When Su Lu arrived at Yanjing, it was already midnight and the six gates of the capital were already closed.
"Open the door. Prince Anguo's car is here. Open the door."
The primary school leader shouted to the top of the city.
Wang Xiaoliu pulled him and said, "The door is closed at midnight. This is the rule. No one will open it if you shout. Let's find a place to stay for the night."
The principal sneered: "It depends on who comes. If you and I call for the door, it will definitely not be opened. But when the prince arrives, not to mention this door, even the palace door will be opened."
Sure enough, two captains dropped two captains from the top of the city in a hanging basket. After checking their official certificates and documents, they gave a few secret signals to the top of the city and the gate opened.
In the city gate cave, Li Dazhuang, the commander of the patrol camp, had already come up to him: "General Li Dazhuang has met the prince, and your majesty has given an order. If the prince arrives in the capital, please return to the palace immediately."
After speaking, with a wave of his hand, two lines of patrol battalion sergeants on horseback and holding fire opened the way and headed straight for the palace.
Su Lu sat on the horse and asked Li Dazhuang, who was riding beside him: "Dazhuang, you are also the commander-in-chief of the army. Why are you still spending all day in the city?"
Li Dazhuang chuckled: "His Majesty has ordered that once you return to Beijing, I will send you to the palace. I am afraid that my men will cause trouble, so I will live in the city these days."
"How is everything going at home?"
Su Lu asked casually.
Li Dazhuang's expression dimmed: "My father has just passed away. Your Majesty will see you off on your behalf. My mother is also ill in bed. I don't know how many more days I have left."
Su Lu patted Li Dazhuang on the shoulder: "Go to the palace and ask an imperial doctor to take a look. You are also a high-ranking official in the capital. There are some available resources that you must learn to use."
Da Zhuang nodded: "The general is yours, the prince. If you have spoken, the general will use it."
The two of them talked about their parents' shortcomings, and soon arrived at the palace gate.
Li Dazhuang stepped forward in person and opened the palace gate. The person on duty in the palace today was Li Lin, the commander of the Zuogong Guards. Li Lin opened the city gate, went to Suluma, and knelt on the ground.
"Li Lin, the commander of Zuogong Guards, has met the prince."
Su Lu waved his hand: "Get up, how is the palace now?"
Li Lin, who looked haggard, stood up and saluted Su Lu with his hands clasped in fists: "I tell you that everything is safe in the palace, and all the ministers have gone home."
Su Lu entered the palace, and Chang Ning came to pick him up in person. Su Lu got off his horse, got on his carriage, and rushed to the study room.
After getting out of the car, Su Lu frowned: "All the ministers have gone home, why doesn't Your Majesty go back to the palace to rest? Does His Majesty really want to take care of everything and die in this study room?"
Su Lu's voice was a little cold, and he looked at the guards and female officers around him.
Outside the Chancellor's study room, all the female officials and guards knelt down. Su Lutong had led countless generals on the battlefield for many years. With this anger, his murderous aura was exposed, and the suppressed female officials were as silent as a cicada.
"It's not their fault, it's me who wants to stay in the study room."
Li Qing's voice sounded, and Li Qing, who had changed into a soft purple robe, walked out of the study room, holding a memorial in his hand. He walked a few steps and arrived next to Su Lu. He stretched out his arm to hold Su Lu.
arms.
"I'm alone in this huge palace, and Yun'er doesn't want to stay in the palace, so why go back to the empty palace, read the memorial, and just sleep here."
Su Lu patted Li Qing's hand and walked towards the study room: "Your health is important. Although state affairs are important, without your body, no one can help you take care of this country."
Li Qingqiao smiled brightly and said nothing. He walked into the Chancery's study room and frowned when he saw the piles of memorials.
"Why so many discounts?"
Li Qing smiled: "I asked for all the information from the previous cabinet pre-trials. Firstly, I can relieve my loneliness. Secondly, I can see the people's livelihood in this world and understand the sufferings of the people."
Su Lu sighed: "The purpose of the cabinet is to reduce your burden. You keep all the secrets of the cabinet. This is because you have to fight this major world event on your own shoulders, and you want to exhaust yourself to death."
Li Qing held Su Lu's arm and sat down on the dragon chair. He took out Beidi's booklet and showed it to Su Lu. There were tears in his eyes.
"I also know that this is a violation of my body, but looking at these emergency documents, I really don't want them to be unable to come to my case because of the selfish motives of some officials."
"Look at this, it's an urgent document for Tutun Fort. It was written three months ago. Tutun Fort is located in the south of Khan. It is one of the bridgeheads for our Han Dynasty to enter the North. They sent it three months ago.
Urgent document."
"On March 9, the enemy first appeared, and on June 2, a large number of enemies reappeared. We cried and appealed. Tutun Fort was besieged for a moment, and asked for permission to retreat to protect the Han River."
"On June 6, Jiangjin Fort was besieged, and the 145 soldiers who escaped from the waterway were salvaged. Bazai cried and appealed, asking for permission to withdraw from the army, either to Tianlan or Yumen."
Li Qing read several excerpts, his cheeks filled with sadness.
"Your strategy in the North is excellent, but the generals in the North, none of whom have the foresight like you, cannot face up to these twists and turns. The overthrow of the North is slowly turning into something like this.
Reality."
Su Lu took off the folding book from Li Qing's hand: "I was also careless and failed to face Rouran's threat. Damn Xie Wan. I had already warned her to be careful of Rouran's threat, but she didn't take it to heart at all.
, instead of mobilizing the Dingxiang Guards from the North to enter Rouran and take charge of Diaoyin County for several years, they actually allowed the Four Royal Courts to succumb to the weapons of Rouran."
Li Qing looked at Su Lu tenderly: "Then what should we do now? Rouran is currently attacking Yumen Pass, Gongqian Pass, and Hun Valley. Do we want to counterattack now?"
Su Lu took the memorial from the imperial case, looked at it a few more times, and then spoke.
"Of course we have to fight. Since Rouran dares to attack, if we don't hurt them and scare them, the lost land of our Han country will not come back, and Tang Qi will look down on our Han country."
"I will personally lead the army, go to the Northland, and fight Rouran."
Li Qing held Su Lu's arm: "Can't we wait a few more days before leaving?"
Su Lu smiled: "It's okay if I don't go. I think there should be many generals rushing to Yumen with their troops in these days. How is the battle going?"
Li Qing shook his head: "It was all a disastrous defeat. The most outrageous thing was that I, the son of the Li family, the bastard of the second emperor's uncle's family named Li Yuan, commanded an army of 50,000 people and almost captured Yumen. If Dong Cheng hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, Rou
However, the barbarian soldiers have already broken into my Xuanfu territory."
Su Lu stood up and walked out: "It's better than this. Your charioteer will do the conquest in person, and I'll hide in your charioteer and enjoy a few days of ease."
Li Qing was overjoyed and stood up and said, "Is this really possible?"
Su Lu said disdainfully: "Why can't it be like this? All matters in the inner court are decided by the Queen Mother. There are cabinet ministers in the outer court and all the officials of the six ministries. If you need the documents approved by Zhu, just send them directly to the front line."
The expression on Li Qing's face changed several times, and he clapped his hands on the ground: "Well, I will go on a personal expedition and drive those barbarians like Rouran back to their hometown."