Saying this, the sound of the cannon shook the Yan Solid ears deaf, and he could not hear the sound, but the shadows of many people appeared on the ground, so he turned his head to look, and saw a group of refugees rushing one after another, knocking them to the ground, trampling on the crowd, this scream, echoed at the city gate. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After this crowd entered the city, the Praetorian Guard battalion inside was transferred one after another, and for a time the city gate was overcrowded, and the upper and lower towers were all Praetorian Guards with swords.

Fan Bao followed behind Zhai Hu, the commander of the Praetorian Guard Battalion, and walked quickly to the top of the outer city tower, only to see a group of officers and soldiers of the imperial court, about 10,000 people, fleeing one after another, throwing away their armor, and not even knowing where to throw the banner of the main general.

Zhai Hu looked at this piece of smoke and dust, as well as the officers and soldiers of the court who were unable to form an army, so he shouted loudly: "The herald listens to the order, immediately sends the order to go down, close the city gate, this person is an enemy or a friend, it is not clear for the time being, there is no commander's banner, I am afraid that it is the enemy army, without my order, it is not allowed to open the city gate without authorization, and those who violate the ban should be beheaded!"

I only heard a heavy sound, the heavy red lacquer gate, slowly closed and went up, the soldiers under the city tower, persuaded the people who came to watch, left a few people to guard the gate, and gathered together on the city tower, seeing that the officers and soldiers, getting closer and closer, have come to the city.

Zhai Hu shouted loudly above the city tower: "Who is the general downstairs? Why is there no banner of the commander? What are the soldiers and horses? What is the matter of besieging this capital?"

I saw the officers and soldiers downstairs, and immediately went to report it, and after a while, a general appeared, with white hair and white beard hanging down his cheeks, a shining golden helmet, and golden armor.

I saw that the person who came hugged his fists and said: "The last general Jinling Xuanwu General Xie En, on the order of my prince, came to Beijing for help, 30,000 Japanese soldiers on the southeast coast, attacked in four ways, although repeatedly resisted, but was defeated and retreated, and now Jinling has fallen, escort the master to the capital to transfer troops to recruit. ”

Zhai Hu turned around, waved his hand to Fan Bao, and whispered in his ear: "The soldiers of the Northern Expedition have only been gone for three days, and in addition to the Praetorian Guards, the Imperial Forest Army, and the Jinyi Guards, there are only some old, weak and disabled people who are guarding the city, and the total is only 20,000 people. ”

Fan Bao clenched his fists and received the order, so he came with his subordinates and the city tower, rode the fast horse, and went all the way to the inner city.

On the streets of the inner city, the bustling vegetable market, there are crazy rumors everywhere that the Japanese are besieging the Beijing Division, all in groups of three or five, gathering together to discuss, next to the shops on this street, the people who fled are shrinking together, saying that it is a prosperous downtown area, but it seems that there is a trace of war sadness.

Fan Bao rode a fast horse, shouting all the way to come, seeing that the road was blocked by refugees, he kicked the horse and jumped up, the whole person was like an eagle with wings, leaped over the crowded crowd, slowly fell to a slightly empty place, grabbed the cloak behind him, and galloped all the way towards the imperial city.

The guards of this imperial city recognized Fan Bao who was rushing over, so they opened the gate of the city and shouted loudly: "Young Master Fan Bao, what is so panicked, tonight our brothers will go to the Spring Festival Tower together, do you want to be happy together, hahaha!"

"Let's talk about it! I have an urgent matter to report to the military department, so quickly get out of the way, and when the meeting is empty, I will come to Xun'er and wait for discussion. Looking at this Fan Bao, hurried by, the Praetorian Guard colleagues shook their heads and sighed.

"Alas! This guy has been extremely diligent recently, and he doesn't go to this Spring Festival Building often, shouldn't he change his ways? Have you heard that this time the secretary of the military department personally took command of the expedition, and Fan Gang replaced the post of Shangshu, if Guo Jiaxing was defeated and martyred, the next secretary of the military department, haha! It may be him. The Praetorian Guard was on the ground with a spear, looking at Fan Bao who was far away, and talked in private.

"No, isn't it? Hu Lun, the squire of the military department, is the best candidate, why would Fan Gang be arranged?" another colleague asked puzzled.

Some time ago, Yan Song participated in Hu Lun, used the power of the military department, betrayed the country, shocked the imperial court, and the emperor was furious, so he dismissed his official position as a scholar. The janissary next to him patted him on the shoulder and said.

At the entrance of the military department, these two rows of guards with knives recognized this nephew of Fan Gang, plus Rong Sheng's acting military department secretary, so he was respectful and bowed down to salute Fan Bao.

"Young Master, what are you doing in such a hurry? Do you want to pass it on for you, or do you want to go in by yourself?" the leader of the gatekeeper bent down and clenched his fists and asked.

Fan Bao waved his right hand, walked quickly to the door, and turned around and said: "Don't bother the big brother, the military situation in this outer city is urgent, I should go and report it in person, and invite you to drink another day, one step ahead." ”

This Fan Gang had to be reported by his subordinates, so he walked out of the door of this hall, looked at Fan Bao who was rushing over, waved his hand and asked: "Bao'er, why are you in such a hurry?

Fan Bao grabbed Fan Gang's arm, pulled him to the side, and whispered in his ear: "Uncle, the military situation in this outer city is urgent, in the southeast coastal area, 30,000 Japanese robbers have gathered to disturb them, and Jinling has been lost, what do you think of this ......?"

Fan Gang stroked his beard, thought for a moment and said: "Jinling is lost, and the Japanese have gathered a crowd to attack, why didn't Su Yuecheng, the governor of the water division, come to report it! ”

Zhai Hu in the outer city, looking at the group of people waiting, went up to the city tower, and then waved his hands and went downstairs to greet him.

"Lord Fan, the lower officials have lost their welcome, and I hope to bear with me, come! Zhai Hu greeted the officers of the military department and slowly looked down the city tower.

I saw that under the city tower at this time, the 10,000 people of Xie En were gradually forced to retreat from the city gate by the Japanese invaders, but the city gate had already been tightly closed, and Xie En scolded everyone on the city tower.

"You didn't save you when you saw death, and you closed the city gate, so that you wanted to put tens of thousands of lives on me, like fat on the chopping board, and wait for the king of Jinling to enter the palace to face the saint, and condemn the grave crimes such as Zhier. This Xie En pointed to Zhai Hu on the city tower, and scolded angrily for a long time.

This Zhai Hu was a little impatient, and was about to go downstairs to open the city gate, but Fan Gang grabbed his arm and whispered: "Lord Zhai Hu, are you going to open the city gate and let this group of tigers and wolves into the city?

Zhai Hu was a little hesitant at first, pointing to the insulting Xie En downstairs, and Zhu Zaixiong, the king of Jinling next to him, and he had no idea for a while: "How can this be good? If the king of Jinling makes a mistake, there will be no way to explain it to the queen mother! If the blame is made, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to get out of it!"

Seeing that this Zhai Hu insisted on going his own way, he kept dissuading, and ran downstairs to open the door, Fan Gang whispered in Fan Bao's ear for a while, and then took the officials of the military department and went down the stairs from the other side.

This Zhai Hu instructed the officers and soldiers, just opened the city gate, only to see an arrow feather flying in the door, shooting its official hat out, a shout of killing, came from outside the door......