The Xu family’s mansion is not far from the Gao family, but it is not adjacent, with several streets in the middle.

Xu Bi returned home this night. It was late at night. He was in the study room, and there was silence around him. But in his ears, he seemed to be able to hear the sound of the celebrating of the Gao family's house outside the street.

He closed his eyes, sat upright, breathed and breathed, but in his mind, the scene of Li Mu being awarded the reward in the court yesterday appeared.

At that time, Gao Qiao looked at his son-in-law, and the admiration and pride on his face made Xu Mi look like a thorn in his eyes and a thorn in his throat. Even though it had been a night, the feeling of depression was still difficult to eliminate.

He deeply regretted that he had inappropriate considerations at the beginning, and he completely missed it. Not only did he not expect that Li Mu, who was only a Sima of the other department, would be so powerful in the future, but he was also very concerned about it. Li Mu was originally a member of his military mansion, but because he misjudged the situation, he sent him to Gao Qiao and made him become Gao Qiao's son-in-law today.

Obviously, Li Mu, who was originally out of place and had disrupted the Gao family and hated the whole family, has been accepted this morning.

The relationship between the father-in-law and son-in-law is like a fish in water.

Xu Mi kept breathing, and finally suppressed his mood and slowly opened his eyes.

The court is changing, undercurrents are surging, and unexpected situations are always there.

After fighting with Gao Qiao for most of his life, who can guarantee that he will always be unique and have no mistakes?

Even Gao Qiao suffered a great loss several times.

If you make a mistake, you will make a mistake. Instead of complaining about yourself, it is better to plan and look to the future.

Fortunately, I acted quickly and joined forces with Liu Guang to launch an army in the northern expedition early. The situation is now very good.

Nanyang has already fallen. Now as long as Yang Xuan can capture Yingchuan, the six families will also capture Yancheng, and the two armies will join forces to capture Luoyang in one go, which is not an undesirable feat.

If Luoyang is really taken down, it means that Beixia lost its capital, and it would be like a fall of death, with such extraordinary achievements, and it would defeat Li Mu and capture Chang'an.

Even if he was resisted by Beixia, he could not conquer Luoyang for a while and could regain a large area of ​​Jianghuai. With this contribution, he would be able to compete with Gao Qiao in the court and make plans again.

Xu Mi felt a little excited again, couldn't help but get up, and took out a war report he had just delivered a few days ago from a letter box, and browsed it again.

This battle report comes from his second son Xu Chuo.

Xu Chuo is one of Xu Bi's many sons whom he admires quite well.

Unlike many families today, parents prefer children who are as talented and elegant as 6 Cambodia, Xu Mi does not lack sons who recite poems and essays and talk about the mysteries.

Although his second son, Wen Cai, was just ordinary, he was brave and good at fighting and could lead the army. Xu Mi has always focused on cultivation and looks forward to great use in the future.

But he also knew that his son was arrogant, not steady enough, and lacked training, and it was too early to stand alone. Therefore, during this Northern Expedition, he did not dare to entrust him with a great responsibility, and ordered Yang Xuan to hold the seal of the general, so he asked Xu Chuo to take the position of the right general and obey Yang Xuan's orders.

In this private newspaper to Xu Mi, Xu Chuo talked about how he took the lead in the Nanyang Battle and made great contributions. All the coalition forces were respectful. On the same day, Ju Xin had led his troops into Yingchuan and was invincible all the way. He was only a few days away from Yangdi, and all the soldiers under his command were eager to make another extraordinary contribution.

It is full of confidence, between the lines, and the spirit is full of confidence.

After reading his son's private newspaper, Xu Chuo looked through the letter Yang Xuan presented him.

Yang Xuan said that Meng Situ had entrusted important tasks and did not dare to slack off at all. He also had the six Cambodians' joint army. Fortunately, he did not humiliate his orders and took down Nanyang, which was so excited.

