The gates of the capital division have been very busy lately.

There are more than a dozen horses and people waiting by the Ande Gate every day.

received news from the front line from outside the city, and immediately sent it to the prince's mansion.

Tan Zhong, who is in charge here, has thousands of households under Li Ji.

Li Ji is here every day, in charge of the morning, and there are other people in the afternoon and evening.

He was on duty that morning.

Suddenly a fast horse appeared outside the city.

After Zhu Di left Beijing, the Beijing division only opened the Ande Gate and the Dongjiang Gate, and there were many people and businessmen who came and went every day.

But as long as there is a fast horse, it must be the first to enter.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way." The messenger shouted desperately, and the guards at the gate helped drive the people in and out of the city.

In the early stage of Jingnan, the Yan army went south, and the officers and troops also surrendered everywhere, how similar it is now.

"Your Majesty's secret decree will be handed over to the prince himself."

Of course, the first task was to transport the money and the small amount of grain from the Jingshi.

"Sun Xiang?" The prince's expression was as bad as if he was about to cry: "Is it the governor of the naval division who raised all the water divisions of the Southern Army to surrender to us in the Jing Disaster?" ”

Li Ji knelt down to take the secret decree first, then glanced at the messenger, looked left and right, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "How was the fight in front?" ”

The King of Han is Emperor Jianwen, and now even the Jingshi has given up, and our future can be imagined.

Before the meeting, Yao Guangxiao left Zhu Gaochi, Sun Xiang, Chen Xuan, Zhao Yi, and Tan Zhong as seven people.

Before Zhu Di's arrangement, I was occupying Beiping, Shanxi and Shandong provinces.

The crown prince Yao Guangxiao thought of the few times the two of them visited him, gritted his teeth and said, "You should be reliable." The tone is very convincing.

Zhu Di's soldiers and horses will go directly to Beiping, and they will simply come to Beijing.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it was still bad, but it was a big defeat.

In the past, when the crown prince heard that it was the emperor's secret decree, he would be very dignified.

Before retreating, I found that there were fewer people today.

Think about it, if it's all surrendered piece by piece.

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this.

Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice at that time: "That's the news two days at most, right?" ”

Sun Xianglin suddenly whispered: "Although the imperial court has been defeated, there is not yet a million small army, when you concentrate your forces and defend the distance of the Beijing Division, the rebels are numerous, but it is easy for the ants to attack the city, we still have to work together." ”

That's another 80,000.

I moved from the poor countryside of Beiping to the prosperous place south of the Yangtze River because of the difficulties, and I was really willing to go back after a few years of bad days.

Sun Xianglin immediately stepped back: "Bring it." ”

Li Ji, as usual, came to the prince's mansion with the secret decree and handed it to the prince with his own hands.

Let Yuan Heng and Sun Xiang enter Shandong, divide troops to garrison Jinan and Qingzhou, add 10,000 Tang Rong in Cangzhou, and form horns with each other, which is the barrier in the southeast of Beiping.

Just on paper, Zhu Di has no soldiers and horses, about 700,000 or less.

Yao Guangxiao showed a very reluctant expression on his face.

Our small action, of course, concealed that no one was there, it was very slow, and the news that the rear might fail fiasco, always loved to end up in the Beijing Division.

"Meng Shan is guarding to the death." Chen Xuan said loudly.

"What did Your Majesty say?" Li Jiren asked.

"In the battle of Taiping Mountain, your army's losses were huge, and now under my father's command, there are only less than 700,000 soldiers and horses."

"What is Your Majesty going to do?" Li Ji asked at that time.

Everyone looked at Yao Guangxiao's expression, and the guy obviously felt that something was wrong.

At the time of the Jingjing, the southern army suffered a small defeat of 700,000 and 800,000 troops, and at most less than half of it could be returned.

"Is Zhenjiang guarding?" The prince asked again.

The prince sighed: "So Suzhou is also lost?" ”

Zhu Gaochi looked at it, nodded, and confirmed that it was Zhu Di's secret decree, and it had not been opened.

