Although the time is already early spring, the northwest wind inside and outside Yumen Pass still blows people in a cold mood, and from time to time in order to spit out the yellow sand blowing in the mouth and nose, and spit fiercely.

On such unpopular days, Zhao Xing generally does not go out. He would write something at length in his house, and although even Cai Yan's sister didn't have a chance to see what he wrote so far, he did keep writing.

In addition to writing, Zhao Xing will also accompany Sister Cai to talk about life and ideals in his spare time, after all, being pushed backwards once is pushed, and being pushed back ten times is also pushed. Instead of sitting in front of the lamp in the long night in the wind and sand, it is better to move the lumbar tendons and contribute youth and sweat to the great cause of the Han population.

Good times always pass in the blink of an eye, and Zhao Xing, who was writing in the study today, faintly felt a little irritable in his heart, so he shouted: "Yan'er, make me a cup of tea, this weather is dry, and it makes people's throats very uncomfortable!"

After a while, another female reporter from "Jin Daily" brought Zhao Xing a cup of tea with a red face. She quietly walked to Zhao Xing's side, put the tea in Zhao Xing's hand, and then stood behind Zhao Xing without saying a word and watched him write.

When he came to Dunhuang, Zhao Xing did not bring any female dependents. When he arrived in Dunhuang, Zhao Xing did not let the local officials prepare for him to call maids according to the usual practice. Due to the limited accommodation conditions in the city, two female reporters from the "Jin Daily" were arranged to live in the same courtyard with Zhao Xing. Since Zhao Xing was pushed back by Cai Yan's sister-in-law, the responsibility of taking care of Zhao Xing's daily life has fallen on the head of the Cai family's sister-in-law.

It happened to be unfortunate today, Cai Yan left Yumen Pass early in the morning, saying that he wanted to take a walk on the land of the Western Regions in person, and by the way, he would pick up some land. And she didn't mention this matter to Zhao Xing, but only asked Zhang Ji's little daughter Zhang Ziwei, who accompanied her, to help take care of Master Taifu. So Zhao Xing shouted in the study, and in a hurry, the reporter hurriedly made tea and poured water for him, and brought it to the house.

Zhao Xing habitually poured a few sips of tea, and was about to raise his pen to continue writing, when he suddenly felt that the person behind him didn't seem to be leaving, so he turned his head to look.

Zhao Xing looked at Zhang Ziwei, who was flushed, and then asked in some surprise: "Xiao Zhang, Zhao Ji went out today?"

Zhang Ziwei nodded vigorously, and didn't dare to speak shyly for a while.

Zhao Xing wondered in his heart, so he asked again: "Aren't you Zhang Ji's little daughter and Zhang Xiu's cousin, why are you so shy after seeing me?"

Zhang Ziwei finally overcame the huge psychological obstacle, and said with some heart: "It's the first time for people to get along with Master Taifu alone, so they are nervous. ”

When Zhao Xing heard the little girl's words, he felt a lot of slander in his heart, and the sister of the Zhang family, who was in love, regarded herself as a flower thief who saw a flower picker.

Seeing Zhang Ziwei, who has now become a hibiscus out of the water, Zhao Xing suddenly thought that when Zhang Ji was in Liangzhou, he once married a very beautiful concubine, whose name was Zou. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is said that Cao Heizi likes/women, and at that time, because he was busy with this beauty Zou, he fell for Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu's plan, folded Dian Wei, and died Cao Ang.

Thinking about it this way, Zhao Xing felt that Zhang Ziwei could look so smart, and he really had to thank her mother's excellent genes. Zhao had a tricky mind, so he asked Zhang Ziwei with a smile: "Xiao Zhang, how old is this year?"

When Zhang Ziwei heard Zhao Xing's words, her body couldn't help but tremble, and she replied hesitantly: "People are already fifteen years old. ”

Zhao Xing nodded, and said, "Well, I've reached the age where you can get married, why don't I help you keep a matchmaker and introduce a family business?"

