Zhengde's reaction was really not slow, and after understanding the current situation, he immediately ordered: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that I have reached the critical moment of survival, I hope that you can work with me and the defenders in this city to fight against the strong enemy!" ”

"The ministers dare not do their best, and only listen to His Majesty's orders!" Everyone was also in high spirits, and they responded with their fists in unison.

"Good!" A satisfied smile suddenly flashed on the face of the Son of Heaven: "Then let's go, let's rush to the city wall and help the defenders!" After saying this, he took the lead and strode out. The rest of the crowd only hesitated for a moment, and then they all went out in a huff. Only Yang Chen's expression flashed at this time, as if he had thought of something, but he didn't know if it was appropriate to bring it up at this time.

Just as everyone walked out of the vertical arch of the second hall and walked towards the front, two messengers who were guarding in front of the county yamen hurried in, with a little panic on their faces. When they saw so many people rushing out here, they were obviously stunned, and their eyes only searched for these people for a while, and finally fixed on the body of their own county lord, and hurriedly ran forward: "My lord, something happened." ”

"What's wrong?" When Zhu Xuan heard this, his body shook suddenly, and he hurriedly asked.

"Many of the people in the city have run away from their homes and are about to flee at the north gate, but the little ones really can't stop them." The two hurriedly reported with bitter faces. It was only at this time that Zhu Xuan came to his senses, and he still had an extremely heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he needed to appease the hearts of the frightened people at this critical moment.

Indeed, just when they saw the sudden smoke of beacon fire in the county office, the other people in the city also saw this sudden warning of the military situation. Although they had been mentally prepared for living at the border for a long time, after knowing that there were tens of thousands of enemies attacking, panic quickly spread among the people.

Especially after the terrible sound of the horn came from the front, announcing that the murderous Tartars had brazenly launched an attack on the Yatou Pass, the people were even more panicked. Those who had planned to pack up some furniture and take them out of the city could not care any more, so they took some gold and silver and ran in groups in the direction of the south gate, for it was the farthest point from the battlefield.

Although there are only 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and civilians in this small county town, the small streets can't stand the many people pouring out, so the city is suddenly chaotic, shouting, complaining, and even scolding and fighting after rubbing against each other suddenly fills the whole small city, making the situation here more and more chaotic.

When Yang Chen and the others rushed out of the county government when they heard the news, they saw such a chaotic scene, and even it seemed very difficult for them to go north to support the defenders.

"My lord, this is not a problem. If something happens again in the city, I'm afraid that before the Tartars attack the pass, I will have to lose the pass myself. Yang Chen said worriedly: "We have to appease the people as soon as possible!" ”

"I know, but this ...... But how? Looking at the crowd that was constantly crowding and pushing forward, Zhu Xianling's face was also covered with beads of sweat, he really had no experience in this area, and he was a little helpless at this time.

In fact, not only him, but even Zhengde and other people have been shocked by the chaos in front of them, and they don't know how to deal with it. Perhaps they thought of stopping the chaotic actions of the people, but they were also at a loss as to how to act.

Seeing this, Yang Chen could only stand up in a hurry: "My lord, the top priority is to let the people know that they must follow the arrangements of the government. The lower officials thought that we had to set up a rule immediately. ”

"You can do it, and the official will entrust this important task to you." Zhu Xuan hurriedly nodded in response.

The stakes are very high, and Yang Chen can't take care of it, so he immediately ordered a few errand officers on the side, as well as the other soldiers who were anxious to rush back to Beicheng to guard the pass: "You listen to my orders, and shout ...... to those people together" As he spoke, he told everyone a few simple words.

These people did not question much, and immediately took two steps forward and shouted at the many people in front of them: "Listen to me, now I am at a critical juncture, but we still have a city to defend, and we must not mess up." If you run around like this, it will only create a chance for the Tartars to break through. I hope you will go home as soon as possible, and my Ming officers and soldiers will definitely be able to defend this city and ensure everyone's safety! ”

Twenty or thirty strong men shouted loudly, this movement is still quite small, even in this chaotic environment, it can be spread far and wide, so that many people around can hear this remark, and it also makes the originally noisy situation a little quieter.

