As night fell, every house was lit up. Ｘ

Under the cover of night, Panda slipped out of the house and took the path back to the Yamen to avoid being bumped into by the men of the Qiong navy.

After entering the yamen, Panda hid in the corner and saw the flower hall brightly lit from a distance, two people dressed as military attachés sitting there, drinking tea without a sip, and the officials of the yamen standing next to him waiting.

Didn't you say that someone from the Ministry of War, how could it be two military attachés, wouldn't it be that the Qiong Navy couldn't find someone and used this trick to deceive himself? Panda's eyes rolled, and he hesitated a little, not knowing whether to show up or not.

At this time, one of the military attachés stood up impatiently, slapped the table hard, and shouted: "What's the matter? What did you say about checking the soldiers and horses, how many hours have passed, and there is still no one in sight? It's night now, the lights are blind, you can't see it, he checks a fart! ”

The little official next to him smiled and said, "The adults are angry, and they will be back soon." ”

Panda's eyes were good, and at a glance he could see that the saber on this person's waist was not an ordinary waist knife, but an embroidered spring knife.

It's actually Jinyiwei! Then it can't be someone from the Qiong Navy, Panda hurriedly trotted into the flower hall, and bowed his hand: "It's rude and rude to wait for the two of you for a long time!" ”

The brocade-clothed guard who was angry stared at him: "You are the Tianjin Guard Beidao Panda?" Our Jinyi Wei rushed to spread the word day and night, you actually dare to slack off, I'm afraid that you have eaten the gall of the ambitious leopard, right? ”

Panda smiled and said: "Don't dare, I have official business during the day, and I have delayed a little time, please don't blame the two of you......"

Another brocade guard who was sitting still smiled coldly: "Everyone knows in their hearts what is going on officially, what official business is on their bodies, it's just a pretext." We don't care about you snubbing us first, the words to be passed on this time are related to the palace, and the matter has been delayed, you have a small soldier, and you can't afford it! ”

Panda was shocked, it has something to do with the palace! He vaguely felt that this time the incident was not trivial, maybe it was not necessarily his chance to return to the capital, and hurriedly said: "Xia Guan will never have the courage to snub the two, let alone delay the things explained above, please check the two." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the little official, who understood, retreated, and turned back after a while, with an extra package in his hand.

Panda handed over the package and said with a smile: "The two of you are working hard, this is a little bit of the lower official's heart, please don't shirk." ”

Seeing that Panda lowered his posture, claimed to be a subordinate official, and took out the silver to pay homage, the two brocade guards were very useful, looked at each other, one took the package, and the other took out a letter and handed it to Panda, saying: "Explain from above, don't ask who wrote the letter, and don't reveal half a word, after reading it, burn it in front of us, and our mission will be completed." ”

Panda was surprised and delighted, the more mysterious it is, the higher the status of the characters involved, and it seems that this letter has a lot of origin. He took the letter, opened it on the spot, and read it carefully.

At this look, Pan Da's eyebrows danced, and the instructions in it coincided with his thoughts, which made him feel extremely happy, especially at the end, he was given a promise, saying that he would complete this task, so he would consider transferring him back to Beijing and serving in the Ministry of War.

Although most of the soldiers are appointed as deputy envoys of the Ministry of Justice, their responsibilities are more intersecting with the Ministry of War, and they are very clear about the affairs of the Ministry of War. Pan Da is not from the Ministry of War, and he also knows that the position of Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, has been unstable in the past two years, and he may step down at any time. And who is Wen weak, how can he not know that he is a speaker? This is the celebrity in front of the saint today, the career is smooth sailing, and he has heard of the fact that he was ordered by the saint not long ago, it seems that the military department is about to change the master, in the face of this olive branch, as long as he is not a fool, he will not refuse.

After reading it, Panda breathed a long sigh of relief, and in front of the two brocade guards, he lit the letterhead on the candlelight.

All this that happened in the dark, Xia Nan didn't know, and all his thoughts were now on the upcoming battle.

At the same time that Panda received the order from the capital, the lights in the Tianjin guard camp were bright, and Nanzheng summoned relevant personnel to formulate a battle plan in the summer.

Sima De is speaking: "...... The Tartars must pass through Tianjin Wei on their way north, and the official road is less than two miles away from the Acropolis, which is their only way. If Abatai doesn't want to make a big detour to Baoding, he will plunge headlong into our encirclement. The key now is that our Qiong Navy is all infantry, lacking cavalry, and must have the cooperation of other troops. According to Xu Zhong, the commander of the Tianjin Guard, the Tianjin Sanwei has seriously escaped citizenship, there are too many vacancies, there are too few young people who can pull out, self-protection is a problem, and there are not many war horses, and what we have checked in the past two days is indeed the case. It is impossible to count on them, and can only rely on the soldiers and horses of Wang Hong, the general soldier of Tianjin, who is stationed in Jinghai County, and Liu Guozhu, the general soldier of Baoding, who is stationed in Bazhou. ”

Xia Nan asked: "How far are Jinghai and Bazhou from Tianjin Wei?" ”

Sima De replied: "I asked Xu Zhong, Jinghai County is only a dozen miles away from the Tianjin Acropolis, Bazhou is in the west of Tianjin, the distance is only a hundred miles, and the cavalry can reach the battlefield within a day." Tianjin Wei, Jinghai County, and Bazhou are each other's horns, and no matter how noisy Abatai is, he can't escape from this triangle. As long as these two troops joined, they did not need to use all their forces, and each family sent three or four thousand cavalry, then the big thing could be decided. ”

Xia Nan frowned and said: "Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, the grain and grass are put aside in advance, as long as there is an order from the military department, the situation of encirclement can be formed." Huang Mengjia has been gone for two days, why hasn't there been any movement? ”

Sima De sighed: "The speed at which the military department does things, hey...... When I was serving in Nanjing, I had a deep understanding that the military headquarters of the Beijing Division was no better than the Nanjing Military Department. It depends on whether Shoufu is willing to contribute, and whether the emperor will accept this proposal, otherwise, by the time the military department comes up with a result, Abatai will have already returned to Guannai. ”

Xia Nan said to herself: "Wen Tiren should help us, it is beneficial to him; Chongzhen is so happy, as long as there are no accidents, he should agree to ......"

Wei Lianheng said: "But now I haven't seen the order from the Ministry of War, and the Tartars will come, and it will be too late if it's too late." ”

Summer Minami stood up and paced back and forth. After a while, he stopped and said firmly: "Let's do things in front, while waiting for the order of the military department, we will lobby the two families to send troops, and say that they don't need to spend food and salary, and the Tianjin Wei side will allocate it." I believe that if they pay money and food to invite them to fight, they will still be able to reap the merits of the war, and even if the order of the military headquarters does not come down in time, they should be able to move them. ”r