The Empress Dowager was shocked and angry, she didn't expect Xiao Xinrong to be so able to fight, win all the way and hit the capital so quickly.

At this time, there was no mother-son affection, and the Empress Dowager hated to end the war with Xiao Xinrong, but things did not go as smoothly as she thought, and the Empress Dowager already felt a deep crisis.

No matter what method is used, Xiao Xinrong must be blocked from the capital, thinking of this, the queen of heaven immediately took a letter of resignation and let people send it out.

Tang Juntong is embarrassed these days, originally a Xiao Xinrong is already a difficult bone to gnaw, in addition to a Xiahou, under the combination of the two, all means of sneak attack and assault are used, after a while, Tang Juntong is difficult to parry and forced to evacuate, seeing that he is getting closer and closer to the capital, Emperor Jing Yuan reprimanded himself with a few folds, Tang Juntong urgently needs a victory to prove himself.

What saddened him the most was that Yangping had not been captured, most of the people brought by General Hong had been lost, and the 300,000 army led before the departure was now only 100,000, and the morale of the soldiers was depressed by a series of defeats, which was no longer something that could be achieved by encouragement.

On the other side, Xiao Xinrong and several lords discussed the next battle in the tent, with the addition of Xiahouzhong's father and son, Xiao Xinrong was like a tiger with wings, speeding up the pace of attacking the city, and now only use one breath to capture Lin'an, and point to the capital!

It's just that Lin'an is located in the mountains and forests, and if you attack from the front, the losses will be very heavy, and there is no good way for a few people to discuss it.

"The last general will go out to hunt tigers in the mountains and see if there are any paths that lead to high places?" Li Wei proposed.

"Without further ado, Li Wei will do as you say, and the rest of the people will prepare to call for battle after repairing!"

The call was to put pressure on ** in his heart, but ** didn't respond for a few days.

Li Wei led a few people to the back mountain to search around but did not find anyone inhabited, this place is surrounded by mountains and is indeed not a good place to live.

When I was returning home, I met a group of homeless people in tattered clothes.

"Where are you from?" Li Wei's men intercepted the group, and when the two armies fought, they looked like spies.

"Old man, spare your life, we are ordinary people, we are affected by the war there, and we can't live, so we came here to ask for a way to live. ”

Xiao Xinrong has ordered not to harass the people as much as possible, but it is also impossible to avoid the people's lives being hit hard, and more and more displaced people have been encountered these days, which is also the reason why Xiao Xinrong is in a hurry to end the war.

Even the people had to be taken care of, and the whereabouts of Li Wei and his party could not be exposed, and Li Wei found nothing and returned to the camp with a group of homeless people.

On the way, I happened to meet Xiahou Xuan who came back from Yangping, and as soon as the Yangping matter was over, Xiahou Xuan hurried to help.

"Are you the eldest young master of Xiahou?" a low voice came from several homeless people.

Xiahou Xuan looked at it, and a thin young man stared at him expectantly.

"I'm Xiahou Xuan, are you?"

There was a hint of surprise on the young man's dead face: "I am Wang Jing, my sister is Wang Shuwan, we met in the capital." ”

Wang Shuwan, isn't that Tang Juntong's wife? Xiahou Xuan was suspicious in his heart, why is Tang Juntong's brother-in-law here? Still mingling with the homeless people? Could it be that he is spying on the military?

Wang Jing was taken to the camp, Xiao Xinrong summoned him alone, Wang Jing said that his father and mother had died after being exiled, and his aunt and sister were missing, and he was rescued by King An's people, but after being rescued, he met the homeless people and dispersed, which would finally meet an acquaintance in the capital, so he couldn't help but call out.

Xiao Xinrong knew about the Wang family, but he didn't expect the fourth brother to send someone to save Wang Jing, it should be Tong Yingxuan's idea.

Hearing that he had been circling here for some time with this group of homeless people, Xiao Xinrong's heart moved, and he asked: "We want to enter Lin'an City, but if we attack from the front, the casualties will be very heavy, I wonder if Wang Gongzi has seen any trails to go up all the way?"

"There really is one, but it's overgrown and it's hard to walk through. ”

Xiao Xinrong was overjoyed, and called Li Wei to follow Wang Jing to find this trail, the road was found, but whether to go up or not, everyone had a disagreement, and the opposition was because Wang Jing appeared too suddenly, this person was still Tang Juntong's wife and brother, if he intended to lead everyone to Tang Juntong's encirclement, it would be miserable.

There is another way, which is to send a letter to King An to understand the process of rescuing Wang Jing, but the letter will not work for a few days, and it will not be discussed, and everyone's eyes will look at Xiao Xinrong.

"The plan is as usual, attack tonight!" Xiao Xinrong's face was solemn and he made a decision.

Seeing that the prince had made up his mind, everyone was no longer opposing, Li Wei and Xiahou Xuan and the other young generals were waiting for the night to fall.

In the imperial study late at night, the young Emperor Jing Yuan had not yet rested, and at this time, an urgent voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report in the army!"

Sending an urgent report late at night must be a big deal, Emperor Jing Yuan asked people to come in and open the secret letter to take a look, and a mouthful of blood almost vomited out.

The letter said that three days ago, Xiao Xinrong led people to touch Lin'an and attacked, and suffered heavy losses in the panic, Tang Jun was stabbed in the same body, and now his whereabouts are unknown, Xiao Xinrong is now only one step away from stepping into the capital, how can this not make Emperor Jingyuan afraid.

"Go and get the Imperial Grandmother here. ”

The Empress Dowager, who had been resting, was hurriedly invited to the imperial study, and after hearing the news, she sat down on the chair, surprised that the second child could be so fast, and it was useless to send to increase the number of people just now.

"What should the Imperial Grandmother do now?"

"Don't be in a hurry. "The Empress Dowager summoned the Commander of the Praetorian Guard, Commander Li, and asked him to lead people to bring the Lord of Mingyue and her children into the palace.

After half an hour, Commander Li came back, but in vain, and after careful questioning, he learned that Mingyue was no longer in the capital, and he searched the entire Xiangwang Mansion and did not find a figure.

"Put King Xiang, the old horseman, in prison!" The Empress Dowager was angry for a while, everything was beyond her expectations, without hostages in her hands, everything was in vain.

"Imperial grandmother, what should we do now?" The second emperor uncle attacked the capital, and the first person who died must be himself, Emperor Jing Yuan panicked in his heart, and knew that it was better not to find the second emperor's uncle's bad luck now.

"What are you afraid of? We still have foreign aid!"

The imperial grandmother is afraid that she is confused, what foreign aid is there there.

"I have sent a letter to Fu Lin, asking her to come to the aid of the Tatar army. The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth and showed a hint of hatred in her eyes, mourning the family is not happy, everyone is not happy!

Emperor Jing Yuan was shocked in his heart, this is to attract foreign enemies, how he and his second uncle fight each other is a civil war, but once the Tatars are allowed to enter, this is to lead foreign enemies to invade, is the country that the ancestors have finally won is not being infected by the barbarians?

Emperor Jingyuan opened his mouth and wanted to refuse, but when he thought of the second emperor uncle killing in the capital, the first person to die was probably only himself, and the imperial grandmother was the mother of the second emperor uncle, and the second emperor uncle would not embarrass the imperial grandmother for the sake of filial piety.

All this is the emperor's grandmother for her own good, how can she refuse, if it is really Tatar who can help herself, then you might as well give them a few cities.