After sending out the recital and letters, Hu Hu has been waiting for the response from the front, to see if the Son of Heaven will be as good as he is, and to see if a veteran like Zhang Fu can correct his mistakes in time and prevent problems before they happen. But the result was a great disappointment for him.

Ten days later, when the military report came again, it was written that the Son of Heaven had arrived in Datong. And that's not all, a few days later, a military report named Hu Hu, and the surprise of the officials of the DPRK and China, also came back - after arriving in Datong, and rushed to Ulzhou to take a turn, after the military parade, the Son of Heaven did not continue to stay in Datong, but turned his head again and came to the east.

Where is this still like rushing to the battlefield with a large army to fight the Mongolian people, it is clearly an outing, it is simply child's play! When the news was confirmed, even if he was as steady as Hu Hu, he was really angry at this time: "What kind of bastard thing has misled the country and the king to such a point!" This man deserves to be killed! ”

At that time, it was at the court meeting, although the scale was not large, but there were many officials of all sizes in Beijing. When they learned about the movement of the Son of Heaven's army, many people did show shock and dissatisfaction, but when Hu Hu shouted this sentence in public, everyone was speechless, as if they hadn't heard half of it.

Because everyone knows that now in front of the Son of Heaven, there is only Wang Zhen and Wang Gonggong who can trick him into doing such a foolish act. And although he himself is not in Beijing, his minions and the people of the factory guard are still there, how dare they echo Hu Hui?

You Hu Butang is highly respected, and you are an old minister of the Four Dynasties, so even if the people of the factory guard know, they don't dare to do anything to you. But we don't have such an identity, and we want to keep our lives and official positions to continue to live here. You don't see that even Lu Jin, who had made Wang Zhen unable to hold it before, was thrown into prison, who would dare to make a mistake?

And after saying that sentence angrily, but without getting any response, Hu Hu quickly understood, and a helpless and sad look suddenly appeared on the old man's face.

Today's imperial court is no longer the heyday of the Sanyang cabinet when the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty was in power, and the current courtiers have either taken refuge under Wang Zhen, or they only seek to protect their future, and there are almost no people who really do something practical for the world. This may be the key to Wang Zhenneng's lawlessness and the Son of Heaven's ability to do such a ridiculous move.

A deep sense of powerlessness and exhaustion hit Hu Hu's heart, so that he could only say nothing more after a long sigh. At this point, it is useless to say anything but to send letters and reminders, and pray that the response of the people will be slower, so that the two sides will not really meet each other in the wilderness.

In the following period, for Hu Hu, for courtiers like Qian who were worried about the emperor and the army, every day was torment, for fear that one day there would be a confrontation between the two armies, and even the news of the defeat of the Ming army would come back.

I don't know if the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty really blessed their unscrupulous descendants in heaven, when the time entered July, there was still no news that everyone was afraid of. Only a few sporadic skirmishes opened in the north, and the imperial defenders did not suffer any losses.

But the more this is the case, the more no news of the confrontation between the two armies comes, the more serious the uneasiness in Hu Hu's hearts becomes.

With their understanding of the Mongolian people, even if they couldn't respond in time at the beginning because the transmission of information was too slow, when the Son of Heaven made another stupid move and turned around and walked back from Datong, the other party would definitely make corresponding arrangements.

Until now, there has been no movement, so there are only two theories. The first is that the Son of Heaven was indeed blessed by the gods this time, and the people at this time missed this great opportunity for various reasons—or fearing that it was a ploy to lure the enemy, or that something was wrong within; Second, it may be that the other side has laid an ambush somewhere in front of the army!

The second possibility is the one that everyone least wants and fears the most. But this is more likely than the first. But on the road from Datong to Xuanfu for hundreds of miles, there are many dangers that can be used by them, and who knows where the Mongolian people will choose to do it?

In fact, there is indeed one person in Beijing who can tell you the correct answer. It's a pity that Lu Zhen is in the prison at this time, and he has almost cut off all communication with the outside world, even if he wants to say it, he can't spread it. What's more, when he was in prison at this time, he didn't know that the situation outside had become so serious.

Because in his memory, the historical change of the civil fort happened in August and September of this year, and it was a while before this time. But he didn't find one thing, that is, history has already deviated, and the Son of Heaven's expedition was a few months earlier than the historical imperial expedition!

Of course, there is another point that is also very crucial, that is, his current identity as a prisoner, even if he really says it, I'm afraid no one will believe it, at least when the news reaches the front line, it is impossible for the Son of Heaven and Wang Zhen to believe him.

Therefore, the outcome of this battle seems to have been determined a long time ago......

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It is said that the weather will start to cool down in July. However, this year's climate is a little different, and the city of Beijing is still hot on the third day of the seventh lunar month, and even at night, it still does not feel the slightest coolness.

