"What's going on? What is King Hun doing?"
"What is King Hun planning to do?”
"Although I don't know what King Hun wants to do, I feel like he's brewing a storm.”
“......”
Yu Qian, Wang Zhi, Hu Fou, Jin Lian, and the others looked at each other and saw the bewilderment in each other's eyes.
Obviously, they didn't know what Zhu Qiyu was doing, but they all knew that Zhu Qiyu definitely had a big scheme.
"Hu…"
When Zhu Qiyu saw that almost everyone had gathered, he stopped beating the drum and stopped the horn.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Countless gazes landed on Zhu Qiyu's face. Everyone wanted to know what this usually low-key prince was trying to do.
Zhu Qiyu's expression was calm. He looked at everyone and said indifferently,"Citizens of the Ming Dynasty, this king is very sorry to disturb your beautiful dreams.”
Saying this, he bowed to everyone.
"What's going on?"
Everyone looked at Zhu Qiyu, who was bowing to them, and they were all dumbfounded.
A prince actually bowed and apologized to them. Was he still asleep?
Zhu Qiyu did not care about everyone's stunned expressions and continued,""You must be very confused at this moment. What does this king want to do by causing such a huge commotion? Now, this king will tell you that my royal brother's northern expedition was defeated. His 500,000-strong army was completely destroyed, and even my royal brother himself was captured.”
"Whoosh!"
Everyone had yet to recover from the shock of Zhu Qiyu bowing and apologizing. In the next moment, they were stunned by what Zhu Qiyu said.
The 500,000-strong army of the Northern Expedition was completely wiped out?
The emperor was captured by the enemy?
Two pieces of news, each more shocking than the other.
In comparison, Zhu Qiyu bowing and apologizing as a prince was nothing.
"Really? The annihilation of a 500,000 strong army, why did this sound so unreal?”
"That's right. It's not right for His Majesty to be captured. With so many people protecting His Majesty, even if he was defeated, it shouldn't be a problem for His Majesty to escape, right?”
"Is King Hun crazy? Otherwise, why would he say such words?”
“......”
Zhu Qiyu's words were like throwing a huge rock into a calm lake, instantly stirring up a thousand waves. The surrounding crowd immediately fell into chaos. Everyone looked at Zhu Qiyu with eyes full of distrust.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The expressions of Yu Qian, Wang Zhi, Hu Fou, Jin Lian, and the others changed drastically.
They had guessed that Zhu Qiyu would make a big move, but they didn't expect that he would expose the news of the mutiny at the Earthwood Fortress so blatantly.
"Silence!"
The 9,000 Breaking Ranks shouted in unison. Their voices were incomparably cold. Coupled with the cold light emitted by the swords in their hands, an earth-shattering pressure enveloped the entire crowd.
A sense of imminent death rose in everyone's hearts.
In an instant, the noisy scene became so noisy that even a pin drop could be heard. The crowd felt as if their necks were being strangled, and they did not even dare to breathe loudly.
Zhu Qiyu looked around and continued,""Not only that, but we also learned that our Great Ming's defenses are empty. We will lead more than 100,000 troops south. If nothing goes wrong, in at most half a month, our troops will reach Beijing.”
From the beginning to the end, his tone was very calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
"Lord Yu, we can't let His Highness continue speaking, or else the people in the city will flee in fear.”
Jin Lian said anxiously to Yu Qian.
Yu Qian was now the assistant minister of the Ministry of War and was fully responsible for the upcoming battle with the tile thorn. Thus, he had a certain amount of authority in front of Zhu Qiyu.
Yu Qian's expression flickered, and he finally shook his head."Lord Jin, it's good to let the people in the city know as soon as possible. At least they'll be more mentally prepared.”
Although he was shocked that Zhu Qiyu had announced the outcome of the rebellion in the Earthwood Fortress so openly, he did not think that there was anything wrong with letting the people know about this earlier.
If they kept hiding it, when the Wa Ci army arrived at the city, the people in the city would probably panic even more.
"This... Old Heavenly Official…"
Jin Lian saw that Yu Qian was unmoved and looked at Wang Zhi. He hoped that Wang Zhi could come forward to persuade Yu Qian.
Wang Zhi waved his hand and said," Lord Jin, His Highness has already said what he should say. It's too late to stop him now. In that case, why don't we see what His Highness will do next?"”
He was very curious about what Zhu Qiyu would do next. Would he encourage the people to go south, or would he take responsibility and fight to the death with Wa Ci in Beijing?
Jin Lian was silent for a while, and a hint of helplessness appeared on his face. He shook his head and did not say anything else.
"What is it? The 100,000-strong army of Wa Ci is heading south?"
When the surrounding commoners heard Zhu Qiyu's words, they once again erupted into a riot.
A single thought appeared in everyone's mind. The 500,000 strong army of Zhuqi Town was already laid out, and the 20,000 strong army in the city, could they stop the savage Wa Ci army?
This seemed to be a very simple question.
The commoners were terrified. They wanted to escape immediately and leave Beijing to avoid the Wa Ci army that was heading south.
"What are you panicking for? Imperial Brother has been captured, but Great Ming still has this king. This king coexists with Beijing, and the Wasi barbarians have to step over this king's corpse to go south.”
Zhu Qiyu's expression was ferocious as he roared.
At this moment, his entire body was filled with killing intent. He knew very well that his every move would have a huge impact on the citizens and defenders of Beijing.
One soldier is a bear, and the general is a bear.
As a leader, if he did not have the courage to fight to the death with the enemy, how could he expect his subordinates to fight the enemy in a bloody battle?
"Kill them!"
The 9,000 soldiers of the Breaking Ranks roared, their killing cries resounding through the clouds.
Zhu Qiyu looked at the stunned commoners and whispered to himself,""Someone once suggested to this king to go south, thinking that the Tile Thorn Army was unstoppable. However, this king thought of Zhao Song, and this king did not want to be that Zhao Gou and struggle at death's door.”
At this point, Zhu Qiyu's voice gradually became high-pitched."Think about my Great Ming. The Great Ancestor started off as a commoner, chased away Meng Yuan, and restored the Han Dynasty's clothes. Taizong conquered the Mobei area five times, and the tribes of Northern Yuan were terrified. As a descendant of Zhu Ming, how can I be afraid of death?”
"The Son of Heaven guards the gates of the country, the ruler dies, the city remains, the city breaks, the people die. This king lives and dies with the city, and the Great Ming will live forever!”
In the last sentence, Zhu Qiyu expressed his stance with a roar.
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