When Wu Xiaolin was out of the palace, he met Qiu Shiliang, the chief eunuch, which was unexpected by him, the leader of this eunuch should have been waiting for him here, but when Wu Xiao came out soon, he made a chance encounter.

"Isn't this the recent hot Bingbu Langzhong, Lord Ximingxi, look up for a long time" A sharp and hoarse voice sounded from the side door.

Wu Xiao turned around, but saw a eunuch wearing a python robe walking towards him from the side door.

"Don't dare, don't dare, redeem my clumsiness, are you?" Wu Xiao raised his hand and said

"Under Qiu Shiliang, I am ashamed to be in charge of the inner house, and I think you don't know our family" Qiu Shiliangdao

Wu Xiao was stunned in his heart, how could he meet him at this time, but he said: "Mr. Qiu is in charge, the lower official is rude"

"Hey, what kind of rudeness is not rude, those who don't know, but our family is an errand for the emperor, how can we afford it" Qiu Shiliang stepped forward, with a smile on his face, and he couldn't see half of the falsehood.

"When it comes to this, I want to congratulate Lord Xi on his promotion," Qiu Shiliang raised his hand to congratulate after speaking

"Lord Kanxi is a talent, and he has outstanding ability, it is natural for the emperor to like it, but it is not like us who are old and useless," Qiu Shiliang said sharply

"The father-in-law laughed, the lower officials just do things according to the emperor's will, and they are close to their hearts, but they can't compare to the father-in-law serving two generations of monarchs in the palace, and the emperor's favor is unmatched" Wu Xiao said

"Lord Xi is really good at talking, and my family is full of joy, I like Lord Xi more and more," Qiu Shiliang said with a smile

"Hey, there's just one thing, I want to advise Lord Xi" Qiu Shiliang looked at Wu Xiao after speaking

"Please make it clear," Wu Xiao said as he looked at him

"I've been in the palace for decades, I've seen too much, Lord Xi has to have a few more eyes in the court as an official, the wind and clouds in the court are changing, today the east is up, tomorrow the west is up, this is a common thing, but if you want to be evergreen, you have to climb a few more high branches, don't make things irretrievable" Qiu Shiliang said slowly with a slight smile on his face.

Wu Xiaoxin understood what he meant, and said quietly on his face: "Xiaguan has been taught, thank you father-in-law for your advice."

"You are also a smart person, our family likes it very much, if you have time on weekdays, you can sit where I am" Qiu Shiliang leaned over and whispered

"Remember, thank you father-in-law for your love," Wu Xiao said softly.

Watching Qiu Shiliang slowly walk towards the palace with a few little eunuchs, Wu Xiao had an inexplicable impulse in his heart, this family controller of the Shence Army was very likely to be the enemy he was looking for to kill his father.

But Wu Xiao clearly told himself that he couldn't kill him now, and Wu Xiao didn't want to kill him so simply, his revenge would be a nightmare for these people, not a simple death.

Soon after this chance encounter, a major event happened in Mobei, and at the second watch, there were urgent knocks at the front door of Shoushan Hall.

Lao Xie hurriedly went to open the door, and there was a sergeant outside the door, and when he saw someone opening the door, he handed over a letter and said, "Please Lord Xi quickly enter the palace to discuss matters."

After saying that, he didn't wait for a reply, but got on his horse/galloped away, thinking that he was going to inform the other person.

Wu Xiao put on his clothes, opened the document and saw that it was a document from the Ministry of War, but the address was Fengyang Pavilion, which was the residence of Mrs. Anguo.

Wu Xiao quickly dressed, pulled out the horses from the stable, and the red fish chased after him from behind: "Hat, hat"

Wu Xiao took the official hat, got on the horse and galloped towards the palace gate, and when he arrived at the palace gate, he saw that the palace gate was wide open, and many officials were entering quickly, and Wu Xiao also walked in.

Presumably something big happened, Wu Xiao also saw that the officials of several provincial books and privy councils were also among them, Wu Xiao's current rank was too low, and he was not qualified to discuss the affairs of the Holy Front, he identified the path and went to Fengyang Pavilion.

