Zhu Youzhen obviously noticed this subtle atmosphere in the Wenhua Palace, and his heart was full of turmoil, but who knew that there was a commotion outside the hall, so his mood was even worse. The rules in the Forbidden City are very strict, who dares to be presumptuous without a form, only the soldiers who have personally promised to report can ride their horses and drive straight to the noon gate, and no one can stop them. What good news can be made at this moment?

Sure enough, the eunuch on duty outside shouted: "Long live, military newspaper outside the city!" ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand weakly, and Gao Shiming hurriedly opened the door and led the frightened soldiers outside the hall in.

The soldier entered the gate of the palace and knelt on the ground with a bang, and tom tom is three rings, "Long live, the city, there are reinforcements from outside the city, the Tartars retreat, retreat ......" This soldier obviously does not understand those who meet the emperor three bows and nine bows, and they are rough and heroic.

Don't look at Zhu Youzhen's being quite mean to the ministers, he is very tolerant of these people in the army, and he just laughed at the loss of honor in front of the king, but he was shocked three times a day today, which really made him a little unbearable.

"Come forward, say it again!"

The soldier was also straightforward and sincere, kneeling on the ground and rubbing forward, until he stopped under the Danqi.

"Reinforcements from outside the city have arrived, and the Tartars have retreated!"

Zhu Youzhen's face was incredulous, how many Ming officials and troops were there in Zhili, he knew in his heart, who could conjure up an army that was enough to deter the Tartars out of thin air?

"Who's the leader?"

"Look at the banner is the Governor of the world, the King of Qin, the soldiers and horses, it should be Sun Ge Lao!"

Previously, Li Xin had also bluffed the Tartars for a while under the banner of governors from all walks of life, but now Sun Ge Lao is here again, but this time I don't know if it's true or not!

As if by juggling, the soldier took out a letter from his bosom and offered it with both hands.

"The reinforcements sent someone to send a handwritten letter here, long live it!"

Gao Shiming glanced at the soldier reproachfully, how could he not take out the handwritten book earlier, but the emperor was in front, and where was his turn to reprimand, took the handwritten letter held by the soldier, and put it on top of Zhu Youzhen's case.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at it and was overjoyed, and the familiar handwriting jumped into his eyes, who else was Sun Chengzong? I really can't imagine that the one who turned the tide is still this veteran of the Three Dynasties, and his heart is determined.

The emperor's expression changed in Gao Shiming's eyes, and he immediately understood what the soldier was saying. Although the emperor is self-contained and moody, but due to personality factors, Zhu Youzhen's personality is a little impetuous, and Gao Shiming has followed him for many years, speculating on the holy will all day long, and the state of mind represented by Zhu Youzhen's words and deeds will have a roughly corresponding judgment in Gao Shiming's heart. Seeing the emperor's happy eyebrows, the breath hanging in Gao Shiming's chest finally leaked out.

He didn't know how Sun Chengzong had conjured up tens of thousands of troops to scare off the Tartars, but the situation in front of him was more favorable to him. Yang Sichang personally went to the city to supervise the war, and if he did bad things, he would do good things, presumably his status would be higher in the emperor's heart, and his own suggestions could not run properly.

It's just that in this way, the biggest limelight has made Sun Chengzong out, and Li Xin, who should have been the scapegoat, seems to have been a blessing in disguise. This time, I am afraid that it is impossible to prevent the emperor from rewarding him. In fact, whether Li Xin's envelope is rewarded or not has nothing to do with Gao Shiming, but Cao Huachun's turning over through Li Xin's salted fish is very related, and suppressing Li Xin is equivalent to knocking out the foundation of Cao Huachun's recovery.

The mood has risen and fallen several times in one day, and Zhu Youzhen, the son of the great tomorrow, is not as excited as he was at the beginning, but does Sun Chengzong's efforts to turn the tide mean that Ming Zhongxing is hopeful? His mind was wide, and he naturally didn't know that Gao Shiming, the close attendant, had already changed his mind in an instant.

"Where did the Tartars retreat? Is it a rout or an orderly evacuation? Where did Sun Ge Lao come from? ”

When he was in a good mood, Zhu Youzhen patiently asked the battlefield shape?

The soldier hurriedly kowtowed and replied: "It doesn't look like a rout, going in the direction of Tongzhou, outside the Anding Gate, my Ming army seems to have suffered a lot of damage, and it was almost passed through the formation, and Sun Ge Lao came from the direction of Changping."

Gao Shi Ming heard the report of the soldier and immediately spoke.

"Long live, the Tartars are invincible, and I should take advantage of the victory to pursue it!"

Xue Guoguan, who had never expressed his opinion, spoke out at this time.

"It's better to blame Li Xin for leading the army to pursue, according to what the minister saw, this is a tiger general!"

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said: "The Tartars are clearly retreating in an orderly manner, and the pursuit will not be beneficial. After thinking about it, he said: "But you can't let them leave the capital division with such a swagger, and order Sun Ge Lao to follow and pursue, not to fight!" ”

Gao Shiming's chest breathed a long sigh of relief, as long as Sun Chengzong did not enter the Beijing Face Saint, he would have time to arrange the layout, and drag it out for a moment.

