The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 113 Sharp turn down
In the next two days, the hunting continued as usual, and there seemed to be no signs of trouble.But Mu Xu knew that this was just the calm before the storm.

Sure enough, at midnight on the third day, Mu Xu was closing his clothes and sleeping, when he heard the sound of a horn in the distance.He got up quickly, picked up the Tang knife beside his pillow, and hurried to the outside of the tent.Asked the guard who was watching the night outside, "Where is the sound coming from?"

Pointing to the north direction, the guard replied to him, "It should be from over there."

When Mu Xu looked at the direction he was pointing at, he knew it. It was the place where the Beijing camp was stationed.

However, he was still worried, and headed towards the place where the imperial driver was. When he got there, he saw that the big tent was brightly lit, and the outer, inner, and outer third floors were tightly surrounded by the Longchamp Army.

He had just arrived for a short while when he noticed that the minister of civil and military affairs who had changed had also come outside the big tent.Listening to the shouts of killing from time to time in the distance, a group of people gathered together and whispered.Mu Xu also saw Lin Ruhai in it, the two of them nodded their heads and waited for the news.

During this period, Emperor Jiading sent people out to persuade everyone to come to the barracks by themselves.But none of the people at the scene heard it, and they unanimously chose to resist the decree, and just insisted on staying outside the imperial tent.These people have been officials for such a long time, naturally none of them are stupid, they all know the current situation, only where the emperor is is the safest.The eunuch who delivered the decree tried to persuade him for a long time, but seeing that no one was willing to listen, he had no choice but to stomp his feet and go in to report.

In this way, a group of people waited until the sun rose in the cold wind of late autumn.Some ministers who were not in good health were already trembling, only to see a small school coming on horseback from a distance, he ignored the people who asked him for news, and went directly into the big tent.After a while, Wang An came out, "Your Majesty ordered that officials above the third rank enter the account to discuss matters."

Mu Xu entered the big tent with a group of civil and military personnel, and saw the emperor and his son sitting in the center of the big tent, but the expressions of the two were completely opposite at the moment.The Supreme Emperor sat there with a gloomy expression and said nothing.But Emperor Jiading's complexion was rosy, and before everyone saluted, he waved his hands to signal his body, and then said excitedly,
"Prince Yizhong colluded with the Beijing camp to launch a rebellion last night. Now it has been defeated and is fleeing towards the capital. Do you have any advice?"

The civil and military ministers below began to discuss in a chaotic manner, Wang An saw this, and shouted directly, "Silence!"

Only then did everyone quiet down, only to see Qi Bin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, come out and reply, "Your Majesty, the rebels are heading towards the capital now. I don't know if the capital may be defended. If the capital falls, I'm afraid something bad will happen."

As soon as he said this, the ministers whose family members were all in the capital immediately became anxious and came out to speak out about it.Of course, what they said was all high-sounding, and they all looked like they were planning for the emperor.

Emperor Jiading naturally understood their concerns. Fortunately, he is in a good mood now, and he didn't care about it. Instead, he smiled and comforted everyone, "You don't have to worry. Before I left Beijing, I secretly dispatched the Chang'an garrison camp to enter the capital. It can be said to be impregnable.”

Hearing this, the people at the scene didn't understand that the emperor had already set up a net in secret, waiting for Prince Yizhong to crash in.So many ministers came out, one said that the emperor's destiny belonged, and the other said that those Xiao Xiaoxiao were just clowns and so on.

Some ministers also suggested that a large army should be sent immediately to wipe out the rebels on the spot, and they should not be allowed to escape, so as not to harm the local area.But after talking so much, no one mentioned how to deal with Prince Yizhong, which made Emperor Jiading a little disappointed.He was about to raise the matter when he heard a rush of horseshoes outside, followed by the sound of fighting.

Emperor Jiading turned pale with shock, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Seeing him like this, Mu Xu knew that something happened outside the emperor's plan, and he was a little flustered.Because he has already heard that the sound of horseshoes outside is clearly cavalry, and the number is not small. Judging from his experience, there are at least thousands of them.

