The person who was named and shouted by the emperor was Chen Daoyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who trembled obviously, and then kowtowed, his face was drenched in cold sweat, but he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it, and his face was full of horror. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Back to the emperor, today...... Today, the soldiers stationed in the Western Jin Dynasty sent an urgent military report that three of the eight towns defending the border had been attacked by the Western Jin Dynasty army...... Breaking the ......"

"What?" The queen exclaimed.

Although the queen has lived in the deep palace for a long time and rarely goes out, she still knows a lot about national affairs out of the mentality of supporting the prince. Now that the Western Jin Dynasty suddenly sent troops, and captured three of the eight major towns in a row, things happened too fast, and she didn't even know it.

"Your Majesty, this is a border military, and the concubines don't know what this matter has to do with the prince?" The queen was lucky.

The emperor snorted coldly and did not answer, but stared at Chen Daoyuan, who was trembling, without saying a word.

Chen Daoyuan swallowed his saliva and said: "This defense of the eight towns was carefully set up by my Shangyuan, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention that it is impossible to capture the three towns in half a day, even if it is to capture one town in January, it is very difficult for the Western Jin Dynasty." ”

The implication is that there is something strange about this matter. Although the queen is not outstanding in appearance, she has lived in the center of power for a long time, and she is very sensitive to such things, and muttered to herself: "Could it be ...... Is there a conspiracy? ”

The emperor said: "It's okay if it's really a spy!" It's just that your uncompetitive son is so mediocre for the sake of beauty! You say, I shouldn't be angry! ”

For the sake of beauty? Is it because of Princess Miruo of the Western Jin Dynasty? The Queen's mind was racing and trying to connect the dots, and suddenly a terrible thought came to her.

In order to train the crown prince, the emperor will naturally hand over part of the government affairs to the prince, so many confidential documents are in the prince's mansion, and the guards of the prince's mansion are more rigorous.

In order to defend the eight towns established in the Western Jin Dynasty, there is a set of careful and strict defense maps of the eight towns, which are placed together with those confidential documents and locked in the study of the prince's mansion.

The queen suddenly lost her voice: "Eight Towns Defense Map...... Lost? ”

"It was lost, but it was stolen!" The emperor's voice was raised, and his anger was even worse, "You ask him, whether it was stolen by someone, or did he personally give it to the demon girl of the Western Jin Dynasty!" ”

The queen swallowed her saliva, the importance of the defense map of the eight towns is extraordinary, if it weren't for the tight defense of the prince's mansion and the emperor's trust that the prince intended to train him, he would not have handed over such a confidential document to him, but now that he has lost it, it is still in the hands of the people of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the queen suddenly felt a little spinning.

She staggered to Yuwenmo's side, leaned over and asked, "Mo'er, tell the queen mother, what is going on?" Could it be that there is a spy in the house who stole the defense map of the eight towns? ”

Yu Wenmo pursed his lips, his face was very ugly, and he didn't say a word in the face of the queen's frightened and tentative questioning, and his thick eyebrows were full of chagrin and self-blame.

"You're talking!" The queen took his broad shoulders and shook them vigorously.

The prince finally lost his voice and said: "The son is ashamed of his father and the queen mother, and he is willing to be punished!" ”

The queen finally went dark and fainted. Seeing this scene, Concubine Lan immediately stepped forward and hugged her, shouting in horror: "Niangniang! , what's wrong with you? ”

The queen sat up with her body bold, her face was full of sorrow, as if she had aged dozens of years all of a sudden, and she looked at her son kneeling on the ground so uncompetitively, she almost wondered if all this was a trap.

"The queen heard it, he has already admitted that it was his own fault, how can such an act of disregard for the safety of the country be done by the prince of Shangyuan!"

At this moment, Yu Wenlie, the second prince who rushed to hear the news, also hurriedly walked into the imperial study and hurriedly knelt beside the prince.

The emperor looked at him and said, "What are you doing here, don't you think it's messy enough!" ”

The second prince bowed his head and said respectfully: "The son comes to confess!" A few days ago, Erchen sent the princess of the Western Jin Dynasty and the envoys out of Beijing on the orders of his father, but he did not find that they had bad intentions. ”

When Jing Yan heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and turned his eyes to look at the second prince kneeling on the ground.

Yu Wenlie grew up under the queen's knees, and was close to the prince, and at this moment he came to confess the guilt with the prince, showing his brotherly affection, although the words are good, but in Jing Yan's opinion, such behavior is suspected of being a show, and it is far-fetched to take the blame on himself, what is the purpose?

The emperor sneered and turned his head: "It's time to come over and confess!" ”

But his tone softened a lot, and he didn't have the aggressive momentum of wanting to depose the prince before.

The crown prince glanced at the second prince gratefully, and the other party gave the same look.

Seeing that the emperor's anger had subsided a lot, the crown prince Fu Jingmu, who was kneeling on the other side, spoke: "Your Majesty, there is no time to investigate the responsibility of His Royal Highness, so you should block the attack of the Western Jin Dynasty first." ”

Jing Yan looked at the kneeling "father" in front of him, he was dressed in a navy blue official robe, kneeling respectfully, compared to Chen Daoyuan, who was trembling on the side, he looked much calmer and more sophisticated.

