The fold of the guarantee was handed over, and the emperor not only approved all of them, but also rewarded Jia Ji Yunfei with the title of Wupinqing, and led the introduction of the officials.

The singing and dancing in the capital is leveling, but the situation in Tianjin is precarious, Han Xiufeng sits in Nanyuan and then makes the worst plan, I don't know what the emperor asked Ji Yunfei to say, and he can't even take the body to Ji Yunfei to practice, so he can only let Yu Youfu and Yu Tiesuo father and son take Cheng Yi to send it off.

On the second day after Ji Yun flew out of Beijing, Rong Lu and Yongxiang, who had settled their families properly, hurriedly returned and brought back an expected bad news.

"Monk Greenqin reported that on the 26th, that is, at noon the day before yesterday, Xiyi sent more than 10,000 horse infantry to go ashore from Beitang to attack Xinhe and the army grain city, and our army has retreated to Tangergu because of being outnumbered!"

"That's all?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice.

"That's what the newspaper says." Rong Lu looked back at Wang Hedong, who rushed over from the school, and continued: "Brother Bochuan said that as soon as the emperor heard the news, he ordered him to get the coastal defense map you drew back then.

Immediately ordered Brother Bochuan to instruct the monk Greenqin to strictly punish Kexinga and others to guard the moat wall, and not to slack off a little. Although the horse team could not copy the attack due to being outnumbered this time, it was ultimately caused by Xiyu'a's failure to resist bravely.

With Xiyi, he immediately sent a horse team from Jilin and other places, and hurriedly tried to intercept and suppress Xiyi head-on and strike Xiyi back. If there is any further mistake, how can Xiyu be held to blame. He also transferred the Shanhaiguan horse team with the monk Greenqin and went to Tianjin to garrison him. It is said that Xiyi pounced on Xinhe Village, and its momentum was very strong. Monk Greenqin should calm the army's heart, make proper arrangements, and not get involved in Emperor Zhang. ”

"What about Hengfu, what is Hengfu doing?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice.

"I don't know what Hengfu was doing when he took over the war, but I only knew that the emperor said in his edict that 'Hengfu is responsible for handling the situation. It is not permissible to ignore the situation because of the war, but still obey the previous order, and promptly send a note to the chieftain, and try to turn around, so as to take care of the overall situation.' ”

Wang Hedong couldn't help muttering: "The foreigners have all been killed to Tang'ergu, what's the use of the note now, even if Hengfu really has a three-inch tongue, he can't turn this circle!" ”

Han Xiufeng was in no mood to complain, stared at the map spread out on the public case, and muttered: "The forts on both sides of Haikou and the forts on the back road are in danger, and this juncture allows Monk Greenqin to garrison Tianjin, so the emperor is not worried about the chaos of the army?" ”

When he mentioned this, Rong Lu was depressed, and said with a bitter face: "Brother Bochuan said that the emperor was afraid that Monk Greenqin would not return to Tianjin, so he thought that the imperial pen personally wrote a secret decree, and together with the previous edict, it was sent to Monk Greenqin by six hundred miles and sent to Monk Greenqin. ”

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked, "Do you know what the secret purpose is?" ”

"The secret decree is not long, Brother Bochuan took a look at it and wrote it all down."

"What did the emperor say?"

Rong Lu thought about it carefully, and said helplessly: "Zhu Yu Monk Greenqin, shake hands and say goodbye, more than half a year. Now the two sides of Dagu are in danger, and you are in the army, and you are worried. I am very careful, but the world is not at all, not in Haikou, it is really a Beijing teacher! If there is a slight setback, you must always lead the troops to retreat to Jinjun, and try to intercept and suppress from the north to the south. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect that the emperor would order the monk Greenqin to defend Tianjin at this juncture, let alone that the emperor would say so.

Just when he didn't know what to say, Rong Lu said with a bitter face: "The emperor also said, 'The country relies on you. It's not worth it to fight with ugliness. After leaving the camp, the forts on the north and south banks must be defended by reliable personnel. As a commander, it is difficult to say that I left the camp without permission. Now there is a special purpose of Zhu Pen, not that he is afraid, what scruples. If you insist on not thinking about the overall situation of the world, you only have a plan, which is very negative. The grip is unbearable, and the words are earnest. ”

"The world is not at all, not in Haikou, it is really a Beijing teacher, this is true. But if you can't even hold the forts on both sides of Haikou and the front and rear roads, will it be difficult for Tianjin to hold it? Wang Hedong asked eagerly.

"Fourth master, Hedong's words are reasonable, those forts are painstakingly managed, there are many walls and cannons, there are walled walls below, deep trenches are dug, and even wooden thorns are inserted upside down, and grain, grass and gunpowder are also readily available. What is there in Tianjin, Tianjin has nothing but a city wall! Yongxiang couldn't help but say.

Wang Qianli said worriedly: "Monk Greenqin's retreat, the army's heart will be chaotic!" ”

Thinking that the secret edict had already been issued, and even if it was not issued, it would be impossible for the determined emperor to retract his fate, Han Xiufeng calmed down and asked expressionlessly: "Zhonghua, just ask Bo Chuan about this?" ”

"More than that," Rong Lu reacted, and hurriedly took out a copy of Wen Xiang's transcribed edict from his sleeve, and said while reading: "The emperor knows that Tang Ergu is occupied by Xiyi, and the Dagu Fort is extremely dangerous. I know that Xiyi will either attack Tianjin, or go to Beijing. It is imperative to gather troops and fortify the territory with strict defense.

