prosperous age

"came back?"

Chen Ju stepped cautiously into the main room of the Supervisor of Rites, where Huang Jin and his godfather Gao Zhong were seated.

When Chen Ju arrived at the Supervisor of Ceremonies, he also asked someone to go in to inform him, and he dared to enter here only after he got permission, because this is the core of the inner court.

At this time, Huang Jin would usually arrive, and he had to seal the memorials approved by the emperor, which would be sent out early in the morning, and a complete process would be considered complete.

"What did Wei Guangde say?"

Entering the door, Chen Ju saw that there were no piles of memorials on the books in front of the two of them, but a jug of wine, two wine glasses, and a few dishes of appetizers.

Seeing Chen Ju enter the door, Gao Zhong asked.

"Godfather, what Wei Guangde said is similar to what Yang Shangshu said."

Chen Ju answered quickly, at this time the wife had not had time to salute, and immediately heard two sighs from above.

"Ugh"

At this time, Chen Ju didn't dare to breathe, he was still thinking about what Wei Guangde said later, that Datong might be able to hold on to it, whether to say it or not.

After all, Wei Guangde didn't dare to guarantee that, if Li Wenjin didn't listen to Yu Dayou's words, don't say it, the hope that was given was finally dashed, I'm afraid it will be even more tragic.

"It looks like that's it. Although Yang Bo is still thinking of a way, but it's been a few days, and I don't think there will be a good way, otherwise he should have thought of it long ago."

At this time, Chen Ju heard Huang Jin's voice.

"Eunuch Huang, don't worry too much, take care of yourself, we'd better wait for the news with peace of mind."

Gao Zhong's voice immediately reached Chen Ju's ears.

"What else can I do now except wait for the news, I'm afraid that bad news will come, and I don't know how the emperor will get angry."

"Hey, by the way, have you talked to Wei Guangde? Maybe he will be sent to the Xuanfu to supervise the battle."

During the conversation between Huang Jin and Gao Zhong, Gao Zhong suddenly turned his head and asked.

"Said, he said to do his best."

Chen Ju hurriedly replied.

"Just try your best. The current situation is already like this. As long as you can keep the Xuan Mansion, there is always a chance."

After hearing Chen Ju's words, Gao Zhong seemed to be very satisfied and said something.

"Go down and rest first, tomorrow you will enter the palace to serve."

Huang Jin said to Chen Ju, and immediately raised his wine glass to meet Gao Zhong.

At this moment, Chen Ju was standing below with his hands down, watching Huang Jin and Gao Zhong drink up the wine in the glass in one gulp, hurried forward a few steps, picked up the wine pot on the side and filled it for the two, then put down the wine glass and backed away two steps.

At this time, Huang Jin had already picked up Kuaizi and put a mouthful of vegetables into his mouth, while Gao Zhong turned his head to look at Chen Ju, "Is there anything else?"

Chen Ju also thought about it at this time, Wei Guangde later said that whether to tell the emperor or not, it is best for these two to decide, so he will not worry about it.

Therefore, Chen Ju whispered Wei Guangde's later analysis of the Datong war situation again.

When he was talking, Huang Jin had already put down his fast son, and stared at him like Gao Zhong, as if he was thinking about how reliable Wei Guangde's analysis was.

Of course, Chen Ju made it clear that this was just Wei Guangde's thoughts after seeing the official document, and it was also the most ideal result.

"I hope so, Eunuch Huang, do you want to report this?"

...

After listening to Chen Ju's narration, Gao Zhong couldn't make up his mind, so he naturally asked Huang Jin.

"Yes, and this one."

Chen Ju suddenly remembered that there was still a piece of paper in his arms, which was the unicycle chariot he had drawn after Yu Dayou's album.

After seeing the picture at Wei Guangde's place, Chen Ju found it very interesting, so he drew the picture of the chariot himself at Wei's house, thinking about it if he had nothing to do.

The picture of the unicycle chariot he drew was in the hands of Gao Zhong, and soon passed into Huang Jin's hands.

"Wei Guangde and Yu Dayou have a pretty good relationship."

Huang Jin looked at the picture of the chariot in his hand, but smiled softly.

Afraid of misunderstanding, Chen Ju repeated Wei Guangde's words in front of Huang Jin and Gao Zhong.

He himself didn't know why he had to speak for Wei Guangde in front of these two, maybe it was because of the short manpower.

"Oh, so it is."

Huang Jin was stunned after hearing Gao Zhong's words, but then he looked at Gao Zhong and said: "It's better not to tell the emperor about it, it's just the two days, the news from Datong should be passed on. Come here, don't go from being happy to disappointed at that time, but self-defeating."

Gao Zhong nodded when he heard the words, but said nothing.

