In March of the first year of Yongli, the Qing army had captured Pingle, Qu Shiyun estimated that the enemy would inevitably fight for Guilin, while dispatching grain and grass, while transferring Jiao Lian's troops stationed in Huangsha Town back to Guilin, in order to boost morale, Qu Shiyun even put together his own silver to reward the soldiers. On the morning of the next day, the Qing troops suddenly attacked Guilin and entered the Wenchang Gate.

In February of the second year of Yongli, Hao Yongzhong, the former general of the Dashun Army of the United Ming Dynasty against the Qing Dynasty (that is, Hao Shaoqi), retreated to Guilin after being frustrated in the battle of Lingchuan, and was discriminated against by the local garrison, and mutiny, Hao Yongzhong's troops plundered and killed Huang Taiyuan, who was not in Guilin at that time, and Qu Shiyun's home was also looted, and his family took out He Tengjiao's arrows before he went out of the city.

After Qu Shiyun returned to the city in early March, he took care of the aftermath, first calmed the people's hearts, strengthened war preparedness, and the superintendent He Tengjiao also led troops to defend Guilin, and then defeated the Qing soldiers.

In the third year of Yongli, after He Tengjiao was martyred, Qu Shiyun concurrently served as the superintendent, and successively recovered Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, Wugang and other prefectures and counties. Helplessly, the middle and upper levels of the Southern Ming Dynasty were vying for power and profit, and the local troops in Guangxi, who were able to fight well, fought for a long time and could not recuperate, which greatly weakened their combat effectiveness.

In the first month of the fourth year of Yongli, Nanxiong was broken by the Qing soldiers, and soon the whole state fell again, the strict pass was lost, and the officers and troops who retreated from the front line were actually plundered along the way, and the order was chaotic, and the generals stationed in the city fled without a fight.

Qu Shiyun was extremely angry, beat his chest and said: "The state has raised these people with high-ranking officials, and now they are acting like this, shameful!" Shameful! ”。

The situation is getting worse and worse, in early October, when the Qing army came to the city, the soldiers and civilians of Guilin had already scattered and fled, and even the male and female servants of the Qu Mansion were scattered. The second son has gone through a lot of hardships and is rushing from Changshu to visit the adult, just avoid it for a while, and the father and son can meet. ”

Qu Shiyun waved his hand and said: "I am staying in Guilin, I didn't guard this place, I'm sorry for the country, what kind of children do I care!" Then he dressed himself and sat down in the yamen.

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Zhang Tongchang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and the governor of Guangxi, was a student of Qu Shiyun, and saw that the situation was irreparable, so he fled back to Guilin from Lingchuan with the rout. Zhang Tongchang usually respects Qu Shiyun very much, and immediately swam across the river alone, rushed to the yamen to see Qu Shiyun and said: "Teacher, the situation is so critical, what should you do?" ”

Qu Shiyun said: "I am left behind, and I have the responsibility to guard this place, the city survives and survives, and the city dies and dies." Today, dying for the country and dying brightly, you are not staying, why don't you leave? ”

After hearing this, Zhang Tongchang said: "Teacher, I was defeated in the past, as long as I don't run, there will always be troops to follow me, in order to rise again; And this time they all ran away, and no soldier dared to fight again, which shows that the people's hearts have been dispersed, what else can I do if I don't die? If you want to die, you will die together! Teacher, won't you allow me to die with you? ”

After speaking, he sat down on the chair next to him and drank with Qu Shiyun.

The east gradually turned white, and the Qing soldiers rushed into the yamen to tie them up, Qu Shiyun said: "We are not afraid of death, we have waited all night, and there is no need to bind." Then he and Zhang Tongchang walked out of the yamen with their heads held high.

Kong Youde was bent on subduing Qu Shiyun, and he has been imprisoned so far, but he has been repeatedly rejected sternly, and finally lost his patience.

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"Don't Mountain, this is the last word I wrote, tomorrow you ask that General Yu to take it out, if it reaches the ears of the emperor in the future, it can be regarded as an old man."

Qu Shiyun handed a manuscript to Zhang Tongchang through the window, and said with a deep gaze.

Zhang Tongchang took the manuscript and read aloud:

"Calmly wait for death and the death of the city, and the loyal ministers of the ages are independent; For three hundred years, the grace has been long, and the hair is still full of fragrance! ”

"Teacher's righteousness!" Zhang Tongchang said awe-inspiringly.

