When Lai Xing'er and Yu Chengen rushed to the Yanying Palace, they saw that Li Qi, the king of Mu, Pei Baiyao, and Wei Chang, the two prime ministers, were all in the palace, and the emperor was sitting in the dragon seat with a gloomy face, with one hand, as if he was thinking about something. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seeing that Xing'er and Yu Chengen arrived together, the emperor moved slightly, signaled to the two that there was no need to give a salute, and then said to Li Qi, the king of Mu, "Everyone has arrived, King Mu, as the marshal of soldiers and horses, you should first tell a few of them." ”

Li Qi bowed and replied yes, turned around, faced Lai Xing'er and the other four, and said loudly: "You are all important ministers of the imperial court who are named by your father and the emperor, and have been invited to Yanying Hall to discuss military affairs. Presumably everyone has heard that the Tibetans colluded with the Tuyuhun, the Turks, the Nanzhao, and the remnants of the dangerous puppet Yan, and the troops were divided into five routes, intending to launch a war of annihilation against our dynasty. Almost at the same time, Jing Yuncong, the deputy marshal stationed in Fenning, also sent an urgent report to the emperor, saying that 100,000 reinforcements from Tubo had crossed the border between the two countries and stationed in Longyou, western Xinjiang, and that a great war was about to break out, and the situation was very critical. ”

When the other four people in the hall heard Li Qi say this, they all looked at each other, and their faces all became solemn. Wei Chang was a servant under the door, and his job was to convey the edict, and he took the lead in giving his hand to Li Qi and said: "The day before yesterday, the emperor issued an edict to Hebei, Huainan, and eastern Zhejiang provinces to transfer troops to all provinces and domains with 600 miles of expedited posts. If everything goes well, within ten months, the imperial court can mobilize nearly 200,000 troops from all over the country to go to the west and south of the country to defend against the enemy, so that at least Chang'an can have a few worries. ”

"An army of 200,000? Keep your eyes open and look for me, what are these things? The emperor finally couldn't hold back the anger in his chest, and casually threw a few copies of the recitals on the cases in front of him towards several important ministers at the bottom of the steps.

"Father, please calm your anger." Seeing that the emperor had a sudden seizure, Li Qi hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade, "Ladies and gentlemen, you don't know anything. Just yesterday, the leading generals of Hebei, Hedong, and Huainan provinces all sent a recital to the imperial court, claiming that there were still a large number of bandits in the territory of their unified army and urgently needed to be eliminated, and they all asked the imperial court to transfer troops to support them in quelling their own banditry and appeasement of local ......."

"This, isn't this an intention to demolish the imperial court's platform, and unwilling to transfer troops to the west?" The white-haired Chinese book made Pei Baiyao even though he had been in the four dynasties and the city was very deep, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Since I ascended to the pole, I have never been slow to treat these generals who led the army to fight and quell the rebellion abroad, asking for food and transporting grain, but I never thought that after feeding these minions, when the national disaster was at hand, none of them were willing to be ordered to transfer troops? Could it be that I have many immoral qualities, that I am not enough to obey, that I am not worthy of them to bow down to me? ”

The emperor's words were extremely serious, and everyone present immediately knelt down and persuaded in unison: "Please take care of the dragon's body and take a break from the wrath of thunder." ”

The emperor was still unsatisfied, pointed directly at Lai Xing'er, and asked sharply: "I remember that the day before yesterday, you still vouched for the traitor Lin Shu in front of me, saying that he was my old man when I was in the East Palace, and he was loyal to me. Do you know that yesterday, it was Fu Yi, who was also my old man when I was in the East Palace, who took the lead in sending me a military report to stop my mouth, and openly contradicted my edict to transfer troops, Mo said that I wanted to transfer 100,000 troops from him to the west, that is, even 1,000 or 100 sergeants, he refused to transfer them to protect me. I thought that at the beginning, I tried my best to override the righteousness of the public and reuse Fu Yi as the handsome, but I never thought that this is how he repaid Jun'en today! You, you all tell me, am I not worthy to sit in this country, not worthy to be your emperor? ”

When he served as a lieutenant of Guoyi in Fu Yi's army, although he had noticed that Fu Yi had a lot of poor soldiers and generals, and military discipline was abolished, he did not expect that Fu Yi would openly resist the decree and disobey the imperial edict.

Seeing this, Yu Chengen hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade the emperor: "Your Majesty, but relax, the 50,000 soldiers of the Eight Capitals of Shenhe are willing to swear allegiance to Your Majesty and strive to protect the country." ”

The emperor nodded with emotion, and sighed: "Bandang knows Chengchen. At the moment, the only thing I can count on is the Divine Crane's troops......"

Yu Chengen glanced at Lai Xing'er, who was kneeling beside him, with the corner of his eye, and continued unhurriedly: "The minister heard that the Marquis of Fuyuan went to Liangzhou on an errand this time, which can be described as an outstanding achievement, not only once recaptured Liangzhou City from the hands of the Tubo people, but also beheaded the son of Nasimo with a sword, and Naza, the young marshal of the Tubo Scorpion Army, and built a tooth to promote the army, so that the Shenhe under his command began to take shape. Now there is such a famous general as the king of Dongyang County sitting in Fenning, and the minister asked His Majesty to issue a holy decree, and ordered the Marquis of Fuyuan to lead thousands of soldiers from Shenhe to serve as the front army of the king of Dongyang County, so as to contain the Tubo army. The minister immediately sent an order to Xiang Zhifei, who was stationed in the river, and ordered him to personally lead the main force of the crane to the west to serve as a backup, so that Chang'an Shu could have no worries. ”

Li Qi, the king of Mu, had his own plans, and heard that Yu Chengen wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the feudal towns to prevaricate the edict of the imperial court to transfer troops, and highlight the indispensable role of the Shenhe army in front of the emperor, so he hurriedly hugged his fists and generously asked the emperor for his life: "Father Emperor Mingjian, the son is the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and he should share the worries of the monarch and father, and ask the father to issue an order immediately, and the son is willing to lead a group of soldiers and horses to the west to fight to the death." ”

The emperor was still pondering, and Pei Baiyao had already waved his hand again and again: "Your Highness must not be in danger. Marshal, the head of the world's soldiers and horses, at the moment when the hearts of the people of the court are fluctuating, His Royal Highness should sit in the marshal's mansion, take on the responsibility of mediation and supervision, and share the worries for His Majesty. ”

Yu Chengen was secretly annoyed that Li Qi was arguing with himself for no reason, ruining his own affairs, and pretending to echo Pei Baiyao without yin or yang, and said to the emperor: "The Zhongshu order is reasonable. His Royal Highness King Mu has a noble status, and he is the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, so it is advisable to serve His Majesty by his side, in order to bear the responsibility of guarding the enemy, and never go to the front enemy lightly. According to the minister's opinion, the small barbarian state does not need the marshal of our Celestial Dynasty to go into battle, and only one person and one army of Fuyuan Marquis can make you wait for the feather to return. ”

Hearing Yu Chengen repeatedly boasting about Lai Xing'er in front of the emperor, Wei Chang, who was standing behind Pei Baiyao, frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but saw that Lai Xing'er had already stood up, and saluted the emperor with a fist: "The minister does not dare to accept such a false praise from the emperor, and at this time when the court is in danger, he is willing to lead the four thousand soldiers under his command to serve as the vanguard and compete with Fan Kou for life and death." If His Majesty agrees, the minister will retire from Beijing and go to the western frontier to reorganize and fight. (To be continued.) )