Lu Guangda was about to refute, only to hear a sound of footsteps at the back door, a eunuch hurriedly walked out of the back door, walked up to the pedestal, and preached: "After the emperor got up in the morning, he inhaled these spicy and choking fogs, and the dragon was unwell and fell asleep again. The emperor said before going to bed that today's court meeting will be suspended for the time being, and the ministers should go back first. ”

The courtiers present were stunned and speechless, even Shi Wenqing's face turned pale, and at this time he was also anxious to let Chen Shubao make a decision, otherwise the burden of thousands of catties would be on his shoulders and make him breathless.

Shi Wenqing knows that he is not the mainstay of the country at all, let himself pat himself on the back, chant a poem, make a pair, find some beauties, and make some beautiful sounds, then he is good, but if he wants to dispatch troops and win a thousand miles, it will cost his own life.

Shi Wenqing still has this bit of self-knowledge, he is now repentant, why didn't he let Lu Guangda and Xiao Maha decide the matter of counterattacking last night? He himself just let Fan Meng, who had a lukewarm relationship with him, lead the troops to attack the Sui army simply because he was unhappy with Ren Zhong and didn't want him to make meritorious contributions.

Now his military talent is clear in the eyes of others, and only by finding Chen Shubao to quickly take over this burden can he be exempted from this responsibility.

It is precisely because Shi Wenqing knows very well that the war now depends on veterans such as Ren Zhong, Lu Guangda and Xiao Maha, that he has repeatedly tolerated Ren Zhong so much. Just now, Shi Wenqing has been planning in his heart, it is not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years, this time when Ren Zhong repels the Sui army, he will find a way to remove his official and ask for his life.

But now the most dramatic scene has appeared, Chen Shubao actually fainted at the haze with the smell of smoke, and actually ignored today's court meeting, although Shi Wenqing's only task over the years is to find all kinds of fun for Chen Shubao, but this time he is really anxious: Ancestor, don't play at this time, everyone is almost done playing for you.

Shi Wenqing suddenly found that most of the people in the palace were looking at him, and most of his eyes were angry and disdainful, these guys who dared to be angry with themselves in the past, and even promised to be bent and welcomed, have also changed their temperament today, even the seven or eight-grade petty officials standing at the entrance of the hall have not taken themselves in their eyes at all, and their expressions are no wonder that they are eaten alive.

Shi Wenqing swallowed a bubble of saliva, and said to Li Shandu, the eunuch who came to deliver the message in the hall: "Gonggong Li, may I ask if the imperial doctor has gone to the emperor?" ”

Li Shandu nodded: "It's already gone, the imperial doctor is helpless now, the needle has been applied, and I don't know when the emperor will wake up." Shi Zhongshu, the emperor has a will before going to sleep, let the adults go back to the house first, and the emperor said, if there is any emergency, please Shi Zhongshu and Shen Zhongshu deal with it urgently. ”

Shi Wenqing's head "buzzed", and the damn weight of a thousand catties still fell on his shoulders. He froze down, looked at the generals who were glaring at him one by one, and laughed dryly: "Generals, now that the national crisis is at hand, we must unite as one. ”

Shen Keqing also put on a smiling face this time: "General Xiao, General Lu, General Ren, Shi Zhongshu and I are both civilian officials, and we are not good at war, and these things have to be decided by you." ”

Ren Zhong said coldly: "How can Shi Zhongshu and Shen Zhongshu say that they are not good at fighting at this time? Yesterday, when you scolded Fang Xuan, it was Zhuge Liang who won thousands of miles. ”

Lu Guangda turned his head to Ren Zhong and said: "General Ren, now that the military situation is urgent, you and I don't want to engage in this kind of verbal dispute, first think of a way to repel the Sui army that landed." ”

Ren Zhong snorted heavily, twisted his head to the side, and ignored Shi Wenqing and Shen Keqing.

Xiao Maha, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "If it is to discuss urgent military affairs, the civil and military officials below the third rank at the court meeting today will disperse first." There are many people talking, one idea at a time, and all the time is wasted. ”

Mr. Jiang hurriedly nodded: "What General Xiao said is very true, I see, leave me now, Shen Zhongshu, Shi Zhongshu, Yuan Xian, Yuan Yuan, General Xiao, General Lu, General Ren discuss here." In addition, General Fan Yifan, who is in charge of the city defense, was also asked to come over quickly. ”

After hearing this, everyone nodded, except for these people, all the civil and military officials withdrew from the main hall, and the huge palace suddenly became empty.

