Outside the main hall of the ancestral hall, Chen Changgeng and other officials saw that the king had made up his mind, and they all advised again.

"King, after you are Emperor Gao, you are the king, how can you surrender the enemy!"

"Please ask the king to be the face of my Ming royal family!"

"King, you must die!"

The government officials, who were originally Changyi, knelt in front of King De one after another, trying to persuade him to change his mind.

The words couldn't be more straightforward, King De can't surrender, he can only die! Only in this way can we save the face of Daming!

"Face, face, do you want to let the lonely eyes watch the people all over the city being killed by the Eastern Captives?"

Zhu Youshu, who had made up his mind, was about to walk out, but Chen Changgeng, who was kneeling on the ground, got up and knelt in front of him again.

"Please be the king!"

"How can you force a lonely ...... like this?"

Seeing that the king was stopped by Chen Changgeng, someone in the sect who was coaxing over there immediately rushed over.

"The big guy is escorting the king out of the city together, don't let ...... Ah......h

The shouting suddenly turned into a scream, and the man's eyes widened, and he saw a sword tip stabbed out of his chest at some point, and the tip of the sword was still dripping with blood.

"Ah...... Killed! ”

There was a sudden chaos in front of the main hall, whether it was kneeling or standing, all of them were looking at the killed General Fengguo.

What's going on?

Seeing a person die in front of him like this, Zhu Youshu's face no longer had the slightest blood, and he said in horror.

"Who, who......"

His left leg kicked the man's waist, and he pulled out his sword hard, and he didn't care about the shock after the killing, so Zhu Guoqiang could only hold on in order to survive.

"I killed him!"

"Zhu Ciying, you, you, how can you kill your uncle......"

Oh, it turns out that the person's name is Zhu Ciying.

Looking at the bloody sword in his son's hand, Zhu Youshu's eyes were full of disbelief, and after seeing clearly what he was holding in his left hand, his eyes widened and he quickly knelt down.

"Unfilial descendants knock on Emperor Gao!"

Holding Zhu Yuanzhang's tablet in his left hand and holding a sword in his right hand, Zhu Ciying breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Zhu Youshu kneeling down.

It is also a last resort to ask for Zhu Yuanzhang's tablet, after all, Zhu Youshu is the king of Germany, if he is determined to dedicate the city, his life will really not be saved.

In this Jinan city, who can suppress Zhu Youshu and make him dare not sacrifice the city?

And that's all there is to it.

Although the tablet is wooden, it had a special meaning for the ancients, just like now. Take out the tablet of Emperor Gao, and anyone can only kneel! Just like Tie Xuan, who was in this Jinan City, took out Emperor Gao's tablet.

Looking at the clan and government officials who were kneeling on the ground, Zhu Guoqiang pointed at the corpses on the ground with a sword that was still dripping with blood, and shouted loudly.

"Listen, everyone, this bastard thing actually wants to coerce the king to surrender, and has asked the spirit of Emperor Gao to be killed for this hall, my German domain has been supported by the people of Jinan for generations, if it is captured, how can it be worthy of Emperor Gao, who expelled the Tartars, how can it be worthy of the people of Jinan! From now on, whoever dares to speak up to surrender to the enemy, even if it is the clan elders, the main hall will also invite the spirit of Emperor Gao to kill him! ”

What he said was "clan elders", but Zhu Guoqiang's eyes were staring at King De and his nominal father, if he dared to surrender, then don't blame the "son" for being unfilial.

Zhu Youshu, who was kneeling on the ground, heard his son's words and simply couldn't believe his ears. Is this his son, who is obsessed with poetry and painting all day long, just like himself?

"Da!"

A drop of blood, dripping from the tip of the sword.

Looking at the blood droplets on the ground, Zhu Youshu's face turned white and red, wondering what his son said just now, whether he wanted to attack himself!

This, this is not filial piety!

Looking at his son's red eyes, and then at his cousin on the ground, Zhu Youshu felt a chill in his heart, and immediately made the most beneficial choice for himself.

"Okay, my son is worthy of being Emperor Gao, a word of caution as a father, my German domain has been supported by the people of Jinan for one hundred and seventy years, and it must not be captured, otherwise it is really ashamed of Emperor Gao and the people! Someone came, passed on the king's order, all the men in the palace, all went to the city wall, if anyone dared to surrender again, kill! ”

Chen Changgeng and the others, who were originally desperately trying to dissuade the king, saw the tablet in the hand of the prince and thought.

