Although Tan Jiuzhang instigated the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, Xia Yi's snowballing army, which was approaching the capital, was still a serious problem for the court.

The imperial court in the capital, which was in chaos because of Emperor Dechang's coma, finally united as never before when Xia Yi led his army across Huashan Mountain and approached Songshan Mountain——

Here and Gyeonggi are located in the North China Plain, and it is completely flat to take the capital directly.

The prince-dang finally gave up the entanglement with the seventh prince who supervised the country.

In any case, the prince wants power in front of the enemy, but what power is there when the country is subjugated?

However, even if they are united, they are helpless:

Half of the Jing army had already been mobilized to fight Xia Yi.

In the end, he united with the defenders of Hechong, but lost in shame.

Instead of being able to contain Xia Yi, he suffered a series of defeats. Not counting the previous harassment and ambush, he fought Xia Yi's rebels head-on five or six times in more than a month. What happened?

More than [-] died, and the remaining [-] to [-], half of them fled, and the other half surrendered without fighting spirit after being captured.

—and was integrated into the rebel army.

Coupled with the refugees who defected along the road, in this way, the rebels became nearly 20.

Xia Yi himself does not like to see those people who are captured. If they want fighting ability, they don't have fighting ability, and if they want morale, they don't have morale, but it's not true in the eyes of outsiders.

Originally, 20 rebels could attack the city from the northwest all the way to Huashan, but now there are [-], is this still worth it? !

No one in the capital said that the rebels were a mob and a moment of bravery.Many people were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were torn apart. The big households in the capital had already started to tidy up and make preparations.

Tan Jiuzhang told Xia Yi that the group of wealthy businessmen, and even many high-ranking officials, secretly started sending their families to the south.

Xia Yi sneered:

[It's true that dogs can't change eating shit.Five years ago, Gu Yi was fighting against the Tianjin people at the front, and the emperor had already prepared the frame and planned to run away.These silverfish, when the time is good, fight for power and profit, and fish the people, and when the time is bad, they are the first to run away... Heh. 】

The tone of the comments was very disdainful.

Not only did he think so, the conscientious courtiers also felt angry.

Not to mention the civilians who noticed a little in the capital.

"...My nephew's cousin's uncle's uncle works as a carpenter in the Prince's Mansion in Pingchang County. He told me yesterday that he was called by the Palace to pack boxes and reinforce the carriage. According to him, everything in the Prince's Mansion was tied up. It must be to go."

"My sister-in-law's old father-in-law works as a housekeeper in Zhang's house, and he went to the south with the wives, young masters and ladies of Zhang's house three days ago."

"Damn it! These rotten old men!"

"What should I do? These nobles have all run away... Could it be that the rebels came in soon?"

"They all ran away, what else could it be? Otherwise, let's run too."

"It's easy for you to say! There is no household registration certificate, run? Where are you going?"

A few people in rough clothes were talking, and gradually they all became desperate, and their hearts were full of sadness.

Beside Leng Buding, a woman with a ruddy complexion and a woman's bun said: "The boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge, if not, then don't run away."

"Hi. What do you call this? That day I heard that kid from the Xu family muttering that the rebels were coming to kill and behead... He was a small official in the yamen! He was usually arrogant Like what. Even he panicked, how vicious do you think the rebels are?"

After hearing the report of such an "insider", for a while, the faces of the few people chatting around were pale.

— This is not surprising.

The imperial court certainly could not tell the truth why the rebels rebelled, and it was impossible to tell the civilians that Xia Yi ruled the army very strictly, and he almost committed no crimes along the way. Just quietly opened the door and let him into the city.

But such news spread in the Northwest and the Loess Plateau.

After all, the capital is a place directly controlled by the imperial court, and the control is extremely strict. It can't say a good word about Xia Yi or the rebels.

But seeing the lady who said before that the boat is naturally straight when it reaches the bridge, she smiled:

"What are you panicking about? What are you surnamed Xu, a petty official with the surname Xu, who usually works for tigers, so naturally you have to be afraid. We are all ordinary and honest people, what are you afraid of?... Listen to me quietly: Do you know who the leader of the rebel army is? ?”

The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay:

Rebel... leader?

That's naturally the worst, worst villain.

They can't read big characters, and they don't understand the affairs of the court. Who knows who it is?

——The imperial court was also afraid that Gu Yi's reputation would stir up a civil uprising, so he didn't mention his name at all, and only announced that it was a rebellion by a military general who was a treason and deeply indebted to the emperor.

The lady blinked her eyes and lowered her voice:

"It's the general of Fuguo. Gu Yi."

"what?!"

As soon as the name came out, those people took a breath in unison:

"It's the general!"

Gu Yi.Who doesn't know this?

They all experienced the chaos five years ago.At that time, just like today, Jin people approached Gyeonggi, the army of the Su Dynasty was defeated repeatedly, and the nobles in the court packed up their belongings and prepared to run away...

At that time, it was a young general named Gu Yi who rescued Dasu and them who were scared out of their wits like a divine soldier descending from heaven.

Later, he was also stationed at the border to protect the peace of Dasu.

Now—what did the lady say?

She said the opposite, was it Gu Yi?

"...No, can't you?" An old lady looked puzzled, "How can someone as good as the general rebel?"

The lady pulled her, and in a mysterious and low voice, she told about the disappearance of Gu Yi's family, the emperor's questioning and so on.Those onlookers were filled with righteous indignation and felt wronged for Gu Yi.

"...For a person like the General, let me tell you something that will kill you. Even if he is rebellious now, he is still a good person. My relatives are in the northwest, and the place where he stayed was shot down by the General two months earlier. , Order was restored in less than half a day after it was taken down, and there was no murder or robbery..."

After she finished speaking in a soft voice, several people around showed thoughtful expressions...

Such scenes quietly happened in every corner of the capital.

As for people, they are naturally people from Tan Jiuzhang.

Since he is the "virtuous queen" of his family's little bastard, he must have enough strength.

In normal times, this kind of behavior of spreading news would have to be followed by imperial spies and eagle dogs.

But now, the nobles are busy racking their brains on how to protect their lives and wealth. Even Jin Yiwei, who used to gallop his horses recklessly, lost his anger, and hurried past the street with his head drooping. Both eagle-like eyes are staring at the common people, and now they don't care about it.

It is convenient for Tan Jiuzhang.

Amidst the faint undercurrent in Beijing, among the few princes, although some of them had pustules, they started to run away. The prince, the sixth prince, and the seventh prince, who had been fighting with black eyes before, did not move.

Xia Yi was surprised when he received the news from Tan Jiuzhang, and then he understood.

There is a kind of pretentiousness in these few bones, and they are unwilling to be inferior to others, so they desperately fight for the throne.This kind of personality makes them run away as bereaved dogs, and they are definitely unwilling.

Not to mention being brave, it's just unwillingness, and when it's not the time when the sword is on the neck, many people may have underestimated their fear of death.

In short, instead of leaving, the three princes began to discuss how to fight the enemy.

——It's a pity that the heart is good. The internal fighting consumed too much before, and because of the lack of attention to the generals in the court for years, no one can use them.

The former Su Bingwen, the sixth prince's father-in-law, ran to Beijing in despair after losing He Chong, but he has not yet returned to Beijing.

Such a person is already one of the most famous generals in Dasu.

Now not only are there no good leaders to be found, but there are also not enough soldiers.

The North China Plain was empty. From Mount Song, where Xia Yi was about to arrive, to the capital, several large towns along the way had about a few thousand guards each, and a total of [-] to [-] guards.The rest is the remaining [-] Beijing troops in the capital.

——It is also the only army in the DPRK that can be mobilized and can catch up with the mobilization.

The imperial court originally wanted to transfer soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River...

But it was delayed because of the rebellion before, so I stayed in place to counter the rebellion.Now the rebellion is gradually subsiding, but the journey is far away, and it is impossible to catch up.What's more, what if they come here, not to mention that there is not much combat power left in the rapid march, but what if the gourd is pressed and the scoop is floated, and the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River can no longer be controlled?

So the only ones that can be used are the Gyeonggi and Gyeongjung troops.

At this time, the prince's men and the seventh prince of the prison country hesitated again:

In terms of military strength, each town below has only a few thousand defenders, and it is only a matter of time before Xia Yi defeats them one by one.In terms of military strength, it seems that integrating the Beijing Army with them to deal with the enemy has a greater chance of winning.

But if the Beijing army is transferred away...

Who will protect the capital?

What if the army is defeated after joining forces?

Wouldn't the capital be left unobstructed and let people ravage it?

They hesitated, and at this moment the sixth prince stood up: choose the former!Transfer the Beijing army to stop the enemy!

The original protagonist on the world line finally showed that he was worthy of this protagonist.

At this moment, he didn't care about fighting for power any more, but knelt down without hesitation in front of the Seventh Prince, who was the prince of Jian Guo, sitting high on the four-clawed golden dragon chair a little below the dragon chair.

"If you don't join forces, the city ahead will be lost and the capital will be in danger! If you join forces, there is still a chance of survival! Fighting an eagle with a rabbit requires all your strength, and I ask the seventh brother to make a decision early!"

The Seventh Prince looked at his elder brother who was kneeling under his hands with some complicated feelings, and it was hard to tell what it was like.

He, the Sixth Brother, usually hides it very well, but he can still detect the hidden arrogance and ambition of the other party.

But now he was kneeling in front of him, calm and calm, and he didn't feel any joy at all.

——Yes, if Da Su died, what would they fight for?

He closed his eyes and made a decision: "Let's join forces!"

"Seventh brother, think twice! If the capital is empty once the Beijing army leaves, wouldn't it be true that the rebels won the joint army..."

The prince frowned in disapproval.

"I said it! Join forces!"

The Seventh Prince's voice overwhelmed him, and there was a trace of sternness between his brows.

"It's not yet known who will win the deer. As the crown prince, is this how he destroys his own morale?"

The prince gritted his teeth, closed his mouth resentfully, and said suddenly after a while:

"Well, it's up to you. But I have another idea—"

【What?Prince, is he crazy? 】

The news of receiving the news of Tan Jiuzhang deeply impressed the prince's mind——

[He wants to ask Jin Chao for help? !United with Du Lie, in exchange for supporting him as King Jin, asking him to send troops to Jia'an? ! 】

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