Even with Zhu Biao's magnanimity, he instantly turned pale when he heard the news.
The finger pointing at Wang Yue couldn't help but tremble, "You, what are you talking nonsense like, you little slave? There are 200,000 troops in Jiayuguan, and Lan Yu is guarding it. How could it be breached? Didn't Lan Yu just win a great victory? Why? Will it suddenly break?"
Wang Yue held up the memorial with both hands with a sad face, "It's the news from Liang Guogong through the beacon tower. Jiayuguan Pass is indeed broken."
Zhu Biao snatched the report away. The news from the beacon tower was extremely simple, only the location and urgency. The news did come from Jiayuguan, and ten beacons and ten cannons meant that the entire army was annihilated!
Zhu Biao leaned on the white jade railing.
"Your Majesty!" Wang Yue exclaimed and quickly stood up to help Zhu Biao, fearing that he would fall to the ground and get injured.
"Your Majesty, please take care. The Jiayu Pass is being breached and it is under the attack of Timur's troops. Please make preparations in advance."
Zhu Biao suddenly woke up, took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "Yes, there are still people in the gate, I can't fall yet."
With that said, he steeled himself to stand up alone and gave the order.
"Quickly, send a message to the cabinet university officials to discuss the matter!"
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Even though the palace door was closed, Wang Yue couldn't care less. He took Zhu Biao's golden order and forced open the palace door, announcing that the cabinet ministers had entered the palace to pay homage.
After Qi Tai resigned from his job, he changed into casual clothes, got on an ordinary blue sedan and came to the brothel to find his old sweetheart, Miss Xuanxuan.
Listening to Miss Xuanxuan's music, Qitai closed his eyes slightly and tapped his knees rhythmically with one hand.
A servant dressed in blue silk satin hunched over and walked in hurriedly.
When Qi Tai heard the movement, his eyes slightly raised, and his face suddenly sank.
"Don't you even understand the rules?"
No one would be happy to be interrupted when dating a beauty, and a superior person like Qi Tai would even think that it was a provocation against him by a domestic servant.
The servant trembled when he heard this. He knew the methods in the house. The consequence of his recklessness would be to shed his skin even if he died.
He quickly said: "Master, someone from the palace asks you to come into the palace immediately!"
Qi Tai was startled when he heard this, and said subconsciously: "The gates of the palace are closed at this time, how can I enter the palace?"
Then he thought of something, and couldn't help but show a ray of joy on his face, which he quickly put away.
He stood up slowly, put his hands behind his back, and said with a straight face: "Since the emperor has summoned me, why don't you go prepare the sedan chair quickly?"
"Yes, sir!"
When Lao Zhu was in power, the six ministers were changed at a glance. Even one book can be replaced by several ministers a year, or it can remain empty for several years.
However, after Zhu Biao inherited the throne, he did not change the ministers for the sake of stability. Up to now, except for the execution of Zhang Yao, which left the Minister of Personnel vacant and Han Du taking over the Ministry of Household Affairs, there have been no changes in other ministries.
Qianqing Palace.
After Qi Tai, Chen Di, Bao Zhao, and Zheng Ci all arrived, Zhu Biao was silent and didn't know what to say.
The four of them looked at each other, wondering why the emperor made an exception and called everyone here at such a late hour.
Are you just looking at everyone like this?
The more he saw Zhu Biao acting like this, the happier Qi Tai felt. He held up his hands and pretended to say: "May I ask what important matter the emperor has summoned the ministers to come here?"
Zhu Biao let out a heavy sigh, and the report was still on the imperial case.
"Jiayu Pass...may have been breached..."
"What? Jiayuguan Pass was breached? Your Majesty, is this news absolutely true?" Zheng Ci couldn't help but ask with shock on his face.
Zhu Biao nodded, "Although it is the news from the beacon tower, but..."
Even if the emperor didn't say the next words, everyone could understand them.
Although the news from Beacon Tower may not be detailed, there will definitely be no mistakes, let alone false news.
This is going to be beheading!
Qi Tai was overjoyed, but with a sad look on his face, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think that Liang Guogong Lan Yu should be held accountable. He guarded Jiayuguan, and he should bear all the blame for the loss of Jiayuguan."
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Zheng Ci immediately objected, "Isn't it inappropriate for Mr. Qi to say this? Now it is not clear how Jiayuguan was lost. Wouldn't it be chilling to hold Liang Guogong responsible for his crimes? What's more, now Liang Guogong is still in Jiayuguan, even if If we want to pursue the case, we should investigate it thoroughly, and we can wait until Duke Liang returns to Beijing, right?"
Zheng Ci has a good relationship with Han Du. He knows the relationship between Han Du and Lan Yu, and naturally he doesn't want to see Qitai fall into trouble.
Besides, what he said is right. People are still on the front line. If you want to convict others, aren't you afraid that they will directly rebel?
However, Qi Tai refused to give up and said again: "Your Majesty, once Jiayuguan is lost, Lan Yu will definitely escape. If we wait until later, how can we hold him accountable? I thought that the family members of Liang Guogong's mansion could be arrested first to avoid being imprisoned. They escaped. If Lan Yu comes back, if not, we can use them to take the blame!"
