It seems that this turmoil was fooled by Yang Jian's words, but everyone involved in this turmoil understands in their hearts that Yu Wenyong may not want to punish or even execute Yang Jian.

However, in the face of the overall situation that may collapse at any time, in the spirit of considering the overall situation, Yu Wenyong finally made a compromise with Yang Jian and the generals under his command, and only imposed a shocking punishment of 60 sticks, and did not define Zhao Zhongqing and Yang Jian's previous words that could be called "reactionary" for the time being, which can be described as thunder and rain.

Many generals quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and they didn't have much political acumen, they thought that this was the emperor's broad-mindedness, and they had a little reverence and gratitude in their hearts...... Yu Wenyong was also helpless in his heart, he knew that he had the idea of killing many times in that moment, but he finally chose to compromise.

It's not that it's incompetent, it's that it can't!

killed Yu Wensheng before the battle, he asked himself, he would never regret it. But at this time and that time, the two armies fought a decisive battle, and Yu Wensheng refused to fight, and if he didn't kill, he would shake the military heart and Yu Wenyong's prestige; And at this moment, when the Northern Zhou Dynasty is crumbling, if he comes to the battle again, he will undoubtedly go to complete defeat. Are there still few such lessons in history?

It's just another political compromise!

This compromise has been made countless times by his father and brother, including himself. If it weren't for the purpose of winning over the Guanlongmen valve and resisting Gao Huan with all his might, why would Yuwentai make such an interest collective as the Eight Pillars Kingdom? The collective, with the Pillar Nation as the backbone of the force, already has a great tendency to fall, and in his original plan, it was also necessary to come up with a solution.

But now...... He doesn't have that power anymore.

Yu Wenyong sighed sadly, and continued to read the military newspaper through the faint candlelight, thinking about the future of Da Zhou:

As long as the empire survives, even if it is just to survive, he will ensure that the Yuwen clan will survive.

In order to achieve this goal, it was impossible to rely on the imperial power, which had become fragile after the great defeat, and he had to unite all the forces that could be united.

Even if there is Yang Jian among them who he doesn't like!

The candle flame was swaying, the cold wind was howling outside the car, and the sky was full of snow, Zhou Jun left Dali in Huazhou and headed for Guangyang...... Yu Wenyong only hopes that this heavy snow can bring him some good news, at least to delay the actions of the Qi army and buy him time, and also hopes that on the Chang'an side, Wang Liang and Yan Qing can stabilize the situation and successfully intercept the sharp edge of the Qi army......

Yu Wenyong's pen is constantly writing on rice paper, conveying all the ideas in his mind and all the orders to Chang'an one by one, Wang Liang is one of Yu Wenyong's most trusted henchmen, and he will definitely implement his will without discount.

Yu Wenyong had just written a piece, and after a little scrutiny, he seemed to think it was inappropriate, so he picked up the pen and crossed out this order...... In the end, Yu Wenyong directly tore up the rice paper, supported it on the small table with one hand, and held his forehead silently.

At this point, what's the use of writing this? Could it be that he can command Chang'an remotely from afar? What he can do now is to withdraw his troops to Guangyang as soon as possible, and then make a detour to cross the river from Guangyang back to Chang'an!

"I only hope that Yun'er and Wang Shamen will not live up to my expectations."

When Yu Wenyong raised his eyes again, he was shocked to realize that the sky was already faintly bright, and the distant sky was covered with fish white belly...... At this time, the army happened to cross a shallow stream, and the faint light of the sky washed both sides of the river white, and a few birds and finches that were shrunk and shivering in the reeds were startled, and flapped their wings and went away, not knowing where to fly.

In the suburbs of Chang'an, a black-faced and square-eyed general patrolled the battlefield on horseback, and on the riverbank, many sergeants were busy digging through the ice floe and demolishing the Wei Bridge...... As the people lit the flames, the Weiqiao Bridge full of dry wood gradually lit up and burned against the snowy sky, Wang Liang looked around, and sighed to an old man behind him: "The country is in danger, I never dreamed that we would be forced to this step." ”

Yan Qing stroked his beard, closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and said with a wry smile:

"Since the old man followed Emperor Taizu, he has been fighting horses for half his life, and he never thought that the Qi people would fight to Chang'an one day......"

Speaking of this, both of them were silent for a while, staring at the busy crowd on the surface of the Wei River. Behind him, the blue-gray walls of Chang'an City are still faintly visible, and the majestic and tall Chang'an City seems to have bent down in the coming fate, revealing a decaying dead air. In fact, they had predicted the outcome of this war, but they just didn't expect it to come so quickly.