In addition to the original 1,000 horse teams, Tomina provoked 500 horse teams; Chengkai, Deleke Dorji, Yinggui, in Taiyuan, Suiyuan, Guihua cities, selected 1,000 garrisons; Chunyou selected 500 Rehe soldiers; Tan Tingxiang selected 3,000 soldiers from Shaanxi; Qingyun transferred 1,000 horses to the original team, and then selected 1,000 horses;

Wen Qian selected 3,000 Zhili soldiers, and Wen Yu will transfer 3,000 Shandong soldiers originally transferred this year, Enkui will transfer 500 Qingdezhou soldiers originally transferred this year, and Bo Chongwu will dispatch a number of them in Miyun at his discretion. ”

"Is it too late to transfer troops from all over the country at this time?" Wang Hedong couldn't help but ask.

Yongxiang said stupidly: "Every time it's like this, the foreigners rushed to transfer troops when they came over, and the foreigners were busy repatriating as soon as they left." ”

Wang Hedong turned around and said: "This time is different from before, this time it is not so easy for foreigners to go!" ”

"The key is that there are so many soldiers to adjust," Wang Qianli muttered: "In order to intercept the long hair, the available troops from all over the country have already been exhausted. Now they are being requisitioned, not to mention that Tomin'a, Chengkai, and Delec Dorji don't have so much food and ordnance, and even if they do, they can only recruit some people who can't go into battle and can't fight. ”

Han Xiufeng also didn't have any confidence in the reinforcements from all over the country, so he was silent for a long time before sitting down and asking: "Zhonghua, so the emperor plans to let Ruilin go to Tongzhou to handle the blockade?" ”

"It's not a plan, but I've ordered Ruilin and the Shangshu of the Li Fan Yuan to lead more than 5,000 soldiers from the Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp to Tongzhou to prevent the blockade. Counting the horse infantry team stationed in Tongzhou before, there are now more than 9,000 officers and soldiers in Tongzhou. For all the salaries that should be received, the household department was ordered to allocate 100,000 taels of silver in advance and hand them over to the heavenly government. And Zhang Xianghe and Dong Yu set up a grain station in Tongzhou. ”

Seeing that Wang Hedong was about to complain again, Han Xiufeng said with a gloomy face: "You can't be a man without knowing what is good or bad, the situation is so critical, the emperor sent all the soldiers who can be sent in the city, but let us stay still, it can be seen that the emperor treats us like the guards in the guards." ”

"Fourth master, I understand what you mean, but ......"

"Don't do it, hurry back and let the brothers prepare dry food for seven days, and from now on, wait for the emperor's dispatch at any time."

"Yes!"

"Qianli, you first send someone to send Yu'er and them to Gu'an, and then quickly arrange the affairs in the garden." Without waiting for Wang Qianli to bow down to receive the order, Han Xiufeng continued: "Zhonghua, you are in charge of the garden, I will enter the palace to listen to it, and I will bring a few more vests when I leave, and when the emperor wants to use us, I will let the waistcoats come back quickly to give orders." ”

"Okay, anyway, everything at home has been arranged, no worries, I won't go anywhere from now on."

"Everyone, please."

"Fourth master, what are you talking about!"

As soon as Wang Qianli's words fell, Ren Yu'er walked out from behind the screen, squatted slightly and said a thousand blessings to everyone, and then looked at Han Xiufeng and said, "Fourth brother, I won't go to Gu'an, I'll enter the palace with you." ”

Han Xiufeng said without thinking: "When is it, don't be willful!" ”

"Fourth brother, I'm not willful, I went into the palace to ask the queen and the concubine to say goodbye," for fear that Han Xiufeng would not agree, Ren Yu'er said confidently: "Fourth brother, if the war is really erosive to that point, you can't only protect the emperor's drive but not the queen's mother and the concubine's driver, and it is inconvenient for you to go to the harem, it is just right for me to go." ”

"But even if you enter the palace, you can't help."

"Why can't you help?"

"You go to serve the queen, this news can't be delivered."

"I'm not entering the palace alone, I will take Lian'er to go, and when I see the queen's mother, I will ask the queen's mother to help Lian'er get a waist card that can enter and exit the palace ban, as long as Lian'er can enter and exit the palace ban freely, won't this news be easy to transmit."

Seeing Han Xiufeng's hesitation, Rong Lu couldn't help but say: "Fourth master, Miss Yu'er's words make sense, we can't just ignore the emperor and the queen and the concubine, let alone the little prince!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, and the little prince!" Ren Yu'er said thoughtfully.

"Well, since you think it's more appropriate, let's do it."

"Fourth Brother Xie, please wait a while, I'll go in and change clothes with Lian'er."

"Go ahead." Han Xiufeng saw Ren Yu'er away, and then turned around and said, "Qianli, we don't know when we will see each other again, you must take care." The things I said before, if you can do it, you can do it, but you can't do it, in the words of the emperor, 'It's not worth it to fight with ugliness'! ”

Wang Qianli couldn't hear the meaning of Han Xiufeng's words, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Fourth master, you also have to take care." ”

"I'm going to be fine." Han Xiufeng pretended to smile easily, and then took Xiao Shandong to pack his luggage.

Everyone heard his words of "it will be fine" insincerely, but they didn't want to make it like life and death, so they looked at each other in the lobby for a while, and then they gave up their hands and walked out of the lobby one after another.