At noon, the sun dispelled the slight cold of early winter, and the plum blossoms in the autumn garden had begun to show their branches, which should have been the first day of calm, but were ruthlessly broken. "Eight hundred miles urgent, Western Regions urgent, eight hundred miles urgent, Western Regions urgent" I saw a group of cavalry and eight light cavalry appear on the west gate of Luoyang, and the first person held a red flag to signal the monarchs to retreat. Normally, the military information is delivered by one person, but this time it is actually an eight-person escort, and it is not an idle matter to hold a red flag. The captain of the city gate of Xiyangmen immediately issued an order: "Get out of the way, clear the passers-by to make way for the military situation." Eight horses rushed into the West Gate, straight into the West White Tiger Street towards Miyagi.

After a while, the bell tower of the royal city rang nine bells. Generally speaking, the nine ringing bells are the bells of the emperor's urgent convening of the ministers. Contact the sudden arrival of the Eight Cavalry Urgent Report, could it be that something big happened on the frontier?

After the bell rang, there were more than a dozen carriages that rushed to the royal city, and if you looked closely, they were all the frames of important high-ranking officials such as Sangong Jiuqing and Sanfu. Seeing that they were in a hurry, it seemed that they didn't know what was going on.

In the imperial study, the emperor sat on the dragon chair, carefully reading the military briefing of Gao Zhong presented by Wu Xu, as well as the battle plan of the Xiongnu speculated by Gao Chong. And Wu Xu was sitting on the side, on the chair given by the emperor, slightly closing his eyes and recuperating, after all, he had been traveling at high intensity for so many days, and he really wanted to find a chance to rest. Seeing that the emperor was reading the letter, Wu Xu's eyelids couldn't hold on any longer, so he fell asleep.

Not long after falling asleep, the ministers arrived, but although they entered, they did not dare to speak, because the emperor was watching the military situation, but he did not expect that there was actually a Qiu Ba dozing in the dignified imperial study, such a disrespectful behavior, the emperor was indifferent.

After a long time, the emperor put away the letter, handed it to the small yellow door on the side, and asked him to hand it over to those ministers, but the emperor made a quiet gesture, signaling them to be quiet when circulating, and the ministers immediately understood that the emperor deliberately let Wu Xu sleep and did not want them to disturb Wu Xu's rest.

The ministers watched the long letter together, and the more they read it, the more shocking they became, how did they know that the war on the frontier was already so dangerous, especially under the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions, and such a shocking battle had taken place. Among this group of ministers, the one who was born in the army is Guang Luxun, as a general, he has probably guessed the situation of the battle from the words in the letter, and has also had a preliminary blueprint for the trend of the entire war according to the plan drawn by Gao Zhong, but after all, there are some things that have not been figured out, after all, he has been away from the army for too long, and many things cannot be remembered.

After a while, the letter was finally presented to the emperor's desk again. The emperor coughed and motioned for Xiao Huangmen to wake up, Wu Xu.

As a martial artist, even if he is extremely sleepy, in a strange environment, he still can't sleep completely out of instinct, so when the yellow door approached Wu Xu, Wu Xu immediately woke up, and when he habitually wanted to touch the dagger from his body, he found that the dagger was missing, and when he buckled the little yellow door, he found that the eyes around him were different, it seemed that countless eyes were looking at him, and the sabers of those guards had slid to Wu Xu's neck.

The emperor smiled helplessly and said, "Wu Xu, let go of my entourage, this is the palace, it's safe, it doesn't have to be like this"

Wu Xu put down the small yellow door and kowtowed to the emperor, "The minister is reckless, please forgive your majesty"

The emperor waved his hand, "You spent twenty days rushing from the Western Regions to Luoyang, six thousand miles, alone, three hundred miles a day, I also know that you are tired, I will not blame you, and sit down." Now that everyone's situation is clear, I wonder what your opinions are?"

Guangluxun disregarded his identity, and was the first to say, "Your Majesty, the war in the Western Regions is urgent, we should raise troops as soon as possible to make sure that everything is possible, if what this letter says is true, then the Western Regions is an urgent situation." Dare to ask Your Majesty and Captain Wu, who is the person who wrote this plan, and where is it now?"

The emperor said calmly, "Dingyuan Marquis Gao Zheng's youngest son, Gao Shilang, Gao Pet." The lonely army of Shule mentioned in the letter is Long Xiangwei, which is the department of Gao Pet, and naturally Gao Pet is in Shule!"

"Fighting alone, deep behind enemy lines, I don't know how to advance or retreat, Your Majesty, you can't rush to raise troops because of a mere letter, at the moment the northwest Huns are undecided, we think that we are first inside and then outside, the Huns live in water and grass, in the coming spring, they will naturally go, naturally will not stay in the desert Gobi for a long time in the Western Regions, at that time, the Silk Road is not still smooth?" Zhang Situ, as a representative of the conservatives, naturally wanted to say something. Now that it has entered the winter, the surplus grain in various places has been largely distributed, if the grain is transferred at this moment, I am afraid that it will have to be transferred from the southern states again, for a place outside the state, the people and the money are lost, it really shouldn't be, please Your Majesty will issue a holy decree together, let Long Xiangwei return to the court immediately."