The news of the defeat of Tongguan almost came with the soldiers and horses pursued by the Qi people, and when the news came, the Chang'an government and the opposition were not afraid of the thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the East Palace, the harem, and the Manchu Dynasty ministers were all terrified! The entire Chang'an was almost in chaos, and when the East Palace finally remembered this group of old ministers and summoned them urgently, hundreds of soldiers and horses of the Qi people were already about to arrive at Weiqiao.

Wang Liang didn't care about the prince's summons, and hurriedly mobilized more than 1,000 people and horses out of the city to meet the battle, fought a few fierce battles, and finally intercepted them before the Qi people crossed the bridge.

But this is far from being a victory for Chang'an, and everyone knows that more difficult times are coming!

There is only one explanation for the Qi people's pursuers to reach Chang'an, and that is that Tongguan was completely lost. Emperor Yuwen Yong's army of 200,000 has been defeated! In the past two days, chaos has been rampant in Chang'an City, and many people are rumoring: the emperor was defeated and killed, and the Great Zhou is coming to an end. This rumor made the already fragile hearts even more turbulent, and even the prince of the East Palace became suspicious.

Yesterday, he asked to see the prince, and happened to meet the prince beating the concubine, and several beauties who were like flowers and jade were beaten to death. The prince was obviously stimulated, and howled with a cry while beating: "Even if you kill them all, it will never be cheaper than the one surnamed Gao!" In a blink of an eye, he caught a glimpse of Wang Rail on the side, and pointed at Wang Rail tremblingly and asked, "Is General Wang here to arrest Guxian City?" ”

Wang Liang was speechless for a while, and explained for a long time before Yu Wenyun believed that Wang Liang was not here to arrest him, and the two monarchs and ministers couldn't help but cry when they talked about the situation of the country at this time.

When the prince's mood stabilized a little, Wang Liang took the opportunity to propose to mobilize the imperial camp and hold the city, ask the prince to come forward to appease the people, and ask the central government to order all parties to assassinate the king to come to Qinwang...... Yuwen Yun was already frightened by the Qi army, and it was when the six gods had no owner, so he was naturally as good as a stream. After Wang Liang took the fish talisman for the transfer of troops, he strictly controlled the East Palace in a blink of an eye.

It's not that Wang Rail has any bad thoughts, it's just that Yu Wenyun is young, his heart is a little weaker, and his mind is also jumping, looking at his various "self-release" behaviors after Yu Wenyong left, it makes Wang Liang and other important ministers feel that they don't feel like they can be entrusted with big things. It's good to take strict care of it, and save them from doing something when the time comes.

Fortunately, after this incident, the emperor's messenger came from Guangyang, and Emperor Yuwen Yong asked Wang Liang to stick to Chang'an and wait for him to come to meet. Wang Liang deliberately publicized this matter, which barely calmed the panicked people's hearts...... At this time, the entire Chang'an was trembling and waiting for the day when the Qi people drank the Mawei River. However, even if Wang Liang makes more preparations, can this Chang'an City be able to hold it?

Wang Liang looked up at the blue and white sky, and for the first time he felt confused.

With the great victory of the Qi army, the Zhou division was completely defeated, and the Qi army's soldiers were blazing to the extreme, pursuing from all sides, capturing Panyi to the west and Shayuan to the north, the situation was very good, and the destruction of the Yuwen clan was just around the corner!

On the fertile field watered by the Yellow River, hundreds of light horsemen were galloping against the wind and snow, everyone was wearing brocade hats and light furs, and the horses under their crotches and the bows and arrows on their backs were not ordinary, and one of them, a brown-eyed and brown-haired general, muttered: "In such a snowy weather, Your Majesty has any errand to support me to wait, why bother to go in person...... I don't know if there are any remnants of Zhou Jun in this area, in case there is an accident, how can we afford to compensate for cutting our three clans? ”

The young man who was surrounded in the middle whipped him casually, and scolded with a smile: "So much bullshit, if you want to, you can get out!" "Since Gu Qiu Ba was afraid of the emperor, the Hu general was whipped a whip, so he could only laugh and keep his mouth shut. Gao Wei rode all the way to Huayin, and the soldiers on the city pass saw it from a distance and ordered them to stop, Gao Wei and others said that they were angels, and the defenders hurried to ask the commander.

Gao Wei stood in front of the city gate, smiled and said, "It's not easy for Dazai to sit here, I don't know how to reward it." Both left and right complimented: "Dazai has worked hard and made great achievements, and the ministers are not as good as sighing." ”

As he spoke, the city gate was opened, Gao Wei smiled and looked over, his face suddenly froze, and he saw those who went out to greet him, regardless of whether the officers and soldiers were wearing linen and filial piety.

“…… Your Majesty! As soon as Duan Decaofu saw the emperor's eyebrows, he fell to the ground and cried bitterly, "My father passed away yesterday night!" ”