Xie Shence went home, and then asked the old lady some questions.

Why can the escort cavalry penetrate deep into the territory of Xianbei?

Why didn't the emperor say which prince it was?

The most important thing is the stronghold of the Erli people...... What to do?

The old lady replied like this.

"First of all, it's not strange that the cavalry of the Great Jin Dynasty is like Xianbei, doesn't the Northwest Army infiltrate each other with Xianbei every year? The border has long been like a chaff sieve, full of holes. However, secondly, the Jin army's deep penetration into Xianbei was an extremely dishonorable thing for Xianbei after all, so the Great Jin provided something, so the Xianbei people agreed. ”

"As for why Your Majesty didn't say which prince it was, because ...... His Majesty is actually reluctant to make peace this time, even if it is a face-saving marriage instead of giving away the princess. Therefore, His Majesty is using this way of not exerting pressure on the Xianbei people at the last moment, as well as showing his attitude to the ministers. However, to His Majesty's disappointment, up to now, there are really not many people who can guess His Majesty's thoughts, at least the two parties involved in the Ministry of Rites, Lin Lingsi and Honglu Siqing, have not guessed. And what His Majesty cares about, the old man can tell you that it is an old matter, but he will not tell you what it is. ”

"The Erli people you care about are one of the focuses of your mission this time, and that is to unplug it! A warning to the rats hiding in a dark corner. Ti Rider will cooperate. ”

Xie Shence walked out of the door of the study, but he felt even more confused.

Well, everyone knows that the entry of foreign cavalry into their own country will cause many problems, such as causing panic, insulting the national prestige, and so on. And for the brave and murderous Xianbei people, this is a great insult: don't we have an army? Can't we protect your people? Is the Jin army very capable of fighting? Do you want to fight?

Therefore, if this matter is not handled well, it will greatly affect the prestige of Lord Xianbei in the hearts of Xianbei soldiers.

Lord Xianbei is Xianbei Dashan Yu (Great Commander), and Lord is the name of Xianbei people. At this time, the Xianbei tribes have been basically sinicized, but they still retain some traditions.

Then, since the entry of the Great Jin cavalry had a very bad impact on the Xianbei people, what the Jin State paid must at least be equivalent. And what is equivalent to national prestige must be extremely precious. Xie Shence couldn't think of what it would be, and he didn't understand that since it was very precious, wouldn't it be useless to the Jin Kingdom? Why would Jin Guo share it with the Xianbei people?

And the old lady said an old matter of adulthood, Xie Shence even more incomprehensible, what old things can make His Majesty the Emperor so angry, causing the country to ignore it?

And Xie Shence felt that the old lady was perfunctory when he said that he didn't tell him. If you can't tell me, just say it, do you have to be so appetizing?

Xie Shence instinctively felt that these two things were related, and they were quite close and private.

As for privacy, it's completely unfounded intuition. Xie Shence himself didn't know why he felt this way.

Could it be that when Lord Xianbei Tuoba Rui came to Kyoto, he was circled by the emperor and forked, and since then the north and south have looked at each other and exchanged eyebrows? Is this attitude of flirting between the two?

Xie Shence shook his head and expelled these rotten jokes.

Don't be kidding, when Tuoba Rui came to Jindu, he was obsessed with his aunt Xie Yun or not.

However, since the old lady did not tell him the specific situation, it means that these things have nothing to do with the purpose of his trip, at least they will not cause him any bad effects.

Therefore, it is natural for Xie Shence to care about the affairs of the people in Erli.

In the conversation in the study, since the old lady mentioned that Tiqi would intervene in this matter, then Xie Shence felt a lot more relieved, after all, the reputation of the world's No. 1 spy agency was written with dripping blood, not advocated.

