"Murong Zhan was captured by Pu Mao" and "He Hun claimed to be a subordinate to Qin" are the second pieces of relevant information sent along with the military report "Qin captured Ye County".

After the Qin army besieged Ye County on three sides and defeated Murong Wutai and others again, there was civil strife in Ye County.

This is understandable.

When winning a battle, the generals of the army sometimes have contradictions because of the merit, not to mention the defeat of the battle, and it is a big defeat related to the national fortunes of the Wei State? In addition, Murong Wutai and Murong Quan were born in the emperor's family, and there was no brotherly love for a long time, Murong Quan was young, but he was appointed as the main general of the "Yedu Battle", Murong Wutai, who was known for his bravery, has always had a lot of opinions about this, so after the defeat, he had a big fight with Murong Quan.

Murong Wutai accused Murong Quan of poor command, at first "Luoyang Battle", he was unwilling to send Ye County's elite soldiers to help, and now "Ye County's Battle", and greedy for life and fear of death, afraid of "Di" like a tiger, is "a general is incompetent, tired of the three armies", seeing that the Ye County guards are hopeless, after he made a big fuss, he simply led thousands of remnants of the headquarters out of the camp and went north to Zhao County.

Although Murong Quan was accused of incompetence by Murong Wutai, Murong Wutai's accusations were unfounded, to put it bluntly, slander.

Among the existing sons of Murong Wei, the second son of Murong Yan, who inherited the throne of Wei, has scheming and deceit, but he is less of a king, and the third son of Murong Wutai is brave and good at fighting, but he is lost in light of plagiarism, and the fourth son is a weak man, and he is useless, in fact, Murong Quan, who ranks fifth, has the most potential for success, and when Murong Wei was alive, he often praised Murong Quan, saying that he was "young and cautious, deep and generous".

Murong Zhan also recognized Murong Quan's ability very much, and he believed that if the Great Wei still had a chance to revive in the future, then only Murong Quan had the ability to carry out this revival.

So at this critical moment when Ye County was in danger and internal turmoil, he spoke to Murong Quan and said: "Today, Ye is lost, my Wei is still secluded, Ji, coercing millions of people in these two states, recruiting troops from all departments, enough to ride 100,000, so as to summon Tuoba from the north, Dingxi in the west, and Jiangzuo in the south, and attack Qin with all their strength, and it is not impossible to make a comeback!"

"I Wei will prosper in the future, and the king of Silai will also! If you can die, the king must not lose. Qin won a row, Ye can not be defended, rather than the city is broken, Zhan and the king are both killed in the battle, it is better to abandon it, Zhan is willing to lead the troops out of the fight, protect the king to break through. This is to break the wrist of a strong man, waiting for the coming day!

"Waiting for the king to go to Youzhou, I hope that the king and the saint will work together to conspire for the great cause of Zhongxing! As long as I Wei Ke has to rejuvenate, although my soul returns to Daxianbei, I will not live up to the emperor's deathbed entrustment! As mentioned above, the Tang legend says that after death, the soul returns to the Yin Cao under Mount Tai, and the Xianbei people say that after death, the soul will return to their ancestral birthplace, the Great Xianbei Mountain.

Murong Zhan instructed Murong Quan: "Prime Minister Murong Gan is greedy for authority, jealous of talents, Hou Mo Chen Dao, his cronies also, and these two people are saints who believe in love, the king goes to Youzhou, Yi Xiao and Zhou Xuan, I would rather endure the anger of the moment, and never ruin the future of my Zhongxing!" ”

When Murong Quan heard this, he burst into tears, bowed down and said: "Uncle is the support of my Great Wei people, and the support of the generals and soldiers of my Great Wei Army, Quan is just a yellow-haired boy, how can his uncle enter the fight, and Quan escapes?" The right is willing to fight to the death to protect the uncle to break through! ”

Murong Zhan showed a kind smile on his face, helped him up, and said, "I'm old, you're still young!" Don't you see the wolves of the steppe? When the wolf is old, he has to let the little wolf go! Although you are few now, but because you are few, you are the young eagle of my Murong clan! My Murong clan started in Thorn City, prospered in Dragon City, fought a hundred battles and bloodshed, but won the land of the Tang people, dominated the Central Plains, and now the temporary setback, what is it?

