The capital area in the first lunar month is still quite cold, especially after the sun sets, the sunset is already hanging on the top of the mountain, and the orange-red sunset shines on the body and can no longer feel the slightest heat. Xu Jin tightens his cloak and whips his horse and sprints. The horse under his foot is like a beam of black light chasing the wind and lightning on the official road. Song Dayan can barely follow dozens of meters behind, but the riding under his crotch seems a little difficult.

It is said that Xu Jin was accompanying Xie Xiaowan and Fei Ruyi to worship Buddha at Tanzhe Temple in the west of Beijing today. He planned to stay for one night before returning to the city, but at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he received an urgent call from Jiajing, so he immediately took Song Dayan down the mountain and rushed back to the city.

Tanzhe Temple is located on Mount Baozhu, about 70 miles west of Beijing. Even if you ride a horse and run quickly, it will take more than an hour. If you ride a carriage, it will be even slower. Therefore, every time you accompany your daughters to Tanzhe Temple to burn incense, Xu Jin usually chooses to stay for one night and taste the vegetarian food in Tanzhe Temple. He especially likes the braised tofu here, which is a unique choice!

However, Prince Beijing was destined to eat braised tofu from Tanzhe Temple today. The frontier was in a hurry, and the boss of Jiajing was summoned to the point of being temporarily put down his appetite and rushed back to the city with Song Dayan.

"Yu Dayou made such a big mistake." Xu Jin rode his horse and his sword eyebrows were locked. He really didn't expect that the situation in the Western Regions could suddenly deteriorate to such a point.

On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, Xu Jin learned from Song Dayan that there had been changes in the Yerkang Khanate, and Huang Dacan and Qiaoer were trapped in Yecheng. Unfortunately, he is just a rich and idle man at present, and there is no soldier on hand. In addition, Jiajing did not take the initiative to discuss with him, so he could only be anxious.

In addition, the Chinese New Year is about to celebrate, and Zhier is about to enter the palace, so Xu Jin had to be patient for the time being. He originally planned to take the initiative to ask Jiajing to discuss the issue of sending troops to Yerkang after the New Year. Unexpectedly, in less than ten days, bad news came one after another. The situation in the west took a sharp turn, but it was so anxious that Jiajing, the boy, took the initiative to send someone to summon him.

As the sunset was about to sink from the top of the mountain, under the vast night, the tall city silhouette in the distance was already vaguely visible. I thought I could enter the city before the city gate was closed.

"Big eyes, keep up!" Xu Jin turned around and greeted him, then whipped the horse's butt again.

It was a dark cloud covering the snow. After running so far, he was still energetic. He neighed regularly and spread his four hooves and ran even more happily. Suddenly, dozens of horses ran towards him. The horses and knights all had flying fish suits, and they all crossed over, and they didn't have time to see their faces clearly.

"Prince Beijing please stay!"

Xu Jin vaguely heard someone shouting behind him, and quickly pulled the horse and turned around and saw a team of Jinyiwei turning his horse's heads. He looked at it and found that it was Han Dajie.

Han Dajie has been promoted to the Assistant Commander of Jin Yijin, and is a fourth-rank military officer, but it is still not enough to see him in front of Xu Jin. Old Han rode his horse to Xu Jin, turned over and dismounted and saluted. Then he said in surprise: "It was too fast to see clearly just now. Fortunately, the prince's mount was eye-catching, otherwise he would have missed it."

Xu Jin took off his cloak and said strangely: "Old Han, it's dark, why are you rushing out of the city?"

Han Dajie coughed lightly and said, "The emperor has an order, the prince will accept the order."

Xu Jin looked straight, lifted up the hem of his long gown and was about to kneel on the ground, but Han Dajie quickly waved his hand and said, "The emperor allowed the prince to stand and accept the order."

Xu Jin was not pretentious when he heard this, and stood up straight!

Han Dajie took out a volume of imperial edicts and slowly unfolded them, and recited loudly: "Emperor Chengyun, the imperial edict said: The military situation in the western border is critical now. I will appoint King Xu Jin of Beijing as the general of Pingxi, granted Shaobao, Jin Yinqing Guanglu Dafu, and ordered the three armies to march westward to quickly pacify the rebellion in the western border. There must be no mistakes. I respect this!"

Xu Jin raised his sword eyebrows and said solemnly: "I will receive the order to thank you!"

Han Dajie rolled up the imperial edict and handed it respectfully to Xu Jin's hand. Then he smiled and said, "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince, and be promoted to the new year. I wish the prince a success in his journey west and a victory!"

Xu Jin looked calm and solemnly took over the imperial edict. Then he asked: "Does the emperor have any other orders?"

Han Dajie hurriedly said, "The emperor thought the prince would return to the city tomorrow morning, so he ordered you to come to the palace to see him first after returning to the city tomorrow."

Xu Jin looked at the slanting sun in the west, turned over and said, "It's still time, don't wait for tomorrow."

drive……

A group of more than a dozen horses galloped on the official road, rushed into the city before the city gate was closed, and headed straight for the palace...

At this moment, Jiajing was walking back and forth in the Yangxin Hall of Ganqing Palace, and he had not even had dinner. If it were in the past, he would have been reviewing the memorial at this time.

Such a big incident happened in the west, and the boy Jiajing was already upset, but Empress Wu was not open to her eyes. She came to cry because of her father's title being stripped of his title, hoping that Jiajing could recover the punishment and restore his father's title of Xinping.

Jiajing was angry, and in anger he scolded Queen Wu fiercely. The latter realized that he had hit the gun and quickly admitted his mistake and finally left the Ganqing Palace in shame.

