Zu Kuan's personal soldiers intercepted him desperately, but he could not stand the number of enemy soldiers and was stabbed to death one by one.

At this time, a pile of rolling wood suddenly fell above the city, hitting Zu Kuan and the other one. One of the personal soldiers was directly killed, and Zu Kuan and another personal soldiers were also knocked to the ground.

As soon as he stood up, a group of enemy troops came to him. He raised his stiff right hand and wanted to raise the knife to resist. But his hand was powerless, and he only lifted it halfway, and several spears stabbed at the same time. He let out a low moan, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground, and he fell into a pool of blood.

That night, Wang Xing held Tang Tong hostage and surrendered to the enemy. Governor Qiu Minyang and deputy general Zu Kuan fought to the death, all of them died in Juyong Pass. Qiu Minyang's entire army was wiped out, and more than a thousand cavalry of Zu Kuan escaped from the pass and headed east.

Zhou Xian sighed silently after hearing what happened.

Wang Chengen took him to Wenhua Hall, "Forget it, the emperor is discussing affairs with all the ministers. You can wait here for a while. Let's go over and take a look first."

At this time, Hou Fangyu suddenly walked in. He clasped his fists and bowed to Wang Chengen and said, "Prince, your Majesty asks me to lead the governor to go directly to Wuying Palace. Also, please ask the prince to leave the city and immediately summon Xiangyang Bo to come to the palace to discuss matters."

Walking on the road, Hou Fangyu approached Zhou Xian and said, "Mr. Governor, Your Majesty deeply hates his close confidants and foreign officials. Therefore, his subordinates dare not contact the Supervisor easily, so as not to implicate you, and hope you can forgive me."

Zhou Xian waved his hand and said, "I understand what you do. But now there is nothing inside or outside. Just tell me, what is your Majesty thinking now?"

Hou Fangyu sighed, "Your Majesty wants to leave, but he has some hope of defending the capital and reviving the Ming Dynasty. Also, he is unwilling to bear the reputation of fleeing the capital. And the relatives of the ministers are all in the capital, so of course they are even more unwilling to say such things. Now they are stalemate and discuss for a long time, but they don't know what to do now?"

Zhou Xian frowned, "Where has Wu Sangui been to now?"

Hou Fangyu said yelling, "He had already led his troops into the pass, but when he heard that you were being imprisoned, he retreated again. Under His Majesty's strict order, he entered the pass again, but he only walked twenty miles a day and stopped completely when he arrived in Jizhou. By the time he arrived at the capital, the city would probably have been destroyed long ago."

Zhou Xian sighed long and had nothing to say. The two of them walked towards Wuying Palace without saying anything.

Walk out of Wuying Hall, count the stars and the bright moon hangs high in the sky.

Zhou Xian's eyes were desperate, his steps were staggering, and he couldn't raise any strength. Just now, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers in the court finally reached an agreement.

Zhou Xian was appointed as the deputy admiral of the Beijing camp and assisted Xiangyang Bo Li Guozhen to defend the city. He ordered Bai Hu's army to be transferred from Baoding to the capital, and all the troops from Shandong were dispatched to the north to fight the king, and fought with the rebel army in the capital.

Li Banghua walked out and shook his head and sighed. He had just tried his best to persuade Emperor Chongzhen to move south, or let the prince go south first. But what he didn't expect was that after hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and directly scolded him if he wanted to establish a new emperor. His words were so fierce that he even directly called Li Banghua a traitor, which was something he had never seen before. "Forget it, some people don't want the emperor to leave! The Ming Dynasty is probably going to perish."

Li Guozhen also walked out at this time and was speechless after hearing Li Banghua's words. After a while, he asked Zhou Xian and said, "Mr. Zhou, you have the talent to lead troops. What do you think we should do now?"

Zhou Xian sighed and barely raised some spirits. "Brother, how many people are there in the Beijing Camp now?"

Li Guozhen thought for a while and replied: "There are about 120,000,"

Li Banghua shook his head and said, "Brother, that's the number on paper. It's a blessing to have 40,000 in actual amounts, and most of them are unbearable soldiers. The nine gates of the capital are fifty miles long, and there is no soldier in every five marches on average. How can this city be guarded?"

Li Guozhen lost his words for a moment. He was the admiral of the Beijing camp, but he was not as clear as Li Banghua.

The sound of cannons rumbling in the distance, Li Banghua said, "Listen to the sound of cannons, the thieves have already reached the vicinity of Changping. I wonder how long can Uncle Wang last?" The Uncle Wang he was talking about was Wang Xiantong, who led his troops to station in Changping.

Zhou Xian thought for a while and said, "The thieves came from the northwest. The most likely attacks in the capital are Sanmen, Xizhimen, Deshengmen and Andingmen. Please call the trusted generals and elite Beijing camp to Sanmen. They do not require them to fight against the enemy, but at least they cannot surrender to the enemy first. Can this be done?"

Li Guozhen said: "There are a few trustworthy generals, and I will transfer them over later."

Zhou Xian nodded and continued, "Cithie Li, do you know how many military horses there are in the San Thousand Battalions?"

Li Banghua said: "There are many external transfers, and there are only a few hundred left, and there are few cavalrymen."

Zhou Xian nodded and said to Li Guozhen: "Master, can you hand over all these horses to me? I asked Lu Ming to take them over and collect cavalry from them, so that the enemy can reinforce all the sects at any time when they come."

Li Guozhen was very pleased, "Of course this is OK."

Zhou Xian turned to Li Banghua and said, "Mr. Li, you should be the censor. You should be very clear about the property of the princes and princes in the capital. List me a few of them who have committed many crimes."

Li Banghua said: "Forget it, are you?"

Zhou Xian curled his lips and smiled slightly, "Didn't Your Majesty hand over all the Jinyiwei to me? Now the soldiers guarding the city have no salary or food, so how can they not find a few fat pigs to kill?"

Li Guozhen was shocked and said, "You are..., at this time, you will be in chaos in the city. Moreover, what if His Majesty blames him?"

Zhou Xian snorted coldly: "So what if you blame me at this time, so what if you don't blame me? Don't worry, I won't kill them. I just went to borrow some food and money, but I just took my soldiers to borrow."

Li Banghua knew Zhou Xian's boldness and thought for a while, "Okay, I'll help you with this."

Zhou Xian nodded and said to Li Guozhen: "Brother, Censor Li, then you can go and do your business first! Half an hour later, I will wait for you in the Five City Military and Horses. Bo Ye, bring the main generals who defend the Nine Gate. Lord Li, you have also presided over the Beijing Camp and also helped to recommend some available generals."

The two bowed to Zhou Xian and turned around and left.
Chapter completed!