a battalion, which is nearly 30,000 people. The scale of such a military parade is enough. Let's implement it according to the plan of the Ministry of War!"

Li Bin was teasing his son Li Jie, while Xie Yingying was accompanying him. At this time, a guard from the mansion hurried over, "Report to the lord, madam, the second general started fighting with people on the street!"

This guard was sent by Xie Yingying to find Li Meng's family soldiers, and the second general he mentioned was Li Meng.

Now Li Meng is a deputy brigade leader of the Left Imperial Guard, and is a fourth-rank general of Xuanwei. In addition, Li Meng has become a real master warrior the year before yesterday.

Li Bin couldn't help but be stunned, "Mengzi started fighting with someone? Who did he fight with?"

Xie Yingying also asked in surprise: "Where is someone in Yong'an City who dares to fight with Mengzi?"

"Lord, madam, I fought with the people from the Dongqiang delegation. The specific reason is not clear. Seeing the second general fighting with people on the street, I hurried back to report the message."

Li Bin's expression was even more puzzled, "The East Qiang tribe's mission? What are the East Qiang tribe's missions doing in Yong'an City?"

Xie Yingying then explained to Li Bin the matter of the Dongqiang tribe trying to marry. After hearing this, Li Bin couldn't help but sneer: "It's really ridiculous. How can my princess of Dayan marry a barbarian! Fan Kuai--"

"I am here! What are the lord's instructions?"

"Call your brothers and follow me to see which barbarian dares to act wildly in Yong'an City!"

Xie Yingying said hesitantly: "Husband, the court seems to be unwilling to offend the Eastern Qiang tribe, so he did not drive the Eastern Qiang tribe out of Yong'an City."

Li Bin said indifferently: "What are the Dongqiang tribes in the imperial court afraid of? I am not afraid. Anyway, after conquering the Dongman tribes, the areas I control will border the territory of the Dongqiang tribes, and sooner or later they will become enemies with the Dongqiang tribes!"

If the Zhennan Army under Li Bin could conquer the vast jungles and mountainous areas where the Dongman tribes lived, then the territory controlled by Li Bin would be adjacent to the vast grasslands, specifically bordering the territory of the Dongqiang and Diqiang tribes.

When Li Bin and his men led the guard, they came to the place where Li Meng fought with them. Many people had gathered here, including many officers and soldiers of the Dayan Imperial Army.

Li Bin looked closely and saw that the empty place in the middle of the crowd was hard to match with a Hu general, but Li Meng had a little advantage.

"Zhennan Hou! That's Zhennan Hou! Zhennan Hou is here!"

"Marquis Zhennan is really back, I thought it was a rumor!"

"The Zhennan Hou came here just in time. Let Zhennan Hou teach these arrogant barbarians a lesson!"

Li Bin is now very famous, whether in the Da Yan army or among the people of Da Yan, and is even recognized as the number one general in Da Yan.

Li Bin came over with his generals, and the crowd separated instantly, allowing Li Bin to walk in with the generals.

At this time, a burly and strong man in armor clasped his fists and said to Li Bin: "Marquis Zhennan, it's been a long time since I saw you. I wonder if you still remember Mr. Tang?"

Li Bin smiled and said, "Brother Yun Zhao was joking. We killed many soldiers and generals from Jin Luo Kingdom back then, so how could we forget Brother Yun Zhao?"

This burly and strong man in armor is Tang Yunzhao, the eldest son of Tang Zhibin, the head of the Tang family. He is now a deputy commander of Zuo Xiaowei.

When Tang Yunzhao heard Li Bin call him brother, the smile on his face suddenly became much brighter, "Marquis Zhennan, everyone has time to gather together. The brothers who fought together on the battlefield were often muttering about you!"

"That's a must. I miss my brothers very much in recent years. This time I return to Beijing, I should have a lot of time and I must get together with my brothers."

Then Li Bin asked, "Brother Yun Zhao, what's going on with the son of the son and that captain?"

Tang Yunzhao's face darkened: "Marquis Zhennan, that Hu Lu is from the Eastern Qiang Mission. Just now, these Eastern Qiang Mission members teased me two women from Dayan on the street. They happened to be met by General Li Meng, so General Li Bin fought with the Eastern Qiang Mission. If it weren't for the people from the Ministry of Rites, I would have to kill all the people from the Eastern Qiang Mission today!"

At this time, Li Bin saw that there were about twenty people dressed in the Eastern Qiang tribe here, and among this group of Eastern Qiang people, there were three officials from the Great Yan.

It can be seen from the official uniform that one of the officials should be the head of the third rank.
Chapter completed!