Chu Lin, the commander of the Imperial Guard, ran into the palace in full armor.
Li Baiyu sat on the dragon chair, looking at Chu Lin who ran in with a gloomy look on his brows, his heart tightened, he knew that the deadline given by his brothers had expired.
The same was true for the civil and military officials on both sides. Bad thoughts suddenly came to their minds, which were different from Li Baiyu's thoughts.
"Your Majesty, the King of Shu and King Qing sent generals to shout at the city. The three days have come. If your Majesty has not yet considered abdicating the throne in favor of someone worthy of his position, don't blame the brothers for not caring about brotherhood and ordering the attack on the city."
"My eldest brother always flaunts himself as a benevolent king. After thinking about it, I definitely don't want to see the capital reduced to scorched earth and the people caught in the flames of war."
"In this case, I would like to think about the hundreds of thousands of people in the capital and what will happen to them once the war breaks out."
"The benevolent king actually watched the people under his rule fall into the flames of war. I hope that my eldest brother will not be that kind of hypocrite."
"A country may not be populated by virtuous people, but it may be filled by those who are capable."
"shut up!"
Li Baiyu raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Lin, the commander of the Imperial Guard below, with a cold voice.
Li Baiyu knew in his heart that these words were not meant for him, but for all civil and military officials, especially those with ulterior motives.
Once these words are spread among the people, and some details are added to fan the flames, the people in the capital will alienate themselves.
This is not persuading oneself to surrender and to abdicate oneself in favor of someone more worthy. It is clearly an ulterior motive to deceive people and undermine morale.
When Chu Lin heard Li Baiyu's stern shouting, he hurriedly stopped and lowered his head, saying nothing.
The boy on the right frowned slightly after thinking twice, and walked out holding the Chao Huat.
"Your Majesty, this is a tactic used by the anti-thieves to deceive people. I suggest that your majesty immediately seal the palace gate. No one except the generals who defend the city wall can enter or leave the palace gate to prevent rumors from spreading in the city and falling into the rebel plot."
Li Baiyu could understand the meaning of these words, and Tong Sansi, an old fox who had been a veteran of two dynasties, knew better the intentions of Li Yunlong and Li Baihong.
It is false to persuade people to surrender, but it is true to mislead people with lies.
Li Baiyu nodded slightly: "Old Ai Qing, you and the Left Prime Minister will handle this matter together. No matter what the rebels say outside the city, they cannot be transmitted to the ears of the people."
Wei Yong hurriedly stood up and fought with Tong Sansi.
"Old minister, I obey the order."
Li Baiyu nodded lightly: "Jingyuan is the Marquis of Chen Jin and Chen Aiqing, Guan Ning is the Marquis of Lu Tao and Lu Aiqing, Qingyuan is the Marquis of Yan Benmo and Yan Aiqing, Ren Weibo is the Marquis of Shen Zhong and Shen Aiqing is listening."
One of the twelve generals on the military side, the Third Marquis Yi Bo, stood up holding the Chao Hut.
"Old minister, listen to your orders."
Li Baiyu looked at the four people with a solemn expression: "The four old ladies are the pillars left by the late emperor. You have made outstanding achievements in battle and are famous. The responsibility of guarding the four main city gates will be left to you!"
"I, and the lives and fortunes of more than 100,000 people are now in the hands of you four old ladies!"
"I hope my four dear friends will not disappoint me."
The four people at Jingyuan looked at each other, the worry between their brows flashed away, and they nodded solemnly: "I obey your order!"
"I guarantee with my life that if the rebels want to attack the city, unless they step over my corpse, I would rather die than go down the city wall."
"The old minister agrees, I would rather die than go down the city wall."
"As an old minister, I have been favored by the emperor and can only die to serve my country."
"Fight to the death, the city remains and the people remain."
Li Baiyu took out four pieces of tiger talismans and gave them to the chief manager Zeng Hai. Zeng Hai took the tiger talismans and immediately walked towards the dragon platform and handed them to Guan Ninghou and the other four.