The right servant with a thin body, three strands of white and long beard, and a wat board in his hand, shot Yuan Xian, opened his mouth: "Princes, when General Ren and General Lu accused Shi Zhongshu just now, I didn't say a word, not because General Ren said it wrong, but at this time, I don't want to see our important ministers of Nanchen still fighting here without distinguishing between primary and secondary. Now that the enemy army has crossed the river, the situation is very serious, and the first thing we need is unity. ”

Yuan Xian has always been upright in the court, outspoken and admonished, and has written to impeach Shi Wenqing and others many times, so he has not been liked by Chen Shubao, and he has been gradually squeezed out of the center of power over the years. But when he saw the national crisis today, he couldn't care much about it, so he asked the generals about the way to defend the war.

Lu Guangda pondered for a moment and said: "The most important thing now is that the enemy situation is unknown, the defenders inside and outside Jiankang City are now more than 70,000 people in addition to the 30,000 people taken away by General Fan Meng, General Ren's 30,000 people have entered the city to guard, and there are 40,000 troops of General Xiao in the north of the city, in addition to the more than 300 golden-winged warships of the naval army at the mouth of the Qinhuai River, they have all gone to Xintingli to cut off the Sui army's backup." ”

Xiao Maha asked, "Is there any news about the naval warships in the quarrying area at this moment?" And when Tu is there, is it safe now? ”

Shi Wenqing hurriedly said: "I haven't been in touch with the quarrying all night, and Huang Ke, the assassin of Southern Xuzhou, and Fan Xun, who is the assassin of General Fan of Southern Yuzhou, have not come, and I am a little worried about what happened in these two places now." ”

Xiao Maha sighed: "When the old man returned to the city this morning, he saw wolf smoke everywhere in Jiangbei, and on the bank of the river for dozens of miles, their soldiers were burning grass piles and wheat orange stalks, and the north wind has been blowing for the past few days. ”

Shi Wenqing also sighed: "The emperor was in higher spirits last night and slept late, and I didn't know that he would choke on the smoke after waking up." ”

Ren Zhong stomped his feet angrily: "The emperor made you guys like this, Shi Wenqing, you are pretending to be like nothing now, and you still want to put the responsibility on the emperor, do you want to be ashamed?" ”

Shi Wenqing blushed for a while when he was scolded, so he had to shut up and not speak.

Lu Guangda saw that he was about to stiffen again, so he hurriedly changed the topic: "I think there may be trouble in Southern Xuzhou and Southern Yuzhou." Judging from the recent battle report mentioned by Shi Zhongshu, the Sui army first landed on the riverbank five miles south of Xinting, attracting the defenders of Xinting, and then sent troops to attack Xintinglei, and the defenders of 3,000 people were defeated by the vanguard of the Sui army on the riverbank.

This proves that the Sui army's actions were carefully planned, using the strategy of attacking the east and the west, and now all the warships of our river defense have been transferred to Xinting, and other places are already in a state of undefense, and they have lit such a big smoke, I think they want to cross the river from Jingkou and Quarry. ”

Ren Zhong sighed: "I'm afraid that it's too late to stop them in Jingkou, and it's difficult to say where the quarrying is." General Xiao, I see that a large number of enemy troops have crossed the river, and the Huainan area should be very empty, when I led the army to the north to attack Huainan, the local soldiers and people were impressed by my prestige, and many people took the initiative to come to our army to serve.

As long as I am given 30,000 elite soldiers and 300 warships, I will set out from the mouth of the Qinhuai River, land at Pukou in turn, march to Huainan, and occupy all the places north of the Sui army, and then force their troops to cross the river without a fight. ”

Ren Zhong's plan made everyone's faces change, and Lu Guangda was about to speak, but he heard a voice from far and near outside: "Emergency military report, emergency military report!"

Everyone's eyes looked outside the hall, and two guards rushed in with a man with a cloak and a bloody body, it was Xu Zijian, the master of the quarryman, who knelt on the ground as soon as he saw everyone in the hall, and cried: "Ladies and gentlemen, the quarrying has fallen, and it is in danger!" The Sui Army's Iron Cavalry has landed from the south!"