The notice office in the inner city of the capital, this small square is now crowded with people.
The Prime Minister's Office has just issued the latest report. The Xuan army led by the cabinet minister Wang Zaijin defeated the main Mongolian force in the grassland and beheaded thousands of people.
Although this is good news, everyone's attention is still on Miyun.
"There is no need to panic or worry. Miyun is heavily guarded. The imperial court has issued documents to order Ji Zhen soldiers and horses and guardsmen to go to King Qin. Your Majesty is in no danger!"
As soon as this news came out, the restless hearts of the people finally calmed down temporarily. There were very few illiterate people who could live in the inner city, and they all knew what happened more than a hundred years ago.
Emperor Yingzong was captured during a personal expedition, and hundreds of thousands of elite troops were annihilated, which directly led to the entire northern border town being self-defeating. If it hadn't been for Yu Shaobao, the Ming Dynasty might have died.
They don't want this to happen again.
For the common people, this is great news, but for some thoughtful people, it is not good. He Shijin stood in the crowd with a look of reluctance on his face.
If it hadn't been for the crowd and the surrounding crowd blocking his expression, I'm afraid he would have been arrested by the Jin Yiwei as a rumour-mongering agent.
He had done nothing in the past two days and had been paying attention to the news and reactions in the city. Everything was going as expected, but he did not expect that there would be such a report today.
After he clearly read the content of the newspaper, he waved his sleeves and left. When he left, he was still cursing Lin Danhan secretly in his heart. He was such a helpless man. Where did Miyun get the tens of thousands of soldiers?
I told him all about the route and distribution of troops of the Ming army, but he was still able to be defeated and fled by Wang Zaijin.
Now he has tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry to attack a small town defended by 5,000 people, but he cannot defeat it. In modern terms, what he is thinking now is that his teammates are incompetent.
He glanced back and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he immediately walked quickly towards an alley. Not long after he entered the alley, two young men selling goods on the opposite street quietly followed him.
It has to be said that He Shijin is still very vigilant. He basically takes three steps and turns back. Whenever he encounters someone in the alley, he quickly changes his route or stops moving forward.
But despite this, he is still in the sight of Dongchang Fanzi. No matter how vigilant you are, how can you be as good as professionals? When it comes to tracking and spying, Dongchang Fanzi is no worse than Jinyiwei.
When he entered a house, the two guards quickly dispersed and did not stay here to monitor him. They had been following He Shijin for several days, and they already had a rough idea of what this house was about.
"At the end of the stall, they gathered together again, and He Shijin just entered!"
Right next to that house, Dongchang has set up a stronghold here to better monitor these people.
Since what Chen learned, after their investigation during this period, more than 30 people have been included in Dongchang's list. There is no doubt that these people are under Dongchang's key surveillance.
In order to understand what they were planning inside, the bandits took the risk to sneak inside the night before and took great pains to capture a servant inside. With coercion and inducement, they finally instigated this person to rebel.
"Keep an eye on your surroundings and leave the rest to the brothers inside!"
In the courtyard, these Donglin gentry and civil servants met again, and He Shijin was the last one to arrive.
As soon as he entered the inner hall, he said:
"Have you read the latest newspaper?"
"The situation is not good for us, then Lin Danhan is really a pig and cannot be put to good use!"
"The Prime Minister's Office has issued documents and dispatched more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from various places to go to Miyun King Qin. It seems that things cannot be accomplished!"
Zheng Kun, editor of the Hanlin Academy, immediately answered and said:
"That's not necessarily the case. We still have one last chance to take action. The imperial court has just issued the troop deployment documents. King Qin's troops will have to assemble and set off to Miyun in three to five days at the earliest."
"And it only takes one day to send a fast horse from the capital. We still have a chance!"
"What's the plan?"
Zheng Kun said again:
"Miyun is just a small city, and there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses in the city, while Lin Dan Khan has tens of thousands of cavalry. Although Lin Dan Khan cannot break the city now, what if he attacks continuously in the past few days?"
"We can send a confidant to see Lin Dan Khan and tell him everything. When he learns that reinforcements are coming, he will attack the city with all his strength."
"We are asking this person to pretend to be an official of the capital, pretending to be a messenger from the imperial court, and falsely claim that reinforcements have surrounded Lin Dan Khan. Please ask your majesty to move back to the capital quickly, so that we can falsely open the city gate!"
"The little emperor grew up in a deep palace. A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. He really thought that after practicing sword armor for two days, he would be so happy about his success. Now that he sees this formation, he will probably be scared to death. I am 70% sure that this plan will work!"
After hearing this, He Shijin shouted for a good plan and asked Zheng Kun:
"What about the remaining 30%?"
Zheng Kun laughed and said:
"I'm afraid that the little emperor is so scared that his legs are so weak that he can't walk anymore, hahahaha!"
He Shijin echoed:
"How do you know this? Maybe you are hiding in a hole right now!"
The laughter of these gentry officials quickly rang out in the inner hall. They also felt that it was reasonable. A young boy who was still imitating other people's conquests seemed to have no idea of the fate of his ancestor.
After they finished laughing, He Shijin looked at everyone again and said:
"Since everyone thinks that Duke Zheng's plan is feasible, it's settled. But who will be sent to go there?"
An old gentleman raised his hand and said:
"Mr. Chen's servant is the most suitable. This person has already dealt with Lin Danhan and is familiar with the roads. I think sending him there will get twice the result with half the effort!"
"Yes, yes, I'm afraid this person has to do this!"
"I wonder what Mr. Chen means?"
Everyone turned their attention to Chen Suoxue, but Chen Suoxue really didn't want to go. Although he didn't go by himself, if the matter was exposed, he wouldn't be able to escape his involvement.
But he couldn't refuse. Even though he was unwilling in his heart, he could only bite the bullet and said:
"Since everyone trusts you so much, I will do my duty. But now eight of the nine gates of the capital have been closed. It may not be so easy to get out of the city. Do you have any ideas?"
"This matter is easy to handle. My caravan is going to Jiangnan. Just let him follow the caravan out of the city!"
Chen Suoxue heard this and replied:
"Then it's settled. I'll go back and make arrangements now. I'll have Chen Da waiting at Andingmen in two hours!"
The important matter had been decided, and these gentry and officials did not stay here too long. They all went back one after another after saying their respective speeches.
After they all dispersed, the inner hall was empty. A servant came to an attic and whispered:
"Sir, they are all gone!"
A Dongchang fan jumped out of the attic. The first thing he did when he came out was to turn his neck and said: