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"There is an urgent military situation! Get out of the way! I want to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Feng Shikong rushed to the Qin Palace with the Shaanxi guard. The guards at the main gate of the palace were unmoved, but secretly glanced sideways at these civil and military officials.

After a long time, a side door opened next to the main gate, and a royal official came out of it.Feng Shikong squinted his eyes to recognize this person, it was Shi Zhang Shangyi, the head of the Qin government who dared to face the crown prince's rudeness.

Seeing that the governor was with the third division, Zhang Shangji quickly stepped forward to salute, and asked doubtfully, "I don't know why the Ministry came here?"

"I'm here to ask His Highness the Crown Prince, there is an urgent military situation!" Feng Shikong asked urgently, "Where is Your Highness?"

"Your Highness didn't come back after paying homage to Zhang Zi yesterday. I heard that he moved to the camp." Zhang Shangji thought to himself: You bullied him in a group, why would he stay longer?

"In the camp!" Feng Shikong looked anxious, turned to his colleagues and said, "Quick! Go to the guard camp outside the north gate to meet His Highness."

The bureaucrats didn't have a backbone in their hearts. Hearing the governor's shout, they immediately turned around and got on the sedan chair, for fear of being alone.

The military newspaper said: Li Bandit took the Shangluo road from Nanyang to attack Xi'an. He captured Shangzhou the day before yesterday, and Huang Shiqing died in the king's affairs on the Shangluo road.

Now that the two armies of thieves have reached the gate of Xi'an, it is really the autumn of life and death. In the past, the cultivation of the heart and the surname, the Mount Tai collapsed before and the color remained unchanged, and they were all thrown to Java. No one can really calm down Yes.

"Master of the Ministry!" The governor's yamen officer who ran to explore the way earlier rode a fast horse and rushed back, ignoring the crowds watching on the street, and shouted loudly: "The guard camp of the East Palace broke out last night and left!"

Feng Shikong felt chills when he heard this, and cried out: "Send someone to chase after him!" As soon as he said this, he felt that something was wrong.How can I recover it?Could it be that this Chongling prince took everyone to the top of the city to kill the thieves?

Lu Zhiqi rode closely behind Feng Shikong, and when he heard that the crown prince had left last night, he felt a chill in his heart, and said: "Ministry Feng, the crown prince left quietly last night, I must have got the news in advance."

Feng Shikong was so upset that he didn't speak for a long time.

Du Si Cuierda also patted his horse over, and said anxiously: "Ministry, the most urgent task now is to defend the city against thieves. None of us can afford the crime of losing the land and defending the land. The lower officials think that we should go and invite Sun Du out first."

When Feng Shikong heard the mention of Sun Chuanting, he woke up in a jerk: "Yes, yes! What Cui Dusi said is very true, go and ask Sun Du to come out! I'd better go back to Qin Wangfu first, and ask Qin Wang to make a decision."

Although the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty had no local administrative and military power in essence, even the guards were greatly reduced after the Ren Xuan, and at most they only collected some miscellaneous taxes to eat and eat farmland. They were really a prince of peace.However, according to Emperor Gao's ancestral system, these vassal kings all wanted to defend the capital, thinking that they would screen the vassals, so it is not a bad idea to ask them to come forward when encountering major events.

Hearing this, Lu Zhiqi lamented in his heart: It's fine for the crown prince to run away overnight, but one of the guards has no claim, so let's not fight this battle!

"Ministry, Xi'an Mansion still has five thousand soldiers from Sichuan, which may be useful!" Huang Jiong said, "It's just that this team lacks food and clothing, so we should ask the King of Qin to reward them with a lot of money."

Trilda's face flushed, and she suddenly realized that she might have done something extremely stupid.Also yesterday, Luo Yukun, the officer of the Sichuan Army Battalion, sent a sum of money and asked him to give him the customs clearance documents, and asked him to go north for food.Cui Erda knew that the Xi'an government had no spare energy to support this Sichuan soldier.Instead of holding it in your hands, it's better to be a favor, take the money and let these Sichuan soldiers go to Shanxi for food.

