It was late September, the sun was approaching dusk, and the autumn wind had taken on the meaning of gloom, and many leaves on the big trees in the yard had fallen before they had yet yellow.

Duoyan Sanwei's rebellious sneak attack made the people of Shenjing extremely angry, scolding them for their shamelessness, and then the preparation of the imperial court made many people dismissive, thinking that it was a big fuss, a small Duoyan Sanwei can break through Kaiping Guard, besiege Longmen Guard, it is nothing more than a sneak attack, once the Xuanfu garrison reacts, it will soon be able to end this war.

Just when the people of Shenjing returned to their previous peaceful life, a series of bad news came from Xuanfu.

First of all, there was a warning wolf smoke on the Great Wall, and then there was the news that Zhangjiakou Fort was breached, and before everyone could react, Xuanfu Town was besieged by the Tatars, Warat and Duoyan three tribes, and then it was worse news, early yesterday morning, that is, the early morning of September 19, the 40th year of Tianyou, the grassland coalition army sneaked up on the 30,000 troops of Xuanfu in Dasongshan, and in the melee, the defenders of the Longmen Guard ventured out of the city to receive the Changning Hou Department into the city, and the 10,000 Ming troops responsible for the break were annihilated.

The successive bad news shocked the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, and this bad news also shocked the city of Shenjing.

The combination of Tatars, Warat, and Duoyan Sanwei directly threatened Shenjing, and everyone inside and outside the court was worried.

As the secretary of the military department, Niu Jizong of Zhenguo was not only impeached by the officials led by Wu Shichang, the imperial historian, but even Chen Hai and Yang Lin, the cabinet scholars, and Kong Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, publicly condemned Niu Jizong's inaction and prepared for the above-mentioned impeachment.

In desperation, Emperor Zhu Qinde dismissed Niu Jizong from the post of secretary of the military department, but he did not remove his title of scholar, and still served in the cabinet as an assistant military officer and counselor.

After that, Chen Ruiwen, the Duke of Qi who was idle at home, was quickly appointed as the new secretary of the military department, which made many civilian officials very dissatisfied and talked about it behind their backs.

After the emergency meeting of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Tianyou made the decision to send troops immediately, and ordered the newly reorganized Imperial Forest Army of Zhenguo Bull Jizong to go to Xuanfu to reinforce Zhang Xiaoguang, Marquis Changning, I didn't expect the Tatars and Warats to move so fast, Henan's 50,000 horses have not crossed the Yellow River, and now only Xu Bin, the general soldier of Shandong, led 30,000 horses and 20,000 patrol battalions to Shenjing, so calculated, there are less than 140,000 horses, which is definitely not enough, So Emperor Tianyou issued an order to the general army of Jizhou, Weiyuan Hou Cheng Yuan, to lead 30,000 cavalry to Juyong Pass to join the army.

After Jia Jue came out of the Qianqing Palace, he went to the Hyogo Division and received a batch of ammunition, the most important thing was the newly made earth-shattering thunder, and sent these to the large military camp and arranged everything before rushing to the house.

Although the defeat of Xuanfu was expected by him, such a large loss still made his heart heavy.

Especially the annihilation of the 10,000 Ming troops who were responsible for the break, which made him sigh even more.

What Jia Jue couldn't figure out the most was how this Zhangjiakou Fort could fall so quickly, although it was a small city, but in order to defend the city, the east and south gates were built with the moon city and the urn city respectively, plus the artillery on the east city, even if it was attacked, it should be able to hold on for an hour or two, and it was completely able to wait for the arrival of Xuanfu reinforcements.

He listened to Dai Quan, the defenders of Yangfangbao immediately discovered the wolf smoke ignited by the Great Wall Pass and Zhangjiakou Fort respectively, it is certain that the two places were attacked almost at the same time, and when the outpost camp of Yangfangbao arrived at the periphery of Zhangjiakou Fort, Zhangjiakou Fort had been breached, and in less than half an hour, this strong military fortress was breached.

Perhaps, Zhangjiakou Fort was not breached by the enemy from the outside, but opened from the inside.

Thinking of this, Jia Jue couldn't help but be secretly vigilant, if this was the case, they would have to reconsider this big war, they were able to help the alien race break through Zhangjiakou Fort, especially, when Dasongshan was fighting, it was impossible for them not to know the consequences of doing so, such a heartbreaking thing could be done, what else did they dare not do?

When he just came out of the noon gate and passed by Zhu Wuxiang, the king of Shu, he suddenly said a word to himself, asking him to be careful of the people around him.

What do you mean?

Could it be that someone has infiltrated the Sharp Warrior Camp and wants to assassinate him?

There is a possibility, and it is not unlikely.

However, Jia Jue thought of another possibility, that is, there was still a person in the 12th regiment battalion who was installed by the civilian officials, and this person would strike at a critical moment, just like he did forty years ago, and once again hit the noble line.

Such a vicious strategy, aren't they afraid that the steppe coalition army will directly attack Gyeonggi?

Jia Jue looked back at the majestic imperial city in the distance, flicked his horsewhip, and drove towards Ningrong Street.

.......

Rongguo Mansion, Mengyunxuan.

Daiyu, who has always been unable to put down the scroll, didn't even have the heart to read at this time, and after finishing freshening, she has been sitting quietly with her eyes closed on the chair next to the bookcase outside.

The news of the defeat of the imperial court in Xuanfu reached the back house, and similarly, the news that the emperor ordered the Zhenguo Gong to command the Imperial Forest Army and the Shandong soldiers and horses galloped to the aid of Xuanfu also came in, and the people were discussing this matter, and their hearts were full of expectations for Jia Jue, hoping that he could make another meritorious service and reproduce the former glory of the Jia family.