I knew that it was so simple, so I directly asked for Emperor Gao's tablet. As for the sword that was still dripping with blood in the hands of the prince, he naturally turned a blind eye.

"Obey your orders!"

When the ministers received orders one after another, Zhu Youshu, who seemed to have some courage, looked at Zhu Guoqiang again and asked.

"My son, what is next?"

Looking at King De, who weighed much more than his height and even had some difficulty walking, Zhu Guoqiang knew that this person would definitely not be able to count on him, and whether he could survive or not would depend on himself.

"Father, you just have to take care of the dispatch in the center, and leave the rest to me."

For this arrangement, Zhu Youshu did not have any resistance, but gladly accepted it, after all, for him, who can only write and paint, it is too embarrassing for him to let him go to the wall to defend the city, besides, even when he saw the blood just now, he felt a little dizzy.

No, again, dizzy again!

"Come on, help the king to rest indoors!"

After several palace maids helped Zhu Youshu to leave the ancestral hall, Zhu Guoqiang looked at the officials wearing various official robes, they were all government officials in the mansion - civil officials of Yishi, of course, there were also military attaches like Chen Wudi.

"Chen Qianhu, how many soldiers and horses are there in our army?"

If you want to defend this royal city, you must first figure out what hole cards you have to play.

"His Royal Highness Hui Shizi, according to the Ming Law Mansion, there is only one army of the Honor Guard Division, with a military quota of 1,700 people, but in fact there are only more than 1,500 people, and there are 800 tomb guards who were transferred before."

Although surprised by Shizi's performance, Chen Wudi still hurriedly replied truthfully.

"Shizi, there are more than 200 young and strong eunuchs in the house, which can be driven."

The one who answered was a eunuch, and the eunuch was Zhang Quan, the king's personal eunuch.

"Shizi, there are still tens of thousands of people who have taken refuge under the walls of the palace, many of them are young and strong, and the prince can let them enter the city and recruit young people to go to the city to help defend the city."

Chen Changgeng immediately said on the side that after the Qing army besieged the city for the second time, many people took refuge under the walls of the palace, hoping that the king would let them enter the royal city to avoid the fire.

"Okay, tell them that as long as they are willing to go to the city to defend the city, let their families avoid the palace."

Zhu Guoqiang, who believed that there would be a brave man under the heavy reward, turned his head and said to the chief again.

"Take out 100,000 taels of silver first, and all the soldiers who go to the city to defend the city will be rewarded with 20 taels, and the people who defend the city will be rewarded with 10 taels each! Defend the royal city, and the main hall and the main hall will surely have another great reward. ”

In Zhu Guoqiang's view, the most important thing now is to keep the palace, the only thing that makes him happy is that the palace was built in the city of Jinan, with tall walls and moats. Even if the outer city is broken, with the walls of this palace, it can be defended for a while.

"And ......"

Looking at the twenty or so sects that were still in the courtyard, except for the one he had just killed, he was still young, and the others were either old or small.

What about people?

No, shouldn't there be a few thousand?

Zhu Guoqiang asked again.

"All the clansmen of my German clan are here?"

"Hui Shizi, although there are four county kings in the German Domain, there are already 11 generals of Zhenguo, Fuguo, and Fengguo (1), and 35 people from the nameless and unruly clan...... Except for Zhu Changtong, the king of Ninghai, who was ordered by the king to defend the city in the four cities, Zhu Changbian, the general of Fengguo of Tai'an Palace, Zhu Changshu, the general of Fengguo of Tai'an Palace, and Zhu Changxi, the general of Fengguo of Linqu Palace, other clansmen in the domain are here......"

Chen Changgeng's words made Zhu Guoqiang stunned, he didn't expect that there were so few clans in the house, and he didn't expect that there would be people who would go to the city to defend the city, and it is estimated that there are many more auspicious now.

They are more auspicious, but what about themselves?

"The Son, the Son......"

lost his mind, Zhu Guoqiang heard someone next to him shouting to him, it was Chen Qianhu.

"Invite the prince to the house, and the little one will put on armor for the prince!"

(1) According to Wang Shizhen's "Huangsheng Ming Story". There are 1 king of De, 5 county kings, 7 generals, and 5 county and township kings...... The family is quite big.