At the fourth update, the city of Chang'an was still pitch black and silent. I heard the sound of the chuck by chance. It was not until the fifth update that there would be some movement in Chang'an City. The officials would get up one after another to prepare for court. The shop was about to open a shop, and the porter had to clean up and go out to work. But at this time, it was only the fourth update and the city was still very quiet.

At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from afar. Several cavalrymen rushed over with two war horses. They rushed to the bottom of the East City for a moment, shouting to the cavalry: "Open the city gate quickly! Hundreds of thousands of fires and military information."

Seeing that there were only three urging soldiers, the defenders slowly opened the city gate. The three urging soldiers threw the urging arrows to the defenders and rushed into the city.

The rapid sound of horse hooves woke the residents on both sides of Chunming Street, and everyone was talking, not sure what big happened? The informant soldiers rushed to the palace in one breath and shouted to the guards above: "Emergency military information, we must report to the emperor immediately."

Emperor Li Yuan slept in Yin Defei's palace last night. He usually had to get up after the fifth day of the day to prepare for the court. At this time, he was sleeping soundly, and he did not dare to disturb the emperor's sleep.

But Li Yuan was gently woken up by Concubine Yin De, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Li Yuan half opened his eyes tiredly and asked, "Are you going to court?"

"Your Majesty, there is an emergency military report outside."

When Li Yuan heard that it was an emergency military situation, he woke up suddenly and asked quickly: "Is it the military situation sent by the King of Qin?"

An eunuch outside the tent reported: "It was not His Highness of the Qin King, but the military information sent from Hedong, saying that it was urgent for 100,000 yuan."

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment. Could it be that Taiyuan was lost?

He hurriedly sat up, Concubine Yin put on a outer robe, Li Yuan put on an outer robe, walked out of the inner tent and asked, "Where is the military newspaper?"

A eunuch walked in outside and knelt down to present a military newspaper. Li Yuan picked up the military newspaper, tore the wax on it, opened the military newspaper and read it quickly. He suddenly felt like thunder. The military newspaper fell from his hand, his legs became weak, and he was about to fall. The eunuch next to him quickly held Li Yuan.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty keeps it steady!"

Concubine Yin put on a veil and helped Li Yuan sit on the dragon couch with the eunuch. Li Yuan seemed to be stunned. Concubine Yin was very anxious and asked in a low voice: "What happened? Why is your Majesty like this?"

The eunuch shook his head in panic. He knew nothing. At this moment, Li Yuan suddenly shouted, "Heaven kills me!"

"Your Majesty, what happened?"

Li Yuan finally recovered from his senses at this time. He shook his head in pain and said to the eunuch: "Go and summon all officials above the third rank to Wude Hall to discuss major events."

The eunuch ran away, and then Li Yuan said to Yin Defei: "Pujin Pass and Hedong City were lost, the Sui army captured them, and Guanzhong was in danger!"

Concubine Yin De was from Bingzhou. She knew the importance of Hedong City and Pujin Pass. She was so scared that she was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, has Bingzhou been lost?"

Li Yuan was also panicked. His fourth son Yuan Ji and many important officials were in Taiyuan. If Taiyuan had fallen, he would have received the news long ago. But if Taiyuan had nothing to do, how could Pujin Pass and Hedong City be captured by the Sui army?

Li Yuan was in a mess and stood up and walked a few steps: "Cleaning me immediately, I want to discuss with the minister!"

The fifth correction was four o'clock in the morning. Before dawn, the lights in the side hall of Wude were bright, and more than a dozen important officials had rushed to the palace. At this time, it was still early for the court at Li Mao. The ministers all guessed that something big should have happened, and whispered in the side hall.

At this time, the Minister of Rites Dou Wei asked, "Captain Chen, the emperor urgently summoned us to come. What happened?"

Chen Shuda was the important official on duty last night. If something happened, he should know the situation. Everyone looked at him. Chen Shuda smiled bitterly and said, "It should have been half an hour ago that an emergency military newspaper was sent. I don't know the specific situation. The military newspaper was sent directly to the inner palace."

There was a sudden discussion in the hall, and everyone was speculating that it was either the Central Plains war report or the Taiyuan defeat, and it was unlikely that other places were possible. Among them, the Central Plains war report was the most likely. Where is a fierce battle? The King of Qin would send war reports to the capital in an expedited manner every day, and the time it was delivered was just at this time, but it usually would not alarm the emperor. Could it be that a major military situation occurred?

