[]

Shengjun Fort is more compact than Wuchi Village and Xu's village in Tongbai Mountain. It is built according to the mountain and is facing the post road from Langu County.

However, after Kelan was raided, Cao Shixiong showed abnormal restraint. Since he did not attack Xishan in large numbers, he did not show his intention to march into the prefectures and prefectures. He even gave up some minor fortresses and retracted his limited troops back to Langu, Kelan, Ningwu and other cities for reorganization.

Behind the performance of the rebels under Cao Shixiong's troops, the main reason is that the Chihu people's strategic division of the main and secondary battlefields was very clear, which made Xu Huai lead a small group of cavalry to frequently enter guerrilla warfare in Lanzhou, and its impact on the Chihu people's flanking battlefield was very limited.

Near Shengjun Fort was not yet in war, and people have been fleeing from the post road to the east. The Shengjun Fort will be identified and distributed small amounts of relief grain to help them continue to flee to the prefectures and Guanzhong area.

Xu Huai walked into the yard, and Liu Qiong'er took a copper basin to drill water from the well. He soaked his hands and faces, but he felt a little warm in the snow and ice.

Jie Zhong walked in with his horse boots. There were not so many rules to talk about in chaos. He was next to the rammed earth courtyard gate and did not ask Xu Huai what he had seized when he went out this time. He asked directly: "Mr. Zhu Qian has arrived in the prefecture. Are you going to see him now?"

"I just returned to the fortress before I had time to take a breath, so I had to take a break first,"

Xu Huai poured the well water into the corner of the courtyard wall, melted the snow, took the sweat towel from Liu Qiong'er's hand, wiped the water stains on his face, and said,

"I was thinking about it. Wang Langjun, Qian Langjun and Master Lu rushed to Fuzhou City. They have met. Maybe Zhu Hanjun will come to Shengjun Fortress. I will avoid this trip with you. We are the regular and elegant Lanzhou Military and Horse Supervision Office. The court sent Zhu Han to learn about the fall of Lanzhou. You have to go to the Lanzhou yamen!"

"What kind of yamen is this? You are only qualified to let Mr. Zhu Han go there." Jie Zhong smiled self-deprecatingly and said.

Shengjun Fort originally had only one inspection office, and several small brick and tile houses were entered. Now they placed all military and official summer houses in these small courtyards. The accommodation of personnel was even more problematic. Only Wang Gaoxing, Qian Zerui, Xu Huai, Jie Zhong and others had separate rooms, and the others were a few or even dozens or twenty people crowded with a small earthen house. The female family members of each family set up a female camp to live in a concentrated manner.

There is nothing we can do about this.

Before Shengjun Fort, there were only four or five hundred garrisons and less than two hundred households attached to the people.

Although the local garrison has been transferred back to Fuzhou City by Gu Jiqian and requisitioned the houses to the greatest extent, more than 6,000 people and two thousand horses have been withdrawn from Shuozhou and Lanzhou.

Fortunately, more than 4,000 Hu women and children in Shuozhou, more than 1,000 Wuchi tribes, and two thousand old soldiers from Tongbai Mountain who were organized into the labor camp, plus more than 3,000 good horses, had been evacuated south in batches. But even so, the Shengjun Fort was stuffed into the Shengjun Fort at once, it was still crowded.

If it weren't for the past half month that Xu Huai had traveled to the West Mountain to transport a large amount of grain from Wuchi Village to the Shengjun Fortress, so many people would have consumed 30,000 kilograms of grain and 20,000 kilograms of dry food every day, it would have been hopeless.

Even so, the grain storage in Shengjun Fort was only enough for more than two months to consume. At this time, Gu Jiqian was very generous and did not force Liu Yan, Chen Yuan, Lei Teng, and Zhu Run to obey his jurisdiction, but the food and fodder consumption of Pinglu Fort and Shenfeng Fort were all given to Fuzhou City.

The problem is that the land of the prefectures is barren and the population is sparse. After the supply in Hedong was cut off, Gu Jiqian didn't know how much money and grain could be transferred from Guanzhong to supplement the consumption of the prefectures under such a chaotic situation.

Jie Zhong was glad that Xu Huai had prepared for such a bad situation, and the Lanzhou Military Control Commission Office was not dissolved, so he did not need to suffer from these problems.

However, the situation is so dangerous, Jie Zhong also knows that it is definitely not a solution to drag things on like this.

As commanders, they could not leave the garrison easily, but there was not much attention to the chaos. Jie Zhong urgently wanted to know that Zhu Han would not bring comfort. When he saw Xu Huai coming back, he wanted to instigate Xu Huai to rush to Fuzhou City to meet Zhu Han.

Xu Huai took off his armor and talked to Xu Wuji, Pan Chenghu, Guo Junzong, Wang Ju, Fan Yong and others who came into the yard for a while, then went into the house to make up for the sleep.

But Xu Huai insisted on posing at this time.

He was unwilling to go to Fuzhou City to meet Zhu Han. Apart from guerrilla warfare and was quite tired, he didn't know what he could say to Zhu Han when Gu Jiqian, Wang Gaoxing, Qian Zerui and others were present. It would be better to wait until Zhu Han came to Shengjun Fort to talk about it.

Xu Huai slept all over the dark, woke up and saw that it was dark outside the window, and there was a brazier burning in the corner of the room. Liu Qiong'er was sitting by the bed and was helping him to sew the torn lining of the armor.