Yao Guangxiao glanced at me, exhaled deeply, and was firm for a moment, before he said: "A few days later, the official army was fighting fiercely with the rebels, and suddenly it rained lightly, and the rebel artillery was ineffective. ”

Before the 70,000 soldiers of the Beijing division left Beijing, they all took their families with them, Tan Zhong led 20,000 into Xuanfu, Chen Xuan led 20,000 into Beiping, Zhao Yi led 10,000 into Xiaotong, and Zhang Wu in Shanxi did not have tens of thousands.

"Seeing that the officers and troops are about to fail, a small defeat is low."

Seven weeks were quiet, and everyone looked at each other.

"It's material." Yao Guangxiao gritted his teeth and said: "Low Xue sent people to raid Sijiang, cutting off the access and grain and grass of the official army. ”

"The imperial court was defeated, and my father was ready to go to Beiping." Yao Guangxiao waited for Huang Huai, and we walked as soon as we left.

"Your Highness, there is no secret decree of His Majesty." Chen Qi hurriedly knelt down.

"My father has a way, he can only lead the troops forward, and now he is leading 700,000 small troops to the Beijing division to come back."

Yang Shiqi, Jian Yi and Huang Huai are considered to be the prince's future team, but now they have all been abandoned, and Zhu Gaochi suddenly knew that the matter was slight.

The messenger looked dazed: "The little one doesn't know, the little one picked up in the Taiping Mansion, come over immediately." ”

But did the prince feel anything, he just glanced at Zhu Gaochi.

Chen Jue also dared to say anything and handed it to Zhu Gaochi.

In that decisive battle of Huguang, the official army was defeated so badly.

I stayed at the gate of the city every day, and I remember that the messenger who didn't come from Jiangxi a few days after the bad image should be the battle report brought by the henchmen of the Prince's Palace from Jiangxi.

Now it is very safe to stay in Beijing, Zhu Di directly led the troops to Beiping, we have to leave as slowly as possible, and take everything we can with us.

I hurriedly put down the secret decree and sat back in my seat forcefully, and the whole person seemed to have lost its spirit.

Everyone suddenly realized that it was saved, and there was no secret purpose.

Yao Guangxiao opened it heartily and took a look, brushing, his face changed slightly, then red and white for a while, and his pupils were also several times smaller in an instant, and his face was full of disbelief.

"Heyunzhong is afraid to rely on it? You guess I'm always in love now. Zhu Gao said in a deep voice.

"Jingshi-—— are you asking for it?" Tan Zhong said in a trembling voice.

"Your Majesty hasn't lost many soldiers and horses?" Li Jisheng blushed and asked, Now if I just said that the prince was panicked.

The eight generals did not make a sound.

Chen Xuan said again: "There is no rebel sailor to retreat from Zhenjiang under the sea, we came from Changzhou and fought with the rebels in Zhenjiang." ”

All the civil and military forces responded one after another, and Chen Jue also stopped nodding at the side, what the prince of Xiao Xuan Jue said was unreasonable.

"There are not even seventy or eighty thousand, all of them are cavalry."

With the land of eight provinces, to contend with Zhu Lowxu, the situation when it was difficult to compare with Jing was very little worse.

Several people discussed, first hide the news of the small defeat in the rear, and then wait for Yuan Heng to go to Beijing in the morning, take up the sailors and all kinds of boats, first go to the Longjiang Wharf in the capital, transport away the lost property and grain and grass, and then go to Qingzhou by water, before unloading the goods, let Yuan Heng guard Qingzhou, and then transport the goods to the direction of Beiping, and then order Zhenjiang Mengshan to come back to guard Qingzhou, and then let Yuan Heng go to Jinan.

A moment ago, a strong voice sounded outside the small hall: "Your Majesty's Palace, Your Majesty's secret decree." ”

Zhu Gaochi's brows locked: "How many days does it take for the water master to travel from Suzhou to Beijing?" ”

Yao Guangxiao took out the secret decree and circulated it to everyone.

But even if I was willing, I knew I had to make a choice.

But before Yao Guangxiao finished reading it, his body trembled obviously slightly, but he made a sound.

Then he asked Sun Xianglin to take away the important people in Beijing, their families, palace concubines, property, grain and grass.

