Xie Shence of Huaxia City received the news that Huangsha Pass had fallen and Buliu Gu had died in battle, and it was already many days after the night had passed.

The impact of the fall of Huangsha Pass on the northwest not only lies in the gains and losses of a city and the deaths and injuries of the people in the city, but also exposes the serious lack of strategic depth in the northwest, as well as the current situation of an excessively long battle front and a shortage of troops.

Fortunately, in this surprise attack on Huangsha Pass, the grain and grass brought by Tuoba Xiyi was not sufficient, and the follow-up army was also weak because Xie Shenwei's army was stationed in Hulu Mountain. Otherwise, the six armies of the Tuoba Department will be able to drive straight into this gap.

In fact, if you can get a pair of ordnance and materials from Huangsha Pass, it's not that you can't put an iron nail in the northwest, but Tuoba Xiyi captured Huangsha Pass, and when he ran to the material camp for the first time, he found that it had already become a sea of fire.

Seeing that there was no hope of rescue, Xi Yi then slaughtered half of the city, robbed the treasure, and tied up hundreds of young people, and then decisively withdrew the army.

Xi Yi gave up all the siege equipment and heavy ordnance, and withdrew cleanly, otherwise if it was half a day at night, he would face the 20,000 elite of the Northwest Army that Jiang Qi came with a rage.

At that time, Xi Yi couldn't leave.

After that, the northwest took revenge on Tuoba Xianbei for the surprise attack on Huangsha Pass. For half a month, the Northwest Army moved on almost all fronts, except for Liao Zuozhang, who was unable to move in the northeast corner of Liuzhi County because he was welded to death by Hu Lujing, and there were battles of various sizes and scales on the front line almost every day.

This half month was bloody.

Xie Shence, who was in the Taihang Mountains, was not ignorant of this, but after all the crops were harvested, he received a detailed battle report from the northwest.

"Let's take a look."

Xie Shence put the battle report that was passed on with the lives of several spies on the table, and said to Guo Fei and Ren Zhongxing.

Guo Fei and Ren Zhongxing glanced at each other, and then looked down carefully.

In just a moment, the two of them showed shock on their faces, and they did not retreat for a long time.

After the two read it, Guo Fei put down the battle report, sighed and said, "Northwest Army...... It's not an option. ”

Ren Zhongxing thinks so.

In just half a month, the Northwest Army attacked on all fronts, pushing the front north for nearly 100 miles.

Among them, the gourd belly mountain is the most, and the Northwest Army even drove the elite cavalry of the Tuoba Department to the prairie in the north of the mountain, which is only more than a thousand miles away from Daba City.

Of course, at a distance of thousands of miles, the Northwest Army was far from being able to threaten Daba City.

The battle report details that one of the Northwest Army's cavalry battles with Tuoba Qianli was in service, and the cavalry of the Northwest Army, with more than 800 people, defeated the Tuoba Qiang army of more than 1,500 people head-on, beheaded 1,002, and only escaped with 300 cavalry.

Xie Shence knew that the 800 Northwest Cavalry were temporary guards that would be formed when the commander of the Northwest Army went on the expedition.

With such heavy casualties, in addition to the spirit of fighting to the death, it also reflects the current northwest from a certain sincerity, how critical the situation is.

As far as Xie Shence can remember, the Linqin guards dare to fight, fight well, can fight, and can win, and this level of casualties is the first time.

Xie Shence knew that Guo Fei, as a senior general of the former Northern Army, naturally knew that Ren Zhongxing had heard about Linqinwei but did not know about it.

"The DPRK and China have opened up the transportation to the northwest, and the shortcomings of the northwest storage that can be eased a little bit, but in terms of troops, it is stretched."

"When the Western Army was first established, it transferred nearly one-third of the elite from the northwest, although the Western Army has also expanded over the years, but the country of the tiger and wolf of the Western Qin must be guarded against, in this case, whether it is Zhang Han or Emperor Jin, it is impossible to transfer the Western Army to the north to rescue, and the Western Front can not be replenished to the troops, and it is even more impossible in other places. There is no way around it. ”

"Therefore, because there is no replenishment, for every person who dies in the Northwest Army, the strength will be correspondingly weakened. However, having said that, Tuoba Xiyi's raid was really unexpected by everyone...... If it is said that there are no moles in the northwest, I don't believe it. ”

"Eight thousand people, how did they bypass the blockade, just in front of the eyes of the Northwest Army, and fought under the Huangsha Pass for half a month....... The copper furnace pass can be explained by being restrained and unable to move, but couldn't even send a letter out of Buliu Gu Qiyan? I don't believe it. ”

Guo Fei and Ren Zhongxing both nodded.

"Childe is right, if there is no spy, my old Guo is willing to cut off this head!"

"What does Childe mean, this Northwest Army...... There was danger. ”

Xie Shence nodded.

"Who could that be?"

Xie Shence shook his head, since Jiang Qi had not moved so far, and finally his Tiqi did not have exact information about this, Xie Shence did not want to speculate.

It's just that in his heart, the figure of a person is always looming.

The general of the Northwest Frontier Army with the title of scholar, the gentle general who is a glutton, and the person who can laugh at being scolded by Buliu Gu Yanyan in front of him......

Shu Chengqing.

In the current chaos in the northwest, Xie Shence is powerless.

