The night was dark and the wind was high, and the dry grass was wild and sand was wild. Xie Changgeng personally took a cavalry of hundreds of people overnight, set off from Xiu Tu, crossed the border, followed the traces left by the troops heading north along the way, and chased the northern kingdom.

Late the next night, after completing the mission in Mahe Valley, the 300 Northern cavalry who were still walking back stopped to spend the night after arriving at Piyuquan.

They did not expect that two days ago, the Hexi people who had been pretended to be cast by them, appeared in front of them like ghosts.

The person who was awakened by his companions' screams still couldn't believe it when he saw the figures of the Hexi cavalry.

Their king moved the royal court several times in order to seize the land further south.

Every migration south is closer to Hexi. While the ambitions are expanding, it also marks that their majestic nation will further shock the imperial court that temporarily controls Hexi.

Tonight, the place where they are at their feet is not far from their royal court.

And just a hundred miles away, there is a cavalry camp of ten thousand people.

They were sent from there.

In recent years, the horses and cavalry in Hexi have emerged. They have not been able to get any advantage in the past several times. Even the harassment that used to be as common as before has begun to become very difficult.

But they couldn't believe that Xie Changgeng, the governor of Hexi, took such a huge risk and personally led a light cavalry of only a hundred people to pursue them tonight and went deep into this place.

It's too late to wake up.

Under the starry sky, beside Piyouquan, this quiet and sweet water pool has become a pool of blood for killing.

At the mouth of the Mahe Valley, the wind was blowing. Liu An and the soldiers confronted the Tumen soldiers at the Gukou for two days and one night.

After the accident, the natives gathered troops in the valley in a short time. Bai Long, the son of the old leader, was furious. How could he believe the explanation? He burned the birthday gift sent by Xie Changgeng a few days ago, ordered a death row battle to attack the Jiedushi's mansion, kill Xie Changgeng, and avenge his father and his partner who died in the attack.

Liu An was very nervous.

The order he received was not to fight, but to use all means to defend the valley entrance, temporarily block the local soldiers at the valley entrance, and wait for the return of the Jiedushi and his group. They must not let them rush out and kill Guzang.

It is not that it is powerless to suppress it. It is not that once the situation is out of control, it is not a matter of how many people die. It is the entire Hexi. From then on, the peace that was previously maintained by the Jiedushi may collapse and no longer exist.

Just last night, he transferred a large army and used formations several times to suppress the local soldiers who were trying to break through the encirclement. Although he achieved his goal, facing the flint and ravine flying from the opposite side, although the soldiers were protected by shields, many were injured.

At dawn, the first snow of the year fell from the entrance of the valley.

The weather was already very cold, but Liu An was sweating heavily. Under his battle robe, his clothes were tightly pressed against his back.

He received the news that there was another commotion at the Taniguchi. This time, Bai Long personally led the local soldiers and rushed out with the help of Flint and Riya.

Liu An quickly stepped onto the stage, looked at the dark and ants-like native soldiers at the entrance of the valley, and shouted to the opposite side: "Bai Long! The old leader's 60th birthday, and the governor even gave him a gift, so how could he send someone to attack you? Think about it carefully, and you will know what's going on! It's all done by the northerners, intending to provoke the Hexi incident!"

The opponent ignored it. Bai Long rushed to the crown with anger. With a command, he saw that the valley entrance was like a locust again, and the arrow formation was flying at the same time. The fire was blazing in the snow.

Liu Anzhi was unconscious. Among the natives, Bai Long was the most important thing. He was already hostile to Xie Changgeng. He had a conflict when he was in Jiaocheng. He was afraid that it would not make sense at this moment. Seeing that the opponent's offensive started again, he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to set up their formation again and resist with all their strength.

Just as the moment the breaking broke out, a shout came from behind him: "The governor has arrived--"

Liu An turned around suddenly and saw a group of light cavalry galloping from afar. He knew that Xie Changgeng, who was chasing the murderer in person on the night before, had returned. He was overjoyed, got off the stage and ran to greet him.

Xie Changgeng rode ahead and rode his horse. He knelt down by the soldiers on both sides, galloped through the camp, came to the entrance of the valley, shouting loudly: "Look clearly, are these murderers who attacked you the night before!"

Behind him, several riders followed and cut off more than a dozen heads that were hung on both sides of the saddle and threw them over.

At the other end of the valley entrance, flints and bows stopped slowly.

Bai Long stared at the dozen bloody heads on the ground, raised his eyes and saw Xie Changgeng grab a bag from the horse's back, flapping his arms, and throwing it at him, and landing in front of his feet with a "pop".

The bag scattered, and a pile of blood-stained ears sprinkled out of it.

"Bai Long! You were attacked the night before, and I personally brought people into the northern land. Next to Yupi Youquan, I caught up with these northern cavalrymen who were pretending to be my subordinates, a total of 300 people!"

Bai Long was surprised and his eyes flashed through the distorted heads on the ground again.

That night, a group of people dressed in Hexi soldiers came here and claimed that they had received emergency military information about the Northern People's Operation. They wanted to be unfavorable to Mahe Valley. They came overnight to ask for the old leader to meet with them, discuss major issues, and said that the Jiedushi would arrive later, and asked the old leader to meet.