Above the cloudless night sky, a bend of the Emei moon hangs high above it, and next to it, the stars are bright, but it is a quite beautiful starry night scene.

In such weather, the best thing to do is stargazing. At this time, on a high platform in the Yamen of Qintianjian in a corner of the capital, a red-robed official was looking up at the starry sky with his beard twisted, as if he was calculating something.

If you say which yamen is the most relaxed among the many yamen in Beijing, some people may choose the Ministry of Rites, or Honglu Temple or something, but in fact, the most relaxed and stress-free is still the current Qin Tianjian.

Because even if the yamen such as Honglu Temple are usually idle, when foreign envoys enter Beijing to meet them, they still have to be busy for a month. Moreover, there are quite a few such envoys in a year, and they have to make corresponding entertainment according to the identity of the envoy and the identity of the envoy, which is not an easy thing.

But the Qin Heavenly Prison is different. This is a highly professional yamen, but to put it bluntly, it has no real purpose. The officials here usually count the hexagrams, or read the books handed down by their predecessors, such as the Tui-Bei Diagram, the Song of Baked Cakes, and the I-Ching Gossip, and at most, when an earthquake occurs somewhere, they stand up to defend the Son of Heaven.

Other times, they were very idle. It is only on a whim that some people want to run to this stargazing platform, look at the starry sky, and make some calculations based on this. Compared to tonight, Song Miao, the supervisor of Qintian, came here because of this.

Tonight's weather is indeed suitable for stargazing, so Song Miao watched it very carefully, and from time to time he would pinch his fingers or fiddle with the calculation chips at hand, as if he was calculating something important.

At this time, his face looked quite solemn, as if he had seen some bad signs from the stars in the sky. After a while, he sighed softly: "In the past two days, the purple microstar has been dim, but the greedy wolf star in the north is prosperous, I'm afraid it will ......" The latter words, even if he was the only one on this stage, he didn't dare to say it at will.

At this moment, a streamer suddenly swept across the north, just past the edge of the purple microstar, obscuring its entire starlight.

This vision was completely seen by Song Miao, and he was stunned, and then his body trembled, and even the few calculation chips in his hand fell to the ground. And he didn't bend down to pick up those calculations at this time, he just looked at the sky in a daze, and didn't react for a long time.

After a long time, Song Miao's face showed a look of horror, a few fingers quickly pinched and counted something, and there were words in his mouth: "Yingfu Nan criminal, interfere with Ziwei Emperor Star, this is a bad omen, I am afraid that this evil omen will be in the ......" Suddenly the movement of his hand stopped, the expression on his face became extremely frightened, and his feet were soft, and he had already fallen on it.

At the same time, Hu Hu, who was enjoying the cool in the courtyard because he felt stuffy in the house, also looked up and saw this strange scene.

Although he didn't know much about astronomy, the vision of the Glowing South Crime still made the old man's face become solemn. As the so-called celestial induction, this abnormal change in the heavens will definitely affect the occurrence of a certain event on the earth, can it be said that this should be on the body of the Son of Heaven in the north?

The more he thought about it, the more panicked and deeply uneasy Hu felt in his heart, which made the old man let out a dull cough again, and the worry in his eyes was several points heavier than before.

In a certain cell in the prison of the Criminal Department, Lu Zhen was also seeing the scene of a meteor flashing overhead through the small skylight.

This prison is much better than the edict prison, after all, this is a special cell for court officials, so not only is the place more spacious, but many cells also have skylights. In the room where Lu Zhen is now, there is a skylight the size of a human head, which allows him to bask in the sun during the day and look at the starry sky above his head at night.

It's just that this beautiful starry sky, and the rare such a bright meteor, did not make Lu Zhen feel happy, but when the meteor crossed by, his heart suddenly tightened. I don't know what the reason is.

It took a long time for Lu Zhen to come back to his senses. Immediately, he got up from the ground with a grunt, and shouted outside: "Someone, I have something to say again!" ”

After a while, a cell boss rushed over with an unhappy face. He was asleep in front of him, but he was woken up by Lu Jin, and he had to rush over. Who let this person be a high-ranking official in the DPRK and China after all?

But Lu Zhen couldn't care about the other party's mood at this time, and just said eagerly: "You hurry up and send a message to Yu Shilang or Hu Butang." Let's just say that I Lu Zhen said it, and I must let them send a letter to the Son of Heaven quickly, so that the army must be careful about the situation around the Tumu Fort, in case it is attacked by the Tartars! ”

Opposite him, the cell boss looked at him for a long time as if he were a psychopath, and then he didn't say anything, but turned and left.

It was only at this time that Lu Zhen came back to his senses, he was now just a prisoner, what authority did he have to let people do this? Moreover, even if the other party really responded, with his identity as a small heavenly leader, he would never see a high-ranking official like Shangshu Shilang......