This military report was reported by Jia Ke, the garrison of Kaiping Town. The content is: Five thousand Tatar cavalry came to attack a few days ago, but they did not fight or leave, but just watched nearby. He used a strategy to force the Tatar general to fight with
He fought a decisive battle and won a great victory, annihilating all the Tatars, and obtained important information from the Tatar prisoners. Now the Tatar Khan Arslen Khan has led hundreds of thousands of people to surround Xuanfu Town, and Xuanfu Town has been surrounded.
The passes around the town were also lost. He sent out exploration horses and found that the transportation to Xuanfu Town had been blocked by the Tatars, so he jumped over the hierarchy and sent a document of 800 miles to report to the Ministry of War.
The emperor was shocked after reading this memorial. As one of the important towns on the nine sides, Xuanfu Town is only a few hundred miles away from the capital, and there are no important passes in the middle. Once the Tatars break through Xuanfu Town, hundreds of thousands of people will be killed.
The Tatar cavalry can reach the capital in less than three days, and he has only received the report now. Could it be that no one has noticed that something is wrong after such a long time?
The emperor has issued an order this summer to let the border gates guard against another Tatar invasion this year. Some reports were received some time ago, saying that although there was an invasion, various places could still resist it, and the relevant residents did suffer some consequences.
A loss, but nothing serious.
Unexpectedly, he had only been stable for a few days, and a bucket of cold water was poured on him.
After reading the military intelligence report sent by Jia Ke, the emperor was so angry that he was shaking all over. Dai Quan, who was next to him, quickly came over to support him. Unexpectedly, the emperor was already furious at this time, thinking that everyone was lying to him, so he immediately
He pushed away, stared and asked Dai Quan: "Do you people all regard me as a fool, and you can fool me as much as you want. If someone at the border hadn't tipped me off, I might have died without even knowing how."
The emperor's question was very serious. How could Dai Quan dare to answer? He only dared to kneel on the ground and kept saying to the emperor: "My servant's loyalty to the emperor is obvious to all, and I will never hide anything from the emperor."
After the emperor said this, he became somewhat sober. Lu He, who was kneeling at the bottom, asked: "Shouldn't the urgent military information for eight hundred miles be presented to me by the Minister of War? Where is Huo Tu, the Minister of War?"
Seeing that the emperor was furious, Lu He dared to hide it for Huo Tu, the Minister of War. He said honestly: "There is a banquet at Prince Zhongshun's palace today, and all the officers of the Ministry of War have gone to the banquet."
The emperor originally suspected that all the ministers in the court were lying to him. When he heard Lu He's reply, he couldn't help but become suspicious. A prince actually invited the chief officers of the Ministry of War to attend a banquet. Is there something fishy in this?
From ancient times to the present, emperors have been the most suspicious. Those who trust ministers easily without suspicion are either fools or are close to death. In the ancient times of the earth, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who was regarded as a saint, would not suspect Wei Zheng of participating in the prince's rebellion.
, and dug up Wei Zheng's grave. What's more, he was a suspicious and seriously ill person.
Now that the emperor was suspicious, he was no longer at ease with those people. So he asked Lu He, "Who sent the letter? We can ask clearly the cause and effect."
Lu He answered truthfully: "I am a low-ranking official. I dare not ask about such a big matter. However, I have already brought the soldiers who delivered the message to Qianqing Gate. If the emperor has any questions, you can ask him."
When the emperor heard this, he immediately said to Dai Quan, who was still kneeling, "Bring him to Dongnuan Pavilion quickly. I want to inquire in person."
Dai Quan dared to neglect, so he ran out immediately. When Dai Quan ran outside the Qianqing door, Xiao Liuzi was still kneeling there. The little eunuch next to him was sitting on a chair next to him, holding Erlang's legs. So uncomfortable.
When the young eunuch saw Dai Quan coming, he hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Ancestor, this man has been here all the time. I will keep a close eye on him. You will never let him go."
Before Dai Quan finished listening to what he said, he slapped the little eunuch and knocked him to the ground. Then he kicked him several times, causing the little eunuch to roll on the ground.
If he hadn't been afraid of delaying the emperor's business, he would have personally peeled off the skin of this expressionless little eunuch.
The messenger knelt outside the Qianqing Gate as soon as he arrived. He sent Lu He to Dongnuang Pavilion and reported back to the emperor. He came out to pick up the messenger again this time. How long did it take? The soldier is still kneeling here. , a person can endure such a long period of torment. If this delays the emperor's affairs, who will be responsible?
Dai Quan came to Xiao Liuzi, lowered his head and said to him: "Get up, kid. The emperor wants to see you now. Can you still stand up?"
"Sir, it's okay, I can hold on." Xiao Liuzi gritted his teeth at this time and squeezed these words out of his mouth. Then he put his hands on the ground and slowly got up from the ground. As soon as he stood up, his legs collapsed. He refused to obey orders, and coupled with the fatigue from the day and night, he fell to the ground all of a sudden.
When Dai Quan saw that this boy really couldn't hold on anymore, he hurriedly called two eunuchs from the side who were watching the fun, "Go, you two help this guy and follow me. Hurry up, don't delay things." .”
The two eunuchs dared to disobey Dai Quan, so they immediately helped Xiao Liuzi up. Dai Quan trotted in front, and the two eunuchs supported Xiao Liuzi and followed closely behind.