"Don't forget, the first emperor dreamed of Xijiao Sanyan, and the destiny of heaven is in my Great Wei! Pu Mao prides himself on benevolence and righteousness, but in my opinion, he is just a small benevolence, and he is not the right way to govern the country, sooner or later, Di Qin will definitely be in turmoil, and at that time, it will be the day of the revival of my Great Wei! ”

Murong Zhan no longer called Murong Quan the prince of "King Wuxiang", but instead called him by a nickname, held his arm hard, and encouraged him to say, "Ah Liudun, when you go to Youzhou, go to Jin Mo He, Hou Mo Chen Dao, and even Murong Gan, in order to shirk the responsibility for the loss of Ye County, I will definitely slander you, but you remember my words, the Zhongxing of my Great Wei depends on you, and you must make compromises!"

"The first emperor loved you very much when he was there, but he went to slander the saints, as long as you were not stubborn and angered the saints, the saints would only punish you and not kill you. Remember, as long as you can keep your body, you will keep the hope of my Great Wei Zhongxing! ”

- Go to Jin Mo He, it is the Xianbei name of Murong Wutai. Ye County can't be saved, and there is also Hou Mo Chen Tuo's garrison Changle, who didn't dare to come to help, because Murong Zhan said that Hou Mo Chen Tuo and even Murong Gan would slander Murong Yan and slander Murong Quan.

On the one hand, Murong Zhan's ardent expectations for him, and on the other hand, the difficult road ahead that is already equivalent to the country's ruin and full of unknowns, at this moment, what will Murong Quan, who is only in his twenties, think?

Maybe it's hard for anyone but himself to know.

What Xin Er saw in the intelligence was that there was no secret conversation between Murong Zhan and Murong Quan's uncle and nephew before the break in Ye County, and what he saw was only the objective outcome of the conversation between the two.

Just before the first snow stopped this winter and the second snow fell, without waiting for the Qin army to launch the final siege battle, Murong Zhan, Murong Mei and his son personally led the elite forbidden soldiers of the Wei army such as Shiyulang, Shang Fangbing, and Longteng Cavalry in the city and outside the city, as well as thousands of tribal soldiers, to launch a moth-like attack on the Qin army, and the Qin army fought under the city of Ye County, and was finally outnumbered, and the whole army was annihilated.

Yao Jin, the younger brother of Yao Tao who defected to Wei because of Meng Langjin's knife scheme, was in Ye County, Murong Quan out of "bringing it into the seclusion, its people are useless, killing it, there is no need, simply stay with Yao Tao, in order to make a good fate", did not kill him, and left him in the city, but the Qin soldiers fought hard for more than a month, and the casualties were not small. After Yao Jin was killed, the soldier who killed him took his head to ask for a reward, but was ordered to be killed by the enraged Pu Mao. Among Yao Tao's brothers, Yao Jin is the most capable, and he is also the closest, Yao Guo is dead, Yao Jin is dead, and Yao Tao's city is really unable to suppress his grief, holding Yao Jin's head and crying bitterly, heartbroken about it. He didn't dare to blame Meng Lang, nor did he dare to blame the soldiers of the Qin army, pointing to the sky and the earth, and scolding Murong Quan more than once. -- Several pieces of information attached to the military newspaper, one of which described the incident.

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Murong Zhan's capture and Yao Jin's killing are two pieces of intelligence, and neither of them seems to be very important at the moment.

Among the several pieces of information, the most important one is that He Hun has surrendered to Qin.

When Ye County had not yet been captured by the Qin army, at the end of November and the beginning of December, He Hun decided to surrender to Qin.

