The eldest son of the red mansion

Lei Ying did not refute this time, but stood up and said: "Scholar Li's consideration is more thoughtful than that of Weichen. Now that I think about it, it is indeed a bit inappropriate to meet in Baoding. Not only can the safety of the capital be guaranteed in Tongzhou, but some Soldiers can also travel by water, saving energy and freight. It is not too late to go to Xuanfu Town after arriving in Tongzhou."

The emperor is very satisfied with the administration today, and finally formed a specific action plan after everyone's brainstorming.

The army was divided into several routes to meet in Tongzhou, and then the selected generals were unified in command, and then divided into several routes to Xuanfu Town.If Xuanfu Town has been conquered and the enemy comes to the capital, they will meet the army halfway, and then choose a place to fight the enemy.

If the enemy did not conquer Xuanfu Town, the rescue army would gather under the city of Xuanfu Town at that time, and the Tatars would be defeated by the combination of inside and outside.

Then it's time to discuss the candidate for the Commander-in-Chief of the army. For this candidate, we all look to the emperor. This person must be decided by the emperor.

Chapter 172 Contradictions

When the emperor and the ministers were discussing how to march, how to break the siege, and who to lead the army.

Suddenly a eunuch poked his head in from 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 quietly glanced at the emperor.At this time, the emperor was having a lively discussion with the ministers, so Dai Quan sneaked out of the imperial gate from the side.

Dai Quan came outside the main hall, when a young eunuch hurried over to kowtow to him, Dai Quan said impatiently: "If you have anything to say, hurry up, are you still busy?"

"Reporting to my ancestors, it is urgent to send it to eight hundred li from outside. I don't know whether I should hand it over, so I invite my ancestors to come."

Hearing this, Dai Quan's eyes widened, and he cursed loudly: "You little monkey, you're living and going back. How dare you delay such a big event? Hurry up and show me the battle report."

The little eunuch quickly took out the battle report from his pocket and handed it to Dai Quan. Dai Quan saw that the seal on it was still there, so he dared not open it privately.Hastily took the battle report and turned back to the main hall, then quietly walked back to the emperor along the wall.

The emperor had found out that Dai Quan was going out just now, he knew that Dai Quan was a prudent person, if there was no major event, he would not dare to be so impolite.

Seeing Dai Quan come back at this time, he glanced at him, meaning to ask him what's the matter?

Dai Quan came to the emperor holding the 800-mile urgent document, and said softly to the emperor: "Long live lord, this is the [-]-mile urgent document just delivered, and the slave sent it to the long live lord."

When the emperor heard this, his heart ached, and he was afraid that Xuanfu Town would be breached.Immediately took it over, read the seal first, and then opened it to see the contents inside, I couldn't help but look very happy.

The important ministers below saw the emperor's face beaming with joy.They couldn't help guessing where the urgent report came from that made the emperor so happy.

The emperor smiled after reading the urgent report, and said to the ministers below: "I just received the urgent report, guess what's going on?"

Seeing that the emperor was in such a good mood, the ministers below probably had some great event, so they joined in the fun and started talking nonsense.

"Could it be that the emperor has a small overseas country coming to pay tribute." Pan Yong said with a smile on his face.

The emperor pretended to reprimand him with a smile: "It's not a few times in which year this pays tribute, what a happy event."

Huo Tu deserved to be the minister of the Ministry of War. After thinking about it, he knew the general idea, so he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, could it be that the Tatars have retreated. Xuanfu Town sent an urgent report."

The emperor saw that he had already guessed it, so he 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, "I never thought that our dynasty would produce a young hero. In such a short time and with such a small force, the Tatars have been defeated."

After reading the urgent military situation, all the ministers showed disbelief. They were still discussing to prepare 20 soldiers to force your lordship out of the border.Now there is an urgent report to tell them that someone has defeated 2 Tatars with 12 horses, and has gone north to recover the lost ground.

