The shepherd stood outside the hall, quietly looking at the starry sky, his mind was wandering far away. Vertices

Liu Congxi stood aside, looking at the pastoral father from time to time, the godfather came back this time, the change is great, the previous godfather, gentle and elegant, very polite to everyone, as long as others do not deliberately offend him, the godfather will not deliberately target anyone, nor will he take the initiative to get involved in right and wrong.

But the current Mu Gong, strong, active, and diametrically opposed to before, his personality seems to have changed greatly, such as Wang Anmao, the first thing Mu Gong did after he came back was to send him to the imperial mausoleum, guard the tomb, and do it in front of Zhao Zhi, for one reason, close to King Qi, not inferior to the prince, Zhao Zhi appreciated Wang Anmao's talent, and he used to be very good to him, but that's all, compared to Mu Gong, Wang Anmao is nothing, just a matter of one sentence, let him get out immediately.

There is also the fact that although Mu Gong used to be the chief eunuch of the inner palace of the imperial city, he generally did not take care of things, but assigned various affairs to various consuls and eunuchs to do, and this time he came back, after cleaning up Wang Anmao, he excluded and suppressed many people, and the means were very strong and cruel, and the eunuchs and palace maids who died in his hands were already dozens of people, all of whom were Wang Anmao's cronies and those with different aspirations.

Recalling the conversation between Mu Gong and Zhao Zhi in the hall just now, Liu Congxi sighed very much in his heart, as far as the people in the imperial city are concerned, Mu Gong should be the emperor's most trusted person, there is no one, Liu Congxi has always felt that the emperor treated Mu Gong like this, just because Mu Gong has followed the emperor for decades and has always been loyal, but now, Liu Congxi finally understands that the reason why Mu Gong can get Zhao Zhi's absolute trust is not only heartfelt, but he has great wisdom, and many things have always been highly consistent with the emperor. Often at critical moments, the shepherd can put forward very good suggestions, and win the emperor's mind, this ability, is other than him, no one else has, which makes the shepherd in front of the emperor, the weight of his voice, few people can compare.

Liu Congxi thought about things, and the whole person was also a little distracted, until someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder, and then he came back to his senses, and when he saw that it was the shepherd, he said with some embarrassment: "Godfather, I think things are a little out of my mind." ”

Mu Gong said lightly: "In the palace, it is a good thing to have too many thoughts, but sometimes it will harm yourself. ”

Liu Congxi nodded and did not answer.

"Take some time, go to the East Palace, and talk to the prince." Mu Gong turned to look in a direction, where the East Palace was located.

Liu Congxi was a little stunned: "What can I say to the prince?" ”

Liu Congxi knows that Zhao Xun doesn't like himself, this dislike is not because of his identity or character, nor because the two have had any grievances, but for his identity, Zhao Xun doesn't like it, or in other words, Zhao Xun is a little repulsive and vigilant against eunuchs This kind of emotion is higher than ordinary people, Zhao Xun also has a lot of eunuchs around him, but I haven't heard of which eunuch is more favored, this is Zhao Xun's character.

Mu Gong said lightly: "You don't need to say anything, just tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince what happened in the palace just now, and don't say much about the rest." ”

Liu Congxi understood a little, and said in a low voice: "Was it the conversation between the godfather and the emperor just now?" ”

"If you know, it's good."

Mu Gong said softly: "Cong Xi, don't get too close to the prince, the prince's mind is very special, you stammer, in the end, I'm afraid it's not a good thing." ”

Liu Congxi didn't understand a little, but Dan still nodded and didn't speak.

Mu Gong glanced at Liu Congxi, shook his head, and said no more.

The news of the defeat of Longyou was soon spread throughout Fengjing, everyone was shocked, for more than 100 years, the war in Longyou North Road continued, with Tubo, and the Hu people, the war never stopped, the two sides won and lost each other, but no matter what, the land of the four states of Longyou North Road has always been firmly in the hands of the Jin Dynasty, and has never fallen, and now, less than half a month after the war began, Liangzhou was lost, the state was also lost, Langzhou was gone, only a lonely city in Shanzhou was still holding on, but without the support of reinforcements, I am afraid it could not last long.

Compared with the last ten years, the first victory in the battle of Longyou, the recovery of the land of the seven states in the west of Longyou, the successful pacification of the rebellion of the White Turban Army, the victory of the battle of Jiangnan, and a series of military victories of the Jin Dynasty are very brilliant, which makes the people of the world feel that today's Jin Dynasty has been revitalized, the country is extremely strong, and living in such a powerful country makes them feel happy and proud in their hearts, but when the news of the defeat of Longyou comes, and it is defeated again and again, the entire Longyou North Road has fallen, such a fiasco, The contrast with their self-perceived perception of the country is too great, and the first reaction of the vast majority of people is disbelief, could it be fake news?

The people may still be waiting and watching, asking around, and finding out the truth of the news, but the officials of the DPRK and China know that the news of the defeat of Longyou is true, true, and the situation is even more serious than imagined.

Tubo raised the strength of the whole country to invade Longyou, the strength of more than 300,000, Anbei 50,000 troops were defeated, Zhou, Langzhou, Liangzhou fell, more than 50,000 Jin troops died, now only Shanzhou is still trapped in the beast fighting, Wuzhou Jiedu envoy Li Xun led the 30,000 army, now also in Longyou North Road, the situation is unknown, very people speculate, in the face of Tubo's absolute military superiority, Li Xun at this moment, I am afraid that it is already more auspicious.

Everyone has expected that after completely controlling the entire Longyou North Road, Anbei Jiedu made Ma Wu just defeated, and the elite cavalry of Anbei could not go south for the time being, and there was no threat in the rear.

For ordinary people, they only saw the victory or defeat on the surface of the war, but they couldn't see the deeper overall situation, the land of the seven states in the west of Longyou, if it fell, for the Jin Dynasty, it was a piece of meat cut off by someone, although it was a huge pain, but it would not be heartbreaking, and once the Longyou North Road was gone, the entire Anbei and the 1560,000 elite army would become a sandwich cake, and it would be a matter of time before it perished, this kind of loss was something that the Jin Dynasty could not bear anyway, and it would shake the national capital of the entire Jin Dynasty. Zhao Zhili's decades of accumulation will also be wiped out.

Gewa launched the second battle of Longyou, whether it was for political reasons, or for other reasons, he used forced means, nearly eighty percent of the military strength of Tubo was brought to Longyou, which is tantamount to a shocking gamble for Gewa, if it does not succeed, it will become a benevolent, once it fails, in the face of him, there will only be one end, that is, the betrayal of relatives and death, so since Gewa has achieved this step, there is no way out.

On the third day after Zhao Zhi convened the ministers, Li Zhong did not wait for the forbidden army to be assembled, but took Huang and Wang Huailie's 60,000 troops first, and rushed to Longyou first.