Li Qitian never imagined that he would one day come to this dilemma. He's not stupid, but he can't remember how he managed to get things to this point.

"Holy Lord, Xiao Xiao and his party have already been under the city, if you don't make a decision, I'm afraid it's too late." The officials led by Yu Ziqiu, Songquan and others knelt down one after another, "Please put the safety of the people first!" ”

Li Qitian looked at the part of the courtiers who were kneeling on the ground, his eyes were empty for a moment, and he laughed out loud after being extremely angry.

His smile grew deeper, and laughter spilled out of his throat like a broken wind box.

"Ridiculous, ridiculous." With a smile, Li Qitian pointed to the officials who knelt on the ground to petition, "What do you say to make me put the people first, and you don't think about the safety of the whole family?" I seek peace, I will be the king of the dead country, and you will continue to take refuge in the Great Zhou as you did in the first place. ”

Everyone understands these meanings, but when you put them on the table, they really don't make sense.

Because most of the courtiers who knelt on the ground to petition were ministers of the Northern Hebei State. Indeed, their minds were floated by the repeated inscriptions.

After all, it's only been a decade since that incident, and the deep-seated sense of belonging doesn't change completely overnight. What's more, in order to repair the emperor's mausoleum for himself, he doesn't even care whether the people live or die, and even the officials have IOUs.

To serve such a king, they can strengthen their beliefs, and they are already determined if they do not immediately leave the Great Zhou to avoid disaster.

Seeing that the ministers were silent, kneeling upright like wooden stakes, Li Qitian became more and more angry, but those insulting words could no longer be spoken.

What's the use of being angry now? What's the use of being anxious?

Even if he kills all these people in a fit of rage, it won't change the status quo, it will only make him as embarrassed as a defeated rooster.

The spy sent to find Ji Zeyu has not returned.

To sum? He also did not have a heavier bargaining chip than "unifying the country" to persuade the owl to give up the world at his fingertips. All he could do now was wait for a miracle to happen.

Waiting for a killing, waiting for a liberation, when the time comes, he will be full of blood, let people say, at least he, the emperor, is not a bastard who opens the door and surrenders?

How sad!

How ridiculous!

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"Lord Wang, at your command, the flanks have completely surrounded the capital in an encircled manner. As long as you give the order, you can take it in the next day. ”

Xiao Xiao nodded, and ordered with a serious face: "Tell everyone, don't disturb the people, don't burn and kill adultery!" If there is a disobedient person, the military law will deal with it! ”

"Yes!"

The lieutenant general conveyed the words.

Ji Zeyu said: "When are you going to attack?" ”

Xiao Xiao raised his eyebrows and smiled, and he was not in a hurry at this moment, everyone had traveled a long way, and he should also give some time to adjust. ”

Ji Zeyu pursed his lips and smiled, hugged his arms and said, "I don't know you yet?" You just look at the pity of the people in the city, and give our people time to prepare, and at the same time give the people some time to tidy up, and if you can hide in your home and try not to come out in the future, this will live many lives. ”

Xiao Xiao laughed and patted Ji Zeyu's shoulder, "That's it, even if you say it." His eyes were a little more gloomy and helpless, "At first, I didn't want things to be like this." ”

No one has the ability to predict the future, and two years ago, Xiao Xiao never imagined that he would one day surround the capital with 300,000 soldiers and horses. He couldn't have imagined that there would be so many people willing to follow him and follow him to do such a great rebellion.

These people regard him as a leader, and he must be a leader who conforms to everyone's wishes, otherwise he will definitely rise and fall in the future, just like Li Qitian.

Speaking of which, things were really unexpected to him, and he was really tired in his heart. But when everything is no longer just his personal interest, but the interests of many people, he has no choice.

"Lord Wang." Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi approached, and saluted Xiao Xiao and Ji Zeyu first, "I don't know if the prince plans to salute first and then the soldiers in this battle or crush it with his troops?" Do you plan to negotiate with Imagami? ”

Xiao Xiao shook his head, "There's nothing to talk about. But I don't want to attack it immediately. That's it for now. ”

"Yes." Xu Weizhi smiled, "Anyway, even if they don't do anything, it's enough for them to panic for a while." ”

Xiao Xiao nodded, and looked in the direction of the capital with his hands down.

The wind blows the sound of hunting, and beyond the fluttering flags, through a field, you can see the majestic capital standing alone, with the shape of the undulating mountains behind it, but everyone knows that the distance of the mountain is still far away.

The soldiers and horses of the owl surrounded the capital in this way, without attacking or making any indications.

It was because of such a silent attitude, coupled with a strong contrast of forces, that all the people panicked.

Qin Yining and Qin Huaiyuan sat side by side in front of the tent, looking at the few people who were talking not far away.