He will definitely be vigilant in the morning and perform his duties to live up to Situ's trust. However, after the Northern Xia abandoned Chang'an and returned to Luoyang to fight against the Northern Expedition of the Dayu, the so-called centipede insect died without being stiff. Now there are countless troops stationed in Yuzhou. There are still rear troops coming from all over the place and attacking head-on is not a wise move. Therefore, the coalition forces were divided into two groups, wanting to take the enemy's defense first to prevent the empty Yingchuan, attack Yangdi by himself, and the 6 clan attack Yancheng, and then encircle him, and the chance of victory will be greater. Now the 6 clan army has gone to Yancheng, and his side has also drawn the army as planned, and it is expected to arrive in Yangdi within a few days. He will deliver the subsequent battle reports in time.

Yang Xuanxin's tone was concise and could be seen that his tone was solemn and cautious.

Xu Mi let go, looked at the letter from his son again, and was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly, his eyes moved slightly, as if he had thought of something he had neglected before. He immediately walked to the case, dipped his pen and wrote a letter quickly, stamped his own seal, sealed it, and was about to ask someone to speed up the letter overnight, but heard a rushing sound of footsteps coming from outside the door.

The manager pushed the door and shouted, "Situ, General Yang's battle report just came forward!"

Xu Mi had an order before and received the battle report from the front. No matter when, there was no need to wait, he would be delivered as soon as possible.

He took the cowhide envelope with fire paint and opened the seal, a burst of tension and excitement surged from his heart, and his fingers even trembled slightly.

"Congratulations to Situ! There must be another good news!"

The manager stood aside and said with a smile on his face.

Xu Mi opened the seal, took out the letter from the inside, calmed down and expanded it.

"Situ, but our young master has made great achievements in front of us? It's not my flattery. The young master is both civil and military, and he is a talented person. He only needs a little training. Not to mention the eldest son of the six families, even Li Mu, who took Chang'an, was the one who took down Chang'an, in front of the young master..."

The manager kept complimenting.

The last time he sent a great victory report. Xu Mi was happy and gave him a reward. This time he naturally worked harder.

His eyes fell on the face of the head of the family. Seeing him looking at the Xinbao with all his eyes. Before he could finish reading it, his face suddenly changed, as if an invisible ice fell from his head, frozen him in an instant.

The manager was stunned and his voice became weaker.

"roll!"

Xu Mi slapped the table suddenly and yelled loudly.

The manager was shocked, and hurriedly closed his mouth, bent down, and almost rolled and crawled out.

Xu Mi's eyes almost burst out from his eyes.

He stared at the letter in his hand, almost unable to believe his eyes.

But the words are clear.

Yang Xuan led the Xu army to Yangdi. Beixia was abnormal and the defenders were in the line, without fighting spirit and had almost no decent resistance. He approached Yangdi successfully and received news that the reinforcements in Beixia had not arrived yet, and Yangdi had empty troops.

Out of his intuition of leading troops to fight for many years, Yang Xuan suspected that there was a fraud ahead and ordered the army to suspend and spy on military information.

This stop was opposed by Xu Chuo.

As he headed north, Xu Chuo repeatedly fought for the first place, played the sing of triumph, gradually underestimating the enemy, and was determined to win quickly.

In his eyes, a military general like Yang Xuan, who is from a poor family, is only a servant who is used by his own family. How could he really take him seriously? On weekdays, he often interrupts the head coach's words in front of many soldiers. He talks loudly, and Yang Xuan can only endure it.

This time, seeing Yang Di in front of him was like taking things out, the army was full of fighting spirit, but Yang Xuan refused to let the army go, how could Xu Chuo still bear it? So, relying on his identity, he secretly united many generals who obeyed him, seized the seal of Yang Xuan, and ordered the army to move forward and capture Yang Di. As a result, he fell into a trap and suffered a crushing defeat. Xu Chuo was almost captured at the forefront.

It was Yang Xuan who led the remaining tens of thousands of troops who did not obey Xu Chuo's command and still followed his army to break into the encirclement, tore open the encirclement of the Beixia army, rescued Xu Chuo, and escaped with the remaining surviving soldiers. He was pursued by the Beixia army, retreated while fighting, and even Nanyang, which had been taken down, could not defend it, and most of it was lost. It was not until he retreated to the Xiangyang area where Xu had been operating for many years, that he finally stabilized his position and repelled Beixia's pursuit.

