"Ahem"

In the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Youzhang barely sat upright, but his mouth still kept coughing.

From summer to autumn, and from autumn to early winter, Zhu Youzhang's condition showed no signs of improvement, his health was getting worse and he seemed very depressed. Xiao Jing, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were present, not afraid to speak first, for fear of angering Longyan and causing Zhu Youzhang to become more ill.

Zhu Youzhe finally calmed down and asked, "A few Qing families, aren't you saying that there is an important military information? Why don't you speak? Don't worry, my health... Cough, it's not a big deal. Just take a few more days off, so you won't delay the court affairs. Besides, aren't there many Qing families in the court responsible for me? I feel very relieved."

Li Dongyang knew better how to protect himself, especially since he had made a big mistake in judging the overall situation. Although the responsibility for the defeat of the Xuanfu cannot be entirely placed on the cabinet ministers, whoever stands up and speaks is at the risk of being vented by the emperor.

Li Dongyang felt that since the battle report was in Xiao Jing's hands, it should be Xiao Jing who broke through the window paper, rather than igniting the powder barrel.

As for Xie Qian, he was even more cunning and stood there as if he was a god-like person, as if things had nothing to do with him.

When the two cabinet ministers did not want to speak, Xiao Jing was very hesitant. He did not want to say that it was not because he was afraid of taking responsibility, but because he was afraid that he would not say it well, which made the emperor faint and bring about irreparable consequences. That was not the situation he wanted to see.

Finally, Xiao Jing and Li Dongyang both looked at Xie Qian with bright eyes.

After all, Xie Qian was famous in the cabinet for being able to speak and speak. Some things were bad things, but when it came to Xie Qian's mouth, he could say them very tactfully and beautifully, turning bad things into good things, so that the emperor would be happy after hearing them. But this time he didn't ask for joy, but just wanted the emperor not to faint.

Xie Qian originally wanted to ignore it, but soon found that the emperor's gaze also fell on him with the gaze of Li Dongyang and Xiao Jing. It felt like he was being held by a knife and had to stand up and speak. Forced to do so, Xie Qian could only take a step forward and stammered:

"Your Majesty, the battle report I just received... in the northwest, in Xuanfu, the northern enemy soldiers and horses invaded... Xuanfu lost!"

There is no excuse, it is very concise! Xie Qian said something so bluntly. When he heard the words "The Lost of Xuanfu", Xiao Jing and Li Dongyang subconsciously wanted to stop Xie Qian from continuing. They were afraid that there would be no psychological preparation, so Zhu Youzhang could not accept this huge blow for a while.

"Ahem"

But at this time, Zhu Youzing suddenly had a severe cough and didn't hear clearly what Xie Qian was saying. He asked, "Xie Qing family, what were you saying?"

Xie Qian said it lightly just now, because he had been brewing in his heart for a long time. If he asked him to say it again, he wouldn't have the confidence. Xiao Jing hurried over and gently stroked Zhu Youzhang's back, and said nervously: "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Xie Pavilion's troops said...the war in the northwest has repeatedly...the Xuanfu...the Xuanfu...the Xuanfu is lost."

At this moment, Zhu Youzhang seemed to have forgotten to cough, and he was stunned there with his eyes empty. He looked straight ahead for a long time before he suddenly raised his head, grabbed Xiao Jing's arm tightly, and asked, "Xiao... Xiao Jing, you... say it again, Xuanfu... is lost?"

Xiao Jing was already in tears at this moment. He knelt down and kowtowed a few times before he took out the northwest war report from his arms and submitted it to Hongzhi. He cried and said, "Your Majesty... the dragon body is important! Here... is a northwest report. Please read it!"

Zhu Youzhang grabbed the battle report in his hand, but the light in the Ganqing Palace was dim and he couldn't see the content clearly. However, he still tried hard to put the battle report in front of him and wanted to verify it himself, but in the end he was finally discouraged because no matter how he looked, he could only see darkness.

Zhu Youzing said weakly: "Xie Qing family, come and read it to me!"

Xie Qian took the memorial from Xiao Jing. This was the first time he saw the battle report of the fall of Xuanfu, and he was also frightened.

The last time the front-line gate of the Great Wall outside Xuanfu Town was opened, it was precisely the "Tumu Fort Incident" that Emperor Yingzong was captured. After that, the Ming Dynasty experienced a period of pain. After decades, the national strength gradually improved. But at this time, the loss of Xuanfu again, and the consequences were likely to be disastrous.

Because compared with the Ola tribe, the Khan tribe of the Tatars was not far north of Zhangjiakou. If the Xuanfu land was lost, the troops of the Tatar tribes could quickly pass through the Xuanfu land and directly threaten the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty's capital.

Xie Qian trembled and picked up the war report. He first made the right date. The time was right. It happened about twenty hours ago and the location was right. It was indeed issued by the Xuanda Governor's Office in Xuanfu Town. It was also equipped with the war report from the Five Army Governor's Office in Xuanfu Court. You can go directly to the Tianting, and you don't even need to pass the cabinet level.

Xie Qian said in a low tone, and read slowly: "The Xuanfu was besieged for a total of 23 days. At first, the Yigu soldiers and horses surrounded Xuanfu city from west to east. On the seventh day of this month, they joined the Tatar army from north to south, and launched an attack day and night. On the night of October 13, the northern wall of Xuanfu was damaged, and the Yigu soldiers and horses entered the city, and the city was trapped! The Wanquan Right Guards went south and were defeated! The Wanquan Left Guards were trapped, unknown! Huaian Cang City, trapped..."

Every time Xie Qian said something, Zhu Youting's heart trembled.

