"Smack"

On the Xuanwu Palace, Qin Gong, who had an extremely ugly face, looked at the silent civil and military officials in the hall and the Jieyuan who was still trembling after the performance, and his face was like ashes for a while, and he was stunned.

In front of him, he kicked it on the desk on the ground, and the pen, ink, and paper were sprinkled on the ground.

Behind Duke Qin, many internal officials and maidservants were silent, they had never seen the monarch so angry, so they all lowered their heads and didn't even dare to take a breath.

After Qin Lan was broken and Fang Shuai died, it was inevitable that Yuanzhou would be broken.

But fortunately, Zhao Zhihai had already prepared for retreat, so in addition to the heavy losses of weapons, horses, grain and grass and other materials that were broken in Yuanzhou City, nearly half of the remaining troops in Yuanzhou counties retreated into Shubei County and Xiazhong County in an orderly manner, and the situation was not eroded to the point of no turnaround.

Especially Xu Changcheng in Hexi County, after a year of gains and losses, and losses and gains, finally came to a conclusion. Xiazhong County and Shubei County were firmly defended, and the two places blocked the further offensive of the Rong army with the help of the Yunling Mountains and the Wenshui moat. In addition, the Hanhai Wooden Fence Army of Lihua repeatedly recovered the counties of Hexi and Jilin City. and Gyeonggi and the counties of Xiazhong, Shubei, and Hexi riots were suppressed one after another.

Therefore, although the Xijing side is still anxious, it has also seen a glimmer of hope for a counteroffensive from the changes in the situation in the past six months.

But today, in the Xuanwu Palace, as soon as Sima Jieyuan of the military department went to the palace, he said that Qin Lanrong's army had invaded Hexi County in the east, and now he has successively attacked the four counties of Xuchang, Yuanyou, Binshui, and Shangdang. This made the monarch who had worked hard in the previous year feel like ashes and stood in the palace.

After a long time, the chief Deng Ziwen coughed lightly, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall.

What Jie Yuan just talked about, in fact, he already knew through the Black Ice Platform, and even the news that Jie Yuan got was provided to him by the Black Ice Platform. So after getting the news late yesterday night, Deng Ziwen also stayed awake all night, and hurriedly summoned Sima Guofu of the military department late at night to discuss a good way to resist the enemy.

At this moment, although he didn't think of any feasible good way, but now that the palace was silent, as the head of a hundred officials, he still had the responsibility to shift everyone's attention from the gaffe monarch to himself.

Deng Ziwen glanced at Jie Yuan, frowned and said to the hundred officials: "What Lord Sima said is the news that Hei Bingtai got last night, do you have a good plan for this?" ”

As soon as Deng Ziwen's words fell, he heard Gu Daoyuan get up and ask: "If this news is sent by Heibing Terrace, then it means that the right bigger person lost four cities in a row, and he didn't report the military situation to Xijing in time, and deliberately concealed the news here?" ”

As soon as Gu Daoyuan's words fell, the civil and military officials in the hall no longer had any scruples, and immediately began to discuss.

During this period, naturally a few people stood up and hesitated to defend Yongluan, saying that maybe the right bigger person was in danger and had no time to return to Xijing. But they were all refuted by Gu Daoyuan and other ministers one by one.

No matter which city was lost on the front line of Xuchang, Yuanyou, Binshui, and Shangdang, Hexi County, which is north of Gyeonggi, had time to send military intelligence to Xijing.

It's not Lingzhou, it's not Shuofang, so it's too late to talk about it.

In fact, everyone understands in their hearts, I am afraid that Yongluan is afraid of taking the responsibility of losing the city and land, so he deliberately conceals it and does not report it.

The reason is easy to understand: Yongluan and Yongyunqi joined forces to recover Xuchang in the north, even though the soldiers suffered many casualties, but at present there are fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses in Hexi, I am afraid that they also want to recover the lost territory as soon as possible after losing Xuchang City, so they deliberately did not report the military situation to Xijing.

But they didn't expect that the Najon people would be so easy to deal with. So not only did they not regain the lost ground, but they also lost several cities in a very short period of time, and finally let the Black Ice Terrace get the news.

The officials in the hall all knew it, and except for the officials who were attached to the Right Watch Mansion, their faces were pale, and some of the others shook their heads and sighed, and some sneered.

Everyone has a trace of emotion in their hearts at this time, it seems that among the three watches, when it comes to marching and fighting, they still fancy the second watch on the left and the second watch, and compared with the other two, the right watch is still too much worse.

The loss of several cities in Hexi, especially the loss of the two cities of Yuanyou and Shangdang, has caused the current situation to be so bad that it can no longer be worse.

It must be known that Shangdang is the only ferry between Hexi and Qi, and a large amount of military rations aided by Qi have just been transported there. The Yuanyou is where the Hexi Arsenal is located, and the loss of the two places will inevitably cause a large number of weapons, grain and grass to the enemy.

Although they don't know how much weapons and grain and grass will be lost after the Rong people occupy the two places, everyone will not be optimistic about it.

In the midst of everyone's discussions, I saw Jie Yuan say loudly again: "Your Majesty, at present, Shubei County must prevent Shu and Yuanzhou from marching south at the same time, and there is no skill."

And Xia Zhong County also had to deal with the Rong army on two sides at the same time with a tired army, and it was even more difficult to slacken.

When Wonju was besieged, the total number of soldiers and horses in Wonju reached about 150,000. After the occupation of Yuanzhou, although the Rong army withdrew half of its troops to fight in Qinlan, Shubei and Xia Zhong still did not have the ability to counterattack Yuanzhou, especially the number of Rong troops in both the west and north of Xiazhong County was far more than the number of guards, so if it was not for the Zhongda people to personally sit in the town, I am afraid that it would be difficult for the county to protect itself.

