"Reinforcements are coming! King Gaoyang really believed in his word! ”

Zhu Gaoxu was lying on his stomach at the head of the city and heard someone nearby shouting excitedly. He blocked the dazzling sunlight above his head with the palm of his hand, and stared out of the city with round eyes, Wu Gao's Liaodong Army was retreating! Behind the fortifications, shovels, heads, tents, and other things were thrown everywhere.

Wu Gao, the Marquis of Jiangyin, was also funny, and traveled thousands of miles to Hebei, taking thousands of people to work on the construction site every day; After working for several days, not a single shot or arrow was fired, and then he left the hard-working fortifications and ran away with his people.

However, what if King Yan's reinforcements didn't come?

Fortunately, King Yan really came, and first a group of cavalry crossed the fortifications outside the city and pursued north. Then the flags in the west were like clouds, people and horses were like tides, and a black oppressive piece appeared on the horizon. King Yan is not only here, but he is also the main force of the Yan army!

Zhu Gaoxu also had a thousand cavalry in his hands, but he did not give the order to pursue Wu Gaojun. He was not interested in the credit of catching up and killing a few heads, anyway, the killing was his own after all.

Not long after, surrounded by iron horses and banners like clouds, King Yan, wearing heavy armor, rode on a horse and swaggered to the foot of Yongping City.

The city gate had already been opened, and Zhu Gaoxu walked down from the city wall and came to the city gate. He clasped his fists on the side of the road and saluted, and when King Yan came, he bowed and said, "Sons and daughters greet their father!" ”

Only then did he see that the third brother Gao Sui was actually following behind! Gao Sui is wearing a suit of armor, but it is useless except to look at it, Zhu Gaoxu knows this third brother, he is very good at archery and horse riding, and he is younger, so I am afraid that he can't even beat a pawn.

Zhu Gaoxu greeted again: "Third brother, you are here too!" Gao Sui said: "Second brother, don't come unharmed, I beg my father to bring it out, and I want to assist my father like my brothers." ”

"Good, good!" King Yan had a smile on his face, not at all like he was being beaten by an army of 500,000.

But soon he said the reason, "Gao Xu did a good job, your seventeenth uncle was ordered to reduce his military power!" ”

……

In the Imperial City of Beijing, there is a domineering street in Hongwu Gate, called the Thousand Step Corridor. The Yamen of the Ministry of War is on the east side of the Thousand Steps Corridor.

The magnificent complex, the clean and level ground, and the people who come and go here are polite. Being able to work in such a place is a pleasure in itself. The office environment of the military department is not only superior, but also enjoys the compliment and respect of most of the people here.

Through the clear wooden windows, the autumn sun shines on the study, and the room is filled with the smell of ink. Qi Shangshu stopped the pen in his hand, lifted it, and didn't move in mid-air for a long time. He reached out and twrinkled his beard, his brow furrowed...... There is something that always feels wrong, and I occasionally think of it in the past two days, but I don't know what is wrong for a while!

Qi Shangshu let out a sigh, put the brush straight on the inkstone, and turned his head to call.

A scribe with his hair tied and wearing a scarf walked in and bowed down.

Qi Shangshu said: "You go for a trip and invite General Li Taili to my study." ”

"The small ones will do it right away."

After Qi Shangshu finished speaking, he continued to pick up the pen, and waited while busy with business.

After a long time, the scribe just now walked to the door and said, "Ministry, General Li has arrived." ”

"Okay, please General Li come in, and then go make a pot of tea." Qi Shangshu said.

The general, Li Tai, was no longer wearing armor and was wearing the robes of a military attaché. When the two met, they greeted each other for a while, and Qi Shangshu quickly cut to the chase and said: "General Li followed the King of Liao back to Beijing from Daning, and I have seen both of you for some days......"

Li Tai nodded and said, "Yes, yes, Qi Butang can see whoever he wants, even the prince has to give you some face." ”

"Don't talk about that. I was just writing something, and suddenly remembered that the last time I met the saint, several ministers were present, and the king of Liao was present, but General Li was not among the summonses. Qi Shangshu said.

Li Tai said: "The grade of the last general is too low...... Besides, what happened in the north, the king of Liao knew about it. ”

"Hmm......" Qi Shangshu nodded, "I will bother General Li again today, and I hope that General Li will not be too troublesome and tell you what happened in Daning and Guangning again, okay?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, don't talk about bothering. As long as Qi Butang likes to listen, the last general will be fine if he says it ten times. Li Tai said, he raised his head and rolled his eyes, and said while recalling, "At the end of that day, I will be deceived by King Ning's people out of the city......

So Li Tai told his experience and what he had seen and heard.

Qi Shangshu didn't interject halfway, nodding from time to time, or doing some trivial actions, looking like he was listening.

"The general is done." Li Tai made a big call and let out a long breath.

Unexpectedly, Qi Shangshu said: "Drink tea, drink tea, moisten your throat, can General Li say it again?" ”

"Huh? Okay, okay. Li Tai nodded hurriedly and said, "At the end of that day, I will be deceived by King Ning's people out of the city......"