Chen Ju naturally understood what Huang Jin meant, so don't tell the emperor about it.

It's late at night, and there are still Goulan tile shops in Beijing at this time, but now there are rumors in the market that the court's war in the north is not going well, and the rich and powerful in the capital are also consciously optimistic about their own boys, and don't let them ostentatious outside. The direct impact is that places that were brightly lit in the past have also closed their doors in advance.

The capital fell into a deep sleep, and the entire Ming Empire seemed to be silent because of the arrival of night, only the shadows of people flickering on the post road.

"Da da da"

There was a rush of horseshoes sounding from a distance, the gate of the small courtyard was suddenly opened, a figure stood out, and then two more people came out and stood behind the man.

In the dark night, only a high-hanging lantern on the gate of the small courtyard is emitting light, illuminating this small area. On the lantern, a big "post" character can be clearly seen.

This is a post station outside the city of Changping Prefecture in North Zhili, and it is the only passage to the capital from the west.

The post-horse that the post-pawn was riding on had already arrived at the gate of the small courtyard, and he said directly to the three people: "Change the horse, prepare water and food for me, hurry up for [-] miles."

"Get ready."

The man in front immediately turned his head and gave orders to the people behind him, and then stepped forward to help the postman off his horse, "Where did you come from?"

"Datong."

The postman replied, at this time one of them had brought out a curtain from the house, which contained the dry food and water that had been prepared earlier, while the other had already pulled out a yellow puma from the yard.
Although some bad news has come from the city in the past few days, for the people living in the suburbs of Beijing, it is Hukou's means to transport the prepared products into the city early every day, so the north may lose the battle. The news has little effect on the people in the capital, but it is just an extra item of talk.

After the city gate was opened in the morning, an endless stream of vendors and pedestrians passed through the city gate, and the capital was still extremely prosperous.

It's just that not long after the city gate was opened, there were travel-worn postmen beating their horses into the city.

...

But this is the capital city, things like this happen every day, no one cares about pedestrians or soldiers defending the city, just clear a way for him to go first.

But soon, a good news about Datong spread throughout all the yamen in Beijing.

These days, people in the yamen were also looking forward to the news from the north, but after learning the content of the good news, many people did not cheer as they should, but fell silent.

Soon, the victory report was sent to the cabinet by the Secretary of the General Political Department and handed over to Yan Song.

Not long after, Xu Jie also heard the news.

Now, the news of Datong affected the hearts of the entire court. At this time, no one expected a defeat, but the news of the victory made them slightly disappointed.

"Let's see, Li Wenjin, the governor of Datong, has won the victory, and our army will burn the board and ascend the city."

When Xu Jie came in, Yan Song had already read the news, so he handed the official document to Xu Jie.

"Has the army withdrawn yet?"

Xu Jie hurriedly stepped forward to receive the good news, and asked in his mouth.

"No, our troops came up in pursuit, and Liu Han led his troops to resist the enemy."

Yan Song replied weakly.

Xu Jie's eyes were full of disappointment, these were all expected news.

Good news is good news, but if the army did not withdraw to Datong in time, it would be dangerous, and it seemed to be in line with Yang Bo's prediction.

After hastily reading the document, Xu Jie looked up at Yan Song and said, "Old Man Ge, we still have to send this thing to the palace."

It was only at this time that he realized that Yan Song was staring at him blankly, but his eyes were very erratic, and he didn't know what he was looking at.

At this time, Yan Song was not the only official in the capital with disappointed eyes. After reading the transcript of the good news, Yang Bo also stared blankly at the map hanging opposite him.

The Datong Army, after all, failed to return to the Great Wall and was intercepted by the chasing soldiers of the Ida Ministry.

At this time, Li Wenjin, the governor of Datong, who was still killing Hubao in Datong, never thought that his victory report would silence the entire officialdom in the capital.

Throughout the day, almost all the officials were preoccupied, and it was even rumored that some officials were already arranging to go back to their hometown to visit relatives or something.

The official circles in the capital began to panic.

Different from the Beijing officials, Li Wenjin was very happy at this time. He had already learned the result of the Battle of Anyinbao.

Yu Dayou only used 3000 standard battalions to repel the [-] people chasing troops of the Alda Department. Before Liu Han and Liu Zongbing's thousands of troops even had time to enter the battlefield, the Tartars retreated.

Three thousand Ming troops defeated more than ten thousand Tartars, who would have dared to think of this before?

In fact, strictly speaking, Yu Dayou had less than three thousand troops.

Li Wenjin's soldiers and horses were equipped and armed according to the standards of the Ming army. The horses moved three times and seven times. Other armies lacked horses, but his needs must be met in terms of military equipment.

The 200 cavalry took away 800 people when he hurried back to kill Hubao, so only [-] people actually participated in the battle.

