In the month since Jieyuan and Lulihua rushed to Shuofang County, the Rong people in the direction of Xiaoguan and Qingshui and Qingyang took the initiative to launch two large-scale attacks.

Although under the stubborn resistance of the Qin army, the Rong soldiers did not win favor, but in essence, it caused Zhao Zhihai's soldiers and horses to be tightened across the board.

These two attacks were obviously aimed at making the fire in Daqin's backyard burn even more.

Therefore, Zhao Zhihai's original plan to send about 10,000 people to quell the rebellion in Xiazhong County was also forced to cancel.

And Fang Yuanheng was even more anxious, although General Zuo, who had 100,000 soldiers and horses, was still able to gain the upper hand every time he faced the invasion of Rong troops and the southern invasion of Rong people, but every time they sent troops south out of Yushan to return to the middle of Xia to quell the rebellion, their plan would be disrupted by the Rong cavalry that suddenly came out of Yuanshan Mountain.

Moreover, Fang Yuanheng also realized that his soldiers and horses seemed to have fallen into the encirclement of the Rong people, so he simply suspended the move of dividing his troops to the south to quell the rebellion.

He is ready to use tactics to lure the main force of the Rong army to appear and fight it in the near future.

In his eyes, the rebels in those places are not to worry, and after the main force of the Rong army is eliminated, they will naturally be pacified one by one.

In the past month, although the rebellion in Xiazhong County was put down by the local army, only a few or three large cities were still in the hands of the rebels, but when the scattered rebels were concentrated, the local army became even more helpless against them.

However, the main forces of Fang Yuanheng and Zhao Zhihai were unable to draw up troops to quell the chaos, so there was a danger of being counterattacked by the rebels at any time in the middle of the summer.

Hexi County, which was originally in a good situation, encountered fierce resistance from the rebels after Yongyunqi's massacre.

The 20,000 troops of Yongyunqi under Xuchang City have been attacking continuously for a month without taking down, not to mention that Hexi County and Quwo, Longmen, Liangyuan, Baishui, Pucheng, Fengtong and other counties are all in the hands of the rebels.

At present, in addition to the five counties of Baili, Qiuju, Shangdang, Binshui, and Yuanyou, the northern land of Hexi County has been confirmed to be completely lost.

In Xijing, the Duke of Qin listened to the ministers in the Xuanwu Hall every day to report to him the military reports from all over the country.

And the news from the daily newspaper is worse and worse.

The only good news was that Jieyuan had arrived in Shuofang County, but when he heard the report sent by Jieyuan that Shuofang County had been lost except for the county seat, he didn't say anything, and had to look blankly at the huge Xuanwu map on the top of the Xuanwu Palace, which symbolized the fortunes of the Great Qin.

And Gu Daoyuan also told him another news that made him at a loss even more inopportunely: the grain and grass in various places were about to run out.

Gong Qin waved his hand, signaling Gu Daoyuan not to say more, he closed his eyes and bowed his head in the eyes of the ministers in the hall.

No one expected that the Rong people would knock a year in advance, no one expected that the war would last so long, and no one expected that there would suddenly be a fire in the backyard.

These things appeared at the same time in the current battle of Rong Qin, and appeared in his position as the king.

Why?

Qin Gongyong Daocheng patted his head in frustration.

There was a lifeless breath in the Xuanwu Palace, until one person coughed lightly, shifting everyone's attention to him.

Everyone saw that Deng Ziwen, the first person on the right side of Duke Qin, who never spoke easily, said slowly under the silence of the whole hall: "Gu Zaizuka, is it feasible to borrow grain from the Chu State?" ”

"Back to Dashu's long words, Chu and Shu have been at war for three years, and although their country is rich, there is no surplus grain to borrow.

Yesterday winter, I mentioned this matter in correspondence with Lord Yin Baili, the commander of the State of Chu, and Lord Baili bluntly said that there would be no surplus food available within a year. ”

Gu Daoyuan listened to Deng Ziwen's inquiry, and hurriedly replied.

Deng Ziwen frowned, then turned his eyes to look at Qin Gong, and seeing that Qin Gong was still bowing his head and not speaking, he sighed and stopped speaking.

Last night, the Duke of Qin summoned him into the palace, and he consulted with him about food and grass.

After vetoing all the methods they could think of, the two talked about the final plan that they were unwilling to mention, that is, to exchange the land of the five counties in the east of Xie Yudong for the grain and grass of the Qi country.

In this way, the Qi State would be able to obtain the land of the five counties without spending a single soldier, and the Qin State would not worry about the Qi State going to war with it.

But the impact of this matter is too great, no matter who speaks out in the court, he will bear the notoriety of betraying the country for life, so the prince did not express his position on this matter.

Today's court, Deng Ziwen found that the situation was as expected last night, but the lord of Qin just bowed his head and said nothing, seeing that the monarch was like this, Deng Ziwen naturally did not dare to provoke the anger of the people, besides, the five counties are Yongluan's territory, if the court has a disagreement, then Yongluan will take revenge on himself.

Therefore, Deng Ziwen chose to remain silent.

Just as there was another silence in the court, another voice suddenly sounded, and I saw that the person who spoke was Zhang Ziyu.

But seeing that this person was tall and straight like a green pine, his face was delicate and like a young man, his eyes were like torches, and he looked around and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

Qin Gong saw that it was Zhang Ziyu who spoke, and he couldn't help but be stunned, this person had never taken the initiative to say anything in the court, why did he have a book to play today, could he have any strategy to raise food to defend against the enemy?

