Except for the Cao Zhi Department of the Ninth Division of Xuanjia, Zhang Yunlong's other troops had already rushed to Ulcheng, but Zhang Yunlong himself ran to the emperor's side to accompany him, and it is said that there were still five days to reach Ulcheng.

The attendant asked the Ulseong side to prepare for the greeting in advance.

Although the emperor's book mentioned that there was no need to be extravagant, Zhao Jin and the officials attached great importance to this matter, and they told Chen Mu that even if they couldn't do the loess paving, they had to make it look a little good.

Chen Mu said that he was fighting, where to care about so many details, if the emperor came here to put on a score, it was really ridiculous and generous, I think this was not the emperor's original intention.

Zhao Jin said, that can't be completely unexpressed, otherwise it seems that Long Wujun despises the imperial power.

Chen Mudao, of course, it is not appropriate to lose the most basic politeness. When the emperor arrived, we went fifty miles out of the city to greet him, and when we returned to the city, we were hospitalized, which was indispensable.

Zhao Jin nodded reassuringly.

When Chen Mu discussed with Zhao Jin, Cao Sheng didn't say a word, he seemed to be more concerned about the reflection in the teacup.

On the first day of the second month of the third year of Tianci, the emperor personally supervised the army to the boundary of Ulcheng, in order to prevent the emperor from being attacked by the cold wind, the chariot was wrapped in a dark yellow cotton cloth and was impermeable. There was also a brazier in the car, and later the emperor said that he was dizzy, so he took the brazier out of the car. Boil hot water and warm your Majesty with a hot water bag.

Chen Mu led the civil and military characters out of the city fifty miles to greet them.

When Long Yuan approached, he saw that Emperor Zhao Chong had already opened the curtain and looked forward to it. When he saw Chen Mu, he actually spoke to Chen Mu first, and gave him a gold medal for exemption from kneeling, and asked King Mu to ride the dragon chariot with him.

After getting on the bus, the emperor regarded himself as his younger brother and called Chen Mu the emperor's brother.

"I have heard the name of the imperial brother for a long time, but because of various rituals and complicated relationships, you and my brothers have never been able to meet. When I saw it today, the royal brother really showed a talent, which was the same as the legend. ”

Chen Mu said with a smile: "I heard that Your Majesty's dragon body has healed, and the foolish brother is so happy that he hasn't slept well for a few days, so he set up a banquet in the palace of Ulcheng, and the whole city celebrates." Your Majesty is benevolent, intelligent and introverted, and will surely have great ambitions in the future. ”

Zhao Chong smiled bitterly: "Brother Huang said he was laughing." I, the emperor, really can't be said to speak. My orphans and widows are simply suffering in Luoyang. The collusion between the three major gate valves and Zhao Tong inside and outside has overwhelmed our royal family. Now the various sects in Luoyang City are intertwined, and it is actually the land of Longtan Tiger's Den. ”

Chen Mu shook his head helplessly: "Persist in persistence, it will get better in the future." ”

Zhao Chong sighed and said: "This time, the queen mother also discussed with me, asking me to cooperate with the Muwang brothers, and simply don't go back to Luoyang." As long as you don't go back to Luoyang, you must be safer than Luoyang. At that time, the three major gates will not be able to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. ”

Chen Mu said solemnly: "Then what does Your Majesty think, do you really want to stay in the Western Regions?" ”

Zhao Chong tugged at his shirt to hide his nervousness, and said softly: "I have no military experience, I don't know how to lead troops to fight at all, if I stay, I will completely rely on the imperial brother." I'll say it first, if the imperial brother can really clean up the three major gates, I am willing to give you the throne at that time. ”

Chen Mu shook his head again and again: "I don't dare to covet the throne." But I have some thoughts on purging the three forces. However, now we are unlucky, and we are not yet able to compete with the three major gates. ”

Zhao Chong said sadly: "The reason why the imperial mother supports the imperial brother to build a country in the Western Regions is because it only borders the Tang clan, but it will not be interfered with by the Meng clan and the Ximen clan. But the three gate valves seemed to have discovered this problem, so they took the opportunity to send troops over to jointly monitor the actions of the shepherd. In this way, I find it difficult. I came this time to explore the royal brother's tone first. If I really feel that the time has not come, when the war is over, I will go back to Luoyang first. ”

Chen Mu nodded and said, "Don't be in a hurry." ”

——

After meeting the emperor, Chen Mu felt a little heavy.