The Xuan Mansion was trapped for as many as 23 days, and the night city was broken on October 13, which repeatedly challenged Zhu Youcheng's psychological endurance!

The unknown situation of the Xuanfu report for the past half month or even a month has almost appeared in Zhu Youting's mind, making Zhu Youting feel a sudden burst of agitated. After his mind was dizzy, he didn't want to continue listening, but he was eager to know what more shocking things were.

As for Li Dongyang next to him, he felt even more heartbroken.

Li Dongyang has always insisted on the safe and sound land of Xuanfu, but it turned out that he had been targeted by the Tatars long ago. Until Xie Qian finally said "Zhangjiakou Fort, trapped", Li Dongyang's face was like gold paper, and his whole body was trembling... He suddenly realized a serious problem. The loss of Zhangjiakou Fort meant that the defense line of Beiguan was completely lost. The Tatars did not need to detour through Yansui and other places. They only needed to break through Juyong Pass and Zijing Pass and could directly kill to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty's capital.

Xie Qian let go of the battle report, but he himself did not come back to his senses for a long time, but his mind was turning rapidly, thinking about the consequences of the fall of Xuanfu.

"Cough cough cough cough cough..."

At the beginning, Zhu Youzhang's breath was quite smooth, but at the back, Zhu Youzhang could no longer hide the qi and blood that surged in his heart and started coughing violently.

Xiao Jing hurried over to support Zhu Youzhang and kept comforting him, but there was no effect at this time... Zhu Youzhang was angry that Xiao Jing deceived him with peace in the Xuan Mansion, and was also angry that the cabinet had done nothing for a long time, so he sat down and watched Xuan Mansion fall, and was in a mess, and he didn't listen to any advice at all.

At the same time, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao arrived at the outer hall of the Ganqing Palace. As soon as they walked into the palace gate, they heard Zhu Youzhi's violent coughing inside.

Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao couldn't help but look at each other. The thought that emerged in their minds was not something that happened in the northwest, but whether Zhu Youting's condition worsened and was about to entrust him to the death and entrusting him to the point of death?

Without being summoned, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao did not dare to enter at will. After hearing Zhu Youzhe's severe coughing, he suddenly asked anxiously:

"What's going on in Chen Xi... Chen Qing's family?"

It was exactly the same as Xie Qian asked about Shen Xi. When the Yulin Guard was lost and the war situation in the northwest was in corruption, Zhu Youzhang immediately thought of Chen Xi, a young minister who had reported to the court that he met the main force of the Tatar army in Xuanfu half a month ago, and even reminded the court a month in advance to guard against the Tatars who were hiding the truth and storming the heart of Xuanfu.

At that time, the Tatars had just had this idea and did not put it into practice. If the court followed Chen Xi's advice and quickly increased troops to the Xuanfu, there would be no unfavorable situation where the Xuanfu was completely lost.

Xiao Jing was suddenly asked about Shen Xi and seemed very confused because he didn't remember seeing the content about Chen Xi in the war report, and immediately stammered: "Your Majesty, I'm not sure about Lord Shen's condition."

"You actually said you don't know... Isn't the Chen Qing family in Xuanfu? He led the troops... to the three sides of the aid, but stopped in Xuanfu. He had 50,000 troops under his command... Why did the Xuanfu still fall?!" Zhu Youzhang almost questioned sternly at this time.

Zhu Youzing’s target was Li Dongyang!

Grand Secretary Li had been saying in the court that the northwest was safe and the Xuanfu was as stable as Mount Tai. The evolution of the war situation in the northwest since then also confirmed Li Dongyang's judgment. Although the situation had deteriorated, it had been developing in a benign direction. Who knew that in the end, he suddenly gave Zhu Youzhang a blow, causing the emperor to fall from the peak to the bottom in an instant.

The fall of Xuanfu is more harmful than the fall of Yansui.

Xie Qian heard the emperor say "five thousand men". He no longer cared about anything else and had to explain it to Chen Xi. He went out to remind him: "Your Majesty, Chen Xi... just brought 6,000 troops from the Beijing camp, many of them were old and weak... There were very few cavalrymen, and the military supplies... were not very sufficient!"

Although Xie Qian was talking to Zhu Youting, Zhu Youting did not blame him because he needed someone to tell him why the Xuanfu was lost. He had to find a reason before he felt at ease.

Zhu Youzing murmured: "The 50,000 army is actually only 6,000 people, old and weak... sick and disabled? There are no cavalry? Isn't there so many artillery in Xuanfu? Can artillery be killed invisibly? The soldiers and horses of Chen Qing's family are in Xuanfu City, and the city will be lost?"

This time Xie Qian dared not take over the conversation anymore.

When he heard Zhu Youzhe reach the conclusion that the people of Chenxi were also in Xuanfu City, Xie Qian's heart blew, because what he was most worried about was that Chenxi died in Xuanfu and would never come back.

The Ganqing Palace's bedroom was once again in peace, and Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and Xiao Jing did not dare to talk casually.

At this time, Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao, who were in the outer hall, and Xiong Xiu, the Minister of War, who came in, all heard Zhu Youting's question. They didn't hear anything else clearly, but the four words "The Loss of Xuanfu" were deeply imprinted in their minds.

Apart from Chen Xi's report on the Xuanfu incident, the court knew almost nothing about the situation of the Xuanfu. Even Ma Wensheng didn't remember how long it had been since he heard the Xuanfu war report.

Now there is only a war report, which is very thorough. From the time the Xuanfu appears in the court's vision to the complete loss of control, it is the time for a war report. (To be continued.).

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