The Imperial Palace of the Capital Qinzheng Palace.

The commander of the Praetorian Guard, Chu Lin, ran into the hall with all his armor.

Li Baiyu sat on the dragon chair, looking at Chu Lin who ran in with a gloomy look between his eyebrows, his heart tightened, he knew that the deadline given by the brothers had arrived.

The same is true of the civil and military officials on both sides, and bad thoughts came to their minds in an instant, which are not the same as Li Baiyu's thoughts.

"Your Majesty, King Shu, King Qing sent generals to shout under the city, the three-day period has arrived, if Your Majesty has not considered abdicating and giving way to Xian, don't blame the brothers for not thinking about brotherhood and starting to order the siege of the city."

"The eldest brother often flaunts himself as a benevolent king, and he definitely doesn't want to see the capital turn into a scorched earth and the people fall into the flames of war."

"In this case, the eldest brother will think about the 100,000 Li people in the capital, what will happen to them once the war starts."

"The benevolent monarch actually watched the people under his rule fall into the flames of war, and hoped that the eldest brother would not be the kind of hypocrite who was inconsistent with his appearance."

"Thousands of miles away, there may not be a virtuous person living in it, and a capable person can also ........"

"Shut up!"

Li Baiyu raised his eyebrows, and looked coldly at Chu Lin, the commander of the Praetorian Guard below.

Li Baiyu knew in his heart that these words were not for himself, but for civil and military officials, especially those with ulterior motives.

Once these words reach the people, coupled with some elaborate efforts to fan the flames, the people of the capital will be separated from themselves.

This is persuasion to surrender, to persuade oneself to abdicate and make way for the virtuous, it is clearly ulterior motives, demagoguery, and demoralization.

Chu Lin heard Li Baiyu's stern shouting, hurriedly stopped, lowered his head, and stopped speaking.

Right Xiangtong Sansi frowned slightly, and walked out with Chao Wat in his hand.

"Your Majesty, this is a demagogic ploy by the anti-thieves, and the minister suggested that Your Majesty immediately block the palace gate, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the palace gate except for the generals who defend the city wall, so as to prevent rumors from being set off in the city, so as to fall for the tricks of the anti-thieves."

Li Baiyu can understand the meaning of these words, and Tong Sansi, these old foxes of the elders of the two dynasties, will know Li Yunlong and Li Baihong's intentions better.

The persuasion is false, and the false words to confuse the people are true.

Li Baiyu bowed slightly: "Old Aiqing, this matter will be handled by you and Zuo Xiang, no matter what, the content of the thief's shouting outside the city cannot reach the ears of the people." ”

Wei Yong hurriedly stood up and fought with Tong Sansi.

"The old minister obeys."

Li Baiyu nodded lightly: "Jingyuan waits for Chen Jin, Chen Aiqing, Guan Ning waits for Lu Tao, Lu Aiqing, Qingyuan waits for Yan Benmo, Yan Aiqing, Ren Weibo, Shen Zhong, Shen Aiqing listens to the order." ”

Among the twelve generals on the military general's side, three Hou and one Uncle stood up with Chao Wat in his hand.

"The old minister obeys the order."

Li Baiyu looked at the four of them with a solemn face: "The four old Aiqing are all the pillars left by the first emperor's dynasty, you have brilliant military achievements and great prestige, and the responsibility of guarding the four main city gates will be handed over to you!" ”

"I, there are still more than 100,000 people's net worth and lives in the hands of the four of you old Aiqing!"

"I hope the four Aiqing don't let me down."

Jing Yuanhou glanced at the four of them, the melancholy between his eyebrows flashed, and he nodded solemnly: "The ministers obey the order!" ”

"Lao Chen vouched for his life, the rebels want to attack the city, unless they step on the corpse of Lao Chen, Lao Chen would rather die than go down the city wall."

"The old minister seconded the proposal, and would rather die than go down the city wall."

"The old minister receives the emperor's grace, and he can only die to repay the country."

"Fight to the death, the city is in the people."

Li Baiyu took out four tiger talismans and handed them to the chief manager Zeng Hai, Zeng Hai took the tiger talisman and immediately walked towards the dragon platform, and handed them to Guan Ninghou and the four people.