After a while, Dai Quan took Xiao Liuzi to Dongnuan Pavilion. This time, he did not let Xiao Liuzi wait outside the door. Instead, he asked two eunuchs to help Xiao Liuzi and enter Dongnuan Pavilion with him.
At this time, in the Dongnuan Pavilion, the emperor had calmed down and was sitting on the throne, closing his eyes and relaxing. Lu He stood beside him with his hands down.
Dai Quan asked two eunuchs to put Xiao Liuzi down, and then asked them to retreat. Where had Xiao Liuzi seen such a formation before? As soon as he entered Dongnuang Pavilion, he felt weak all over. At this time, the two eunuchs let him go. , immediately collapsed to the ground.
When the emperor saw this situation, not only was he not angry, but he felt joyful in his heart. He felt that this man was in awe of him to the core. There were many who were better than those ministers. The ministers in the court said that he was They were loyal to him and secretly did many things to deceive the emperor. What was even more disgusting was that these people were attached to the prince and dreamed of following the dragon's merits.
The emperor sat on the throne, lowered his voice, and said to Xiao Liuzi who was lying on the ground: "Don't be afraid, I am not a man-eating monster. Just answer the question truthfully."
Xiao Liuzi lay on the ground and said tremblingly: "Xiao... Xiao, you must... answer... truthfully." He could not speak clearly now.
The emperor then asked him: "When did your Excellency ask you to send a message?"
After Xiao Liuzi calmed down a bit, he slowly began to speak fluently, "Reporting to the Emperor, I set out overnight last night, changing horses without changing people along the way, and I just arrived in the capital."
The emperor thought for a while, and according to what he said, he traveled more than three hundred miles in one night. It seemed that their defense was really in a hurry.
The emperor asked again: "How many troops do you have in Kaiping Town? Can you defeat five thousand Tatar cavalry?" Although the emperor was not familiar with military affairs, he still knew that the Tatars were braver than the people of the Central Plains.
Xiao Liuzi felt very proud when he heard the emperor ask this question, and his voice in reply could not help but become louder: "To answer the emperor's question, we have a total of 10,000 troops in Kaiping Town. Our Lord has defeated the Tatars several times in a row. Last year even
Defeated the Great Khan of the Tatars." Their uncle had said that in the entire Jiubian, they were the only ones in Kaiping Town who had defeated the Tatars.
When the emperor heard what he said, he was a little confused. He had never heard of such a brave and skilled general at the border. Could it be that this man emerged from the cracks in the ground?
Dai Quan, who was standing next to him, saw that the emperor seemed to have forgotten this problem, and quickly reminded him: "Your Majesty, the guard of Kaiping Town is called Jia Ke, and he was still a sixth-rank Qianhu last year. It was because of the defeat of the Tatar Khan that the emperor
Make an exception and promote him to defense."
When the emperor heard what Dai Quan said, he seemed to have remembered such a thing. Last year, all the obstacles in the important town of Jiubian were conquered. Only Jia Ke, at a young age, guarded the Kaiping Guard and allowed the Tatars to conquer.
Khan had no choice but to retreat before winter came. Unexpectedly, he defeated 5,000 Tatar cavalry this year. He was indeed a young hero.
The emperor felt that the name was familiar and seemed to be related to a certain prince in the capital, so he asked Dai Quan next to him: "Is this Jia Ke related to any of the princes in the capital? It sounds so familiar to me."
Dai Quan knew these things well and immediately reported back: "Your Majesty, this Jia Ke is the grandson of Jia Daishan, the former Duke of Rongguo."
When the emperor heard this, he suddenly realized and said: "It turns out that he is the queen of generals. No wonder." Then he remembered that Jia Daishan had always been loyal to him. If he didn't have an unsatisfactory son, he wouldn't have left so early. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh.
A few sounds.
After the emperor finished asking, he stopped making any sound and paced back and forth in the hall.
After wandering around for a while, he turned around and said to Lu He Xiaoliuzi, "You guys go down."
Lu He and Xiao Liuzi quickly knelt down and kowtowed, then walked backwards and exited Dongnuan Pavilion.
As soon as they exited the hall, the emperor's face darkened and he asked: "Where are the three bachelors now?"
Dai Quan knew that the emperor was asking him, and immediately replied: "Three college students are also in the Zhongshun Palace now."
When the emperor heard what he said, he closed his eyes and asked, "King Zhongshun, what's going on today?"
"Your Majesty, King Zhongshun took a concubine today." After a pause, he added: "She did not marry Yudie."
The emperor was really unhappy this time. Not only was he unhappy, but he was also increasingly suspicious. Although King Zhongshun was one of the more outstanding sons, he couldn't offend so many people to fawn over him. He was just a concubine, but
It’s a plaything that doesn’t have a jade butterfly. Does it need such a big fanfare?
Surprisingly, so many important officials from the imperial court came to congratulate him, and they even ignored important military matters.
What does King Zhongshun want to do? It seems that he wants to beat them, otherwise they would think that the emperor himself is deaf and mute, and is just a decoration sitting in the Golden Palace.
The emperor thought of this and said to Dai Quan with a gloomy face: "Draw up the decree."
Dai Quan took out a blank imperial edict from the large cabinet standing next to him, and then there was a young eunuch next to him, carrying a small writing case.
Dai Quan took the imperial edict and knelt behind the writing desk. A young eunuch brought him pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Dai Quan picked up the pen and dipped it in some ink, then stopped writing and waited there.