Lan Yu is Zhu Biao's uncle. Not to mention the current unknown situation in Jiayuguan, even if Lan Yu is responsible, Zhu Biao is not willing to kill him, let alone arrest his family members.
Therefore, Zhu Biao deliberately ignored Qi Tai, turned to Chen Di and asked, "What do Chen Aiqing think?"
Qi Tai glanced at Chen Di with confidence, but Chen Di quickly looked away, which made Qi Tai's originally very happy heart become angry.
Chen Di was indeed close to Qi Tai, but his relationship with Qi Tai had not yet reached the level of Zhang Yan. Ever since Zhang Yan was killed by Han Du, Chen Di knew that Qi Tai could not compete with Han Du, so he quickly alienated his relationship with Qi Tai.
Chen Di thought clearly, even if Lan Yu deserves death, don't forget that Han Du is still there. If he adds insult to injury to Lan Yu now, what will Han Du think?
It has to be said that since the incident with Zhang Yan, Chen Di was a little afraid of Han Du.
Even though Han Du is not in the court now, will he never come back? After all, Han Du is a bachelor of the First Academy of Sciences. Once he returns to the cabinet, all those who have made trouble for Lan Yu today will be retaliated by Han Du.
Chen Di weighed it up and said: "Your Majesty, the situation at Jiayuguan is unknown. I believe that the top priority is to immediately send a large army to find out the movements of the Timurid people and the specific situation at Jiayuguan."
Zhu Biao nodded and said, "Chen Aiqing is an old man who wants to plan for the country. He sent an order to the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army and ordered Geng Bingwen to take 50,000 troops from the capital to go to Lanzhou immediately to investigate Timur's movements."
The matter of dispatching troops and generals was decided by Zhu Biao with one word, and it was completed through the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, without the need to consult the cabinet at all.
Moreover, Zhu Biao's recruitment of Geng Bingwen to Lanzhou was also carefully considered.
Geng Bingwen's reputation as a good defender is known all over the world. If Timur's army really marches in, he can block it with the help of Lanzhou City.
"In addition, send an order to the sea immediately and order Han Du to return to Beijing quickly!"
When Qi Tai heard this, his heart beat violently. Only then did he realize that even though he had been in charge of the cabinet for so long after Han Du went to sea, his weight in the emperor's heart was still not as good as that of Han Du.
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Nusrato Ku Fortress.
Handu also suffered huge losses after breaking through the fortress. There were only 30,000 Japanese slaves left, and even the Ming army lost nearly 10,000 people. Han Du had to order a rest.
What made Han Du even more regretful was that Shaharul escaped again. This guy was simply counting rabbits, and he escaped from his grasp twice in a row.
Nusrato Ku Fortress was lost, and the Black City of Bali behind it was easily captured.
Handu was looking at the map. On the simple map, after the Black City of Bali, there was Samarkand, the capital of the Timur Empire.
But looking at the map, the distance between Bali Black City and Samarkand is at least a thousand miles.
This place of thousands of miles is not easy to travel.
Handu gained a lot from conquering Herat City, but Nusrato Ku Fortress gained nothing, and even the Black City of Bali did not gain much.
Especially the most important food, which has been consumed in Nusrato Ku Fortress for several months, the originally abundant food has now become stretched.
I originally thought that the capture of Bali Black City could replenish some, but perhaps the food in Bali Black City had already been confiscated by Shaharul to Nusrato Ku Fortress.
Just when Han Du was in distress, He Rong walked in.
"Master, something bad is going on."
"What's wrong?" Han Du was very irritable, and became even more irritable after hearing He Rong's words.
He Rong quickly replied: "The Japanese slave soldiers are making trouble."
A trace of disgust flashed between Han Du's brows, and he said impatiently: "What are they making a fuss about?"
He Rong wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to speak.
When Han Du saw it, he straightened up and sighed: "Forget it, take me to see it."
"yes."
Han Du arrived at the Japanese slave barracks. As soon as he walked outside, he heard the commotion inside.
When Han Du stepped in with his hands behind his back expressionlessly, the noise suddenly stopped. All the Japanese slave soldiers focused their attention on Han Du, but no one dared to speak out.
Step by step, step by step, step by step, step by step, walk up to the high platform.
He glanced at the silent Japanese slave soldiers with a faint look, and asked in a deep voice: "It's so noisy, why don't you continue to make a fuss?"
These Japanese slaves were captured or bought by the Ming army and sent to Tianfang to dig canals. However, any disobedient prickly ones would have been thrown into the sea to feed the fish, or were exhausted to death by heavy labor.
The Japanese slaves who have survived to this day are all hard-working and hard-working with weak knees. This is why they were too frightened to speak out when they saw Han Du.
As for why they dared to make trouble, it was just a moment of bloody courage.
A Japanese slave soldier couldn't help but raised his head, looked at Han Du and said: "Dear Duke, we are not making trouble, we want your Duke to fulfill his promise."
"What promise?" Han Du glanced at this person and asked calmly.
When the Japanese slave soldiers heard this, there was another uproar.
"Quiet!" With Han Du on the side, the guarding Ming army would not have any scruples.
When the noise calmed down, the Japanese slave soldier said again: "Young Master promised us that the first one to step on the city wall will be granted a thousand households. I don't know if it still counts?"
