Lu Ming came in and took the two of them down.

Li Guozhen said: "General, Wang Boye sent someone to ask for help? Do you think a supporter is sending a support force to Changping?"

Zhou Xian took a sip of tea ceremony: "There are no dangers to guard around Changping except the Aries Mouth and Dragon and Tiger Platform. No matter how many soldiers go, can you stop hundreds of thousands of thieves? Besides, when Wang Boye went to Changping, he took away the last elite troops of the Beijing camp. Not only were there 6,000 infantrymen, but also 3,000 cavalrymen. Now the Beijing camp has enough troops. How many soldiers can you send? What role can it play?"

Li Guozhen frowned and said, "How to go back to him?"

Zhou Xian said: "Send someone to tell Wang Boye and let him withdraw his camera to the capital! How many soldiers can be withdrawn? Shouchangping does not make much sense."

Li Guozhen sighed, "It's all that is the case now." He thought of something and suddenly asked: "General, how about Baoding? When will General Bai withdraw to the capital?"

Zhou Xian shook his head, "On the outside of Baoding City, more than 100,000 thieves led by Liu Fangliang, once Bai Hu left Baoding City, the thieves would directly fight from the south to the capital. Letting him stick to Baoding is more beneficial to defending the capital. Although the emperor issued an edict, I also sent Bai Hu a letter to him and asked him to make a decision based on the battlefield situation. I think he will not come to the capital in the short term."

Li Guozhen's face changed slightly, "This..."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Brother Li, each of the three northwest gates has 6,000 soldiers, but there are only 2,000 soldiers in the other six gates. Redirecting Bai Hu back will not increase much defense force, but will put us in danger of fighting on both sides. Let's do this first! Let's see the changes in the future before making changes."

Although Li Guozhen was a little reluctant, he had to admit that what Zhou Xian said was reasonable. "Why is the matter of trying to defend the city by the inner guard?"

Zhou Xian said: "Forget it for now! It's not too late to transfer them out when things are urgent. By the way, how many soldiers has Mr. Uncle recruited now?"

Li Guozhen sighed and said, "Not many, there are only five or six thousand people. More people take sick leave than those who get it. I wonder if they locked them up to the city directly?"

Zhou Xian said helplessly: "If that happens, what role can they play? In this way, you will send a message to them. By the evening, no matter the position, you will directly remove the Beijing camp. There are many hungry people in the city, picking some young and strong people from them to supplement the soldiers guarding the city. They have food and drink, and they still have money to take every day. I think it should be no big problem to get two or three thousand people."

Li Guozhen looked surprised, "Can they be used as soldiers?"

Zhou Xian smiled bitterly and said, "What do you think the soldiers in the Beijing camp can do the job? And now there are not only lack of soldiers, but also lack of weapons. The best way is to move more stones, roll the wood to the city, and just smash it directly when the time comes. It depends on strength and endurance. In these aspects, those soldiers may not be able to match the hungry people. The yamen runners in the Five City Military and Ma Si know that there are many disaster victims gathered in the capital. Mr. Li can go to Fang Jing and ask him to help you."

When Li Guozhen left, Zhou Xian suddenly felt a little tired. Since last night, he had not rested and turned like a wheel axle. He told Sun Bao, "If you have something to do, I'll go and lie down for a while. Send someone to continue staring at the Wu Mansion and we will see him later."

Zhou Xian was woken up by Sun Bao. Wang Chengen came to find him and said that Emperor Chongzhen would go to the three northwest gates to comfort the soldiers guarding the city in the evening and asked Zhou Xian to make some preparations.

Seeing that it was still early, Zhou Xian went to meet Wu Xiang and sent a letter to Wu Sangui through him. Afterwards, he added a small banner soldier outside Wu Xiang's mansion, saying that it was protection, but the surveillance was even more important.

In the evening, news came from the front line.

Changping City was broken and the official army was defeated. Wang Xiantong refused to surrender and was ordered by Li Zicheng to behead the flag. Some defeated soldiers fled back from the front line, the largest of which was the 400 cavalry led by Tang Qi. The vanguard of the rebel army arrived in the suburbs of the capital and had a small-scale encounter with the scouts sent by Zhou Xian, each with casualties.

Emperor Chongzhen was very anxious and urgently summoned all the ministers to discuss matters.

The ministers pulled Chen Yan out and Guang Shiheng were excited and accused them of stopping the migration south and trying to judge them. Chen Yan burst into tears and said that he had misjudged his judgment and was deemed to die.

When Emperor Chongzhen asked Wei Zaode what countermeasures he had, he had always been polite and chose to keep silent. Emperor Chongzhen asked again, saying that as long as he spoke, he would immediately issue an order. Wei Zaode knelt down on the ground, lying down and saying nothing.

After discussing in the middle of the night, it was full of nonsense that criticized each other and made no sense.

Zhou Xian arrived and stood by and watched coldly. He really couldn't figure it out. When Juyong Pass was destroyed, everyone knew that the capital could not be defended, but why did anyone continue to persuade Emperor Chongzhen to stick to the capital?

As Changping was defeated, he knew what would happen, but Emperor Chongzhen responded so much, and even asked Wei Zaode with such a ruthless attitude.

Where did he go to the heroic spirit of his previous request to fight the rebel army at the city? Is it Wang Xiantong's death that scared him, or something else?

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were red, and his last gaze fell on Zhou Xian. "Zhou Xian, Zhou Xian, what should I do?"

Zhou Xian left his back and said in silence for a while: "The capital was surrounded, and the Ming Dynasty had experienced it before? At least last time, Yu Shao kept the capital. Although the current situation is more dangerous than that, Bai Hu was still resisting the trespasses on the south side, and General Wu's reinforcements also arrived in Jizhou. If you stick to it, you may not have no chance of winning at all. Your Majesty should have the confidence to win. All the ministers perform their duties and work together to overcome this difficulty."

Zhou Xian's statement made Emperor Chongzhen stunned for a long time. He no longer proposed to move south, but instead insisted on defending the city.

The ministers dispersed, and Emperor Chongzhen left Zhou Xian.

Before he could speak, Zhou Xian said directly: "Your Majesty, if you want, I can escort you south tonight."

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned on the spot, "Didn't you say that if you stick to it, you still have some chance of winning?"

Zhou Xian sighed and said, "If I say in front of the ministers that the capital cannot be defended, the city will be completely in chaos tonight. Tomorrow, at most, the main force of the rebel army will be able to reach the capital. If you want to leave, you may not be able to leave. And even if you leave tonight, you may be caught up by the rebel army on the road. The number of people must not be too many, let the ministers know."

Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly changed, "You let me be Emperor Ming of Tang?"

Zhou Xian said directly: "That's better than staying in the city and waiting for death."

"I can go and reward the soldiers, I can go to the front line in person, I can..."

Zhou Xian shook his head and said, "It's useless."
Chapter completed!