After thinking about it, his father finally agreed. It was thankful that Chang Geng had treated him with courtesy before and came out to greet him. Unexpectedly, after he appeared, the other party suddenly changed his face and started a massacre.

The incident happened suddenly and without any warning, people nearby suffered heavy casualties, and his father was also poisoned. After the other party succeeded, he quickly fled.

Bai Long raised his eyes and looked at Xie Changgeng on the horse's back, his anger still remained unrestrained.

"You have repeatedly forced relocation, and they are full of tricks! How do I know that this is not your design to deceive again? This is our ancestral land, and we have lived for generations, so how can you control it? On my father's birthday, you pretended to send a gift, but when you saw that you failed to achieve your goal, wasn't it because you held a grudge and killed my father? Now that you have refused to admit it, you have pushed everything completely, and think we are so easy to cheat?"

"You think I will surrender to you if I harm my father? Even if I am broken into pieces, I will avenge my father and the dead tribe!"

The local soldiers responded and shouted loudly, and the sound shook the valley entrance.

Xie Changgeng ordered someone to come up again. The entourage pushed up two northern cavalrymen who were still wearing Hexi soldiers' clothes.

Xie Changgeng said: "Their accomplices confessed that these two people are proficient in Chinese. That night they pretended to be my name and sent a message to you! You can't remember the face of the human face when it's dark, can you always tell the difference, right?"

The northerner was kicked to kneel on the ground, looking at Sensen's knife edge, closing his eyes, and saying nothing.

Xie Changgeng looked gloomy and brushed his hands at his subordinates. Several people stepped forward, held down one of the northerners, pulled out the dagger, cut off his ears with one knife, and then used this to scoop his eyes and nose.

The man raised his hand and fell, and the man's face was covered in blood, as if he was like a ghost, making a shrill scream.

The two of them had originally made up their minds and would never speak. At worst, they would die and serve the royal court. They never expected that they would be treated like this.

The remaining man's face turned pale. Seeing the executioner let go of his fainted companion, he walked towards him with a dagger, and dared not stand up, and he yelled to confess.

Bai Long and the people present on the eve immediately recognized the sound and were in an uproar.

Bai Long ran over and drew his sword and stabbed the man to death.

Xie Changgeng turned over and dismounted and said, "The Northern King's Court moved south repeatedly, with the intention of influencing Hexi and showing great ambitions. A few months ago, the new king succeeded to the throne, claiming to be 500,000 cavalry. Once he made a comeback, you can stay out of the matter and guard the place where he has lived for generations?"

Bai Long held the blood knife in his hand and stared at Xie Changgeng and said, "My father is in danger! If you hadn't been entangled again and again before, he would not have been unprepared and harmed! Even if this was not what you did, you would have been like the northerners, and you would have been uneasy! We men can be a soldier! If that day comes, it's better to rely on ourselves and fight with them!"

After he said that, he ordered the local soldiers at the valley entrance to retreat and turned around and left.

Liu An and others were furious and went up and said, "Sir, this Bai Long is ungrateful! He simply captured him and forced them to give up the place!"

Xie Changgeng looked at Bai Long's departure back and said nothing.

That night, he returned to Guzang.

In the past two days, the news of northerners entering the country to kill and set fire, and local people were also going to riot and attack the city, and people were panicked. Today, the government posted a list of articles to clear the rumors. The people also saw with their own eyes that the governor himself rode back to the city, and his emotions finally calmed down.

In the past few days, the news also reached the Jiedushi Mansion. Xie's mother was frightened and worried about her son's safety. Today, she learned that the news was untrue, and her son also returned and asked the servants to report their safety to her. She felt relieved. She waited in the room for a while, but she didn't see her son coming to see her. She couldn't help but ask Amao to help her and look for her. She saw her son's face, her eyes were deep in her heart, and she felt distressed. She said that Qi Lingfeng was cooking food for him and asked him to go and eat first.

Xie Changgeng said that he had eaten outside and had something to do, so he asked his mother to go back to his room to rest.

Xie's mother had no choice but to go back.

After Xie's mother left, Xie Changgeng sat alone in the yamen office and continued to sit for a long time. Guan Liu came and asked him about his thoughts on recent events.

Guan Liu said: "Although it is possible to move the natives by force, it is a last resort and he has to do it. Although Bai Long is young and energetic, he has too high self-conceptions and has a deep prejudice against adults. But the old leader has already seen a loosening situation. Unfortunately, the old leader was killed and unconscious, and is in danger. Since the old master is here, why don't you ask the old master to try it? If you can save a life and survive this disaster safely, the situation will be very different in the future."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the governor on the seat.

The candlelight on the desk jumped, his eyes were heavy and he didn't say a word.

Guan Liu waited for a while and finally heard him say, "Just as you suggest, give it a try. I'm busy and can't get rid of it. You can go on my behalf and go to the horse farm to find her."

Guan Liu immediately stood up from his seat.

"It's urgent, I'll leave now."

Xie Changgen nodded slightly.

Guan Liu bid farewell and walked to the door. Suddenly, he heard another voice coming from behind: "Wait!"

Guan Liu stopped and turned his head and looked over.

Under his eye socket, two shadows were cast by fire, and a dark look was covered with a look on his face.

"If she says she wants to see me first, you bring her here immediately and do not delay."

He focused for a moment and ordered.
Chapter completed!