The emperor and his ministers were discussing how to march, how to relieve the siege, and who to send to lead the army.
Suddenly, a eunuch poked his head in outside the door, and then winked at the chief eunuch Dai Quan.
Dai Quan knew that he had something important to tell him, so he glanced at the emperor quietly. The emperor was having a lively discussion with the ministers, so Dai Quan secretly walked out of the imperial gate from the side.
Dai Quan came outside the main hall. At this time, a young eunuch hurriedly came over to kowtow to him. Dai Quan said impatiently: "If you have anything to do, tell me quickly. Are you still busy?"
"I'm reporting to my ancestors. I've sent a 800-mile rush from outside. I don't know if I should hand it over, so I asked my ancestors to come."
After hearing this, Dai Quan's eyes widened and he cursed loudly: "You little monkey cub, the longer you live, the more you go back. How dare you delay such a big thing? Hurry up and bring me the battle report."
The little eunuch quickly took out the battle report from his arms and handed it to Dai Quan. Dai Quan saw that the seal on it was still there, so he did not dare to open it privately. He hurriedly took the battle report and returned to the main hall, then quietly walked back along the wall.
The emperor's side.
The emperor had just discovered that Dai Quan was out. He knew that Dai Quan was a steady man. If there was nothing important, he would not dare to be so ungrateful.
When he saw Dai Quan coming back, he glanced at him, meaning to ask him what happened.
Dai Quan came to the emperor with an urgent document of 800 miles in his hand, and said softly to the emperor: "Long Live Lord, this is an urgent document of 800 miles just sent. I sent it to Lord Long Live."
As soon as the emperor heard this, his heart tightened, and he was afraid that Xuanfu Town had been breached. He immediately took it, looked at the seal first, and then opened it to read the contents inside. He couldn't help but beam with joy when he saw it.
The important ministers below saw the emperor's face beaming with joy. They couldn't help but guess where the urgent news came from that made the emperor so happy.
After reading the emergency report, the emperor smiled and said to the ministers below: "I just received the emergency report. Guess what happened?"
The ministers below saw that the emperor was in such a good mood, and they were afraid that something big was going to happen, so they joined in the fun and started talking nonsense.
"Your Majesty, could it be that some small overseas countries came to pay tribute?" Pan Yong said with a smile on his face.
The emperor pretended to scold him with a smile: "I don't think there are many tributes in this year. What a happy event."
Huo Tu is worthy of being the Minister of the Ministry of War. After thinking about it, he got a rough idea, so he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, could it be that the Tatars have retreated. An urgent report has been sent from Xuanfu Town."
Seeing that he had guessed it, the emperor stopped joking with them and sent the military report to the eunuch for all the ministers to watch one by one.
When they were watching the report, the emperor sighed and said: "Unexpectedly, our dynasty really has a young hero. In such a short time and with such a small number of troops, the Tatars have been defeated."
After reading this urgent military report, all the ministers showed incredulous looks. They were still discussing just now, preparing 200,000 troops to force the great lord out of the border. Now there is an urgent report to tell them that someone is using two
Thousands of troops defeated 120,000 Tatars, and had already moved north to regain the lost territory.
It turns out that this eight-hundred-mile expedited report was reported to the court by Fan Kang in the name of Jia Ke. The content is: Jia Ke, the minister, bowed his head and received the order from the military department. I did not dare to neglect and mobilized all the troops in Kaiping Town.
, a total of more than 10,000 people. They marched day and night, and the Tatars harassed them day and night without stopping for a while. I fought day and night, and marched for six days in total to the outside of Xuanfu Town, gathering a total of 10,000 remaining soldiers and defeated generals. At this time, the enemy chieftain led
Sixty thousand cavalry fought with me in a decisive battle. Fortunately, the emperor Hongfu, I defeated them in one battle. The enemy was desperate and did not dare to leave the camp, so I cut off their water source. For about three days, the enemy had no water and started fighting among themselves. I then led the troops and attacked them in one fell swoop.