Wu Xu strode out, arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say"

The emperor nodded, "Quasi-playing"

Wu Xu stood in front of Zhang Situ and drank angrily, "You sour scribes, you can only talk all day long, you don't know the soldiers, you don't know the people. I, Wu Xu, am a rough man, and I don't understand the truth, but I also know the truth that the lips are cold and the teeth are dead, the Western Regions are the gateway to our northwest, and the Western Regions are determined, and the northwest is determined. At present, not only the Western Regions, but also the northwest have the iron cavalry of the Huns, if we retreat at this moment and only care about the northwest, what will the vassal state of our Han Dynasty think in the Western Regions? In the past, Ban Chao and Zhang Jian opened up the northwest ideas for our Han Dynasty, persuaded the motherland, and shed their blood. Wei Qing, Huo Qu's bloody battle to pacify the Western Regions all his life, that is the foundation left by the ancestors to the Han Dynasty, how can you say that you will be defeated, and if you say withdraw, you will withdraw?"

Zhang Situ burst out, "Reckless, reckless, a group of reckless men who only know how to fight! I didn't expect Gao Dingyuan's family general to be so uneducated, presumably that Gao Shilang is also a reckless man."

Wu Xu looked at Zhang Situ and said, "You can say that I am a reckless man, but you can't say that the son is a reckless man." Childe has always called himself a scholar, self-denial, respectful and filial. The scholar is to serve the country, but he is still lonely in the mountains, I don't know what Zhang Situ can do for the country?"

Zhang Situ was annoyed and angry, he couldn't say that he should go into battle to kill the enemy at his age, just when he was embarrassed, the emperor suddenly threw another book from the desk and threw it in front of Zhang Situ, "Look!"

Zhang Situ arched his hand, then opened it to see, the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became, it turned out that the original booklet was the evidence that his Zhang Situ's protégé had withheld relief grain and sold it on the black market at a high price during this disaster relief period, he was very puzzled, he had already reminded him to keep a low profile, why was it so found out. Zhang Situ knelt down violently, and his henchmen also knelt down together, "If you don't notice, you deserve death."

The emperor sneered and said, "This is what you people have done for my world? My soldiers are throwing their heads and spilling blood in front of them to defend the country, and what about you people? You are insatiable, buying and selling, doing a good job, you really want to hollow out my foundation! Are you curious why I found out so clearly? Zhang Situ, you should also tell your students that I have many methods, and the six doors are everywhere, I hope they will do it themselves."

Zhang Situ only promised, "Yes, yes, the old minister will mention them, then Your Majesty, these people"

The emperor roared angrily: "Where is Sikong?"

The queue is out of the box, "The minister is here!"

The emperor continued, "Investigate according to the law, and never spare it!"

Sikong arched his hand and said, "The minister will live up to the emperor's order and enforce the law impartially!" After speaking, Sikong retreated from the column with a proud will, it is foreseeable that this time the power of Sikong's side will be greatly weakened, and the vacant position will be an excellent opportunity for their Hebei faction to infiltrate the Central Plains.

Zhang Situ was shocked, but the debate about the war was not over, after all, although Zhang Situ was a bastard, but he still spoke to the point, out of the identity of a soldier, Guangluxun arched his hand and said, "On that day, the imperial court ordered these young soldiers to go to such a difficult place, and now the king has abandoned them, which is tantamount to conniving at the cruelty of the Xiongnu, how can those dead soldiers, generals and people rest assured? Further, in the future, there will be nothing to do in the Western Regions and the Northwest, but if the Xiongnu repeat the cycle, then who else can the imperial court expect to fight for the country!" Guang Luxun's resounding defense and scolding made all conservatives unable to raise their heads.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, "Come on, pass on the holy decree, from now on, take stock of all the grain stocks in the Sili area, and pass on the grain and grass in Jingyangyi and Xu Sanzhou, although the grain and grass in the above five places are used as military food." After finishing speaking, I saw the emperor take a deep breath and take out a unique tiger talisman from a box, "Wu Xu, I know that you can't wait to bring troops back immediately, but this matter is urgent, go to Chaisang, and hand over this tiger talisman to Dingyuan Marquis Gao Zheng, and Dingyuan Marquis will understand when he sees this tiger talisman."

Wu Xu had never seen this special tiger talisman, but he just caught the tiger talisman and said, "The minister obeys the order"

And Guangluxun has naturally seen the tiger talisman, the gilded tiger talisman, the symbol of the great Sima who leads the whole country's soldiers and horses! The most undoubted candidate is finally coming to Luoyang?