"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The ministers knelt down and bowed to the mountain, and only after hearing the "free courtesy" did they all get up with a confused face. No one knew why Emperor Qin suddenly summoned his ministers urgently.

"Yang Yushi, tell the situation to your family." Emperor Qin slowly spoke, and then attracted everyone's attention to Yang Yuhang.

Yang Yuhang said: "When Your Majesty marched south, the minister stayed in Chang'an. Last month, he received His Majesty's decree and set out to investigate the case in the clouds. Halfway to the Great Wall....."

Yang Yuhang told the story of the Great Wall that day, and the ministers were full of indignation when they heard it.

"Presumptuous, these remnants of the Northern Dynasty are really thieves!"

"Woohoo, poor Liu Dudu is loyal to the court, but he is victimized by the traitor. Isn't it sad to leave only one child at a young age! ”

"Please ask Your Majesty to immediately behead Tuoba Jue, how can I compromise with this traitor!"

"Your Majesty, Dugu Kuren is menacing, there are no soldiers available in the area of the Great Wall, and the imperial army is in Xuzhou, so it is difficult to look north. At this time, if Dugu Kuren goes south to cause trouble, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Listening to the discussion of the ministers, Emperor Qin's face was also very ugly. Originally, the situation was very good, and the pacification of the southern barbarians was just around the corner, but there was another such thing in the north. Although Dugu Kuren did not explicitly say that he wanted to rebel, he could see that once the court did not hand over Tuoba, Dugu Kuren would immediately turn his face.

Originally, Emperor Qin's southern expedition was also well planned, and there were arrangements in various places, and the remaining forces in the country were enough to cope with all changes. However, no one expected that there would be a defeat in the water, after the defeat of the river, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Qin army on the front line, most of the remaining forces in various places rushed to the front line to come to the king of Qin, which led to the emptiness of the country. Dugu Kuren's tens of thousands of people are nothing in normal times, but now is a special moment, if Dugu Kuren rebels at this moment and enters the Great Wall as a disaster, it will be really fatal.

The rear is so empty, Dugu Kuren went in to burn and loot, all the way unhindered, how much loss will it cause? If he is a little more bold and approaches the Beijing Division, can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and tens of thousands of old and weak people hold the Beijing Division? These are all questions to consider.

"The most important thing to worry about at the moment is a two-front war, which is difficult to support. Although the Nanban is about to be destroyed, it will eventually retain the southeastern half of the wall, and once the stalemate falls, I am afraid it will not be able to be pacified in a short time. At this time, the north is in chaos again, and the imperial court is afraid that it will be difficult to deal with. Deng Qiang came out and analyzed.

Emperor Qin nodded slightly: "So what does the old man mean?" ”

Deng Qiang said firmly: "No matter what, the imperial court must not fall into the quagmire of the north and south at the same time!" ”

When it comes to strategy, there is naturally no one in the DPRK and China who can compare with Deng and Zhang.

After asking Deng Qiang, Emperor Qin looked at Zhang Hao again.

Zhang Hao came out of the ranks, frowned and said, "The minister thinks that this Tuoba Jue is only afraid that it needs to be handed over to Dugu Kuren." If the imperial court wants to appease Saiwai, it can't let Dugu Kuren rebel; If the imperial court decides to use troops against the outside of the Saiwai, it also needs to try to stabilize Dugu Kuren first. After all, our army is trapped in the southeast, even if it returns to the north, it will take a lot of time, and if Dugu Kuren cannot be stabilized during this period, so that he can enter the Great Wall, hundreds of people will suffer. ”

When Zhang Oy's words landed, many ministers frowned. Most people refused to speak because of Zhang Oy's prestige, but some old ministers refuted it.

"Zhang Shuai's move, isn't it the intention of Tuobaju?"

"I am the Great Qin Huanghuang Heavenly Dynasty, if I release a rebellious felony because of the threat of a rebel, where is the majesty of the court?"

"How can Zhang Shuai be so confused, that Tuoba Jue colluded with Dugu Kuren, thinking that he had nothing to fear. The imperial court should have punished him in order to demonstrate the law of the country. If he is let out of the fortress and taught him to succeed in his conspiracy, won't all those who conspire against him in the future be able to threaten the court to release him like this! In this way, the country will not be a country! ”

"Humph!" Zhang Oyster snorted coldly and said angrily: "You only know that letting Tuoba Jue go will ruin the majesty of the imperial court, and do you know that if you don't let Tuoba Jue go, Dugu Kuren will invade the south?" Now that the rear of my Great Qin is empty, and it is difficult for the southeast army to return north in a short time, if Dugu Kuren is not stabilized, it will bring great disasters to the people in the country! If there is a military disaster in the rear, causing the displacement of the people, or even the turmoil in Beijing, the entire Great Qin will be unstable. Which is more important? ”