The mission is scheduled to depart on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, which means that Xie Shence can't spend the Lantern Festival at home, and he can't come back to attend the wedding of Xie Shenwei and Princess Wanting. In the past few days, in order to prepare for the mission, Xie Shence is also very busy, not only to keep in touch with the officials of the Ministry of Rites from time to time, but also to memorize some articles and words, which is very annoying. Therefore, in the past few days, she has taken leave from Taixue, and Princess Wanting has not asked herself to tell stories. After all, it will soon be Xie Shence's sister-in-law, how can there be any reason to find a brother-in-law to tell a story to himself.

Xie Shenwei's wedding, he himself didn't care much. Xie Shence revealed the conversation in the old lady's study that night, and conveyed the old lady's meaning of "there is no free lunch in the world" to Xie Shenwei, but Xie Shenwei did not say it, and Xie Shence did not know whether it was effective.

Anyway, Xie Shenwei still has to send him north, and the two of them have time to digest it along the way.

So on the ninth day of the new year, Xie Shence officially said goodbye to his family, and went north with a large number of officials, honor guards, chariots and horses, accompanied by Xie Shenwei and 800 Yulin cavalry.

Twenty days later, Xie Shence looked at the horizon on horseback and saw a majestic city.

The northwest gateway of the Great Jin Dynasty - Tiemen Pass.

Xie Shence looked at it at a glance, and all the feelings converged into one word, that is, big.

It is almost twice as large as Chuzhou City.

This is not too much, Chuzhou and Jinling across the river, although there are a large number of garrisons, but in terms of scale, not even half of Jinling.

And this iron gate pass is comparable to Jinling. Not in numbers, of course, but in area.

The first male city in the northwest is by no means in vain. In this city with a radius of more than ten miles, a large number of military households, civilian households, medical households, artisan households, and * lived. With the addition of the garrison, the total population can reach 600,000 and the total capacity can reach 800,000.

The northwest has the most elite Northwest Army corps of the Great Jin Dynasty, more than 100,000 elite infantry cavalry, plus a large number of auxiliary engineers, the total number of the Northwest Army is nearly 200,000!

In the entire northwest, there are about 1.5 million people, nearly half of whom are concentrated in the Hetao Plain with Tiemenguan as the center. In the Iron Gate Pass, there are now nearly 600,000 soldiers and civilians. Relying on so much manpower and material resources, the Northwest Army was self-sufficient in the Hetao Plain for more than ten years.

Tiemen Pass is the heart of the Northwest Army, commanding the northwest of the Great Jin, the guardian of the huge Northwest Army legion. To the north of it is Xianbei, to the west, to the west is the Western Qin, and to the east, is the border between the Yan State and the Northern Army.

The northwest is actually a piece of land protruding from the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty and surrounded by the Three Kingdoms.

When you arrive at Tiemen Pass, in more than ten days, you can reach the border between Dajin and Xianbei.

The mission entered the city with a very high-level welcome ceremony. Jiang Qi, deputy marshal of the Northwest Army, personally received him.

In the Shuai Mansion, Jiang Qi entertained the mission with a solemn but not extravagant banquet, and after more than 20 days of trekking, everyone could finally have a good rest.

In fact, according to Xie Shenwei, the progress of these more than 20 angel groups is not walking at all, but traveling. Everywhere he went, there must have been governors of prefectures and counties who went out of the city to greet him, prepare a banquet for him, and send many benefits before leaving, so that the actual trip was three days longer than Xie Shenwei expected.

Xie Shenwei was very dissatisfied, but Master Gu was also powerless about it. Although he is called the main envoy, there are two deputy envoys, one is Xie Shence, who doesn't care about anything, and the other is Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, Ren Shaoqing, who wants to manage everything.

After talking with Master Gu in private, Xie Shence knew that this Ren Shaoqing was added by His Majesty later. This Shaoqing is obviously higher in power than Lord Gu, and His Majesty is very clear about the division of tasks between the three people on this trip, Xie Shence is the thug, Lord Gu is the official representative, and Ren Shaoqing is the housekeeper. Therefore, Master Gu had no way to deal with Ren Shaoqing's attitude of not refusing to invite anyone to the banquet along the way.

