Steward Chang nodded, and then explained to Xu Jiayi the situation in Changzhou City and what needed to be done urgently, and Xu Jiayi arranged them one by one according to Steward Chang's words.

Pedestrians in the streets of Changzhou are in a hurry, and the houses are in shambles. There are those who take advantage of this opportunity to rob and rob their homes and houses, but those are also a very small number of people, and many more people choose to take up arms to defend their families and the country.

When Xu Jiayi returned to the maple garden again, it was almost early in the morning.

At that time, Mama Hua was leaning on the porch and napping, and when she heard the sound, she woke up immediately, "Madam, you are back." ”

"Mama Hua, do you still have vegetables in the kitchen? Madame hasn't eaten anything yet. Yuanxiang asked in a low voice.

"Yes, yes, I'll go and get it for Madame." After a while, Mama Hua came in with a bowl of hot white fungus lotus seeds, red dates and wolfberry soup, and looked at Xu Jiayi, who was full of tiredness, and felt distressed.

Xu Jiayi took the bowl and stirred it a few times, Xu was overly hungry, but now she didn't feel hungry and had no appetite to eat. But thinking about the child in the belly, he forced himself to eat a few bites, "Old lady, they are gone?" ”

"Yes. According to the orders of the lady, they all dressed up in disguise and set off at the right time. Mama Hua replied.

Xu Jiayi nodded, suddenly remembered something to call Mama Hua to her side, looked at her and said seriously, "Mama Hua, there is one thing I want to leave to you to do." If the city is broken, remember to set fire to the Anping Marquis Mansion before the barbarians go to the Anping Marquis Mansion, and be sure to burn it clean. ”

Only in this way can all traces be burned clean.

"Madame......"

Xu Jiayi frowned, "Remember?" ”

"Yes, slave remembers." Mama Hua nodded heavily, but tears fell from the corners of her eyes. Xu Jiayi waved her hand and asked them all to go down, "You don't have to wait for me in the future, go and rest by yourself." ”

Looking at Xu Jiayi in front of him, it was obvious that it had only been a few days, and Chang Tian suddenly felt that the aura on Xu Jiayi's body seemed to have completely changed, similar to the momentum exuded by the prince.

At the beginning, those instructions were issued directly in her name after the steward Chang discussed with her, and when necessary, Xu Jiayi even stood on the high platform to explain the situation to those people, begging for their help.

Fortunately, the Marquis of Anping Mansion has taken root in Changzhou for many years, and the people trust it very much, even if it is Xu Jiayi and a woman, they do not feel that they are not trusted, and they have implemented her words.

All the men of the common people in Changzhou City did not escape, and without swords, they took the kitchen knives or hoes at home to fight. Those women were not idle, and spontaneously went to the city gate to rescue the dying soldiers and stop the bleeding and bandage them. Including those who had died in battle, they were all brought back and buried in a mass grave so that they would not be exposed to the wilderness.

The clashing of weapons and screams were endless, and the ground was almost full of blood, which was almost exactly the same as the scene when Xu Jiayi had a nightmare that day, and the picture in the dream seemed to be an early warning.

Xu Jiayi doesn't understand what kind of scene this kind of scene is like when she is fighting in front and saving people in the back, but when she really faces all this, she won't cry anymore, she just looks at all this with a blank face.

Tears are the most useless thing.

This is Xu Jiayi's biggest feeling these days.

As for some of the others, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled were left behind to cook and wash. When Chu Minglei came back before, he brought back the grain and grass that the imperial court wanted to escort to Changzhou, otherwise the current Changzhou would be even more difficult.

Xu Jiayi's face was ugly, without a trace of blood. Cuiyun and Yuanxiang took turns on duty, almost close to Xu Jiayi, and would never let her be left alone. Especially Xu Jiayi went to the front line with a big belly, and when she looked at the broken branches, she vomited for a while, and her body was shaky.

Yuan Xiang and Cuiyun were afraid that she would faint on the front line one day.

But Xu Jiayi survived, and she didn't even cry out bitterly, she shouted tired. Even if she is physically inconvenient, she can help do what she can. The other people in Changzhou City watched her actions, especially those women, who were already emotional, and they felt sorry for her and persuaded her to rest.

Otherwise, if she had anything, when Chu Changfeng came back, they wouldn't be able to explain to the general. Xu Jiayi always promised very well, but nothing should be done.

Changzhou is getting more and more difficult to defend, those barbarians seem to know that Changzhou is just the end of a strong crossbow, or maybe it is the news of Chu Changfeng and Chu Minglei's raid on the camp that let them know, the attack in the past two days has become more and more fierce, and Changzhou has almost reached a state where there are no soldiers available.

