An Siming was writing a secret message to the emperor.

He had been sitting at his desk for two hours, but he hadn't written a word.

This secret report should explain the details of the battle and send it to the emperor. But this secret report is related to his net worth and future, and it is not so easy to write.

If you report it truthfully, you can solve all the problems, and of course An Siming doesn't have to worry about it.

But can you tell the truth?

Obviously, this is exactly the problem that troubles Ellsming.

In the battle of Blackstone Valley, nearly half of his descendants died, especially the cultivators, and more than half of them were killed or wounded. And such a huge effort, in exchange for military merits, is only to conquer the Black Rock Valley Pass.

If Fengming Mountain was finally broken through from the Black Stone Valley, An Siming's department would have contributed more, but Fengming Mountain was broken through by Zhao Ning from Baifengkou, and he conquered Guancheng, which was only a Guancheng.

A little military merit is completely disproportionate to the effort.

These sharp soldiers, but the emperor pays special attention to the Hanmen forces and places high hopes on them, and the emperor wants An Siming to take them to make contributions on the battlefield and further encroach on the military power of the Yanmen army!

Now there are not many military achievements, and An Siming has lived up to the holy order.

The fate of the truthful report of the military situation, An Siming can only know it with his toes.

His position will not be kept, he will be replaced!

An Siming remembered his own background.

He has curly hair and blue eyes. He is indeed not from the Central Plains, but after the Hu people of the Western Regions.

In Daqi, a powerful and inclusive country, Hu people who come to seek fame and profit can be seen everywhere, and there are many Hu people who are talented and intellectual. Many of the envoys from Dongying came to the government.

At the beginning of the Great Qi Dynasty, there were many grassland nobles and powerful generals who held high positions in the army. For example, the Turkic Ashina Sim.

Ashina Simo is the general of the Right Guard, and no one criticizes it, because people rely on real military exploits. But what about Ellsming?

He had no military merit.

He can have today's status, one relies on drilling camps, and the other relies on the cultivation of Wang Jijing. But Ellsming knows that none of this is the most important thing.

He can hold a high position, which is actually the same as those poor scholars who have been exceptionally promoted and are in front of prominent people.

The emperor needs some people who have no roots and are not children of the family to occupy a high position and share the power of the family!

In the final analysis, he is just a pawn of the emperor against the family. His greatest mission in life is to divide the military power of the Zhao family, which is his only use in the eyes of the emperor.

Without this use, he is nothing.

It was easy for the emperor to remove him, and I don't know how many people applauded!

And now, he is facing the biggest crisis of his life.

He is already the defense envoy of Yanmen Pass, he can't lose this high position, he is used to glory and wealth, he can't imagine how many people will laugh at and trample on him after he falls into the dust.

What is the meaning of such a miserable life, what is the life?

An Siming's eyes gradually became firm, and after making up his mind to give it a go, he began to write hard:

“...... The combat strength of the Beihu army is ordinary, and the only ones they rely on are the armor and longbows purchased from the Western Regions. The Yanmen army attacked from the back in both battles, and was at a disadvantage, and the reason for the victory was also this......

"In the second battle, Blackstone Valley was the most difficult to overcome...... The Metropolitan Governor strictly ordered his subordinates to conquer the Black Stone Valley Pass, and the ministers had to do their best...... The ministers attacked Guancheng with all their might, and attracted all the reserve forces of Beihu to the battlefield......

Although the casualties were heavy, the ministers and others took care of the holy grace, went forward one after another, and died without turning their heels, and the soldiers lost nearly half, and finally closed the city. However, at this time, the Governor ordered his subordinates to withdraw from the battlefield......"

"The Yanmen army led by the Zhao clan took advantage of the situation to attack the Black Stone Valley, and then cooperated with Zhao Ning's troops in Baifengkou to defeat the Northern Hu army!

“...... If the minister fails to win the first credit, the crime cannot be punished, and I hope that His Majesty will punish him...... However, the governor of the capital pretends to be public and private, and treats his subordinates as swordsmen, and it is by no means without a plan, please let Your Majesty know ......."

After the secret report was written, An Siming read through it, groaned for a while, and finally used the seal letter.

Throughout the article, it is said that the combat strength of the Beihu Army is ordinary, and the performance of the Yanmen Army is average - of course he will not praise the Yanmen Army. Only by slandering the Yanmen Army can the goal of slandering the Zhao family be achieved and make the emperor dissatisfied with the Zhao family.

