This battle ended with the defeat of Southern Xia.

Not long after Hu Zhuo returned to the camp, the messenger of Nanxia came again, this time, Hu Zhuo did not let the messenger see Shen Yuexi, but looked at the big box brought by the messenger himself, opened it, and there was an arm with a missing finger lying inside.

Clumsy gritted his teeth and looked back at the messenger, who still had a face-painted smile on his face, but he felt that there was a clear mockery hidden there.

Without even thinking about it, he drew his sword and cut off the messenger's head.

The head fell to the ground, and the messenger still had a smile on his face that he would have time to take it back.

The two armies fought without slashing, and suddenly broke this rule, but he didn't regret it, at this time he just wanted to annihilate the Nanxia army in one fell swoop and capture Zhao Zheng alive, everything Shen Yi went through, he had to let Zhao Zheng go through it again.

As for Shen Yuexi, he has to hide it, otherwise Shen Yuexi will definitely compromise because of his brother, and at that time, not only Shen Yuexi, but also him will be restrained by Zhao Zheng and defeated.

In this game, it is important to be in the driver's seat.

Zhao Zheng waited for a long time and did not see the messenger come back, so he knew that the messenger must be more than lucky, and he repeatedly refused to give in, and ignored the etiquette of the battle and killed the messenger, which made Zhao Zheng's anger even stronger.

He wanted to simply kill Shen Yi to relieve the fire in his heart, but he was rational in the end, Shen Yi was the last chess piece in his hand, and he would have no hole cards if he killed Shen Yi.

So, Zhao Zheng sat there, one hand clenched into a fist, trying to suppress all kinds of angry howls coming out of his body.

Not long after, Xu Du came to see, as the coach, he was defeated one after another, and Xu Du was a little embarrassed, so as soon as he entered the big tent, he didn't say anything, knelt on one knee and lowered his head.

"Get up, as the commander, what should you think when you let the soldiers see you like this." Zhao Zheng said in a deep voice.

Xu Du got up, "It was the minister's poor command that led to repeated defeats. ”

Zhao Zheng shook his head, "The Beihu people are good at riding, the soldiers and horses are strong, and the Southern Xia is already in a weak position, but after these battles, Beihu has also suffered a lot of damage, so it depends on who can grit his teeth and stand up." ”

Reinforcements are coming to the frontier in a steady stream, so Zhao Zheng is not in a hurry, he has the capital that will be consumed for a long time with Hu.

"These days, Beihu will definitely step up the battle, you are good to deploy, divide the soldiers into several teams, and take turns to fight." Zhao Zheng said.

Xu Du nodded, and then asked, "Shen Yi?" ”

Hearing Shen Yi's name, Zhao Zheng's eyes darkened, "He fornicated with Beihu, and his crime is unforgivable." ”

Xu Du said no more, turned around and retired.

That night, Beihu launched another attack on Southern Xia, this time directly attacking the military camp, a chaotic battle.

The soldiers guarding the lookout of the Nanxia were the first to notice something unusual, the sound of horses' hooves, and when they realized that it was the sound of the Northern Hu cavalry, they hurriedly blew the horn.

The Southern Xia soldiers rose up in a hurry and picked up their weapons to fight.

In the night, there was another bloody battle.

Hu Zhuo's surprise attack was to save Shen Yi, he wanted to take advantage of the night to break into the military camp of Southern Xia, but the soldiers of Southern Xia put up stubborn resistance, and before they entered the barracks, the two sides had exhausted their strength, and Northern Hu Mingjin withdrew his troops and retreated.

Before it was dark, it was another raid.

Shen Yuexi stayed in the barracks, only to see the soldiers coming in and out every day, and the wounded were increasing. She and Zhicui still helped with the wounded.

For her brother's affairs, Shen Yuexi was anxious in her heart, but she couldn't do anything, she had been busy fighting, and she was tired when she came back every day, Shen Yuexi was reluctant to let him bother anymore, so she waited, she believed in Hu, and believed that he could save his brother.

However, after many days of wheel battles, there was no news from Nanxia, Shen Yuexi was a little flustered, Zhao Zheng was so quiet, it was a little unusual.

"Why hasn't Nanxia sent a messenger for a few days?" Shen Yuexi finally couldn't help but ask.

"The two armies are fighting frequently, probably Zhao Zheng can't take care of it." He said perfunctorily, without telling Shen Yuexi about his killing of the Southern Xia messenger.

Hu Zhuo has also been worried, will Zhao Zheng have already killed Shen Yi? If he really killed, then he really couldn't face Shen Yuexi.

"I don't know what happened to my brother." Shen Yuexi whispered.

As she spoke, she looked at Clumsy, in fact, she was talking to Clumsy, and she wanted to hear some reassuring answers from Clumsy.

"Give me some time, I will definitely rescue Shen Yi." Hu said clumsily.

Since Hu Zhuo said this, Shen Yuexi was naturally relieved. So she nodded.

Things are so stuck, more than 20 days have passed, fighting one after another, although Nanxia did not win, but Beihu did not have a substantial victory, and the two sides consumed each other in this way, working hard and losing money.

Shen Yi's arm healed the wound, but he was still locked in a military prison, emaciated as a handful of dry bones.

