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Chapter 682
Overnight, the sky in the capital changed.The gates of the four sides of the city are tightly closed, and the inner and outer three floors above the gates of each city are guarded by heavy troops.Soldiers in heavy armor walked through the city from time to time.

Such a strange situation immediately made the whole capital tremble.It is inevitable that people will panic.

However, the imperial court can no longer care about appeasing the hearts of the people. The common people feel that there is going to be a big mess. Those who are quick-witted will pack up their belongings and flee for their lives. If there is the first one, there will naturally be a second one. They swarmed to the gate of the city.

It's a pity that the gate of the city has been closed tightly, and the soldiers guarding the city have received a death order and are not allowed to let anyone out of the city.For this reason, there were several conflicts.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers and horses of the five cities were directly ordered to keep all the people back to their homes, and ordered them not to go out, and those who disobeyed the orders would be killed without mercy.

The huge capital city, with its doors locked and its doors closed, against the backdrop of the bleak autumn wind and the fallen leaves everywhere, unexpectedly does not see the prosperity of the past, but is rather desolate and desolate.

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

The rebels had already pushed to the gate of the city, not only the [-] people they thought, but a huge mob of them, it's hard to count how many.

The reason why the rebels went northward quietly, if it wasn't because the officials and guards had turned their backs, what else could it be?
When King Ning heard the report, his face was livid with anger, he picked up a paperweight at hand and smashed it down hard.

"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable! These people are paid by the imperial court, but not only do not do practical things, but also commit treason and surrender to the enemy. It's really abhorrent. Even if it's skin and tendons, all of them are made into leather lanterns. It can't relieve hatred." Ning Wang gritted his teeth, every word and every word was full of cruelty.

The courtiers below had different thoughts, but they all thought at the same time, who said that King Ning is better than the first emperor?Benevolence?There has never been such a thing in the blood of the Zhu family.

As for those people's rebellion, isn't it because of the general trend?The timid ones are afraid of swords, to save their lives; the ambitious ones choose the more favorable side after weighing the pros and cons; It's just a sentence, "Those who gain the way will be helped more, and those who have lost the way will be helped little." It is ridiculous that King Ning is still blaming those people for their disobedience and defection, but he has never thought about the root cause.

It is the matter of Jiangbei, isn't it the fault of King Ning's negligence and incompetence?The prince led his troops to Jiangbei, but the situation is still like this?Isn't it also incompetent?
It's just that the slander belongs to the slander, but no one dares to say these words in front of King Ning, what a joke!King Ning had the ruthless intention of peeling people's skins and grasses, who is desperate to bump into him now?

As a result, all the people in the hall became sawed gourds for a moment, and the huge Hall of Supreme Harmony was suddenly silent, and needles could be heard.

How can King Ning tolerate them pretending to be dead?With a snort, a pair of tiger eyes swept towards everyone like sharp arrows, "It's like this now, do you have a good plan?"

All the ministers looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them wanted to open their mouths and be such an early bird.

King Ning frowned, his eyes swept over them one by one, everyone shrunk their necks and lowered their eyes, until King Ning couldn't bear it anymore, and called his name directly, "Zuo Qing, tell me."

The Minister of the Ministry of War who was named was feeling cold at the moment. Although he reminded His Royal Highness King Ning a few days ago, it was only for the sake of the prince, but he did not expect the rebels to fight outside the capital so quietly. , right now, what good strategy does he have?

However, being watched closely by King Ning, he didn't dare to continue pretending to be dead, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Right now, the rebels are just surrounding the south of the city. The reality of the city is still on the sidelines for the time being. Why don't we... Why don't we keep guarding the city gate while looking elsewhere to see if we can bring in reinforcements?"

In just a few words, the Minister of the Ministry of War spoke in a muddled manner, and when he finished speaking, his head was already in cold sweat.

The capital is so big, with a population of one million, if the rebel army besieges it but does not attack it, they just besiege it to death, within a month, it will really be a dead end.

Fortunately, the encirclement has not yet become a trend, so there is naturally room for change.

The words of the Minister of the Ministry of War really avoided the important and ignored it, as if no one had thought of it.

King Ning refused to let him go easily, narrowed his eyes, and continued to ask, "Then Zuo Qing, why don't you tell me, where are you going to send the rescuers?"

The Minister of the Ministry of War is about to shed cold sweat this time, how does he know where to move it?The south side is besieged, don't even think about it.There are soldiers in other places, but in the current situation, it can be seen that those who usually feel loyal and brave may not be reliable.

"Your Highness." At this moment, a serious voice sounded, and everyone turned their heads to look at the young man who walked out of the crowd.He has a loose figure, a straight waist, and a crimson official uniform that complements his unmoving, yet handsome face. He is indifferent and unkind. He is the third son of Zhen Guohou, the young minister of Dali Temple, Xie Ming.

At this moment, he cupped his hands and said, "Isn't the Marquis of Zhenxi escorting Xia Changhe to the capital? It is said that he also brought a lot of soldiers and horses. With the leader of the bandit captured alive, the rebels would definitely not dare to do anything wrong with his old man around. What's more, with Xia Changhe in hand, we are not afraid that the rebels will not bow their heads."

These words are resounding.

No one in the hall dared to say it, it was wrong.Zhu Jingyu's eyes flickered twice, and from the corner of his eyes, he glanced in Xie Ming's direction.

All the courtiers looked at each other, but they were deeply suspicious.

Even King Ning himself is the same, he is hesitating, because Jiangbei's military newspaper has now been proven to be a fake, what about the one in Guanzhong?If the military report in Guanzhong is also fake, who can say for sure what the battle situation there is now?

"It's a good plan." After a long time, King Ning finally murmured, "However, the current situation is unclear, and even the west city gate cannot be opened hastily. Someone must go to find out the situation in person and welcome the town's Xihou!" In the words, King Ning's eyes lingered on the people in the hall again, and everyone who was caught by his eyes couldn't help shrinking.

Who wants to go?At this time, if you don't do it well, you will die!
What's more, not everyone has the weight to go, right?

"Your Highness, I have some friendship with Marquis Zhenxi. If Your Highness trusts me, I would like to go out of Beijing to the west to meet Marquis Zhenxi." No one expected that Marquis Zhen Guo would stand up at this time.

Zhen Guohou's family, generations of hairpin tassels, the prestige of Xie's army in Liaodong area has been entrenched for hundreds of years, but because Liaodong has been very peaceful for nearly a hundred years, Emperor Xianzong recalled Xian Zhenguohou to Beijing to enjoy the blessings .

Of course, all the words of enjoying Qingfu are high-sounding, but it is because the Zhenguohou family became the emperor in Liaodong, and Liaodong is peaceful, and no longer needs the contribution of the Zhenguohou family, so this is an excuse to recall him.In addition, the previous Marquis of Zhen Guo and the current one both had the temperament of enjoying peace and passing by, and now this Marquis of Zhen Guo has become the leader of meritorious service in name only, with wealth and no real power.

(End of this chapter)