Wen Feng estimated that the emperor would take 3,000 people with him when he went out to Beijing to patrol the hunt, and at least 1,000 vehicles should be prepared to transport the carts needed to transport them!

Han Xiufeng was taken aback, thinking of the scene of the emperor's "big move" every time he came to the Old Summer Palace from the Forbidden City, or returned to the Forbidden City from the Old Summer Palace, and he suddenly found that Wen Feng was not exaggerating.

Just thinking about how long this line should be, how much food does it cost for people to eat horses and chew on this road, the rich second son Jixiang came over, and as soon as he entered the door, he bowed down and said: "Fourth master, Lord Sushun sent people to look for you everywhere and didn't find it, so I sent someone to find the lowly position, and asked the lowly job to ask you to hurry up to Jixian Yuan to discuss important matters!" ”

Han Xiufeng weighed it and asked in a low voice, "How did you tell Lord Sushun's family?" ”

"The lowly position is not a fool, I only promised to help find it, I didn't say that you are here," Jixiang peeked at Wen Feng, and said in a low voice: "The lowly position did not go straight here, but turned around in a big circle, and I paid attention to it several times along the way, and I didn't find anyone staring at the lowly position." ”

"Got it, let's go back first, if anyone asks, just say that you didn't find me."

"Huh!"

Ji Xiang just bowed down and exited the main hall, Xiao Shandong, who was guarding outside the courtyard, hurriedly ran in with a letter, Han Xiufeng took it and opened it, it turned out that Rong Lu sent someone from Nanyuan, and he was talking about Su Shun looking for him.

Seeing Han Xiufeng throwing the letter aside, Wen Feng couldn't help but ask: "Brother Han, Su Shun must have something urgent to find you, maybe he is looking for you to discuss how to deal with Xiyi, 100,000 is urgent, why don't you go?" ”

"Adults don't know, it's not like I haven't been there, but what's the use of going!"

"Why is it useless?"

"They don't listen to a word of what I'm saying, and even if they can hear a sentence or two, it's a different thing to do. It's better not to go than to go and just be in a hurry! ”

"Brother Han, you and I are deeply grateful, and it is the time to share the emperor's worries, so you can't be rash."

Han Xiufeng sighed and said helplessly: "This is not a matter of will, in terms of how to deal with Xiyi, the result is the same if I go or not, in fact, you know it." ”

"I really don't understand." Wen Feng said in a low voice.

"My lord, you are pretending to be confused," Han Xiufeng didn't dare to guess the dumb riddle with him, and said bluntly: "If you guess correctly, no matter where the foreigners kill, no matter how critical the situation is, you can't do without the words 'suppress and use'. The blood of the killings here is like a river, and the other side is afraid of angering the foreigners, so the corresponding officials are ordered not to get involved in the slightest panic. ”

Wen Feng froze, and was silent for a while before asking in a low voice, "What if Su Shun asks you to go to his place to listen to it?" ”

"He won't do this, if he really does, wouldn't he tell the emperor that he and Prince Zheng and others are helpless, and can only ask me, Fengchen Yuanqing, who was born as a donor? What's more, at this point, even if Zhuge Kongming is alive, it is useless. The reason why he sent people around to find me was that he was in a hurry to go to the doctor. ”

"It's not helpful to go, but it's not a way to stay here, my brother doesn't want to know what's going on in Tianjin?"

"I don't want to know, I can guess if I don't want to go."

"But I heard about it."

"Dagukou must not be able to hold it, maybe the forts on both sides of Haikou have been lost at this time. So many green battalion soldiers and so many Eight Banners and Mongolian horse teams failed to hold Dagukou, and Tianjin couldn't hold it either. As for Tongzhou, the same hangs! In short, foreigners are not long-haired, either this battle will not be fought, and the fight will only be defeated! ”

Thinking of what Daoguang saw and heard when he was in Guangdong in the twenty-second year, Wen Feng didn't think that Han Xiufeng was alarmist, and he didn't know what to say, Xiao Shandong ran back and said: "Lord Yuwen, a person named Wen Bao asked to see him, saying that he had something urgent. ”

Wen Feng relieved himself and hurriedly said, "My family." ”

"Your Excellency, although you are busy, the next official will send you off."