After breaking it, the siege of Xuanfu Town has now been lifted. I will lead my elite troops to the north. They will be able to regain the lost territory in a few days. I have done my best.
After the emperor read this memorial, he felt very happy and finally put down the big stone in his heart. This time he felt at peace.
At this time, Li Lu went out to report: "Your Majesty, although Jia Ke has sent a report, Jia Ke has a small number of troops and is weak. If he lies about the military situation, he may ruin the important affairs of the court."
The emperor frowned when he heard what he said. Although he didn't believe that someone dared to lie to him on this important matter, what Li Lu said made sense.
While everyone was struggling in the palace, another eunuch signaled to Dai Quan below. Dai Quan did not make the decision privately this time, but secretly looked at the emperor.
The emperor nodded imperceptibly, and Dai Quan immediately understood and walked out of the hall again.
Dai Quan was outside the main hall and saw the little eunuch again. He couldn't help but said angrily: "You little bastard, are you done with it? What happened this time? If you don't explain it to our family, what will happen to our family?"
Take care of you."
When the little eunuch heard what he said, he was so frightened that he knelt down and said tremblingly: "My ancestors, please forgive me. It's not that the child insists on disturbing my ancestors. There is a reason for this."
Dai Quan naturally knew that he did not dare to disturb him for no reason, so he asked: "What do you have to say now? I don't know that our family is serving the emperor?"
The little eunuch quickly said: "Old ancestor, there is another eight hundred miles of urgent matter sent from Xuanfu Town." After saying that, he handed the document in his hand to Dai Quan.
Dai Quan took the document, checked the seal to see if it was intact, and then looked at the signature written on the letter. It was Wang Tao, the military governor of Xuanfu Town.
Dai Quan did not dare to neglect, and quickly entered the main hall with the documents. Then he walked along the side and returned to the emperor again. He said to the emperor personally: "Long live my lord, Wang Tao, the Jiedushi of Xuanfu Town, sent eight hundred miles to expedite the military situation."
." After saying that, he sent the document to the emperor.
The emperor took the document and said to the following: "It seems to be true. No, Wang Tao, the Jiedushi envoy, has also sent a message to expedite the military situation. It seems that he is talking about the same thing."
As he spoke, he opened the document, looked at it carefully, frowned as he looked at it, and finally threw the memorial on the imperial case in anger.
When the people below saw the emperor's anger, they were as quiet as ice for a while. Finally, the emperor suppressed his anger and said to them: "Jiedushi Wang Tao sent a report, saying that he fought to the death in Xuanfu Town and defeated the Tatars.
We are reorganizing our troops right now, and we will soon launch an expedition to the north to regain the lost territory. What do you think is going on?"
After hearing the emperor's words, Li Lu's mind changed, and he knew what was going on. This was obviously a matter of competing for credit among the generals, but he didn't know which one was telling the truth.
Li Lu reported his intention to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there is nothing strange about this. One of these two memorials must be true, and the other is to gain credit."
After hearing what he said, the emperor understood what he meant, so he asked: "Then look, which one is true and which one is false?"
Li Lu said confidently: "Jia Ke's report is true, and Wang Tao's report is false." After saying this, he explained to the emperor: "Jia Ke is just a guard. Where did he get the courage and courage?"
The Jiedushi envoy wanted to take credit, and he must have defeated the Tatars, so he couldn't wait to write a letter to the court to express his merits without consulting the Jiedushi envoy Wang Tao. As the Jiedushi envoy, Wang Tao performed extremely well during the Tatar invasion to the south.
It was really bad. This time he went to court to get rid of his previous sins. It seems that he did not discuss it with Jia Ke. He thought that Jia Ke belonged to his jurisdiction in Xuanfu Town. In the end, Jia Ke found out and took advantage of him.
There is nothing the governor can do." What he said was true or false, but his main purpose was to bring down Wang Tao, because the previous time he secretly killed the prefect, he had already offended all the civil servants.
After Li Lu finished speaking, as expected, Zhong Wenchen below all agreed.