In the Imperial City of Beijing, Chongzhen had a gloomy face, standing by the window and looking at the afterglow of the sunset and sighing!

"Your Majesty, could it be that there was an accident with Grandpa Gao?" Wu Chengen carefully observed Chongzhen's expression and asked in a low voice.

Chongzhen turned to look at him and said lonely: "I am the son of heaven, and I should have been favored by heaven, but why do you say that everything has not gone well for many years?" ”

Suddenly, when he was asked such a question, even if Wu Chengen was closest to Chongzhen, he would not dare to open his mouth to talk nonsense. After hesitating for a while, he saw Wu Chengen say: "The emperor should not be pessimistic, the sages have clouds, something is in the sky, a little setback, don't take it too seriously." ”

Chongzhen knew that this was just Wu Chengen perfunctory, and such an answer was actually no different from not answering. He moved his feet and walked back and forth in the warm pavilion for a long time, frowning and thinking about the current situation in Shanxi.

Just now he had seen the secret report sent by Gao Qiqian, the kidnapping mission failed, and in the letter, Gao Qiqian blamed all the sins on his subordinates and sent his heads over.

Chongzhen knows better than anyone that there is joint and several responsibility attached to this matter, but there are very few people who can use it. Gao Qiqian will still have usable value, and Chongzhen will not touch him for the time being.

What made him very troubled at the moment was that Mao Wenlong obviously knew that the kidnapping was done by Gao Qiqian, so suddenly the army surrounded the Daimyo's Mansion City. It is obvious that he wants to arrest Gao Qi for the crime of subtextive questioning, and for the sake of an attempted kidnapping, Mao Wenlong made such a big move, it is obvious that he is very angry.

And Gao Qiqian's life and death, Chongzhen can not care at all, what he cares about is whether Mao Wenlong will kill Gao Qiqian after breaking through the Daimyo's Mansion, and then continue to wave his army north and go straight to Beijing?

If this is the case, then the Jingshi will inevitably be in danger. There is also the Emperor Taiji of Houjin, who is still eyeing the enemy, once there is a big chaos in Beijing, Houjin will inevitably take the opportunity to send troops to attack the border pass again.

In the case of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the abdomen, with only the current soldiers and horses of the Beijing Division, it is completely impossible to deal with it, and the Beijing Division may fall at any time!

"Do you think that if Mao Wenlong successfully captures the Daimyo's Mansion, will he continue to wave his army north?" There was a hint of impatience in Chongzhen's tone.

"Your Majesty, at present, we are guarding the Beijing Division alone, and it is really not appropriate to start another war. For the safety of the Beijing Division, why don't we withdraw all the soldiers and horses, and as for Shanxi, let Mao Wenlong make a fuss. If the slave maid didn't guess wrong, as long as he Mao Wenlong finished his anger, he would withdraw his troops back to his Henan. ”

Chongzhen was slightly stunned when he heard this, and immediately asked: "Why do you see that Mao Wenlong will not take the opportunity to occupy Shanxi or directly go north?" ”

Wu Chengen had a careful analysis: "Because Mao Wenlong currently has limited soldiers and horses, and the slave maid found that this person is stable and not impatient. After he occupied Yexian, after two full years of development, he has only expanded to the whole of Henan. After he occupied Henan, there were many opportunities to occupy Shaanxi and Shanxi, but he never saw him greedy to occupy, but always stuck to Henan, which shows that he has never had the ambition to compete for hegemony. ”

Chongzhen nodded in agreement after hearing this. After Wu Chengen said this, he recalled it and found that Mao Wenlong had indeed been passively enterprising. And he is very careful every time he expands, which is enough to prove that he belongs to the kind of down-to-earth person who does things.

"In this way, we really don't have to worry about Mao Wenlong coming to attack the Jingshi. Then, according to what you say, immediately transfer the soldiers and horses of Shanxi back to the border to defend Houjin. Chongzhen made a decision after some deep thought.

Wu Chengen saw that the worries in Chongzhen's heart were gone, and he was also a little relieved, and even if he was ordered to go down to do something.

Chongzhen's speed was very fast, and when the Dongjiang Army had just besieged the Daimyo's Mansion, the soldiers and horses who had stayed in Shanxi to assist in the defense of the cities were all evacuated as soon as possible.

After Mao Wenlong received the news, although he was very curious, what was the court going to do? But the capture of the Daimyo's Mansion had already begun, and it was obvious that he could not stop at this time, so he directly ordered Chengzuo to continue the siege, while sending a large number of spies to keep an eye on the movement of the imperial court to withdraw troops and horses from Shanxi.

Gao Qiqian panicked on the same day, and there was no reply after his secret letter was sent to Jingshi. Not only that, but he also heard that all the reinforcements originally stationed in various cities suddenly withdrew from Shanxi.

This undoubtedly gave Gao Qiqian a bad signal, it was obvious that Chongzhen ignored his life and death.

"What's going on out there?" raised a hidden voice and asked the little eunuch next to him who was in charge of inquiring about the situation outside.

"Back to my father-in-law, there is a possibility of breaking the city outside at any time, the offensive of the Dongjiang Army is fierce and abnormal, from noon to now it has been a full afternoon, seeing that it is almost dark, but there is still no intention of stopping." The little eunuch's face was full of panic.

Gao Qiqian's well-maintained long face suddenly twitched, if he didn't run at this time, his little life would definitely be lost.

"Haven't the people who went to find a way out have returned?" Gao Qiqian tried to calm himself.

"Not yet." The little eunuch lowered his head, and he didn't dare to look at Gao Qiqian's face.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the door, and the door was pushed open directly, only to see the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion hurrying over with more than a dozen yacha.

"Grandpa Gao, it's almost unbearable outside, this mansion has prepared a way out, and I came to ask Grandpa Gao if he fled together?" The prefect's voice was anxious, and he didn't even feel in the mood to be polite.

If it weren't for the high potential and high power, and he was Chongzhen's henchman, he wouldn't need to come to inquire like this, he could just ignore him and run away by himself.

Gao Qiqian was like grasping a life-saving straw, and he laughed sharply: "There is Lord Lao Zhifu, so Gao will ask you." ”

There was already a sound of killing outside, and it was obvious that after such a while, the Daimyo's Mansion City had been captured. The prefect did not dare at all, but he was sluggish, and after he responded with a little fist in response, he left through the back door of the government under the escort of more than a dozen officials.

At this moment, the Daimyo's Mansion was completely surrounded by the Dongjiang Army, and it was not safe to go out from anywhere, however, the prefect was confident, and he did not flee to any of the city gates, but after leaving the mansion, he came to a school in the city.

"Lord Prefect, aren't we going to run away? Why are you here? Gao Qiqian's face was full of doubt.

The prefect smiled and said: "Father-in-law Gao, don't worry, now that the outside is completely surrounded by the Dongjiang Army, ordinary escape methods will not work at all." Please come with me! ”

The prefect was very mysterious, and he didn't explain it clearly to Gao Qiqian, so he led everyone directly into the school and went all the way to the backyard.