The more dissatisfied the emperor was with the Zhao family, the more support he would get, and the better his situation in the Yanmen army would be in the future.

If you want to say that the Yanmen army is unbearable, you must say that the enemy is not strong.

And the enemy took advantage of the geographical advantage, the most difficult battle, he paid a huge price, and finally made a breakthrough, he could have taken the lead in breaking through Fengming Mountain and made great achievements, but Zhao Xuanji picked the fruits of victory!

An Siming called his confidant and asked the other party to send the secret report back to Yanping.

The content is half-true and half-false, and there are not many horses' feet. But An Siming knew that this must be very different from Zhao Xuanji's military report. He is now gambling, betting on who the emperor believes!

He is alone, this time the gamble is lost, that is, one person loses, and no family will be involved, what is there to worry about?

But if he wins the bet, he will still be the defender of Yanmen Pass!

......

Yanping, Miyagi.

When the sun fell, the lanterns were on, and the emperor stood in the wind and snow pavilion, his eyes reflecting the lights of thousands of homes and the bright galaxy. In the night wind, he looked at the capital stretching out from under his feet, and was silent.

He carried a few folds in his hands behind him. Obviously, what he was thinking about right now had to do with these extraordinary excerpts.

In addition to the national letters of Prince Tianyuan and Khitan Khan, it is the military report of Zhao Xuanji and An Siming.

In the military newspaper, Zhao Xuanji tried his best to say how strong the Beihu army was, how difficult the elite of the Tianyuan soldiers was in a hundred battles, and how the Yanmen army could win this battle, all relying on the soldiers fighting to the death, and Zhao Ning's insight into the fighters.

Here in Zhao Xuanji, the Yanmen Army is a hero, and Zhao Ning is a great hero.

But in Anceming's secret report, things are completely different.

Who to trust?

What is the situation of the Beihu departments, after going to Shizhou, he sent Feiyuwei early to investigate the grassland.

To say that there are really so many cultivators on the grassland, how can Feiyuwei not know? To say that the Khitan army is well-trained, as if they are practicing every day, why didn't Feiyuwei see anything?

Feiyuwei's return corresponds to An Siming's military report, which is completely inconsistent with Zhao Xuanji's military report!

"How can the Northern Hu Army be so strong? In addition to the Tianyuan Army, the Khitan Army has not fought for many years!

"There are so many cultivators? Since ancient times, how many cultivators have there been in the grassland? People can't tell the difference between cultivation, so they can say whatever they want?"

The emperor, whose face was cold, let out a cold snort from his nostrils, "If the Northern Hu Army is so strong, how can the Yanmen Army, which has never seen blood, win this battle in the offensive and defensive battle?"

"A group of new soldiers on the battlefield, when the opponent occupies the advantage, can defeat the other party, and say that the other party is ridiculously strong...... Do I really know about the military?

"Zhao Ning, a teenager, no matter how strong he is, how strong can he be? Influence the battle situation? Dadu Governor, Dadu Governor, in order to make your own outstanding children rise to the top, don't you even want an old face?

"Can he afford to pile up so many military exploits on him? Is it true that the Yanmen Army belongs to your family? Can you really make up military exploits as you like?

"In order to highlight the importance of the Yanmen army and the Zhao family, let the Zhao family call for wind and rain in the court, and exaggerate the threat of Beihu and the strength of the grassland army, how can this be done by the courtiers?!"

These thoughts flashed through the emperor's mind, and the anger in his eyes seemed to ignite Yanping City.

But he quickly calmed down.

for he has called his courtiers to come over today to take matters into account.

On weekdays, only the emperor can come to the Fengxue Pavilion, and Jing Xinmo can only stay outside the pavilion to serve, since Song Zhi ascended the throne, there have only been two courtiers here.

Now, one of the courtiers has arrived.

It was Prime Minister Xu Minglang who came.

After seeing the ceremony, the emperor let the prime minister enter the pavilion, and the two sat opposite each other in the pavilion, and the former handed the two folds in his hand to Xu Minglang.

What was handed over was the excerpt of the Tianyuan Ministry and the Khitan Ministry asking for guilt.

Since it is a national letter, it should be submitted through Honglu Temple and Zhongshu Province, first through the hands of the prime minister, and then to the emperor.

But this is the first time Xu Minglang has seen these two excerpts.