Unexpectedly, just leaving yesterday, the burglar arrived today!

--Yes!These Xichuan Qiuba can't even afford a piece of chill, where did they get the money to bribe me!

Cui Erda only blamed himself for being greedy for a moment, so he let go of these Sichuan soldiers who might be able to fight.

"The Sichuan soldiers also pulled out of camp yesterday." Cui Erda said in a low voice.

"Why are we all rushing together!" Feng Shikong was mixed with fear and anger, and suddenly he seemed to be enlightened: "Is it the order of the East Palace?"

Cuilda just shook her head and didn't speak.

While he was talking, he heard the sound of horseshoes coming from behind the crowd. A man in green clothes who looked like a boy was riding on the horse. When he saw the officials turn over and get off the horse, he burst into tears.

Feng Shikong thought it was unlucky, and shouted loudly: "Who are you! Why are you crying!"

"Li Thief has arrived in Chang'an County, and there are only three hundred community soldiers in He County." The young man cried loudly, "My master has already thrown himself into the well for the whole festival!"

Shocked and frightened, Feng Shikong asked sharply, "Who is your master?"

"My master is Mr. Wu from Chang'an County, and the official taboo is righteous." The young man endured his grief and reported Wu Congyi's official name.

When Feng Shikong heard that it was Chang'an County, he already had an ominous premonition in his heart, and when he heard Wu Congyi's name, he fully realized it.

In the seventh year of Hongwu, Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, rebuilt the city wall of Xi'an in order to strengthen the military defense capability of Xi'an city.During this construction, the south and west walls remained at their original locations, while the north and east walls each extended by a quarter, increasing the area of ​​the urban area by about one-third compared with the new city built by Han Jian.At the same time, the county governments of Chang'an and Xianning were extended into the city.

Today, Chang'an County's well-throwing and completion festival has become the most vivid footnote of Binglincheng.

All the officials hurt their kind, and those who had a feud with Wu Congyi no longer hated him in their hearts; those who had dealings with him were full of desolation and tears dripped down their clothes.

"Let's go see the King of Qin first." Feng Shikong pointed at the Prince Qin's mansion from afar, but secretly pushed down on the horse's head.When Cui Erda followed, the governor of Shaanxi asked in a low voice: "Can you still defend the city and wait for help?"

"I can only do my best." Cui Erda said lonely.

Shaanxi is located at the border, so there are Shaanxi Capital Division and Xingdu Division.The capital is located in Xi'an, and the capital is located in Ganzhou. The distance between the two is [-] miles.In terms of reinforcements, Xingdusi can't count on it.In comparison, Shanxi's Jin soldiers are more reliable, but the premise is that Xi'an can hold for more than a month.

"Kaifeng has been defending for a year and a half, so Xi'an can't be weaker than Kaifeng, right?" Feng Shikong asked in a low voice.

Trilda was speechless.

The Battle of Kaifeng was indeed the most tragic battle since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

From February 14 to September 15, Li Zicheng opened the Fengfu three times, and the two sides fought to the death. When there was nothing they could do, they moved their thoughts to the head of the Yellow River at the same time, wanting to burst the embankment and release the water.In the end, Li Zicheng succeeded in breaking the embankment, and the flood flooded the entire city of Kaifeng.Kaifeng City, with a population of more than 3, went through war, famine, drowning, and massacres, and finally less than [-] people remained.

After this battle, Li Zicheng also lost his vitality and withdrew from this dead city.The Ming court had to deal with the Qing soldiers who entered from Xuanda, so they were naturally unable to pursue them.

If Xi'an can also be labeled like this...

Trilda couldn't even imagine it.

Seeing that Cui Erda didn't speak, Feng Shikong could only sigh, let go of his horse and went to Prince Qin's mansion again.

The scene on the street soon permeated the entire city of Xi'an through gossip.Every household hid their men and food, prepared the big red paper with "obedient people" written on it, and made preparations to welcome King Chuang.

