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Emperor Xuande was also shocked by the news of Zhang Feng's performance, and he was stunned for a while and seemed to be unbelievable, after all, he knew the difficulty of the battle in Liaodong, including the Mongolian soldiers of the Tatars, Warats and Wuliang Ha tribes, and it was not easy for Li Yuntian to win.
Unless...... Unless something happened in Liaodong in the past two months or so that was enough to turn the tide of the war in Liaodong, Emperor Xuande's face gradually revealed a look of joy, it must have been Li Yuntian who did something to defeat the Mongol army in Liaodong!
"Sue SΓΉ Yongningbo, open the city gate, and let the Marquis of Zhenwu enter the palace to see him!" Thinking of Li Yuntian's unexpected style, Emperor Xuande was even more sure that Li Yuntian had defeated the Mongol army in Liaodong, so he suppressed the excitement in his heart and shouted to the chamberlain who reported the news.
According to Li Yuntian's previous style, no one knew what he would do until Li Yuntian turned over his cards, so it was entirely possible for Li Yuntian to wipe out the Mongol army in Liaodong in a short period of time.
"Yes." Hearing this, the chamberlain kowtowed to Emperor Xuande, got up and ran out the door.
"Wait!" Seeing that the chamberlain was about to come to the gate of the palace, Zhang Fu suddenly shouted to him, and then said to Emperor Xuande with a stern expression, "Your Majesty, the incident happened suddenly, beware of fraud!" β
"Fraud?" Emperor Xuande's eyes showed a look of surprise when he heard this, and he looked at Zhang Fu with some puzzlement, not knowing what he meant by this, and the ministers present also looked at Zhang Fu in surprise, wanting to know why he prevented Li Yuntian from entering the city.
"Your Majesty, the Mongols have more than 100,000 troops in Liaodong, and after the previous three defeats, they are bound to act cautiously and take a defensive position, it is difficult for the Duke of Yiguo and the Marquis of Zhenwu to take advantage of anything, how can they defeat the Mongol army in Liaodong in the blink of an eye?"
Zhang Fu pondered for a moment and explained solemnly, "Therefore, the minister feels that this matter is a little strange, and the city gate should not be opened lightly, so as not to change." β
Hearing this, everyone in the room immediately understood, it turned out that Zhang Fu suspected Li Yuntian's motive and purpose for appearing in the capital, and under the careful response of the Liaodong Mongol army, it was difficult for Li Yuntian to take advantage in a short period of time even if he was powerful.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Taishi is reasonable, please treat this matter carefully." Yang Shiqi's brows furrowed, although Zhang Fu did not say it explicitly, but the implication was that he suspected that Li Yuntian had defected and defected to the Mongols, although he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but the current situation was not clear, and he also felt that he should not act recklessly, so he then said to Emperor Xuande.
"The minister seconded the proposal!" After Zhang Fu's reminder, the ministers in the house realized that Li Yuntian's appearance in the capital was very abrupt, especially the nobles at the scene couldn't believe that Li Yuntian could defeat the Mongolian army in such a short time, so they all agreed with Zhang Fu's statement and thought that they should be careful.
This made Emperor Xuande's brows furrow slightly, and his face became a little ugly, Li Yuntian can be said to be the descendant of his lineage, if Li Yuntian took refuge in the Mongols, then it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to him.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late at this time, it's better to let Zhenwu Hou enter the city again tomorrow." Yang Shiqi saw that Emperor Xuande's face was not good, so he groaned for a while and proposed a safe way.
Everyone at the scene nodded secretly when they heard this, after all, night had fallen at this time, and God knew if there would be an ambush of the Mongols in the night.
"No, if the Marquis of Zhenwu really achieves a great victory, wouldn't it chill the soldiers to let him spend the night outside the city." After Xuande's brows furrowed, he came down from the warm kang, and after Jin Ying waited for him to put on his boots, he gave an order with an expressionless face, "Swing the Anding Gate, I want to see the Marquis of Zhenwu." β
"Your Majesty, the night breeze is cool, it is better for the emperor to stay in the palace, and these little things will be handed over to the ministers and others." Yang Rong was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly opened his mouth to dissuade him, Emperor Xuande has been in poor health since he came back from this northern expedition, and now that the weather has become cold, it is not appropriate for Emperor Xuande to show his face.
