Kyoshi Imperial Palace.

Daizong Zhu Qiyu was walking back and forth on the Jinluan Palace, because he was concerned about the war ahead, he could no longer sit on the dragon chair at this moment.

Standing below were all the four-grade officials above Beijing, and they were all anxious and uneasy, and everyone had grim faces.

The battle for the defense of the capital division is undoubtedly equivalent to reaching a critical time at this time. Before the new Qinwang military order can reach the Jingshi in three days at the earliest, if the loyal and courageous Hou is defeated by Yexian, I am afraid that the entire Jingshi will not be protected, and even everyone's lives will be in danger.

And the night has passed, and now there is not the slightest report of the battle ahead, how can it not be worried?

At this time, many people began to miss the rules of having eunuchs and supervising the army. If there is a eunuch here, I am afraid that if something happened ahead, someone would have come back to report it, not now, everyone can only wait passively and anxiously.

The ministers had been here since the morning, but they could not do anything. Some ministers were unwilling to wait, such as Shang Shuyi Ming of the Ministry of War, seeing that the ministers could not do it, so he took the initiative to step forward with a wat board in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, did you send someone to the front line to see how the situation is?" In any case, we need to prepare early! ”

This has been prepared for a long time, and what exactly does it mean, there are many sayings. If you win, you will naturally prepare for the celebration; If you fail, then be prepared to escape.

"Yes, yes." With Yiming taking the lead, the other courtiers also responded quickly, and they all stood up and spoke to the emperor.

Why doesn't Zhu Qiyu want to know the battle situation ahead. For this reason, he sent a lot of scouts and spies back and forth, but none of them came back, and he really didn't know who to send at this time. On the contrary, Jin Ying, the big eunuch on the side, rolled his eyes, thought of something, and carefully took two steps forward and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Your Majesty, you can send Jinyi Wei to envoy Hu Changning and ask him to send the news back." ”

"Hu Changning?" Zhu Qiyu frowned and began to think about some information about this person.

Zhu Qiyu, who has not spent much time to understand the courtiers recently, quickly thought of Hu Changning's identity, this person is not only the eldest son of Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but more importantly, he is also the father-in-law of Yang Chendong, the loyal Marquis.

The people who were sent out before must have been stopped by Yang Chendong and were not allowed to be put back. But if Hu Changning goes, in the face of his father-in-law, he is always difficult to stop. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh that Jin Ying's head was so good, and immediately turned around and said to the courtiers: "Hu Changning Aiqing is here?" ”

"The minister is here." Hu Changning, who was standing behind the ministers, was stunned for a moment when he heard the emperor's words, and then stood up with a fluorene board in his hand.

Seeing that the emperor was calling Hu Changning, the ministers quickly made way so that the pacification envoy of the Jinyi Guard could face the emperor directly.

"Hu Aiqing, I now order you to take someone to the front to understand the battle situation, and then return quickly. Remember, you have to do your will as quickly as possible, or you will be punished heavily. "Zhu Qiyu deliberately said the word heavy punishment very heavily, in order to remind Hu Changning that it was your son-in-law who was leading the troops to fight, and no one would embarrass you, unless you wanted to embarrass yourself.

Hu Changning naturally heard what Zhu Qiyu meant. In his heart, he didn't want to embarrass his son-in-law, but even if he had the imperial decree in his body, he didn't dare to disobey it. "The minister obeys the order, and he must go back as soon as possible." After saying this, Hu Changning turned around and walked out of the main hall.

Seeing Hu Changning's back disappear, Zhu Qiyu breathed a sigh of relief. Presumably, it won't be long before a battle report will come back from the front, and I hope it will be good news.

Let's say that when Hu Changning left the palace, he took Captain Gao Sheng and two Hu family members to the north of the Beijing Division.

The horse galloped all the way, and in less than two hours, he came to the east of Willow Town, where he was intercepted by the Ming army of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses. In the middle of the team, there were also two energetic men in camouflage uniforms.

Whoever came, dismount and report his identity. As soon as they saw another fast horse coming from the direction of Jingshi, the two men in camouflage uniforms looked at each other and smiled, they had already imprisoned several teams like this. This is also what Yang Chendong meant, to let Zhu Qiyu understand the cruelty of the war and make him worry and fear.

If you want to make others afraid of you, it's not just as simple as beating him, sometimes you can raise the coercive stick high, but if you don't fall for a long time, it can give people a sense of awe.

Seeing that the Ming army was blocking the road, Hu Changning, who led the team, knew that this should be the Ming army team fighting against Wara, and he was also relieved at the moment, and then reported his name, "This official is Hu Changning, the envoy of Jinyi Wei, who came to investigate the battle situation on the order of the emperor, and you will report it truthfully." ”

"What pacification? I haven't heard of it, so I tied it up. The two Leng Feng team members in camouflage clothes smiled, in front of them, the so-called Ming officers and soldiers did not have the slightest deterrent, and after laughing, they ordered the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to go forward and tie up Hu Changning as usual.

