Yongli's fear is really scary.

When he thought of escaping, Yongli remembered that after he escaped from Hengyang City with his father and brother, he was chased by Zhang Xianzhong and separated from his father and brother. He was imprisoned in the prison of Daozhou City. The feeling of sitting there waiting for death and dying has long become a

Yongli's psychological shadow.

When he saw Qu Shiqi at this moment, he seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He grabbed Qu Shiqi's sleeve and said: "Sir, save me, sir, save me."

At this moment, Qu Shichun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty. Even if my body is broken to pieces, I have to keep your majesty safe. Now the only plan is to guard Guilin City and wait for the Duke of Yue to come to help?"

"Can Guilin City be defended?" Yongli couldn't help but ask.

Qu Shishu said: "Guilin is a fortified city in the world. As long as the soldiers guard the city and do not go out to fight, even if a hundred thousand elite cavalry arrive, they will not be able to break into the city. However, after the soldiers are defeated one after another, it is inevitable that people will be panicked."

Yongli immediately asked: "What should we do?"

Yongli didn't have much hope for Guilin City before. Now that the safety of Guilin City is connected with his own life, he has no choice but to worry about it.

Qu Shichi fell to the ground and said, "I dare you to please Your Majesty to patrol the city to boost the morale of the whole city."

Yongli was timid and said with some hesitation in his tone: "Is this useful?"

Qu Shishu said loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the hearts of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty are still there after two hundred years. Only Your Majesty can go into battle in uniform, and soldiers from all sides will be bathed in holy grace, and their morale will be boosted. One can be worth a hundred."

Yongli heard Qu Shichun's affirmation and had no choice but to agree.

Then Qu Shichun immediately took over Yongli's motorcade and brought out Emperor Yongli's honor guard. Although the emperor's honor guard now is much cruder than when he was in Beijing, when the dragon flag was flying in the air.

It brought tears to many people's eyes.

At this time, Zhang Tongchang was at the gate of Xiqing.

As soon as they arrived, they ordered the city gates to be closed. However, the people were bustling with people, and it seemed that the crowds had strengthened their momentum. I don’t know how many people gathered at the Xiqing gate for a while. There were also many people who didn’t know what was going on. They didn’t know that the Xiqing gate had been closed.

, and there were crowds coming from all directions.

People are next to each other and crowded with people. Just placing some at the city gate to resist horses and deer antlers has no effect.

"Sir, use the knife." A general came to Zhang Tongchang and said: "If you don't use the knife, it will be difficult. If you kill a few people at this time, they will disperse. If this continues, the brothers may also die."

I can’t control it anymore.”

Zhang Tongchang could see it.

Zhang Tongchang did not order the use of force, but only stopped it. Therefore, seeing the soldiers, the common people did not dare to take action. They became more and more bold, and even some rogues threw stones from the crowd, hitting several soldiers.

After all, these soldiers have been in battle and seen blood. Although they obeyed orders, their faces now showed a fierce look.

Zhang Tongchang knew that once he gave the order, it would not be a matter of killing a few people.

And if he didn't give the order, I'm afraid these soldiers wouldn't be able to hold on much longer. Under the pressing pressure of the people, whether for revenge or self-protection, I'm afraid they would have to use force.

Not all armies can fight back without hitting or scolding.

Zhang Tongchang was determined not to give this order. He walked to the front and said loudly: "Fellow folks, please be quiet. Guilin City can be defended. There is no need to panic. Besides, how much can you bring with you in such a hurry?"

Solid food, how to settle down and make a living after leaving the city."

"Guilin City is your home. You can't just throw it away after hearing a few rumors."

Zhang Tongchang wanted to say something else, but a stone was thrown from somewhere and hit Zhang Tongchang hard on the head, knocking Zhang Tongchang's official hat crooked.

"His grandma's." The soldiers around Zhang Tongchang cursed. Several of them bent their bows and nocked arrows, ready to shoot.

Although Zhang Tongchang is not skilled in martial arts, he is very courageous. On the battlefield, he always supervises the battle in front and retreats in the rear. The soldiers are convinced by him. He went to Chenzhou Mansion alone. When Chenzhou Mansion fell, he brought back more than a thousand defeated soldiers.