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Qin Wang Zhu Cunji stood by the pond, sprinkled flour bait into the water, and watched the koi compete for food.He had already heard Zhang Shangzhen talk about the bandits attacking the city, but the only thing he could do was pretend to be calm and play around here.

"Your Majesty, you must not stop being disturbed by it! Since the Crown Prince is in front of you, it is not a crime for us to follow the Crown Prince!" Zhang Shangji said anxiously: "If it's too late, we won't be able to leave the house!"

Zhu Cunji suddenly turned his head, and shouted hysterically: "No! I just gave Li thief all the grass and trees here, and I won't give it to that beast!"

Zhang Shangyi was so angry that he choked for a moment.

What nonsense!

Li Zicheng is the murderer who killed your clan, and the crown prince is your clan nephew.Even if the crown prince is rude, he can't say such indiscriminate words no matter what!

Especially when this is a big question of right and wrong!

Zhu Cunji looked at Zhang Shangyi who was inexplicably terrified and suddenly smiled.As if wanting to appease this loyal long history, he said: "I dreamed about Taizu Emperor Gao. Really! Emperor Gao really came here in a dream!"

Zhang Shangyi's heart sank: Oops!This one looks like he is stunned!

"Emperor Gao is very fierce!" Zhu Cunji seemed to be frightened by the dream he recalled, and shivered.His voice became sharp: "It's like trying to swallow me alive!"

"Your Majesty..." Zhang Shangji called out, trying to wake Zhu Cunji from hysteria.

"It's exactly the same as that animal prince! It's exactly the same!" Zhu Cunji roared, as if he was completely in a dream, and rushed along the covered bridge, and the screams of terror could still be heard in the distance.

Zhang Shangzhen stood on the spot dumbly, in a daze: Once Xi'an is lost, two-thirds of the world will fall into the hands of intruders... Is this the end of Emperor Gao's imperial Ming Dynasty?

"Zhang Changshi, Changshi? Master Zhang?"

"Ah? What's the matter?" Zhang Shangzhen felt someone calling him in a trance, only when he came back to his senses did he see that it was a servant of the Qin family.

"Master Feng and the others are back again, please see the king."

"I'll go welcome them in, and you go ask the princess to persuade the king to come out." Zhang Shangzhen could only die as a horse doctor.

Feng Shikong and others were welcomed into the main hall by Zhang Shangyi, each with their hearts hanging in their throats.They waited for a long time, and when they were about to lose their patience, they finally looked forward to Zhu Cunji, the contemporary prince of Qin Fan.

Feng Shikong immediately went up to meet him, and said in a sad voice: "My lord! The bandits are about to attack the city, please open the treasury and recruit volunteers to defend the city!"

Zhu Cunji looked at Feng Shikong, his eyes were red: "Open my treasury? Open my treasury! Why are you all staring at my money! Get out! You wine bags and rice bags! Useless things! Get out of here!"

The governor is also a side of the frontier, and he still has some backbone.

When Feng Shikong was scolded by Zhu Cunji, he felt grief and indignation, and said to himself: This is your Zhu family's country!You don't care about it yourself, let alone me and other courtiers with foreign surnames!As long as you do your best, you will be worthy of your kindness.Huang Jiong and others were all sad when they saw this situation.

Everyone came out of Qin Palace in despair, Cui Erda bowed his hands to the bureaucrats, and said: "At this time, the military is imminent, please forgive Erda to take the first step to meet the enemy!"

Everyone had some understanding of the current military strength of the Xi'an Mansion, and with bitterness in their mouths, they just said: "I wish the capital Sima every success!"

Cui Erda himself didn't believe that the soldiers and Xiangyong of Xi'an Prefecture could stop Li Zicheng's [-] troops.

However, this so-called arrow has to be shot on the string, even if you know you are invincible, you still have to use your sword, otherwise how can you be worthy of the mighty emperor?Thinking of this, Cui Erda naturally had a heroic spirit in his chest, and he called on the generals to gallop towards the Chengguan. (To be continued.)