According to Weichen's thoughts, for the sake of today, I am afraid that the right people will stick to Baili and shoot in autumn, and they must not let the Rong people enter Gyeonggi. At the same time, please release Captain Yuli from the right greater, and let him lead the Hanhai soldiers and horses to the south, and attack the north and south with the right greater, and recover the lost place in Hexi is the right way. ”

After Jie Yuan solemnly said this, the Xuanwu Hall suddenly fell silent as if the air had frozen.

Everyone suddenly looked at the gray-haired old man with strange expressions, savoring what he had just said.

And Qin Gong had a thoughtful look on his face. In fact, he had only recovered a little from his panic until this moment.

At this moment, he understood that what Jie Yuan said was the best way now, and Jie Yuan didn't mention the words of punishing Yongluan, which was in his own arms. In fact, he knew in his heart that it would be extremely difficult for him to punish Yongluan.

So he said without thinking:

"Okay, just according to Sima's words, the right greater people also have difficulties in coming, and the Rong people coming east to Xuchang are indeed unexpected, as long as the right people can stick to the Gyeonggi gate, the situation may still have room for maneuver.

Master Sima, you will personally go to the right watch, let him release Captain Lili, and let him go north......"

As soon as he said this, Qin Gong's eyes suddenly widened, as if he had heard some earth-shattering news, he glared at Jie Yuan and said, "Jie Yuan, what did you say?" Release Captain Kaori? ”

After Duke Qin said this in shock, the ministers of civil and military affairs in the palace had been waiting for Jie Yuan's explanation, so at this moment, they all turned their heads to look at Jie Yuan.

I saw Jie Yuan bowing his head and contemplating for a moment, kneeling in the hall with a puff, and kowtowing to Qin Gong and saying:

"Weichen impeached Lord Yongluan, who was on the right side, privately imprisoned meritorious generals, intending to embezzle the counties in the northwest of Hebei.

Your Majesty, Weichen has just learned about this matter, so please persuade the right to take state affairs as the priority, and release Captain Yuli to jointly defend the enemy as a good minister.

As the old saying goes, the Yun brothers are on the wall, and the outside is insulted, and now the right is the greater person who imprisons the commander of one side, which is the matter of the relatives and the enemies. ”

After saying that, the silver-haired old man who was in his last years kowtowed heavily to Yongdaocheng.

For a while, everyone in the hall heard a heart-wrenching "dong dong" sound in the hall.

The vast majority of people in the hall know the relationship between Jie Yuan and Zhu Lihua, if what Jie Yuan said is true, then it is really indignant that Zhu Lihua was imprisoned by Yongluan, so at this moment most people have sympathy for Jie Yuan.

"Lord Sima!"

"Old Sima!"

The hall resounded with the consolations of several people.

When Gong Qin heard this, he immediately didn't care about his doubts, and hurriedly got up and walked quickly to Jie Yuan's side to help the old man stand up.

"Is Sima Qing's family serious?

How could the right man be so confused, and after the widow verifies it in detail, he will definitely give Lord Sima justice. ”

Jie Yuan stood up tremblingly, and said to Qin Gongshi:

"Your Majesty, now that the Rong people are coming, the soldiers are coming to the city, and the old minister just wants to ask the right and the bigger people to let go of Lihua, and he doesn't want any justice. Please also ask for permission from Gong Qin. ”

Yong Daocheng, who heard Jieyuan's words, glanced at the old man in front of him with great meaning, and his face immediately turned red and white, and he was extremely dissatisfied with his uncle.

He knew very well that what Jie Yuan said was true, and if the right man had not imprisoned Zhu Lihua, perhaps the Rong people would not have dared to easily go east to Xu Chang.

At this moment, if he didn't understand what Yong Luan had in mind, it would be too stupid.

It's just that he really can't figure out why his uncle is in a hurry to seize power at this time, completely ignoring the overall situation of the country.

Qin Gong held back the anger in his heart and turned his head to look at Gu Daoyuan, he knew that this matter must have been revealed by Zhao Zhihai's people to Jieyuan, so if he wanted to get more information, then Gu Daoyuan's plan would be clear.

"Gu Qingjia, what's going on? Don't tell the widow that you don't know. ”

Gu Daoyuan heard Qin Gong ask him, his originally lowered head slowly raised up, but he first looked at Deng Ziwen on the side.

When Gong Qin saw it, he understood that Gu Daoyuan didn't believe that Deng Ziwen's Black Ice Platform would know nothing about this matter, so he made this move. However, as a monarch, Duke Qin also had some doubts about why Deng Ziwen didn't tell him about it.

Gu Daoyuan hesitated for a moment, and then said in Deng Ziwen's strange gaze:

"Your Majesty, Weichen does know some information about this matter, but if he wants to come to the Black Ice Terrace, he must have known about this matter a long time ago, so he didn't report it to You.

A letter from the Central Greater said that more than two months ago, the Central Greater, sent General Yin Fang and his entourage to Hexi to meet with the Right Greater, to receive weapons and grain and grass aided by the Qi State.

This matter is the conclusion of the court's discussion, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”

Qin Gong nodded when he heard this, knowing that what Gu Daoyuan said was indeed the truth.

Xiazhong County fought repeatedly, successively experienced Fang Yuanheng's Northern Expedition and Mengchun's Rebellion, and later the defeat of Yuanzhou, and the consumption of weapons, grain and grass was extremely great. Therefore, he did order Zhao Zhihai to be allowed to obtain weapons, grain and grass directly from Hexi County.

Therefore, there is really nothing wrong with Zhao Zhihai sending Yin Fang to Yongluan to ask for food.