At this moment, Jiajing's anger was not gone. When Xu Jin entered the Ganqing Palace, the eunuchs and guards here were all nervous and didn't even dare to let out a breath. When they saw Xu Jin, they immediately seemed to have seen a savior.

"Prince Beijing is here, the young one will enter and report immediately!" The big guard Ma San asked and ran into the Yangxin Hall happily.

"Your Majesty, Prince Beijing is waiting for him to see you outside!" As soon as Ma San asked, he shouted as if he had offered treasure.

Jiajing was stunned for a moment, then was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Let him in!"

After a while, Xu Jin was taken in by two palace servants. His cloak had been taken off, his face and nose were blown red by the cold wind, and there was clearly a steam simmering on his head.

"My minister Xu Jin, please see the emperor!" Xu Jin rushed forward and wanted to bow, and Jiajing hurriedly stepped forward and helped him: "Xu Qing doesn't have to be too polite, huh... let's talk in the imperial study room, where is it warmer."

Without saying anything, Jiajing took Xu Jin's hand to the imperial study room, causing the guards and palace servants in the hall to look at each other, and some even showed strange looks.

After entering the imperial study, it was indeed much warmer, but Jiajing still ordered people to add another stove.

"Xu Qing...I!" Jiajing held Xu Jin's cold hand, moved and ashamed, looking as if he wanted to say something. He thought Xu Jin would come back tomorrow, but he didn't expect Xu Jin to come back just after dark. Calculate the time, he should have just received the news of his summoning and set off to hurry up.

Xu Jin sweated secretly and coughed lightly: "Can the emperor let go first, so as not to misunderstand that we have the same good as Long Yang."

vomit……

Jiajing immediately threw Xu Jin's hand away as if he was bitten by a snake. He turned around and dripped for a while. He drank another glass of warm wine. Then he glared at Xu Jin and said, "I'm so lucky I haven't had supper yet!"

Xu Jin smiled and said, "Every time you encounter major events, you need to be calm. It seems that the emperor's practice has not yet arrived yet, so he is restless when he sleeps and eats."

Jiajing said angrily: "It's okay to lose the first line and three passes in Dunhuang. Now even Jiayu Pass and Suzhou City have been lost. How can I be safe?"

Xu Jin naturally knew that the situation in the west was critical now, so he just joked with Jiajing casually. Zhengrong said: "Prince, how did the Dunhuang line be thrown away?"

Jiajing gritted his teeth and said angrily: "It's because Qiu Luan, the idiot, left his post without permission and went out of the city to hunt and return home at night, so that the Yarkand people who came to attack sneaked in took advantage of the opportunity."

Jiajing briefly explained the story of Yu Dayou's book describing the loss of Dunhuang. After hearing this, Xu Jin couldn't help but sigh. When he saw Qiu Luan under Yu Dayou's command, he felt something was wrong. Unexpectedly, this natural pig teammate actually cheated Yu Dayou. He thought that he was cheated by him so badly that he almost wiped out the entire army. He lost three shots in time. He then seized the opportunity to fight back and finally won the bet and turned defeat into victory in one fell swoop. I'm afraid Yu Dayou wouldn't have such good luck. His current situation is probably even more difficult than he did at the beginning.

In the cold winter, water turns into ice, the support is cut off, and it is difficult to get surrounded by enemies!!!

"The terrain of Jiayuguan is dangerous, and one man is the pass, and tens of thousands of men are difficult to open. How can it be captured by the enemy?" Xu Jin asked in a deep voice.

Jiajing shook his head and said, "The news of the fall of Jiayuguan and Suzhou was reported by Ganzhou. The specific situation is still unclear. I only know that Jiayuguan was destroyed on New Year's Eve, and Suzhou City was also lost the next day. The specific reason for the fall may have to wait a little longer to find out."

Xu Jin frowned and said coldly: "As the danger of Jiayuguan, as long as the defender does not make mistakes, it is unlikely to break from outside, and it is even more impossible to be broken overnight. Now Jiayuguan and Suzhou are taken down by the enemy only one day apart, and most of them are traitors."

Jiajing nodded and said, "I think so too, but now it's over. The most important thing is to stabilize the situation and turn the world around. After thinking about it, only Xu Qing can take on this great task. After the court discussion this afternoon, everyone unanimously recommended Xu Qing, Xu Qing, now you can only rely on you!"

Xu Jin bowed solemnly and said, "I should live up to my mission!"

Jiajing coughed lightly and said, "This year is not over yet, and Xu Qing is about to go out for battle again. I am very uneasy."

"The master is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the master is insulting his ministers to die. It is the duty of his ministers to serve the country." Xu Jin said with gratitude.

Jiajing said happily when he heard this: "Okay, Xu Qing does his best to do his best, ask for people, ask for guns, cannons, and silver. In short, it is best to deal with the hateful Yarkand people for me. Who... Zasanghasmu is better to capture him alive, and I want to chop his dog's head!"

Xu Jin said sternly: "Your Majesty, wait for the good luck!"

Jiajing had an almost blind trust in Xu Jin. Seeing Xu Jin confidently agreed, he suddenly felt that victory was already in sight and said happily: "How many people do Xu Qing need to transfer?"

Xu Jin said calmly: "Soldiers are more important than elites, and at this time, it will take at least one or two months to prepare for the journey. Therefore, I only need to bring the Shenji Camp and then dispatch troops nearby when I arrive in Ganzhou. In addition, I also plan to select some excellent students from the martial arts lecture hall to accompany them and hone them. In the future, I can be the pillars of the army."
Chapter completed!