Zhang Shijin, the right chief of his command, admonished: "The king, now Yin Dang is attacking me in a hurry, Pu Yi is attacking me Pengcheng more than once, although the king's soldiers are invincible in the world, Gao Li is guarded, there is no one to compete in the sea, but Tang and Pu Yi are all strong countries, with my Xu land, resist the armies of the two countries, for example, it is like two fists are difficult to defeat four hands; And in the territory of Tang, Hu, fornication, Pu's is very numerous, Qingzhou I newly acquired land, but also quite chaotic. However, the plan for the present is measured in the long run, and the ministers are foolish, not as well as attached to Pu Yi. ”

Yin Dang, Pu Badger Sun's two-way attack, not only caused He Hun evil to fall short, unable to fight for Ye County, and now, but also made his nest Xuzhou fall into a two-front battle, beyond the strength of the difficult situation, He Hun evil has long been very angry, when he heard Zhang Shi's words, he was immediately furious, kicked over the case, and said angrily: "You old thing, you owe a beating, do you want Lao Tzu to surrender Pu Mao's little thing?" ”

Zhang Shi bowed and said: "As the king said, Pu Mao is just a 'little thing', although Qin is prosperous today, but to the minister's view, it is full of hidden worries inside and outside, not enough to worry, because the minister is brave, thinking that the king might as well be attached to it today, waiting for it to become chaotic, and then it is not too late to regain its strength!" ”

He Hun Xie suppressed his anger a little, went to Zhang Shi's body, looked at his back exposed by worship, and asked, "...... You say he has a lot of worries inside and outside? ”

"Yes."

"What's the concern?"

Zhang Shi crouched on the ground, and could only see He Hunxie's silk shoes stretched out to his face, and the pearl on his shoes shook his eyes, and he couldn't see He Hunxie's face, but he could feel He Hunxie's gaze, and felt that he was like being stared at by an angry wolf who wanted to devour blood, his back was cold, and his hairs were about to stand up.

He forced himself to calm down and said: "Pu Ying, Pu Jian, Pu Tong, Pu Duhuo and others conspired to rebel, and Pu Mao did not kill, which is one of its internal worries; killing his brother and forcing his brother to flee from Bai Yu, but reusing Yao Tao is the second hidden worry within him; After the Luoyang War, Wen Pumao did not distinguish between the virtuous and the foolish, did not distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and he gave him generous treatment to all Wei ministers and Wei generals, which was the third hidden worry within him; Although Meng Lang was trusted by Pu Mao, Gou Xiong and other nobles and important ministers of Qin were at odds with Meng Lang, which was the fourth hidden concern within him.

"Dingxi first seized Longxi and other three counties, the army entered Hanzhong, and then this year to take Shuofang in the north, and Nan'an in the south, has formed a north-south attack on Puqin, which is one of its external worries; If Murong Yan summons the Tuoba clan in the north, and calls his old Tuthorn City, Dragon City and other places in the west, he can still have 100,000 horses, which is the second hidden worry of its exterior.

"Internal worries four, external worries two, according to this expectation, the internal and external chaos of Di Qin is probably in the near future! Therefore, it is the minister's words, Pu Mao is indeed as the king said, nothing more than a 'little thing' that has gained momentum for a while. The inchworm bends in order to believe in it. The King ......"

"Wait, inchworm or what?"

From He Hun Xie was silent for a long time, listening to his own analysis, Zhang Shi had already judged that his anger should have gradually died out according to his understanding of him, and it was really good, the tone brought out by He Hun Xie in this question was indeed almost no anger.

Zhang Shi was bold and explained to him, saying: "The king, this sentence was explained to the king before, and the king may have forgotten it. Faith, stretch the meaning also. The inchworm is the larvae of a type of moth,......"