Not to mention that he is now in the Taihang Mountains, even if he is in the northwest, it is impossible for him to really do something.

Since before he entered the Imperial Pavilion in the northwest, he had already determined that the Northwest Army did not seem to have much possibility of fully accepting him, so he also pushed the boat out of the river, Xie Shenwei was a natural soldier, and he was more able to adapt to the strong iron-blooded style of the Northwest Army than him, and it was easier to gain the favor of the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army. It is true that he thanked Shence for providing a lot of information to the northwest in the years when he was the commander of the Tiqi Division, but his methods and means were not liked by the army.

With his past exploits and Xie Yi's Yu Ze, Xie Shence was able to gain a foothold in the northwest, but it was far from enough to command the heroes in the northwest.

So before leaving, Xie Shence completely offended many bigwigs of the Northwest Army and raised his reputation among the people to the highest level, but in the end it was completely impossible to be accepted by the Northwest Army.

Won the hearts of the people and lost the hearts of the army. It is not that the old army leader who stood on the opposite side of Xie Shence was extremely isolated under his subordinates, but that Xie Shence did not have the ability to twist all the Northwest Army into a rope.

Xie Shenwei may be able to, but he Xie Shence doesn't believe it.

Xie Shence is a self-aware person, so he turned himself into a rocker and paved the way for Xie Shenwei's advancement.

Therefore, after basically insulating from the northwest, he could only help Zhou Jinmian and Xie Shenwei make judgments through some suggestions and ideas, but he had nothing to do in the overall situation.

Now, Xie Shence has a premonition that the northwest will be messed up, but he can only write down everything he thinks of as much as possible through letters and texts, and then send it over.

At this time, Xie Shence was most worried, in addition to how the Northwest Army would hold the northwest after the Northwest Chaos, there were also Wang Jiehua, Wang Qingyan and his relatives in the Northwest.

He didn't know at this time that Wang Jiehua and Wang Qingyan had been caught in the caravan and had been closed from the iron gate to Datong Mansion.

And one day in autumn, a former horse bandit leader named Cucumber and a scholar driving a donkey cart appeared in front of the sentry post in Huaxia City. At the same time, the Vulcan troops, trained in the mountains, also intercepted a caravan.

And so they were reunited.

The older he is, Xie Shang seems to be ten years older than before, and he has also lost a lot of weight. Xie Shence stood in front of Xie Shang, and he could clearly feel the weakness of the middle-aged man in front of him. There is a slow medicinal smell in the nose - this is something that spices can't hide.

The meeting was naturally very private, Xie Shence lifted his placket and knelt down, bowed three times and got up to support Xie Xiang, and said in a trembling voice: "Father, ......"

The corners of Xie Shang's mouth moved slightly, and he sat down with Xie Shence's support, and then took the tea brought by Jasmine.

Wang Jiehua glanced at Xie Shence, and then left with Jasmine.

"This place, it's not bad."

Xie Sheng smiled at Xie Shence, very satisfied with the Huaxia City that his youngest son had made.

Xie Shence also smiled embarrassedly, then stopped abruptly and said, "Father shouldn't have come." ”

"When my father left Beijing, there were only my mother and eldest sister at home. If people find out that your father has disappeared, and they are at home, I am afraid that they will suffer a lot of hardships. ”

Xie Sheng chuckled lightly and said, "As long as the father does not die, no one dares to spread the news that the father will no longer enter the capital." Since no one dares to say this, and everyone dares not say this, then there is no danger for your mother and eldest sister to be at home. ”

Xie Shence was stunned, and he was very unconvinced.

Father, you are really so good.......

The latter words were very disrespectful, and Xie Shence naturally didn't dare to think about it.

Xie Sheng seemed to see what Xie Shence was thinking, and said, "You are still too simple. Although you are ruthless in Tiqisi, you seem to have seen the worst of human nature, but you have ignored some of the less remarkable evil qualities. ”

"For example, Ti Qi didn't dare to poke this matter out, because I was in the edict, so I could get out, unless they had the courage to take advantage of the fact that His Majesty and Wen Chong both left Beijing to carry out a purge, otherwise they could only use gentle means to stabilize those who were suspicious. So they don't dare to speak out because of face. ”

"Naturally, my father was able to come out of the Imperial Prison and come here all the way out of Beijing unimpeded, not because of his great fortune, but because some people didn't want me to die, and even they didn't want me to stay in Kyoto, so I was able to come out. So these people, they protect me, naturally they have a request for me, and in this case, they will not be disobedient and poke me out. ”

"As for some people, it is naturally because they have a ghost in their hearts, and they are embarrassed to say it, and they dare not say it."

After saying a lot in one breath, Xie Sheng was a little tired, and then Xie Shence arranged for Xie Sheng to rest. After Xie Sheng fell asleep peacefully, Xie Shence walked out of the room, came to the courtyard, and looked at the appearance of the dusty servants all the way.

"I'm a metabolizer, Mr. Xie."

"Childe is serious."

By the time Xie Shence had finished dealing with a series of trivial matters that Xie Sheng had arrived, it was already dark.

"Father!"

In the courtyard where Xie Shence lived, a figure threw himself into Xie Shence's arms, Xie Shence bent down and picked up the girl, turned around a few times in place, and laughed.

Under the eaves, two women stood side by side.