Chang Kai had already written the letter. After handing the letter to Lingbing, the letter had already run out of the camp. However, Chang Kai was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Chang Biao, quickly bring 10,000 troops to Changqing for rescue."

Chang Biao asked quickly: "Prince, if the prince is the last one, the prince will take 10,000 people away, and if he fights Zong Qing, he will be in a difficult situation..."

Chang Kai frowned, and there was some determination in his eyebrows and eyes. He said, "Maybe, maybe at the beginning, it was a plan to lure us out of Datong."

Chang Kai was thinking too much at this time. Xu Jie had never thought about luring the tiger away from the mountain. He just thought that it was too difficult to attack the city. All he thought was to trick Chang Kai out and set up an ambush in the wild to catch them all.

When Chang Biao heard this, he was too regretful and said repeatedly: "Prince, I don't know why we believed him Xu Wenyuan. This guy, dog thief, why didn't Xia Rui cut the dog thief with one knife?"

Chang Kai just said, "Blame me, it's all my fault! Less go and save Changqing quickly. I'm afraid I can't retreat here. Once I retreat in the forest, my team will inevitably be in chaos and I will be killed by Zong Qing. For the sake of the present, I will be able to guard the location here and see if Zong Qing comes."

Chang Kai regretted it very much. When he looked back, he felt that he had never believed in Xu Jie. He was always cautious and cautious. He really didn't understand why he was so cautious but ended up like this!

Yes! Chang Kai has never believed what Xu Jie said? He has never believed what Xu Jie said? The only thing Chang Kai believes is that Xu Jie is desperate. This is not what Xu Jie said alone, it is what Chang Kai himself knows, and it is also what Chang Kai believes deeply.

When Chang Biao heard this, his face turned grim and bowed: "Prince, I'll die!"

After saying that, Chang Biao turned around and left, as if he was determined. Just as the words said, it was only after death.

At some point, the gate of the Nancheng City was suddenly opened from the inside. More than 3,000 defenders were kneeling on the ground at this time, and there were still scattered resistance people, most of whom were surnamed Chang, but they were already at the end of their strength.

The iron armor that kept entering the city filled the small town, searching for the thieves with the surname Chang from house to house.

Xu Jie had already left the city, followed by Yuan Qingshan and seven thousand cavalry. Zhang Li stayed in the city, began to set up defenses, began to count the casualties, reorganize the army, prepare the logistics of the baggage, and start to set off again.

The sound of iron hooves on the official road was rumbling.

Chang Biao, who came out of the forest path, stopped at the edge of the forest because he had already seen the running iron hooves in his sight.

At this time, Chang Biao did not dare to come out of the forest. Ten thousand invaders could not fix the strict military formation. Facing such iron hooves was just a mantis arm to be a chariot.

These cavalry appeared north of Changqing City, which proved that Changqing had fallen and had no luck.

"General, what should I do?" The deputy general beside Chang Biao was already panicked and asked.

Chang Biao looked at the direction where countless iron hooves were going, frowned and said, "They went to Hongzhou, and only after they passed Hongzhou was Datong. We went directly to Datong to defend the city. As long as we kept Datong, no one could do anything to us."

What Chang Biao said makes sense. As long as you defend the city of Datong, there is still room for maneuver. Whether to lead the Wei people into the pass, or to defend the city, and to resist the siege of the imperial army to the death. These are all optional options. At least, at least the lives of the many children of the Chang family can be saved.

"General, you can't walk on the road, and even more so on Hongzhou. How can you go back to Datong?" the deputy general asked again.

Chang Biao gritted his teeth and looked at the high mountains and steeply mountains, saying: "Let's go, follow me to cross the mountains!"

The deputy general looked embarrassed, looked at Chang Biao, and then looked back at the soldiers who looked confused, and said, "General, I'm afraid the dry food I carry with me..."

Chang Biao immediately angrily scolded: "What are you afraid of? As long as you go to Datong, you are still afraid of not having food? What is it to endure the first thing to do? You have not been hungry since you were a child, so leave!"

After Chang Biao finished speaking, he had already taken a step and left, even the mountains were steep.

Xu Jie had seven thousand cavalry, and all the cavalry that could be mobilized in the three towns were here. The target was Hongzhou. Once you passed by Hongzhou, you would be the official road of 200 miles, and it was Datong.

The word "Soldiers are the most important and fast" is a portrayal of Xu Jie's heart at this time. If he had attacked one strong city after another like Wang Yuanlang, he would have really no idea about the year of the Monkey and Horse Month. Now, there are not many defenders in these cities.

The number of defenders is second to the number of defenders. What is more important is that Xu Jie and the cavalry crossed the 40,000 Chang Kai's army came to the back of Chang Kai. This matter is even more important. This is an invisible pressure that will be pressed into the hearts of all defenders, making everyone unable to breathe.

I often hear people say that there is a fast horse that can travel thousands of miles a day and eight hundred miles a day.