This time, Li Wenjin did not rush to the capital to deliver the victory report as he did two days ago. He wanted to wait for Yu Dayou and Liu Han to come back and ask the situation clearly before reporting to the capital.

It's just this idea, which directly made Li Wenjin, who learned the details later, regret it, and he lost a chance to show his embarrassment in front of the emperor.

...

The Datong Army has gone through two consecutive victories, and the credits need to be carefully considered.

Undoubtedly, Yu Dayou must have made the first contribution, and he and the commander-in-chief Liu Han don't have to be on the list, and the others have to discuss with Liu Han and Yu Dayou to decide.

Wei Guangde was still not on duty, so he also heard the rumors from Zhang Ji, and Datong sent a good news.

Although he really wanted Zhang Ji to come and let him have a look, Wei Guangde felt a little uneasy in his heart, he was worried about seeing bad information.

In the afternoon, Lao Kan hurried into Wei Guangde's house and brought a copy of the good news.

Seeing the good news that Lao Kan handed over, Wei Guangde took it after hesitating for a moment.

You can't dodge it, if you stretch out your head for a knife, you will also get a knife for shrinking your head.

Wei Guangde directly skipped the previous words of boasting about the reign of the Holy Son of Heaven, what he wanted to see was the latter, what is the situation in Datong now.

Lao Kan's complexion was not good after he entered the door. People who he already understood said that it was similar to Yang Bo and Yang Shangshu's analysis. The most important thing was that the Datong Army failed to withdraw to the Great Wall in time, which was a defeat.

However, he soon realized that something was wrong, Wei Guangde's face that should have been in pain miraculously burst into a smile at this moment.

At first, Lao Kan thought that Wei Guangde was so stimulated, so he stood over with some concern, thinking that if he fainted, he would have to help him up.

"Hahaha"

When Lao Kan was concerned about Wei Guangde, Wei Guangde suddenly threw the copy of the good news in his hand into the sky, laughing wildly.

"Guangde, Guangde, Shandai, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, Zhang Ji, get over here quickly"

Seeing Wei Guangde's reaction, Lao Kan was really frightened.

He had asked someone to inquire about it, and the situation was very bad. He didn't believe that Wei Guangde would fail to see the seriousness of the situation, and he was also afraid that Wei Guangde would be provoked into something bad.

Lao Kan supported Wei Guangde, but he didn't want Wei Guangde to give him a bright smile, "The crisis is over, it's all right."

Wei Guangde said to Lao Kan, with a relaxed tone, as if he had returned to the energetic Wei Guangde that Lao Kan knew in the past.

The last time he came here, he felt that Wei Guangde's will was depressed when he spoke, and he felt as if he had changed from the past.

But these did not bring down Lao Kan's worries, "I said Guangde, don't scare me."

At this time, Zhang Ji from outside the door had trotted in, seeing Lao Kan supporting Wei Guangde, his heart tightened.

He also heard Wei Guangde's laughter in the room just now, and it was similar to Lao Kan's thoughts. The master was afraid that he was stimulated, so he hurried forward and reached out to help Wei Guangde from the other side.

"I'm fine, really fine."

Wei Guangde was a little dumbfounded, he understood Lao Kan and Zhang Ji's reaction, so he said hastily.

"Don't scare me, let me tell you, I asked someone before I came here. Just like Yang Shangshu's prediction, the army was intercepted by the Ministry of Defense outside the Great Wall. It's more or less auspicious."

With Zhang Ji on the side, Lao Kan spoke.

"That's not the point. In fact, this victory report is different from the previous one. The last time it was said that Liu Han led his troops to attack Bansheng City, and Li Wenjin was responsible for the response. But what is this victory report about?"

Wei Guangde asked.

"What did you say?"

Lao Kan asked curiously, would he not know what he said?I have watched it several times.

"It was Yu Dayou who led the troops to attack Bansheng City. With Yu Dayou in the army, it is not so difficult for the chasing troops of our troops to destroy the Datong Army."

Wei Guangde said, although he didn't know if Yu Dayou would be able to deal with the attack of the Tartar cavalry, Wei Guangde still felt that such a famous general in later generations would not even be able to defeat the Tartars.

Of course Wei Guangde would not think that with Yu Dayou around, the 8000 people of the Ming army could eat up more than [-] followers of the Tartars, and he himself did not believe it.

However, although the Ming army has a disadvantage in numbers, it should be possible to hold off for a while and delay for a while.

As long as the time can be delayed, it is tantamount to keeping the soldiers and horses of the two towns of Yansui and Ningxia, and the plan to sweep Hetao will be carried out smoothly.

With the soldiers and horses in those two towns, although it didn't have a big impact on the situation in Datong, the situation was no longer passive.