Ding Zeyuan looked at Xu Beiyou's expression, his mood suddenly became solemn, he took a sip of wine to suppress his shock, and then said: "Shaanzhou borders the grassland, which is the garrison of the Northwest Army.

Xu Beiyou said calmly: "I don't know if Brother Ding has heard of it, this year's grassland will fall snow in June, and in the second season of autumn and winter, it will be a scene of thousands of miles of plain white and uninhabited, the white hair wind blows, people and animals are all dead, and the people on the grassland call it the white disaster, and the white disaster is together, and the grassland can not survive, so it can only go south to enter the customs." ”

Xu Beiyou paused for a moment, and then said: "In the past few years, there have been many small groups of cavalry in the grasslands going south, and Lin Han, the king of Zhenbei, said to the imperial court that the white disaster was serious and unsustainable. Fortunately, there are many appeasements from the imperial court, and it is not serious, but it is ...... this year"

Ding Zeyuan was shocked, "Although I don't know anything about the military, I also know that the snow in June is by no means a good omen, if this year's white disaster surpasses that of previous years, does it mean that there will be a grassland army in full force this year?"

Xu Beiyou walked outside the door, looked at the wolf smoke that pointed directly at the sky, and said softly: "Let's take a look." ”

Ding Zeyuan also put down the wine glass in his hand, came to the door and stood side by side with Xu Beiyou, looking into the distance.

Xu Beiyou recalled a conversation with Zhang Wuxian before leaving Zhongdu, Zhang Wuxian first told him about the situation in the northwest in the past few years, and then bluntly pointed out that there will be a war between the northwest and the grassland, because it is a matter of survival, even if Lin Han does not want to fight, under the increasingly fierce white disaster, other grassland Taiji will also tie him up and go south together, not to mention that this grassland Khan King is not a benevolent king at all, after the death of Emperor Xiao, he has been eyeing the Central Plains, and is regarded as a big trouble by the imperial court.

Today's Northwest and the Grassland have secretly entered a state of confrontation, when the Northwest Army is rearming for war, the grassland cavalry has also begun to sharpen their knives, only to tear the last layer of window paper, they will be completely combative, but in Zhang Wuxi's opinion, there should be no large-scale war this year, Lin Han wants to provoke the entire Great Qi with his own strength, but he is still unable to do it.

Xu Beiyou was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "If my guess is correct, this time it should be a small-scale temptation, and the King of the Prairie Khan wants to see what the attitude of the imperial court is, whether it is war or peace, and he can always know it in his heart." ”

Ding Zeyuan did not speak.

Xu Beiyou said quietly: "At the same time, let's see what kind of person our new Zuojun Governor is, and whether he can resist the enemy." ”

Ding Zeyuan suddenly asked: "Then according to Brother Xu, this Zhang Dudu is a general?"

Xu Beiyou said calmly: "I don't doubt Zhang Dudu's ability to lead troops, but in all fairness, Zhang Dudu is a general rather than a handsome talent, if there is really a war, whether to defend the city, or take this opportunity to go to the northern expedition to the grassland, it depends on the choice in the temple." ”

Ding Zeyuan said softly: "But now there is a dispute between Lan Xiangye and Han Ge Lao in the temple, since ancient times, it has been a party struggle to mislead the country, you must know that you have to be safe inside and outside." ”

Xu Beiyou said: "A scholar who governs the country is also a scholar who misunderstands the country." ”

Perhaps the scope of Xu Beiyou's words is really too large, Ding Zeyuan, who also suffered from unwarranted disasters as a scholar, was a little helpless at the moment, and he didn't know how to answer, so he held back for a long time, so he could only forcibly change the topic, "What are you going to do next, Brother Xu?"