How fast can the horse run at a speed? How far can it run in one day?

An ordinary strong horse can run at a speed of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour. An excellent horse, a rare horse, can exceed the maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour. A slightly worse horse, a poor horse, and a maximum speed of 20 to 30 kilometers per hour is also normal.

But horses are not machines. Horses are animals like humans. They have endurance limitations and physical limitations. They have to rest when they are tired, drink water when they are thirsty, and eat when they are hungry. The maximum speed of a horse cannot be maintained for a long time, and the horse cannot run continuously. Therefore, a great horse, traveling 300 miles a day is the best footprint.

Even if the inns are constantly changing horses at the post station and the road is extremely flat, it will be extremely difficult to actually travel 800 miles a day.

However, because of this 800-mile-rushing post station horse replacement system, the military information received by the emperors in the capital was only five days ago, and news that was short three days ago could be received.

Xu Shida sent memorials from the border town to the capital. When Xu Jie was approaching Hongzhou City, he had already arrived in the capital.

Xia Rui didn't even read the memorials on the table. When he saw this memorial, he opened the wooden box and turned it over immediately. His face was quite happy. Why were he happy? Because Xu Shida's memorials were earlier than he expected. He probably thought in his heart that it must be the emperor's power that played a role.

This memorial was directly in Xia Rui's hands without going through the Privy Council or the Secretariat.

There are still those scholar-in-laws in the study room, and there are only two of them in the court, one is Ouyang Zheng and the other is Wu Zhongshu.

Therefore, there are many missing positions as a minister. Although there are few times when the ministers of the three provinces have been fully edited from ancient times to the present, there are few to only two.

It was not unconventional that the court had discussed this matter, but Xia Rui dragged it over directly by Xia Rui. Of course, Xia Rui also wanted to add to the prime minister, but Xia Rui did not want to use the candidates recommended by others. Xia Rui wanted to use the person he chose. The first one to bear the brunt was Xu Shida.

Xu Shida's reign as prime minister is just one excuse and one chance. This time, Xia Rui insisted on sending Xu Shida's border town and his party, which is the reason. As long as the battle is won, it will be natural for Xu Shida to reign as prime minister. The trip to the border town is the trip to the prime minister arranged by the emperor for Xu Shida.

There have been few things about super promotion since ancient times, but it is not without them. For example, Ouyang Zheng was super promotion in the past, and several levels were promoted in succession, and he was appointed as the prime minister to preside over the reform.

While removing the wooden box and seal, Xia Rui also smiled and looked at everyone present in the imperial study room. More of them were looking at Ouyang Zheng.

The so-called seal is a seal on the fire lacquer. Documents that require confidentiality, especially the imperial court documents, will drop some heated fire lacquer on the opening. The fire lacquer will become soft when heated, and will become hard when cooled, and it will also have a certain adhesion effect. Then, the seal of the sender is printed on the fire lacquer. After the fire lacquer is cooled, the opening will be sealed. There will be a seal pattern on the fire lacquer to prevent others from lacquering the fire lacquer again to achieve the effect of confidentiality.

The memorial can only be opened after the fire lacquer peels off. After the memorial is opened, Xia Rui smiles and opens it. After looking through it for a moment, he is already furious. The memorial in his hand, along with the wooden box, all fell under the desk.

"Bold! Bold!" Xia Rui said a few bold words.

Everyone bowed quickly, and Ouyang Zheng even asked, "Your Majesty, don't you know what happened?"

Xia Rui glared at Ouyang Zheng, stared at Ouyang Zheng, and said angrily: "Ouyang Zheng, you are so brave! You dare to deceive the emperor like this, and you dare not take me seriously!"

Ouyang Zheng was shocked when he heard this and asked again: "Your Majesty, why are you so angry?"

Xia Rui stood up, raised his hand and pointed at Ouyang Zheng, and asked, "Ouyang Zheng, why are your good disciples in the border town army? Why do those border town generals still obey his command and dispatch? Ouyang Zheng, you are really a big force, even border town generals are so afraid of you? You... do you really have more power than Li Qiming? You...you are the second Li Qiming! You are the one who harms the country and the people! A traitor!"

Xia Rui took all this to Ouyang Zheng at this time. Xia Rui knew who Xu Jie was. Xia Rui knew even more. Xu Jie did not have such a force that could make the generals of the border town bow down. Then all this could only be done by Ouyang Zheng, the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Your Majesty calmed down. The old minister has never had any contact with the border generals, nor has he commanded the border generals. The old minister has lived in the river for more than ten years and has been in the capital for less than three years. After entering the capital, he has never left the capital. As the head of civil servants, how dare I collude with the military generals? I hope Your Majesty will clearly observe!" Ouyang Zheng was already a little panicked because the charge given by Emperor Xia Rui was too great and he could not afford it.

