It turned out that the emperor had already come out when the little eunuch had just reported and did not disturb Dai Quan. But when he heard the little eunuch's report, he couldn't hold back any longer, and roared loudly with anger.

Dai Quan knelt on the ground at this time, only knowing that he kept kowtowing and asked the emperor to calm his anger.

The emperor calmed down, but his face was still flushed. He immediately ordered: "Spread my will, and the eunuchs guarding the palace gate will be killed immediately, and whoever dares to do this kind of thing again in the future will kill his nine clans." ”

After the emperor said this, he glared at Dai Quan fiercely, "What are you still doing in a daze?" If you don't hurry up and bring me in the messenger, I'll delay the big thing, and I'll ask for your head together. ”

Dai Quan ran out with a roll, the emperor saw Dai Quan go out, so he wanted to go back to the Dongnuan Pavilion to wait for news, but as soon as he turned around, he felt that the world was spinning, and the personal eunuch next to him hurried over to help him, and said anxiously: "Long live Lord, what's wrong with you?" Do you want to pass on the imperial doctor? ”

The emperor held his hand, slowed down for a moment, and then recovered, and then pushed him away and entered the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Dai Quan crawled out of the Heart Nourishing Hall and trotted all the way to the gate of the palace. I saw that a bunch of people had gathered outside the palace gate now.

The little eunuch next to Dai immediately separated the crowd and let Dai Quan come inside, only to see a eunuch crying and wailing there. It was the eunuch who guarded the door. It seems that he also knows what is going to happen to him.

After Dai Quan saw this person, the anger on his face came up, and he directly ordered the little eunuch beside him: "Drag this dog thing aside for our family, and beat it to death in front of everyone." Let everyone also take a look, who will dare to block the emergency military situation in the future. ”

His little eunuchs all shivered. But the hand was not slow, and they stepped forward together to tie up the crying eunuch directly and press it to the main square of the palace gate, and then the eunuch of the Shen Criminal Division, who had already come over, tied the eunuch to a spring stool. Then he lifted the board and slammed it into his back. For a while, there were screams and blood splattered in the square.

Dai Quan ignored these and came to the bell tower of Jingyang Bell. He said to the sergeant who was ringing the bell, "Little rabbit, what are you knocking?" The emperor already knows about you, so what do you have to tell our family in advance. ”

The messenger who rang the bell stopped, and when he looked back, he saw an old eunuch dressed in splendid clothes. At first glance, it is a person with status in the palace. At this time, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Father-in-law, I am a messenger from Miyun, and I have been ordered by my family to send eight hundred miles to the capital urgently. The Tatars are already less than a hundred miles away from our Miyun City. ”

As soon as Dai Quan heard this, he was already frightened, and Miyun was dozens of miles away from the capital. If the information is sent according to Miyun, it means that the Tatars have already arrived in the capital. That's a big deal.

So Dai Quan said to the messenger: "You follow me now, and let's go to see the emperor together." ”

After saying this, Dai Quan didn't dare to stay, turned around and ran towards the inner palace. And the messenger also followed Dai Quan all the way to the outside of the Dongnuan Pavilion.

The emperor didn't wait long in the Dongnuan Pavilion, he heard a noise outside, and then Dai Quan came in first, Dai Quan knelt on the ground as soon as he came in, and replied anxiously: "Long live Lord, it's Miyun's emergency military situation, it seems that the Tatars have arrived in Miyun." ”

When the emperor heard this, he felt dizzy again. But he gritted his teeth and held on, and asked Dai Quan, who was kneeling, "What about the messenger and the military intelligence?" ”

"The messenger is waiting outside, and the military situation is also on him, and the minions dare not move without permission."

The Emperor said angrily, "Then don't let him in quickly." ”

Dai Quan hurriedly went out to lead the messenger into the Dongnuan Pavilion, and as soon as the messenger entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the emergency military situation in Miyun 800 miles will leave at noon today and arrive in Beijing before dusk." After saying this, he took out the letter in his bosom and presented it to the emperor with both hands.

The little eunuch next to him quickly took the letter and sent it to the emperor. The Emperor took the letter and immediately opened it to read the message.

The general content of the letter is that Gubeikou was conquered by the Tatars with a strategy, and now the defeated army has reached Miyun, and it is learned from the mouth of the defeated army that the Tatars have a large number of people, no less than 100,000, and Miyun has found the advance of the Tatars, and Miyun has few soldiers, and asks the court to support quickly.

When the emperor saw the news, he was fortunately a little mentally prepared, although he still felt that his brain was beating suddenly, but he was still able to barely calm down his anger.

At this moment, Dai Quan came in to report, "Your Majesty, the ministers are already waiting outside the palace gate, I don't know if the emperor has summoned you." ”

When the emperor heard the news, he remembered that the messenger had hit the Jingyang bell just now, and the ministers were bound to enter the palace to meet him, and he happened to discuss with them about the Tatar invasion.

So he ordered: "Set up the Taihe Palace, and send an order to the ministers to see each other in the Taihe Palace." ”

After the emperor finished delivering his will, he walked outside the Dongnuan Pavilion, and a group of eunuchs hurriedly followed. When I arrived at the Dongnuan Pavilion, there was already a bright yellow sedan waiting outside. The emperor got into a small sedan chair, and four eunuchs carried it, and then went to the Taihe Palace.