Xu Beiyou pointed to the north, "I originally planned to leave the customs from here, go to Xiaoqiuling, and then transfer from Xiaoqiuling to Julu City." ”

Hearing that Xu Beiyou wanted to go to the grassland, Ding Zeyuan was inevitably speechless, you must know that the grassland is not comparable to the Guannei, where there are groups of horse thieves, coming and going like the wind, but it is not comparable to the small stream of rogues in the Guannei.

Xu Beiyou's face was full of regret, and then said: "But in terms of the current situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make the trip." ”

Next, Ding Zeyuan really didn't know what to say, so he could only say a few polite words before leaving.

Xu Beiyou looked back at the two wine glasses on the table in the room, thoughtful.

Not long after, Xiaoxiang came over again, and found that Ding Zeyuan was missing, so she couldn't help asking, "Brother Beiyou, where is Mr. Ding?"

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Xu Beiyou came back to his senses and said, "Brother Ding still has something to do, let's go first." ”

Xiao Xiang sighed, didn't pay too much attention to this scholar who met in Pingshui, and entered the house and began to help Xu Beiyou clean up the house.

After the two of them were busy, Xu Beiyou looked up at the sky and said to Xiao Xiang: "Xiao Xiang, I have something to go out, don't be too busy, go home early for dinner." ”

Xiao Xiang, who was wiping the table, snorted, and when he turned around, Xu Beiyou was gone.

Xu Bei swam out of the small square village, did not fly with a sword, but clinged to the ground and swept sharply, a few feet in one step, just like the Daomen said to shrink the ground into inches.

After traveling about twenty miles in one go, Xu Beiyou was almost about to come to the border of Xiheyuan, where there was already a slight grassland landscape, which was conducive to the galloping of the cavalry.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the autumn night was already cold, and the cold snap from the grassland made the cold in the middle of the night bone-chilling.

On the leeward side of a small hill there was a flickering bonfire, and around the bonfire sat several men in different costumes, on the bonfire were two yellow sheep that were about to be roasted, the first of them wore a thick leather robe and a suede hat, and pulled out a scimitar with a handle inlaid with various precious stones from his waist, and cut the lamb unhurriedly.

Looking like this, it doesn't look like a horse thief on the border, but more like a steppe nobleman with a good background.

Although the horse thieves on the grassland come and go like the wind, the nest is hidden, and it is difficult to hunt down, but if the grassland cavalry is provoked, it is likely to be wiped out, whether it is the immediate combat power or the familiarity with the grassland, the grassland cavalry is much stronger than the horse thief, and the grassland cavalry is more powerful, and can do a number of horses, and the starry night gallops for hundreds of miles but is not a rootless duckweed horse thief can be compared.

At present, among these people, in addition to the person who is dressed in typical grassland dress, there are three people, a middle-aged man with a gloomy expression, a long scar on his face, and a long knife on his knee, typical of grassland horse thieves.

A dark-skinned strong man, although he was sitting, was almost the height of an ordinary person, his arms were comparable to ordinary people's thighs, and there was a long-handled battle axe beside him, which was intimidating.

As for the last person, he is very different from the other three, not only is he a typical Central Plains person, but he is also dressed in a Confucian shirt and a square scarf, and under the backdrop of the other three, he looks more and more pale and beardless, and his temperament is elegant, which is incompatible with the current environment.

Beside the scholar was a bookcase, smooth and visible, glowing with a dull sheen in the light of the campfire.

He took the bookcase, took out a folded drawing from it, and said softly: "This time, I traveled to the northwest on the order of the Khan King and drew this map, and most of the troop movements of the Northwest Army over the years are in it. ”

The steppe man put down the scimitar in his hand, wiped the grease on his hands, carefully took the drawing and put it in his arms, and then squeezed out a smiling face, "Master, please rest assured, I will definitely send this drawing to the Khan King with my own hands." ”

The white-faced scholar nodded.

Xu Beiyou quietly appeared on the slope, holding a sheathed long sword in his hand, and the corners of his mouth were smiling.

I'm going to kill the horse thief again.