Ye Tianhuai's passion for painting has been maintained for 11 years since he was six years old.

But this time, her ambition lasted less than an hour, and she was poured cold water on her as soon as she went to court.

As soon as Li Baoquan's voice from the court fell, He Qingchang came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War received an urgent report from Yunzhou last night, five days ago, Beidi suddenly attacked my Wushi Pass, and the five thousand defenders of Wushi Pass fought for three days and three nights, and finally the whole army was annihilated. The defensive line north of the White River was routed, and the whole army had retreated to the ferry fortress on the north bank. According to the report from the front, Beidi sent 5,000 heavy cavalry, more than 10,000 cavalry, and 10,000 infantry and rear troops. ”

With that, he lowered his head and raised an open secret letter above his head with both hands.

He Qing's tone was low and steady, but it was like a hammer hitting everyone's heart.

The battle report from Yunzhou seemed to bring the cold and slaughtering war style of the north to the Taihe Palace, making the golden and glorious hall a dead silence, and making the ministers change their color.

Unlike the nervousness of the ministers, Ye Tianhuai was not too surprised. Because in the previous life, there was also an incident in which Beidi raised troops to invade the territory.

But in her memory, it didn't happen at this time, but in late March and early spring.

At that time, just after the change of Chengtianmen, her woman's identity was leaked, although it had not yet been made public, but it had been known to everyone in the court and the opposition, and there was chaos in the court. When he was anxious, there was another war in Yunzhou. At that time, Ye Qianhuai also doubted whether it was really his emperor's unworthiness to incur heavenly punishment.

But the war in Beidi in the previous life did not make much waves.

Ye Tianhuai still remembered that at that time, the DPRK sent Gu Haiwang to lead the troops to the north, but in just one month, good news came that the main force of Beidi had been swept away and the lost territory had been recaptured.

It's just that along with the good news, there is also the news of Gu Haiwang's death.

Gu Haiwang, who won the battle, died under Lu Yanchen's knife on the eve of the class teacher.

Ye Qianhuai didn't believe it. At that time, Lu Yanchen was just a weak emperor who was powerless in Ye Qianhuai's mind.

She asked Gu Shihai and He Qingchang several times to show her the original text of the battle report.

Otherwise she didn't want to believe it. She prefers to believe that someone is in it to frame her husband.

To this day, Ye Tianhuai can still remember the battle report sent back from Yunzhou, on which it was written in black and white that Lu Yanchen killed Gu Haiwang and his guards, a total of thirteen people, and even vividly described the tragedy of his death, striving to highlight the ruthlessness of Lu Yanchen's attack and the strength of his force from the side.

Seeing the battle report, Ye Qianhuai still felt incredulous. It wasn't until half a month later that news came from Yunzhou that Lu Yanchen raised troops to rebel.

Thinking of the past, Ye Qianhuai lowered his eyes.

But soon, she regained her spirits, flipped through the battle report in her hand, and asked, "Can the north bank of the Baishui River still be defended?" ”

He Qingchang was silent and replied: "There are fortresses on the north bank at the two ferries of Lingshandu and Yefeidu, which may be able to resist for a while, and the other small ferries are only afraid that they have fallen at this moment." ”

"The mouth of the Wushan stream is the only moat in the north, and the Wushiguan built there is the only gateway to defend Beidi, and the maintenance of the Wushiguan alone costs a lot of silver to the imperial court every year, how can it be broken in three days?" The Minister of Works immediately stood up, his words full of shock and anger.

He Qingchang didn't reply to him, and still maintained a posture of facing Ye Tianhuai.

Without getting a response from He Qingchang, this person turned to Ye Tianhuai on the throne, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, Wushi Pass is the first pass of my Dajing, no matter the specifications of the city tower or the corresponding fortifications, it is the best, and it is impossible to be broken through so easily." Wechen asked His Majesty to thoroughly investigate whether the Wushi guards were derelict in their duties! ”

"The Wushi Pass guards have all been martyred, and there is no survivor! Do you want to investigate thoroughly, do you want to go underground and ask questions? Gu Shihai interrupted this person's report and turned to look at him, there was anger in his eyes.

The other party looked up at him, as if he was shocked by his look, and seemed to be stopped by his words, and did not speak for a while.

"Hu Changcheng, who guards the pass, was born in Yunzhou, he has been guarding Wushi Pass for almost ten years, and he has never had a half-point difference, and the soldiers in the pass are all from Yunzhou, and the children in the family live on the north bank of the Baishui River, what do you suspect of them?" Gu Shihai's words were aggressive, and the other party didn't dare to respond.

After speaking, he slowly turned his head to look at Yu Jianghui, who was also the secretary of the household department and the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and said: "The floodway in Wushiguan had an accident last summer, and the mechanism of the falling stone platform is also repaired every year but it is broken every year. I want to know, is this first pass in the world, which the imperial court has spent a lot of money on repairing, really as strong and reliable as your Ministry of Industry said? ”

Yu Jianghui always hung his head half-down, didn't pay attention to him, and didn't even raise his eyes.

But some of the courtiers in the back glanced at the ministers of the Ministry of Industry around them.

In the end, it was Chen Yuansi who opened his mouth: "Elder Gu Ge, the top priority at the moment is to deal with the war, not the time to blame. ”

Gu Shihai turned around and glanced at Chen Yuansi, although his expression was ugly, he stopped talking.

"He Shangshu, you tell me about the situation in detail." Chen Yuansi continued.

"The loss of Wushi Pass is due to a reason." He Qingchang paused before saying, "This matter is very important, and it is not appropriate to discuss it in front of the court." Your Majesty, please let the ministers pay their respects. ”

As soon as he said this, the courtiers looked at each other, and even Ye Qianhuai frowned slightly. Military affairs are state secrets, and today's morning court is a 100-member court meeting, so it is indeed inappropriate to discuss it in the court.

Ye Tianhuai glanced at Gu Shihai, only to see that his face was as usual, thinking that He Qingchang had already reported the inside situation to him before the last court.

He Qingchang continued: "With Beidi's military strength, 30,000 horses should be poured out of the nest of the whole country. I am afraid that their plan for this invasion of the northern border is very big, perhaps not just for the more than 1,000 acres of land on the north bank of the Baishui River. ”

Ye Tianhuai frowned and asked, "What does He Qing mean that Beidi sent troops this time with the intention of crossing the Baishui River to the south, and to the entire Yunzhou?" ”

He Qingchang's expression darkened a little, and said, "Weichen doesn't know. Although Beidi raised a lot of troops this time, no military information was found in the upper and lower reaches of the Baishui River. Beidi is not good at shipbuilding, and the Baishui River is a problem for them. ”

The ministers were silent for a moment, and then someone said: "The Baishui River is only three or four miles wide, and if you want to come to the enemy, you can also build a pontoon bridge to cross the river." ”

"There is an arrow tower of our army every two miles along the south bank of the Baishui River every hundred miles, so isn't the northern barbarian being fooled and building a pontoon bridge under the nose of the arrow tower to be a live target for us?"

The minister who spoke was obviously a military general, but his words were not rough.

The court chattered and discussed, but all of them kept their voices down, and no one stood up to speak.

"Let's talk about it later. The secretary of the military department, as well as the two attendants of the military department, stayed behind with the cabinet ministers. Ye Qian made a decision.

He Qingchang received the decree and retreated among the ministers.