Han Du's face was full of worry and he shook his head slightly: "No... maybe even the court doesn't know what's going on."
Jiayuguan Pass was breached, but there was no news about Lan Yu from the court. Han Du's heart suddenly tightened and he had a bad premonition.
"My lord, what is the emperor's will?" He Rong asked subconsciously.
Han Du took a deep breath and said, "The Emperor ordered me to return to Beijing immediately!"
I don't know why, but when they heard this result, not only did everyone not feel relaxed at all, but they suddenly became nervous.
What happened, even the army on the west route had to give up and call the master back directly.
"My lord, what should I do if I'm a low-ranking official?"
Han Du raised his head and glanced northeast, eager to see the famous Samarkand. But Han Du knew that there was no chance this time.
"Retreat."
...
Geng Bingwen hurried to Lanzhou. He was very cautious along the way and constantly sent out detective horses to check the situation of the Timurid people.
But what made Geng Bingwen very puzzled was that when he entered Lanzhou City, he found no sign of Timur's army.
Since the Timurid people did not come to Lanzhou City, where did they go? The unknown enemy is the most terrifying thing. Geng Bingwen's heart suddenly lifted.
Perhaps it was rare that the Timurids failed to enter the pass after they broke through the Jiayuguan Pass?
How can this be? Paying a huge price but not entering the customs, what do Timurites want?
But no matter how many exploration horses Geng Bingwen sent out, he could not detect Timur's movements for a long time.
Half a month later, news finally came from Tan Ma.
"What? Didn't the Timurid people enter the pass? Duke Liang died in the battle at Jiayuguan, and the defenders were wiped out?"
"Quick, come here, the army will set off for Jiayuguan immediately!"
At this time, Jiayuguan is completely an empty city. If we don't take this opportunity to occupy it, how long will it take?
God knows what mistake the Timurids made. They clearly broke through the city gate but did not enter it. But no matter what conspiracy the Timurids have, it is always right to occupy Jiayuguan first.
"Also, rush back eight hundred miles to send back the news that Duke Liang Guo was killed in battle!"
"Pass the imperial edict again and ask Han Du to return to Beijing quickly!"
...
Ever since Geng Bingwen set out, Zhu Biao couldn't sleep at night. He was worried about how corrupt the situation in the entire Guanzhong would be after Timur entered the Pass. They are also worried about whether Geng Bingwen can arrive in Lanzhou City in time, and whether the Timurids will occupy Lanzhou in advance...
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the Marquis of Changxing!" Wang Yue held a report and hurried into the Qianqing Palace, not daring to delay at all.
Zhu Biao made an exception and stepped forward, grabbed the memorial and tore it open.
"The Timurids have not entered the customs..."
This news instantly calmed down Zhu Biao's heart. In other words, the people in Guanzhong did not suffer from the war, and the entire Guanzhong was saved.
This is simply a blessing among misfortunes!
But the next news made Zhu Biao extremely painful.
"...Liang Guogong died in the battle at Jiayuguan, and the entire army of 200,000 was annihilated..."
"Uncle! Uncle..."
Zhu Biao was so sad that his body twisted and fell straight to the ground.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Fortunately, Wang Yue was quick-sighted and quickly helped Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao was ill, but even on his sickbed, he sent people to Liang Guogong's mansion to tell them the unfortunate news.
Ever since Jiayuguan was breached, a trend of slandering Lan Yu spread in the capital. It is said that Lan Yu was responsible for the breach of Jiayuguan, and some even said that Lanyu fled without fighting, which led to the breach of Jiayuguan by the Timurids...
Even Liang Guogong's Mansion was implicated. Some passionate scholars even ran to the door of Liang Guogong's Mansion and cursed Lan Yu for being greedy for life and fearing death for harming the country...
At that time, the entire capital was in chaos because of the news about Jiayuguan. The Duke of Liang was worried about the impact and could not come forward to drive away these people.
As a result, such silent performance made those people become more and more presumptuous.
When Wang Yue came to Liang Guogong's mansion, he heard a group of people blocking the door of the mansion and cursing from a distance, and his face suddenly became gloomy.
When the carriage stopped, Wang Yue jumped out of the carriage. I saw these students wearing long robes, but at this moment, they didn't care about being polite at all, and they were hurling abuses at will.
Wang Yue shouted loudly, "How brave, this is the Duke of Liang's mansion, what do you want to do?"
A group of scholars had been scolding here for many days, and this was the first time they saw someone dare to scold them. They all turned to look at Wang Yue.
"I thought he was some big shot, but it turned out to be a useless eunuch..."
The contemptuous look made Wang Yue furious, and the other party's words made the veins on his forehead jump.
"What you are doing is just like a bunch of shrews, gentle scum!"
Wang Yue's mouth was also unforgiving and he immediately retorted.
"You actually spoke like this for the blue thief. It seems that you are also on the same side with him. The blue thief actually colluded with the eunuchs. No wonder he was defeated so miserably..."
Wang Yue sneered and said loudly: "There has just been an urgent report from the Marquis of Changxing. Liang Guogong died in battle at Jiayuguan Pass to serve the country. He suffered more than 30 wounds all over his body and blocked the Timurid people from the pass. You are qualified and dare to Disrespectful to Duke Liang!"
