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

Outside the door, a eunuch suddenly poked his head in, and then glanced at the great eunuch Dai Quan.

Dai Quan knew that there was something important to tell him, and he quietly glanced at the emperor. At this time, the emperor was discussing with the minister, and Dai Quan secretly walked out of the royal gate from the side.

Dai Quan came to the outside of the main hall, at this time, a little eunuch hurriedly came over to kowtow to him, Dai Quan said impatiently: "Hurry up and say something, don't you see that the master is still busy?" ”

"Qi Ancestor, I sent eight hundred miles from the outside to expedite, I don't know if I should hand it over, so I ask the ancestor to come."

When Dai Quan heard this, his eyes widened, and he scolded loudly: "You little monkey cub, the more you live, the more you go back, you dare to delay such a big thing?" Hurry up and bring me the battle report. ”

The little eunuch hurriedly took out the battle report from his arms and handed it to Dai Quan, who saw that the seal on it was still there, and he didn't dare to open it privately. Hurriedly took the battle report and turned back to the main hall, and then quietly returned to the emperor along the wall.

The emperor had already found out that Dai Quan had gone out just now, and he knew that Dai Quan was a steady person, and if there was no major incident, he would not dare to be so unruly.

At this time, when he saw Dai Quan coming back, he glanced at him, meaning to ask him what was the matter?

Dai Quan came to the emperor with an 800-mile urgent document in his hand, and said softly to the emperor: "Long live the master, this is the urgent document that has just been sent for 800 miles, and the slave sent it to the long-lived master." ”

As soon as the emperor heard this, his heart stirred, and he was afraid that Xuanfu Town would be breached. I immediately took it, looked at the seal first, and then opened it to see the contents, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed to see it.

The important ministers below saw the emperor's face happy. I can't help but guess where the urgent news came from to make the emperor so happy.

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

The ministers below, seeing that the emperor was in such a good mood, were afraid that there was some great joy, so they joined in the fun and talked nonsense.

"Your Majesty, there are small overseas countries coming to pay tribute." Pan Yong said with a smile on his face.

The emperor pretended to reprimand him with a smile: "There are not a few times in which year this tribute is, what kind of happy event is this." ”

Huo Tu is worthy of being the secretary of the Ministry of War, and after thinking about it, he knew a rough idea, so he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, it's not that the Tatars have withdrawn." Xuanfu Town sent an urgent report. ”

The emperor saw that he had already guessed, so he didn't joke with them, and sent the military intelligence report to the eunuchs for the ministers to watch one by one.

When they watched the report, the emperor sighed and said, "I didn't expect that our Celestial Empire really produced a young hero." In such a short time, with such a small number of troops, the Tatars have already been crushed. ”

After reading this urgent military situation, all the ministers showed incredible looks, they were still discussing just now, preparing 200,000 soldiers to force the adults out of the border. Now there was an urgent report to them that someone had broken 120,000 Tatars with 20,000 men and horses, and had gone north to regain lost territory.

It turned out that this 800-mile urgent report was reported to the imperial court by Fan Kang in the name of Jia Ke. The content is: Minister Jia Ke Baibai was the head, since receiving the order of the general, the minister did not dare to slack off, and the soldiers of Kaiping Town, a total of more than 10,000 people. The march day and night, the Tatars harassed day and night, without a moment's rest. The ministers fought day and night, marched for six days and finally arrived outside Xuanfu Town, and collected a total of 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals. At this time, the enemy chieftain led 60,000 cavalry to fight a decisive battle with the minister, fortunately thanks to the emperor's blessing, the minister was defeated in a battle. The enemy was defeated and did not dare to go out of the camp, and the ministers cut off their water source, and for about three days, the enemy had no water and fought internally. The minister then led the soldiers, broke it in one fell swoop, and now the siege of Xuanfu Town has been lifted, and the elite soldiers under the command of the minister went north, and they will be able to recover the lost land in a few days, and they have done their best.

After reading this report, the emperor was very happy, and finally put down the big stone in his heart, which can be regarded as peaceful.

Li Lu came out to play at this time: "Your Majesty, although Jia Ke sent a report, but Jia Ke has few soldiers and weak strength after all, in case he lies about the military situation, I am afraid that it will ruin the major affairs of the imperial court." ”

When the emperor heard him say this, he also frowned, although he didn't believe it, someone dared to lie to him on this important matter, but what Li Lu said also made sense.

When everyone was struggling in the hall, there was a eunuch below who signaled to Dai Quan, who did not make his own decisions this time, but secretly looked at the emperor.

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

Dai Quan was outside the main hall, and when he saw that the little eunuch again, he couldn't help but say a little angrily: "You little rabbit cub is finished, right?" What's going on this time? If you don't make it clear to our family, see how our family cleans you up. ”

When the little eunuch heard what he said, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "The ancestor spared his life, it's not that the child has to disturb the ancestor, but there is a reason for it. ”

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

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "Old ancestor, there is another 800 li rush over there, and it is still from Xuanfu Town." As he spoke, he handed over the paperwork in his hand to Dai Quan.

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

Dai Quan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the documents and entered the main hall. Then follow the side and return to the emperor again. The biological said to the emperor: "Long live the lord, Xuanfu Zhenjiedu sent Wang Tao to send 800 miles of urgent military information. With that, he sent the paperwork to the emperor.

The emperor took the document and said to the following: "It seems to be true, no, Jiedu sent Wang Tao to expedite the military situation." It seems to say the same thing. ”

As he spoke, he opened the paperwork, looked at it carefully, frowned when he looked at it, and finally threw the report on the imperial case in anger.

The people below saw that the emperor was angry, and they were silent for a while, and finally the emperor held back his anger and said to them: "Jiedu sent Wang Tao a report, saying that he fought desperately in Xuanfu Town, had defeated the Tatars, and was now reorganizing his troops and horses, and would soon go on a northern expedition to regain the lost territory, what do you say is going on?" ”

Li Lu listened to the emperor's words, and his heart turned, and he knew what was going on, this was clearly a battle for merit, but he didn't know which one was telling the truth.

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

When the Emperor heard him say this, he understood what he meant, so he asked the following: "See, which one is true and which one is false?" ”

Li Lu said confidently: "Jia Ke's report is true, and Wang Tao's report is false." After saying this, he then explained to the emperor: "Jia Ke is just a garrison, where did he get the courage and temperance to fight for merit, it must be that he defeated the Tatars, so he couldn't wait to write to the court to express his merits, and did not discuss with Wang Tao, the envoy of Jiedu." And Wang Tao, as a festival envoy, in the process of this Tatar invasion of the south, the performance is really bad, this time the table is to get rid of his previous sins, I think he did not discuss with Jia Ke, he thinks that Jia Ke belongs to the jurisdiction of his Xuanfu Town, and in the end, Jia Ke knows, and there is no way to take him as a festival envoy. What he said was true and false, and the main purpose was to bring down Wang Tao, because the previous time he killed the prefect without permission, he had already offended all the ministers.

After Li Lu and the others finished speaking, sure enough, Zhong Wenchen below all agreed.