When the people on the street heard this, they all dispersed to make way for the ordering soldier. Someone impatiently shouted to the front that Suhe was in danger.
For a time, the streets of Shangjing were full of urgent sounds.
"Hey, why don't you tell me how Suhe is doing? Could it be His Highness the Crown Prince..."
The salesman shouted. When he mentioned the prince, the people behind him thought his words were unlucky and pushed him forward.
"Yes, you should tell me what happened to Suhe? What about Suncheng and Chiyang? But does the new emperor of Nanqing know about Suhe?"
There are outstanding people in Shangjing, and even the common people know a little about the political affairs of the DPRK and China. There are those who are quick-witted, not even much worse than officials in the DPRK and China. Everyone said something to each other, but the ordering soldier was filled with astonishment.
How could this secret military intelligence order be made known to everyone?
"Hey, you should tell me, how is Suhe?"
The people were pushing and pulling him. The messenger's face was pale as he was pushed back and forth and his head was dizzy. In addition, he had been on the road without rest. Now he was drowsy and said: "After the new king of Nanqing came to the throne, he led the way. Sixty thousand elite soldiers headed towards the Suhe River..."
Ah, there was a cry in the mouths of the people.
"How many days ago was that news?"
"Six days..."
He never stopped all the way, passing through eleven stations before rushing from Suhe to Beijing. He didn't know what the situation in Suhe was now.
"How many troops does our court have in Suhe?"
Some people said: "I don't know..."
"Less than two thousand."
"How can two thousand fight against Nanqing's 60,000 army?"
"I don't know..."
The people in Beijing cried and cursed, feeling extremely disappointed with the court. Nan Qing wanted to fight at the door of his house, but their emperor was still cowering in the palace and didn't know what he was doing.
"I heard that General Ming, the British Duke, is ordering troops on the outskirts of Beijing. I'm afraid he will bring some men there."
"That's less than ten thousand, so what can be done?"
"Where?"
The salesman stretched his long neck on his shoulder and said, "I'll go. I'll go to Suhe River with General Ming."
"We men have no parents, no wives and children, and only a handful of strength. It is impossible to say that we can help His Royal Highness kill one or two Nanqing dog thieves in Suhe."
He threw away his burden and said to a person with a familiar face behind him: "Please, sister-in-law, please send the pole to my home. If I am destined to come back from Suhe in the future, I will have to rely on it to support my family and marry my wife."
"Hey...hey."
The woman was a little stunned at first, then stepped forward and carefully lifted up the peddler's load and placed it in front of her for protection.
"I...I'm with you."
A thin young man in the crowd spoke urgently. He was wearing a waiter's clothes, and he jumped and wanted to move forward, but was grabbed by a man who looked like a shopkeeper behind him: "I don't want to kill you? The emperor doesn't care about this. what are you going to do?"
The waiter took off the cloth on his head and said with childish words: "It is precisely because the emperor doesn't care that I went to Suhe to support him. If I go, I can buy one more day, even an hour, for the imperial court. It's not convenient." Reinforcements are coming. Thanks to Master for taking care of me for many years, I can only repay you for your great kindness in the next life."
After the young man named Lai Hui finished speaking, he chased the salesman in a few steps.
"I go……"
"I also……"
There was a tall and strong man who stretched out his head and raised his hands, but was severely held back by his wife, daughter, or parents behind him.
But there are those who are determined to follow in the footsteps of the salesman and the waiter.
There was even a man who was holding a cloth banner and who looked to be over fifty. He was also following behind everyone, carrying a medicine box on his back.
In front of the palace gate, there were hundreds of officials from the court and people from Dongning. There were also cries and shouts, but there was no sound of flinching.
Ming Huaxin stood under the palace gate, looking at the stars scattered and the people running to the suburbs of Beijing, with tears in his eyes. He turned to Song Fu and said, "Today you will send a letter to Ming Chun and ask him to lead troops to Suhe."
Song Fu frowned slightly, but nodded quickly.
Now, no one cares about Emperor Wen Hui's will.
Ming Huaxin looked at the people who spontaneously took out money, rice and grain from their homes and smiled lightly.
He thought that even if the British government were to be executed in the future for resisting the imperial edict, he would still be able and dare to say that he would not be ashamed of his ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.
Many students in Jingshan Academy were also ready to make a move, and several gray-haired old men were whispering comfort. However, the exhaustion of a country cannot extinguish the passion of men, and guns, swords, and halberds cannot erase the ambition of Lingyun. At that moment, some people took off their scholar's robes and rushed to the suburbs of Beijing.
Su Xie also wanted to step forward, but the servants from the Song Mansion who followed him pulled his belt and trapped him in front of him.
Dongning had been weak for decades due to its military strength and Emperor Wen Hui, but now everyone stood tall.
"uncle."
Ming Xiang helped the eldest princess from a distance, and Song Fu saw her lightly curling her lips. The couple looked at each other and smiled, hiding their affection in their hearts.
The eldest princess took out a gold medal from her arms and handed it to Ming Huaxin, who in turn handed it to the general guarding the city.
"Open the door."
The general guarding the palace gate frowned when he heard this: "The Holy One has a decree..."
The eldest princess waved her hand casually: "I am also his imperial aunt. If I want to enter the palace, the late emperor will not be able to stop me, let alone Shen Congyi's imperial edict."
"Open the palace door."
The general was still hesitating, but the deputy general behind him walked to the palace door and opened it.
The eldest princess turned and looked at Song Fu: "You ask them to enter the palace with me."
Dozens of courtiers stood up behind them, and Jiang's mother quickly stood up and followed behind the eldest princess. A group of students from Jingshan Academy also wanted to enter the palace, but were blocked by the imperial army.
Ming Xiang supported the eldest princess and walked in the front, accompanied by the Imperial Guards beside him.
Everyone went to the palace in large numbers, while Song Wan, Lu Youjun and others were sitting in Shang Rong's bedroom, anxiously waiting for something.
"The courtiers have entered the palace with the eldest princess."
Ji Rong entered Shang Rong's palace, reported in a low voice, and informed him that the new emperor of Nanqing had led 60,000 elite troops to Suhe.
Qi Qingling couldn't sit still and stood up anxiously and paced back and forth in the room: "There is something unexpected happening in Nanqing. The eldest princess has entered the palace. Will the Holy One change his mind and send troops?"
Shang Rong shook his head: "I don't know."
"So he still..."
Qi Qingling gritted her teeth, feeling resentful in her heart.
Lu Youjun and Zhang Baozhen were the youngest. They could not help much, so they could only go to the small kitchen to boil water and make tea for a few people. As soon as they left the yard, they saw the eunuch of the East Factory running in from outside in a hurry.
The two of them were surprised and followed the little eunuch into the house.
"Masters, the Holy One has brought a dozen forbidden troops to the harem."
Zhao Nanzhang frowned: "What does he mean?"
Song Wan pinched the handkerchief and said in despair: "The Holy One has made up his mind not to see everyone. He is afraid that he will have to drag it until the mountains and rivers are broken, and the Dongning country is ruined and the family is destroyed."