, which shows his personal charm.

"Stop." Zhang Tongchang said loudly.

Several soldiers said: "Sir, are you going to let them do this?"

Zhang Tongchang said: "In short, we cannot attack unarmed people."

Although these generals were a little angry, they could only say: "Yes."

Zhang Tongchang calmed the soldiers and knew in his heart that this was not the solution. But how to solve this problem, Zhang Tongchang couldn't think of a way for a while.

"Your Majesty has arrived. Please kneel down to welcome him." A long, drawn-out voice shouted.

After a moment, I saw the canopy approaching from a distance.

The originally crowded people immediately separated to the left and right and knelt on the ground. More than a hundred soldiers guarded Yongli and sat on the carriage. Although the carriage was larger in size, it was still not as good as the jade chariot. But among the various ceremonial guards.

Below, it looks very majestic.

The grandeur of this spectacle made the people feel anxious.

It was the first time Yongli saw so many people.

In addition, the streets at this time were far inferior to the streets now, so Yongli felt as if he was on a lonely boat, which could be overturned by the crowd at any time. He was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say? Qu Shichu was there

Next to Yongli, he whispered: "Your Majesty, it's time to speak."

Yongli trembled and said: "I and Guilin City will live and die together. You don't need to panic, just go back to your homes."

"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor." As soon as Yongli finished speaking, the people immediately shouted loudly.

However, the people were not rehearsed, so they naturally shouted irregularly. Just after the first sound passed, the second sound came again, mixed together, and all you could hear was the continuous repetition of "Banzai." It seemed that there was no end, and it took a while to finish.

Yongli's ceremonial guard turned around and left here, and then the people dispersed and went home.

This is why the people of Ming Dynasty still exist.

Even though Yongli's court is extremely dilapidated, there are still people who regard him as the imperial court. Yongli's words are much more useful than the countless efforts of many people. Of course, what happened today is not just because of Yongli's words.

, but many people felt that since the emperor dared to stay, Guilin City should obviously be relatively safe.

The matter here at Xiqing Gate has been resolved, but the matter at other city gates has not yet been resolved.

In this way, Qu Shichun led Yongli to inspect the city of Guilin, and even went up the city wall to inspect the soldiers everywhere.

As expected, as Qu Shishu said, the morale of all the ministries increased greatly. Hu Yiqing burst into tears and said, "Now I can see the style of Emperor Liezong again."

The Emperor Liezong he was talking about was Emperor Longwu. In the original history, Longwu's temple name was Shaozong, but in this time and space, Longwu's temple name was Liezong.

After the inspection, not only did the whole city feel at ease, but Yongli himself also gained a little more confidence in guarding Guilin. Yongli thought to himself: "Maybe, I really don't need to leave Guilin."

However, he still felt that it was not safe, so he sent eunuchs and sent more than a dozen edicts to Liu Chengyin, asking Liu Chengyin to return to Guilin to aid.

Qu Shishu sent Yongli back to the palace, fearing that Yongli would change his mind midway. He knew Yongli's temperament very well. Don't think that he would run away today and turn into a patrol. No one could say a few words to arouse Yongli's fear.

If you don't like it, Yongli will run away again.

No matter how tightly the city gates were guarded, no one dared to disobey Yongli's orders.

So Qu Shishu thought for a while and decided not to leave at all. He found a house in the palace as his temporary office. Countless orders came from here, the most urgent one was the order to recruit soldiers. There was also an order to persuade people to donate. None.

If people don't have money, what will they fight for?

Just when Qu Shichun was busy implementing these two things.

Someone came to report and said: "Trails of thieves were found outside the city."

Qu Shichen immediately said: "Let's explore again."

"yes."

The soldiers who can go out to detect are all Jiao Lian's subordinates, because only his subordinates are cavalry. Otherwise, if you send infantry to detect the traces of the cavalry, there is no need to think about the day they will come back.

Qu Shichen acted very calmly, as if he had expected it, but there was an extra ball of ink in his writing, and it seemed that he was not as calm as he looked.
Chapter completed!