This night of Imperial Capital is destined to be a sleepless night.

After waves of Qingluan Guards and postmen returned to the imperial capital with urgent documents, and one after another of military information was passed on from Qingluan Guard's Governor's Office to the Sili Supervisor. Finally, at dawn, after passing through the hands of Yang Lu, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor, he handed it to the Tianbao Emperor's desk.

After learning about the shocking news, Emperor Tianbao urgently summoned the cabinet and Mr. Bai Lu to the palace to discuss matters.

Curling smoke rose, filling the entire imperial study room. Emperor Tianbao sat behind the imperial case. In front of the imperial case, Zhao Lianggeng folded his hands in front of him, hid in the sleeves of a wide robe, and his cuffs drooped to his knees, showing the transcendent style of a first-class minister.

Most of the people behind him were senior officials in the Imperial Capital who were drinking in Huancai Pavilion not long ago, including Xu Zaijun and Huo Sishi.

Emperor Tianbao looked around everyone and said, "Qin Qing's rebellion was expected and reasonable. Now that he is knocking on Guanyuguan Mansion, he doesn't want to ask about it, but what does Lord Huo think?"

Huo Sishi said calmly: "In the eyes of Weichen, the Jinguan Cavalry Army is known as 'invincible', but it has been defeated by the Liaodong army many times. Qin Qing's Liaodong army has the strongest combat power, and it is actually the best in the world. If you want to compete with the Liaodong army on the front battlefield, it will be difficult, and you can only rely on the city to defend."

Emperor Tianbao threw the urgent report on the case and said angrily: "The Liaodong rebellion cannot suppress the rebellion, but must stick to it. What is the reason?!"

Mei Shenglin whispered: "Things are slow and smooth. As long as you keep it, there will be a turning point."

Emperor Tianbao looked at Zhao Lianggeng and asked, "Old Zhao once sieges the Jingchu land and is good at military affairs. I wonder what his opinion?"

Zhao Lianggeng said: "Mr. Huo and Master Mei are both mature and stern, and the key is the word "drag". Liaodong is bitter and cold. This time, Qin Qing mobilized a group of people to enter the pass. The huge amount of food and grass was consumed. The imperial court only needed to supervise the soldiers to build chariots, control firearms, repair the city with trenches, and repair the city with heavy trenches outside the city, burying shanmu, erecting walls and placing firearms and chariots, which did not give the Liaodong army an opportunity to take advantage of it. After dragging it for several months, the Liaodong army was exhausted and could not capture it for a long time. The spirit would be lost. There was only one way to retreat."

Emperor Tianbao frowned. What he wanted was a strategy to suppress the rebellion, not a defensive strategy. He did not want to be described as an incompetent and mediocre monarch in later history books, but the three important officials in the cabinet were more pessimistic and negative than the other, either sticking to it or delaying it. In this way, even if he kept it, it would be equivalent to acquiescing the fact that the three prefectures of Liaodong were out of the control of the court.

At this moment, Xu Zaijun said loudly: "I think the Liaodong army is of great power, but it is not unstoppable. Now Qin Qing is coming in a raging force, claiming to be an army of 400,000, but in Weichen's opinion, there are only about 100,000 elite troops."

Emperor Tianbao's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked, "Is there a good way to defeat the enemy?"

Xu Zaijun said: "What Mr. Zhao said is very true. Mr. Huo and Mr. Mei are also making plans for the country. But the ministers think that just sticking to the ground is far from enough. After suffocating their spirit, they should take the initiative to attack, defeat the Liaodong army, and then recover the three prefectures of Liaodong."

Emperor Tianbao asked: "How to hold on? And how to attack?"

Xu Zaijun was not completely unaware of military affairs. He also read some military books and talked freely: "The key to the Liaodong army entering the pass is the front line of Yuguan and Jizhen. In the 42nd year of Ming Yong, the court agreed to start Jizhen from Yuguan in the east and end at Zhenbiancheng in the west, 2,140 miles, divided into ten routes. The seven routes in the front were the former subordinate of Jizhen, and the eighth to the tenth routes were Huanghua Town and Zhenbiancheng. In this way, Changping Town was all incorporated into Jizhen."

