Hearing Li Huan's words, the officials in the main hall were in high spirits.

They all reached the ground as long as Li Huan, and said loudly: "The people of the world want to hand over the world to the prince!" My Lord deserves it! ”

"My lord deserves it!"

Li Zhi raised his head and thought about it, did not answer the shouts of the hundred officials, and looked outside the hall again.

Outside the main hall, a messenger suddenly rushed in.

"Lord Wang! According to the telegram from Wuqing County, the 40,000 new troops of the Beijing camp began to approach our 6,000 Tiger Army, which was only five miles away, and it was estimated that they were about to open fire and engage in battle! ”

Li Zhi took a breath and finally made up his mind.

"Prepare the horses!"

Hearing this, all the officials raised their heads abruptly and looked at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi looked at the hundred officials in the middle of the main hall and said slowly: "Zhu Youzhen's treachery and perverse behavior are unforgivable. Since the widow bears the hopes of the four seas, he will definitely not give in. Lonely has to work all day long, and make a bright future for the people of the world. ”

He waved his hand and stood up, and shouted: "The prince Li Huan is guarding Tianjin. ”

Li Huan bowed down and shouted loudly: "Erchen obeys the order!" The sons will defend Tianjin and wait for their father's triumphant return! ”

Li Zhi said loudly: "Lone wants to go to Wuqing in person, command the Huben army to defeat the 400,000 rebel army, capture the capital and capture Zhu Youzhen alive!" ”

With a flick of his long sleeves, Li Zhi strode off the throne and walked briskly towards the outside of the main hall.

Li Xing's eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "Hundreds of officials listen to orders!" Brother Wang sent troops! The Tianjin Pro-Guard Army dispatched and sent troops to Wuqing with Brother Wang! ”

The hundreds of officials in the hall only reacted at this time, and their faces were full of joy, and they shouted loudly: "Send troops!" ”

"Troops out!"

"Troops!"

The eyes of the civil and military officials lit up, and they ran quickly in small steps, and one by one they followed Li Zhi, who strode out of the main hall. The officials were led by Li Xing, Zheng Kaicheng and Zhong Feng, and a large number of people followed behind, walking outside the Qi Palace's mansion like a torrent.

The crucial battle to destroy the new army of the Son of Heaven's Jingying, none of the high-ranking officials in one town and nine provinces were willing to miss it.

Halfway through the square in front of the main hall, Li Zhi's personal guards rushed up and protected Li Zhi's left and right. The guards were all on horsebacks with blood-colored flags on their backs. Those flags were hunting in the early autumn wind, and from a distance they looked like clouds.

The horses of Li Zhi and Baiguan were led up by the guards. Li Zhi strode forward as he put on his military uniform, put on his gorgeous princely helmet, and put on his own sword. He mounted his war horse in the small square, took the lead, and rode out of the Qi Palace.

The outside of King Qi's mansion was already surrounded by the people of Tianjin City.

The people of Tianjin are actually a little worried.

Li Zhi has been a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty all these years, and he has appeared in front of the world as the captain of the Ming firefight, and Li Zhi is loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Although Zhu Youzhen repeatedly suppressed Li Zhi and bargained with Li Zhi, Li Zhi never showed any resentment.

Even the Tianjin Daily, which was Li Zhi's mouthpiece, never belittled the incompetence of the Son of Heaven. If Li Zhi really has a trace of antipathy, Tianjin Daily may have scolded the Son of Heaven to the point of blood in recent years.

Therefore, when the new army in Beijing pressed the border, the people of Tianjin were very worried. They were afraid that Li Zhi would not want to be a traitor and would abandon Tianjin and flee overseas to establish a state overseas.

The risk of overthrowing the old dynasty was very great, and Cao Cao's father and son fought in the south and the north to reorganize the order and expel Hu Di, and when they replaced the Eastern Han Dynasty, it can be said that they received the support of the whole world. But at this time and at that time, thousands of years later, the Cao family was still cursed by the people of the world and was regarded as a rebellious minister and thief.