Under such circumstances, he didn't care about his dignity, he rushed to the case where the Tian family father and son were sitting, and asked, "Has your Majesty ever arranged for cavalry to be outside?"

Emperor Jiading shook his head blankly, but the Supreme Emperor reacted very quickly and said in a hurried tone, "You mean there is an iron cavalry outside?"

Meeting the eyes of the two, Mu Xu nodded with an ugly expression, "Yes, listen to the movement, there are at least a few thousand people."

At this time, the Supreme Emperor could not care about the matter of being deceived by the emperor before, and turned around to ask Emperor Jiading, "Didn't the Longxiang Army have three thousand cavalry, where are they?"

Emperor Jiading was already in chaos at this moment, and he didn't care to hide his plan. He explained, "I sent them outside to hunt down the remnants of the rebel party."

"You!" The Supreme Emperor was a little angry, he didn't understand, what the emperor said was nice, what remnants, clearly refers to Prince Yizhong himself.But he also knew that now was not the time to worry about these things, and he still had to figure out what happened outside.

Fortunately, at this time, the imperial guard sent to investigate came back. He hurried all the way to the front of the case, and replied tremblingly, "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good. Lu Fang, the governor of Ping'an Prefecture, surrounded the camp with five thousand cavalry. , and...Prince Yizhong is also there, he also said...and said that His Majesty should surrender within a stick of incense, otherwise they will launch an attack."

"Who did you say led the army?"

"You said Prince Yizhong is here?"

The imperial guard was questioned by the emperor and his son at the same time, and he didn't know who to answer for a while.The Supreme Emperor didn't care about the emperor, and asked again, and after getting a confirmed answer, he immediately sat down as if mournful.

Emperor Jiading didn't ask any more at this time, he guessed after a second thought that he must have been tricked, and Tu Yu at the capital camp must be a substitute.What he hates the most at the moment is not Tu Yu, but the Supreme Emperor, because he wanted to investigate Ping'an Prefecture before, but the Supreme Emperor refused to let it go.At that time, Mu Xu also reminded himself to pay attention to the guard of Yanmen Pass.Now it seems that Mu Xu is right.It would take at least a month from Ping'an Prefecture to Shenjing. Lu Fang led his troops all the way, but they were not found by the locals along the way. It must be a march at night, so that the army could be brought to the Iron Net Mountain without a sound.

Thinking of this, he didn't bother to appease the ministers who were rioting at the scene, so he quickly called Mu Xu to his side and asked him what his idea was, "Xu'er, the situation is urgent now, what's your idea, but it's okay to say it?"

Mu Xu murmured, "Your Majesty, Lu Fang came from a long distance, so he must ride lightly, so his baggage will not be too much. As long as we can hold on for a while, Iron Net Mountain is close to the capital, and when we find out that something is wrong , will send troops to support."

Emperor Jiading's eyes lit up, "You are right, okay, I ordered you to command and resist the enemy, are you sure?"

But Mu Xu smiled wryly, "There are only a thousand troops at most in the camp, and seven hundred of them are Captain Long. His Majesty must know the strength of Captain Long. This..."

After hearing this, Emperor Jiading was speechless. He also knew very well about Long Jinwei's gang of young master soldiers, and it was up to the leaders to keep them from breaking up.He could only ask Mu Xu again with hope, "Then tell me the truth, if you are allowed to guard, how long can you guard?"

After thinking for a while, Mu Xu replied, "At most an hour, it's because they are cavalry and don't bring siege equipment, I can't guarantee it any more."

After hearing his reply, Emperor Jiading was a little disappointed, but he looked around, and all the ministers who looked at him lowered their heads.His heart suddenly turned cold, and most of these people were probably thinking of retreating.And he also thought that even if someone volunteered at this moment, it might not be credible.In this case, it is better to trust Mu Xu, at least he is more reliable.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, drew out his saber and slashed at the case, and said sharply, "Okay, I order you to take full charge of guarding the camp, and anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes, I will do my best." Mu Xu clasped his fists to accept the order, and stopped talking nonsense, and went directly to the outside of the tent.

(End of this chapter)