"The importance of Jizhen is that it surrounds the imperial capital from three aspects: east, west and north. Zhenbiancheng, known as the west gate of the imperial capital, is only more than a hundred miles away from the imperial capital, and Gubeikou, known as the Imperial Capital Iron Gate, is only more than 200 miles away. Jizhen is dangerous, so the imperial capital will be terrifying. Jizhen is stable and the imperial capital will be safe."

"For this reason, we can keep the front line of Yuguan, including Yibishishi, from Jizhen, and if we can keep the Liaodong army out. If the Liaodong army circulates Jizhen, as long as the warning is in time, we can rush to help Jizhen through Yibishishi to be attacked. As far as we know, a rock cliff gradually becomes deeper and narrower, shaped like a cuff, and the pier is still there along the border. As long as it is slightly repaired, it can be unobstructed."

"If the Liaodong army circulates Jizhen and the warning is insufficient, there will be no stone moving to prevent Liaodong from being divided into backstops. Yuguan can send troops to reverse reinforcements to prevent enemy backstops."

"In this way, if the Liaodong army fails to conquer for a long time, its morale will be depressed, its food and grass will be poor, and its morale will be degraded. At this time, the court will encourage soldiers to fight to the death, defeat the Liao army from the front, and make them defeated like a mountain of defeat. Then they can go out of the pass to fight and recover the three prefectures of Liaodong."

Emperor Tianbao swept away his previous depressed look, and showed a happier look on his face. He looked at Mr. Bai Lu and asked, "What do you think, sir?"

Mr. Bai Lu said lightly: "As far as I know, since the Wude period, Liaodong has begun to vigorously cultivate farms. It took ten years to go. The three prefectures of Liaodong have already been fertile for thousands of miles, and refugees in the pass have defected. Therefore, Liaodong is bitter and cold, but it is not necessarily true that Liaodong is short of food, but it may not be possible. It is afraid that it will be difficult to wait until the Liaodong army is exhausted."

Emperor Tianbao's face was not very good again.

Mr. Bai Lu seemed to have not seen it. He knew what Emperor Tianbao wanted to hear, and everyone else knew it. Xu Zaijun deliberately catered to Emperor Tianbao, but the Liaodong army would not change in just a few words. If he really wanted to attack the imperial capital, it would be too late to say anything.

Mr. Bai Lu continued: "As far as I know, there are many collapses in Yuguan border town and there is no money to repair it. This is one of them. The army in the city is distorted. The soldiers do not train, go out to drink, the generals appear in the fireworks, and open casinos to make money. This is the second. The generals are afraid to fight. If the enemy knocks on the gate, they plan to abandon the city and flee. This is the third. How to defend the 'xiongguan'? How to attack? I advise Your Majesty to rectify the administration as soon as possible, and this is also because of this."

Emperor Tianbao's face instantly became extremely ugly.

Mr. Bai Lu did not give up and continued, "Even if he could barely defend himself, he would definitely not be able to leave the city to help. If he was hiding in Yuguan City, the Liaodong army would attack head-on, and at the same time sent a side army to circumvent Jizhen and attack from both sides. Yuguan would become a jealous land. Besides, Jizhen, since the second year of Tianbao, the military pay in Jizhen has been sometimes not available. Even if there was military pay, it would only be six cents and five cents. How could it be said that "rei soldiers to fight to the death"? On the contrary, the Liaodong army, the elite army of the army, each person's daily food ration can be one pound of three ounces and five cents, and the monthly salary of silver in wartime can reach two ounces and four cents, which is almost four times that of the imperial soldiers. If there is military merit, the land will be distributed. If the two armies fight, who can afford the word "Li"?"

Xu Zaijun was speechless.

At this moment, a follower who had been following Mr. Bai Lu for many years came outside the door, his tone full of unconcealed fear: "Sir..."

Mr. Bai Lu frowned, glanced at the somewhat lost Emperor Tianbao, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me."

