However, for the privy envoys who were stranded in Fengtian City to transfer materials and coordinate the towns in the northwest, the lieutenant of the Zuo Shence Army and the Duke of Wei; Yang Fugong, who is already gray-haired, with slender eyebrows and eyes, and a face like a knife and a mean and sinister appearance, has just received a good news and two bad news.

The bad news was that his younger brother, the Sixth Army and Twelve Guards of the Imperial Army, known as Xiao Yang Dujian, made Yang Fuguang's cough and asthma worsen this winter, so that he was bedridden for a while. As a result, when he was unable to come forward to suppress the pressure, the official army led by the Huangtou Army and the Zhongwu Badu in Shuzhong mutinied and split.

Among them, the leading general Han Jian, although he was intercepted and captured by Yang Fuguang's adopted son Yang Shouliang, let another Yang Shouxin pacify the commotion of the Yellow Head Army; However, the other four generals such as Wang Jian were able to drive south from another road, and thus occupied several states west of Xingyuan Mansion in Shanxi Province.

This also means that the armed forces group with the Yang brothers as the core of the Beichuan frontier is suddenly missing a large piece; But it is still necessary to face the remnants of the thief army that will make a comeback in the spring of the next year.

What's more, for these imperfect eunuchs, only the soldiers and horses in their hands are the fundamental reason why they can exercise authority for the Son of Heaven in the forbidden and even stand for a long time for generations. Every point lost means a reduction in the right to speak in the court in the future.

And another even worse news is that Niu Xuan, the Shanxi Jiedu envoy who originally provided money and food for the front, was actually sent to the remnants of Song Hao, the former Jingnan Jiedu envoy, to be expelled from the outbreak of the internal and external alliances; Subsequently, Xingyuan Mansion was used as a basis to confront these loyal armies from east to west.

Then, it was Dongchuan Yang Shili, who was the henchman and confidant of the Tian family, but for some reason he turned his face into an enemy and rebelled, and drove straight into the territory of Xichuan; Therefore, for a while, it seems that there are many chain reactions intertwined, and the most direct consequence is that the supply and supply at the front of the Great Dispersion Pass will be cut off.

And relying only on Fengzhou and Xing, where the Dasanguan is located, it is absolutely impossible to independently support the tens of thousands of troops at the front of the Sanguan.

The only good news during this period was that the old slave Tian was finally full of evil and his traces were exposed, and it was the Holy Son of Heaven who finally secretly sent people from Chengdu to the north to recruit him to preside over the situation.

It's a pity that because of the danger and delay of Chen Cangdao's difficult winter journey, he delayed for more than half a month before he got the corresponding news. This inevitably made him a little faintly kicked and panicked; You must know that the Holy Lord has always been nostalgic, and if the old slave is allowed to find a chance to redeem it again, then everything will be over.

So at this moment, he felt that he was in public and private, and he had to cooperate with Prime Minister Zheng Zheng, who had always cooperated happily and tacitly, so he said goodbye for the time being. Although this is not a game, I can't help the other party;

But compared to the other party, who is the head of the ministers who are responsible for the world and need to plan and take care of the overall situation; His identity and position are first and foremost the personal of the Son of Heaven and the eunuch who is tied to honor and disgrace. Then, on this premise and basis, it is the turn to get the practical need to go to the national crisis together.

Therefore, he also kept a low profile with his two adopted sons and hundreds of prison soldiers, and embarked on the return journey of Chencang Road to Dasanguan. However, when he and his party walked out of Fengtian City, they met a number of people who had been waiting for a long time on the bank of the Wuting River.

"Why don't you call out like this?"

Yang Fugong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and squinted his eyes for a moment, and then his face was complicated, and he personally stepped forward and said loudly:

Because the leader is wearing a purple robe and a big fur, wearing a five-sorghum and a virtuous crown, his majesty is profound and it is difficult to hide his literary quality, and he is the prime minister Zheng Jin, who is presiding over the local military machine. Obviously, when Yang Fugong said goodbye without saying goodbye, he was not able to hide it from him.

"Since the nobles want to return and think of the accomplice for the country, how can I not come and send a step. By the way, it also comes with reinforcements all the way.,It means that help is.。。 ”

It's just that Zheng Zheng doesn't seem to show indignation, questioning, or disappointment or other emotions like this; It's a kind of honest voice as usual.

"Reinforcement ?。。"

Yang Fugong couldn't help but be surprised; Now that Fengxiang Town has gathered Tianxiong, Xia Sui, Xuanning, Shuofang and other five towns of Qinwang's divisions, is there any new foreign aid.

"However, the Liangzhou Jiedu made the whole army move eastward, and the five feudatories fell south at the end of the year. Or, did the Guiyi Army send troops to Qishan Road? ”

- I'm the dividing line -

And in Chang'an City, in the Liangyi Hall in the Imperial City.

Huang Chao, the great Qi Tianzi who could not hide his fatigue, was like a volcano that could not be triggered, trying to suppress his emotions, and coldly watching the important ministers and generals who were rarely gathered together, but they could not quarrel several times.

The ministers, led by the five ministers of the political affairs hall, can be said to have their own ideas and propositions.

Among them, Zhao Zhang and others, who are the most directly related interests, strongly advocate that there is a lot of stake and need to dig deep to achieve results, and it cannot be easily characterized in a short period of time under the overall situation.

And the most fierce and rapid performance was Shang Shuling Shangrang, the head of the ministers, who kept claiming that what had happened was quite clear and clear; If you don't deal with it decisively and quickly, I'm afraid that you will be suspected of harboring and conniving at your own relatives.

