The war in the outer city burned all night, the sound of war drums, shouting and killing, the sound of low horns, almost all the people could not sleep this night, when the day was just dawning, the news of the fall of the outer city spread all over the inner city, for a time, the people and officials in the capital fell into a huge panic, there was a rush to buy in the capital again, rice, oil, wine, salt, tea, etc., all the daily necessities were rushing to buy.

Not only that, gold and silver have also become the most desired items of the people, in front of the bayonets of the gold soldiers, gold and silver may be able to save a life, gold has long been gone, but silver can still be exchanged by chance on the black market, but the price has soared to the sky, from the initial one or two silver to six to eight money, all of a sudden crazy to one or two silver for thirty money.

In response, valuable items such as jewelry were swept away, and the city was filled with hurried pedestrians, everyone silent and preoccupied.

But silence and evasion are only a small part of the people, more people are to stand up to protect their families, just after dawn, tens of thousands of people in the capital spontaneously came to the city wall, the procession is mighty, magnificent, more and more people along the way to join in, led by a few gray-haired old men, they once again came to the South City Suzaku Gate, last time they were begging Li Yanqing to stay, and this time they were to defend their homeland.

A large flag was planted above the Suzaku Gate, with eight big characters written on it, 'It is the duty of the husband to protect the family and defend the country!' It was this banner that attracted hundreds of thousands of people to join the battle against the Jin soldiers and defend their parents, wives and children.

At this time, Li Yanqing appeared at the head of the city, and many people suddenly shouted in surprise, "It's Li Dutong!" ”

Suddenly, more than 100,000 people cheered, and many people burst into tears with excitement, and Li Yanqing's appearance made them see the hope of keeping the city again.

Li Yanqing waved his hand, the cheers of the crowd gradually subsided, Li Yanqing took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "The brutality of the Jin soldiers is obvious to all, they want to rob the women in the city, our wives, our daughters, our sisters, we want to rob everything in the city, including our last bit of food, they kill the old people, plunder the young and strong to go to the north to be slaves for generations, this is not our fate, the bloody Great Song Dynasty boy, please stand up, follow me Li Yanqing, pick up the knife and gun and fight the Jin soldiers to the end, Defend our homeland, our parents, wives and children! ”

Countless people were ignited by Li Yanqing's call, their blood boiled, and tens of thousands of young and strong men raised their arms and shouted: "Defend your homeland, protect your parents, wives and children!" ”

Li Yanqing waited for more than 100,000 people to calm down a little, and he continued: "We still have 40,000 troops, tens of thousands of earth-shaking thunders, and strong city walls, and more importantly, King Qin's edict has spread all over the world, and soon millions of troops will come to the capital, as long as we hold on for a month, the Jin soldiers will definitely be forced to withdraw!" ”

Li Yanqing boosted their morale and gave them a reassurance, the next step was to directly recruit 80,000 people's troops, and he handed this matter to Xu Ning, Xu Ning was born as the head of the forbidden army, and he was handy in recruiting and training.

A long table was quickly set up under the Suzaku Gate, and dozens of civilian officials began to register, and there were no requirements for recruiting the civilian army this time, as long as it was a young and strong man, it was acceptable.

Li Yanqing came to Xicheng and found Zhang Qing, the four walls of the inner city, the Imperial Forest Army in front of the palace was in charge of the north city and the east city, and the 25,000 New North Army that returned was in charge of the west city and the south city, although it was not officially appointed, but now the city is in chaos, and no one cares about this matter, which is actually a kind of acquiescence in strength.

"General Zhang, I heard that you had trouble withdrawing last night?"

Li Yanqing knew about this last night, but he was too busy last night to bother to ask for a while, so he came early this morning.

Zhang Qing was extremely angry last night, but after one night, he slowly calmed down, the initial urge to kill had disappeared, but this incident made him and Wang Daoqi form a bond.

"Actually, there is nothing!"

Zhang Qing said calmly: "I can understand what he did, we are not all the way, and he doesn't need to take this risk for me, please rest assured, I will keep this matter in mind, but now I won't trouble him." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, what he wanted was Zhang Qing's words, now that the enemy was in front of him, they couldn't stand the infighting.

"How sure do you think we are going to hold the capital this time?" Zhang Qing asked in a deep voice.

