In the southwest corner of the imperial city, that is, on the head of the city near the side of the Taiye Pond, there is a corner tower, which is connected to the city wall building and is more than 25 meters high, with an excellent view, you can overlook the Xuanwu Gate in the distance, and the streets and buildings on the west and south sides of the inner city are all unobstructed.

Now this corner tower has become Xu Jin's temporary command, waving department, the building is brightly lit, the outside of the building is heavily guarded, in addition to two hundred loaded guns and ammunition of the Shenji machine battalion guards, Jin Biao and Sima Yuan also led more than 1,000 brocade guards stationed under the city tower.

In the corner tower, the candlelight shines as brightly as day, and the fire is blazing. Yang Yiqing, Fei Hong, and Xu Jin sat around the table, and messengers went in and out like marquees, reporting to the three of them the real-time situation in various parts of the city.

"Report, the Shenji Battalion has swept away the thieves who attacked the Xuanwu Gate, and captured the thieves Guo Xun and Tang Shaozong!"

"Report, the traitor British Gong Zhang Lun was captured by the Jiangxi army!"

"Report, my answer department is still storming the Xuanwu Gate!"

"Report, there is no war in Deshengmen, and the Great Khan of Tatar Bodi will not move!"

"Newspaper, Qin Jin, the head of the household department, Jin Xianmin, the capital of the imperial history, Zhang Xuan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Yan Song, the left attendant of the household department, Xia Yan, the bachelor of Hanlin, Xu Jie, and others in the military department, gathered in Zuo'anmen to inquire about the emperor's safety."

Xu Jin couldn't help but be a little surprised, Zhang Xuan and Yan Song actually came?

Yang Yiqing glanced at Xu Jin, stroked his beard and said: "Although Zhang Bingyong rejects dissidents and forms parties for personal gain, it can be seen that he is still loyal to the emperor. ”

Xu Jin nodded, according to the records of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xuan does not have too many stains, although there are opportunistic tricks, unauthorized politics, and exclusion of dissidents, but he has indeed done a lot of practical things that benefit the country and the people, but Yan Song is an out-and-out traitor, and tonight he actually ventured to You'anmen to ask the emperor, which is really unexpected!

Of course, unexpectedly, Xu Jin still ordered someone to record Yan Song's name on the list, and afterwards, this list will be shown to the emperor.

As the saying goes, when the times are in danger, the world is chaotic and loyal and good. At the critical moment of "city breaking", those who still remember to come to inquire about the emperor's safety are naturally loyal ministers, on the contrary, they are the ones who are alone, and even the swaying wall grass.

It is foreseeable that the ministers who appear on this list of "loyal ministers" today will win the favor of the emperor, and it is only a matter of time before they are reused, of course, exceptions like Zhang Xuan, who are closely related to Guo Xun and other anti-thieves, will inevitably be held accountable and questioned.

"Xu Ziqian, now that the ghosts in the city have been cleared, do you want to implement your second step to invite you into the urn?" Yang Yiqing yawned and asked.

It is said that Xu Jin's plan tonight is divided into two steps, the first step is to catch them all, mainly to deal with the inner ghosts such as Lu Bing and Guo Xun, and by the way, to distinguish the minister's loyalty and traitor; The second step is to invite the king into the urn, that is, after cleaning up the inner ghosts, he will plan and trick some of the Tartars into the inner city to annihilate them.

However, if the first step of the plan is risky, then the risk of the second step is magnified N times, and the slightest mistake will be self-defeating, or even doomed. After all, the total number of Tartar troops outside the city was close to 200,000, while the defenders inside the city were only 40,000 or 50,000, and there were only about 100,000 people in addition to the government officials.

Therefore, even Xu Jin, who has always been decisive, hesitated a little and asked rhetorically: "What do Yang Ge Lao and Fei Shi think?" ”

Yang Yiqing smiled and said: "Now that the traitors in the city have been cleared out and the internal troubles have been eliminated, the safest way is naturally to hold on and wait for help, wait for Wang Shouren to lead the army to arrive, and then fight with the Tartars, but the old man knows that Ziqian is good at military and dangerous soldiers, and now it is indeed an excellent opportunity to annihilate Meda." Therefore, the old man didn't want to influence General Xu's will, and everything was decided by Governor Xu. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, the old fox deserves to be an old fox, saying it is equivalent to not saying it, but the pressure is pushed on my shoulders alone, dare to love your old boy and play a trick, it's too unkind!