The emperor pondered for a while, and then said, "According to Jing Aiqing's opinion, how to stop it?" ”

Jing Mu bowed, and said: "Weichen believes that because he first mobilized the troops stationed around the eight towns to join the defense, urgently opened roads to transport grain and grass, replanned the position, and then transferred troops from various departments to deploy, and sent troops to carry out a counteroffensive. ”

The emperor's eyes were far-reaching, and he took a deep breath: "What Taifu Jing said is very true, but what do you recommend for this person who leads the army?" ”

The prince, who had not spoken, suddenly knelt a few steps, kowtowed, and said, "Erchen is willing to go!" ”

The emperor glanced at him and said coldly, "Don't make trouble for me!" ”

The prince clenched his teeth and gritted, and his body trembled.

"Erchen is willing to go for the prince!"

The emperor looked at Yu Wenlie, as if thinking about whether it was feasible for him to go, and after a moment, he nodded: "Okay, you go." ”

"Thank you, Father!"

The emperor asked again: "Chen Daoyuan, Jing Mu, tell me who else?" ”

Chen Daoyuan struggled for a long time, but just spit out a name: "The minister thinks that Xu Qi, the squire of the military department, can be worthy of this position......"

"His qualifications are still shallow, and the Western Jin Dynasty is menacing this time, and he is not qualified!"

"Zhenguo General Wang Guanghe." The Emperor suddenly said, "How is he?" ”

Jing Mu said respectfully: "General Wang is brave and good at fighting, and he has once quelled the rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, so he can be entrusted with an important task." ”

"But ......"

"But what?"

"However, General Wang is good at fighting, and his son, General Wang Song, is good at strategy, and the combination of the two will get twice the result with half the effort."

The emperor's mind immediately appeared that Wang Song was sitting in a wheelchair, and he immediately frowned, and just wanted to refuse, but saw Jing Yan on the side take a few steps forward and said, "Please allow the emperor to allow the husband to fight!" ”

The emperor looked at the woman who came out suddenly, she lowered her head, her body exuded a comfortable aura, but between her eyebrows there was a calmness and perseverance beyond a woman, he remembered that she had once led away the white tiger without blinking her eyes on the hunting ground, and nodded suddenly.

"In that case, so be it. Pass my order, Feng the second prince Yu Wenlie as the general of the expedition to the west, and go to block the Western Jin army with Wang Guang, the general of Zhenguo, and his son Wang Song, and set off on the same day! ”

"Son's Command!"

The emperor nodded, and then turned his gaze to the prince who was kneeling on the ground with a blue face: "As for you......"

"Your Majesty......" The queen looked at the emperor with almost pleading eyes, and wanted to cry.

"For the sake of the queen's face, I will keep your position as the crown prince first, go back to the house and reflect on it, and you must not go out!"

"Erchen...... Yes, sir. ”

Jing Yan's eyebrows moved slightly, and he just glanced at Jing Mu, looking at each other speechlessly.

Early the morning of the second day after the decree was handed down, the entrance of the palace was already full of soldiers ready to go.

The second prince, Yu Wenlie, was dressed in the main general's uniform, in the front center of the soldiers, Wang Guanghe was on the left, and the other was Wang Luan on a horse.

Because of Wang Song's inconvenient legs, he sat in the sedan chair at the back, Wang Luan was brought by the second prince, because he was the prince's companion, this move was also to tell everyone that the prince would atone for his sins, but also to show the deep love between the second prince and the prince.

However, in Jing Yan's view, this has a different meaning.

The military was urgent, and the expedition did not hold a grand ceremony, but quickly left Beijing under the escort of officials. Jing Yan was among the send-offs, looking at the army that was gradually moving away, and his gaze gradually became far-reaching.

Bai Li on the side sighed: "The old master and the second young master are gone, and the house is deserted all of a sudden, and I don't know what the chances are this time......

Chu Qing said: "Since the young lady recommended the eldest young master, she naturally has twelve points of confidence, and look at it." ”

Hearing this, Bai Li suddenly turned his head to look at Jing Yan on the side. She didn't have the worry of Old Lady Gao, nor the irritability of the second young lady, as if she was out of the matter, staring into the distance.

Does Miss really have the confidence to win? Bai Li really couldn't figure out how sure the young lady in the boudoir would win would win.

In the distance, the fast horse marched for three days, and the road did not stop all the way, and successfully reached the front line. Therefore, the commander of this command was the second prince, as soon as he arrived at the military camp, he summoned three generals to spy on it, after that, Wang Luan and Wang Song led 50,000 troops to arrange in Linggang Town, Wang Guanghe took 70,000 soldiers to Anyang Town, and the second prince and the remaining 80,000 soldiers were stationed in Guangping Town, which was the most vulnerable to attack.

These three towns are the most likely of the eight towns to be the next target, and this arrangement is understandable. As soon as the three generals sent by Pingjing arrived, the situation of this defeat was alleviated, and the Western Jin army retreated to the three towns, and there was no sign of sending troops for the time being.

When the news reached Pingjing, everyone said that the second prince was extremely brave, Jing Yan just nodded, and did not react much.

"The young lady is really clever, and she knows that the eldest young master will definitely win!"

Jing Yan smiled faintly, but she didn't say anything, because she knew that in this battle, the important thing was not the army of the Western Jin Dynasty, but the hearts of the people.