Zhu Yongxing was almost carried to the East City Gate by Zhu Chengyi and several old men in the cabinet.

Along the way, the guard of honor was rolled out.

The people cheered and bowed down in the middle of the road to welcome their new king.

In this regard, Zhu Yongxing was not much excited, he was more of an indescribable and overwhelmed sincere fear. He wasn't good at standing on high places, he just wanted to have an unnoticed corner that would make him look around, and he hated the feeling of being watched.

And after standing on the city wall and seeing Zhu Yonghao's dense subordinates from a distance, he felt that his legs were even weaker.

The painful time in Yan'an reappeared in his mind at once, and gradually coincided with the situation in front of him.

At that time, he was also forced to sit high on horseback, looking like he could dominate the storm.

However, in the face of the sudden appearance of the Tartars, he was powerless.

So it was so that they were besieged. It was the same way, all the people were running after him, cornering him.

At this moment, the smell of blood and the sour smell of slightly cooked horse meat began to fill his nose again, the feeling of suffocation in the cave, the suffocation that could only hear his own heartbeat pressed on his chest at once......

"I can't do it. I'm going back. He muttered.

Several pavilion elders and Zhu Chengyi and others looked at each other. What can't be done? Is it impossible to lead the capital and the imperial court? Or don't want to be emperor? Go back to the palace, or go back to your original seat?

"You don't have to do anything. There are elders, there are ministers. We've got your back. Zhu Chengyi's arm pressed against his waist.

Zhu Yongxing turned his head to look at him, his expression complicated...... And painful......

And Zhu Yonghao finally saw that he hadn't seen his brother for many years. He was a little angry. That's it? Can such an idiot be an emperor? Not a fool who has been set aside? Oh, his brother really came back from Yan'an. He always felt that this idiot would never be qualified to fight with him, but in the end, he miscalculated. He was wrong, he should have done it sooner!

And the voice that was shouting on the other side also made Zhu Yonghao extremely angry.

At this moment, it is Zhu Chengyi who is full of confidence and is opening his mouth.

He used his internal force to spread his voice outward, and the effect was far better than that of the herald, and his words were clearly transmitted to the ears of the neighboring rebels.

Therefore, what Zhu Yongxing couldn't say, what the elders wanted to say, was done by him. His loud scolding completely scolded Zhu Yonghao as a pig and a dog.

"Zhu Chengyi, shut up, how can you have the qualifications to speak at this moment! Let Zhu Yongxing talk to me! Zhu Yonghao roared. Zhu Yongxing! Are you dumb! Did you do something to your father and force him to give you the throne? What about the father? I want to see him! ”

Zhu Chengyi resisted Zhu Yongxing's subconsciously retreating body again.

"Zhu Yonghao has no wings, so he has nothing to fear." He patted the back of Zhu Yongxing's hand that pulled his sleeve.

"Zhu Yonghao, you are not very old, but you are forgetful. You have been expelled from the royal family by the first emperor, a mere untouchable, and this prince is willing to open his mouth to scold you and teach you that you are already condescending to the noble, and you still seek a dialogue with the saints? You don't think very highly of yourself, you have a bad brain! The emperor's trip is just to see how disgusting you clowns are, and when the goal is achieved, it's time for the emperor to drive back to the palace! ”

Zhu Chengyi lifted his breath again and expanded his voice.

"Listen, everyone on the other side! Throughout the ages, rebellion is a great rebellion, spurned by thousands of people, and is not tolerated! At this moment, the new emperor ascends the throne, and everything is a foregone conclusion. There's one last chance. If you disperse quickly and return to your homeland, the court will spare you for the time being. But if you are obsessed and do not regret it, you still have to follow Zhu Yonghao and Zhu Henghe to the dark, then the fate of your former Liaojiang concubine and guard chief is waiting for you! Your family will eventually be affected by you. I hope you are doing it for yourself! ”

The Liaojiang rebels followed Zhu Chengyi's gesture.

On the city wall outside the Dongzhi Gate, a corpse was hung out.

It's Liao Wenci.

She didn't bat at death, staring at her eyes, as if she was looking at those Liaojiang people, making people sweat and hair.

In addition, there is a dying guy wearing a Liaojiang military uniform hanging on the wall.

Some people recognized that it was the chief of the guard assigned to Liao Wenci by the King of Liaojiang.

"Rebellion, capital offense! This man led troops to besiege the General's Mansion in an attempt to rebel, and was sentenced to Ling Chi and executed in public! The commander announced in front of everyone.

Then in front of a group of Liaojiang soldiers, the punishment began, and the guard commander wanted to die, but he could only suffer the muffled screams of sin, which made everyone's hearts furious.

