The moon sets and the stars sink, and the night is vast.

Although it is summer, the climate in the northwest is naturally harsher and colder than in the south. Even if it is not as heavy as in winter, the snow covers the mountains and the water turns into ice, but at night, the cold wind blowing in the face will make people feel a little biting chill all around.

After two battles, the Great Zhou army assembled by Gao Heng and Chen Fu temporarily rested at the foot of the mountain west of the Fenglin River.

At that time, the barracks were brightly lit and the atmosphere was solemn, in order to prevent the enemy from attacking at night, there were troops everywhere who took turns patrolling and guarding, looking from afar, it looked like a sea of stars with swaying lights.

Although he temporarily forced the enemy forces of the Northwest tribe to retreat to the other side, Gao Heng did not take it lightly, but felt a little unspeakable unease about these two somewhat easy victories.

According to the situation described when the emergency military situation came from the front at that time, the situation of Chen Fu and the Red Feather Army under his command should be precarious.

Even though Gao Heng sent reinforcements to reinforce and marched day and night, he was worried that he would be delayed in time because of the distance.

But he never thought that until he led his army to Chixia Pass on the northwest border, Chen Fu and the trapped Chibane Army were still trapped in it.

The other party neither launched an attack nor did any further action, seemingly deliberately trying to delay time and wait for Gao Heng to come to the rescue.

And from the signs of these northwestern tribes, it looks like a cat and a mouse, and they just want to play with it first, and they don't want to swallow it in their stomachs and kill him.

This is clearly a big taboo for the two armies to fight against each other.

There is also the hidden force that is silently supporting behind them, even if the two sides have already fought each other, the so-called backer has not shown his feet so far, which shows that it is a strong opponent that cannot be underestimated.

In Gao Heng's heart, he has always linked the object of suspicion with the ambitious Nan Chu, and even the princess Yuanxi beside him is also wary, and he always feels that there is a pair of eyes that are always watching his every move.

But these days, the princess of Nanchu, who came with her on the expedition, has been accompanying her in every possible way, and she is not afraid of danger as a daughter, and she personally goes into battle to kill the enemy.

Unless, she has been excluded by Nan Chu and has become an outcast who has used her value.

However, thinking of such a deep brother-sister relationship between Yuan Peng and Princess Yuan Xi, Gao Heng was still willing to believe that everything was just an illusion of his misjudgment.

In addition, he has been away from the capital for more than two months, and every time in the dead of night, although he is worried about the war situation, he is even more inevitably worried, missing Cheng Jinzhi, who is far away from thousands of mountains.

will always take out the magnolia-shaped purse that she has been sewing for herself that she has always placed in her arms, and talk about the microintestines.

What I hope for most every day is to be able to withdraw the troops, stop the war, and return victorious as soon as possible.

And watching the man he loved beside him send lovesickness to another woman through the bright moon in the night sky.

Princess Yuanxi was helpless, but she could only comfort herself and pretend to turn a blind eye, but why didn't she feel desolate and depressed in her heart?

If she could, she even hoped that the war would never stop. In this way, Gao Heng will not return to the capital, and naturally he will not see Cheng Jinzhi again.

The only one who will be by his side will always be himself.

However, even with such a naïve and ridiculous idea, whenever she saw Gao Heng troubled and troubled by the battle situation in front of her, she hoped that the war could end as soon as possible in the name of victory.

After all, she used to gallop with her brother like she does now, so she knew very well that this short period of calm and tranquility was just an illusion under a false appearance.

"It seems that these Northwest barbarians are playing tricks, and they will definitely make another surprise move, and this battle will definitely not end so soon. ”

Located in the camp tent in the middle of the barracks, Chen Fu stood with a grim expression, looked at the clearly depicted terrain map on the table and took a deep breath, and then frowned in confusion.

"It seems that General Chen has also discovered the oddity in this. ”

Gao Heng tugged at the corners of his mouth and slowly looked away from the map, a thick mist rising from his deep eyes.

"That's right, they trapped me and my Akabane army in Chixia Pass at the beginning, and they obviously had the opportunity to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but they were reluctant to do so. At first, I thought they were waiting for an opportunity to attack them and win. But it wasn't until His Highness came with his army and forced them back that I knew that there must be a ghost among them. ”

Chen Fu slapped his palm on the drawings as he spoke, and a heavy look of helplessness appeared between his eyebrows, mixed with a little anger.

"That's true, although I don't know which one they are singing now, I can imagine that it must have something to do with the forces behind them that support them. After all, these clan leaders who are brave and good at fighting, but not good at scheming, have always only liked to go straight and go straight with swords and guns, and this behavior is too different from their style. ”

Gao Heng said in a deep tone, the fog in his eyes never dissipated, and his eyes became more and more confused.

In today's uncertain situation, sitting back and acting rashly can have unforeseen consequences.

"But we haven't found any clues so far, His Royal Highness said before, it is very likely that Nan Chu is behind the scenes, but the King of Chu married his daughter to His Royal Highness, is this... It's also a conspiracy?"

Chen Fu glanced at Gao Heng thoughtfully, but he didn't dare to say it too bluntly. After all, Princess Yuanxi has now married into the Yanwang Mansion, even if she has doubts in her heart, she can't blurt it out openly.

"Maybe she doesn't know that she's being used as a pawn, right?"

Gao Heng sighed in a heavy tone, thinking of Yuan Peng's previous behaviors that seemed to be friends and enemies, and the origin behind the prince's life experience, he only felt a thousand thoughts in his heart.

After a moment of silence, he reined in his expression and said seriously: "Now the top priority is to find ways to lure the snake out of the hole, so that we can prescribe the right medicine and take the initiative to attack." We can't afford to spend any more here. ”

At this time, Princess Yuanxi was about to bring dinner to Gao Heng, but when she arrived at the tent, she heard this straightforward and powerful conversation between the two, and she was surprised in her heart, and there was a burst of indignation in her chest.

Because she didn't believe that she had grown up since she was a child, and the homeland she had been thinking about would do such an insidious and unrighteous thing.

I don't believe that I will become the chess piece in Gao Heng's mouth that is used and discarded.

Although at that moment, she also felt a little moved and relieved that Gao Heng was willing to believe in her innocence.

But soon, the princess of Nanchu, who had always been arrogant, still felt indignant in her heart, and immediately opened the curtain and rushed in violently.