"I'm not so pretentious, the soldiers are sleeping in the open now, I still care about this little thing?" Emperor Xuande shook his head and walked towards the gate of the palace, he wanted to personally confirm whether Li Yuntian had taken refuge with the Mongols.
Seeing that Emperor Xuande had made up his mind, Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu, Jian Yi and others glanced at each other, and then followed quickly.
Outside Anding Gate, Lei Ting and Nuo Min were chatting on a stone on the side of Li Yuntian's road, because the senior generals of the Ming army were fighting against the Mongol army in Juyong Pass and Tongzhou City, so he did not bring senior generals this time.
"Xianggong, since Yongningbo has already confirmed your identity, why haven't you opened the city gate yet?" While talking and laughing, Nomin looked up at the night and asked with some puzzlement.
Li Yuntian had already met with Zhang Feng, although the night had fallen, but under the light of the torches, Zhang Feng still recognized Li Yuntian smoothly, and his heart was surprised and happy.
Originally, Zhang Feng wanted to open the city gate and let Li Yuntian enter the city, but Zhang Fu had a military order, and if he wanted to open the city gate, he had to get his consent, so Zhang Fu didn't dare to open the city gate privately but hurriedly went to Zhang Fu to report.
When he arrived at Zhang Fu's house, Zhang Feng knew that Zhang Fu had entered the palace, so he entered the imperial city non-stop, and was stopped by the forbidden army in front of the palace city.
Therefore, Li Yuntian, Lei Ting, and Nuo Min waited for more than an hour, which made Nuo Min feel a little dissatisfied in his heart.
"Be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, now the battle situation is complicated and the capital is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, only if we find out our situation, the people in the city can let us in."
Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, and comforted Nuo Min disapprovingly, he had already expected that he would eat "closed-door soup", so he was already mentally prepared, in other words, he would also handle this matter cautiously, and let himself enter the city after figuring out the identities of himself and others.
"If I knew better, I'd come back tomorrow, it seems that we won't be able to enter the city tonight." Nuo Min only understood what was going on now, and couldn't help but say disappointedly, she didn't expect that the people in the city would doubt Li Yuntian's identity.
"Wait, there should be a result soon, if we really can't get in, let's go to a nearby town for the night, and then enter the city tomorrow."
Li Yuntian smiled and stretched lazily, if it wasn't for the good news to Emperor Xuande, he would not have led the cavalry to Beijing City first, you must know that there are nearly 10,000 Mongolian troops composed of Mongolian soldiers and servant soldiers near Beijing City.
However, Li Yuntian was not worried about his safety at all, with 5,000 elite cavalry to protect him, he didn't pay attention to the Mongolian army around the capital at all, if those people dared to provoke, they would be severely repaired by the 5,000 elite cavalry under his command.
Moreover, the generals who commanded the Mongol army near the capital must have received the news that Juyong Pass and Tongzhou City had been broken by the Ming army, and they must not have the courage to trouble Li Yuntian, and now they may have withdrawn.
Just as Li Yuntian had predicted, the Mongolian generals who were in charge of commanding the Mongolian troops near the capital received the news that Juyong Pass and Tongzhou City had been conquered by the Ming army this afternoon, and they couldn't help but be taken aback, and in a panic they ordered to pull out the village and set off, and before Li Yuntian could come to the capital, he had already fled.
"It seems that the emperor is coming."
At this time, Lei Ting, who was standing on the side, looked at the Andingmen City Gate Tower and reminded Li Yuntian of a word, only to see that many lanterns appeared on the City Gate Tower, illuminating the City Gate Tower brightly, and you could clearly see the honor guard of Emperor Xuande.