"Oh, I remembered. Yes, you explained it to me. I see what that means, and you go on. ”

Zhang Shi said, "Yes, king." There is another sentence under the bend of the inchworm, which is the sting of the dragon and snake, in order to survive. The king, the dragon of today! For the sake of the future grand hegemony and dragon flying for nine days, I will be dormant for a while, and wait patiently, and wait until the chaos inside and outside Qin and Qin are falling apart, and then erect the banner of righteousness in Xu, take advantage of the chaos and drum the flag to the east, sweeping the world, the foolish opinion of the minister, why not? ”

A pair of hands grabbed Zhang Shi's arms and pulled him up, Zhang Shi looked, and He Hun's evil face jumped into his eyes.

He Hun was full of praise and said, "Right Hou! You are really my pipe, Le Yi! ”

He Hun didn't know much about Tang characters, but he liked to listen to ancient Chinese historical stories in order to learn the strategy of dominating the world, so he knew Guan Zhong and Le Yi.

Zhang Shi's heart fell for a long time, and he said modestly: "How dare the minister compare with the management and music? In the present world, all countries are fighting, this is the Warring States, the great king is eloquent and strategic, and over time, he will be able to achieve the great cause of the first emperor, cut down the countries, and reunify the sea. ”

"Isn't that what the prophecy has foreshadowed?"

"Yes, yes, the king is already in the destiny of heaven, and it is only a matter of time before he ascends to the throne. Congratulations to the king in advance, congratulations to the king. ”

"Please attach this book to Qin, let the right marquis write it for me."

"No."

He Hun said through gritted teeth: "Yin Dang, this little thing, Lao Tzu doesn't look at him, and he dares to come to my realm!" Just wait for Pu Badger Sun to withdraw his troops and return, and see how Lao Tzu kills you, and the blood is flowing like a river! Let you get by, so that you can't go back! ”

He cast his eyes outside the tent, from his position, faintly visible a tall mound built outside the camp wall, the mound is actually not a mound, it is a Jingguan built by killing more than 1,000 Tang soldiers of the Yin Dang Department and thousands of Tang people who fled to Yin Dang and were caught and killed by He Hun Leopard and other soldiers, he looked at the Jingguan from afar, and said fiercely, "Isn't your Tang family unwilling to form an alliance with Lao Tzu?" Lao Tzu freed his hands, first destroyed Yin Dang, and then beat you until you obeyed, and beat you until you begged Lao Tzu to take you as a slave! ”

Zhang Shi wrote a letter of surrender on behalf of He Hun and gave it to Pu Mao, since he went to the number of the Heavenly King, he was willing to be the Eastern Domain of Qin, and flattered Pu Mao with the words of Wei Weizhi, saying that he had the bell of the Mandate of Heaven and would destroy the Wei State, and should be carried by the sky, enter the honorable number, and succeed to the emperor's throne.

When Zhang Shi's table was lowered to Ye County, Ye County had just been defeated by the Qin army.

In the Yecheng Palace, the palace is deep, Di, Qiang, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Tang, there are a little Sogdians from the Western Regions, and so on more than 100 handsome and talented people of various ethnic groups, all of them are dressed in black court clothes, separated from left and right, can be called the civil and military brilliant, mixed with a few bald monks, at the end of the main hall, Pu Mao crowned and gowned, sitting on the dragon chair reservedly, listening to the envoy of the Qiang people sent by He Hun to read and recite the table in Di.

When the table was read, the ministers either threatened or reprimanded, and frightened the messenger once, and then told the messenger to retreat first.

After the messenger left, Pu Mao dispersed the ministers, leaving Meng Lang alone.

