In the blink of an eye, the day was April 15th.

In the Taihe Hall in the morning, the courtiers of the early dynasty had dispersed, except for Emperor Jianxi, who was gloomy on the throne, only the cabinet members and Prince Gong were still standing on both sides of the main hall.

In the center of the hall, Guan Shan, who had just rushed back to Pingjing last night, was standing there with a tired expression. Even though he had bathed all night and trimmed his beard, he was still as rough as a savage compared to the cabinet ministers around him who had been pampered in the heart of the empire.

Guan Shan is now Chang Sheng's henchman, and he is also the one who was picked up by Song Ne. However, at this time, Song Ne was surprised in his heart - Guan Shan was the same age as him, and he was still an extraordinary young man when he went north to join the army, but at this time he was already like a man over fifty years old, with a face full of vicissitudes and ravines.

It is said that the job of joining the army is staff and military affairs, and it can be regarded as a civilian job in the army, and he does not need to charge into battle, nor does he need to do any coolies, why did he toss himself into this appearance after a few years?

Just behind Guan Shan, the two palace people slowly unfolded a map of the northern territory that was erected - the lower third of the map was the border north of Ruyang in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the upper two-thirds was the newly drawn map of the Jin Kingdom in March this year.

Everyone stared at the map in silence, waiting for the answer that the soldier brought back.

All these days everyone has been trying to speculate about one thing—why did the news of Arslan's reconquest of the Seventh Army come along with the news of his coronation on the banks of the Lur River, and could it be that the garrisons of the four northern states were unaware of Arslan's four-sided conquest and did not know until the battle was over?

They just watched each other occupy seven indifferent?

And the annexed seven tribes never sent a request for help to the Great Zhou, and directly became the deceased ministers under the horseshoe of Arslan?

From beginning to end, this incident feels ridiculous.

"Your Majesty, please come and see." Guan Shan's voice had the same rough temperament as his appearance, and Emperor Jianxi squinted his eyes and walked down the steps, never taking his eyes off the map.

"Of the seven tribes that were recovered by the Arslan tribe in one fell swoop, only two have actually seen two armies face each other." Holding an arm-length bamboo in his hand, he clicked at two places in the northwest corner of the map, "They are the Langxi Department here, and the Weiwu Department here, which are actually far away from our national border." Moreover, Langxi and Uwe, the two departments, have changed their lords six times in the past two years alone, and they have always been in the midst of war. ”

"Three of the remaining five tribes mutinied at the same time on the night of March 16, killing their respective chiefs in response to Arslan, and the other two surrendered directly to Arslan a few days later. Taken together, it's only five or six days. The various ministries were under strict martial law, and all the envoys we sent were slaughtered, and General Chang was aware of some changes at that time, but he could only strengthen the border defense slightly. By the time it became known that Arslan had been crowned on the banks of the Ruhr River near the Langsey Department, it was already the end of March.

"How exactly this was planned is still unknown. For for months, we have been thinking that the main force of Arslan is maneuvering with our army in the area of the Hongshui River in the north...... Coupled with the rebellion of the displaced people in the four northern continents in the past few months, General Chang is really stumbling on the left and right......"

Guan Shan pointed to the map and carefully explained the situation in the four northern states since the Chinese New Year this year.

Everyone was shocked.

In fact, in the past ten years, the situation in the north has been a mess, but there has never been any major disaster, every year the food from all over the country has been continuously sent to the front, and good news has also been coming in a steady stream, as if it has become a habit, but the war has never really ended.

"Guan Shan." Song Bozong opened his mouth with a heavy face.

Guan Shan bowed to Song Bozong and shouted softly, "Elder Ge." ”

"Why does Chang Sheng say in the excerpt that there will be a big invasion after this autumn?" Song Bozong frowned, "Even if the Arslan tribe occupies the other seven tribes, these seven tribes may not all be on the same level as him, even if he really has wolf ambitions, he will have to delay it for at least two or three years before he can raise troops to the south again." ”

Zhang Shouzhong also looked at Guan Shan - this is also his question, at this time, the Jin people have just been unified, it should still be civil strife, how can he have the energy to coordinate the army and send troops south?

"Elder Ge," a pained look appeared on Guan Shan's face, "You don't know the Jin people. ”

“…… What the? ”

"The Jin people live in pursuit of water and grass, and they have to approach south every autumn and winter. In the past, the tribes adjacent to the four states in my northern border were able to live in peace because they were relatively weak, and they also had internal friction and restraint among themselves. If they want to go south to plunder, they will have to beware of other tribes taking advantage of their confrontation with our army, so no one dares to attack us except for the Arslan tribe, which has been hovering in the far north and has no worries at all. ”

Speaking of this, Guan Shan's voice suddenly turned cold, "Now that the Jin people are unified and all under the command of Arslan, this kind of containment will be gone, so this autumn, they will definitely invade the south on a large scale." ”

……

Bai Ling returned to his former life of barely leaving the house, but unlike before, Wei XIV never returned—did Emperor Jianxi interrogate him? What exactly was he appointed to do? After being grounded, what is the outside world busy with?

Bai Ling had no way of knowing. It was also during this time that she really realized that if she didn't have Fourteen, she would be like someone who suddenly had her eyes covered and her ears covered, unable to see or hear.

However, it is precisely because of this invisibility and inaudible that Bai Ling during this period of time has lived a normal schedule and punctual meals.

In the huge courtyard, Bai Ling was alone at home at the moment. Today, the Tai Hospital was closed, Bai Shijun got up early in the morning and went to the library of the Tai Hospital to check the information because of the book, and Bai Yi also went to Jian'an Lake with Zeng Jiuyan.

It is said that it is someone else, at this time, in order to avoid suspicion, they should not get close to Zeng Jiuyan and them, but after the two brothers and sisters discussed, they felt more and more that this was an opportunity - it was too late to draw a clear line at this time, in this case, why not accept the invitation of Zeng Hou Shizi calmly?

She washed her dirty clothes and hung them in the yard, gently smoothing out the folds on her clothes, and the courtyard door rang at this time.

The knock on the door was very distinctive, more like the sound of a wooden door being knocked on a wooden door with metal, such as the hilt of a sword, than a human hand. Bai Ling was stunned for a moment, because she was familiar with the knock on the door—Fourteen liked to hold the scabbard like this and then hit the door with the hilt of the sword.

She hurriedly turned around and wiped her wet hands on her clothes, while responding "Here!" He walked briskly to open the door.

However, after removing the latch, Bai Ling's expression instantly turned cold.

- She did know the man standing outside the door, but it wasn't fourteen.

Almost a moment later, Bai Ling smiled as usual and said softly, "How can Lord Han have time to come to the Humble House. ”

Han Chong didn't answer immediately, he glanced at the empty courtyard of the Bai family, "It seems that Bai Siyao is home alone today." ”

"It's not a single person." Bai Ling replied, "Aren't the alleys on both sides guarded by the brocade guards sent by the emperor?" ”

Han Chong laughed indifferently, "What can they keep?" ”

"So ...... Lord Han is here today?"

"Ming Gong wants to see you." Han Chong said straight to the point.

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