"Line up!" Seeing this, Li Yuntian couldn't help but show a smile at the corner of his mouth, he thought that Zhang Feng would let him enter the city after dawn, but he didn't expect Emperor Xuande to come, it seems that Emperor Xuande is still full of confidence in himself, and then shouted at the cavalry who were talking and laughing on the side.
Hearing Li Yuntian's words, the cavalrymen who were holding their horses and chatting in groups immediately took action, and soon pulled their horses and lined up a neat phalanx behind Li Yuntian.
"Minister Li Yuntian, knock on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" Soon, Li Yuntian saw Emperor Xuande appear in front of the parapet of the gatehouse of Andingmen City, surrounded by Zhang Fu and Yang Shiqi and others, so he bent his legs and led Lei Ting and Nuo Min to kneel, shouting loudly.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The cavalry behind Li Yuntian did not kneel down like Li Yuntian, Lei Ting, and Nuo Min because they had to pull the war horses, but shouted in unison, and the roar of the mountains and seas spread far away in the silent night sky, alarming the people in the capital who lived close to Andingmen.
In fact, not everyone is qualified to follow Li Yuntian to kneel to welcome Emperor Xuande, the reason why Lei Ting and Nuo Min knelt beside him was because the two were his wives and were essentially different from the soldiers on the scene.
"Zhenwu Hou, it's really you!" Emperor Xuande saw the people under the city shouting long live, and heard Li Yuntian's voice, his face suddenly turned happy, and he couldn't help but lean over and look at Li Yuntian who was kneeling there and said.
In order to avoid accidents, Li Yuntian was out of range of the bow and arrows of the city gate tower, so that his men could not shoot arrows at the city gate tower, thus ensuring the safety of both sides.
This also made Emperor Xuande unable to see Li Yuntian downstairs at the city gate, and could only identify Li Yuntian from the voice, so he looked down.
"Your Majesty, the minister led the army into the pass a few days ago, and has captured Juyong Pass and Tongzhou City, and now his soldiers are chasing and destroying the enemy, and the minister is worried that the emperor is worried about the war, so he rushed to report to the emperor."
Li Yuntian looked up at Emperor Xuande, and shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, it is the custom of the capital not to open the door at night, and now that the minister has seen the emperor, he is going to go to a nearby town to stay overnight, and enter the city at dawn to ask the emperor for peace." β
"Marquis Zhenwu, you come close." Emperor Xuande suddenly showed a relieved smile on his face when he heard this, Li Yuntian really did not disappoint him, and then said to Li Yuntian after a deep groan.
"Obey." Li Yuntian immediately got up and came to the city gate tower alone with a torch in his hand, so that everyone in the city could clearly see his appearance.
"Spread my will, open the city gate and let the Marquis of Zhenwu enter the city, how can I let the soldiers stay outside the city at night!" After seeing Li Yuntian's appearance clearly, the smile on Emperor Xuande's face became even stronger, and he issued an edict to Jin Ying on the side.
"Your Majesty, it's better to wait until dawn and then let the Marquis of Zhenwu enter the ......" Zhang Fu, Yang Rong and others were taken aback when they heard this, Zhang Fu hurriedly opened his mouth to dissuade him, in case Li Yuntian took refuge in the Mongolian army, then the consequences would be unimaginable.
"I believe in Zhenwu Hou, the Qing family doesn't need to persuade again!" Without waiting for Zhang Fu to finish speaking, Emperor Xuande stretched out his hand to interrupt him, looked at Li Yuntian and said in a loud voice.
Li Yuntian's heart suddenly warmed when he heard this, didn't he know that Emperor Xuande's move was taking a risk, it seemed that Emperor Xuande had great trust and respect for him.
Zhang Fu and Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi, Jian Yi and others couldn't help but glance at each other, and then stopped talking to dissuade them, everyone could see that Emperor Xuande had made up his mind, and if he persuaded again, it would have no effect but would anger Emperor Xuande, and it would also make Li Yuntian and other soldiers feel cold.