Thinking of this, Duke Qin also became interested for a moment and said, "What does Lord Si Kou have to do?" ”

After Zhang Ziyu heard Qin Gong ask him to speak, he said loudly as if he had suddenly changed into a different person:

"General Hexi slaughtered 60,000 people in Baili and Qiuhua counties, and there are countless people who have sued this person in the past few days.

"Don't talk about it today!"

As soon as Qin Gong heard Zhang Ziyu say this, his face instantly couldn't hold back, because Yongyunqi was not only his cousin, but also the leading general he personally selected.

What's more, the military is corrupted in various places, and it is not easy to produce a general who can fight, how can he easily take away his post.

Thinking of this, Qin Gong didn't give Zhang Ziyu any good looks, waved his hand, and sent him away with a word.

To the surprise of everyone in the hall, Zhang Ziyu said "yes" and sat down as if nothing had happened, and continued to look at his nose and nose with an expressionless face.

Although this episode ended quickly, everyone in the hall became more and more embarrassed.

They obviously felt that Qin Gong was defending Yongyunqi, but in everyone's hearts, they became more and more disgusted with the pampered and arrogant man who caused trouble one after another.

The memory in everyone's heart has also been reawakened, when Xiao Guan fell, it was this son of the Yong family who prayed to sit in Xiao Guan.

Now the situation has just taken a turn for the better, but under the influence of his brainless slaughter of the city, Daqin has once again fallen into passivity.

Besides, Yongyunqi slaughtered the people of Great Qin.

Although none of the people in the palace were from the Buyi Shu clan, these nobles still received the moral training of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith.

In their opinion, in addition to venting his anger, Yongyun Qi slaughtered the city, but also because this person's personality was extremely distorted, and he could no longer be called a human, but should be classified as a beast.

At this time, in the hall, only some of Yongluan's wings suddenly understood Zhang Ziyu's vicious methods when they saw this situation.

At this time, the elderly Xu Fei stood up again and said to the Duke of Qin: "Your Majesty, now that General Hexi's Northern Expedition has been blocked, General Shuofang is still opening up the situation. Please don't worry too much. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone suddenly laugh, Xu Fei turned around slowly, but saw that the person who laughed was Gu Daoyuan.

Although Xu Fei was annoyed in his heart, after all, he had been in the court for a long time, and the city government was quite deep, so he smiled and said: "Gu Tsukazai has any happy events, you might as well say it for everyone to hear." ”

Gu Daoyuan still looked like he was smiling, stood up and said:

"It seems that Lord Sima is not only dizzy, but also has a flower, if I remember correctly, when Lord Sima recommended Jieyuan, he was allowed to go to Shuofang alone and lead 30,000 soldiers and horses in the county to quell the rebellion.

Does Lord Sima really think that Jieyuan can open up the situation? That's kind of ridiculous. ”

Speaking of this, Gu Daoyuan couldn't help but laugh again.

"Lord Zaizuka doesn't know that when Jieyuan traveled north, he was not alone, but brought a song of soldiers and horses."

When Xu Fei heard Gu Daoyuan's sarcasm, his face still did not change, and he just replied slowly.

"Lord Sima, everyone in this hall has heard the letter from General Shuofang, now that there is a Rong army in front of Hanhai City and a rebel army in the back, how can you hold it with three thousand men and horses, you have been Sima for a long time, and you still want to open up the situation with three thousand men and horses, it seems that a person like you who is in a daze is the root cause of the killing of countless soldiers in my Great Qin, how can you be worthy of being at the head of the military department." Speaking of this, Gu Daoyuan seemed to be angry, and pointed at Xu Fei's nose and scolded him.

Xu Fei's old face turned red instantly, but he was speechless in the face of Gu Daoyuan's questioning, and in a hurry, he just pointed at Gu Daoyuan "You, you, you" and kept talking, but he couldn't say anything else to refute.

Just as Qin Gong was about to persuade him when he saw such a situation, he saw that Xu Fei's face suddenly turned from red to purple, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell to the ground unconscious.

Seeing Xu Fei fall to the ground, the hall was suddenly in chaos, and when the imperial doctors investigated Xu Fei's situation, Duke Qin dispersed today's court discussion.

A seemingly simple, but in fact chaotic war of words and power struggles ended in chaos.

When he walked out of the palace gate, Gu Daoyuan glanced at Zhang Ziyu, then turned around and left in a hurry, but Zhang Ziyu saw a lot of tiredness and helplessness in Gu Daoyuan's hurried glances.

The two of them knew that once Duke Qin succeeded in attacking the Fang family, the next person to clean up would be Zhao Zhihai, so when the middle and greater people were not in the center, how could the two of them sit still and wait for death.

The sky in Xijing suddenly began to rain continuously, and it was supposed to be a heat wave in Xijing in June, but it became cold in the continuous rain these days.

In the next few days, everyone did not see Xu Fei's figure during the daily court meeting, but Gu Daoyuan and most of the people in the court already knew that Xu Fei would never have a chance to enter this Xuanwu Hall again.

In the past month, Qin Gong, who has been quite ambitious and has worked hard, has returned to the cowardly appearance that everyone is familiar with.

After that, the daily court meeting only nodded at the results of everyone's arguments, and stamped the royal decree prepared by the ministers.

That submissive Qin Gong is back.

But this situation did not last long, just when everyone thought that the DPRK and China were about to return to the familiar political pattern once again, the fourth day of the court meeting made them understand that things in this world can change in an instant, and the result of change will be a different picture that people can never guess correctly.