Overnight, the sky in the capital changed. The city gates of the four sides are closed, and the city gates are three layers above and outside, and they are heavily guarded by troops. From time to time, soldiers in heavy armor pass through the city.

Such an abnormal situation made the entire capital rumor. It's inevitable that people will be panicked.

However, the court has no care to appease the people at the moment, and the people feel that they are afraid that there will be a big mess, and those who are so flexible are to pack up their belongings and flee for their lives, with the first one, there will naturally be a second, and they will flock to the city gate.

Unfortunately, the gates were closed, and the soldiers on guard were given a death order not to let anyone out of the city. For this reason, there have been several conflicts.

Immediately afterwards, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division was directly ordered to block all the people back to their homes, and ordered not to go out, and those who did not respect the order were killed.

The huge capital, locked and closed, lined with the autumn wind and bleak, and the fallen leaves everywhere, did not see the prosperity of the past, but the depression was desolate.

After two days of panic, news finally came from the south gate.

The rebels have been forced under the city gate, not only the 20,000 they thought, but a large number of people, I can't count how many.

The reason why the rebels quietly went north was not because those officials and guards had defected, but for what?

When King Ning heard the report, he was so angry that his face turned pale, and he picked up the paperweight in his hand and smashed it hard.

"How can this be true? Outrageous! These people eat the money of the imperial court, but instead of doing practical things, they also commit treason and defection to the enemy, which is really hateful. Even if they are pulling skin and tendons, they are all made into leather lanterns, and they can't relieve their hatred. King Ning gritted his teeth, and every word was ruthless.

The courtiers below had different thoughts, but they all thought of it, who said that King Ning was better than the first emperor? Righteousness? There has never been such a thing in the Zhu family's bloodline.

As for those people's defections, isn't it because of the general trend? The timid are cowardly with the sword, in order to save their lives; The ambitious ones chose the more advantageous side after weighing the pros and cons; The foolish and loyal can be cut in front of the battle, killing chickens and monkeys; Loyal and righteous people have long been chilled by the imperial court, today's situation, but a sentence "those who have gained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help", but it is ridiculous that King Ning is still blaming those people for not being subservient at the moment, and they have defected to the battle, but they have never thought about the root cause.

It's a matter of Jiangbei, isn't it King Ning's negligence and incompetence? The prince led his troops to Jiangbei, but it was still like this? Isn't it also incompetent?

It's just that he slanders in his heart, but no one dares to say these words in front of King Ning, jokes! King Ning has the ruthlessness of wanting to peel people and grass, who will not die at this time and bump into him?

As a result, the people in the hall became sawed gourds for a while, and the huge Taihe Hall was silent when it landed, and the needles could be heard.

But where can King Ning allow them to pretend to be dead? With a snort, a pair of tiger eyes swept towards everyone like sharp arrows, "Now that it's like this, do you have a good plan for your ministers?" ”

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, but no one wants to open this mouth and be the first bird of [Aiqi 7book.biz].

King Ning's eyebrows furrowed, his eyes swept over them one by one, and everyone shrunk their necks and lowered their eyes, until King Ning couldn't bear it anymore and directly called them by name, "Zuo Qing, you can talk about it." ”

A few days ago, although he had reminded His Royal Highness King Ning, it was actually just for the sake of the prince, but he didn't expect that the rebels would really fight outside the capital so quietly, right now, where does he have any good plans?

However, being stared at by King Ning urgently, he didn't dare to continue to pretend to be dead, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Right now, the rebels are just surrounding the south of the city, and there is no siege for the time being. We might as well ...... Why don't you stick to the city gate while going elsewhere to see if you can bring in the rescue? ”

In just a few words, the military department Shangshu said it in a pitted manner, and when he finished speaking, he was already in a cold sweat.

The capital is so big, with a population of one million, if the rebels besiege it and don't attack it, but just besiege it to death, within a month, it will really be a dead end.

Fortunately, it has not yet become a circle, so there is naturally room for turnaround.

The words of the military department Shangshu really avoided the important and trivial, as if no one had thought of it.

King Ning refused to let him go easily, his eyes narrowed, and he continued to ask, "Then Zuo Qing might as well talk about it, where to move the rescue soldiers?" ”

The cold sweat of the military department Shangshu is about to drip down this time, where does he know where to move? The south side is surrounded, don't even think about it. There are soldiers in other places, but in this situation, it can be seen that those who feel loyal and brave on weekdays may not be reliable, and far water cannot quench their thirst.

"Your Highness." At this moment, a one-by-one voice sounded, and everyone turned their heads to look at the young man who walked out of the crowd. His posture is like a loose, his waist is straight, and his scarlet official uniform makes him stand still, but his handsome face is even more ...... Indifferent and unapproachable, it is the third son of the Marquis of Zhenguo, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Xie Ming.

At this time, he arched his hand and said, "Isn't Zhenxi Hou escorting Xia Changhe to the capital?" It is said that he also brought a lot of soldiers and horses, Zhenxi Hou was invincible in Guanzhong, killed the rebels, and captured the head of the thief. What's more, plus Xia Changhe is still in hand, he is not afraid that the rebels will not bow their heads. ”

These words are loud and clear.

The whole hall did not dare to say that it was not right. Zhu Jingyu's eyes flashed twice, and the corner of his eyes glanced in Xie Ming's direction.

The courtiers looked at each other, but they were all deeply suspicious.

Even King Ning himself is hesitating, because Jiangbei's military report has now been confirmed to be a fraud, so what about Guanzhong? If the military report in Guanzhong is also a fraud, then what is the current situation of the war over there, who can say for sure?

"It's a good plan....... "After a long time, King Ning finally said in a deep voice, "However, the current situation is unclear, even the West City Gate cannot be opened rashly, someone must personally go to find out the situation and welcome the town Xihou!" Between the words, King Ning's gaze wandered over the people in the hall again, and those who were swept by his gaze couldn't help but shrink.

Who wants to go? At this time, if you don't do it, you will be sent to death!

Let alone...... Not everyone has that weight, does it?

"Your Highness...... The minister has some friendship with the Marquis of Zhenxi, if His Royal Highness can trust the minister, the minister is willing to ask Ying to go out of Beijing to the west to welcome the Marquis of Zhenxi. "No one thought that the Marquis of Zhenguo would stand up at this time.

The prestige of the Xie family in Liaodong has been entrenched for hundreds of years, but because Liaodong has been very peaceful in the past hundred years, Emperor Xianzong will recall the Marquis of Zhenguo back to Beijing and enjoy the blessings of the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, whatever you say is high-sounding, but it is because the Hou family of Zhenguo has become the emperor of the soil in Liaodong, and Liaodong is too peaceful, and there is no longer any need for the Hou family of Zhenguo to contribute, so he used an excuse to recall people. In addition, the previous marquis of Zhenguo and the current one are all peaceful and passable, and now this marquis of Zhenguo has become the head of the meritorious deeds with no real name, empty wealth and no real power.