There were already more than a dozen people sitting in the conference hall in the outer courtyard of Fengyang Pavilion, and Mrs. An Guo was sitting in the first seat neatly dressed, and when she saw Wu Xiao coming in, she motioned for him to sit next to his left hand in the middle.

"The emperor is urgently discussing this matter with the ministers, and now that the Turks have suddenly attacked with an army of 100,000, Fengzhou has been lost, and I also want to hear the views of the audience."

A little eunuch handed Wu Xiao a battle report, and Wu Xiao opened it and saw that he was already clear about the current situation.

Ten days ago, the Turks suddenly raised 100,000 troops, all the way to the Anbei Protectorate, all the way to break Fengzhou, Tianzhou, Yangzhou three large state capitals, the Anbei Army and the Xiaocai Battalion are urgently deployed along the line, but the two armies together are only more than 70,000 people, it is too difficult to defend the defense line of more than 1,000 miles, and the defenders of Yanmen Pass can not be mobilized at will, in case the enemy breaks through the defense line, there is still the Great Wall Pass to defend, if the Great Wall Pass is lost, it will directly endanger Chang'an, Chang'an is less than a thousand miles away from Yanmen Pass.

The imperial court's policy of moving north had just been implemented, and it had not yet formed an effective defense and combat effectiveness, and the Turkic army was even more panicked when it came. The Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate and the general of the Xiaocai Battalion jointly asked the court for reinforcements.

"The Turks used to attack in small groups in the past, so why a 100,000-strong army suddenly came to attack today, there must be something strange in this," said an old military official

"Now the national treasury is tight, the new army is underrecruited, and there is a lack of ordnance and training, and there are less than 30,000 soldiers available," said the soldier squire

At this time, a little eunuch from the Yellow Gate sent a tabloid, and Mrs. An Guo glanced at it and said, "Read"

The little eunuch of the Yellow Gate said sharply: "The emperor is discussing the strategy with the ministers, but there is no feasible strategy for a while, the new army of the Ministry of War is less than 30,000, and the training is insufficient, it is difficult to take on the task of reinforcements, it is advisable to quickly ask the soldiers and horses of each section to go to Mobei"

The little eunuch paused for a moment and continued to read: "The champion general thinks that it will take time to adjust the various sections to make the soldiers and horses, and when the military horses arrive, Mobei is estimated to be broken on the whole line, endangering Yanmen Pass, and the others have not yet spoken."

Mrs. An Guo waved her hand, and the little eunuch went again.

"Hexi is closer to Mobei, so you can first transfer Hexi soldiers and horses to reinforcements, and then slow down the transfer of other places," an official of the Ministry of Officials recommended

"No, no, Longxi Road has been very unstable recently, the Beiting Festival has made Song Cheng repeatedly despise the court, and the anti-intention has been clear, as soon as the soldiers and horses in Hexi move, the boss is afraid that there will be another trouble" The official servant got up and said.

Everyone was silent for a while, and at this time, the little eunuch who delivered the message ran back, and Mrs. An Guo still let him read it out after reading the tabloid

"Hexi Jiedu envoy Yu Cheng has sent the general Chen Chong to lead 10,000 troops and horses to gallop to aid Mobei in the starry night, and the emperor will praise him, but he hates less" The little eunuch went again after reading

The officials of Fengyang Pavilion were also excited for a while, and there were many discussions. Not long after, the tabloid came again, and the emperor wanted to send someone to lead the troops to Mobei for reinforcements, but the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and no one responded the most, and the emperor was furious.

After a cup of tea, the tabloid came again, and the emperor named the general of the Huben Battalion of the Shence Army to live in front of him, and the general of the Huben Battalion said that the Shence Lao Gongwei Gyeonggi was a major task and should not go

Mrs. An Guo was very angry when she heard this, her chest continued to rise and fall, and she slapped the case with her left hand and said angrily: "This Qiu Shiliang, when he is in danger, he doesn't think about the court, he just wants to preserve his strength, it's really hateful."