The Ming army who followed seemed to be used to such a thing, and they came towards Hu Changning and the four of them without blinking their eyes. Although it is true that they are the Ming army, after seeing the power of the cold fronts, they have long surrendered in their hearts. In addition, they were originally carrying out orders, and once something happened, they didn't have to take any responsibility themselves, where would they be polite, just stride forward with a rope.

"Wait, what are you going to do? Do you know who we are? Seeing that the Ming army was about to tie up Hu Changning, Gao Sheng, the captain who followed on the side, shouted loudly, and while intending to stop it, he also pulled out the embroidered spring knife on his waist.

Ken watched Gao Sheng pull out the steel knife, and an excited light flashed in the eyes of the two cold fronts. What they are afraid of is that the people who come will not resist, so they will be useless. It's good that someone wants to play tricks now, which is exactly what the two of them want.

The two pitch-black and cold Ninety-Five Styles were held in the hands of two Leng Feng, one of whom had already aimed his gun at the steel knife in Gao Sheng's hand, and he was confident that he would be able to knock the long knife off with one shot, so he couldn't help but have any resistance from the other party.

"Stop!" He had long heard of the power of the advanced firearms in the hands of the mercenaries, Hu Changning didn't want to take the risk, and when he shouted, he drank highly, and at the same time, he didn't let him act rashly, and at the same time, his eyes also looked at the two cold front team members and said, "Where is Yang Chendong?" I am his father-in-law. ”

Originally, when they heard someone call the name of the sixth young master, the eyes of the two Leng Feng revealed a cold light, as if they were going to make a move at any time. But when I heard the next sentence at first glance, I was stunned on the spot. This person turned out to be the sixth young master's father-in-law, so if he was really offended, wouldn't he have to be cleaned up heavily when he turned around.

For a while, the two of them put down the ninety-five style in their hands separately, and one of them asked suspiciously, "Are you really the father-in-law of Marquis Yang?" ”

Noticing that the attitude of the two mercenaries had changed, Hu Changning let out a long breath and said proudly, "If it is fake, in this way, if you call Yang Chendong over, won't you know the truth or the fake?" ”

"It's... Please wait a moment, and we'll call the company commander. The two Leng Feng didn't dare to move, but they wouldn't completely believe each other's words, so they decided to bring the company commander Fujiyama and let him distinguish the true from the false.

Hu Changning and the four did not move, but were surrounded by more than a dozen Ming soldiers. A cold front also stayed in place, staring at the four of them with a vigilant gaze, looking like that, it seemed that he was ready to make a move at any time.

It didn't take long for Fujiyama, who was also wearing a camouflage uniform but with the rank of major, to come over in a hurry. He was accompanied by Tao Jin, the commander, and Gao Li's commander stayed where he was, responsible for keeping an eye on the Warat cavalry in Willow Town to prevent them from making any changes.

Fujiyama didn't know Hu Changning, but he knew the fact that the sixth young master had married Hu Yan as the eldest lady. This time, I brought Tao Jin here to let him recognize people.

Tao Jin is one of the commanders of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and he naturally knows all the wealthy families and nobles in the Beijing Division. From a distance, when he saw that the person who came was indeed Hu Changning, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said politely, "It turned out that Lord Hu had arrived in person, and he was disappointed." ”

Tao Jin said so, where will things be fake. At that moment, Fujiyama also politely saluted first, and then said: "My subordinate is the commander of the third company of the mercenary, and I have met Master Hu." ”

"The company commander is polite." The other party's attitude was so respectful, Hu Changning naturally greeted him with a smile. Then he asked out loud: "By the way, why don't you see the loyal and courageous marquis?" I wonder where he is now? ”

"Lord Hu, Marquis Yang is not here, but is on the front line to meet with the leader of Warat. But I don't know what you have to do, if you have to see Yang Houye, you still need me to report it. Fujiyama said politely. Of course, he can ignore other people, but he can't pick up the slightest stand in the face of Hu Changning.

Hearing that Yang Chendong was meeting with Yexian, Hu Changning was shocked and asked at the same time: "Meeting?" But I don't know if it's dangerous? ”

"There will be no danger for the time being, but I don't know exactly what the situation is." Tengshan shook his head. It is true that the other party is the father-in-law of the sixth young master, but after all, he is not a person from the Yang family system, of course there is no need for him to explain it clearly to others.

There is no way to know the specific situation of Yang Chendong, but when he thinks of the strength of the mercenaries, and Yang Chendong can take precautions in everything, Hu Changning is not so worried. "So that's the case, but I don't know what the situation is now? The emperor is waiting for the official's reply. ”

"This... The company commander did not know the specific situation. But what can be told to Lord Hu is that the Warat army has been blocked by us outside Willow Town, and it will not threaten the safety of the Jingshi. Fujiyama hesitated for a moment and told him about the general situation, as for the specific battle situation, he would never tell it without the authorization of the sixth young master.