"I'm afraid your plan won't work." Xu Miaojin finally said.
"But empress, if you follow my plan, it's at least possible. If you don't follow my plan, what will you do if the city is destroyed?" Qu Feng knelt on the ground, listening to the uneasy breathing coming from behind the screen after Xu Miaojin finished speaking.
voice, said.
"After the city was broken, Commander Qu led the remaining troops to withdraw to Prince Su's Mansion and continue to hold on. The walls of Prince Su's Mansion were high and thick, and the area was not large. The bandits who invaded the city would divide their forces and plunder the official treasury, and they could still hold on for another two or three days.
An hour. Maybe reinforcements will arrive in two or three hours." Xu Miaojin said.
"But Madam, if no reinforcements arrive after two or three hours, or if the reinforcements that arrive are defeated by the bandits, then..." Qu Feng didn't finish his words, but everyone understood what he meant.
"When the time comes, I, Princess Su, and Princess Huainan will commit suicide. We will never disgrace the royal family!" Xu Miaojin said firmly.
After hearing Xu Miaojin's words, there were waves of low sobs coming from behind the screen, but no one spoke, and everyone acquiesced in Xu Miaojin's decision.
"As for Zhiwen and others," Xu Miaojin continued: "I have arranged with Princess Su to hide them with appropriate people, and found a few other children of similar age. Once Prince Su's palace is captured, I will launch a fire attack.
, burned these searched children together, so it would be difficult to tell whether the corpses were genuine or not. And since they could see the corpses of a few of us, they would probably believe it and not search among the people. In this way, Zhiwen and others survived."
"This," Qu Feng was shocked. Although many people in this era were humiliated for fear of corpses after death, he was still very surprised that she could say this so firmly.
"That's it!" Xu Miaojin gave a few more instructions, and finally said: "Commander Qu, that's it. Go and have a rest. Tomorrow, you will have to command the soldiers to defend the city. Even if the loss of the city is inevitable, we must do our best.
Maybe hold on a little longer.”
"Yes, empress. I take my leave." Qu Feng glanced at the place where Xu Miaojin's voice came from, kowtowed again, and left.
Immediately afterwards, a voice came from behind the screen: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to do this. When the time comes, let a palace maid raise a fire gun and kill them together. You don't have to make such a big sacrifice yourself."
"We all committed suicide with a white knife, and then let the palace maids burn the bodies to ashes, and only a few children died? How can the bandit leaders Ma Buxiang and Sauraha believe it if they don't see the real body? In order to make them believe it, I
It must be killed, that is, they cannot disgrace the corpse, but they must also see the human form. Aunt Fourteen," Xu Miaojin said to Princess Su again: "You have to kill it with me."
"This, but," before Princess Su could finish her words, she was interrupted by Xu Miaojin: "There is nothing but! You must ** together with me. The one who wants to survive is your son!"
Princess Su was obviously unwilling and was still trying to say something, but when she heard Xu Miaojin's words, she was stunned for a moment and nodded with tears in her eyes.
"What about me? Sister-in-law?" the voice that spoke before said again, slightly uneasy.
"You don't have to." Behind the screen, Xu Miaojin reached out and touched Yunzhi's face, and said with a smile: "If the bandits attack Prince Su's Mansion, won't you have to fight against the bandits in person tomorrow? Just go and fight against the bandits, don't worry.
Something else.”
"Just remember, you must not be captured. If you can't escape, commit suicide! I will arrange for guards to follow you. Once you can't escape, I will chop your body into several pieces so that it won't
Humiliated."
"I know, sister-in-law." Yunzhi finally said with tears.
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On the next day, the first day of September, before dawn, Ma Buxiang commanded his men to start attacking the city. He encouraged all the leaders: "The defense items in the city have been exhausted, and the guardsmen have also suffered heavy losses."
"Although we died more, due to the fact that we were able to capture people along the way and search for young men everywhere during the siege to attack the city, not many of your men died, and most of the people who died were the people we captured."
"So our strength has not lost much. On the contrary, because we have experienced the siege battle and gained experience, our combat power is stronger than six days ago. So my decision today is to attack Ganzhou City in one fell swoop!"
"There are countless grains and treasures in Ganzhou City. Think about it, how many treasures will a prince use if he is stationed in Ganzhou City? What's more, he also has concubines, children, and even palace maids. Just these people
How much jewelry do you wear? Plus the things you collect, everyone can make a fortune!"
Seeing that all the leaders were aroused by his words, some even vomited involuntarily. Ma Buxiang smiled with satisfaction and continued: "The food will naturally be distributed evenly, but treasures will be rewarded based on merit. Now
The one who fights with greater strength will get more treasures, and the one who fights with less strength will get less treasures."
"In addition, there are one of the concubines of the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the concubine of Prince Su, a princess in the city. These are women that everyone has never come into contact with in daily life. If we can capture them, we will hand them over to our brothers.
Happy!"
"There are also maids and concubines from Prince Su's Palace in the city, as well as maids brought by the princess. Although these maids are not as noble as them, they are all women of average appearance. If we can make prisoners, we will share them with the brothers below.
."
"Damn it, if I can fuck the imperial concubine in this life, the princess will be worth it even if I die!" A leader below said loudly.
"Don't talk about fucking a living person, you can even fuck a corpse once!" someone else said.
"Haha! You are really awesome. You can't fuck a corpse anyway. You might as well fuck a few more living palace maids." Someone else said.
For a time, the leaders below started talking enthusiastically about this topic.
"It's so muddy that it can't hold up the wall! How dare you think of this!" Sauraha, who was standing next to Ma Buxiang, couldn't help but say.
"If they weren't mud, how could we have made them turn around so easily? Anyway, we don't really want to bring most of the people back to Samarkand. It doesn't matter if they are mud." Ma Buxiang said with a smile.
"By the way, yesterday I saw smoke and dust in the northwest, but I couldn't see it today, and I didn't see the camp. Where did the soldiers go? Could it be that they weren't the soldiers who came to rescue Ganzhou City?
"Soraha suddenly remembered this matter again and said.
"It's easy to say where to go. The terrain here is hilly. If you just find a hill and hide behind it, we won't be able to see it. But why didn't they attack? Even if they weren't the soldiers who rescued Ganzhou City at the beginning, they saw that Ganzhou City was in such danger.
It's time to come to the rescue. Why are you hiding?" Hearing him mention it, Ma Buxiang himself became confused.
"Could it be that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty asked them to perform some more important errands?" Sauraha guessed.
"Is there anything more important than rescuing Ganzhou City?" Ma Buxiang asked.
Sauraha couldn't answer. But because of this, he was even more confused: "Is it possible that the generals who command the troops are greedy for life and afraid of death?"
"This is not right. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely investigate afterwards. If it is found that they were near Ganzhou City but did not come to rescue them, according to our many years of lurking experience in the Ming Dynasty, such a crime will definitely result in the execution of everyone. He will not come to rescue at all.
Can’t survive.”
"Then why?" Sauraha asked again.
"Don't think about it. There are only about a thousand people anyway, so you don't need to think too much. I will just arrange for two thousand people to be ready at all times." Ma Buxiang finally said.
After a while, when the leaders calmed down, Ma Buxiang continued: "After the city is captured, the brothers will be divided into two groups, one to attack Prince Su's Mansion, and the other to seize the official treasury. The main purpose of seizing the official treasury is food, and most of the treasures are also there.
In Prince Su's Mansion, even if there are some things in the official treasury, they are far inferior to those in the Prince's Mansion, so don't bother to get them."
"Brothers who are going to seize the official treasury, don't worry," Ma Buxiang saw that there were several leaders present who wanted to speak, so he quickly continued to add: "I will personally go to the palace to keep an eye on it, and I will never swallow what should be distributed to other brothers. Brothers, please
Brother, do you still trust my character?"
Hearing this, the leader who was about to speak shut up again. Ma Buxiang's performance these days is indeed good, and he is the only one that everyone can trust.
But someone asked again: "Just pay for the other things, what if the food in the storehouse is burned by them?"
"If the food is burned, ask the people in the city to donate food, three pieces per person. Together, it will be enough for us to eat for a month or two. In addition, there are cattle and sheep in the city, and they can't be killed in a while.
.Take all these cattle and sheep away, there will be enough food for all the way to the city of Samarkand."
Ma Buxiang answered a few more questions, and after seeing that everyone had no questions, he began to give instructions on the methods and order of siege. After giving these instructions, he said loudly: "Brothers, start siege!"
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"Your Majesty, the outer city has been lost, and I have been ordered to retreat to Prince Su's Mansion." Qu Feng, who was covered in blood, stood in front of Xu Miaojin and said with a bow. Before he could finish the ceremony, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.
The eunuch beside him immediately stepped forward to support him, and at the same time Xu Miaojin said: "Commander Qu is already very good at holding on until now, especially since the bandits outside have used such despicable methods. Go down and rest quickly. Leave this place to others."
"Empress, I can still hold on! Let me arrange the defense of Prince Su's Mansion." Qu Feng said. At the same time, he added in his heart: 'It won't be long before I can rest forever. There is no need to rest at this time.'
Looking at Qu Feng's expression, Xu Miaojin also understood what he was thinking, and said: "In that case, I'll leave it to the conductor! But conductor, you must not have the idea of breaking the pot, and you must stick to it as long as possible.
Time! Maybe reinforcements can arrive. Maybe things will turn around."