"Don't Mountain, you're a fast gunner, can you chant too? This is the only thing you and I can last leave to this country. ”

"How dare the student fall behind, and an article has already been prepared, so please ask the teacher to correct the student one last time."

Zhang Tong opened his eyes with tears in his eyes and whispered:

"The sad song of January waits at this time, and God knows how to take righteousness; The clothes do not change the pre-life system, and the name and surname are empty and leave the posthumous poems.

Broken mountains and rivers rested bones, and even the monarch's father did not soothe his eyebrows; The soul is lazy and refers to the way home, and goes straight to the tombs to worship the old monument. ”

"Good! Besan ...... I love the best scenery in my life, this place is quite good, you and I can go with peace of mind! ”

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The teacher and student Er Zhongliang knew that the deadline was approaching, and he was smiling at life and death, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Yu Cheng with a few people in tight-fitting clothes quietly touching into the hole, Yu Cheng knelt in front of Qu Shiqi, and said urgently:

"Lord Governor, Lord Governor, humble and lowly in a humble position, I have seen the adults trapped and humiliated for days, but I am powerless to save them, and my heart is like a knife. Today, there are finally reinforcements to rescue, please wait for the adults to break out of the prison quickly, return to Nanning to meet with the emperor, recruit people from all over the world, and then try to achieve a great cause. ”

"General Yu, you are in Cao Ying, your heart is in Han, and the old man knows." Qu Shiyun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said suddenly:

"However, the situation is already like this, even if the old man is out of the cage, how can he save the building from collapse? The only way to be loyal to the community is to be loyal. ”

"Master Inspector, I don't hide it, the existing loyal and brave volunteers come to help, I hope for the revival of the Ming Dynasty, we only hope that the adult Jiaolong will return to the sea, ascend to the heights and shout, and hope that the adults will see it." Seeing this, Yu Cheng said sadly.

Qu Shiyun pondered for a long time when he heard this, and asked in a deep voice, "General Yu, is this true?" ”

"Lin Xiao, the leader of the Ming Anti-Qing Righteous Army, has seen two adults."

Without waiting for Yu Cheng to answer, Lin Xiao stepped forward and said with a straight face: "I am dressed in Xia Rong, it is inconvenient to salute, I hope your lord will forgive me." We have returned from overseas to serve, and now we have stationed troops in Qinzhou, everything is ready, and we will be able to send troops to escort the king in a few days, I heard that the adults were imprisoned, and the special light cavalry came to rescue, and the current situation is urgent, and the details are not too detailed to say, and please ask the two adults to quickly follow me out of the city. ”

Qu Shiyun and Zhang Tongchang were suspicious and smiled at each other.

After a while, Qu Shiyun finally nodded, he figured it out during this time, if he had the opportunity to escape, he didn't want to die like this, he wanted to continue to serve the country, if not, he would die in battle sooner or later.

Zhang Tongchang trusts Yu Cheng quite a lot, and he nodded at the moment, since he is not even afraid of death, it doesn't matter if he is true or not, let's go out and talk about it.

At that moment, the two walked out of the prison door that Yu Cheng had already opened, and were about to get out of the hole, but they saw Yu Cheng and Mo Yuanwei step forward and take out two ropes, Mo Yuanwei said apologetically:

"The two adults have been imprisoned for many days, I am afraid that my physical strength will not be exhausted, and Lord Zhang is still injured, so it is better to carry the adults down the mountain by the humble rank."

Everyone couldn't help but say, tied the two adults to Mo Yuanwei and Yu Cheng, tied them up, Lin Xiao took the lead and flashed out of the hole, everyone rushed out, and Yu Cheng followed closely with two entourage cronies.

Lin Xiao had already planned the way to go down the mountain, everyone touched a cliff in front of a cliff, and found a bundle of thick hemp rope behind an ancient pine, one end tied to the root of the tree, Zhang Chenfeng put the big sniper behind him, grabbed the hemp rope and tried it, slowly swinged down the mountain along the mountain wall, and quickly touched the sniper position after quietly landing, turned on the night vision device, and alerted the direction of the Qing military camp.

Subsequently, Liu Xulei, He Shouxin, Mo Yuanwei, Yu Cheng and others slipped down the mountain one by one along the rope, and Lin Xiao took Yu Cheng's two personal soldiers to break off.

Unexpectedly, although Mo Yuanwei was burly and had great strength, his skills were far less dexterous than Yu Cheng's, and the terrain was not as familiar as Yu Cheng's.