"If Bachelor Yang is not in the city, there won't be any problems in Tongzhou, right?" Some people were frightened and whispered. "How can there be a problem? There are 30,000 troops in the city. With only Wang Xian's troops, he still wants to conquer the city?" The ministers laughed. "That's right. A subordinate should not destroy his own prestige and enhance the ambition of others." Those worried officials also laughed sheepishly. Before everyone could stop laughing, another messenger rushed in, looking for Yang Shiqi everywhere. "The Chief Assistant is not here," Huang Huai, the only bachelor present, said to the messenger: "Give it to me." The messenger knelt in front of Huang Huai, raised the letter with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Old Yang Ge is urgent. Report it!" Huang Huai took the mailbox, removed the wax, took out the letter inside, and frowned as he read it. This time, the princes and ministers were much calmer, and they all speculated: "It must be Mr. Yang Ge who reported Wang Xian's presence in Tongzhou." Before he finished speaking, there was a click, and the letterbox in Huang Huai's hand fell to the ground. , all the ministers immediately became quiet, and asked anxiously: "Mr. Pavilion, is there something wrong?" Huang Huai's hand holding the letter suddenly fell down, and he said in despair: "Tongzhou is lost" "What?! "The ministers were stunned for a moment, and there was a dead silence in the hall. When Yang Shiqi left and returned, he saw that everyone was still petrified. The chief minister felt that he had to say a few words: "Don't worry, the sky won't fall. So what if Wang Xian arrives in Tongzhou? What awaits him is the court's dragnet! " The ministers remained expressionless. Huang Huai slowly stretched out his hand and gave Yang Shiqi a loud slap in the face! It was a real slap in the face of Yang Shiqi, not a metaphor With a crisp sound of 'pop', Yang Shiqi covered his face in shock and looked at Huang Huai in disbelief. The reaction of the officials was also very interesting. They were only startled when they were slapped, and then quickly calmed down. They still looked at Yang Shiqi expressionlessly, as if the slap was a matter of course "Are you crazy? "Although Yang Shiqi has been keeping his tail between his legs recently, he has been the chief assistant for so many years, and has he never been slapped in the face? ??Well, he was beaten by someone two months ago, but that was because the other party didn't know his identity at all, so it didn't count. "You are crazy!" Huang Huai glared at Yang Shiqi fiercely, slapped the military report on his chest, and roared: "Look at the good deeds you have done! The emperor's empire will perish in your hands. It's in!" Yang Shiqi didn't care to continue to have a seizure. He took the military report and looked down. His eyes suddenly went dark. He fainted just like his good brother Yang Rong No one doesn¡¯t know what Tongzhou means to the capital, and no one doesn¡¯t know what losing Tongzhou means to the capital. Wang Xian¡¯s move was really cruel! The imperial court was severely defeated at the top of the seven-inch scale, causing a deathly silence in both the government and the public The news that Wang Xian had captured Tongzhou reached the prince's ears almost at the same time. Zhu Zhanji's eyesight also went dark, but he did not faint. He sat on the horse absentmindedly for a long time, tears flowing down for some reason, and his heart fell into the bottomless abyss To be honest, this was the first time that His Highness the Crown Prince felt the threat of failure. Even before, even if Wang Xian rushed into Bauhinia Pass, he They are not particularly worried. With the 300,000 troops in the capital and King Qin¡¯s troops coming from all over the country, why can¡¯t he deal with his mere tens of thousands of troops? But when Wang Xian captured Tongzhou, everything was different. The throat of the capital was strangled, and the threat of food shortages hung over millions of soldiers and civilians! For the first time, the balance of victory and defeat tilted towards Wang Xian! "Damn slave!" Hatred rose in the chest of His Royal Highness. His black face was covered with bruises and his face was extremely ferocious, and he said: "Why did I bring you out of the backcountry in the first place!" "Wang Xian!" In an instant, Full of hatred for Wang Xian replaced the fear in his heart. Zhu Zhanji gritted his teeth and said to Zhang Fu: "You return to Daxing immediately and use all your troops to prevent Wang Xian's Shandong army from going north!" Zhang Fu's face was no better than the prince's. , he actually let Wang Xian slip away under his nose and went to capture Tongzhou. This was really another great shame and humiliation! That's why he followed the prince northward, hoping to get things back with Wang Xian. Now that the prince asked him to return to Daxing, Zhang Fu was naturally willing, but he also knew that the overall situation must be the top priority at this time, so he had to mutter: "Yes!" After sending Zhang Fu back to Daxing, Zhu Zhanji rushed there in a hurry In Tongzhou, on the way, he met an imperial envoy who sent a message, saying that the emperor had summoned him to return to Beijing immediately to discuss important matters. Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to ask Wang Yan, Marquis of Wu'an, to lead his army to Tongzhou, and he quickly returned to Beijing. In less than an hour, Zhu Zhanji rushed back to the capital, and when he entered the city, he metYang Rong is waiting for him to enter the city. Yang Xueshi looked downcast, but his expression had regained his composure. When he saw the prince, he did not cry bitterly. He just cupped his hands and said: "The person who is waiting to die has seen your highness." "" Zhu Zhanji wanted to have a seizure, but he He sighed and said, "Let's share the hardships together" Yang Rong smiled bitterly and nodded. At this time, the hanging basket was put down on the city and the two of them entered the city in the basket. Even though there was no enemy within ten miles, the people in the city didn't dare to open the city gate. You can imagine how scared they were. When the two guards saw this, they were furious and wanted to scold them, but they were stopped by them in unison. How can they have the nerve to pretend to be crown prince or prime minister? According to what the guard said, the two people sat in the basket and were pulled up to the top of the city. The officers and soldiers on the top of the city saluted them respectfully, but after the two turned around, they could clearly feel the strange eyes of the officers and soldiers, like a gleam on their backs! He hurriedly ran down the tower. Under the city, the guard prepared two sedan chairs for them. Zhu Zhanji had always been riding a horse, so he couldn't help but frown. The guard hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, during this extraordinary period, the people's mood is unstable. Please give it a try" Although the guard said it euphemistically, Zhu Zhanji understood immediately. He was worried that the people would see him and his wife. One will throw rotten eggs. Immediately his face turned red with shame, he remained silent and sat on the sedan. The two sedans were carried directly into the palace. The two were led to the Qianqing Palace and saw the emperor on the sick bed. Yang Shiqi had already been kneeling in front of the dragon bed. The two of them hurried forward, knelt down side by side with him, and paid their respects to the emperor who was sleeping on the dragon bed. Zhu Gaochi then slowly opened his eyes, looked at the three sinners kneeling in front of him, sighed longly and said: "What should I do?" "The minister deserves to die, please the emperor to cut him into pieces" Yang Rong Kowtow heavily. "My son deserves death for his crime" Zhu Zhanji also kowtowed to plead guilty. "Of course you deserve death!" Zhu Gaochi suddenly became furious and coughed violently. Zhang Cheng hurriedly supported the emperor and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with tears, but did not dare to say a word. The old eunuch also knew that it was time for the ancestral temple to survive, and the emperor had to hold on. Zhu Gaochi slumped back on the dragon bed and said feebly: "According to my wishes, this battle should not be fought. Ask Wang Xian what conditions he has, and I will agree to him" When Zhu Zhanji and Yang Shiqi heard this, they immediately lost their minds and said in unison. Said: "Your Majesty, you must not do it!" "Father, you must not do it!" Under the desperate signals of the prince and Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong also said bravely: "Your Majesty, that's not all. We still have our army in Tongzhou City. "The guilty minister has sent a large army to take back Tongzhou City even if he died!" "Yes, Father, my minister's army will soon arrive in Tongzhou, and 150,000 troops will attack the city together, but there is nothing he can do about 15,000!" Soldiers and horses?" Zhu Zhanji also said quickly. "Your Majesty, all the grain outside Tongzhou City has been transported back to the capital. Together with the previous grain storage, it will be enough to save food for two months." Yang Shiqi continued: "Two months will be enough to eliminate Wang Xian in the city. Tongzhou City is enough to trap his hundreds of thousands of troops in Badaling, and it is enough to give His Majesty some peace! " "Yes, Your Majesty, don't be frightened by temporary difficulties, victory is still in our hands!" the three said in unison. "Haha" Zhu Gaochi said with a hint of ridicule at the corner of his mouth: "You keep thinking about me, but in fact you are only thinking about yourself" The three of them blushed when they were told about the central issue. Don't they know that now that the peace is being negotiated, the initiative is still in the hands of the court, but the three of them will die without a burial place! "Your Majesty! If we can exchange for the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty, it will not be a pity for me to die ten thousand times!" At the critical moment, I had to look at Yang Shiqi. I saw him burst into tears. He walked forward on his knees and said, "But, then Wang Xian will Like a young tiger! The society has been shaken since he first came into the forest. If you give him more time and territory, he will grow into an invincible tiger sooner or later! " "Yes, my father, appeasement can only buy temporary peace. , but it will completely destroy the ancestral society!" Zhu Zhanji immediately agreed: "We must defeat Wang Xian while the court still has the ability to fight!" "Hey, this is the argument again" Zhu Gaochi said with enthusiasm. The face is boring. But I have to admit that this set of arguments has a miraculous effect on any emperor. Zhu Gaochi finally stopped insisting and said slowly: "You must think clearly, I can still try to take care of you when negotiating peace now. If we still have to go to the end in a month, If we take this step of negotiating peace, I can't protect you" Hearing that the emperor gave them another month, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly expressed their stance loudly: "I have put my life and death aside for a long time, but I want to do something for you. The country will be rid of thieves!" Zhu Gaochi looked up at the tent.??, his eyes were full of ridicule, but he refrained from saying anything to disgrace the scenery. "I will return to Tongzhou immediately to organize a decisive battle with Wang Xian!" Seeing the emperor relent, Zhu Zhanji pressed forward and said: "Please ask my father to mobilize more troops and horses to ensure that nothing goes wrong!" "No, the troops in the capital cannot be used. No matter how little," Zhu Gaochi shook his head and refused: "You and Yang Rong plus Zhang Fu's army already exceeds 200,000, more than ten times that of Wang Xian, what else do you want?"