On the second day of October in the 11th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This day is too ordinary for the people of Beijing, from morning to dusk there has not been any waves, everything looks the same as every day before. It was the autumn wind that blew a little tighter, making the people who were hurrying with their heads more urgent, and at the same time tightening their clothes.

Compared with these people, the soldiers guarding the Xuanwu Gate area in the north are more uncomfortable. What they represent is the face of this empire and the capital, naturally they can't be as unbearable as the little people or the gate pawns of other small cities, and they can't even get into the city gate holes at will, so they can only stand still against the biting autumn wind, carefully inspect every bag of the people who enter and leave, and see if they have anything forbidden.

These more than ten guards have been doing this kind of thing for ten years, so everything is so skilled, even if it is getting late, it is almost time to close the city gate at sunset, they have no intention of increasing the speed at all. If there is a delay in entering and leaving the city because of this, it is also their own responsibility, who told him not to come earlier?

As an old man with twenty years of seniority, Lao Zhao has been promoted to the head of this team, which gives him a certain amount of power, and he doesn't need to go forward and search like everyone else, just keep an eye on the back of the team.

His long eyes narrowed, looking at everything in front of him, and he didn't feel a good feeling of dominating others. Now, with only one order from himself, these people who are anxious to enter and exit inside and outside the city gate will have to complain. However, he is in a good mood today, and he can give him some time.

Thinking of this, he looked up at the sky above his head again, silently calculated the time, and then waved his hand: "Close the city gate, you guys, please be early tomorrow." ”

"Ah......" Seeing that he was about to get to the line, but he got such a reply, which suddenly made all the people oppose in an uproar, and the people in this capital have tempers and backstage.

In this regard, if the new guards were at a loss, they were already frightened and overwhelmed, but they were facing Lao Zhao, who had twenty years of experience in guarding the door, only to see him turn his face and scold loudly: "What are you yelling about? This is the rule of Beijing City in the Ming Dynasty, don't talk about you, even if the old Shangshu wants to pass through at this time, it is not allowed. If you dare to make noise, I will throw you all into the prison cell of the Terracotta Division! ”

He knows too well the details of these guys who think they have a backstage, just looking at their appearance, he knows that the so-called backstage is just a twisting existence. It is impossible for those officials to get along with themselves because of such a trivial matter, and if there are really those who are so temperamental and willing to come forward, with the practices of those officials and imperial historians in the capital who are eager to find fault with others, they must also be unable to eat and walk around.

So at this time, Lao Zhao simply let go of his hands and feet to show his authority, so that his brothers could be more obedient.

Seeing that he said this, the soldiers next to him immediately moved their hands, and while driving the people inside and outside away, they began to turn a big winch, and the heavy and abnormal Beijing city gate fell down little by little.

The city gate hole several zhang high, the gate naturally cannot be simply opened and closed like the portal of the ordinary small county town, but uses the principle of the river gate, and hangs or closes it with iron chains by a noose. At this time, if you want to close the door, you have to turn the winch back to the bottom, and this can not be played at all without seven or eight soldiers.

With a tingling creak, the Xuanwu Gate of Beijing finally cut off the city from the outside. Soon, there was only a gap more than one person high, which made the people who were still looking forward to it sigh unconsciously, but they were helpless.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of the horse's hooves outside the city, and the horse came in such a hurry that as soon as he heard the sound of the hoof, he could see a phantom figure rushing from a distance of several miles like a sharp arrow, and the four horses' hooves did not seem to touch the ground. The knight on the horse, on the other hand, leans sideways against the horse's back, allowing the horse to move forward at a faster speed under his crotch.

Seeing that this person was rushing straight forward regardless of his ride, the people outside the city were in an uproar again, and hurriedly got out of the way. It was only at this time that no one saw the two small flags planted on the knight's back, which was the eye-catching sign of the urgent military report at the border gate.

The border army urgently reported that it was either 600 miles or 800 miles, which was the most important matter in the world, and the soldiers who reported the news could not be delayed in the slightest, and they would not change horses or people along the way. And if there are people on the road who block his way, they can be killed directly without guilt.

The people in the capital are well-informed, so they naturally understand the importance of it. As soon as its identity was confirmed, a path was quickly flashed, allowing the rider to rush to the city gate unhindered.

Lao Zhao in the door had also seen the posture of the comer, and he was also stunned. Seeing that the city gate was about to fall lower, and that person was likely to be pressed if he rode in, he hurriedly shouted in a sharp voice: "Quick, quickly pull up the city gate, don't hurt anyone!" At this time, he didn't care about any prestige or rules at all.

