At the beginning of October, Xie Shence arrived in Quyang, which had been recovered by the Jin army at this time.

On the western front, most of the area north of the Hutuo River was basically reoccupied by the Jin army, and with the continuous mobilization of the army and the arrival of logistics, the western front of the northern army began to besiege Dingzhou City on both sides.

Guo Feiqin led a large army to continuously put pressure on Dingzhou City in the south. In the west, Xue Tian successively captured a lot of county seats, further compressing the living space of the Yan army. In mid-October, the siege of Dingzhou City on both sides had been completed.

At this time, in the northern battlefield, with the fierce offensive launched by the Jin army in August and September, especially the successive defeats of Murong City, the Yan army retreated and was nailed to the area of Dingzhou, Anguo, and Hejian, holding the battle line tightly and not moving.

It is impossible to move forward, and as for going back, who would dare?

Although there are still differences in the Yan tribal alliance on the eastern front of the Yan army, it is also when facing the problem of how to fight, after the previous bloody suppression, the current Yan tribal alliance, no one dares to retreat.

Emperor Yan's decree has come down, and he has mobilized enough troops around those originally restless tribal territories, as long as anyone dares to retreat, then wait to receive the heads of their relatives.

Of course, it is impossible to say this directly in the holy decree, and the meaning will not be spoken. This decree was not made public, but was circulated among the tribal leaders.

Xie Shence returned to Xinzhou City again on October 10, compared with before, Xinzhou City at this time is undoubtedly more noisy, but compared with last time, this time the chaos is because the base camp of the Jin army's western front is located here.

Guo Fei's Chinese army camp is here, and the headquarters is also here, so all the orders and notices are sent and received here.

Xinzhou City is not big, when the city was originally built, it was intended to be used for garrisoning troops and transporting grain and grass, but after the sudden influx of tens of thousands of people, the city instantly became crowded. A large number of soldiers and food and grass urgently transferred from the south arrived in a steady stream, and then they were distributed to various places through military orders from the headquarters.

The people of the city also mobilized spontaneously to help. Some nimble businesses have also taken advantage of the situation to make a comeback, of course, not to make money (the war is not over yet, and whoever dares to ask for money at this time will not die), but to help the military regulate civilian organizations, earn enough contacts locally, and then "by the way" to promote some things.

Needless to say, these merchants were arranged by Xie Shence earlier, and in addition to acting in the name of "aid", they are also occupying the market, and more importantly, publicity.

Promote Xie Shence's "great achievements".

Xie Tidu's fire ox formation broke the enemy, Xie Tidu flooded the three armies, Xie Tidu burned the Yan army grain camp, etc., etc., the businessman and some spies of the Ti Cai Division added fuel to the fire, coupled with the cooperation of the storyteller, for a time there were various deeds of Xie Shence in the entire northern land.

And on the third day when Xie Shence secretly returned to Xinzhou City, there was a new version of the story, that is, "Xie Tidu outwitted the three tigers"

"Huh? Guest: You said you hadn't heard of it? Then the guests will be left behind! ”

"What are the three tigers? Fish ponds, beehives and Erli people! ”

"You don't believe it? You didn't look up when you entered the city, did you? There is a list on the city wall, and there is a head on the city! ”

"The guest must come back to tell the story of the wife who is sick today, not come tomorrow, tomorrow must start work, the guest lives in the upper room, to the point of a small reminder to you."

Such a scene is staged every day in Xinzhou City, and even in the two northern counties of Hebei Province.

Now, whether it is Xinzhou City, the entire north, or the entire Great Jin, they are full of optimism about the war. In fact, it is true, anyone can see that the defeat of Yan Kingdom is decided. And Xie Shence's name, as well as the name of Ti Qisi, also inadvertently spread all over the country.

At the end of October, Xie Shence came to the Cangzhou camp.

Here, there is one more thing waiting for him to deal with.

Sima Bi

Xie Shence met Sima Bi the day after entering Cangzhou.

In the General's Mansion, there was no joy and excitement after the tide of the battle was reversed, but it was a little deserted.

Xie Shence saw Sima Bi, who was a little tired, in the General's Mansion.

"General, now that the war has stabilized, you should rest more, don't work too hard." Xie Shence picked up the teacup and gestured to Sima Bi.

"Good tea, if you guess well, this should be Mingqian tea."

