The expressions of the military officials were very solemn, and the eyes of several people even showed worries that could not be concealed. Qin Jin once confessed that today he would watch the troops at the training ground in Xineiyuan with Wuhu Huaizhong, and in case of an emergency, the military officials who were responsible for assisting him in handling daily military affairs could go to Xinneiyuan together to find him.

The errands performed by the military officials at this time were generally similar to those of the secretaries and staff officers of the previous Qin and Jin dynasties, and they not only had to deal with the case, but also had to be responsible for some specific affairs, including the affairs of military aircraft.

"What happened?"

Qin Jin rarely lost patience and took the lead in asking questions without waiting for the military officials to report.

"It's Hebei, and there was an accident on the black back. It has been reported that a large number of historical thief rebels are gathering on the front line of Weiju and Jeju, and it seems that they are waiting for the opportunity to cross the river in a big way!"

"How is this possible?"

He thought that there was a new trouble in Anxi's affairs, but the bad news turned out to be Shi Siming, who was dying in Hebei, and he had gathered heavy troops to prepare to cross the river. Although Shi Siming has now reached the end of the road, after annexing the remnants of An Qingxu, he can be regarded as having a foothold in Hebei Province and will not collapse from the inside.

However, last year, there was a great drought in Hebei, the grain harvest was lost, and this spring has reached the time when the green and yellow are not available, and the old grain of the local state capital in previous years has also been consumed, and now it is only to the point of starvation.

Driving the dog into the poor alley will encounter this situation, under the premise of being embattled and cut off from life, a strong desire for self-victory will drive Shi Siming to make a ruinous move.

"It seems that Shi Siming is going to use the people of the entire Hebei Province as his stepping stone!"

It's not so much a stepping stone as a last-ditch chip and bet.

For the famine in Hebei and the situation of starvation everywhere, Qin Jin originally had his plan, only to stand still, just wait for the rebels of the thieves to further disintegrate in the famine, and then he could surrender the army without a fight, or pacify Hebei Province at a very small cost, so as to remove the biggest threat within the Tang Dynasty.

Now it seems that Qin Jin's plan has almost failed, obviously Shi Siming is not an incompetent person, he knows that any further delay will only make the Hebei rebels more passive and even disintegrate, so he gritted his teeth and chose to fight to the death.

Seeing Qin Jin's brows, Wu Hu Huaizhong took the initiative to ask for help.

"It just so happens that the last general has not yet gone west, so it is better to go to Luoyang in the east first and completely solve the thief rebels!"

Qin Jin categorically rejected Wuhu Huaizhong's suggestion. To deal with Hedong, he made full preparations, but out of conventional considerations, if you want to take the world from Hebei, you must first take Hedong, and most of the troops are deployed near several major passes of Taihang Mountain at the junction of Hedong and Hebei. However, Shi Siming's department played cards according to common sense, which made Luoyang seem a little less.

Thinking of this, Qin Jin suddenly asked:

"Has the news spread that the thieves have gathered heavy troops on the north bank of the Yellow River?"

The officer's face was grim, and he replied:

"The military report of the Shenwu Army Intelligence System and the military report of the Political Affairs Hall arrived in Chang'an almost at the same time, and I am afraid that the government and the opposition have already spread at this time!"

Qin Jin's head was a little sweaty, if he couldn't keep it secret, things might be a little troublesome. But he also immediately admitted that such a big military operation, how could it be kept secret?

"Let's go, let's go back to the city. ”

Qin Jin knew that such a major event was no longer possible to discuss in a small area in the West Inner Garden, and he had to discuss it with the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall. However, he left Wu Hu Huaizhong behind.

"Ugo, you stay, and discuss with Qiyi He what preparations you should make for going to Anxi!"

Wuhu Huaizhong obeyed Qin Jin's order and chose to stay. In fact, Qibihe is also a Tiele person, but his ancestors have been submissive to the Tang Dynasty eighty or ninety years ago, and only the surname still retains the characteristics of the Tiele people, and he has long been a complete Han Chinese. He was a hardcore confidant of Qin Jin during the Tianbao period, but he was delayed by Ge Shuhan due to fate, and now he has returned to the Shenwu Army sequence, and he is also working hard to make up for the delayed years.

Speaking of the ancestors of Qibihe is also famous, his great-ancestor Qibihe Li was the Khan of the Tiele Nine Divisions, after taking refuge in the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period, he successively defeated Tuyuhun, Turkic, and was promoted to the general of Zuo Xiaowei, and the Duke of Yuguo. The Qibi family is so prominent, but unfortunately it was only a flash in the pan, in the era of the reign of Empress Wu, because of finally Li Tang was stripped of all titles, the children of the Qibi family were also assigned to the locality, and after decades, they all became unknown people.

Qi Bihe's heart also hides the idea of restoring the glory of his ancestors, even if he can't be the Khan of the Tiele Nine Divisions, at least he can make a general and a prince with military merits.

Today, time has changed, and most of the nine divisions of Tiele have declined successively, and now only the Hui Department has become a standout. After the annexation of the Tang Dynasty, after decades, it has long been no different from ordinary Han people, from grazing to farming. Although the Tongluo tribe was strong for a short time, in the process of fighting with the Tang Dynasty, the tribesmen suffered too many losses, and they did not recover the population in twenty or thirty years, and it was difficult to recover on the grassland.

