At the end of the eighth lunar month, the news reached the capital.
Report—
Urgent news from Jizhou, eight hundred li express.
The soldier held up his token the entire way—no one dared stop him. Once he entered the palace and was searched, he was led directly outside the main hall.
Eunuch Huang was even more anxious than the messenger: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, urgent news from the northwest."
"Summon him."