When the soldiers heard this, they were also stunned, and hurriedly used all their strength to raise the gate of the city that was about to fall completely. Fortunately, they reacted in time, and finally lifted the gate to the height of more than a man when he rushed to the door.

But this move also exhausted everyone's physical strength. The power of the winch of this city gate is really great, no less than 5,000 catties of iron gates rely on it to operate, every time it rotates is a thousand catties of power, so repeated is an ordinary person can't stand it. Therefore, after seeing that the man passed safely, they were discouraged, and the winch fell back and forth, and actually smashed to the ground with a bang with the city gate, and the ground that was smashed was trembling, making the nearby officers and soldiers and people all palpitate.

But all this was nothing to the horseman. At this time, he had only one thought in his heart, that is, hurry, hurry, hurry up and arrive at the military headquarters to send over the important military reports he was carrying.

Although the gallop for many days had made him sore, the inside of his legs had become bloody and blurred, and even the flowers in front of him were bursts of hair, he still clenched his teeth, did not let go of this last breath, and drove the horse under his crotch, which was actually exhausted, to gallop all the way towards the wide street.

Along the way, there was another burst of chickens and dogs, and many people were unable to dodge because of his gallop, and almost trampled to death for their horses. But this was not in his eyes at all, and it was not until he finally saw the plaque of the Yamen of the Ministry of War that the shopkeeper was relieved.

In just three days, he brought important military information from Xuanfu in Shanxi Province to Beijing City, which was fast and efficient enough to shock the court. But what is even more shocking is bound to be the terrible news he brought.

With a sharp pull on the reins, the horse finally stopped running in front of the yamen of the military headquarters. The soldiers who had already discovered the situation hurriedly came up to help, and they had seen some such situations, so they naturally knew what the state of the soldiers was at this time.

But the result still surprised them a little. At the same time as he stopped the horse, his limbs were weak, and he fell to the ground, but he used the last bit of his life to reach his destination.

This time he was swept into the air, and immediately the knight was brought to the ground by inertia. After everyone was stunned, Fang Cai surrounded him and helped him up: "But where is the important military situation?" ”

The shop soldier was thrown by this, and the whole person seemed to be completely scattered, and he couldn't recover for a long time. It wasn't until everyone asked again that he untied the military report on his back and handed it to the person in front of him: "Xuanfu urgent report...... The Tartar army of 150,000 stormed, and the city was about to ......" Before the last word was finished, he was out of a coma.

The soldier who was holding the military report he handed over was visibly stunned for a moment. Then, his face turned pale, and he quickly turned around, and rushed straight in with a big stride, at which time he could no longer care about any rules and decency.

The Yamen of the Ministry of War is really not small, and the place of Lord Shangshu, who is located in the third courtyard, is even far away from the gate, so although there is a lot of trouble outside, he doesn't know that there is such a thing.

Until he saw a pawn actually break into his public hall in a big way, he immediately sank his face: "Bold, dare to trespass into this official office......

"Lord Shangshu, the border pass is eight hundred miles and the military report is urgent!" The soldier didn't care about anything else at this time, and hurriedly handed over the military report that the entire outer layer was soaked with the sweat of the soldiers.

Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the military department, suddenly trembled, and he naturally understood what the military report sent by the eight hundred miles of urgency meant. If it is good news, there is no need to be so urgent in the local area, at most 600 miles to expedit. And the place where the accident happened was one of the four major border towns in the Ming Dynasty, which made the matter even more serious.

Thinking of this, his hand as he took the package trembled a little, and he forgot to let the soldier retreat, so he untied the package. It's just that his hands are shaking so badly that it took a long time to remove the outer wrapper, revealing several copies of the military newspaper inside.

After opening one of them and swiping them a few times, Zhang Shangshu's whole face turned even whiter, this kind of military situation has not been encountered for many years.

After his lips trembled a few times, Zhang Xueyan waved his hand to the soldiers in front of him who were looking a little overwhelmed: "Quick, call Lord Shilang and others to me......

"Yes!" The soldier hurried away and went out.

After a while, several important officials of the Ministry of War jointly read this military report, and then a consensus was reached, which had to be hurried into the palace to play the Son of Heaven.

It's just that...... Looking at this day, I am afraid that the gate of the palace has been closed at this time, and it is almost impossible for them to enter the palace.