The smartest of the nine divisions of Tiele, the most knowledgeable of current affairs, is still the Hui Ministry, who has never had the intention of rebellion, and is even more respectful to the Tang Dynasty, and it is precisely because of this that the Hui Ministry, which was not visible and does not leak, has achieved the status of the overlord of the grassland today.

Qi He and Wu Hu Huaizhong stood side by side, they looked at Qin Jin's worried back together, and after a long time, they all said in unison:

"Hui Ministry......"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and both made a gesture to ask the other to speak first. In the end, it was Qi He who said:

"The attitude of the Hui tribe is very important, as long as they can clamp down on the Tuqi Shi and the Grolu people north of the Tianshan Mountains, it will only be a matter of time before the siege of Qiuzi is lifted!"

Wu Hu Huaizhong nodded in agreement, he had roughly the same opinion as Qi Bihe, and the only thing that was a little different was about Zheng Xianli. Qi Bihe believes that it does not matter whether Zheng Xianli's army is defeated or not, as long as the turtle is not lost, the four towns of Anxi will be as stable as Mount Tai. However, Wu Hu Huaizhong was not only thinking about the problem of the four towns of Anxi, he knew that Qin Jin attached great importance to this person, and even intended to let this person run the Western Regions for a long time to fight against the rising black-clothed food in the extreme west.

He always had a feeling that Qin Jin seemed to be extremely afraid of black-clothed food, and its extent far exceeded that of the Khitan, Tubo and other major Hulu who were close at hand.

What can make Qin Jin so jealous, Wuhu Huaizhong has never seen it, and he is also cautious about many problems in Anxi.

Zheng Xianli was once a general of Feng Changqing, who had fought in the Western Regions for more than ten years, and was familiar with the terrain and customs of the Western Regions.

But now, Zheng Xianli is trapped in Qiuzi City, not knowing life and death, and doing his best to break the siege is the best way to ensure his safety.

After Qin Jin returned to Shuaitang, bad news came one after another, and envoys from Anxi and Hexi arrived together.

The messenger from Anzai was the third wave, and also brought the exact news about the city of Qiuzi.

Zheng Xianli, as the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, was not in Qiuzi City, Qin Jin's worst fear still happened, Zheng Xianli sent troops to attack Broken Leaf City across the Green Ridge, and the back road was cut off by the Tuqi Shi and Glolu, and since then there has been no news back to the east of the Green Ridge. There are only 1,000 people left in Qiuzi City, basically all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and the elite of the Shenwu Army is less than a hundred.

The number of Tuqi people besieging the city has reached tens of thousands, and after all, Qiuzi City does not need to have a large city in the Central Plains with walls that are often several zhang high, so it is really unknown how long it can hold out with such a small number of defenders under the onslaught.

At that time, Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi were also there, and Fifth Qi said bluntly:

"Doctor Qin, I'm afraid he has to be mentally prepared for the fall of Qiuzi!"

Xia Yuanji was relieved:

"At that time, there is no need to be too pessimistic, the Tuqi Shi is better than a despicable sneak attack, as long as the king arrives, the Tuqi Shi who occupies Qiuzi is not going to be scattered as birds and beasts?"

Although the Tang Dynasty has been riddled with holes, after all, there is still a hundred years of inertia, and the government and the opposition do not think that the victory of the Hu people because of the sneak attack will last for a long time, as long as the main force of the Tang elite soldiers arrives, are they not all local chickens and dogs?

However, Qin Jin knew that the situation in the Western Regions was far more complicated and severe than the courtiers imagined. After leaving Hexi, the proportion of Han people dropped sharply, coupled with the long distance from Guanzhong, and the high mountains and Gobi, under many dangers and obstacles, it was destined that the management of the Western Regions could not be like the operation of the counties of the world.

Nowadays, due to civil strife, the influence of the Tang Dynasty in Anxi has fallen to the lowest point since the founding of the country, and there are many small states. The complex problems of the nation immediately came to the fore. Many small tribal nations want to get rid of the shackles of Anxi, and in order to achieve their goals, they will inevitably fall to the black-clothed food that has risen sharply in recent years.

In such a situation of detachment from morality, it is obviously unrealistic to solve the problem by force alone.

Soon, Wu Hu Huaizhong and Qi Bi He arrived together, they had come to report the results of the discussion, and they didn't want to hear this unexpected bad news.

When the two discussed, they were based on the 10,000 Tang soldiers in Qiuci City, and now when they suddenly learned that Qiuci only had 1,000 old and weak soldiers, and the real elite was less than 100 people, they all felt that rushing to help Anxi was far from quenching the thirst of Qiuci City.

Somehow, they were all surprised to find that Qin Jin had always insisted that Qiuzi would not be lost, and all the rescues must be carried out as soon as possible without the slightest delay.

In the midst of everyone's opposition, Qin Jin still insisted on his opinion, and at the same time spread out another military newspaper on the desk, which was written by Zhou Yu, the deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu.

"The deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu requisitioned the prisoners who filled the army in Anxi to form reinforcements, there are about five or six thousand people, and they have already rushed to Anxi at this time!"