Xie Shence naturally knew that since the emperor was not enthusiastic about the matter of harmony, and even had a little resistance, then the last deputy envoy to emerge was naturally the true attitude of the emperor after being willful.

In other words, in fact, the leader of the mission who received the kiss was this Ren Shaoqing. Only he had the emperor's order in his hands.

Of course, Xie Shence already knew at this time that the husband of Princess Xianbei, who married into the Jin Kingdom not long after, was the fifth prince, Tian Yuanbo.

After the dinner, after sending away a group of envoys such as Lord Gu and Ren Shaoqing, Jiang Qi left Xie Shence and Xie Shenwei.

The guards brought the two brothers to the festival hall, and the three of them sat separately.

Jiang Qi said bluntly: "The letter from the marshal arrived ten days ago, it is said that you should have been able to reach the Iron Gate Pass three days ago, why are you three days late?" ”

Jiang Qi is the deputy marshal of the Northwest Army, and the marshal of the Northwest Army is Xie Yi. Unlike Sima Bi, who was stationed in the Northern Army and led the troops in the north, Xie Yi was stationed in the capital of Jin and led the Northwest Army.

Permanent and permanent are not the same.

Therefore, during Xie Yi's absence in the Northwest, Jiang Qi was the highest military and political commander of the Northwest Army.

Similar to a feudal town, but not divided. Therefore, the northwest, north and south are all military towns rather than feudal towns.

Among the three military towns, the military-political integration of the Northwest Army and the Northern Army is the most mature. The Huaiyang Provincial Observer and the Metropolitan Governor were the highest political and military officials. Of course, the governor of Huaiyang Dao is Wang Ding, and the observer is Wang Ding's eldest brother, Wang Zhen. That is, Wang Fatzi's father. In fact, Huaiyang Dao is still from the Wang family. Whether it is military, political or business.

In the northwest and north, there is only one supreme governor.

Jiang Qi did not have Xie Yi's domineering and sharp edge. On the contrary, he is a somewhat black scholar, and if he wears armor, he should also be a Confucian general. Long face without beard, black face. In contrast to the long face is a long body with long hands and long feet. Xie Shence paid attention to it, this person should be an archery master. And Xie Shenwei later told Xie Shence that Jiang Qi's archery skills were invincible in the entire Northwest Army.

Regarding Jiang Qi's question, Xie Shence, as the deputy envoy of the mission, naturally explained it 1510.

Jiang Qi is in the northwest of the town of metabolic clothes, and he and Xie Yi are inextricably intertwined, so Xie Shenwei and Xie Shence are both the gifts of the son and nephew.

Jiang Qi accepted the nephew of the Xie family brothers calmly. Regarding Xie Shence's answer, Jiang Qi frowned slightly, and said: "I think this matter is because Your Majesty has another deep meaning, since Your Majesty has not said it to you, then there is no need to think about it." Just be yourself, your own. ”

Xie Shence nodded yes. Then Jiang Qi took out a map and handed it to Xie Shence, and said: "There is a message in the marshal's letter, I will arrange manpower according to the time and place, and when the time comes, it will be up to you." Be sure to pull that nail out! ”

Xie Shence and Xie Shenwei looked awe-inspiring, and the general in front of him who knew the plan to eliminate the Erli people also knew.

Xie Shenwei said in a deep voice: "I will personally answer when the time comes." ”

Jiang Qi nodded, and said to Xie Shence: "The nest of the Erli people can't be determined, but since they have enemies with Yan and Qin, then the nest is likely to be in Xianbei territory, and the little marquis must be careful." ”

Xie Shence said: "Jiang Shuai, please rest assured, I know it in my heart." ”

Jiang Qi then got up, and the two brothers were also about to leave, Jiang Qi said: "According to the rules, it is necessary to correct the Iron Gate Pass for two days, but since it is later than expected, let's rest for a day, and set off the day after tomorrow, I will order the passes along the way not to interfere with the advance of the mission." ”

Xie Shence said: "That's very good. ”

The two brothers were then led by the guards to their lodgings.