Sima Bi smiled slightly and said: "It was still given to me by the old lady, but it was only one catty, and today is the Lord Admiral, and other people's words are reluctant." ”

Xie Shence also laughed and said: "Grandpa is really generous, this pound is worth the same weight of gold before the Ming Dynasty." There are very few on the market, and they have always been given away. ”

"Of course, the contemptible people know the price of this catty before the Ming Dynasty, especially the Longjing in the West Lake. Huaishang is very capable, Lord Admiral, he is very capable. ”

Xie Shence didn't care about Sima Bi's mockery of him for collecting money, but said with a smile: "Hehe, the general also doesn't know anything, and this matter has nothing to do with it." I just came up with an idea, saying that there were business opportunities for tea, and those people made up something by themselves, such as Yuezhou, Qiantang, West Lake, etc., especially the West Lake tea was divided into several tiers. To be honest, I also criticized them at the time, saying that it was too expensive and not good, but I didn't expect that in just two or three years, it would become so popular. Every inch of money really lives up to its name. ”

Sima Bi took a sip of tea, didn't continue the discussion of this topic, and said lightly: "Lord Admiral is here, there must be something important." ”

Xie Shence put away his smile, and then said: "The general must have heard that a few days ago, Admiral Ben caught a group of people in Taihang Mountain, these people, there are fish ponds, beehives, and Erli people, all of whom are not enough to thank the world for doing all kinds of evil, and some of these people are related to the general. ”

Sima Bi looked at Xie Shence and did not speak.

"Well, I caught two live mouths of beehives, these two people, to be precise, one person, Admiral Ben is in the General's Mansion, I have seen it."

Sima Bi picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then said lightly: "Oh? Is it? How can it be. ”

Xie Shence smiled: "It's a jade merchant." Those jades were later purchased by General Sima at a high price, and some of them were sent to the Jin capital, some to the palace, some to the university scholars' mansions, cough cough, and some of them were placed on my grandfather's desk. I don't know the general, am I right? ”

Sima Bi said expressionlessly: "So what? When they entered my general's mansion, they were merchants, and when they left my general's mansion, they were also merchants, and they just made a simple deal with them. ”

Xie Shence looked at Sima Bi's indifference, and his heart was also calm, this was originally expected by him, it was just two people from the beehive, not to mention that Sima Bi really had nothing to do with them, Xie Shence didn't think that he could scare Sima Bi by this.

"yes, so what? The two hive spies were also going to frame the general, but how could Admiral Ben believe it, and it took torture to get them to tell the truth. Indeed, they are only here to find out the news, and everything has nothing to do with the general. The so-called clear self-purity, turbidity self-turbidity. The general can rest assured that this point has been made clear by Admiral Ben in a secret letter to His Majesty, saying that the general has absolutely nothing to do with the hive. ”

Sima Bi's hand holding the teacup paused slightly.

Good shameless people

All kinds of signs show that Sima Bi has nothing to do with the beehive spy, and I believe that Emperor Jin will also make such a judgment, and such a judgment is in line with the facts. This was a natural thing to do. But the key is that Xie Shence said another sentence in the secret letter sent to Emperor Jin: The minister thinks that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with General Sima.

There are no three hundred taels of silver here!

I know it's okay, but you add such a sentence, does it give people a false impression: Maybe it's still a little related?

Sima Bi looked at Xie Shence's face of "I'll help you make it clear, you praise me quickly", and finally resisted the urge to splash tea on Xie Shence's face.

"Thank you, Admiral."

"Hahahaha, you're welcome, you're welcome, it should be, it should be!"

Xie Shence laughed, very proud.

Sima Bi's hand shook again, and then he withdrew it.

After Xie Shence laughed, he said: "Regarding the assassination of Admiral Ben in Cangzhou in August, it has also been found out that it was done by the beehive, and I dare to do these things in Cangzhou, and they dare to do it, and they are bold dog thieves, and they don't look at whose territory they are."

Sima Bi's hand that had just withdrawn was stiff again.

It's not over yet!

Speaking of this incident, it was actually a coincidence, after Qingcao Ya'er found out about Xie Shence that day, he didn't have murderous intentions, but he just wanted to steal Tiqi's confidential documents by attacking Xie Shence, and then attacking the west, but because the incident happened in a hurry, it was too late to gather people, so he missed. The woman who stabbed Xie Shence was the maid of the grass sprouts.

This matter was figured out by Xie Shence when he was in Xinzhou City.

Qingcao Ya'er has already asked Tiqi to be strictly guarded and sent back to Jindu, and without Xie Shence's order, no one can interrogate or torture without authorization. And the surviving child who was slaughtered by the Erli killers, Xie Shence took him with him all the time, and at this time he was in the post house in the south of the city, with the black armor guard of the Tiqi Division.

Sima Bi arched his hand this time and said: "Lord Admiral's forgiveness, this matter is really not known, although a large-scale search was carried out after that day, it is speculated that it may be a beehive or even a fish pond person, who wants to attack Lord Admiral, but in the end, the war is urgent, or it is over, I hope Lord Admiral will forgive me." ”

Xie Shence waved his hand generously and said: "Where is it, there is a specialization in the art industry, and the general's power is not here, I know." Hahahaha"

Xie Shence laughed again.

Seeing the people in front of him making fun of themselves, Sima Bi was a little unhappy.

Xie Shence's giggle finally made Sima Bi's eight winds not move and move.

"Lord Admiral, these are trivial matters, even if Lord Admiral wants to use this, it's nothing, Lord Admiral, let's just tell me what you mean."

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