When the crowd shouted again and repeated these words, the steps of the people finally stopped. In fact, as the people at this time, they still have a lot of trust in the government, and thinking about their rhetoric, it seems that there is some truth.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in the crowd: "Don't believe the nonsense of the government, they want to stop us from escaping south for the convenience of their own escape, everyone go quickly, if it's too late, I'm afraid the Tartars will come into the pass and slaughter you and me!" ”

The demagogic effect of these words was too great, and it actually made the already stagnant team move again, and many people also exclaimed: "Yes, that's tens of thousands of Tartar elites, how many soldiers and horses do we have in the head, how can we stop them?" Let's run. ”

Suddenly, the crowded riots broke out again, everyone scrambled to get down, and some people were even squeezed to the ground, trampled on and screamed.

Seeing this, Yang Chen's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light, and he immediately kicked his legs the ground, and his body had already swept forward in the air, grabbing the shoulders of a man in the crowd. Although the man was in the crowd and seemed to have difficulty moving, when he saw this pounce, he immediately shrank back and wanted to dodge. But his movements were not as fast as Yang Chen, who was gaining momentum, and he couldn't flash this time, he screamed in pain, and his shoulder was grabbed by a claw, and then Yang Chen exhaled suddenly, and he directly grabbed this guy from the crowd and fell to the ground alive.

This time it was so abrupt that it scared the people into screaming, and everyone hurriedly flashed back, for fear that Yang Chen would come to him again. Fortunately, after catching this person out of the crowd, Yang Chen had already led him to quickly retreat, and dragged the person to a cadre: "Show him to me, this is a Tartar spy!" ”

His eyes were accurate, even though he was several feet apart, and there were many people around him as cover, but this guy who was the first to question the intentions of the government was still found out by him at once. And after standing still, Yang Chen shouted again: "Everyone can see clearly, this person is a Tartar, in order to disturb my people's hearts." Don't let it be instigated, and cause your relatives to be bitter and your enemies happy! ”

At the same time, the servants behind him had torn off the camouflage on his head, revealing the hair on the top of his head, which was the unique hairstyle of the steppe Mongols.

At this moment, those people finally believed Yang Chen's words, and everyone stayed on the spot.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Chen shouted again: "My lord has an order, and those who still want to escape from my bias pass now want to mess with my city, and they are the internal spies of the Tartars." Such a thief will be killed! After shouting this, his face suddenly sank, and the thick murderous aura rushed out without concealment.

At this time, the other soldiers also quickly understood, and hurriedly cooperated with the withdrawal of their waist knives, putting on a posture of about to kill the past. Such murderous rhetoric and actions immediately frightened the people in front of them, making them dare not act again.

Yang Chen hurriedly gave Zhu Xuan a look, and the latter immediately came to his senses, hurriedly stepped forward, and shouted at the people: "Fathers and elders, this official Zhu Xuan can guarantee that my Ming border army will definitely resist the invading enemy, and I hope you will not cause chaos to the official army again, so that I will be in a difficult situation at home and abroad." It's better to hurry up and go home, compared to outside the city, it is safer to be inside this gate, at least there are city walls to protect everyone, and there are thousands of elite soldiers to guard it. In addition, presumably, at this time, the border troops in Datong have also seen the beacon fire we have released, and as long as they hold for a few days, reinforcements will naturally arrive. ”

The effect of the words of the county magistrate was still quite significant, and after some hesitation, someone finally began to retreat. And having the first to make a choice can quickly affect the rest of the people around them, and more people join the retreating team, and the originally crowded streets are finally better.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Xuan finally let out a long breath, and at the same time glanced at Yang Chen gratefully. If he hadn't made a quick decision when he saw that the situation was not good, he was afraid that the situation here would be out of control.

Zhengde on the side finally came to his senses at this time, and looked at Yang Chen with approval: "Yang Chen, you really have some ability, and you can calm down the situation in the face of danger." ”

"Your Majesty has overdone your reputation, and the minister is just doing his duty. If they really mess around, the Tartar spies hiding in the crowd will have to come up with a lot of tricks. Yang Chen hurriedly said modestly.

"What do you mean...... In addition to him, there are spies hidden among the people? When Zhengde heard this, his heart suddenly tightened.

"You can't go wrong. Otherwise, how could he alone encourage the people of the city to flee? Yang Chen nodded and said, "Moreover, the Qingler was able to pass on the relevant news before, and it should have been with their help." So now that I'm biased, there should be a lot of Tartar spies! ”