The sun is thin, and the cold wind rises.

Many Liaojiang soldiers were in a trance. The new emperor of Beijing has ascended the throne, can they still succeed? What exactly are they doing? Is it worth it?

Zhu Yonghao glanced at the King of Liaojiang in the crowd.

The morale of the army is shaken and cannot be delayed any longer......

In this way, preparations for war began both inside and outside the capital.

After meeting Zhu Yonghao, Zhu Yongxing was put up in Qingfeng Altar by Ge Lao and Zhu Chengyi, and gave an inspiring and incendiary speech.

Relying on the city as a camp, fighting as a defense - this is what they put forward. They have to rely on the solid walls of the capital to make all their plans come to naught.

In order to stabilize people's hearts, all the grain in Beijing was requisitioned at the market price of the previous month, and the government made unified arrangements for it. The imperial court announced that everyone in the capital could guarantee food. This article solves the urgent need of the people to eat.

In order to boost morale and increase the number of troops, the imperial court also announced that all the people involved in the defense of the war would receive wages and provide two meals a day. Or buy grain at half price. In addition, all militia members are paid the same as those of the forbidden army, and they are paid daily. All officers and men will be paid three months' salaries in advance.

As soon as these few articles came out, the whole city cheered, and everyone was full of energy, thinking about doing something for the imperial court......

On the contrary, on the other side of the wall, people's hearts are not so stable.

The reason why the Liaojiang soldiers came all the way to the capital was to get promoted and make a fortune. But at the moment, everything is very different from what they envisioned. They came in all their might, but they couldn't see any light. A lot of people are starting to hesitate.

In particular, there is constantly news released in Beijing:

It is said that after Zhu Chengyi opened the south gate that night, he sent more than 30 letters out in one go......

It is said that the guards of Lu and Hui have all received the order and are required to rush to Liaojiang with the whole army......

It is said that the vassal state of Korea has also sent a letter there, asking them to send troops to the border between Liaojiang and Korea, and if the imperial army needs to fully cooperate with the action, after the matter is completed, the imperial court will not only marry Princess Anya, who they have been asking to marry, but also use several mineral deposits as a dowry......

It is also said that Yu Bohong has begun to negotiate with the Tartars, and the Tartars will soon withdraw their troops, and at that time Yu Bohong's army will be divided into two parts, one part will return to King Qin, and the other half will go directly to the Liaojiang River......

It is also said that the ultimate goal of the imperial court is to make these Liaojiang soldiers all become lost dogs, become the target of the Quartet, and completely eradicate them. And their families will also be in the same sin. After all, the handling of anti-thieves in all dynasties has always been uniform and sparing no effort to deal with them......

This article is half-true and half-false, and the head is the Tao, so it sounds very credible. And the people of Liaojiang couldn't judge the truth at the first time, so they naturally had panic in their hearts.

The Liaojiang River is the root, and many people can't give it up.

Home has become the concern of many Liaojiang soldiers. Going home has become the most important thing on the minds of many people.

As a result, deserters appeared in the Liaojiang soldiers.

That night, four Liaojiang soldiers fled. The number of people is less than a dozen, and the largest one is more than 100 people.

Zhu Henghe had already taken precautions, but these people failed to escape, and several of the leaders were all killed and executed.

"There is no turning back from the bow! It's a man's, it's a little bloody, and he entered the capital with this king and made great achievements! When the time comes, we will determine the law, we will take the world, and take our families to soar together! Our Liaojiang Army, do not leave a seed! ”

Zhu Henghe used force while taking sweet dates and temporarily pressed his subordinates. But uneasiness had begun to spread among his army......

In the city, everything is in order and in full swing.

Weapons are produced day and night, and they are deployed to the army as quickly as possible.

The militia has been constantly training and rapidly increasing its combat effectiveness.

With the call of the imperial court, a large number of ordinary people joined the arrangement of officers and soldiers.

There is great strength in numbers, and the progress of the fortifications is very fast.

The woodmen, bricklayers, and stonemasons in the city were organized into engineering teams for training, and they raised a large number of masonry, wood, lime, tools, etc., for emergency use in case of war.

The outer walls of the capital were strengthened by organizational forces, especially the gates in the north and west of the city, and the earth buildings on the inner side of the city were also changed to bricks, and the moats were dredged to strengthen the city defenses.

Gates were set up at the entrance of the city wall, and the surrounding walls were tied with sand railings, which further enhanced the defensive performance of the city.

A group of officers and soldiers were not idle, the major city gates were added to build arrow towers and lookouts, only one day's work, nearly 100 arrow towers were conveniently added on the city wall......

The Liaojiang army also finally launched their first siege.