If it was a year ago, the emperor's behavior of destroying the existing power structure would inevitably cause Xu Minglang's dissatisfaction and resistance.

But now, the prime minister, who has just experienced the biggest setback and blow from Huan Hai and re-established the emperor's trust, obviously has no courage to offend Long Yan.

After reading the excerpt, Xu Minglang did not talk about any state affairs in front of the emperor as before, no matter what the emperor meant, he had no scruples to say his opinion, but first asked the emperor what he meant:

"What does Your Majesty think?"

The emperor said: "The Khitan Ministry is willing to admit all the responsibility for the war, and the Khitan Khan will personally lead the royal family and ministers to Yanping City to apologize, does the prime minister know what this means?"

Xu Minglang nodded, "The Khitan Department is already extremely scared, as long as the Khitan Department is not destroyed by the Great Qi, the Khitan Khan and others can fight for themselves." ”

The emperor said: "The Khitan Department sent troops to the Dadan Department without the permission of Daqi, and blocked the Yanmen Army in Fengming Mountain, causing casualties among 40,000 soldiers of the Yanmen Army, and its crime is indeed unforgivable. ”

Xu Minglang observed the emperor's face, speculated on the emperor's intentions, and followed the emperor's meaning:

"But the Khitan Ministry's confessional attitude is already pious enough, and the Khan personally brought the royal family to apologize, which is unique in the history books.

"Daqi is a country of etiquette, benevolence and righteousness rule the world, and foreign people should also be treated with grace and power, and it is not good to be too persecuted.

"Now, the battle of Fengming Mountain has played a deterrent role, and Daqi can also put the Khitan Khan under house arrest. Insisting on destroying the Khitan Department is unnecessary, and it may endanger everyone in the grassland, which is not good for Daqi. ”

The emperor bowed slightly, "What the prime minister said is very true. ”

A simple conversation finalized the survival of the Khitan Ministry.

But there's more to this conversation than that.

Xu Minglang's words were trying to prevent the war from continuing.

The Khitan Khan was willing to apologize in person, which shows what the war looked like, but as long as the Khitan Department was still alive and able to resist the Yanmen army, they would not have made this choice.

In other words, as long as the war continues, the Khitan will be destroyed by the Yanmen army. At that time, how many military exploits will there be in the Yanmen army? How much wealth will the Zhao clan plunder and how much will it make itself stronger when it destroys the Khitan tribe?

Through these words, Xu Minglang was also testing the emperor and treating the Zhao family's attitude towards Jiangmen.

The emperor agreed with Xu Minglang's opinion, which made Xu Minglang have at least inference about the emperor's intentions.

But this inference is far from enough, Xu Minglang needs to further figure out the emperor's current strategy for treating the door and the door, so he took the initiative to say:

"Prince Tianyuan, he should have come to Yan Pingcheng before the war to apologize for the incident of Yan Yan Temur, but he regretted it halfway for no reason, and went to participate in the war against the Dadan Department.

"It's tolerable, it's unbearable. Does Your Majesty want to reject the request of the Tianyuan Ministry, refuse the entry of the Tianyuan Prince into Beijing, and order the Yanmen Army to attack the Tianyuan Royal Court?"

The emperor remained silent, "In the battle of Fengming Mountain, the Yanmen army lost 40,000 soldiers, and with their current combat strength, let them go on an expedition to Mobei, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate." ”

Xu Minglang bowed his head and arched his hand: "Your Majesty Mingjian!"

He had basically determined in his heart that the emperor's next attitude towards the generals and the men.

The Yanmen army did suffer a lot of casualties, but the expedition to Mobei was not difficult to drive the Khitan and Dadan soldiers and let them supply the Yanmen army's military rations.

The emperor did not allow the Yanmen army to expedition to Mobei, on the one hand, although Meng Chi was willing to come to Yanping, and the Tianwei of Daqi had been maintained, on the other hand, he did not want the Zhao family to make any more achievements with the Yanmen army.

The emperor continued: "The ambition of the wolf son of the Tianyuan Ministry, although I am willing to listen to what the Tianyuan prince has to say for the time being, if he can't satisfy me, I will still destroy the Tianyuan Ministry!"

Speaking of this, the emperor glanced at the prime minister, "In the battle of Fengming Mountain, six kings appeared in the Beihu army, what does the prime minister think about this matter?"