"The emperor... here we come... The urgent report is here..."
Three hours before dawn, Yuan Qing's voice suddenly came from outside.
Yan Han's closed eyes suddenly opened, and then squinted towards the palace entrance.
The snow outside was still fluttering like catkins, and a thick layer had accumulated on the steps in front of the door. Yuan Qing knew that Yan Han was in a hurry, so he stood outside the palace gate with a whisk and a cloak and kept looking, and suddenly saw Zhengyang. A few torches ran quickly on the palace corridor behind the door, and joy was overflowing on the face.
coming! Waited so long for news! finally come!
There were four people walking quickly before the gate of the palace, the two leaders were both in the uniform of the imperial guards, and the first one was Lin Zhang's nephew Lin Xie, who was now also leading the errand of the deputy commander of the imperial guards, seeing Lin Xie coming, Yuan Qing frowned slightly. The news about the emperor was about Zhao Yu, but why did it come from Lin Xie
"Commander Xiaolin, why are you here?"
Lin Xie walked quickly, he was only wearing a military uniform, he didn't even have time to put on his cloak.
He walked up the steps quickly. At this moment, Yuan Qing could clearly see the two people who followed behind. They were wearing red military uniforms, their bodies were covered with snow and frost, and their faces were obviously frostbitten. It looks like it's been a long way!
And this military uniform is by no means the military uniform of the Beijing Guards...
Yuan Qing frowned, but Lin Xie said in a low voice, "Eunuch, something serious has happened! Has the Emperor ever stopped?"
Yuan Qing shook his head, "Not yet, these two are..."
After the words fell silent, Yuan Qing saw the golden feather arrows in the hands of the two people behind, and the rest of the words were stuck in his heart. Yuan Qing couldn't help being shocked. After so many years in the palace, the golden feather arrows can be said to be the most inauspicious thing. Yuan Qing Immediately panicked, "This, where is this..."
"Yingzhou! It's Yingzhou! Father-in-law, let me know!"
Lin Xie's tone was very urgent, and Yuan Qing hurriedly turned around and entered the palace gate. When he walked in from the outside, Yan Han had already looked at him solemnly, "The person who wasn't Zhao Yu came back? What happened?"
Yuan Qing's yell woke him up, and after a short while, he heard rustling voices, but if it was someone from Zhao Yu, Yuan Qing should have notified him long ago, why is his face so pale? Yuan Qing walked quickly to the imperial case, "Your Majesty, it's not Vice Commander Zhao, but a sergeant from Yingzhou, holding a golden feather arrow..."
As soon as these words came out, Yan Han's heavy eyes immediately trembled, and his brows were tightly frowned, "What did you say!?"
Yuan Qing said with a bitter face, "It's the Golden Feather Arrow soldier from Yingzhou..."
Yan Han sat up straight, "Xuan—"
The appearance of the Golden Feather Arrow is always accompanied by an urgent military situation. Yan Han has been in power for many years, and a sense of crisis suddenly fills his heart!
Yuan Qing hurried to the door, "Quick! Come in and talk! The emperor summoned you..."
The two dressed in dust held the golden feathered arrow and lowered their heads and walked quickly. When they reached the hall, they knelt down. The first person held the golden feathered arrow above his head and said in a trembling voice, "My lord, the villain is Yingzhou!" The general soldier Luo Xiucheng's personal soldiers, three days ago, there was heavy snow in the north, and then a large number of refugees flooded into Yingzhou city. However, about 200 refugees who did not want to enter the city actually mobilized on the second day. Although there were not many people, they quickly burned down the granaries and armaments in the city. Not only that, Lord Luo was assassinated by an assassin and was seriously injured. Afterwards, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses appeared in the west of Yingzhou City. As soon as Mr. Luo heard that there were 20,000 people, he knew that something was wrong. He immediately asked the two villains to rush to the imperial capital with golden feather arrows. Your Majesty, please quickly dispatch troops to break the siege of Yingzhou!"
The person who spoke was weeping with blood and tears. Although he had obvious fear, he was still very urgent when it came to asking Yan Han to mobilize troops to rescue him. After this person said this, Yuan Qing and Yan Han were shocked for a moment There is nothing to add, Yingzhou is the closest city to the north of the imperial capital, if Yingzhou has already been attacked, then the imperial capital is in danger? !
"Where did those 20,000 horses come from? Are they controlled by Heren?"
Yan Han's voice was gloomy, and the leading soldier hurriedly shook his head, "I didn't know when the villain left, but Master Luo said that only the Beifu army from the north came to attack Yingzhou from that direction. There are imperial envoys entering Yingzhou, Mr. Luo knew about the turmoil in the north..."
The so-called imperial envoys were naturally the Minister of War Ge Yang and others sent out after learning that Cangzhou had fallen into the hands of the Beifu army.
Ge Yang took the imperial order to go north, just to see how far the Beifu army had come, but the news came back three days ago that Ge Yang had already gone north to Chongzhou, but he didn't mention that the Beifu army had gone all the way south. Where did the siege of Yingzhou start
Glancing at the dusty couple, Yan Han waved his hands calmly, "Leave the golden feathered arrow, go down and rest first."
Yuan Qing stepped forward to take the feather arrow, and the two soldiers backed out. As soon as they left, Yuan Qing immediately said, "Your Majesty, this is wrong. The news sent back by Ge Shangshu did not say that the Beifu army had gone south. Where did they come from, how dare they directly attack Yingzhou?!"
Yan Han frowned tightly. The golden feathered arrow was true, and those two people with frostbitten faces would not dare to use their lives to convey such news. The only explanation is that the Beifu army learned that the Queen He and the crown prince were under the control of the capital. In a hurry, they bypassed the fortresses of Fengzhou and Chongzhou, and walked northwest all the way to Yingzhou. They caught Yingzhou by surprise. Once Yingzhou was captured, the capital would be next. up!
Zhao You! What a Zhao You! If the capital is captured directly, the crown prince Yanche can ascend the throne immediately. In this way, there is no need for the queen and the crown prince to go north.
Yan Han clenched his fists in an instant. Zhao You has served as the general of the country for many years, and he has never missed any mistakes in guarding the north. There are Shuoxi Army in the west and Beifu Army in the north. It's not that Zhao You can't do such a thing of exposing sharp claws and fangs.
Yan Han's eyes were full of frost, "Where is Zhao Yu!? Let Zhao Yu and Lin Zhang go back to the palace immediately, and then call the head of the Ministry of War and Duke Wei into the palace! Call Zheng Baishi again!"
Yan Han was in a hurry. The sudden military report disrupted all his plans. Compared with the Beifu army's intention to attack the capital, Yan Chi's life became secondary. Now he only hoped that Zhao Yu had already captured Yan Han. Chi Ping, so that he can deal with the Beifu army wholeheartedly...