Li Baiyu quietly looked at the four people who took the tiger talisman, and looked at the palace gate with a solemn expression.
"Four dear ladies, please."
"Your Majesty, please leave!"
The four of them straightened their robes, said goodbye and hurriedly retreated out of the hall.
The war is about to break out and there is no need to delay.
The four of them took their weapons from the weapons stand and rushed toward the house, grabbing their armor.
After Guan Ninghou and the other four left, Li Baiyu looked at Jiang Yuanming, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Song Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of War.
"Jiang Aiqing from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Song Aiqing from the Ministry of War."
"Old minister is here!"
"The rebels have besieged the city for three days, and now the people in the city must be in panic. I have two old Ai Qings commanding the Nine Guards of the City Patrol Department of the Ministry of War, and officials from the Registration Office of the Ministry of Household Affairs to calm the panic of the people in the city."
"As long as the people and the soldiers who defend the city work together, the rebels outside the city have nothing to fear."
"No matter what, there must be no civil strife in the three cities of the capital. My two dear friends, I will help you."
"Old minister, I obey the order."
"Report! Your Majesty, a message from the Golden Eagle of Northern Xinjiang."
A golden eagle stood on Fuhai's shoulder, holding a letter in his hand and trotting out from the back of the palace.
Li Baiyu's face was filled with joy. He was about to say to hand it over when his lips looked at Fu Hai who was holding the letter: "Read it!"
"According to the decree."
"My emperor is here, and I, the old minister, are polite."
"When I learned that the five kings were planning to rebel, I was very worried."
"Today, heavy snow has fallen in northern Xinjiang. In the Kingdom of Jin, the Turks have withdrawn their heavy troops, the war has ceased, and the country's gates have not been lost."
"Today, the army on the right, Nangong Ye's troops, will send 30,000 cavalry, and the army on the left, the army on the left, will send the army on the center, Liu Mingzhi's lower section, 60,000 cavalry, to rush into King Qin of Beijing."
"Half of the Song and Qing troops under Marshal Liu Mingzhi of the Central Army left half of their troops to take care of Yunzhou, leaving Ganzhou in ruins. Thirty thousand cavalry traveled under the stars and night to rescue the capital and rescue King Qin."
"Liu Mingzhi, the commander-in-chief of the central army, has received the order and has withdrawn his troops from the Kingdom of Jin. He rushed thousands of miles to the capital to rescue King Qin."
"It's freezing cold. If there's another snowfall blocking the road, it's hard to say how many days the march will be delayed."
"The old minister suggested that your majesty seal the city gate and delay the attack, waiting for the various armies to rescue us."
"Deadline, forty days!"
As soon as Fuhai finished speaking, some of the civil and military officials in the court were excited, while others had ugly expressions.
It is hard to say whether one hundred thousand Praetorian Guards could withstand a forty-day attack by four hundred thousand rebels.
Although the 100,000 Guardsmen are elites and the rebels are mostly government soldiers, the 100,000 elite Guardsmen have never fought any battles.
And nine out of ten of the elite rebels under King Wuwei were elites who had seen blood, so the Imperial Guard would naturally end up there.
Forty days seems to be a short time. If nothing happens in the court, forty days are just dispensable to the civil and military officials. They can spend it with a little fun.
However, the situation is tense now. There are 400,000 troops outside the city who are watching with eager eyes and claws.
These forty days were like purgatory for the civil and military officials.
Li Baiyu took the letter from Fu Hai and read it twice.
"My dear friends, do you think we can hold on for forty days?"
Shouningbo thought for a while and stood up.
"I will report to your Majesty."
"Accurate performance."
"Your Majesty, our capital is an important place. We have enough food and grass to support one hundred thousand imperial guards and thirty thousand soldiers of the city patrol department for three years."
"If the rebels don't have any weapons to attack the city, given the strength of the capital's walls and the complex terrain outside the city, it won't be a problem to hold on for forty days."
Before he could be overjoyed, Li Baiyu frowned: "Uncle Shouning, what is the siege weapon you are talking about?"