When the emperor arrived at the Taihe Palace, all the ministers had been waiting in the palace for a long time. Seeing that the emperor was coming, all the ministers knelt on the ground together and shouted three times long live, and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

The emperor sat on the throne and did not let these carts stand up, he looked at the ministers below, and saw them kneeling there one by one, looking ignorant, he felt angry, so he said with a gloomy face: "Someone hit Jingyang Zhong just now, do you know what's going on?" ”

The people below, you look at me, I look at you, they don't know how to answer the emperor, so they say together: "Wait for ten thousand deaths." ”

The emperor said angrily to the below: "The Tatars have more than 100,000 horses and horses and now they have arrived in Miyun, and you are still dreaming here in the Spring and Autumn Period, do you lose your head to wake up." ”

His Royal Highness's ministers, when they heard the emperor say this, they were all shocked, they never thought that the Jingshi would be sent to the threat, so they exploded at the bottom.

Everyone is talking about it, that is, the Tatars surrounded Xuanfu Town a few years ago, and the situation is not as good as this crisis. And this time, except for the three major battalions near the capital, there were no other soldiers and horses.

And these ministers are all human spirits, and they have never had much hope for the combat effectiveness of the three battalions.

The emperor looked at them in a mess, and he was even more angry and slapped his hand on the imperial case, and scolded loudly: "Shut up, if you have something to say, what is it like to quarrel together." Three scholars, the three of you speak first. ”

Li Lu, a scholar, immediately stood up and said: "The emperor is now in an urgent situation, and he should make a decision immediately and order the three battalions of troops outside the city to immediately enter the city to participate in the defense of the city." ”

When the emperor heard this, he felt that it was very reasonable, and immediately sent an edict: "Where is the prince Teng of the Jingying Festival?" ”

This is a middle-aged Confucian general who walked out of the martial arts class, came to the center of the main hall, and immediately knelt down and said: "The prince Teng sees the driver, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

The emperor immediately sent an order to Wang Ziteng: "You immediately reorganize the three battalions outside the city, order them to enter the capital through the three gates, and immediately go up to the city to participate in the defense against the Tatar sneak attack." ”

Wang Ziteng knelt down and replied, "Minister, Prince Teng's honor." When he had finished speaking, he stood up and walked as if he were outside the temple.

After arranging for the prince to defend the capital, the emperor had a little bottom in his heart, and said to the ministers who were still kneeling below: "Okay, get up, I can't blame you for today's incident." ”

The ministers knelt down for so long, and finally waited for the emperor to speak for them to get up. One by one, they struggled to get up from the ground. Some of the elderly and infirm still need the help of their colleagues next to them.

The ministers stood up, and then stood on both sides of the Taihe Hall according to the rules of Wen Dong and Wuxi.

When the emperor saw that everyone was up, he asked: "If you have any other ideas, the Tatars will come to the capital this time, I am afraid that the people who come are not good, we must think of a countermeasure." ”

Yan Mu, a scholar, came out of the class at this time and said: "Your Majesty, although the three major battalions have 150,000 horses, they have never seen a real battle, and there is still some use in relying on them to defend the city, if you want to repel the Tatars, I am afraid it will be even more difficult." ”

The emperor frowned and asked unhappily, "Li Aiqing, are my three major battalions really useless?" You don't want to be alarmist. ”

In the emperor's impression, the three battalions were the elite of the world. And every time he traveled, the three battalions were neatly armoured. The majestic appearance does not look like it cannot fight.

Before Yan Mu could answer, Pan Yong, a bachelor next to him, stood up and replied first: "Your Majesty, what Senior Scholar Li said is not bad, and the combat strength of the three major battalions is indeed worrying. Their ancestors were originally the elite of our dynasty, but when their fathers and ancestors died, they gradually became corrupted, and they may have a terrible outcome against the Tatars. ”

When the emperor heard this, he almost laughed angrily. In the past, when there was no war, they told themselves one by one that the three battalions were rare in the world, but now when they met the true chapter, they told themselves that the three battalions were already Fǔ Bài and could not be used. If it weren't for the Tatar invasion, I am afraid that I would not know until I die that the three battalions that I relied on as the city wall were already rotten and could no longer fight.

"Then what do you say, you can't let the Tatars come and go freely around the capital, and even alarm the ancestral mausoleum." After the emperor said this, he seemed to remember that the tombs of several emperors of this dynasty were outside the city, and if they were destroyed by the Tatars, what face would he use to see the first emperor after his death?

When the emperor thought of this, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and tears rolled in his eyes. Looking at these ministers below, what's the use of spending money to support them? At the critical moment, no one can share their worries.

Seeing the emperor's sad appearance, the scholar Li Lu knew that he was afraid that the mausoleums of several former emperors would be harassed, so he went out and said: "Your Majesty, it has not yet reached that point, but you can send a decree to let the Jiedu envoys of several nearby provinces immediately raise troops to Qin Wang, and order the Jiedu envoys of Xuanfu Town and Liaodong to immediately raise cavalry to support, these two places are the closest to the Beijing Division, and the soldiers and horses in these two places are the most elite, and the number of cavalry is also the largest. When these two cavalry come, there will be at least 40,000 or 50,000 horsemen, and even if they can't win at that time, they can protect the peace of the Beijing division. ”