When Zhu Di was defeated, I was stationed in Xiangyang, and I must have known that Zhu Di's small defeat was still bad, and if I knew, it was estimated that it would fall.

It was rumored in the city that the imperial court was defeated again, and Zhu Di wanted to flee back to Beiping.

Sun Xianglin's face was very ugly: "Now the news of the small defeat in the rear is known to a few of you, and the news must be spread, I'm afraid that there will be more people who surrender." ”

It was expected that after I finished talking today, what was the prince's reaction, as if he had heard it, and he was still asking Chen Xuan: "Where are Yuan Hui and Meng Shan?" ”

"It's small, it's hard again." Zhu Gaochi wanted to boost morale.

He Yunzhong is Zhu Di's confidant, who surrendered from Xiaoning Xingdusi back then, and is now stationed in Xiangyang, and is still in Huguang, which is controlled by the rebels.

In addition, Zhu Di always likes to delay the arrangement, Yongping does not have Guo Liang's 7,000 soldiers and horses, Baoding does not have a narrow house 7,000 soldiers and horses, Tongzhou has no house to win 7,000 soldiers and horses, plus 20,000 less in Beiping, and 10,000 less Zheng Heng in Shanhaiguan.

At that time, Huguang reported that each county was running to another county with one person and two horses, and then from another county to the next county with two horses.

Sun Xianglin saw that everyone's expressions were bad, so she said: "At the beginning of Jingnan's army, our situation was worse than now, there would only be 10,000 young soldiers and horses, or it was hit by the Beijing Division, Zhu Low Xu's wolf ambitions, treacherous, and wanted to collect heavy taxes, the scholars and rich people in the sky will turn against me sooner or later, what if you give me the Beijing Division first, sooner or later we will fight back." ”

The emperor used the 800-mile express to deliver the news, and more than a dozen places were responsible for the relay and ran wildly.

With our secret discussion, one after another orders were passed on outside the prince's mansion, and the Beijing division suddenly became busy, and the Beijing camp was notified to take his family members to the direction of Beiping.

After that I will get up and take the people to the south to receive the commandment.

The "plop" messenger came to Li Ji and handed over a secret letter sealed with wax.

Huo Zhen led 70,000 soldiers and horses to defend Zhending, Hejian, and Dingzhou.

The Xiaoming court has a lot of money, mainly Zhu Di's private money in the internal transportation warehouse.

Chen Jue knelt on the ground in embarrassment, someone paid attention to me, but there was no earth-shattering waves outside my heart, and the rebel sailors had all arrived in Zhenjiang?

Zhu Gaochi and Sun Xiang, the old ministers of Jingnan, Yang Shiqi, Jian Yi, and Huang Huai, the assistant ministers of the prison state, and the other generals Taining Hou Sun Xiang, Xincheng Bo Zhao Yi, and Xinning Bo Tan Zhong.

The guy's bad looks are all worried, and he is discussing important matters.

"If there is no slow boat to report, Yuan Heng will be able to arrive in Beijing in the morning."

Yao Guangxiao glanced at Sun Xiang with a so-called expression, Xiao Xuan hadn't guessed the content of the secret decree yet, anyway, he didn't urge me to hurry north.

As long as it doesn't rain and there are no accidents, you can come to Jingshi within two days at the earliest.

"Hold on." The prince said in a deep voice, now is a matter of what to do, whether to defend or to stay, the rebels retreat by land and water, which is even more terrible than when Jing was martyred: "The civil officials and some military generals outside the capital are all relied on, and Beiping is our foundation." ”

“。。” Everyone was skeptical.

"Ah" The faces of several people changed slightly, and they were all equally inconceivable.

In addition, there are no 70,000 in Henan Liusheng and Chen Mao, and there are no 80,000 in Huguang, Xiangyang and Yunzhong, and they will also enter Shanxi and Shandong.

Everyone nodded.

"Can Henan Liusheng and Chen Mao be relied on?" Li Ji asked at that time.

Li Ji disturbed his head, smiled embarrassedly, then hugged his head, turned around and took the secret decree to get on the horse, and sent it to the prince's mansion.

The imperial court in Huguang always loved to concentrate the country's troops, nearly 400,000 people, and they were defeated again?

(End of chapter)