Li Baiyu quietly looked at the four people who took the tiger talisman, and looked at the palace gate with a solemn face.

"Four Aiqing, please."

"Wait for the resignation!"

The four of them tidied up the robes on their bodies, said goodbye, and hurriedly retreated towards the outside of the hall.

The war is imminent, and there is no room for delay.

The four of them took their blades from the relief frame and rushed towards the mansion, going to the armor.

After Guan Ning waited for the four of them to leave, Li Baiyu looked at Jiang Yuanming, the secretary of the household department, and Song Yu, the secretary of the military department.

"Jiang Aiqing of the household department, Song Aiqing of the military department."

"The old minister is here!"

"The rebels have besieged the city for three days, and now the people in the city must be panicking, and there are two old Aiqing Lao who lead the military department to patrol the city and nine guards, and the officials of the household registration room to appease the people in the city in panic."

"As long as the people and the defenders of the city work together, the rebels outside the city have nothing to fear."

"In any case, the three cities of Jingshi can't have civil strife, two old Aiqing, I have to thank you."

"The old minister obeys."

"Report! Your Majesty, the golden eagle of northern Xinjiang passed the book. ”

On Fuhai's shoulder stood a golden eagle, trotting out from the back of the hall with a letter in his hand.

Li Baiyu's face was overjoyed, and just as he wanted to say that he would present it, his lips looked at Fuhai who was holding the letter: "Read!" ”

"Yes."

"My emperor is above, and the old minister is polite."

"Knowing that the five kings rebelled, the old minister was very worried."

"Now the heavy snow has fallen in northern Xinjiang, the Jin country and the Turks have withdrawn their heavy troops, the war has stopped, and the country has not been lost."

"Today, the right army Nangong Ye sent 30,000 iron cavalry, and the left army sent 60,000 iron cavalry under the command of Liu Mingzhi, the middle army, to enter King Jingqin quickly."

"The generalissimo of the middle army and horses, Liu Mingzhi, left half of the Song and Qing troops to clean up the Yunzhou and Ganzhou endgame, and there are already 30,000 iron horsemen who have traveled in the starry night to help the Beijing division and save the king of Qin."

"Liu Mingzhi, the commander of the middle route army, received the order, and has withdrawn his troops from the Jin State, and rushed thousands of miles to attack King Qin, the capital division, to save him."

"It's freezing cold, and if the road is blocked by snowfall, it's hard to say how long the march will be delayed."

"The old minister suggested that His Majesty seal the city gate, delay time, and wait for the rescue of the armies from all walks of life."

"Deadline, forty days!"

As soon as Fuhai's voice fell, some of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were excited, and some of them had ugly faces.

It is really difficult to say whether the 100,000 Janissaries can withstand the 400,000 rebels' attack for 40 days.

Although the 100,000 Praetorian Guards are all elite, and most of the rebels are government soldiers, the 100,000 Janissaries have not fought any battles.

Nine times out of ten, the elite of the rebels under the command of the King of Wuwei Domain are the elites who have seen blood, so the Praetorian Guard will naturally come to an end.

Forty days seems to be a short time, but if there is nothing to do in the court, forty days is just dispensable for the civil and military officials, and they can spend it with a little fun.

But now the situation is tense, and there are 400,000 troops outside the city.

These forty days were as difficult as purgatory for civil and military officials.

Li Baiyu took the letter in Fuhai's hand and looked through it twice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you think we can hold on for forty days?"

Shou Ningbo thought for a moment and stood up.

"Your Majesty."

"Quasi-play."

"Your Majesty, my capital division is an important land, and the grain and grass are sufficient to support the 100,000 Praetorian Guards and the 30,000 soldiers of the City Patrol Division for three years."

"If the rebels don't have a siege weapon, with the strength of the Beijing city wall and the complexity of the terrain outside the city, it will not be a problem to hold on for forty days."

Before Li Baiyu had time to rejoice, he frowned: "Shou Ningbo, what do you mean by siege weapons?" ”

Shou Ningbo hesitated for a moment and said lightly.

"Artillery!"

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