Chu Lange's face was anxious, and he hurriedly asked for details.

Ma Ye doesn't know much about the specific situation in the northwest.

I only know that when Zhuo Yilan's army has not yet rushed to Pengyang Pass in the northwest, Danlai City has already fallen.

Whether Pengyang Pass can be defended by reinforcements of the army is still unknown. What happened later, Ma Ye didn't know. Because he wanted to escort his bodyguards to the capital, he hurried all night and never heard any more news about the northwest.

Chu Lange thanked Ma Ye.

Leave the teahouse and head straight to Zhuo's house.

As soon as she entered the gate of Zhuo's mansion, the guard in front of the door saw that it was her, but he didn't stop her.

Chu Lange stopped suspiciously, turned around and asked, "Why didn't you stop me?" What if a random person comes into the house and causes trouble? ”

"Back girl, before the prince left Beijing, he instructed that the prince and you are his family and can come and go freely." One of the guards replied respectfully.

Chu Lange was in a trance, and then asked, "Is the housekeeper in the house today?" ”

The guard said respectfully, "Yes." The housekeeper didn't leave the house today. ”

"Take me to him."

"Yes."

There was a guard who personally led the way, and Chu Lange didn't take much time to see the butler of Zhuo Mansion.

Retire the rest of the people.

Chu Lange directly asked about Zhuo Yilan's current situation.

The housekeeper didn't know much about it, mainly because Zhuo Yilan didn't write a letter. However, a few days before the end of the year, the housekeeper also heard secret rumors of a fight in the northwest in a certain official's house. It is said that the Northwest Emergency News had already arrived in the capital, and it was Emperor Yuan who temporarily suppressed the news to avoid causing panic among the people at the end of the year.

Whether the news was true or not, the housekeeper could not be sure at that time.

Today, after Chu Lange asked like this, it may be true.

The housekeeper said, "The little one will inquire first, and I will inform you as soon as there is news." ”

"Okay, it's much more convenient for you to inquire than I do." Chu Lange's expression was solemn.

Because of the identity of the housekeeper, he has a network of contacts and has more opportunities to contact the upper dignitaries. The current Chu Lange is limited to identity, and can only be listened to in the teahouse tavern.

Chu Lange went back to the small courtyard first.

She didn't tell the two of them about the news of the Northwest War.

A few days later, when Chu Lange was busy in the small wooden shop, he received a letter from the housekeeper.

The details were set out in the letter.

It turned out to be an emergency report from the northwest of Xiao State last year, and the military situation had been seriously delayed.

When fighting in the military, delays in military intelligence are often fatal.

When the spies in Danlai City found that Dayi had assembled an army, Dayi's army had already been deployed hundreds of miles away for half a year, ready to go.

However, the capital and the northwest are far away, and it takes more than a month for the army to use special channels to transmit information, and it is impossible to make arrangements in time.

Dayi seized the opportunity to raid Danlai City.

It only took half a month for the city of Danlai to fall.

Dayi's army immediately assembled and quickly stormed Pengyang Pass.

Fortunately, Pengyang Pass has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack, and with the nearby city guards, almost all reinforcements were made.

After hundreds of thousands of Xiao soldiers defended to the death, and countless casualties were there to prevent the first wave of attacks. However, the hundreds of thousands of troops to the west of the capital could not save the fire from far water. Coupled with the severe cold march in winter, the journey must be very difficult, and it is conservatively estimated that it will take more than two months to reach the northwest.

The combination of various bad factors has made the crisis in the northwest more and more severe.

There are many soldiers in Pengyang Pass, and it is still unknown whether they can hold on until Zhuo Yilan's army arrives.

Emperor Yuan received a secret report, and when the palace was furious, he ordered a thorough investigation of the internal situation of the delay in the military situation in the northwest.

After Chu Lange saw it, his face was extremely solemn.