The women boiled the oil and sent it to the wall, and the soldiers who stood on the wall poured it at the barbarians who tried to climb the wall by ladders. In the end, there was no more oil left, so I had to replace it with hot water.

Xu Jiayi is counting the time with her fingers every day, there are five days left, and it will be a month.

If it was the past five days, Xu Jiayi would have passed by casually embroidering and reading books in the house, and she didn't feel that time was difficult, but that time was fast. But now the five days are like years, as if there is no hope forever. Looking at the remnants of the defeated soldiers around her, Xu Jiayi sniffed and ordered someone to find Chang Tian over.

"I heard that there are still a lot of people in the prison in Changzhou City?" Tsunata's mental state is very bad, he has been staying up all night for several consecutive nights, and he only squints for one or two hours a day. So Xu Jiayi didn't go around in circles with him, and said bluntly, "Let them all out." ”

Chang Tian's mind cleared a little when he heard this, "Madam, those who made some small mistakes have been released before, and now those who are locked up in prison, they are all extremely vicious people, and they all have life lawsuits in their hands, and they are afraid of causing trouble if they are released." ”

"Which of our people here has no life on their hands?!" Xu Jiayi curled her lips absently, "Although they are not good people, but now is the time for Changzhou to survive, if the city is broken, who will have the heart to care about them?" As long as there is one of them who has a little conscience and dares to fight the barbarians with weapons, then they are not all extremely vicious. ”

"I'm just telling you that I'll go to the prison myself and let them out later. If I can kill one more barbarian, then I didn't do anything wrong. ”

Looking at Xu Jiayi's determined eyes, Chang Tian opened his mouth and didn't say anything of advice at the end, "Yes." ”

Here, Mrs. Chu and Xu Yao were originally transferred from Changzhou to Guanzhong in a carriage, and then from Guanzhong to Yangcheng. In order to take care of each other, several women sat in a carriage.

It's just that not far from Changzhou, I met the barbarians. These people have been guarding outside Changzhou for a long time, just wanting to stay here and slaughter people who want to escape from Changzhou. Although the number of barbarians is small, they are not afraid of death, and the guards are entangled with them for a while.

The guards tried their best to protect their masters, but those barbarians were not stupid, and they didn't pay attention to the group of guards, but went straight to the carriage, obviously guessing that the people in the carriage were more important.

Mama Yao lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the situation outside, her face was very ugly, "Old lady, cousin, the situation outside is very bad, I'm afraid we have to get off the carriage." ”

"Get off the carriage? Wouldn't that be more dangerous? Xu Yao raised her voice when she heard this, and her voice was a little out of tune because of its sharpness. Although I knew in my heart that it was not safe for them to stay in the carriage, wouldn't it be more dangerous if they got out of the carriage and they were a group of weak women who were powerless.

"The slave maid just looked, there are woods all around, and it is not so easy to find people if you go into the woods. There were guards outside, so it would be fine for us to hide in the woods. ”

Old Lady Chu and Xu Yao glanced at each other, both of them were a little undecided, but there were already barbarians who lifted the curtain of the carriage and stared at the people in the carriage with a pair of scarlet and bloodthirsty eyes, and it was very pleasant to see them panicked by themselves, and before the knife in their hands could move, someone solved the barbarian from behind with a knife.

When the carriage curtain was lifted again, Xu Yao was so frightened that she couldn't speak, but fortunately she was relieved when she saw that the people outside were her own, "Old lady, girl, please stay in the carriage and don't run around." ”

Everyone nodded again and again, and at this moment, even Mama Yao, who had just proposed to hide in the woods, didn't say anything. It's just that Xiangqiao moved her body slowly, picked up the big knife that the barbarian had just fallen at the door of the carriage and held it in her hand, holding her hands tightly in the air, as if whoever dared to come in would let him come and go.

The screams outside became less and less, and all of a sudden, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard from behind the carriages, and there were many people who heard the sounds, but they didn't know whether they were their own people or enemies. Several people in the carriage were a little uneasy, and they heard the Yan guard, who was the leader of the guards, outside and said loudly, "Old lady, cousin, my subordinates have offended, please get off the carriage first." ”

Yan Guard explained the reason, and now they don't know who the person who is coming, so they can only plan for the worst. The carriage was too much of an eye-catcher.

In a hurry, Mrs. Chu and the others could only abandon the carriage and flee on foot, who knew that as soon as they got off the carriage, a barbarian slashed at them with a knife, and everyone hurriedly took two steps back to avoid, and then the person did not stop, and the whole person hit the carriage and fell backwards, and coincidentally fell on a vertical sword, and the long sword pierced into the heart and killed him on the spot.

Several women breathed a sigh of relief, and helped each other to go deeper into the woods on the side.