For Li Zhi, the overseas colonies were much larger than those of the Ming Dynasty. If Li Zhi cherishes his feathers, he can continue to be the king of the country overseas, and the power he loses is actually limited.

And for the people of Tianjin, for the people of the Ming Dynasty, if Li Zhi chooses to run away and go to sea, then they will lose everything.

The rotten bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty will rule this land that has managed to find its way as before, and those vile and shameless gentry will make a comeback. The legal protection that the people had so hard won will be lost, and the powerful and gentry will even intensify their efforts to take away everything they have lost from the people.

Back to the old days of hunger, fullness, and precariousness?

The people of Tianjin were unwilling. The people of one town and nine provinces are unwilling.

After Zhu Youzhen announced that Li Zhi was a traitor, the people in one town and nine provinces were excited. Although the people of one town and nine provinces tried their best to march through the streets, distribute leaflets, and shout slogans to express their support for Li Zhi, in the end, Li Zhi could only make a choice.

And all the people can do is wait for Li Zhi's decision.

The army of the Son of Heaven has been approaching Tianjin more and more, and the Tianjin Daily has never issued a document to crusade against the Son of Heaven, let alone an order to launch a general mobilization. The people became more and more anxious, and some of them even waited at the gate of the Qi King's Mansion day and night, hoping to see the final decision of the Qi King from the faces of the officials who entered and exited the door.

They are so worried, because they have personally experienced the light brought by Li Zhi, how can they return to that dark past?

So when they saw that the main gate of the Qi Palace's Mansion suddenly opened, and countless guards rushed out with Qi banners, they all stood up from the ground in surprise.

When he saw Li Zhi, the king of Qi, dressed in military uniform, riding a horse in front of the crowd, and leading the civil and military officials to march to the west front, the people in front of the Qi Wangfu were even more in tears.

They raised their hands in the air and roared loudly:

"Hooray!"

"Long live King Qi!"

"Hooray!"

In fact, Li Zhi, as the king of Qi, should not be shouted long live. Long live in this era originally belonged only to the Son of Heaven, and the honor that the prince could enjoy was only a thousand years old. But at this time, seeing Li Zhi come forward, for the sake of one town and nine provinces, for the people of the world and Zhu Youzhen to fight to the death, they felt from the bottom of their hearts that the word Chitose was no longer worthy of Li Zhi.

Hooray, can only be hooray.

Seeing Li Zhi galloping over without squinting, the people who shouted long live knelt on the ground one by one, grabbed the ground with their heads, and expressed their gratitude and reverence with the highest standard etiquette of this era.

Li Zhi's procession quickly passed through the western part of the Tianjin Acropolis and headed towards the camp of the Pro-Guard Army outside the city.

Along the way, the people of Tianjin heard the wind and crowded to both sides of the street to bow down to Li Zhi. Li Zhi is willing to bear the verbal criticism of the gentry and literati and the death war of the Son of Heaven, and is willing to bear the charge of rebellion and rebellion for the people of the world, which is the greatest benevolence that Li Zhi gave to the people of Tianjin, to the people of one town and nine provinces, and to the people of the world.

"Hooray!"

"Long live King Qi!"

"Long live King Qi, long live, long live!"

In the city of Tianjin, the people squeezed to the west of the city like a tide, trying to rush to the west to see Li Zhirong's demeanor in disguise. In the streets and alleys, the excited people shouted the shouts of Banzai to the sky, and there was a tsunami everywhere.

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

Li Zhi walked through the people who were kneeling on the ground under the black pressure, and finally walked to the camp of the pro-guard army outside the city.

The 3,000 guards, all cavalry, were already standing on the west side of the city gate, fully armed.

Li Zhi stopped his horse in front of the three thousand cavalry, waved his hand and shouted: "Send troops, target the capital!" “

The guards raised their new rifles and shouted in unison: "Tiger! “

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"