The follower said: "The news came from both the Saint's Mansion and the Sheji Academy. The Qingweizong of the East China Sea used a large ship to transport a large army for Qin Qing. The Liaodong army had already landed in Qizhou. The Qizhou Governor Qin Daofang decided to follow his brother to rebel against the court. The troops of the Qizhou Governor's Mansion cooperated with the Liaodong army, claiming to be a 100,000 army. The prefectures and counties in Qizhou surrendered. The Sheji Academy and the Saint's Mansion tried to kill the thief leader Qin Daofang, but were blocked by the people of the Taoist sect. Now the Taoist masters gathered in Qizhou. I am afraid that they can't stop it because of the Sheji Academy and the Saint's Mansion..."

After the words fell, the entire study room was silent.

Mr. Bai Lu closed his eyes.

Huo Sishi whispered: "If Qizhou is lost, Qin Qing doesn't even have to detour Jizhen. He just needs to send troops from Qizhou to form a force of attack on both sides. Once Yuguan Aunt breaks, two large armies will surround the imperial capital, but I am afraid that the imperial capital will be in danger."

Emperor Tianbao didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Because just now, he was thinking about how to counterattack, how to suppress the rebellion, and how to recover the three prefectures of Liaodong. But in a blink of an eye, the imperial capital became in danger, and the gap between them was really a world of difference.

Zhao Lianggeng said: "Now it seems that the two Qin and Li families have joined forces to rebel. The Qin family's cavalry entered the pass in two ways. The Li family's navy will not be on the wall. They will definitely directly attack Bohai Prefecture. They will face the city of Bohai Prefecture along the Baihe River. Once the Bohai Prefecture is lost, there will be no barriers to the imperial capital."

Xu Zaijun frowned and said, "The Li family's naval army blocked the sea port at most and bombarded the city walls. Can we still land on the shore and fight?"

Zhao Lianggeng said: "When I was the governor of Jingchu, I had dealt with the Li family and also saw the Li family's fleet. Of course, they could not leave the ship to land, but they could go south to Jiangzhou, sail into the river, block the river surface, and then cut off the Grand Canal. Without the canal, the imperial capital would have to be cut off before the Liaodong army was exhausted."

Xu Zaijun was silent.

Mei Shenglin said slowly, "I had this consideration when Emperor Taizong appointed Xijing as the capital. If the general situation was not enough, I could retreat to Xijing and still retain the southwest half. But Xijing has fallen now, and even if I want to retreat, I have nowhere to retreat."

Emperor Tianbao shouted angrily and suddenly threw the imperial case in front of him to the ground.

Everyone stops talking, their eyes are observing their noses and their hearts.

Emperor Tianbao gasped and looked at Mr. Bai Lu: "Sir..."

Mr. Bai Lu slowly opened his eyes and said softly: "For the sake of this, we can only summon troops from all over the world to serve the king, and maybe we can still fight."

After Emperor Tianbao was silent for a long time, he nodded and said, "That's all."

But whether it was Mr. Bai Lu, Zhao Lianggeng and others, they all underestimated Qin Qing.

Qin Qing never thought about taking a detour to Jizhen. The side troops who landed in Qizhou did not want to attack Yu Pass, but directly attacked the imperial capital.

At dawn, there was no more wolf smoke rising from the Dune Fort outside Yuguan City.

The main army in Liaodong is already at the gates.

After a night of offensive and defensive battle, the city of Yuguan was in chaos. The guard of Yuguan, Wu Guang, pressed the handle of the knife and stepped over the corpses, came to a gap that was bombarded by artillery and looked out.

I saw a black "小"-shaped flag fluttering in the wind, and under the black flag was a tide of black armor that could not be seen at first sight.

Wu Guang narrowed his eyes, looked at the black-bottomed and golden-shaped king flag in the depths of the black armor, and suddenly laughed and said, "It turned out that the Liao King came in person, which really made me, Wu, so flattered."

Wu Guang could laugh, but the others around him couldn't laugh, and some of them were already looking dead. They didn't know whether the Liao King Qin Qing could become the co-lord of the world in the end, but they knew that it would be a fool to rely on the city under their feet to block Qin Qing's army.

The fall of Yuguan City is only a matter of time.
Chapter completed!