At this time, a guard shouted: "Your Majesty is here!"

The ministers stood up one after another, and saw the emperor Li Yuan, who was wearing a regular suit, walked into the side hall from the side door surrounded by more than a dozen palace maids. The emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties did not have to dress so grandly when attending court. They only paid attention to etiquette during the dynasty or during the sacrifice. Usually, they wore regular suits in court, wearing gauze crowns, bright yellow dragon robes, and jade belts on their waists. They were similar to the style of court suits of ministers, but all the differences in color.

"I will meet with His Majesty the Emperor!"

Li Yuan looked worried and waved his hand, "Sit down!"

Everyone was secretly surprised when they saw the saint's appearance. Could it be that the war in the Central Plains was unfavorable?

Li Yuan sighed and said slowly: "I'm sorry to call you all so early, but something really happened. I received an emergency military report half an hour ago. Just yesterday evening, the Sui army captured Pujin Pass and Hedong City."

This news caused an uproar in the side hall. Everyone looked at each other, and everyone showed an extremely shocked expression. The Sui army captured Pujin Pass, so wouldn’t the gate of Guanzhong be completely open?

Everyone began to panic. How many Sui army captured Pujin Pass? Will they launch a large-scale attack on Guanzhong and come to Chang'an?

At this time, Liu Wenjing asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, has Taiyuan been captured by the Sui army before?"

Liu Wenjing returned to Chang'an from Shangluo County last night. She knew nothing about the situation in Chang'an. He thought that some military situation had happened two days ago.

Li Yuan shook his head, "Before this military newspaper, I did not receive any military information in Bingzhou. I only knew that Liu Wuzhou's 30,000 troops had just arrived south from Loufan Pass and plundered autumn grains in the northern area of ​​Taiyuan County, and that's all."

"That's true, why did the Sui army suddenly come and occupy Pujin Pass and Hedong City? Did they come from the water?"

Everyone knew that the Sui army's naval forces were very powerful, and it would not be strange if the Sui army came from the water.

"The military newspaper is very simple, there are no specific details. It was sent by the defenders outside Pujin Pass. I guess the Great General of the Divine Powers did not know that this happened."

Speaking of this, Li Yuan handed the eunuch the military newspaper to everyone for circulation. There were only two sentences in the military newspaper, and everyone quickly circulated them.

At this time, Zuo Xiaowei General Ma Sanbao stood up and saluted and said, "Your Majesty, can you let me say a few words?"

Ma Sanbao was originally the child of Princess Pingyang, the daughter of Li Yuan. He was promoted step by step because of his bravery and extraordinary courage in combat. At the beginning of the year, he followed Li Shimin to pacify Xue Rengao and made great contributions and was promoted to General of the Zuo Xiaogu, which was deeply appreciated by Li Yuan.

Li Yuan trusted Ma Sanbao very much and knew that what he said would make sense, so he nodded and said, "Please tell me, General!"

Ma Sanbao said calmly: "Pujin Pass is very dangerous. If you attack normally, it will take at least one day and one night. We cannot get news after it falls, which shows that the Sui army succeeded in the raid of Pujin Pass. In this way, the Sui army should not be a large-scale western expedition, but an adventure expedition."

"Then where do you think the Sui army came from?"

"Weichen has also considered it just now. We have deployed military surveillance near Wuyang Xing and Jingxing. We will know every move of the other party. Moreover, when the Sui army passes through the border, there will also be official flying pigeons sending messages to Chang'an. Therefore, we should not come from these two passages, either Baixing or Zhuguanxing. If we send troops to Hedongcheng, we will definitely choose Zhuguanxing and directly kill from Henei County to Hedong County. It is very hidden and the distance is short. Weichen is 70% sure to infer that the Sui army should have killed from Zhuguanxing."

Ma Sanbao is worthy of being a general in the army. His analysis was very clear and convincing. Li Yuan also accepted Ma Sanbao's inference. He let go of his heart and asked again: "If the Sui army was just a surprise attack, what were their intentions? How many troops did they send to come? How should we deal with it? Everyone express their opinions and let them talk!"
Chapter completed!