It turned out that Fan Kang reported the eight hundred miles urgent report to the court in the name of Jia Ke.The content is: Minister Jia Ke bowed his head and received the general order from the Ministry of War. The minister dared not neglect and raised all the soldiers in Kaiping Town, a total of more than 1 people.Marching day and night, the Tatars harassed them day and night, and they could not stop for a while.The ministers fought day and night, and marched for six days to the outside of Xuanfu Town, collecting a total of [-] remnants and defeated generals.At this time, the enemy chieftain led [-] cavalry to a decisive battle with the minister. Fortunately, the emperor Hongfu defeated the minister in one battle.The enemy was poor and defeated, and did not dare to go out of the camp. The minister cut off its water source. For about three days, the enemy had no water and fought among themselves.The minister then led the army and broke it in one fell swoop. Now that the siege of Xuanfu Town has been lifted, the minister led the elite soldiers under his command to go north, and he will be able to regain the lost ground in a short time. He has done his best.

After reading this memorial, the emperor was very happy, and finally let go of the big stone in his heart. This time it was considered peace.

Li Lu came out to play at this time: "Your Majesty, although Jia Ke sent the report, Jia Ke has few troops and is weak. If he lied about the military situation, it may ruin the court's affairs."

The emperor frowned when he heard what he said. Although he didn't believe that someone dared to lie to him about this important matter, what Li Lu said made sense.

When everyone was struggling in the hall, another eunuch below signaled to Dai Quan that Dai Quan did not make decisions privately this time, but secretly looked at the emperor.

The emperor nodded his head imperceptibly, and Dai Quan immediately understood and walked out of the hall again.

Dai Quan was outside the main hall, seeing that little eunuch again, he couldn't help but said angrily: "You little bastard, isn't it over? What's the matter this time? If you don't explain it to our family, what will happen to our family?" Clean you up."

The little lady overheard his words, she was so frightened that she quickly fell to her knees and said tremblingly: "The old ancestor spares his life, it's not that the child insists on disturbing the old ancestor, there is a reason for it."

Dai Quan naturally knew that he didn't dare to disturb him for no reason, so he asked, "What do you have to say now, don't you know that our family is serving the emperor?"

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "Old ancestor, there is another [-] Li urgently sent over there, and it is still from Xuanfu Town." Then he handed over the document in his hand to Dai Quan.

Dai Quan took the document, checked the seal, it was intact, and then looked at the signature written on the letter.It is Wang Tao, the Jiedu envoy of Xuanfu Town.

Dai Quan didn't dare to neglect, and hurried into the hall with the documents.Then along the side, back to the emperor again.His own said to the emperor: "Long live, Wang Tao, the Jiedu envoy of Xuanfu Town, sent eight hundred miles to expedite the military situation." After speaking, he sent the document to the emperor.

The emperor held the document and said to the following: "It seems to be true, no, Jiedu envoy Wang Tao also sent to expedite the military situation. It seems to be talking about the same thing."

While speaking, he opened the document, looked at it carefully, frowned when he looked at it, and finally threw the report on the imperial case angrily.

When the people below saw the emperor's anger, they were silent for a while. Finally, the emperor held back his anger and said to them: "Jiedu envoy Wang Tao sent a report saying that he fought desperately in Xuanfu Town and defeated the Tatars. Now we are rectifying the army and horses, and soon we will go to the Northern Expedition to recover the lost land, what do you think is going on here?"

Hearing what the emperor said, Li Lu's heart turned, and he knew what was going on. It was clear that each general was fighting for merit, but he didn't know which one was telling the truth.

Li Lu told the emperor what he wanted: "Your Majesty, there is nothing strange about this. One of these two memorials must be true, and the other is for merit."

After hearing what he said, the emperor also understood what he meant, so he asked the following: "Then look, which one is true and which one is false?"

Li Lu said confidently: "Jia Ke's memorial is true, and Wang Tao's memorial is false." After saying this, he then explained to the emperor: "Jia Ke is just a guard. Jiedu envoy contended for merit, it must be that he defeated the Tatars, so he couldn't wait to submit a letter to the court to express his merits, and did not discuss with Jiedu envoy Wang Tao. As Jiedu envoy, Wang Tao performed well during the Tatars' southward invasion. It's really bad. This time, he submitted the form to get rid of his previous crimes. Presumably, he didn't discuss it with Jia Ke. He thought that Jia Ke belonged to his jurisdiction in Xuanfu Town. In the end, Jia Ke knew about it and took him as an example. There is no way for the governor." There are some truths and some falsehoods in what he said, but the main purpose is to bring down Wang Tao, because the previous time he killed the magistrate privately, he had already offended all the civil servants.

