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One hundred and eight sounds of evening drums remain.

On the second day of the first lunar month, it should be the most lively time in Chang'an City, but the news just heard from the border obviously made this huge city with a population of one million unable to calm down and celebrate the New Year.

On Kuishou Street, the red lanterns on the three large archways of "Xiao Luxu" were lit up in a shiny light, and the long street was sparsely populated, and all the kings and princes and ministers were discussing the current situation in the mansion.

Between the streets and alleys, literati gathered in the teahouse and book club, speaking indignantly and talking loudly; the people in the tavern teahouses denounced the group of bereaved dogs in Northern Qi forgot the pain after their scars.

Although a rebellion occurred in Jiangnan half a month ago and encountered the Northern Qi attack on the border at the end of the year, the people of Chang'an were still optimistic.

After all, Dayue established the country with martial arts, so many armies were not decorations. The literati and the people in the city discussed how to retaliate against the Northern Qi Dynasty and promote the prestige of Dayue.

But the scholars and the people saw that they were all things that the court wanted them to see and truly understand the current situation. They are currently standing in the Tai Chi Hall, and their current emotions are not that excited.

The dragon flag is flying on the white stone jade road, and the Tai Chi Hall in the middle of the imperial city is as majestic as ever.

In the Tai Chi Hall, all civil and military officials stood on both sides, looking at the nose and the heart, listening to the battle report that had just been sent back in Taiyuan for 800 miles. Apart from this, there was no other sound, and the needle could be heard.

The news about Ningwu Pass was already known in the early morning, and most of the court officials still felt a little incredible now.

How could Ningwu Pass, which had been guarding for 60 years, be broken in one day?

The explanation given is that the Northern Qi spies broke out from the army, and the inside and outside destroyed the city wall and opened the door.

Can spies be produced in important border towns, or spies that can open and close doors? Who will do the political review? How is intelligence work done?

The Northern Qi gathered more than 300,000 elite troops, plus many barbarian forces, so the news I received in advance was that the Right Prince of Northern Qi changed defenses on each line and was mobilized normally.

The Investigation Department has invested so much money and has raised countless spies and spies. I can’t even see this. Is it just a bucket of money and nothing to do?

All civil and military officials were thinking about all kinds of messy possibilities in their minds, but it was obviously meaningless to discuss these things now.

The Northern Qi has entered the pass and is attacking Taiyuan. Jinzhong has been attacked by surprise and has been broken through the city. This is almost the first time that Dayue has been beaten so ugly since the founding of the country before Jiazi.

The eastern front was directly under the command of the Liaoxi Protectorate, and the emperor was in remote control. It was dispatched by personnel and deployed by the border troops. It was all formulated by the emperor Song Ji and their civil and military courts.

The King of Chu and King of Yu cooperated to defend the north, and the soldiers were placed in a not-most important place. Ningwu Pass was the most important military fortress north of Taiyuan, and it was appointed by the emperor from the head to the military supervisor.

If there is nothing wrong with the five kings of Su, Chu, Yu, Wei and Yue, there is no such thing as the place where the emperor personally guards, and the land where the emperor personally loses half of the country, how can he explain to the kings? How can he explain to the people of the world and the nobles of aristocratic families?

The King of Wu did not provide relief for the disaster, and borrowed silver everywhere to collect military pay. What are you guarding like this?

If the situation cannot be controlled, the prestige of the court will be gone. If the central government cannot control the local area, what will happen? No civil and military officials dare not think about it.

The most important thing at this time is to get back the lost land at the fastest speed and drive the Northern Qi out.

But a few days ago, the current emperor suddenly inexplicably mobilized the Guanzhong army to the west; the Jiangnan rebelled and pulled away a large number of reserve troops from the Liaoxi Protectorate and headed for Jiangnan.

The dispatch of troops from east to west will naturally be empty. Judging from the current situation, the imperial court could not transfer enough reinforcements before the Northern Qi Dynasty reached Huozhou.

Faced with the sudden dilemma, all civil and military officials had no choice but to focus on Emperor Song Ji.

On the dragon chaise in the hall, Song Ji's expression was as always Gujing Wubo, but his fingers kept rubbing gently. Looking at the jade seal beside him, the anger like a thunder could be seen faintly.

Song Ji was a very smart monarch. When a rebellion suddenly broke out in Jiangnan, he realized that something was wrong. He did not provoke the King of Wu, who had been exploited to the limit. Instead, he asked the two kings of Yu, Wei and the Liaoxi Protectorate to lead troops to quell the rebellion.

But Song Ji did not expect that Ningwu Pass would be broken under this situation, causing him to fall into such a dilemma.

Now that I have carefully reviewed, Song Ji has noticed something is wrong.

At the beginning, the news of the jade seal suddenly appeared in Youzhou, and Xu Buling also appeared in Youzhou for no reason at that time.

When Song Ji heard this news, he must have suspected that Xu Buling was trying to steal the jade seal, and he would be wary of it regardless of whether it was true or false.

In order to guard against the breakup between King Su in the northwest, Song Ji mobilized the Guanzhong army to the west.

Then a rebellion suddenly broke out in Jiangnan. Song Ji knew that other vassal kings had intervened in the jade seal, so he mobilized his own soldiers and went south to quell the rebellion.

It was at this critical moment that Northern Qi suddenly entered the pass from the middle. The timing was right and no one was adding fuel to it. Song Ji didn't believe it.

But the key now is not whether someone has made arrangements. Now that things have come to this point, the most important thing is to give civil and military officials an explanation why the dispatch of troops from all over the world has left the middle empty?

The purpose of dispatching troops to the east is to suppress the rebellion, which is understandable.

