In March of the first year of the Wei Dynasty, in the imperial city of Wei.

Tuoba Tao was furious and smashed all the utensils in front of him.

Two hours ago, a messenger from outside the city came in at a gallop, saying that he was coming from Kasaka and that there was an urgent military situation.

The Wei army operated in Chang'an for several months and was firmly defended. Pusaka is in the northeast of Chang'an, which is the rear of the battle line, and it should be safer, and there should be no war.

Therefore, the answering officer felt strange after hearing this, and subconsciously asked what happened.

The messenger did not inform, but only urged the king of Wei to convey the letter himself.

Tuoba Tao knew more about the inside story, and when he heard the news, he hurriedly ordered someone to bring the messenger with him. Then he dismantled the letter, and after a quick look at the first few columns, he became angry.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Taichangqing Cui Hao was about to tell the matter, and when he saw this scene, he asked.

"The king of Yicheng used troops without authorization, and when Helian, the new lord of the Xia State, was set to be in Majiling, he was besieged and captured by the Xia army. ”

"Who else?" Cui Hao thought of more after hearing this, and hurriedly asked again.

"The main generals Eqing and Liu Ba, as well as some vanguard generals. Tuoba Tao also had a hunch, and then looked down. While looking, name a few people.

"The first king of Yicheng has almost been wiped out, and the Guanzhong region is in danger. Cui Hao realized that the situation was serious, and frowned and opened his mouth to remind.

"It's too late. Tuoba Tao replied, then tore the letter apart, and continued.

"After hearing about the defeat of the battle ahead, the guards did not think about guarding, and discarded all the baggage, first abandoned stability, and then abandoned Chang'an, and directly retreated thousands of miles to garrison in Pusaka. ”

After Cui Hao heard this, his brows furrowed even more.

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, although the defeat of Da Xijin and Eqing and others is greedy for merit, but they still want to take Pingliang and pacify the Xia Kingdom.

But what the pile did was too dishonorable, and he ran away without resistance. Months of battle were all lost in a matter of days.

"What does Your Majesty want to do?" Cui Hao was not calm at the moment, and asked in a trembling voice.

"Promote Xiping Gong'an Jie to be the main general, and after being promoted, he will first kill the pile. Tuoba Tao's face was gloomy, and he said word by word.

"Your Majesty, Budui is one of the six auxiliary ministers left by the first emperor, and there is nothing wrong with him in peacetime, and he also trekked thousands of miles to the Song capital the year before to rush for His Majesty's attack on Xia. Cui Hao originally wanted to ask how to deal with it, but when he heard that Tuoba Tao was going to kill Buhei, he hurriedly dissuaded him.

"The way to govern the army, rewards and punishments are clear. He committed the death penalty himself, and he could not blame others. Besides..."

After Tuoba Tao heard the advice, he did not change his mind. At this point, he deliberately paused, then lowered his voice and continued.

"Besides, taking care of life is not a kind of constraint. Great Wei is no longer the representative country of the past, and some people have lost their sharpness and blindly try to be conservative. Didn't Lord Taichang often have disputes with these people when he acted before?"

"Your Majesty understood. ”

What Tuoba Tao said, Cui Hao immediately understood. After understanding, he knew that he could not change his mind, and he no longer tried to persuade him.

"What does Lord Taichang want to tell you?" Seeing that Cui Hao no longer spoke, Tuoba Tao remembered the purpose of his previous visit and took the initiative to ask.

"The spies who went to the Song Kingdom returned one after another, found out some news, and his ministers came to report it. Cui Hao responded.

"What about that young man?" asked Tuoba Tao rhetorically.

"Mostly related to him. Cui Hao confirmed.

Tuoba Tao didn't open his mouth after hearing this, and waved his hand to signal him to say it directly.

"Back then, Liu Yu, the Duke of Song, had the intention of replacing the Jin lord, and ordered someone to secretly murder the Sima clan. Except for one lady and princess of the Jin royal family, all the rest were slaughtered. Cui Hao saw the gesture, did not delay, and began to speak.

Tuoba Tao listened as he tapped his fingers on the table next to him.

He was ten years old when these things happened, and he had already followed the emperor to fight in the four directions, and he had heard a lot about these things.

In fact, there was one person who escaped and was not killed by Liu Yu. This person disappeared when he fled to Yizhou, and since then he has disappeared from the world. ”

"What do you mean by Lord Taichang?" Hearing this, Tuoba Tao stopped his movements and interrupted his question.

"The minister went to the Anbei King's Mansion yesterday and had a detailed discussion with the King of Anbei. When he first met the boy, the defendant was known as Ma Wen. Cui Hao didn't reply directly, just reminded him.

"The horse asks, the horse asks..."

Tuoba Tao repeated the name over and over again, and after saying it several times, he suddenly stopped and called out another name.

Sima asked. ”

"Exactly. Cui Hao responded in affirmative.

"This person is available?" he said tentatively.

"Very useful. Tuobatao's response was equally affirmative.

......

The messenger did not wait long, and after the letter was handed in for more than half an hour, an official of the DPRK and China handed the reply letter to the messenger and ordered him to return to Kasaka as soon as possible.

Less than half an hour after the messenger left, several horsemen galloped out of the south gate of Pingcheng. Ten miles outside the gate, it was divided into two teams, one team ran to Pusaka, and the other team ran to Tongwan.

......

For several months, Sima Wenzhi went out early and returned late, and most of the time he practiced in the valley outside Tongwan City. Not only make up for the previous shortcomings, but also make great progress.

Growing progress is in reversing yin and yang through the use of the Fa-rectification, not cultivation. He had tried to attack the remaining veins, but they all failed.

Although he is diligent in cultivation, he also pays attention to some movements in Tongwan City. Soon after the news of Tuoba Tao's change of Yuan Shenhu reached Tongwan City, the news that Xia Lord Helian Chang had been captured and sent to Pingcheng arrived next.

In addition, the He clan is about to give birth, and the Tuoba clan is about to have a successor, and after a series of battles, all the situation is developing in a good direction.

But since a few days ago, the city has suddenly become vigilant. Even if he wants to enter and leave Tongwan, he needs to be questioned and searched repeatedly.

Sima Wenzhi was very disgusted by this, so he simply stopped going out of the city and waited for something to happen in his residence.

"Is the Taoist chief in the house?"

Around noon, when Sima Wenzhi was resting, someone asked outside the house. Then the sound of footsteps approached, and without waiting for a response, the visitor began to knock on the door.

"Wait. ”

Sima Wenzhi was pretending to be asleep, and hurriedly responded after hearing the voice. While getting up, I packed up my clothes.

No one has been looking for him for months, but when he comes to look for him today, something must have happened. And it seems that people's actions are called in an emergency. Thinking of the martial law in recent days, he also wanted to know what was going on.

Hurriedly walked out of the house, he didn't have time to tell Langya, and left in a hurry.

On the way to the mansion of King Changshan, Sima Wenzhi took the initiative to ask the visitor what happened. But the person who came was only sent by Tuoba Su, and he did not know about it, could not tell him, and repeatedly urged him to walk quickly.

After being urged, Sima Wenzhi deliberately cast a spell and walked quickly, leaving behind the future in a few breaths, and went straight to Tuoba Su's mansion.