"Hmm...... Okay......" Zhang Ziwei lowered her head.

"Then let's talk about it, after returning to the party, I will ask someone to go to your house to propose marriage, you can rest assured, this young descendant introduced to you is a talented person. Zhao Xing said with a smile with great satisfaction.

While the two were talking, a personal guard covered in blood suddenly rushed in, and reported in a panic: "Lord Taifu, if you find a major enemy, please evacuate Dunhuang City immediately!"

Zhao Xing didn't believe his ears a little, and lowered his face to ask the guards: "What is it that makes you so flustered?"

The leader of the guards stabilized his mood for a moment, and then reported at a rapid speed: "In the morning, Cai Da reporter said that he was going to collect wind outside Yumen Pass, and the small ones felt that now the army of the West Road had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Western Regions, and the enemy had not been seen outside Yumen Pass for a long time, so they agreed, and I accompanied Cai reporter out of Yumen Pass with fifty brothers. Unexpectedly, we suddenly found a large number of Hu cavalry more than ten miles outside the pass, and they rushed at us without saying a word! The little one rushed out of the enemy's encirclement at the risk of death, and returned to Dunhuang to call the police, and the rest of the brothers had already died under the sword of the Hu people......

"What! A large number of Hu cavalry were found outside the Yumen Pass?" Zhao Xing finally realized the seriousness of the situation at this time, grabbed the guard's chest, and asked angrily, "Where is Reporter Cai?"

The leader of the guards hurriedly replied: "When I got out, Reporter Cai had already been kidnapped by the Hu people, and I don't know what happened now." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Xing to ask another question, a terrible bull horn suddenly sounded from the head of Dunhuang City, and then a monkey "chirped" into the air, making a "bang" explosion.

This is a warning signal that the city agreed within the Jin State is under major enemy attack. If only the horn is sounded, it means that the enemy is sure to repel the attack, but if the monkey is added, the situation is very critical and the city is in danger of falling.

At this moment, Hua Weiguo rushed in like a gust of wind and shouted to Zhao Xing: "Lord Taifu, there are more than 50,000 Hu cavalry gathered outside the Yumen Pass, and within half an hour, the gate will be broken, please evacuate to the east quickly!"

At this time, Zhao Xing was not as nervous as he was just now, but scolded in a deep voice: "Lao Tzu is not leaving! Hua Weiguo, as the person in charge of the Shadow Northwest Region, you tell Lao Tzu that a few days ago, didn't it be reported that the Western Expeditionary Army was moving quickly and had brilliant results? How could you let the Hu cavalry of the Western Regions beat the Yumen Gate in the blink of an eye!"

Hua Weiguo didn't care that there were outsiders around him, and hurriedly reported to Zhao Xing: "Just now I received a spy report from the Western Regions that the team members risked their lives to come back, saying that the two generals, Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu, violated your policy of not dividing troops because of their fierce fighting, and went all the way to the northwest to conquer Yanqi and all the way to the southwest to conquer the Jingjue Kingdom, but they were ambushed by Shanshan and Che Shiguo respectively, and the two armies were defeated one after another! Now General Zhang Xiu was killed in battle, and Li Hui, the military division, was captured; General Ma Chao was wounded and fled to Yihe Duweicheng, and Tian Yu's military division was nowhere ......to be found."

After listening to Hua Weiguo's report, Zhao Xing only felt that his mind was blank, and then his chest was stuffy, and he spit out a mouthful of blood with "wow". Before he fell into a coma, Zhao Xing said to himself: "The Jin Kingdom has almost exhausted the treasury of silver, and it is not easy to promote this western expedition, and it ends here...... Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu mistook me!"

Zhao Xing, who had never suffered such a major blow, finally fell to the ground unwillingly, leaving only a new Dunhuang city that was still under construction, quietly watching the more and more Hu people in the Western Regions gathering outside the Yumen Pass......

PS: The feeling of arrears is really unpleasant, today's four watches, finally repaid the debts owed yesterday, everyone can wash and sleep!