On this day, it was a day of strong wind and rain, so the arrow platform did not play the biggest role.

In contrast, Zhu Henghe, who brought artillery from Liaojiang, took advantage of a lot.

It is probably because of the focus of the military reinforcement project on the east and north gates, so this time the rebels came to attack the west. They deliberately used 50,000 people to lure the forbidden army to guard the Dongzhi Gate, but in fact their target chose the relatively weak defense of the west Fuchengmen.

The view was not good on a rainy day, and when dozens of artillery pieces were suddenly coming from the Fucheng Gate, the defenders in the city knew where the opponent's target was.

Taking advantage of the west wind, the anti-army with the wind had the upper hand, and the offensive from artillery to arrows and crossbows became more and more fierce.

At this time, the great benefits brought by the single-mindedness of the military and the people are also revealed.

In the past few days, the morale of all the militia of the defenders has been high, and they are determined to live and die with the capital.

As a result, every outer wall and every position of the defenders was damaged in the slightest, and someone in the rear would immediately repair it and fill the gap. Even if God didn't help, they didn't back down at all.

On the arrow platform and the city wall, there were constantly casualties and guards were carried down, but the will of the soldiers to defend the city was not extinguished.

As more and more reinforcements arrived from the eastern city, under the dense rain of arrows from the defenders, the anti-army attack could hardly rely on artillery, and was never able to climb the city wall......

The rebel army, relying on the numerical superiority of troops, also launched an attack at the south gate of the city.

The disadvantage of the number of defenders in the city was further exposed, and there was some confusion in the end. And the other side is clearly still in the tentative stage at the moment, if they rely on the large number of people to attack together, there is no doubt that the defenders will be more difficult......

Fortunately, an hour later, God had mercy, and the moderate rain turned into a torrential rain, and it was difficult for the rebels to attack. As the ground became more and more muddy and difficult to walk, the resistance and physical wear and tear on their attacks also increased.

Under the downpour, the rebels had to choose to withdraw.

The defenders could finally take a breather.

However, the crowd did not dare to take it lightly.

Even though the torrential rain was pouring in, they had to devote themselves to the emergency repair of Fuchengmen, which had been destroyed for most of the time. The heat is infecting everyone, including the people of Beijing. More and more people spontaneously sent cloth, pots and pots of ginger soup and herbal soup, or did their best to participate in all aspects of the city.

Soon, casualty statistics also came out.

Because of the good protection, there were not many dead, and only more than 20 people were sacrificed. However, more than 300 people were wounded by arrows and blown up.

No one can make it easy.

Those who have been damaged again and again are all elite soldiers. No matter how many militias there are, the number of elite soldiers is fixed. Today, it all depends on the rainstorm, otherwise the loss of combat power will be at least several times......

Outside the city, although the Liaojiang army was sorry that it could not open a door, they also ushered in a morale boost.

Because on that day, another wave of their reinforcements had arrived.

It's more than 10,000 again.

At present, the strength of the Liaojiang Army is nearly 100,000.

Today's temptation of the two city gates, although they did not take much advantage, they have already noticed the panic of the capital to take care of one and lose the other.

No matter how strong the city gate is, as long as they persist and work together, the other party should soon be unable to parry.

And their 100,000 men are completely enough to launch a full-scale attack and a ten-sided assault.

Zhu Yonghao discussed with Zhu Henghe, looked for someone to check the weather, and finally announced that he would have a good rest tonight, attack in an all-out way at noon tomorrow, and take the capital directly in one go! ……

In Beijing, looking at the enemy camp that was obviously much quieter that night, there was a little uneasiness up and down.

All the pavilion elders sat together with big black circles under their eyes, drinking ginseng tea. They have not been home for many days, and they only take turns sleeping every day.

The lookout had already told the other party that the other side would have to replenish its forces, and everyone was very worried, and they also felt that the time for the other party to make a move was likely to be tomorrow.

So, they and Zhu Chengyi were persuading the emperor that once the other party came to attack the city again tomorrow, the emperor would personally sit in the city and defend the city.

The disparity in numbers is too great, and there is no way to fight a protracted war in terms of weapons, so we can only find a way elsewhere. The presence of the emperor in person can at least stimulate everyone's fighting passion and will to the greatest extent, and may bring the best combat effect and continue the staying power!

Zhu Yongxing licked his chapped lips and poured himself tea cup by cup, without responding or refusing. But his trembling hand holding the tea bowl exposed his panic. He was afraid.

He's already tried to pretend to be sick. But these people said, not to mention illness, even if the sky falls, as long as he is not dead, he must exist as the Dinghai Divine Needle of the imperial court.

But he is also the one who needs to fix the sea god needle!

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