In the autumn grassland, the night wind blows like knives, and these knives rage at will, and they do not stop for a moment.

In this empty land, it is absolutely impossible to make a fire, everyone knows that fire can prevent wild beasts, and at the same time, it will also attract scouts from the Yuwen Department.

Since he learned that the Ministry of Yuwen had torn up the covenant, he turned against him, because time was tight and he couldn't bury the ground in charcoal at dusk, so he could only rely on shaking to keep warm at night. Or two people leaning against each other, shaking and rubbing against each other, and a little heat will be generated.

Xie Shence and He Ruoque were back to back, and neither of them could sleep.

Because of Xie Yi's death, Xie Shence seems to be extremely depressed these days, depressed to the daytime, when Lao Jiang, who once wanted to marry his daughter to Xie Shence, died of arrow sores, he just said "oh".

Xie Shence rarely shows deliberate closeness in front of people, similar to when Uncle Jiang died, he held his hand and said with emotion, you can go with peace of mind, I will take care of your family, etc., Xie Shence did not say a word. It is true that this is the best time to show that he is the young marshal of the Northwest Army to buy people's hearts, Xie Shence understands, but still does not say it.

Uncle Lou and Uncle Hai had sad expressions, and their eyes were a little blank when they looked at Xie Shence.

After burying Lao Jiang, Xie Shence took off his saber and hung it on his horse. That knife was ordinary steel, and it was not worth ten taels of silver, and if it was compared to his sword, I was afraid that it would be cut off with only two strong slashes. Uncle Lou said that the knife could be placed there, but Xie Shence shook his head and refused.

Feeling the shaking of each other's bodies due to the cold, Xie Shence thought for a while and said, "He Ruo, early tomorrow morning, you can go to Cangzhou." ”

The trembling on He Ruoque's side suddenly stopped, and then continued.

"I'm not at ease."

I am not at ease, naturally not worried that Kimchi Wu asked him to go to Cangzhou to find Xin Lan with fraud, but not worried about thanking Shence.

Xie Shence's teeth trembled: "I don't feel at ease when you're here." ”

"Don't worry about what?"

"Xin Lan"

In the dark, He Ruoque frowned, as if he had thought of something.

"If the speculation of the Great Jin Dynasty is not wrong, Sima Bi will not let go of this opportunity, maybe at this time the Northern Army has already rebelled, and Hebei Province may have fallen into war."

"If this matter is true, then Xin Lan, as the general of the Northern Army Cavalry, has no reason to stay out of the matter. Xin Lan was a cunning person, or an extremely intelligent person, at this time, if he was Sima Bi's fellow Taoist, his son Kimchi Wu would not have gone north at this time, and he was not taking the usual business path of the Northern Army. ”

"Doing business and deceiving ghosts, from outside the gate through the Scattered Bow City into Yanjing, compared to the Youyan area where the big surnames and big clans gather, the profit is more than half, with Xin Lan's strict and clever means of governing the army and making money, how can he let go of tens of thousands of taels of silver!"

"So He Ruo, Xin Lan and Sima Bi are not of the same heart, at most they are just peers. I don't know what Xin Lan thinks, but in the general direction, I shouldn't be optimistic about Sima Bi."

He Ruoque moved and asked, "How can you see it?" ”

"It's very simple, one mountain can't tolerate two tigers."

He Ruoque over there stopped talking.

One mountain does not tolerate two tigers in the northern army, and it is not without mountains. But the monkey has always been infighting when holding a group, and will not pose a substantial threat to the king of the mountain, as long as he is generally obedient, even if there are some internal competitions, the generals are happy to see it. However, there are many monkeys in the northern army, and there is more than one tiger.

Sima Bi, Xin Lan has two ends.

Xin Lan is obedient, and even in the eyes of some generals, the general of the Northern Army Cavalry Army, in fact, except for a few descendants under his hands, his strength is really weak and pitiful. At least not commensurate with the name. Not to mention the most numerous and elite white horse elite cavalry in the northern army, now in charge of Yuhua Pavilion, is the three thousand iron harriers, the archery army known for its flexibility and ferocity, which was also led by Guo Fei himself before, and later handed over to Yue Lingjiang. In fact, two-thirds of the cavalry of the Northern Army is firmly in the hands of Sima Bi.

It's just that Xin Lan seems to be respectful to Sima Bi, asking people to give people money and money, and Sima Bi also reciprocated and handed over the big piece of meat of the trade route to Xin Lan.

Since ancient times, those who have money have died of anger, Xin Lan is equivalent to the big butler of the Northern Army, he has money in his hands, and the rewards of the generals are all in the hands of General Xin!

What's more, in Xin Lan's hands, he still firmly holds the extremely terrifying Xiao Cavalry Guard.

So Xin Lan became the second leader of the Northern Army.

So here's the problem.

Because Xin Lan is not a person who is willing to send money to others all day long.

Otherwise, Sima Bi would not have been able to take it away so far.

Didn't take it away

"So, Xin Lan will make a mess here, right?"

"Yes."

"So, that Kimchi Wu, let me protect his father, that's why, right?"

"Yes."