After Li Lu finished speaking, all Zhong Wenchen below agreed.

Chapter 173 Authenticity

After hearing Li Lu's words, the emperor thought it was reasonable, but he didn't fully believe it.Instead, he turned his head and said to Dai Quan, "Go out and ask, what's going on?"

Dai Quan trotted out of the hall, summoned a young eunuch, and said a few words to him.The little eunuch ran away quickly, and Dai Quan waited beside him for a short time.I saw a middle-aged eunuch and a young eunuch running over at a gallop.

Ask him to kneel down and kowtow to Dai Quan as soon as he sees him, and say in his mouth: "Son, kowtow to godfather, may godfather live a long life." collection.

Dai Quan said angrily: "What's the situation? Don't talk about those useless things now, the emperor is still waiting inside."

Dai Lian quickly replied to Dai Quan: "My son has brought all the information from the boy below. Should the godfather read it by himself, or should my son tell you?" He said and handed a stack of papers to Dai Quan.

Dai Quan said impatiently: "The emperor is still waiting inside, I don't have time to read these. You wait outside, in case the emperor wants to ask something, you can go in and answer."

Dai Quan took the stack of information, entered the hall again, came to the emperor's side, and then opened the information to read to the emperor.

The emperor said with a gloomy face, "Speak up, let the adults below listen too."

Dai Quan quickly agreed, walked to the side of the imperial case, and read out the information aloud: "On the second day of September, Jia Ke, the garrison of Kaiping Town, fought the enemy outside Kaiping Town. He won a big victory and defeated five thousand enemies. On the fourth day of September, Kaiping The town guard Jia Ke received the documents from the Ministry of War and immediately reorganized the army. On the fifth day of September, he led the troops out of Kaiping Town, and gathered more than [-] troops during the period. On the tenth day of September, when he arrived at Xuanfu Town at noon, the enemy chieftain led [-] cavalry to attack. Jia Ke He beheaded more than ten generals in a row before the battle, and the army was greatly shocked, and then he smashed the Tatars and outside the city, and beheaded countless people. The Tatars were afraid of their power and did not dare to fight. Jia Ke then cut off the water source. The Tatars repeatedly sent people to fetch water , Jia Ke ambushed near the water source and smashed it. On September [-]th, the Tatars were fighting among themselves because of the water source. Jia Ke led the troops to attack and then smashed the Tatars. Has gone north to regain lost ground."

The emperor didn't have any expression on his face after hearing this. In fact, he was still very satisfied with Jia Ke in his heart. He still had feelings for Jia Daishan. Ever since he knew that Jia Ke was Jia Daishan's grandson, he had paid more attention to him. At this time, he couldn't help but There was a burst of goodwill towards Jia Ke in his heart, this kind of goodwill came too quickly, but he himself didn't feel any difference.After listening to Jia Ke's information, he still wanted to know about Wang Tao's situation, so he said to Dai Quan: "There is more, please tell me everything."

Dai Quan then took out another piece of information, and then read: "On August 21, the commander of Xuanhua made Huo Jiu flee without a fight, and Xuanhua fell to the enemy. On August [-], the Tatars rushed to Xuanfu Jiedu envoy Wang Tao was caught off guard, and then ordered to gather his troops and defend the city with all his strength. On August [-], the Tatars drove out the people to attack the city, and the Jiedu envoy Wang Tao ordered to shoot arrows to kill countless people. That night Wang Tao sent people to attack the camp, and The dead soldiers were sent to Kaiping Town for help. From this day until the tenth day of September, the Tatars attacked the city very urgently. Wang Tao led his troops to resist desperately. There were not one out of ten soldiers left in the city. Wang Tao recruited the young and strong in the city to continue to defend the city. By September [-]th, Xuanfu Town will be released from the siege."

The emperor's face was calm at this time, and he understood the right and wrong of the matter. It was Jia Ke who led the army to defeat the Dada people, and Wang Tao pretended to be a soldier, but Wang Tao led the army to defend the city to the death.

The emperor said: "The matter is clear, what else is there to say? How will Wang Tao be dealt with? How will Jia Ke be rewarded? There must be a charter. It must be finalized today, and then the documents will be issued. The soldiers who are fighting desperately cannot be chilled." .”