The ministers sitting below all said please quench their anger, and after a long time, Mrs. An Guo waved her hand again, and the little eunuch rushed out.

She turned around and sat upright, looked around at the dozen or so people present, and finally her eyes fell on Wu Xiao, and then said, "What does Ximing think?"

Wu Xiao got up slowly, raised his hand and said: "The young general is willing to lead the new army to Mobei for reinforcements, the strategy of moving north is the function of the young general, and the young general is willing to defend to the death."

Mrs. Anguo stood up as soon as she took the case, and said loudly: "Okay, there are still people in the court, I really didn't mistake you."

Everyone looked back at Wu Xiao, with different expressions in their eyes, some doubts, some affirmations, and some dazed.

Mrs. An Guo then took a pen and paper, wrote a small note, and handed it over to the little eunuch to send out, he trotted all the way to the Xuanzheng Palace, put the small scroll by the eunuch in the palace, the eunuch in the palace signaled that he knew, he walked softly to the side of the dragon chair and handed the small scroll to an old man

The old man looked at it and said, "Change a cup of tea", which eunuch hurriedly changed a cup of new tea, and brought it with a small tray, the old man rolled out the small roll, pressed it under the teacup, took the tray, walked to the emperor in silence, took away the old tea, put the new tea with the tray in front of the emperor, and coughed softly twice.

The emperor understood, and when he looked down, he saw that the small scroll read: "Lang Zhongxi of the military department is willing to lead the new army to reinforcements, this person is available, it is advisable to delay it first"

The emperor quietly asked about other candidates, but His Royal Highness and ministers had no good plan

"Is there a suitable candidate for the military department?" asked the emperor

Wang Xuan immediately responded: "There are several veterans who are still in Beijing, and their integrity is not declining, and they may be willing to lead the troops to the battle."

"There are no young people" The emperor was a little impatient, he seemed to remember something and said: "I heard that there is a good one named Ximing, I don't know if it can be used"

Wang Xuan glanced at the emperor and responded: "Xi Ming was the first name of Wujin Enke last year, and he is now in charge of the northward migration of military households, he has outstanding talents, and he is all-round in civil and military affairs, but he is young and has not experienced training, and such a big task may not be beyond his ability."

At this time, the champion general stood up and said: "The old minister thinks that the young general Ximing is brave and strategic, and he is up to the task."

"What's the use of no one being willing to take on the big responsibility, and the matter of moving north happens to be his job, why not announce him to the palace for questioning," the emperor said angrily

"Yes, Ximing may have a try" Wang Xuan saw that the emperor was angry, so he said according to the emperor's wishes

When Wu Xiao went to the palace, the court was already boiling, Wang Xuan gave him a look, and Wu Xiao hurriedly knelt down

"Get up, Lian came to ask you, the Turks raised 100,000 troops to invade the border, Mobei asked the court for help, are you willing to lead the troops north"

"The matter of the military household moving north is the function of Weichen, and Weichen is willing to lead the troops to the north for reinforcements, and vow to live and die with Mobei" Wu Xiao said loudly

"Okay, you have the guts, if there are a few more courtiers like you in the court, why worry about revenge" After speaking, the emperor glanced at the ministers, and many people lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly

"Liansheng you are the general of Dingyuan, the fifth rank, the commander of the Nanyuan battalion of the new army, and the patrol envoy of Mobei, the general leader of the political affairs of the north, and the 30,000 new troops of the Nanyuan battalion, and set off on the next day"

Wu Xiao knelt down and said, "The minister receives the order"

"The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Industry fully cooperate with the materials, grain, grass and ordnance, and there must be no mistakes," the emperor just finished speaking

Sanbu Shangshu immediately stood up to receive the order.

"Quickly send an order to the four state capitals of Henan, Huainan, Shannan, and Jiannan, and let them quickly send troops to reinforce" The emperor arranged a follow-up plan for the transfer of troops, and all officials said that an unprecedented war was about to break out.