Xie Shence said: "Xin Lan will have a mess sooner or later, Sima Bi is not a person who sits back and watches the civil strife arise, so he will strike first." Such a big thing has to be kept secret, and it is impossible for him to inform everyone, so I believe that there will definitely be a considerable number of people who are unaware, then this part of the people, there will be people who blindly obey, there will be people who follow falsely and unjustly, and there will also be people who fiercely resist The first two can probably be grouped into one category, that is, the surrender faction, and they will be given preferential treatment. In the end, those who resist will inevitably be killed. ”

"Xin Lan will be the kind of person who weighs the pros and cons between hypocrisy and wrongdoing, he will not resist, he will follow, but he will not be too excited, too much he understands, so he should have a lot of power now, after all, Sima Bi needs a strong companion to convince other watchers - you see, I am not alone, the eldest and the second are chasing the wind and the moon mercilessly, what are you hesitating about?"

"Subsequently, Sima Bi will carry out a large-scale and thorough purge of his followers."

"Prevent speculation and rakeing, everyone knows this."

"Even if Xin Lan is determined to follow him, in order to sell at a good price in the future, there is no second person for his new owner to restrain him, and it is almost inevitable that Xin Lan should be the first person to be taken care of."

"Of course, this is all based on the premise that Sima Bi rebelled, I hope I am too worried."

That night, Xie Shence, who didn't know how many words he had said, fell asleep in a daze, and woke up the next morning to find that He Ruoque had already left. When the sun came out, his body was no longer cold, Xie Shence rubbed his eyes, sat for a long time, and then said to Uncle Hai who handed over the clear water: "Pass it on, go west today." ”

Uncle Hai was stunned for a moment, instinctively wanting to speak, but thinking that the person in front of him was not the boy who drank bad wine with them by the fire five or six years ago, he nodded.

Then Uncle Lou, Li Yanwang, Xiao Wang and others came over.

"Little Marquis, we can't go west. At this time, we are less than one hundred and fifty miles away from the army of the Yuwen Ministry, and if we go west, we are likely to encounter a large number of scouts, and it will be difficult to get out at that time, and we will all die."

Xie Shence frowned and said, "I have my own plans." ”

King Li Yan, who had already discovered that even the people with guns and bows and arrows had disappeared, seemed to understand what Xie Shence meant, so he said, "Let's go west." ”

"General Li, going west will attract a large number of Xianbei people, that is to die, there is not much left of the brothers, at this time, if you don't hurry up from Heishui County to enter the Iron Gate Pass through Liuzhi County, it will be too late!"

"That's it!" Xie Shence interrupted Uncle Lou's speech, and said: "Going west is to attract enemies, and who said that going west will definitely die?" ”

Uncle Lou was still waiting to say more, Li Yan Wang pushed him back a little with a slight force, and Uncle Lou was shocked, so he didn't dare to say anything more.

On the occasion of departure, King Li Yan said: "I know that you believe in the He Lou Department, but the barbarians are untrustworthy, the most capricious, and even if the He Lou Department will not defect, although the control of tens of thousands of strings sounds scary, but in front of the Yuwen Department and the Tuoba Department, he He Lou Department is a paper tiger, and there is no deterrence at all." ”

"They don't necessarily be able to help."

"Master, I need to try"

King Li Yan looked at Xie Shence's side face, sighed after a long time, and said no more.

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The huge camp fell on the mountain pass, stretching for more than ten miles, and horses, livestock, slaves, and soldiers were all in this huge pocket that seemed to be wriggling.

Everywhere there is sewage and mud everywhere, people and animals gather here, and after cleaning up the plants growing on them as quickly as possible, they begin to provide a steady stream of fertilizer for the seeds and rhizomes buried in the ground to grow and grow in the next year.

Wild laughter, angry scolding, the screams of slaves, the moans of women, the collision of gold and iron, and the neighing of war horses all converge here to form a unique movement.

A man with a pointed chin, with a somewhat lazy wave of his hand with a turquoise wrench, was dragged out and then killed, and his body was poked through the head by a stake and hung on it for public display.

"Stained the pure wool blanket of this prince, this is the handiwork of the Jin people, and it is worth a hundred taels of silver."

The man who looked as feminine as a fox lay down on the wide and comfortable seat, and then said: "Order, the Dada Department will attack, if he still can't take the Wangshan Fort within two days, he can be with the few just now, of course, his warriors and clansmen will also be divided." Didn't he rob Cuoliqi's three wives and two daughters, and he was very happy? If you don't want this to happen to you, give me the Lookout Mountain Fort, or else Prince Ben will give him the supreme honor of cutting off his pig's head with his own hands. ”

These words are really powerful, but he is the prince of the Yuwen Ministry, the Yuwen Fox who has outstanding achievements in the Eight Ministries, even if his appearance is very feminine, these words are quite domineering when they come out of his mouth.

Someone went down to give an order, Yuwen Fox used a luminous glass to hold wine, and took small sips of the venison roasted until it was medium-cooked and bloodshot, and when he was comfortable, it seemed that the noisy quarrels and dirtiness outside the tent had nothing to do with him, and the dense Northwest Army Fort, which was like a honeycomb dozens of miles away, and the Yuwen soldiers who died outside the fort had nothing to do with him.

He considers himself a beautiful man, and although he enjoys the pleasure of blood all over his body, he is also obsessed with wine and food.

After eating until he was full, Yuwen Hu picked up the high-quality silk silk and wiped his mouth, and said softly: "Ah, Jin people are really not good things, arrogance and lewdness, Yi will only make people lose their fighting spirit, this prince used to be very simple Since this is the case, then kill all of you."