The two turned into the back room of the hall, and Pu Mao asked Meng Lang: "He Hun's evil descending table, how does Master Meng think he should deal with it?" ”

Meng Lang replied: "He Hun evil wolf ambition, cruel people, now he is forced to fall, but although Ye County is down, Murong Xianbei is still secluded, Ji, my Wang Shi next, should make persistent efforts, it is necessary to cut Murong Xianbei to the roots, can not give it a chance to breathe, at the moment there is no time to take care of Xuzhou, he has come to surrender, and the right is allowed." ”

Pu Mao said hesitantly: "He said in the table, saying that the name of solitary benevolence and righteousness is spread all over the world, and all the people of the world are begging to be the king's minister, and he is invited to play the title of Lone Lord?" ”

"The king, at the moment in the sea, Jiangzuo Prefectures are owned by the Tang Dynasty, Xu and Qing are He Hun evil, Murong Xianbei steals from You, Ji, and Dingxi is named Tang Chen, which is really self-reliant, and Longzhou is also a country, and the king will be called the emperor at this time, which is also in name only, and it is likely to arouse the resistance of the Tang people in the north.

Pu Mao thought so, so he accepted the surrender of He Hun evil, but did not claim the title of emperor.

The information sent to Xin Er here "He Hun Evil Surrender to Qin" does not have such detailed content, but He Hun Evil Surrender to Qin, Pu Mao Xu Zhi, and the Qin army that attacked Pengcheng was withdrawn by Pu Mao, etc., are all mentioned in the intelligence.

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Xuanwu Black Palace, General Xin'er's report, several pieces of information are all with Zuo's family.

Zuo's pair of wonderful eyes did not leave Xin Er, and he listened to him absentmindedly, and asked, "Ah Gua, I think you seem to be a little unhappy?" ”

"The Queen Mother, the ministers report that they are all major military affairs."

"I don't know much about these either, so you can dispose of it at your discretion."

"The Queen Mother, Pu Qin has gone down to Ye County, He Hun claims to be subordinate to Qin, and now Pu Mao's opponent in the Kanto region is only the remnants of the Murong clan defeated, and Murong Zhan is captured by him, and the Murong clan is definitely not his enemy! The minister has two worries, one is that next year, Pu Mao is afraid that a large-scale attack on my Qinzhou is inevitable, and the other is the Yin Dang Department of the Northern Expedition to Xuzhou, with the cooperation of the Pu Qin army, its department is still making slow progress, and the lower Qin army is withdrawn, he will be alone against He Hun evil department, maybe he will suffer a defeat, and if he suffers a defeat, it will inevitably affect the decision-making of Jiangzuo Chaozhong, so whether Huan Meng will be able to help me determine the west to help defend Qinzhou next year is a little uncertain. ”

"Is the envoy back?"

"Not yet, but I should be back soon."

"Then wait for him to come back first, and see how Huan Jingzhou answers him."

"Even if Huan Jingzhou agreed to help me Dingxi, but if the princes of Jiangzuo Chaozhong were afraid of Yin Dang's defeat, and Huan Jingzhou was not allowed to help me, or ......, the Queen Mother, Huan Jingzhou, this person, the minister has seen it, this person is very ambitious, or he wants to take the opportunity of Yin Dang's defeat to get involved in the power of the court, then at that time, no matter whether Jiang Zuo Chaozhong allows him to send troops to help me, he is afraid that he will not be able to rely on it."

Zuo's beautiful eyes were like water, his lips were like cherries, and he said: "Ah Gua, there are you in the court, I don't worry." ”

"The Queen Mother, the minister's wisdom is slightly limited, and she is often afraid that she will live up to the trust of the Queen Mother."

"I believe in you."

The hall was silent for a while, Xin Er heard the ringing bell, smelled the familiar familiar body fragrance, but it was Zuo who went down to the hall, and when he came close, the eyes cast on him seemed to be dripping, and Wen Zuo whispered, "Ah Gua,...... Are you unhappy? ”

Maybe it's the unpredictable pressure of the victory and defeat of Qinzhou, which is related to the survival of Dingxi next year, or because of what Wang Yifu said, "if the monarch and the ministers are not harmonious, it will lead to domestic chaos". She seems to be just the only one who doesn't need to pretend in front of Xiner and can confide in all her confidants.