In the capital, a fast horse passed through the city gate and galloped along the bluestone street.

The officers and soldiers on duty at the gate of the city, and the officials patrolling along the streets, were stunned at first, and when they saw the tricolor flag planted behind the horseman, they suddenly knew that this was an eight-hundred-mile urgent messenger from the front line, and they all hurriedly got out of the way, and scolded the pedestrians on the side of the road not to get in the way.

Since the establishment of "Daming Bao", the daily front page headlines in the newspaper are to publish the recent major political measures implemented by the imperial court, or the progress of the war on the front line, etc., so the people of the world are very aware of the development of the current situation, especially the people in the capital, who will always know the news one step ahead of people in other places.

Since ancient times, in all dynasties, the people of the capital have been the most enthusiastic about the affairs of the imperial court, and they are all conjecturing when they see this knight with a tricolor flag on their backs.

"It must be that there has been significant progress in the war in Shuzhou."

"I think eighty percent of the murderous eight kings Zhang Xianzhong was killed by Marshal Di, Marshal Di is the god of war of our Ming Dynasty."

"What Lao Wang said is that this Zhang Xianzhong has created so many killings, God should have accepted him a long time ago."

"What God is not an old lady. It was clearly the regent who took him. This kind of big villain used to kill the officers and soldiers, but now he has met a hero like Marshal Di, he is definitely not an opponent, in the words of the newspaper, it is a mantis arm as a car, and sooner or later he will die. ”

"If Zhang Xianzhong's guy really dies, we have to drink two cups today and celebrate."

The people along the street were all talking, but everyone's tone was relaxed and confident, and they were convinced that it must be a good thing.

The knight with the tricolor flag on his back flew all the way directly to the front of the regent's palace, and the officer on duty of the guard regiment on duty at the gate saw his dress, and immediately looked solemn, stepped forward, supported the dismounted knight, and asked urgently: "But Shuzhou is urgent?" ”

The knight looked extremely tired, but he smiled hard, took out a waist card from his waist and gave it to the officer on duty, and then said vigorously: "Jinguan City has been broken by our army, Zhang Xianzhong has been ambushed, and the Great Western Kingdom has died!" ”

The soldiers in front of the palace were all shocked, and the officer on duty was overjoyed, checked the waist card handed over by the knight and returned it to him, and then said: "Brother has worked hard, I will take you to see Your Highness." ”

Jiang Chuan instructed that if there was an emergency battle report on the front line, he must be told as soon as possible.

In the large study room of the daily office, Jiang Chuan was talking with Hu Zongxian, Liu Ji, Su Qin, Xia Junze, Shanjia and others.

"Count the days, it's time for the war in Shuzhou to come to fruition." Jiang Chuan stood in front of the huge bookcase, splashing ink on the rice paper in front of him.

And Hu Zongxian and the others also looked casually in the room to sit or stand, not the same as in the past, but a bit like a place for chatting between old friends.

"Your Highness is saying that it is time for a result. With Marshal Di in charge, there was no accident in this battle, and Zhang Xianzhong could not escape death. Hu Zongxian coughed twice and said, his health has not been very good, which is also an important reason why Jiang Chuan transferred him back to Beijing.

"The so-called Great Western Province is vulnerable, and what I am worried about now is the post-war recovery. Shuzhou has been poisoned by Zhang Xianzhong for many years, the people have been killed to ten rooms and nine empty, a large number of fields are barren, wild beasts are plagued, and people's livelihood has withered to the extreme. It is really not easy to restore Shuzhou's economy and people's livelihood to the previous level. ”

This is Liu Ji, he is still as upright and serious as ever, holding a stack of texts in his hand.

"Liu Ge took precautions and was very thoughtful. In addition, there are also issues such as the selection of officials after the war, the tax policy, the garrison, and the suppression of bandits in Shuzhou, all of which need to be considered. Xia Junze interjected.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our eyes can not only stare at Shuzhou, but also look at Nanzhao, Qianzhou and other places bordering Shuzhou, these places have been entrenched for many years, and they have not listened to the imperial court, hereditary recklessness, and rebellion is inevitable if they disagree. And there are also a lot of Tusi people in the south of Shuzhou, if you can't consider it all, it will be a hidden danger in the future. ”

Su Qin was informal, reclining on a low couch, holding a cup of tea in his hand, and said while taking a sip.

Shan Jia didn't speak, he was now the marshal of the Gyeonggi Theater of Operations, in charge of the defense of Gyeonggi and the surrounding areas, and these things were not very easy to talk about.

Jiang Chuan wrote on the paper while listening to the words of the ministers.

Footsteps sounded, and Qi Xuan, who was waiting outside, walked over quickly and said softly: "Your Highness, Marshal Di of Shuzhou has an urgent battle report coming, and the messenger is waiting outside." ”

Jiang Chuan just finished writing the last word at this time, and looked at the four big characters on the rice paper that were still eye-catching: "Easier said than done," Hearing Qi Xuan's words, his expression perked, and he put the wolf in his hand on the pen stand, and said, "Please come in." ”

Qi Xuan walked away quickly, and soon walked in with a dusty messenger.

The messenger saw that Jiang Chuan was about to salute, but was stopped by Jiang Chuan, and said gently: "It's hard all the way, no need to be polite." But Marshal Di has made significant progress? ”

The messenger's heart was excited, and his voice trembled slightly: "Back to Your Highness, Jinguan City has been broken by our army, Zhang Xianzhong has been ambushed, and the Great Western Kingdom has been destroyed. This is Marshal Di's handwritten battle report, please take a look at it! ”

As he spoke, he took out a battle report sealed with fire paint from the long cowhide cylinder wrapped in oiled paper on his back, and handed it over with both hands.

Qi Xuan hurriedly took it, checked the seal, and after making sure that it was intact, he used a candle to dissolve the seal, picked open the seal with a knife, took out the battle report inside and handed it to Jiang Chuan.

The eyes of several important ministers in the room were focused on the battle report in Jiang Chuan's hand.

Jiang Chuan opened the battle report, and after hurriedly browsing it, his expression was excited, and he shook the battle report in his hand and laughed: "Di Qing is worthy of being our god of war, it is really exciting to capture Jinguan City at such a small price, and let Zhang Thief's henchmen abandon the darkness and turn to the light, kill Zhang Thief, and destroy the Great Western Kingdom." Come, everyone take a look, all take a look, it really means that Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive. ”

Liu Ji was fast, he was the first to grab the battle report, and after reading it in a hurry, he also laughed.

Several other people also hurried to see it, and Shanjia didn't even wait for it to reach his own hands, so he got up and ran over and squeezed in front of Hu Zongxian to look at it together.

Everyone was excited after reading it.

Liu Ji said with a smile: "Your Highness, if such a great victory is known to the government and the public as soon as possible, it will definitely be inspiring and make the people more confident in the imperial court." ”

Jiang Chuan nodded, turned his head to Qi Xuan and said, "You report this battle to the General Administration Department and the Daming Newspaper, and let them take this victory as the core topic and inform the world." ”

Qi Xuan took the battle report with a smile and went down with the messenger.