But how can I explain to all civil and military officials and the people of the world when we go west?

Song Ji could not say that the jade seal in his hand was fake. There was a real jade seal in Youzhou, and Xu Buling was also in Youzhou, so he dispatched troops to prevent King Su from attacking Guanzhong.

If this news is revealed, something will happen if nothing happens.

Not to mention the reason for the dispatch of troops, it is not possible to just be wary of King Su.

Now King Su is honest. Something happened in Taiyuan. In order to beware of the vassal kings, you are too suspicious of being too ill and not caring about your ass?

This was almost a dead end. Song Ji could not explain why he suddenly transferred heavy troops to the Western Front, and Ningwu Pass was lost, and the blame was decided for the lack of support.

Song Ji rubbed his fingers, listened to the official's report on the battle situation, was silent for a long time, and said:

"When Ningwu Pass came to Jinzhong, there were 70,000 troops. Even without reinforcements, I couldn't defend it for a day?"

There was no sound in the hall, and it was obvious that this question could not be answered.

Prime Minister Xiao Chuyang thought for a while and took a step forward:

"The vanguards of the Northern Qi Dynasty were all cavalry, and it was time to pass the year. It is reasonable that the border troops were negligent. At present, they should have begun to assemble the remnants to counterattack."

The new Grand Marshal Guan Hongzhuo, as the leader of the military officer, was promoted by Song Ji. He encountered such a big mess shortly after he took office. It can be said that he suffered an unrestrained disaster and was bound to take the blame for the emperor.

However, Guan Hongzhuo was still very confident about the combat power of the border army. At this time, he thought about it and said:

"What Xiao Xiang said is extremely true, I'm afraid there will be a good news soon..."

Such unnutritional words are just comforting people, and it is obviously a bit inappropriate to say them at this time.

Song Ji was already full of anger and was not easy to scold Xiao Chuyang, who was in charge of all officials. He was not very polite to Guan Hongzhuo, who was promoted by himself, and his voice was a little angry:

"Good news? Jinzhong has been lost, the back road of Taiyuan City has been cut off, 300,000 troops have entered the pass, how can the 20,000 troops in Taiyuan City be defended? Luliang cannot draw out many reinforcements, but can the 50,000 troops scattered across passes? What good news can there be at this time..."

"Report good news"

Song Ji was speaking in anger, and suddenly an incoming petty horse came outside the hall, holding a message tube in his hand.

During the war, the court meeting was not even disbanded, and the rules that the palace could not ride horses were naturally gone.

The civil and military officials were waiting for Song Ji to vent their resentment when they suddenly heard a 'good news', and they were stunned.

The emperor just said that there was no good news, so you reported the good news on the spot. Are you trying to get the emperor in the face?

Guan Hongzhuo was scolded with a head down and was stunned when he heard the "Good News!" and was stunned. He just followed Xiao Chuyang's words and persuaded the emperor. Why did the Good News really come?

Song Ji, who was full of anger, stretched out his fingers and paused when he heard the sound of words. He almost choked to death. His expression changed several times in an instant. He was mentally strong, so he didn't stand up and curse.

However, now the military situation is urgent, since the news is coming back is a good news, there is no shame.

If he was thrust on the spot, he could hear the victory in the border. Song Ji hoped that Guan Hongzhuo would slap him a few more times and quickly settle the mess.

After the civil and military officials came to their senses, they quickly turned their heads to look at the messenger rushing in, all of whom were very eager to see.

After all, from last night to now, I have heard all the sad retribution. The Northern Qi Dynasty is so powerful that I will feel depressed if I hear it again. Although it is unlikely that there will be any great retribution at this time, it is exciting to be able to counterattack a town.

Song Ji returned to his calm expression and raised his hand: "Say!"

The postman held the cylinder and ran to the center of the officials quickly and said loudly:

"Luliang came to report that yesterday afternoon, Prince Su Xu Buling, brought Qingxu County soldiers to join the army of Chen Da and two hundred light cavalry to Taiyuan to assist in defense..."

As soon as the voice came out, a noise rang out in the hall.

All civil and military officials are inexplicably confused:

"How come Prince Su is in Taiyuan?"

"What kind of auxiliary defense? I must have taken two hundred people to Taiyuan City to take refuge..."

"Can Prince Su be captured alive by Northern Qi? What should I do..."

Song Ji was also stunned, but Xu Buling was captured alive by Northern Qi, which was called bad news and it was impossible to report the victory.

The civil and military officials said a few words, and then they remembered that this was a good news and said to me: Could it be that Xu Buling led two hundred people to successfully break through? That was indeed a good news, at least he was caught...

"Continue, Xu Bulingke rushed to Taiyuan City?"

The postman waited for the officials to calm down and continued:

"Xu Buling, the prince of Prince Su, rushed to Taiyuan to assist in defense. Near Langgou Village, he collided with ten thousand vanguard elite cavalry led by the prince of the Right Prince of Northern Qi..."

"hiss"

Hearing this, all the civil and military officials took a deep breath and their eyes were frightened.

Two hundred people collided with ten thousand elite vanguard troops?

This is a big deal!

Could it be that he would not be killed in the battlefield?

This is good news. King Su lost his son and would definitely cause trouble to the left wing of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the pressure on the Eastern Front was greatly reduced.

But this must not be called a good news, it should be a sad news...

Song Ji was also inexplicably whispered to his sleeves and suppressed the whispers of his ministers:

"How? Xu Buling Ke has escaped?"

The postman nodded seriously: "The Prince Su bumped into the Northern Qi vanguard army and turned back. He was discovered by the Qi army. The Qi army sent four hundred elite cavalry to pursue..."
Chapter completed!