After quickly reading the memorial, Lu Zhong recalled the emperor's question just now, and had a vague guess in his heart, so he boldly asked.
"Your Majesty is suspicious. Is Wu Cheng's impeachment true?"
Zhu Qiyu said nothing. He was not omniscient and omnipotent. This matter was an old case in the early years and he was not clear about it.
But judging from the current situation, it is indeed possible.
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "How is Luo Tong doing in prison these days?"
Lu Zhong replied: "When I was first imprisoned, I was in a panic all day long, shouting that I was wronged every day. But after Ren Li came over to see him, he suddenly calmed down. This is quite strange."
Zhu Qiyu tapped his fingers on the table and frowned slightly.
In this case, Ren Li must have said something to Luo Tong that made him feel that he could escape successfully. Otherwise, he would not be so calm and composed.
Turning his eyes on Wu Cheng's memorial in front of him, Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked.
"Lu Zhong, if Jin Yiwei comes to investigate this case, how long will it take to find out?"
Hearing this, Lu Zhong thought for a moment, with a hint of embarrassment on his face, and said.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This old case has been going on for a long time, and it involves military supplies. There are too many areas that need to be coordinated. If we want to investigate, it may take as short as half a year or as long as several years.
clear."
Seeing that the emperor's face looked a little unhappy, Lu Zhong hurriedly added.
"However, this is only a rough estimate. If there are detailed clues, it is possible to find out within a few months."
In other words, no matter what, the case will not be concluded in the short term?
After opening Wu Cheng's memorial and reading it carefully, Zhu Qiyu finally figured out the connection.
Wu Cheng's memorial was not a secret memorial, but an explicit memorial. If nothing else happened, everyone in the government and the public should have gotten the news by now.
Selling weapons is a serious crime. Now that such a major case has been uncovered, it must be thoroughly investigated.
But after more than ten years, it is very difficult to find out, and you may even find nothing at the end.
Thinking about it, the British government must have had this idea.
Luo Tong has become a suspect in the case, so we have to wait until the investigation is clear before dealing with it.
It's nothing more than delaying time...
In this case, Zhu Qiyu raised his eyebrows, turned to Cheng Jing and said: "Go, send someone else to summon Yu Qian to see you."
Cheng Jing nodded and quickly went down to make arrangements.
Then, Lu Zhong took out a secret report from his sleeve, handed it over, and said.
"Your Majesty, this is a secret report just sent from Yibei. Your Majesty, please read it."
Zhu Qiyu ordered someone to take over the secret report, and he immediately understood in his heart that no wonder Lu Zhong came so quickly, it turned out to be a coincidence.
Yibei? I think there is news from the mission.
Since the last time, Lu Zhong finally understood the different positions of Dongchang and Jinyiwei in the emperor's heart, and he focused his energy on various parts of the border.
In addition to the Jinyiwei manpower arranged within the mission, Jinyiwei's cavalry are also hidden in many border passes. Now the effect is finally beginning to show.
After unfolding the secret report, before reading it, Cheng Jing came over and said: "Your Majesty, Yu Shaobao has arrived."
Zhu Qiyu raised his head and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "So fast?"
This speed is faster than Lu Zhong's arrival just now.
Cheng Jing smiled bitterly and explained.
"Your Majesty, this is also a coincidence. The eunuch who had just gone to tell Yu Shaobao just came out of the palace and met Yu Shaobao. He happened to ask to see His Majesty. He must have something to report."
Looking down at the secret report in his hand, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said: "Now that he's here, let him in."
Not long after, Yu Qian hurried in. After saluting, he also took out a military newspaper from his sleeve, handed it over and said.
"Your Majesty, Xuanfu military report."
After it was sent to the imperial case, Zhu Qiyu looked at it and Yu Qian said.
"Tao Jin, the chief military officer of Xuanfu, received a secret report from the mission. He also wanted to send the internal official Xi Ning five days later. In the name of returning the mission and going to the capital to negotiate peace, he went to Xuanfu to rob and demand property. The mission discovered the plan.
, If you want to take advantage of the plan, please ask the army to set up an ambush in Yehu Ridge to ambush Xining. Tao Jin please tell me how to deal with it."
When he said these words, Yu Qian's expression was quite calm, but after he finished speaking, he didn't hear any movement from the emperor for a long time.
So, Yu Qian raised his head and looked at the emperor, and saw that the emperor had an additional military report in his hand at some point, and he was putting the two copies together.
After a while, a voice finally came from the superior, but his tone was quite strange, saying.
"Yu Qing, just before you came over, Jin Yiwei also submitted a secret report to me. However, the content of this secret report was that he wanted to lead his army to attack Datong Shawo in five days. You said, I should believe
which one?"
Yu Qian frowned, took the military report sent by the chamberlain, and read it carefully.
After a while, Yu Qian spoke.
"Your Majesty, although the contents of these two military reports are different, they are not conflicting. They are also cunning. The last battle in Oala was to attack Xuanfu, Datong, and Liaodong at the same time."
"The military report of the Xuanfu also said that Xi Ning was sent to the Xuanfu first to plunder and ask for property, but not because he really wanted to return it to the emperor. Therefore, it is not impossible to march into Datong at the same time."
Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said.
"No matter how many places are attacked at the same time, there must be only one that we really want to attack first, and the others are just feints. The question now is, is the Xuanfu road a cover, or is the Datong road a cover?
"
Even when Ye Xian had strong troops and horses, he did not target the two important towns of Xuanfu and Datong at the same time, but chose one of the two to attack.
Now that his strength has been greatly reduced, it is even less possible for him to do such an unwise move.
After pondering for a moment, Yu Qian opened his mouth and said.
"With Ye Xian's current strength, neither Xuanfu nor Datong can successfully capture it, so most likely, he just wants to plunder and steal some property. If this is the case, then it is very likely that Datong will
The main force is along the way.”
"Xining was sent to Xuanfu mostly to deceive others. If our army really sets up an ambush in Yehuling, it might be difficult to take care of them."
Although Yexian suffered heavy losses in the battle of Oala, the Ming Dynasty was not much better. Nowadays, the damaged city walls at various passes have been barely repaired.
However, the military strength is still stretched thin. If Yu Qian's analysis is correct, then the target this time is not Datong and Xuanfu, but the surrounding small towns.
In this case, a decision needs to be made as to whether the troops should be concentrated in Xuanfu and ambush Xining, or concentrated in Datong and intercepted first.
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Qiyu said.
"In this case, I will send an order to the Xuanfu to guard the city gates and not to trust the captors. In addition, we will mobilize 10,000 elite troops to station in Datong and obey Guo Deng's command. We must ensure that you are not able to escape the disaster first."