As for Zhang Junru, the right servant of the Chinese book, he decided that he could only be low-key and downplayed at this time on the grounds of maintaining the dignity of the heavenly family; As long as the specific participants in the clan are severely punished, and then the Taiping army must be pressured and negotiated, so that they can give a symbolic explanation, they will be exposed for the time being.

Cui Miao, the official worshipper Situ and Tongping Zhangshi, looked much more objective and calm, but every word of his words emphasized and reminded everyone present in disguise what the consequences and effects would be once they lost the supply and bulk transactions from the Taiping Army.

Even Wang Duo, the former prime minister who has always not spoken out and expressed his stance easily, rarely stood up and said vaguely that this matter is related to the prestige and dignity of the new dynasty, and he must not be soft and low-key to his subordinates.

At the worst of all, it is necessary to act as an intermediary arbiter and deal with this matter as a contradiction and dispute between the two groups of forces under its name. Otherwise, the dozen or so feudal towns who had just been declared ministers and changed banners for a long time were afraid that they would have to think differently or be shaken and repeated.

After all, it was just a force of men and horses that was destroyed, but inexplicably a right guard general from a clan died, and he was also the defense envoy of the southwest of Gyeonggi and the assassin of Huazhou Huang Cun; Even if the Taiping army lost some goods and manpower, it could not be equaled.

Even among the Huang clan relatives present, such as Huang Rui, the secretary of the ministry, and Huang E, the secretary of the military department, only emphasized openly and secretly that the Taiping army was the master of the "Zhou monk", as the emperor's son-in-law, should he be obedient and respectful.

The left and right privy envoys Pang Shigu, Fei Chuangu monk Shang's right servant and the general military envoy Gai Hong are each with subtle position deviations, and the matter is even more chaotic.

Just listening to the words that became more and more vulgar between their lips and swords, Huang Chao also felt his brain twitch suddenly. This is his subordinates, this is his own relatives, and in the face of interests, he is like the most mercenary and calculating traders.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to end this seemingly fruitless court dispute, he suddenly heard the sound of a newspaper outside: "General Right Weiwei and the town guard of Tongzhou, Meng Jiehai, have stepped up the military situation. ”

"Xuan."

Huang Chao's stomach was full of anxiety and anger, and this was like a catharsis and urging. Subsequently, several copies of the military tie were read out in court by Rong Lin Yan, the Vipassana army.

"The ministers are dead, and there is a northern tour of Huang Hao's department that has broken the eleven gates of Wuping, and took off the territory of Lantian County to the west, and the ministers are out of reach; Only intercepted Dachang Pass, Qingniyi and other places, Huang (Cun) defense made more than 3,000 people. ”

Hearing these contents, the expressions of the civil and military people present suddenly became a little strange and exciting. However, Lin Yan paused and continued to read:

"Chen Zaibing, the headquarters of the first horse team has chased through Meixian, from the Taibai Mountain found hundreds of new abandoned corpses, judging by the clothes and outfits, it is suspected that Li Guowen, the military envoy in the north, Du Yu waited for Yuan Kedi and others to be killed. ."

These, above the court, it is already difficult to hide the discussion and resound. But Lin Yan still didn't mean to stop, and read the third letter:

"The minister also told the saint that the minister was ambushed at the corner of Baoji Mountain, and he retreated if he failed to fight. The next day, he was defeated in the direction of Chencang, and it was said that someone used the holy edict as reinforcements, and the light cavalry attacked and broke the camp of Sanguan, and killed dozens of people under Liu Ying on the southwest road, and the grain and equipment were destroyed, and the troops all fled. ”

"Shaft Ann Dare."

Huang Chao roared angrily in court and smashed the gold-inlaid jade Ruyi in his hand; At this moment, he only felt that the leniency, tolerance and love he had always given to the other party had become a joke in a sense at this time.

"Come on, gather the soldiers. I'm going to do it myself. Kill this fang. ”

However, after shouting these words in one breath, Huang Chao, who was angry and bloody, suddenly felt dizzy and dizzy, and suddenly the whole world dimmed, leaving only a noise of scrambling to exclaim.

"Hurry up and bring the dragon anointing wine and the bottom yagamaru."

- I'm the dividing line -

And in Gangneung City, which was still calm, after the second batch of troops reinforcing Wuguan went north.

Zhou Huai'an, together with Zhu Cun, Cao Shixiong, Wang Chongyin, and other high-level officials who had been temporarily summoned, also received and listened to the special report of Gao Yu, the special representative who had fled all the way back, and raised individual questions from time to time.

It's just that when most people talk about people and things coming from Chang'an, they are also like discussing other forces, and only when they occasionally talk about individual old things, there is a little fleeting memory.

"In this way, it is actually a long-planned plan, not a targeted means that some people improvise. In this case, the attitude of the Yellow King is fundamental. ”

Zhou Huai'an finally came down to.

"But we also need to make an adequate response and a basic attitude of courtesy and courtesy, the specific loss is secondary, the key is that the culprit must come up with an explanation."

"Then do you want to bring Wang Xing's air conditioner back, thinking that you will avoid suspicion?"

Zhu Cun, who described the rough and strong, thought about it and said:

"Not necessarily; This is not his personal mistake or omission, and it is not a fault to set up an ambush to make up for it after getting out of trouble, even if he really killed Huang Cun in the battle. That's our basic attitude."

Zhou Huaian shook his head and said.

"If someone wants to use this to reverse black and white and refer to the deer as a horse, then even if they cut off contact with Chang'an and lose the benefits of some large projects, they will not hesitate to ask for an explanation."

Next, he had to bother to appease his back house.