Fei Hong frowned and said: "Ziqian, Wang Yangming will soon arrive with a large army, there is really no need to be greedy for merit, although you have the reputation of always winning, but as the saying goes, you will eventually meet a tiger when you go up the mountain, and be careful to sail a boat for ten thousand years!" ”

Xu Jin's heart warmed, Fei Shi is still reliable, so let's be safe!

Just as Xu Jin was about to order the cancellation of the second step of the plan to invite the king into the urn, a messenger hurriedly walked in and reported: "Report, the Tatar Khan has set up camp and withdrawn to the direction of Gubeikou. ”

"What?" Xu Jin, Yang Yiqing and Fei Hong were all stunned, what kind of SAO operation is this Bodi Great Khan? At this time, the soles of the feet are oiled?

Xu Jin's sword eyebrows wrinkled deeply, tonight, the Ministry of Answers attacked Xuanwu Gate, and the fight was hot, and the 120,000 troops of the Tatar Great Khan Department outside the Desheng Gate have been holding their troops still, which has already puzzled him, and now the Bodi Great Khan simply pulled out the camp and withdrew the army, which is really confusing!

Yang Yiqing's eyes flashed and said: "I am getting bigger and bigger, and the Tatar Khan is very jealous of him, and the two are inseparable, will I agree to join the traitors to attack the city tonight, and I didn't inform Bodi Khan at all?" ”

Xu Jin nodded and said, "Judging from the fact that Bodi Khan did not move at the beginning, there is indeed this possibility, but ...... The sudden withdrawal of the Great Khan of Bodi is incomprehensible! ”

"Could it be that there is an internal change in Tatar where the Great Khan of Bodi has to withdraw his troops?" Fei Hong hesitated.

The three of them discussed for a while and couldn't get the gist, Xu Jin simply didn't bother to analyze, and ordered the spies to go out of the city to continue to investigate to see if Bodi Khan really withdrew his troops or fake them.

The results showed that Bodi Khan obviously really withdrew, because all the baggage outside the city was transported away, and nothing was left, which shows that Bodi Khan withdrew his troops very decisively, and in the case of absolute superiority, Bodi Khan really did not need to play fake retreat, and this trick had no effect on the defenders in the city.

So, Xu Jin, Yang Yiqing, and Fei Hong came to the conclusion that Bodi Khan really withdrew, as for why? Then only God knows!

In this way, Xu Jin was ready to move, and Yang Yiqing, the old fox, was also gearing up, because as soon as the 120,000 army of Bodi Khan retreated, the pressure on the defenders in the city was greatly reduced, and the threat in the north of the city was lifted, and there were many more troops available for defense!

Yang Yiqing smiled and said, "Governor Xu, how is it?" Now that the internal troubles are cleared, and the future troubles are gone, do you still need to catch turtles with the urn you prepared? I'm a big turtle! ”

Xu Jin laughed and said: "Naturally, if you want to catch it, if you don't take it, it will be intolerable!" ”

Yang Yiqing laughed loudly, and Fei Hong couldn't help but laugh, but still reminded: "Ziqian, don't be careless, the combat power of the Tartar cavalry should not be underestimated. ”

Xu Jin nodded, took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, and found that it was already early in the morning, and the shouts of killing in the direction of Xuanwumen were still wave after wave.

Xu Jin snapped and closed his pocket watch, and said in a deep voice: "Pass the order, act according to the original plan, and order all palace guards to strictly guard the palace gate, and there must be no mistakes." Diao Desheng Gate Xianwu Camp, Xizhimen Shenwei Camp to assist in the defense of Anfufang Street, Chaoyangmen Zhenwei Camp, Dongzhimen Xiaoyong Camp to assist in the defense of Xiaofang Street......"

Xu Jin's order was issued in an orderly manner, and an open pocket gradually formed around the Xuanwu Gate, just waiting for the cavalry under my command to enter the bag......