Li Yanqing groaned and said slowly: "To be honest, there is only two percent hope at most." ”

Zhang Qing seemed to step on the air, his heart sank suddenly, and after a while, he asked in a low voice: "But Xu Ning told me that there is at least forty percent hope." ”

"That's because there was King Qin's army before, so I hope it's bigger."

"Isn't there an army of King Qin now?"

"Yes, there is, but there is a lot less than before, I received a pigeon letter yesterday, Zong Ze led 50,000 Jingdong Road troops to the capital Qinwang, but encountered Wanyan Zonghan's cavalry resistance, the army lost nearly half, had to withdraw to Yunzhou, and the Western Xia seems to have reached some kind of compromise with the Jin soldiers, and began to attack the Shaanxi Road in a big way, containing the Western Army, which was originally our greatest hope, and now the Western Army cannot be Qinwang, so I can only tell you, at most there is only two percent hope."

Zhang Qing bit his lip fiercely, "But after all, there is still hope!" ”

"There is a glimmer of hope, don't forget that I still have 50,000 elite troops on the outside line, what will happen if they directly attack the Daimyo's Mansion or Yanjing?"

"Do you mean to encircle Wei and save Zhao?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "Originally, the Jing Zhaojun was already going to Kaifeng Mansion, but if I changed my mind and let them cross the river to the north and sweep the Hebei Jin soldiers, I don't believe that Wan Yan Xian will really be indifferent?" Besides......" Li Yanqing smiled and didn't say any more.

Zhang Qing understood a little, in fact, it was not only two percent hope, but Dutong said it more conservatively, and Dutong seemed to have a killer weapon in his hand that he hadn't said, thinking of this, Zhang Qing's tense heart finally relaxed a lot.

Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder again and said with a smile: "Jin Bing is only a lamb to be slaughtered, and he will not capture the inner city at once, and he will play their old negotiation tricks, and he will talk about it when we have played enough, but unfortunately this time they made a mistake, seize this opportunity to train soldiers and the people's army, and let Jin Bing know that we are not sheep, but also a wolf!" ”

"But the official family and the imperial court are probably not ...... same mind as us," Zhang Qing said a little worriedly.

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "It doesn't matter if it's a heart, this is a game of chess, and their existence is also a necessary chess piece, otherwise who will play the negotiation game of the Jin Kingdom?" ”

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The news of the fall of the outer city made Zhao Huan completely collapse, and he had angered him because the Jin soldiers asked for the palace maid, which made him turn into the main battle faction again, and dethroned Bai Shizhong, who was desperate for peace.

But Zhao Huan never dreamed that in just one hour, the outer city was captured by the Jin soldiers, which brought him a huge shock, and made him firmly believe that the Jin soldiers were invincible.

Especially He Li, who made him hold great hopes, actually killed himself, as if the building that Zhao Huan relied on collapsed, He Li died a hundred times, so what should he do?

A huge fear shrouded Zhao Heng's head, so that he couldn't sleep for a day and a night, and he didn't eat water and rice.

At this time, a little eunuch quietly walked into the imperial study and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Geng has an urgent matter to ask for a meeting, and he said that it seems to have something to do with the negotiations. ”

Zhao Huan was about to wave his hand and say no, but the word 'negotiation' said by the little eunuch was like a fish hook, Huo Di caught him, he was like a traveler in the desert who saw a pool of clear water, and stood up, "Let him come in quickly!" ”

The little eunuch rushed away, Zhao Huan patted his forehead and sighed: "The sky will not stop me!" ”

At this time, an old eunuch hurriedly cleaned up the imperial study, opened the curtains, and a bright white light rushed into the study, Zhao Huan only felt that there was a bright light in front of him, and he was stunned for a long time before asking: "What time is it now?" ”

The old eunuch put a pot of tea on the imperial case and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's noon." ”

"Oh!"

Zhao Huan agreed lightly, sat down and took a sip of tea, and after a deep sigh, he said to the old eunuch: "Go and tell Chief Manager Cao to count how many palace maids there are in the palace, including those from the Yeting Palace and the East Palace." ”

"The old slave is going!"

The old eunuch turned around and left, and at this time, the little eunuch said at the door: "Your Majesty, Xianggong Geng is here!" ”

"Announce him in!"

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