"Brother doesn't need to be polite, I don't need to hide it, I asked him to find out the news."

Looking at Wen Feng's embarrassed look, Han Xiufeng realized that the person in front of him was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and couldn't help but propose: "Why don't you let him come in and hear what he has found?" ”

"It's fine."

Wen Bao followed Xiao Shandong into the main hall, respectfully finished the salute, saw that his old master nodded slightly, and hurriedly said: "Yu lord, Yu Han, the little one heard that the foreigners sent more than 10,000 horse infantry to capture a fort called Shixi, and even the Zhili Admiral Leshan was killed in battle, and Monk Lingqin not only did not plan to lead the troops to snatch the fort back, but also asked the troops to retreat to hold Tongzhou. ”

Wen Feng chuckled in his heart, thinking that he was really afraid of something.

Han Xiufeng asked expressionlessly, "What did the emperor say?" ”

"I heard a friend walking in front of the emperor say that the emperor Long Yan was furious, angrily scolded the monk Greenqin for being incompetent, and said that Tongzhou was shielded by the Beijing Division, and Tianjin was the gateway to Tongzhou. If you don't stick to Tianjin, I'm afraid Tongzhou will be difficult to block. said that although the fort could not be defended, there were a lot of Ma Bu officers and soldiers, and ordered the military aircraft department to plan for Seng Lingqin to retreat at his discretion, and then try to fight a decisive battle. ”

"That's all?" Han Xiufeng asked.

"More than that," Wenfeng's family wiped their sweat and said cautiously: "The emperor also ordered the scholar Guiliang to go to Tianjin, and handle the affairs of the Emperor with the governor of Zhili, Hengfu, and he was awarded the title of Minister of Qincha." Jiao Youying, Zhang Zhiwan, Chen Hongyi and others, who had just entered the center, returned to their hometowns to hold group exercises. He also ordered the deputy capital of Shanhaiguan to become the temporary governor of the Bao, and the commander of the direct subordinate. ”

"Anything else?" Wen Feng also asked eagerly.

"Yes, the news of the fall of the Tianjin Haikou Fort has spread outside, which really makes people panic. It is estimated that the emperor also knows that this news cannot be hidden, and before the little one comes back, he just ordered Lord Zhou Zupei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Lord Chen Fuen, and the left attendant Pan Zengying and the right attendant Song Jin of the Ministry of Works, together with the imperial history of the five cities to handle the regimental defense of the Beijing Division. ”

"So many officers and soldiers have been defeated, and a group of regiments can be defeated? Besides, is it too late to let Jiao Youying, Zhang Zhidong and others go back to do group exercises at this time? Wen Feng asked worriedly.

Han Xiufeng motioned for Wen Bao and Xiao Shandong to go out first, and muttered, "So we have to plan for the worst." ”

"Okay, I'll go and see how many carts there are in the Old Summer Palace first."

……

At the same time, Xianfeng, who received a bunch of bad news, received another plea from Monk Lingqin.

Thinking that Seng Lingqin was able to win the battle last year, and this year's soldiers were more than last year's but defeated, Xianfeng was on fire, threw the fold that had not yet been read on the imperial case, and said hatefully: "Proposed decree, Horqin Prince Monk Greenqin, handle coastal defense, failed to be thorough, and went to the Yellow Banner to lead the Minister of Guard, inlaid with the Blue Flag Manchuria, and pulled out the three-eyed flower!" ”

"Hey, the minion is going to make a plan." Mu Yin was so frightened that he stumbled out of the main hall.

It's too bad, Xianfeng really doesn't want to stay in this hall, just shook his hand and walked to the door, saw Su Shun holding a stack of folds coming towards him, and said without thinking: "Su Shun is the head of the household department, and the minister of the guard is the head of the Yellow Flag!" ”

Su Shun was stunned, and forgot about thanksgiving for a while, only to see the emperor throw down a sentence of "I'm tired", and then left with a big head without looking back, he relieved himself and hurriedly knelt down with a puff: "The slave Xie the emperor is Longen, and the slave sends the emperor off." ”

Prince Zheng Duanhua, who was locked up, looked at the back of the emperor leaving, and asked anxiously: "How can the emperor say that he will leave, what should the emperor do if he leaves?" ”

Su Shun could understand the emperor's mood at this moment, and got up with the help of a guard and said, "Let's do what we can do first, and we'll come back when the emperor's anger is gone." ”

"That's all there is to it."

