Early the next morning, Liu Juntao got the transfer decree issued by Emperor Tianshun, and after giving the eunuch who came to announce the decree ten taels of silver, Liu Juntao led fifty guards and iron cavalry soldiers out of the city from Dongzhi Gate, all the way to the Tongzhou camp.

In the evening, the group returned to the camp, and Liu Juntao immediately ordered the army to start regrouping and preparing to leave for Pinggu County early the next morning.

Early the next morning, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Longxiang Army marched in formation and marched northeast along the official road, passing through many villages along the way. The people of all parts of Gyeonggi can be said to be very familiar with the Tiance Army, for these people, the Tiance Army is the Yuejia Army of the time, all of them are heroes who have made great contributions to the country, and they are the real kings.

Liu Juntao and the officers and men of the whole army were also very moved when they saw this, and at the same time, Liu Juntao also ordered that no one in the army should accept all the property sent by the people, otherwise the military law will act!

The people sent a lot of food and property, but seeing that the officers and soldiers of the Longxiang Army did not take a penny or anything, they were even more admired, and they praised each other the good names of the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army.

For a time, the reputation of the Tiance Army's strict military discipline spread throughout Gyeonggi and Beizhili, of course, these are all later stories.

Before noon, the officers and men of the Longxiang army walked out of the boundary of Tongzhou and entered the adjacent Pinggu territory, but after a while, the army did not collect it at night and reported a situation: there was a man dressed as a common man in the rear of the army who accompanied him all the way, and he had followed the army for more than ten miles, and his appearance was very suspicious.

Liu Juntao also frowned when he heard this, after all, the situation between the DPRK and China is complicated now, and any trivial matter may hide a shocking story, so nothing can be taken lightly.

"Bring the man here, don't get away."

"Order!"

Liu Juntao then added: "Don't embarrass that person, just bring it directly." ”

"Yes! Rest assured! ”

After a while, two soldiers arrived with a man in his forties.

Liu Juntao observed, and saw that although the person was dressed in cloth and short, he looked like a vegetable farmer in the countryside, but when he saw the huge team of more than 10,000 elite troops, and saw Liu Juntao who was in a high position and was full of evil spirits, this person was not panicked at all, and he seemed very calm.

Liu Juntao was also secretly surprised in his heart, and confirmed that this person was not an ordinary person.

"Who are you? Why follow the army! ”

"The villain Beizhen Fusi Baihu Chen Biao has seen Lord Bingxian!"

Liu Juntao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked, "Why do you people from Beizhen Fusi follow the army of Benxian?" ”

The man first hugged his fists as a salute, and then under the supervision of the two soldiers who did not accept it at night, he took out a letter from his arms, presented it to Liu Juntao with both hands, and said: "This is a secret letter sent by the commander of the Beizhen Fusi Commander Menda and the Lord Men to let the villain send it, please take a look at it." ”

"Menda?"

Liu Juntao still has some knowledge of this Menda, and this person can be regarded as a famous minister in the Tianshun period, and he is also a figure who left a mark in the history books. Menda first took his father's position as a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, and then entered the Beizhen Fusi, and then began to rise and fall all the way in the Beizhen Fusi.

In the orthodox years, Menda entered thousands of households because of his merits, and was in charge of the prison by the Department of Justice. A few years later, Menda was promoted to the commander of the North Town Fusi and was dismissed.

In the seventh year of Jingtai, Menda was reinstated as an old official, and he was responsible for the health and pacification of the punishment. Tianshun changed the yuan, Menda participated in the "seizure of the door" meritorious service, entered the command of the same knowledge, spiraled into the commander, full-time punishment, became the first person in the Beizhen Fu Division.

Menda's reputation in history is not good, he is good at grabbing power, excluding dissidents, speculating on positions, framing colleagues, at this time the Manchu ministers are very jealous of Menda, even afraid, all kinds of things, all recorded in the annals of history, it can be seen that Menda's means and style.

Liu Juntao estimates that even if these things are not necessarily true, they are by no means groundless, at least most of them are based on facts, and Menda is not a good person, which is Liu Juntao's evaluation of it.

"I don't know if the commander of the door has any advice?"

Although Liu Juntao doesn't like this Menda very much, after all, he is the commander of the Beizhen Fusi and the leader of the Jinyi Guard, and his position is very important, and he can completely influence the trend of the situation in the Beijing Division at a critical moment. Moreover, Menda is also very difficult, so Liu Juntao is still relatively polite when he speaks, and he doesn't want to provoke anything wrong in today's chaotic situation, especially for a character like Menda.

"The villain is just running errands to deliver letters, and the specific things are not clear, what is the matter with the commander, Bing Xian will know after reading this letter."

Liu Juntao nodded thoughtfully, and then waved his hand, and the two of them took the brocade guard down without accepting it, and the hundred households bowed to Liu Juntao and left.