"Wait!" Qi Shangshu raised his arm and said, "General Li's identity is the military general of Daning City, why didn't King Ning's people 'call' you out of the city, but tricked you out of the city?" ”

Li Tai glared and said, "King Ning doesn't want the last general to know that he is looking for someone to do the evil thing!" ”

"Makes sense, but that's not what I meant......" Qi Shangshu paused, changed his tone, and said in a very slow and clear voice, "I'm asking inappropriately, just ask like this...... How did you get tricked out of town? ”

Li Tai said: "That man took a forged secret decree!" ”

Qi Shangshu immediately asked, "How do you know it's a forgery?" Why didn't you know at the time? ”

Li Taidao: "That secret decree is really very similar! The handwriting is simply the royal approval of the saint, and the last general has seen the imperial approval and carefully appreciated it! But then the killers said behind their backs, 'That's a forged secret order, and Li Tai was easily deceived'. The last general also regretted it, but he didn't think much about it at the time...... Alas! There was only one person who came, and he looked like a literati, and the last general underestimated the enemy......"

"If you follow what General Li just said, it will be a bit strange. Two of your own soldiers were shot dead, and the blood was already behind; The killer wants to catch you alive, and then plan to bury you alive so that General Li can escape. Doesn't that make sense? Qi Shangshu said coldly.

Li Tai was speechless, "What do you mean by Qi Butang?" ”

Qi Shangshu didn't answer, and asked again, "What is written on the secret decree?" ”

Li Tai thought for a while and said, "It is divided into two lines and says, 'Qing Ke can judge urgency, and act expediently'. ”

"Okay...... I let General Li make a special trip today, thank you. Qi Shangshu picked up the teacup and gently fanned the water with the lid of the cup, but did not drink it.

Seeing this, Li Tai got up and hugged his fists with interest: "The last general will leave." ”

"Someone, send off." Qi Shangshu called.

When Li Tai left, Qi Shangshu also stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked straight out of the study and went to the thousand-step corridor outside the yamen. When he walked out of the government office, Qi Shangshu glanced at the sun in the west, and estimated that there was at least one hour left until the unitary time, so he quickened his pace.

When Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, walked outside the Fengtian Gate, he suddenly found that there was a person behind him, so he slowed down, and when he turned his head to look, it turned out to be Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.

Qi Tai had a coldness on his face, pretended to greet politely, and went to Fengtianmen to find the eunuch on duty.

…… Emperor Zhu Yunwen is still diligent in government, and he stays at the imperial gate almost all the time he is on duty, either listening to the government or reviewing the chapters. At this time, a eunuch cautiously walked to the side and stood silent for a while.

When Zhu Yunwen stopped his pen and turned his head, the eunuch whispered: "Emperor, the military department Shangshu and the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple want to meet the minister." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Yunwen made a sound.

The eunuch took a few steps back slowly, pondered for a moment, then turned around and walked out of the royal gate.

After a short time, the two ministers walked into the royal gate, gave a big salute and thanksgiving, and then climbed up. Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, took two steps forward and said: "The minister Qi played the saint, the minister saw Li Tai today, and he was the military general who came back from Daning City. Li Tai said that he was deceived by a forged secret decree outside the city of Daning, which read: 'The secretary can be judged as a matter of urgency, and act expediently'......"

Qi Tai paused slightly, continued to straighten his arms and clasped his fists, and said: "Minister, please play, has the Holy Lord granted the minister a secret decree with such a content?" ”

The hall was very quiet, and Zhu Yunwen didn't say a word for a while. The people around him may think that he is reminiscing, after all, the emperor may not have written only one secret edict.

After a while, Zhu Yunwen said expressionlessly: "I have never issued such a secret edict. ”

Qi Tai listened, and after a while, he bowed and said, "Thank you." The minister thanked him and retired, and the saint lived forever without borders......"

Zhu Yunwen looked at Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and Shaoqing of Taichang Temple also said a trivial matter, and then retreated.

Silence returned to the main hall, which seemed to be just one of the contents of the emperor's daily administration. Several eunuchs saw that the minister was gone, and the emperor did not say a word, and his expression was a little relaxed.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhu Yunwen suddenly slammed the Zhu pen in his hand on the imperial case, and with a "snap", the red ink on the pen splashed and bounced onto the floor tiles below!

The eunuch next to him shook his whole body violently, and his face immediately turned white.

"Wow!" Zhu Yunwen suddenly waved the sleeves of his robe and swept it on the imperial case, and the music placed on it was suddenly scattered all over the ground, and hard objects such as inkstones, teacups, and paperweights fell on the floor tiles "ding-ding-clang", and it was a mess in an instant.

However, Zhu Yunwen didn't stop, his face was blue and red, he grabbed the yellow cloth on the imperial case and pulled it, and then slammed the imperial case forward with both hands, "Bang......"

All the eunuchs and palace maids around knelt on the ground, trembling with fright, they pouted their farts and their faces against the floor, and they didn't dare to gasp.

Only Zhu Yunwen was panting for breath, and Tie Qing stood there with a face, neither speaking nor moving, and the whole person seemed to be stiff. His face was even redder and whiter, his eyes were red, and his expression was very complicated, as if he had just eaten a lump of filth, choked on his throat and burped, and as if he had just fought with someone, and his anger still did not subside.

...... "Qing can judge urgency and act expediently", this secret decree was written to Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, word for word! But Geng Bingwen had already been beheaded by Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, under the city of Zhending, and it is said that Geng Bingwen's helmet, saber and other items had been looted.