……

Just when Su Shun and Prince Zheng Duanhua were helpless, Wen Xiang, who had just returned to the military aircraft duty room from the lobby of the Criminal Department, saw Cao Yuying reading an edict that Mu Yin had just drafted.

"The stone crack fort on the north shore was captured by Yi and the situation was critical, and it was planned to retreat to protect Gyeonggi. Jiao Youying, Zhang Zhiwan and others set off today, and all the critical situations have been explored on the way. At this time, although Wen Jun and others discussed it, it was only temporarily restrained, and I am afraid that it will eventually have to be suppressed in the future. Immediately rushed forward, galloped to Tianjin, and immediately showed a message to the residents of the four townships, stimulated the righteousness, and offered a reward, so that they could kill the thieves together. If the Yi is not appeased, he actually comes to fight the offender, that is, he corrects the courage of the group, and the pain is punished, so that the Yi knows what he is afraid of. Jiao Huying and others, they can consider the urgency, and the camera is also prepared. ”

Seeing that Wen Xiang was back, Mu Yin hurriedly raised his head and asked, "Brother Bochuan is back, and I bother the elder brother to help see if this edict drafted by Ziyu should be corrected." ”

"Wen Xiang doesn't know the holy will, so he doesn't dare to make judgments."

"Brother Bochuan, that's what the emperor meant."

"Since that's what the emperor meant, then hurry up and send it to the court."

"Also, the soldiers are fast, such a big event can't be delayed."

"The subordinate obeys." Cao Yuying looked down on Mu Yin like Wen Xiang, but the official level crushed people to death, so he could only do it honestly.

Wen Xiangmu sent Cao Yuying away, returned to his own public case and flipped through the newspapers in various places, it was okay not to read it, the more he looked at it, the more restless he became, and those military planes Zhang Jing also became cautious, and even tiptoed to walk, for fear that the movement would make a few adults annoyed.

Before you know it, it's getting dark.

Mu Yin and other military ministers walked out of the duty room one after another, and in a blink of an eye, he was left alone, thinking about whether it was appropriate to go home at this juncture, Cao Yuying walked in quietly.

"Ziyu, you haven't gotten off work yet?"

"If the adults don't get off work, how dare the officials go back."

"Something?" Wen Xiang looked up and asked.

Cao Yuying looked behind her and confirmed that there was no one at the door, before she asked solemnly: "My lord, do you think Jiao Youying and Zhang Zhiwan can make it?" ”

Thinking that there were no outsiders here, and Cao Yuying was also a person who had worked in Houyitang, Wen Xiang sighed lightly: "It's difficult." ”

"This is clearly a rush to the doctor!"

"So my brother has a good plan?"

"What good plan can Yu Ying have, Yu Ying feels sorry."

"What do you mean by that?" Wen Xiang asked absentmindedly.

Cao Yuying sighed and muttered: "All this, my lord, you and Zhixing expected it the year before three or four years ago, and even asked for early preparations more than once, but Prince Zheng, Prince Yi, Lord Su Shun and Peng Zhongtang have never really taken it seriously, if they could adopt one or two at that time and make suggestions to the emperor together, how could they come to this point." ”

"That's it, what's the use of talking about it."

"My lord, Xia Guan hasn't seen Zhixing for a few days, do you know where he is, do you know what he's busy with."

Thinking that he would not mention Jiao Mazi for no reason, thinking that Su Shun had previously promoted Jiao Mazi to the center of duty but did not protect him, and then thinking that with Jiao Mazi going to Tianjin to hold a group training, there was a vacancy in the military aircraft department for a "big military aircraft", Wen Xiang reacted suddenly, stared at him for a while before whispering: "I don't know, I haven't seen him for a while." ”