At this time, the mighty army of Long Xiang's army was still advancing, Liu Juntao sat on the war horse and opened the secret letter and looked at it, but the more Liu Juntao looked at it, the worse his face became, and finally he was so angry that he slammed the horsewhip in his hand into the air, and suddenly made a big sound.

Liu Zi'an, Zhang Yuqing, and Huang Wu, who rushed to hear the news, were also stunned when they saw this, and they didn't know what had happened, which made Liu Juntao so angry.

Liu Juntao looked at the three of them, didn't say a word, just handed over the secret letter, after the three of them passed it, they were all angry, and Huang Wu even said: "Bingxian, what does this Menta want to do?" What does he mean! Such an important matter is related to the fortunes of the country and the safety of His Majesty, why didn't he report it directly to His Majesty, but first came to inform Bingxian! Where did he put the military constitution! ”

Liu Zi'an was stunned and said: "For such a major matter, why hasn't the Ministry of Intelligence received any news!" The ability of this brocade guard is too great, right? ”

Zhang Yuqing frowned, and said: "Bingxian, if this secret letter is true, then the matter will be serious, if you can't get the situation in Jingshi, it will collapse in an instant, we have to think about how to deal with the aftermath, otherwise the black cauldron of this cholera country will be pressed on the head of Bingxian!" ”

Liu Juntao let out a long breath and said in a deep voice: "The herald army has to speed up its march, and we must rush to Pinggu County before this evening, and we will have a good discussion in the evening." ”

Everyone also nodded, and the herald next to him went to deliver the order. In the evening of the same day, the soldiers of the Long Xiang army arrived outside Pinggu City.

Pinggu County is not big, the circumference is only more than five miles, the rammed earth city wall, there are no bricks, there is no moat, and the people in the city are only more than 1,000 households.

Because the county seat of Pinggu was too small, the more than 10,000 soldiers of the Longxiang army could not all be stationed in the city, so Liu Juntao ordered the army to camp on the bank of the Xun River outside Pinggu County.

At this time, the magistrate, warden and other officials of Pinggu County all rushed to meet Liu Juntao. Because Liu Juntao had something in his heart, he asked Bai Yuxing, the general of the left battalion of the Longxiang Army, to deal with it, as long as Pinggu County provided money and food.

In the evening, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Juntao, Liu Zi'an, Huang Wu, Zhang Yuqing, and Xiang Qun sat opposite each other, and everyone was solemn.

The secret letter sent by the commander of the Beizhen Fusi envoy Menda was placed on the table in front of everyone, and it read: "Some of the civil servants of the central government have contacted the lower officials, saying that they have gathered a party and asked the lower officials to wait for the opportunity to block the forbidden palace, and they will launch a coup d'état to imprison Your Majesty and depose the crown prince!" These ministers are ready to welcome a clan of Emperor Jingtai as the emperor......"

"This is treason!"

Xiang Qun roared angrily: "Now that the Tatar Ministry has just been destroyed, and Hamiwei has not yet recovered, it is an eventful time for the country, and these civil servants do not go to settle the country, and they even plot such things, they are simply wolf-hearted!" ”

Liu Zi'an said: "This Menda is even more interesting, it seems that he is ready to involve Bingxian, and is ready to bet on Bingxian, this person is really a gambler!" ”

Huang Wu snorted coldly and said: "I know this Menda, when I was still the commander of the Beizhen Fusi, this person was still a hundred households, and he was very unpopular in the yamen, and his popularity was very poor, so he could be said to be a disgusted person, and he was ruthless, and the military constitution had to be guarded against!" ”

Zhang Yuqing frowned, and said: "Now that Menda has sent this secret letter, he must have left it behind, even if Bing Xian turns a blind eye to this, Menda will definitely spread the news, and Bing Xian will be very passive at that time!" ”

Everyone discussed for a long time, and finally decided that Liu Juntao was calculated by this Menda and became a chess piece for Menda to win glory and wealth.

Liu Juntao also said: "This Menda wants to take credit in the upcoming turmoil, hum!" Since this is the case, then Benxian will ignore him and deal with the affairs of those civil officials first! ”

Speaking of this, everyone is also sad, now those civil officials have not shown their feet, and there is no convincing evidence left, Liu Juntao has no way to preemptively.

Moreover, Namenda only sent the news, and did not send the relevant evidence, which made Liu Juntao very passive, basically there was no way to put Menda aside, and he went to quell the chaos alone.

Everyone also couldn't figure out how to deal with the current situation, so they asked one after another.

Liu Juntao also pondered for a long time, and then sneered and said: "Since these people are all looking for death, then Benxian will fulfill them!" ”

Everyone looked at the murderous Liu Juntao, and their hearts were also taken aback, Liu Zi'an asked, "What does Bingxian mean?" ”

Liu Juntao said loudly: "No matter how those civil officials plan, this constitution will directly crush the past and break the trick with force!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this!