Someone argued: "That Tuoba Jue is so thoughtful at a young age, I am afraid that he has already expected today's events, and the change of Dugu Kuren must have been planned by him in advance, just to threaten the imperial court to release him." Such a person, once the tiger returns to the mountain, if it becomes a big disaster for my dynasty in the future, can Zhang Shuai afford this responsibility? ”

Zhang Hao sneered: "Lao Tzu persuaded His Majesty to let Tuoba Jue go, it doesn't mean that Lao Tzu won't clean up those remnants of the Northern Dynasty, it's just that it takes time for the army to move, so let's use this to stabilize Dugu Kuren and protect the people for the time being." Soon after, the army was mobilized, and Lao Tzu led the army, swept through the outside of the fortress, and slaughtered these rebellious ministers and thieves with his own hands! ”

If another person said such a big thing, it would be easy to attract ridicule from the ministers, but Zhang Hao was different. Zhang Oyster said that he would lead a large army to sweep through the Saiwai, and no one would question whether he could do it, because he was Zhang Oyster!

Emperor Qin said silently: "The old man is reasonable, it is worth it to exchange Tuoba Jue's life for the peace of the people in the rear." ”

Emperor Qin looked around at the ministers, looked at Pei Yuanluo, and said, "Pei Qing, tell me, how to do it for today's plan?" ”

Due to the accumulation of government affairs in Xiangcheng, Pei Yuanluo was left in Xiangcheng by Emperor Qin to serve as a civilian for a while, and he has been very low-key recently. Seeing that Emperor Qin asked, he thought about it for a while, and said: "The minister thinks that Zhang Shuai is reasonable, the imperial court wants to clean up Dugu Kuren, after all, it is a matter of the future, in order to prevent this thief from going south to poison the people, it is necessary to hand over Tuoba Jue to him." Being able to bend and stretch is the way of a gentleman. ”

"In addition, our southeastern army has been exhausted for several months, and now there is smoke in the north, and the war in the southeast should be ended as soon as possible."

Prime Minister Wang Yongdao: "Lord Pei is reasonable, but the southern barbarians are stubborn and based on the geographical advantage, it is easy for our army to be destroyed, but it is difficult to destroy it quickly." ”

If you want to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty simply, let Fu Pi take people to grind slowly in Shouyang, fight logistics and resources, at most grind for a year or two, the Eastern Jin Dynasty will run out of money, food, oil, and lamps, and it will naturally be cold. But if you want to pursue speed, it is not easy, the terrain in the southeast is too suitable for holding, isn't the reason why the battle of Weishui was lost is too anxious?

However, if there is nothing to do in the north, it is not a big problem for the former Qin to spend a year or two to kill the Eastern Jin Dynasty. But now that something has happened in the north, and the seven counties outside the Saiwai are being held hostage by Dugu Kuren and rebelling, how can the imperial court sit idly by?

Pei Yuanluo smiled bitterly: "What the prime minister said, how can the lower officials not know?" However, even if he agreed to release Tuoba, it was only to temporarily stabilize Dugu Kuren's current non-conscriptive march south. The army must still return north as soon as possible, sit in the country, and deter the Quartet. Otherwise, once Tuoba Jue successfully returned to Saiwai, seeing that the imperial court soldiers and horses were still concentrated in the southeast and the country was still empty, he would definitely go south to plunder! At that time, won't we return to the mountains in vain? ”

Secretary Lang Zhao shook his head and said, "Having said that, it is indeed difficult to eliminate the Nanban in a short period of time." ”

After several months of conquest, Qianqin was actually at the end of its power. Compared with the Eastern Jin Dynasty before, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was more tired, so he could continue to fight. But now in addition to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the opponent has another rebellious Northern Dynasty remnant group. At this point, in order to avoid being dragged into the quagmire of war at the same time, compromise became the only option.

The ministers were now basically unified, and first agreed to release Tuoba Jue in order to buy time and keep the people in the rear; The second imperial court must end the war in the southeast as soon as possible, so that the army can return to the north and clean up the country.

The question now is how to resolve the war in the southeast as soon as possible.

Shang Shukou of the Ministry of War sighed: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and since our dynasty has recovered Xuzhou, it is better to make a truce with the Nanban first." The army returned to the north to repair, and in the future, after pacifying the rebellious ministers outside the Saiwai, and then looking for an opportunity to destroy the southern barbarians. ”

Truce!

Since it is necessary to solve the war in the southeast as soon as possible, but it is not capable of quickly eliminating the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the temporary truce has naturally become a helpless move.

Emperor Qin thought of the decree he had made not long ago, and suddenly looked at Wang Yong, and said, "Prime Minister, I asked you to send someone to Shouyang to deliver the decree and order Pi'er to kill the envoys sent by the Southern Barbarians, have you arranged it?" ”

Wang Yong guessed Emperor Qin's thoughts, and exclaimed: "It's not good, the minister has already instructed the Cheng Zhi Division to draft the decree, and the person who delivered the decree may have already set off at this time." ”

"Send someone to recover this will!"