Qin Huai said from afar: "It's so heavenly, presumably the people in the city have been afraid to a certain extent. This is not a good thing for Hexi. ”

"Everyone cares about their own life and death, no one wants to lose their lives, now we are isolated from the city gate, Li Qitian's people still don't know what to say about us in the city." With a roll of his eyes, Qin Yining had an idea, "In order to manage the reputation of the prince, I have wasted a lot of effort." You can't call someone to destroy it at such a critical moment. As...... Let's do it again? ”

Qin Huaiyuan raised his eyebrows, obviously understanding what Qin Yining was talking about, "Do you want to use the method when the moon sets?" ”

"yes. But this time it will be changed. ”

Qin Yining stood up, patted the hem of her skirt, and said with a smile: "Father, I'll go to the prince and tell him." ”

"Go ahead." Qin Huaiyuan leisurely picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea.

Qin Yining had already walked quickly to Xiao Xiao and the others.

Ji Zeyu saw Qin Yining coming first, stopped talking, and greeted Qin Yining.

Qin Yining smiled and saluted, and then said, "I just thought of an idea. ”

Xiao Xiao looked down at Qin Yining, seeing that her bright apricot eyes were shining, and her expression was sly, like a cunning little fox, she couldn't help but smile and squint her eyes, and leaned close to her, "What's the idea, let's hear it?" ”

Qin Yining half-covered his mouth with a smile and whispered a few words in his ear.

Xiao Xiao's tall body bent to her height, as if to protect her in her arms, both of them are extremely beautiful appearances, in the eyes of others, this picture is simply beautiful and people can't bear to be disturbed.

Ji Zeyu looked expressionlessly in the direction of the city wall, and smiled after a moment.

Xiao Xiao nodded again and again, and scratched the tip of Qin Yining's nose: "You clever ghost." ”

Qin Yining touched his nose and said with a smile: "I'm just a proposal, I don't understand the matter of fighting, you can discuss it with Mr. Xie and them." I went back to have tea with my father. ”

"Okay, let's go."

Xiao Xiao looked at Qin Yining's back with gentle and focused eyes and walked away, so he called Ji Zeyu, Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi to discuss.

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The Gyeonggi guards guarding the city stood on the north gate tower, looking at the snow-white sea encamped in the distance with a melancholy face, and when they looked up, they suddenly saw a round thing flying in the sky.

The thing fluttered and flew higher and higher, and was coming above the capital. Gyeonggi Wei didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly shouted: "My lord! Look what that is! ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly came over, and they all craned their necks to look up at the sky.

"Like a paper kite? And more than one! ”

As he spoke, several paper kites of different shapes flew in. They looked down the thin line of the paper kite, and saw several fast horses galloping under the city gate, and the knights on the horses were dressed in the dark soft armor of the Tiger Army, and were holding the spools of the paper kite in their hands.

"What are they going to do? To provoke us? ”

"We don't open the city to fight, so they're here to despise us?"

"The Tiger Ben Army has always been brave, and now it is led by Prince Zhongshun, they are afraid that they want to fight, and they are idle and panicked, so they start to play paper kites?"

……

The Gyeonggi guards speculated that they were all trying to raise the morale of others to destroy their own prestige, but none of Shangguan refuted it, because they also felt the same.

Even if they saw the Tiger Ben army riding horses and wandering back and forth under the city gate, and still playing with paper kites, they didn't dare to make a mistake at all, and they didn't dare to shoot an arrow first, for fear of triggering a war.

After the time of the two pillars of incense, the paper kite flew higher and higher, and had already flown over the city.

Suddenly, a paper kite fell in a circle.

If you look closely, it's broken.

Before the Gyeonggi guards were surprised, they suddenly found that the paper kites broke off one after another, fell suddenly, and fell directly into the city.

Everyone looked down and found that the line was actually cut by Gyeonggi Wei himself.

They deliberately took advantage of the direction of the wind to make the paper kite fly into the city, and then cut the thin thread to let the paper kite fall down at will.

The Gyeonggi guards felt that something was wrong, and one of them quickly reported to Shangguan. Shangguan hurriedly ordered people to inform the saint, and the other part of the people went into the city to look for paper kites.

Just when the news was reported layer by layer, and the people below were anxious to find the paper kite, the people in the city had already picked up the paper kite that fell on the street and read the words on it clearly.

It was a whole vernacular, so that all the people could understand it.

The meaning is also very simple: Prince Zhongshun will not slaughter the city, will not kill any innocent people, the people are innocent, everyone who does not want to participate in the struggle of the imperial court, just hide at home and close the door. The Tiger Ben Army and the Pingnan Army will never disturb the people.

The person who picked up the paper kite happened to be literate, and he had always admired Prince Zhongshun, and when he saw what was written above, he immediately read it under the curious eyes of the people around him.

The people around were very surprised.

"Prince Zhongshun, this is a deliberate idea to tell us this?"

"That's right! It's hard to think that the prince could think of using a paper kite to send a message to us? ”

"I'll just say that the prince won't kill innocents indiscriminately."

"Innocent! Have you ever seen a man who fights without killing the people? ”

The person who was talking was immediately glanced at by everyone, "If you don't believe it, you can walk back and forth on the street and see if you will be a lackey of the court." No, I'm going back and tell my family! Our lives can be saved! ”