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The monarchs and ministers in the Wenhua Palace had their own thoughts, and the governor of Jingying, Rongzheng, Fang Zhenghua, and Yang Sichang, a cabinet scholar, on the gate of the city, did not go there well. But the Tartars finally retreated, but Yang Sichang had a faint feeling of unreality, with the strength of the Tartars, how could it be possible for a rabble to be restrained for several days, even if it was restrained for a long time, it should not be so happy to withdraw when the Ming reinforcements arrived?

At the same time, Li Xin in the military formation was also very surprised, he was mentally prepared for a desperate battle, but the Tartars retreated so suddenly, and even some of them passed through the formation, and they did not continue to expand the victory. Sure enough, Tanma brought back exciting news that Sun Ge Lao had led his troops into Beijing!

Everyone is boiling! Whether it was the refugees of Baoding Mansion or the refugees of Jinghai, they all fell into an irrepressible excitement, and after walking around at the moment of life and death, everyone was glad for this unreal victory, even Liu Quan burst into tears, but he did not expect to be able to hold on until the withdrawal of the Tartars.

Only Li Xin fell into deep contemplation, things are abnormal, that is, demons, but where is the demon He didn't figure out a reason for it, so he simply didn't think about it anymore, it was better to enjoy the victory in front of him.

Soon, the messenger who hung the basket in the city was a eunuch in the palace, and there was a will for Li Xin to bring his meritorious soldiers into the capital to face the saint. Everyone was suddenly enthusiastic again, the emperor arranged it like this, and the reward was definitely indispensable.

Li Xin had the experience of sacrificing prisoners, and he had long had no extravagant hopes for a reward, so it was a big deal to take Lu Jiu to leave here, and the troubled times fell, where could he not break out, why did he want to play with a group of guys with their own selfish interests in this smoky court!

With this kind of thought, Li Xin's previous heart of suffering from gains and losses immediately disappeared, and his mentality became indifferent, since the emperor summoned him, it was better to go and see him. But others are different, in this era of supremacy of monarchy, even if you can see the emperor, it is worth ten years of life, and the reward or something is secondary.

But the eunuch's next sentence made the hearts of the generals rise again, and only gave Li Xin five places, that is, he could only bring five people into the city to face the saint. As for who to take and who not to take, it's a good idea to think about it. This made Li Xin feel embarrassed, there are far more than five people who have merit, either you don't see them, or you name them, and do this, whoever you take with you or not, Zhun Bao will cause some turmoil.

As Li Xin expected, the first to find Li Xin was Zeng Kang, only to see that there were two people behind him.

"This is when Lixian County raised people to thank Gongshi." Zeng dared to point to the old man on the left and said: "In the first battle of Suning, his only two sons were all killed, please General Li take him with him no matter what." And this ...... "dared to pull another person." "This is ......"

In the end, Zeng Dare said: "Zeng Dare can not go, and must bring them, they would rather break their families for the sake of Daming, and now they have the opportunity to face the saint, even death is enough!" ”

The two of them expressed their attitudes one after another: "But you have to see the face of the sky, and you can see it when you die!" ”

Not only did Zeng dare, but the Jinghai refugees also elected representatives, hoping to enter the city to face the saint, and even Liu Quan brought a few subordinates to say something, making Li Xin one head and two big. Who should be brought and who should not be brought, several parties did not give in to each other, and then even quarreled.

Li Xin felt very helpless, at this time the strong external pressure had disappeared, and the strength of his speech began to be greatly reduced, not to mention that he couldn't turn his face and deny people because of this internal contradiction, but it was good to say that no one paid attention to it, and in the end it was worth leaving with his sleeves up, out of sight, anyway, after this battle, the court would not let his former horse thief, who had no fame, be in charge of these tens of thousands of people, and let them make trouble if they like to make trouble.

At this time, he found that Lu Jiu immediately started the crowd of people who were arguing, and said in his heart: Isn't this a thing, according to his temperament, he shouldn't ask for help.

"Brother Thirteen, this is even the Imperial Court, why don't our brothers take advantage of the chaos and go back to the mountains to be happy."

Lu Jiu was not stupid, he could faintly feel that someone in the imperial court was stumbling on Li Xin in private. Besides, he followed him last time he entered Beijing, and how the court treated Li Xin also depends on his eyes, he acted in vain, rewarded and didn't say anything, he didn't even have the slightest condolence, everyone was born and died, and he killed all the way to Beijing, can't he even exchange half a good word? It's really cold.

Li Xin didn't expect that Lu Jiu had already begged to go, pulled him aside and asked in a low voice, "Is this your personal meaning, or the meaning of the brothers?" ”

Lu Jiu said with a smile: "Three hundred brothers, life and death are of the same heart!" ”

Li Xingang wanted to speak again, and the horse galloped over.

"General, there are people outside the military formation who claim to be the second son of Sun Ge, and they want to see you!"

Li Xin was excited, did Sun Chengzong survive, or did those people also pretend to be Sun Chengzong's name? This person called himself Sun Jiao, and he had to see it.

On the north side of the military formation, hundreds of cavalry hugged a middle-aged man in a long robe, and Li Xin looked at it, and sure enough, it was the good-natured second son in Gaoyang City. The scenes of a few months ago echoed in my mind, and I couldn't help but be gloomy.

"Li Jiaoxi, don't come to harm!" Sun Ji greeted him from afar!

Li Xin galloped closer, only to see a black robe Sun Ji who had lost a lot of weight, his face was dark, the edges and corners were becoming more and more distinct, and his eyes were firm and full of vicissitudes! Where is there still a little bit of the grace and indifference of a noble son!