Chen Mu felt that the final result of this war was not as simple as unifying the Western Regions, and if he insisted on helping the Queen Mother, the final result would definitely turn into an infighting.

But if the emperor is willing to give in, the result of this infighting is that the three major lords will divide up the Western Regions, and the emperor will continue to return to Luoyang as his puppet. If the emperor refuses to give in, the Western Regions will become a place where the royal family will fight a decisive battle against the three major lords. The war in the Western Regions will directly lead to a war in the Central Plains, and the two sides will be in full swing at that time.

If nothing else, the Jin Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River and the Shu Han in the southwest will definitely take advantage of the chaos to enter, and the Liang Dynasty will be wiped out at that time. Even if the southern forces do not attack Liang in the north, the northern steppe forces will take the opportunity to move south.

Returned to the city, entertained the emperor and the generals, everything was busy, returned to the palace, and found the lame, Zhang Han, Ma Zun, and Cao Sheng, intending to discuss the plan.

Before anyone arrived, Chen Mu said to Zhang Han alone: "If I leave one day, what are you going to do?" ”

"Leave?" Zhang Han was a little confused: "Wherever the shepherd goes, I will go." ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly: "No need. If I just want to be a rich businessman, it would be too condescending for you to stay with me. If I leave, you go to the Emperor. I believe that the emperor will definitely reuse you. ”

After saying this, I heard the sound of Ma Zun and others entering the house.

Zhang Han asked, do you want to invite Zhao Jin.

Chen Mu said that he is not a person who plans things, just let him accompany the emperor, and there is no need to participate in our discussions.

Everyone arrived, and Chen Mu said with a heavy heart:

"The situation has changed, and there is no way back.

My career has come to an end. In the short term, we have no possibility of unifying the Western Regions. The soldiers of the three major lords will not really help us fight.

Eventually, there will be a situation where we have a long standoff with Arlandor and Latif. If we can't cross the Latif defense line all the time, then the three kingdoms of Dawan, Mulu, and Gumo will be annexed by Alandor sooner or later. There is also the possibility that the three countries surrendered to Latif and eventually formed the Seven-Power Alliance.

At that time, their troops were more than 150,000. And they are vast, and the passes overlap. We must fight at the very least, at least 100,000 elite troops. I'm even worried that they'll come back at us. ”

Chen Mu's words were very pessimistic, and everyone lowered their heads and did not speak.

The cripple suddenly raised his head and asked, "Why do you say that, it's clear that the situation is very good." The Emperor, Tang Zhen, Meng Danqing, Ximen Zhensen, plus Zhang Yunlong's 1st and 5th Divisions, we now have 80,000 troops. Even if the soldiers of the three major gates only follow along, it will have a deterrent effect. It is impossible for the enemy not to think about their actions. I think Latif should know that his 100,000 soldiers can't compete with us at all. I think it's a very good fight. ”

Chen Mu asked: "After beating Latif, continue to fight Hungary?" ”

"Of course?"

"What about the Hungarian fight?"

The lame man glared: "Just hit the three major gates." ”

Chen Mu clenched his fists: "I heard that the Anxi army has increased from 30,000 to 60,000. Chang'an's soldiers are still moving closer to Jiuquan one after another. Haven't you seen the situation clearly, the Tang family plans to close the door and let the dog go. ”

The cripple snorted coldly: "If we consume it like this, won't they let the dog go?" ”

"If we don't unify the Western Regions, they will look forward to it. On the contrary, if we destroy those enemies, they will be free to fight us. When the time comes, there is no scruples. With our troops, we can only fight guerrilla warfare everywhere, and it is very difficult to establish any base areas. ”

"And what do you think?" Cao Sheng finally spoke: "Let the emperor stay here and spend it together?" ”

Chen Mu said: "This is not my idea, it is the queen mother's idea. She didn't want the emperor to go back. She wanted to make a big deal out of it. ”

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