Early the next morning, Qian Zhugan came over to give an order, asking Yang Xin to go to the sentry camp to discuss matters.

The sentry general Li Shanyong looked at the hundreds of households under him, and his eyes were about to pop out in surprise.

It's just that I haven't seen it for less than a month, and everyone is a bird! Guns for guns, all of them are brightly armored, swords, guns, swords, halberds, armed to the teeth, and the worst ones have cotton armor.

These people are not stupid, they have money to buy weapons through various channels, it is the eight immortals who cross the sea to show their magical powers, but unlike Yang Xin, they prefer cold weapons, and only they have good equipment, and those soldiers under them can't take care of it.

Li Shanyong felt that he didn't know them anymore, but he pretended not to pay attention, and just said: "Everyone, the marshal has an order, from today onwards, the whole city will be under martial law, and all flags will take turns to go up the city wall to defend the city." ”

"What's going on?"

The people below whispered and talked about it.

Li Shanyong waved his hand and said, "Silence! There is news from the border pass, Wu Sangui surrendered to the Manchus, the army has rebelled, the army has set off, we now need to beware of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the city gate is closed, and it is not allowed to enter or leave. ”

Yang Xin was secretly anxious, this Fan Yuxuan didn't send someone to pick up Chen Yuanyuan, as soon as the city gate was closed, how should Chen Yuanyuan get out of the city?

The crowd will be in an uproar.

"How could Wu Sangui rebel?"

"It should be Liu Zongmin who wants to rob Chen Yuanyuan, right?"

"Nonsense, it was Chen Yuanyuan who ran by himself! I thought about it early in the morning! ”

"Wu Sangui, a dog traitor, actually surrendered to the Manchus, it's not a thing!"

……

There was a lot of talking, some worried, some angry, and most of them scared.

Li Shanyong didn't interrupt them this time, this news is too heavy, and it needs to be digested by his generals.

After everyone stopped talking, he continued: "You don't have to worry too much, the walls of the capital are strong, our army has enough food and grass, 50,000 troops in the Beida Camp defend the city, and more than 30,000 elite cavalry under the command of General Liu Zongmin assist, they want to break the city, it's not so easy!" ”

Even he didn't believe it when he said this, he estimated that Liu Zongmin would run away soon, but he had to say it, to boost morale.

There are still a small number of people who have been deceived by him, Luo Er echoed loudly, and said: "The general is right, there are 80,000 Dashun troops in the city, no matter how many people come to him from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and how many people he is asked to come, how many deaths he makes!" ”

"That's right! In the past, when the Ming army was defending the capital, how many times did the Tartars come, and they never broke through the capital, what are you afraid of? Do it with them and kill all the Manchurian Tartars! ”

Another Baihu continued.

But it was limited to two or three hundred households who agreed, and the others were silent.

Li Shanyong secretly remembered these hundred households who echoed him, at least not the whole army was wiped out, and there were those who dared to fight, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

"Everyone is right, my Dashun army is not the Ming army's officers and soldiers, the Manchu Qing Dynasty wants to break the capital, he must be called to have no return, now begin to arrange the defense of the city, the three general flags of the sentinel, take turns to defend the city, three days for a change of ......"

Li Shanyong arranged the task of defending the city, and the generals took the orders to go, each performing its own duties, and when the generals dispersed, Li Shanyong asked the personal soldier Qian Zhugan on the side: "Bamboo pole, why are these people so rich today, and even the weapons and armor are ready?" ”

Qian Zhugan bowed his head and said: "General Hui, these people have been learning the third small banner to resell grain recently, and it is estimated that they have made some money, but the little ones really don't understand, where did they get so much grain, are the people of the capital really so rich?" ”

Li Shanyong laughed and said: "It seems that we still underestimate this capital, after all, it is the capital of the whole country, and the starving camels are bigger than horses, and it is estimated that the people's families secretly hid them." ”

Qian Zhugan continued: "General, I also heard that the new army in the whole city is now doing the same, reselling grain all over the street, it seems that this reselling grain business is quite profitable, otherwise it won't spread so quickly, should we also go and find out about it, do you want to do some business and try it?" ”

Li Shanyong waved his hand and said with a smile: "We don't have so many people selling grain on the streets, it's a good thing that they do this business, if General Ben is not mistaken, it is because they have done some reselling grain business, and the people have bought grain, the violence of the past few days!" The chaos can be solved without help. ”

Qian Zhugan's psychology is not a taste, he is also a veteran, a henchman of the sentry, at this time it seems that these homeless people are far richer than themselves!

As soon as they got out of the sentry camp, all the hundreds of households began to gather and talk, worried, but without exception, they avoided Luo Er and the others like a plague.

The people around Yang Xin naturally gather the most.

"General Yang, how is this good? You say that whether this capital can be defended or not, the big guy has to discuss a countermeasure. ”

The fifth small banner of the hundred households Kong Dali was the most afraid, and as soon as he came out of the camp, he came to Yang Xin's side.

Yang Xin was silent, and the first small banner on the side, Baihu Du, said with a big head: "Defend a fart, that's a Manchu Tartar, and Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army is the strongest in the Ming army, just us people, hehe, that's just death!" ”

Ma Yingqi, the hundred households of the second small banner, also echoed: "Du Dangjia is right, guard the gate of the city, one day we will run away at night, Lao Tzu has now taken two concubines, but I don't want to die in this capital!" ”

Yang Xin looked left and right, and said in a shhhed voice: "General Ma said cautiously, there are many people here, it is better to get together in Piaoxiang Building at night, and everyone has not drunk together for a long time." ”

The crowd echoed in unison, but left Nalo Er far behind, and no one paid attention.

That night, Yang Xin took down the Piaoxiang Building and ordered twenty soldiers to guard the door fully armed and hold a banquet.

Of the 100 households at the entire first outpost, except for Luo Erna and the others, the remaining 29 were all present.

The standard of the banquet is extremely high, eating meat in large pieces, drinking wine in large bowls, staggered and lively.

After the greetings, everyone gathered around Yang Xin and began to discuss.

Kong Dali is very big, and his strength is not small, but his courage is smaller than before, as the so-called barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, he used to be barefoot, and his courage was bigger, but now that he wears shoes, the courage will naturally become smaller.

He was the most anxious, and took the lead in saying: "General Yang, now that the big guys are here, we still have to come up with a charter for this matter, and we people have to advance and retreat together!" ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, Yang Xin was also annoyed, thought for a while, and said: "General Ben thinks that it is unrealistic for all of us Xiaoqi people to escape, there are too many old and weak women and children, even if we can get out of the city gate, we can't take care of it on the road, and the Dashun army will definitely not let us escape like this." ”

Du Datou said coldly: "What Dang Yang said is right, except for your family members, don't bring anyone else, just bring some capable soldiers." ”

Everyone was silent for a moment, after all, many of his subordinates were familiar with each other, and many people really couldn't do it if they left their families behind.

Yang Xin knew that there was no way to do it, the so-called Ci was not in charge of the soldiers, if everyone left, then no one would be able to leave in the end, so he immediately made a decision and said: "I think it will be according to General Du's coming, each of you will bring twenty strong soldiers, as well as your own family members, and it is good to have six or seven hundred people to go, what do you think?" ”

He estimated that it was basically the limit to be able to pick out twenty young men per small banner, and each small flag was similar to his situation, he still picked more than twenty half-grown children, which was barely enough to get fifty musketeers.