Xia Rui saw Ouyang Zheng's panicked expression and suddenly smiled coldly: "Hmph, I have never even appeared in the capital, so I have such power. The head of civil servants, such as a head of civil servants, can easily command the army of border towns, but no one obeyed my orders in the army. The head of civil servants is actually more powerful than me. If I hadn't sent Xu Shida to the border town, I would have been kept in the dark. I was replaced that day, I don't know what happened. What a powerful head of civil servants!"

When Ouyang Zheng heard this, he knelt down and threw himself down, prostrated himself, shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wronged. I can't even call the names of the generals of the border town. How can I command the border town army? Your Majesty has wronged the old minister. The old minister is loyal, and the sun and the moon can be seen. How could he have ever had a slight idea of ​​disobedience? Your Majesty calms down and your Majesty is clearly aware of it."

Perhaps Xu Jie never thought that the incident in the border town would have such great consequences.

The consequences were far more than that, so Xia Rui shouted: "Come here, Du Zhi, the investigation factory."

Wu Zhongshu, who was on the side, was a very knowledgeable person, that is, a person who knew how to protect himself. He didn't speak in front of him, but when he heard that the emperor wanted to spread the word about Du Zhi of the Jishi Factory, how could Wu Zhongshu not know where the Jishi Factory was? Isn't he just going to jail Ouyang Zheng?

Wu Zhongshu finally spoke: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I wonder what was said in the memorial? You also asked Your Majesty to make a decision after it was made clear."

Xia Rui was angry on his head and answered only: "Look at it yourself, look at it, and after reading it, come and talk to me."

There was also an eunuch standing on the side of the scene, but he was standing there because His Majesty the Emperor asked him to go to the Investigation Factory to the Governor Du. He didn't know whether he should go.

At this time, Xia Rui turned around and glared, and the eunuch ran away, running very fast.

Du Zhi came and brought a soldier who was like a wolf or a tiger, and paid a respectful greeting.

Wu Zhongshu had already read the memorial and explained: "Your Majesty, this is Xu Wenyuan's crime. Ouyang Gong has always been upright. If he knew about it, he would definitely stop Xu Wenyuan. This crime should be Xu Wenyuan, and Ouyang Gongding was also in the dark. Please calm down your anger."

Wu Zhongshu explained this, but he really didn't want to just look at a prime minister in the current dynasty, and was insulted by others after being sent to prison. If the prisoner was not punished, it would be fine if he was a slight minor official. If the prime minister in the current dynasty was also imprisoned and was humiliated by punishment, he really couldn't have such a bad start.

"I don't know? Ouyang Zheng doesn't know? Can Xu Wenyuan be able to command and dispatch in the border town?" Xia Rui's face was cold and his tone was even colder.

Wu Zhongshu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Xu Wenyuan is best at bewitching people's hearts. This must be his bewitching military generals, and this must be the case."

Wu Zhongshu could no longer do so, so he could only say this. At least he knew that Xu Jie was a master of the world, and could go all the way and try to avoid the blame. Even if he couldn't escape, he would have to keep Ouyang Zheng's mediation. If Ouyang Zheng was also imprisoned, there would be no one to mediate.

Ouyang Zheng, who was prostrated, shook his head, stood up again, bowed to Wu Zhongshu, sighed, bowed to Xia Rui, and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the old minister knows about Xu Wen's departure from the border town. But Xu Wen's journey was a loyal thing and never had any disobedience. The old minister was nearly sixty years old, and he never had the slightest disbelief. Your Majesty is a wise king, and I hope your Majesty will understand it!"

Xia Rui suddenly burst into laughter when he heard this, pointing at Ouyang Zheng who was standing up and said, "Haha... Ouyang Zheng, you are so confident, but you think I can't do anything to you?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister is just loyal and passionate, and the sun and the moon can be seen!" Ouyang Zheng, a common man, once again, did such a thing as a common man. The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change. His disciples and son-in-law sacrificed their lives in the border town, but this happened in the court. Ouyang Zheng, a common man, seemed not to beg for mercy and explain, but to be angry!

"What a sun and moon to be able to see." Xia Rui said and turned his head: "Du Zhi took the person who can see the sun and moon to be seen, and tortured him to see if he is so strong that he can see the sun and moon to see."

Du Zhi, the commander of the anti-inspection factory, was stunned and stunned. Who is Ouyang Zheng? He was tortured and questioned after he was sentenced to death?

"Well? Could it be that you, Du Zhi, is also Ouyang Zheng's confidant?" Emperor Xia Rui said ruthlessly.

Du Zhi had already knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, there must be any misunderstandings among them, Ouyang Gong..."

"How? Do you dare not listen to my will? The head around your neck wants to move?" Xia Rui said another word, and the emperor's majesty was fully revealed.

Du Zhi shook his hands, hesitated for a few times, and replied: "I don't dare!"

Xia Rui was a little satisfied, looked at the iron-bending Ouyang Zheng, sneered, and said, "Twenty-three!"

"I'm here!"

"Quickly arrest Xu Jie and be punished in Beijing!"
Chapter completed!