"I don't know what you are talking about." Pan Xiguang sighed softly.
In the past, he thought it was good that the chief envoy and the inspector-general were at odds, which made it easier for him to control the situation in Shanxi.
However, Liu's army from Datong invaded, and the two of them still fought endlessly and fell into internal strife. This made him, the governor of Shanxi, also have a headache.
The staff continued: "The student feels that Tong Fantai's words are not unreasonable. Without the three-way reinforcements sent by the imperial court, it is naturally important to defend Tianmen Pass. But with these three-way reinforcements, even if Tianmen Pass is lost, as long as we hold on Yangqu can still hold on until reinforcements arrive."
"Do you also think that I shouldn't send the Fubiao Battalion to Tianmen Pass?" Pan Xiguang's eyes fell on the staff.
The staff hurriedly bowed and said: "The students dare not question Dong Weng's decision. The students just don't want Dong Weng to be in danger. If the Fubiao Battalion is here, even if something happens, there will be a force to protect Dong Weng's safety."
"Okay, don't be so nervous. I have no intention of blaming you." Pan Xiguang clapped his hands lightly and said immediately, "If it is like what you said, something happens, and such a big target of Fubiao Camp will remain here." It may not be a good thing for the officer to be around him, but he has left behind an elite army, which is not large in number and not conspicuous. If there is any danger, he can protect me and leave Yangqu as soon as possible."
"It turns out that Dong Weng had a plan for a long time, but the students saw the trees for the trees and failed to understand Dong Weng's profound meaning." The staff belittled himself and then praised Pan Xiguang.
Pan Xiguang smiled while holding his beard.
Tianmenguan, a Guancheng that can no longer be seen in later generations, is still standing at this time.
On the top of the city, the city guard general Jie Shigong looked at the army of thieves and bandits that appeared outside the city with a heavy expression.
He had fought against bandits in Datong, but when he saw the dark army of bandits in front of him again, he actually wanted to retreat, which made him feel ashamed.
"Report." He ordered the flag soldiers to run to Mr. Jie Shigong and "report to the general soldiers that a band of bandit cavalry was found in the south."
Mr. Jie Shigong nodded.
"The general is willing to personally lead the city's cavalry out of the city to fight the bandits." On the top of the city, a general stood up to ask for a fight.
Mr. Jie Shigong glanced at the generals who were asking for battle and said, "No one is allowed to leave the city without my order. Are you ready with the kerosene?"
"The last general has collected all the fire oil in the city and is just waiting for the thieves to attack the city." Li Xuangan, the guard in front of Tianmen Pass, said.
The judge said fairly: "If you can't collect kerosene, prepare more rolling logs and rocks. If it's not enough, demolish the houses near the city wall. The more, the better."
"Yes, General Mo will make arrangements right away." Li Xuangan agreed, turned and left.
Mr. Jie Shigong looked at the bandit camp outside the city again.
The bandit soldiers had been outside Tianmen Pass for more than an hour. They were not in a hurry to attack Tianmen Pass. Instead, they set up camp to live and cook. This made Mr. Xie understand that there would be a fierce battle next.
"General, I'm afraid Tianmen Pass is difficult to defend. There are too many artillery fires from the rebels. There are only two cannons here at Tianmen Pass, and the amount of gunpowder is even more limited." A person standing next to Mr. Jie said.
He is the lieutenant of Duke Jie Shi.
He had participated in the battle with the Liu bandits in Huairen County, so he knew how powerful the bandits' artillery fire was.
"We must defend even if it is difficult to defend. If Tianmen Pass is lost, Yangqu will face these bandits directly. The Fu army and the senior officials in the Chengxuan Envoy Department will be in danger. We have no choice." Mr. Jie Shigong looked at his deputy general and said .
As early as the day when Liu Thief occupied Xuanda, he had already expected that such a day would come, but he did not expect that this day would come so quickly.
The lieutenant general said: "If we haven't been recruiting Liu thieves, why did we get the thieves to invade Taiyuan? Could it be that the imperial court didn't recruit the thieves, but was delaying time in the name of recruiting them?"
The recruitment of Liu Heng was not a secret in Taiyuan, especially since the counselor of the Provincial Envoy went to Datong twice and could not hide it from the eyes and ears of local officials in Taiyuan Prefecture.
"A counselor from the Chief Envoy personally went to Datong to recruit people. He heard that the conditions proposed by Liu thief were too harsh and the court was unwilling to agree, so it kept delaying it. Now that Liu thief has stabilized Xuanda's situation, naturally he is not willing to do so. Keep dragging it on." Jie Shi was fair.
The lieutenant slapped his hand on the wall of the crenel and said: "I heard that there was another great victory in Liaodong. If I had known about it, I would have gone to Liaodong. I wonder if I could get a share of the Ningyuan victory."
"Let's survive first. If we survive, we might have a chance to go to Liaodong to get a share of the pie. If we can't survive, it doesn't matter to us even if the Jurchen clan is destroyed." Jie Shi was fair.
The two great victories of the Liaodong Ming Army against the slave thieves have caused many military generals to set their sights on Liaodong.
Especially the frontier generals who were born in Jiubian, almost every general wanted to go to Liaodong to make a fortune, so as to be promoted by the court and strengthen the family generals behind them.
The deputy general sighed softly and said: "Yes, it is better to survive the hands of these thieves before you can have a chance to go to Liaodong. I just don't know whether the slave thieves in Liaodong are more powerful or the thieves here are more powerful. "
"Report, Taiyuan Prefecture is urgent."
A soldier fell off his horse, quickly got up, and stumbled towards the Meridian Gate.
The civil and military officials who were celebrating became quiet because of the eight-hundred-mile rush.
The eight-hundred-mile urgent letter sent from Taiyuan Prefecture made many people understand that something big had happened in Taiyuan Prefecture. Many people had even thought that this urgent document was related to the Liu thief from Datong.
A young eunuch hurriedly ran to the soldier, took the wooden box containing the urgent secret letter from the soldier, and ran back.
The palm print eunuch took the wooden box from the little eunuch, opened it and took out the secret letter from it, then returned to Tianqi, held it up with both hands and handed it over.
Tianqi opened the secret letter and read through it.
Snapped!
After reading the secret letter, Tianqi slapped the table in front of him where food was served, and poured out the wine glass on it. The wine inside dripped down the side of the table.
The cabinet elders and nobles who were closest to Tianqi felt their hearts sinking when they saw this scene.
"Let Mr. Gu Ge and the others take a look at it." Tian Qi pointed at the eight hundred miles that he had thrown on the ground and picked up the secret letter.
The palm print eunuch carefully picked it up and handed it to the little eunuch beside him.
The young eunuch walked to Gu Bingqian's desk, bowed and handed over the secret letter.
Gu Bingqian, who received the secret letter, already had a guess in his mind.
When he saw the content above, his heart sank.
Not long after the Ningyuan victory, news came out at the celebration banquet that Liu's army had invaded Taiyuan Mansion. He didn't want the emperor to be so angry.
"Look at it all, all the pavilion elders." Tianqi instructed the other pavilion elders to also read the eight-hundred-mile secret letter.