This great defeat not only lost all the results of the Northern Expedition that he had won before, but the Xu Army Office also suffered losses of soldiers and generals, and more than 20 generals above the deputy general were damaged. More than half of the soldiers were injured and fled, and their vitality was severely damaged. Facing the fierce enemy in the Northern Xia army, they were unable to face the battle head-on again.

Now Yang Xuan can only temporarily retreat with the remaining troops at the junction of Xiangyang and Nanyang. While apologizing, he was also anxiously waiting for the news of the battle from 6 Cambodia.

Yang Xuan finally requested that when necessary, he would allow him to judge the situation, break out, and go to help Yancheng, and lead the six Cambodians to return and retreat together to preserve their strength. The plan for the Northern Expedition can only be discussed in the future.

Otherwise, if the 6th army goes deep into Yuzhou, even if he finally captures Yancheng, he will be surrounded and his future is dangerous.

Xu Mi tore the news apart and kept shaking.

Just a few days ago, the court officials were still talking about the fact that the leadership of the 6 Cambodia attacked Yancheng was very smooth, and the 6 Guang was very proud.

Xu Mi was also full of anticipation that the Xu army could go to Yangdi again.

Yang Xuan was a very well-organized general and had never let him down before. Moreover, this time, he was well prepared, had more soldiers and enough food, and was full of confidence.

Xu Mi knew that his son didn't take Yang Xuan seriously. But he never cared much. He just said a few words when he remembered it.

He just reread his son's letter, and was moved by his tone. He suddenly realized that the army was outside and was different on weekdays. If his son did not obey the commander's order, he might be unfavorable to the war. Therefore, he hurriedly wrote a letter, which was to give a strict order. He ordered his son to obey the commander's command outside. If he did not obey, he would deal with it with military law.

Never dreamed that the letter had just been written, and before he could go out, he had already sent such a miserable ending ahead.

Xu Bi felt sweet and itchy throat, and suddenly vomited blood, his eyes were dark, and he fell down.

The sound of the news alarmed the manager outside the door.

The manager saw that the head of the family vomited blood and fell to the ground, so he hurriedly helped him up and rushed to call people.

After a moment, Xu Mi's confidant arrived. He knew that the war was defeated and defeated, and each of them looked heavy and silent.

Xu Mi lay on the couch, slowly opened his eyes, and suddenly pushed away a concubine's ginseng soup that was being fed to her mouth. She all went down and sat up immediately.

"The court, for the time being, conceal the news, and do not disclose it!"

"Immediately pass my order and order Yang Xuan not to allow one soldier or another!"

He said word by word.

The staff knew what he thought.

In this battle, the Xu army suffered heavy losses. Even if they regrouped, they would not be able to go to Luoyang again. If they could not do it well, even the old territory of Jingxiang would be in danger.

Xu Mi has no intention of fighting again.

Although the Northern Expedition has not ended, the defeat has been decided.

If the six families can still retain most of their strength as Yang Xuan's request, and the Xu family will suffer more casualties.

The Xu 6 families have no inseparable relationship and have trampled on each other in the past. Now they are just to suppress their common political enemies and have temporarily united together.

It is also human nature to act like this.

But if you let go of this, after all, there was a covenant before, and I am afraid that the imperial public opinion would be detrimental to the Xu family.

The staff hesitated and whispered his concerns.

After resting for a while, Xu Mi's face was still gray, but his emotions had recovered.

"If it were 6 Guangs, would he take risks for my Xu family?"

"If you lose the Northern Expedition, you will be defeated. This is not the first time you will lose. Didn't Gao Qiao fail several times? Who can blame me?"

"As for not saving me when I see you..."

He sneered: "When all the Jie soldiers who were still surrounding Nanyang were dead? Yang Xuan retreated all the way and couldn't take care of himself. He was already doing his best to be able to defend the land of Nanyang that was captured at the last point. He was not a god. How could he get out of trouble and fly to Yancheng to save the sons of the six families?"

Everyone was woken up by him and nodded.
To be continued...