Zhao Zheng never went to see him again, he still had a conscience, and he would feel a little guilty when he saw Shen Yi. But Zhao Zheng didn't think it was his fault, he felt that it was clumsy, it was he who attacked Nanxia again and again regardless of Shen Yi's safety.

At the end of summer, it suddenly rained heavily, and for many days, the two sides tacitly agreed to a truce.

The rain fell on the top of the big tent, making a crackling sound, Shen Yuexi sat in the big tent, in a daze, so many days have passed, and I don't know what happened to my brother.

I wonder how long this battle can last?

When he returned to the big tent, Shen Yuexi asked him this question, "How long can this battle last?" ”

"It's not for sure, it's a few months, it's a year, it's a few years." Suddenly, he replied.

This answer made Shen Yuexi feel desperate.

"War is the most demonic thing in the world." Shen Yuexi sighed, "How many people have died in it, how many people have lost their homes and been displaced. ”

"War brings destruction, but it also brings life, and you don't know how many merchants have made a fortune in war." Suddenly smiled.

"That's just a few people, most of them are burdened by the war and can't live in peace," Shen Yuexi looked up at the clumsy man, "Now that you are the king, can you stop fighting?" ”

Clumsy did not answer. What he didn't have the confidence to do, he couldn't answer.

The clumsy face explained everything, Shen Yuexi stopped talking about it, she didn't want to do the difficult things that were clumsy.

"At present, Nanxia has repeatedly provoked, and war is inevitable, as long as I can keep my brother safe." Shen Yuexi whispered to herself.

Hu Clumsy still didn't speak, and now he didn't even dare to answer this matter.

Shen Yuexi stopped talking, sat quietly, quietly listening to the sound of the rain beating on the big tent, and was in a low mood.

Yi'er was taken care of by Zhicui in another big tent, but thanks to Zhicui, Shen Yuexi was able to rest many times.

"Did you marry a wife?" Shen Yuexi thought of Zhicui, and remembered that she liked to see mountains.

"My Jingwei has never taken a wife."

"Why?"

"Rong Ma's career is born today and died tomorrow, and marrying a wife and having children will make you more worried."

"Then you won't allow them to take wives?"

Suddenly, he thought for a moment, "It's too inhumane not to be allowed to marry a wife, I allow them to marry a wife, but after marrying a wife, they will leave the Elite Guard, and then there will be a new replacement to join." ”

Shen Yuexi thought, and she didn't know whether Jianshan was willing to stay in the Jingwei Army or marry Zhicui, but now that the war was raging, it seemed a little early to think about this, and at the moment she was most worried about her brother's problem.

"Is there a temple around here?" Shen Yuexi asked.

Suddenly thought for a while, "It doesn't seem to be seen, even if there is, now that there are wars, the temple should have been empty a long time ago, what do you want to do?" ”

"When we Han people have something that cannot be solved, we will want to go to the temple to worship the Bodhisattva and beg for the Bodhisattva's blessing." After Shen Yuexi finished speaking, she smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Then I'll keep an eye on it, and if I know where there is a temple, I'll take you to worship." Hu said clumsily.

Shen Yuexi nodded.

This is said and said, before the war is over, it is difficult to have spare time, he has too many things to deal with, not only military affairs, but also government affairs, the military salary and materials required by the army to fight the war need to be continuously supplied, several cities captured by the Southern Xia, the property in it has been looted by the Southern Xia, in addition to collecting military taxes from the people of Beihu, there is also a best way, which is to encourage soldiers to capture the cities of Southern Xia, to loot the property of the people of Southern Xia, one to maintain military salaries, and the other can boost morale.

Thinking so, he also did so, and he gave orders to Mugodo, and Mugodo to the lieutenants, and then issued them layer by layer, informing each soldier.

The Beihu people were originally barbaric, but they had always been strict in governing the army, and the soldiers were not allowed to kill innocents indiscriminately and grab money, so every time they won a battle, the people in the city were able to continue to live in peace, such as Youzhou City, where the Nanxia and Beihu people lived together, because the clumsiness left the lives of those Nanxia people.

And now, in order to achieve his goal more quickly, he has changed his long-standing style, allowing the soldiers to plunder, whether it is money or people, as long as they take the city, everything will be plundered by the soldiers, and after the plunder, they can hand over a part of it, and they can keep a part for themselves.

As soon as the news spread, the morale of the Beihu army was really high, and everyone wanted to set foot in Southern Xia and plunder the endless wealth.

Southern Xia was defeated again and again, the army continued to retreat, and the 100,000 cavalry of Beihu became more and more courageous, and the iron cavalry was invincible.

Shen Yuexi watched Beihu encroach on Nanxia step by step, and didn't know what it was like, especially after entering the city, seeing those innocent civilians in Nanxia being killed by Beihu soldiers and their property being plundered, Shen Yuexi gave birth to compassion for the heavens, these people had no sins, and originally lived a peaceful and peaceful life, but disaster fell from the sky, and their lives were whimpered, which was really pitiful.

Endured one city, two cities, and when it came to the third city, Shen Yuexi couldn't bear it anymore, and she begged Hu Clumsy not to massacre civilians.

"Do you know that some people will sneak up on the Beihu army?" Asked clumsily.

Shen Yuexi naturally didn't know this, she only saw the soldiers of Beihu slaughtering unarmed civilians in Southern Xia.