Some people are happy and some are worried, others Daiyu is not clear, but she herself is full of worries about this expedition, she is a person who likes to read miscellaneous books, after Jia Jue moved to the Earl's Palace, he ordered someone to open the door of the garden and the small study, so that the small study was used by Daiyu, and the books inside Jia Jue did not move away, so Daiyu was okay and asked Zijuan to bring the books that Jia Jue had read in the past.

From these books, Daiyu not only learned about Jia Jue's preferences, but also learned about the customs and customs of the Ming Dynasty, and some military information, including the situation of the nine sides, she did not think that Xuanfu was a war between the imperial court and foreign races like the Yingchun sisters and the subordinates, and she saw a trace of conspiracy from it, which made her a little worried.

Zijuan also changed into loose clothes, and at this time she was walking out of the room, and at a glance she saw the dense beads of sweat on Daiyu's forehead, so she hurriedly walked to the basin on the side, twisted the face towel from it, walked lightly to Daiyu, gently dried the sweat beads on her forehead, and asked softly: "If the girl is tired, go to the couch to rest." ”

"Why hasn't Qingwen come back yet?"

Daiyu's eyes were still closed.

Zijuan: "It's been more than half an hour, I think it should be soon." ”

Daiyu still closed her eyes, "You let Mother Song take a look again." ”

Zijuan thought for a while, "Let's wait a little longer, I can't say that the third master is already on the way here." ”

"Then go and see."

Daiyu only opened her eyes at this time and looked out the door.

At this moment, Song Ma's voice came from the door, "The third master is here." ”

"Girl, the third master is here."

Purple Juan is overjoyed.

Of course, Daiyu heard Song Ma's voice, and also understood Zijuan's intentions, although she was a little excited in her heart, she still slowly stood up, paced to the door, and saw Jia Jue open the door curtain and come in, slightly blessed, "The third brother is here." ”

Jia Jue held her, took Daiyu's hand, and led her to sit down on the side, Daiyu's face flew a touch of red, and a trace of shyness flashed in her eyes.

At this time, Zijuan smiled and said, "The third master and the girl will talk slowly, and I'll go boil water to make tea." ”

As he spoke, he ran away in a puff of smoke.

Zijuan left, and Daiyu immediately asked, "When are you leaving?" ”

Jia Jue smiled bitterly and said, "I'll go and say a word to Yingchun and they will leave." ”

Daiyu was stunned for a moment, she was very nervous in her heart, glanced at Jia Jue quickly, quickly lowered her gaze, and asked in a low voice, "Then when will you come back?" ”

"I don't know."

A trace of sadness flashed in Daiyu's eyes, but she immediately covered it up again, squeezing out a forced smile on her face, "Then, I wish you an early victory and another meritorious service." ”

Jia Jue thought so, nodded heavily, and saw that her face was gloomy and her eyes were sad, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, if the old lady has it, you will have it, just for this, I will definitely return triumphantly." ”

Hearing this, Daiyu was slightly stunned, and immediately understood the meaning of his words, ashamed and annoyed, and punched Jia Jue's arm and said, "I'm going to die." ”

After calming down again, he asked with concern, "It's not dangerous, right?" ”

After speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "I mean.... There's no, it's nothing.... bar. ”

Jia Jue immediately understood what Daiyu meant, glanced out the door, and said to her: "Don't worry, everything has been prepared, and there will be no problems." ”

Daiyu smiled reluctantly, "Then you must be careful." ”

"You girl is sentimental, you don't believe it, you don't say it, you are worried, what do you tell me to do?"

Jia Jue said to her with a smile, and said: "I don't know how long this battle will last, I don't have to pay attention to your body yourself, and also, the medicine must be taken on time, don't let people urge, especially the meal, I told Mama Li that she will come over every day, and you can tell her directly if you lack anything." ”

Speaking of this, Jia Jue took out the Earl's Mansion pair of cards from his sleeve and handed it to Daiyu and said: "What does my sister want to use, just let Mama Wang take this to get it, and you don't need to ask anyone." In addition, you are also clear about the master's temperament, Lian's second sister-in-law is illiterate, and when the time comes, the Chamber of Commerce will have to trouble my sister to help Lian's second sister-in-law, especially the account books, you know? ”

Daiyu silently took the pair of cards and nodded heavily.

Seeing that it was not early, Jia Jue stood up and said, "Then I'll go, and I'm going to see the sisters of Yingchun, time is very tight." ”

Daiyu also stood up and said softly, "Then I'll send you." ”

The two walked slowly to the gate side by side, no one spoke, until they walked outside the courtyard gate, Jia Jue stopped, lowered his head and said to her, "I'm leaving!" ”

"Well, be careful."

Jia Jue turned around and left, Daiyu looked at Jia Jue's back, and suddenly there was an indescribable thing in her heart, which made her feel very painful, as if something was going to leave her, for a while, it was difficult to restrain the grief in her heart, raised her feet and chased after Jia Jue, and shouted loudly, "Third brother!" ”

Jia Jue turned around, hugged Daiyu who ran over into his arms, saw Daiyu burying her head in her chest and crying bitterly, Jia Jue gently stroked her thin back, soothing her emotions, for a while, probably tired of crying, raised her head and glanced carefully, Jia Jue gently held her little face, bowed her head and kissed her lips, Daiyu trembled, just wanted to push Jia Jue away, but was stopped by Jia Jue, she slowly closed her eyes.

In Mengyunxuan, Zijuan and a few thieves stood under the corridor and looked around....