Liang Guogong died in Jiayuguan...
Keep the Timurids out...
The two pieces of news were like two thunderbolts in succession, shocking everyone to the point of numbness.
The reason why they dared to come to the Duke of Liang's house to insult them so unscrupulously was because they were sure that Lan Yu had escaped and exposed the entire people of Guanzhong to the iron hoof of the Timurids... Such sinners through the ages would not take the opportunity to scold them. How long will it take to brush up your reputation?
But now, instead of escaping, Lan Yu sacrificed her life at Jiayuguan to block the Timurid army, which was a great achievement!
quack quack......
There was a sudden sound coming from the gate of Duke Liang's Mansion, which had been silent for many days.
The middle door is wide open...
Mrs. Mu walked out with her family members, old and young, and came to Wang Yue. She asked with tears streaming down her face: "May I ask the manager, sir, he..."
Wang Yue also felt the same way and sighed: "Madam, please forgive me..."
"Thank you, Lord Steward, for coming to tell me..."
Seeing that the situation was not good, those scholars took this opportunity to sneak away one by one.
Overnight, the entire Liang Guogong Mansion was hung with white lanterns, and everyone was dressed in plain clothes.
The news of Lan Yu's death in Jiayuguan soon spread throughout the city, and the people's attitude towards Lan Yu changed instantly. Everyone lamented the death of the Duke, and some even went to pay their respects voluntarily.
...
At the same time, Qitai couldn't help but worry in the house.
"These damn Timurids, how come they broke through Jiayuguan but didn't enter the pass?"
Originally, according to Qi Tai's plan, once Jiayuguan was broken, Timur would definitely send his troops to the pass. By then the entire Guanzhong will be in disrepair, and neither the court nor the emperor will have the energy to find out how it was breached.
But now that the Timurids have retreated, how can the Ming Dynasty be willing to let Jiayuguan be breached without any explanation?
If someone pursues it further, the things he did...
...
Han Du came back faster than anyone expected. As soon as the person who conveyed the order again went out to sea, he met Han Du who was rushing back under the starry night.
After returning to the capital, Han Du did not go to the palace for an audience immediately, but went directly to Liang Guogong's mansion.
"The Duke of Zhenguo has arrived..."
"uncle......"
When Mrs. Mu saw Han Du coming, she quickly bowed to him.
Han Du nodded sadly, followed the servant's guidance, and knelt before the blue jade spirit.
"My condolences, madam, as long as I, Han Du, are here, the Duke of Liang's palace cannot be defeated!"
"Thank you uncle."
Han Du reached out and touched Lan Chun and Lan Bin's heads respectively, "Enter your studies well and kill enemies for the country like your father did."
"Quickly, thank Duke Zhenguo."
Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Kong quickly pulled Lan Chun and Lan Bin to kneel down to Han Du.
Han Du accepted the kneeling of the two men with great sting. This was to show the world that he, Han Du, had protected Lan Yu's two sons!
"Two ladies, please take care."
"Uncle, please." They knew that Han Du had just returned and needed to see the emperor, so naturally they would not leave Han Du here.
Zhu Biao's fainting was just a moment of grief and he couldn't accept the news of Lan Yu's death in battle. Under the careful care of the imperial physician, he recovered in just one day.
By the time Han Du came to see him, Zhu Biao was no different from ordinary people except that he felt sad for Lan Yu.
"Your Majesty, I'm back."
If Han Du comes back at another time, Zhu Biao will definitely be extremely happy. But now, he couldn't be happy at all.
He just said politely: "This time you attacked the Timur Empire. How is the situation?"
"It went very well. When I received the emperor's order, I had already successively conquered Herat, the second largest city of Timur, Nusrato Ku Fortress and Bali Black City, which are only a thousand miles away from the capital Samarkand. "
Zhu Biao looked at Han Du in surprise. The Ming Dynasty was completely defeated in Jiayuguan, but he did not expect that Han Du would win successively in the West.
"It seems that your idea is right. Attacking Timur from the West is indeed a good move. Maybe I shouldn't call you back..."
Han Du disagreed with Zhu Biao's view, shook his head slightly and said: "No, fortunately the emperor called me back, otherwise I might not be able to come back."
Seeing Zhu Biao's confusion, Han Du continued: "Since Timur's army did not enter the pass, they must have returned to aid Samarkand. If the emperor did not summon his ministers back, they would have collided with the returning army... ....”
No matter how confident Handu was, he did not think that he could defeat Timur's army with less than 100,000 troops, which he had assembled with all the strength of the country.
"This must be God's blessing." Zhu Biao nodded slightly.
Lan Yu had just died in battle. If Han Du was trapped in Samarkand again, then Zhu Biao really didn't know what to do.
Fortunately, Han Du was summoned back by chance.
"Geng Bingwen is now guarding Jiayuguan, and I can finally feel at ease."
Geng Bingwen's reputation for being good at guarding is not only known to the whole world, but also has no rivals even in history. In other words, Geng Bingwen is even more suitable than Lan Yu to guard Jiayuguan.
But while Geng Bingwen is good at defense, offense is his weakness.
When Zhu Biao asked Lan Yu to guard the area, he wanted to use defense as an offense and prepare to teach the Timur Empire a lesson. I never expected that the blue jade would be broken off in Jiayuguan.