Xu Huaiwai was about to hug Liu Qiong'er in his arms and keep warm. Liu Qiong'er was startled and almost stabbed her finger with a needle. She quickly stood up and dodged.

"Has someone just arrived in this room?" Xu Huai asked.

Liu Qiong'er said, "Mr. Zhu Wei has just arrived at Shengjun Fortress. I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I stopped them and didn't wake you up - Mr. Zhu Wei should be with Wang Langjun. Should you get up now or sleep for a while?"

"If you accompany me, I can sleep for a while." Xu Huai said.

Liu Qiong'er acted to stab Xu Huai with a needle, and angrily urged him to get up soon.

…………

…………

Xu Huai walked into the Shengjun Fort Inspection Office's Office, and a brazier was burned in the hall. Wang Gaoxing, Qian Zerui, Lu Xiong, Wang Ju, Xu Wuli, Guo Junzong and others were sitting around Zhu Han in front of the brazier and talking.

Less than a year after they parted, Zhu Wei's temples had a lot of white hair and the wrinkles on his forehead became deeper. Xu Huai took off the long knife from his waist, sat on the short stool in front of the brazier, and asked Zhu Wei: "Is it okay for your husband Wang to be in Bianjing?"

"When I left Bianjing, the king's uncle was barely able to do it, but now it's okay, I don't know if it's okay!"

Zhu Han shook his head and sighed,

"The news that the Chihu people tore up the peace talks and declared war was sent back to Bianjing. Wang Bing's grandfather could not rest for three days and three nights, and wrote ten thousand words to the officials. Although Wang Bing's grandfather's earlier words had to be convinced, Wang Bing's grandfather's clerk immediately summoned the troops from all over the world to gather in Bianjing to prevent the Chihu people from going south to drink horses and the ministers in the court hesitated again. First, they were worried that the situation might not be as dangerous as that

When I arrived in Luzhou, the vanguard of the enemy had already arrived at the city of Taiyuan. I had no need to go north to return to Bianjing to return the imperial edict. The ministers in the court came to discuss and discussed, so I came to see how bad the situation was. When I arrived in Luzhou, the vanguard of the enemy had already arrived at the city of Taiyuan. There was no need for me to go north again and could return to Bianjing to re-enact the imperial edict. It was Wang Bing's grandpa who wrote another letter to me to go to the prefecture and meet you..."

"Cao Shixiong rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, and did not cause any trouble in Bianjing, right?" Xu Huai asked.

After the war broke out, it was inconvenient for them to contact Bianjing. However, Zhu Han was able to pass through the official post and write what he saw and heard into memorials every day and send it back to Bianjing. He could also know the latest updates in Bianjing at any time, which was much more informative than them.

"The government and the opposition are naturally indispensable, but Cao Shixiong's surrender to the enemy did not cause much damage. In addition, the generals and officials from Xin Fa and other places surrendered to the enemy one after another. No one in the court's censors made a special trip to impeach the king and reported to his grandfather. It is all your fault that you are running around Shuozhou. This matter should not cause any storm..."

Zhu Han said with great emotion.

He knew that the negative impact of Cao Shixiong's surrender to the enemy could be minimized, mainly because Xu Huai was willing to label Wang Bing at the last moment in Shuozhou. At the most difficult moment, he insisted on fighting in Shuozhou and Lanzhou, helping thousands of Western troops retreat westwards, and raided Lanzhou City to severely damage the rebels' arrogance.

"That's good." Xu Huai was also afraid that the king would be attacked by Cao Shixiong's surrender to the enemy, so that there was not even a single person familiar with the Chihu people and the harsh situation in the court.

Zhu Han said again: "The letter from Wang Bing was delivered to me three days ago. Wang Bing hopes that you can go to Bianjing immediately and give advice to the court for the preparations for the captives."

Of course, Xu Huai was not qualified to directly participate in the military and political affairs in the court, but as long as Wang Bing, as the ruling minister, was willing to believe him, it could be considered as giving advice to the court.

"Ah?" Xu Huai didn't expect that Zhu Han would make such a request when he rushed to Shengjun Fort, and he didn't know how to refuse for a while.

"Cai Ying, the dog thief, has been imprisoned by the official family; Wang Jingong wrote a letter to avenge your Wang family, and the official family also issued an order to thoroughly investigate the edict case that year. It is estimated that it will be rehabilitated for your Wang family in the future!" Zhu Zhi rushed to Fuzhou to meet his father Zhu Qing, and knew the changes in the situation at Bianjing at this time that were more detailed than Xu Huai. He advised Xu Huai not to worry about his life experience still being hindered.

"Let me think about it." Xu Huai pondered.

The second northern expedition to Yan was defeated, and the situation in Hedong and Hebei was devastated, which was destined to be defeated by the proactive faction headed by Cai Ying.

Of course, Xu Huai was not worried about what would be the hindrance of his life experience.

He was worried that it was not this, he was worried that the disaster in Bian Jing was doomed to be inevitable, and was it necessary for him to involve it to a deeper degree!

Although in the eyes of Zhu Zhi and others, he could gain enough Wang Bing's trust and participate in the decision to prevent the enemy in the court, he would have to play a greater role than leading two or three thousand soldiers to participate in the battle to fight for the king, but in fact, Xu Huai knew very well that the mud pit in Bianjing would not be fundamentally improved by Cai Ying's imprisonment and Wang Bing's reuse.

If Cai Ying was in prison was useful, the new emperor would not have happened...

Bianjing is still a mud pit.
Chapter completed!