Updated: 2013-10-13

Zhiying thought that Yang Qiong had returned to Yanzhou Mansion, and it would be easy to repel Bai Yingchun, and everyone didn't have to worry about it, who knew that the Ganzhou army had suffered defeats again and again, but it didn't retreat, and it dragged on and on, and even more trouble came.

On the order of Cui Jie, the Liangzhou army that went north to exterminate Huerhana and others first went to Maquanguan, and did not see the biggest enemy Huerhana, only a group of kings of various countries who were also confused, Han Cha, the commander of the Great Chu Northern Expeditionary Army, saw that the biggest fish had slipped through the net, and wrote a letter back to the capital to report to Cui Jie, while ordering the ruins of Maquanguan to be surrounded, and the kings of Babian, Chacha and other countries were all essentially imprisoned, waiting for Cui Jie's next instructions.

The soldiers scattered in search of Khurhana, and finally found the Beidi people on a river beach that had begun to decay.

The once brutal King of Beidi, Huerhana, was left with only a fat body, and his head was cut off.

The subordinates came back to report to Han Chai, Han Chai immediately reacted that they were preempted by Yang Qiong, Hu'er Hana was dead, Yang Qiong must have been on the way back to Yanzhou, so he immediately ordered to leave 20,000 people to guard the kings of various countries, and the rest of the people immediately pulled out the camp and chased eastward with all their might, there was no need to kill Yang Qiong before he returned to Huben Pass.

Zhiying didn't know that Cui Yi had such worries, and Shan Jian had a bad impression of Bo Mu'er, and the two were almost certain that Bo Mu would sow discord - because he had always done this, so since Cui Yi didn't want Yang Qiong to defect and be used by Cui Jie, it was better to simply borrow a knife to kill people, and people who couldn't use it for themselves would have no value in living.

When everyone in the city of Yanzhou Mansion relaxed their vigilance, Han Chai's 40,000 army came, and specially chose a weather day with heavy rain to start attacking the city.

The strategy of boiling oil rosin with a surplus did not work, the torches could not be thrown out at all, and rapeseed oil was not a particularly easy thing to light, and it would not burn even more if it rained, so the situation evolved into a battle of 5,000 to 60,000, one to twelve.

Even if Yang Qiong has eighteen kinds of martial arts, he can't handle this situation, Zhiying lamented that it is in the sky to make things happen, I am afraid that this Yanzhou Mansion will not be able to hold it, and there is no news from Xuanzhou for the time being, let alone whether Cui Yi has started to attack the capital, if the rear of Yanzhou falls, the soldiers in front will face the danger of being flanked before and after.

Outside the city was Han Chai's fierce attack, and inside the city was the people who fled with their children and daughters. As soon as Zhiying heard his name, he knew that even if Kaesong surrendered and saved the people, he had to order the evacuation of the people of the city, and the soldiers should hold on no matter what, until all their relatives left.

The catapult threw up the big stones frantically, and the two of them hugged the thick siege stakes under the combined force of seven or eight soldiers, and slammed the gate of the tiger prison again and again, and the dense arrows were not much worse than the heavy rain on their heads, and the soldiers could hardly even open their eyes, all of them were soaked, frowning and trying to look ahead.

"Sister!" Zhong Luhuan held an umbrella and soaked up the city tower, "Sister, the east gate is also surrounded, and now the army of the imperial court will definitely rush in when the city gate is opened, what should I do now!" ”

Zhiying stood under the eaves, most of her body was wet by the rainstorm flying diagonally, her lips were white from the cold, and she turned her head when she heard the words: "When did it happen?" Do they still have the strength to besiege the city? ”

The rain was too heavy, Zhong Luhuan simply put away the umbrella, wiped her face and said, "Just now, I rushed all the way to tell you." ”

"Is Hao'er out?" Zhi Ying asked.

"Xiaoqiu and Langyue escaped with him last night," Zhong Luhuan replied, "When Sister-in-law Wang's family left this morning, I wanted them to take Xian'er with them, but Xian'er refused to say anything, and kept crying for her mother." ”

Zhiying felt a pain in her heart, thinking of her daughter's red and fluttering little face, when she almost died in Xuanzhou, she only had this daughter as her companion, and now the city is about to break, and Xiao Cui Xian is still the only relative who is with her.

Maybe it's fate! He was originally unblessed to have children, and it is already a great happiness to be able to have this pair of children after being reborn, Cui Hao is still young, it is good to escape, even if he grows up in a peasant family in the future, it is better than being involved in the crown prince turmoil again, and losing his life in vain, as for Cui Xian, he can't leave if he doesn't want to go, so he ...... Only to die with yourself.

I only hope that Cui Yi won't blame her for losing Yanzhou Mansion, with that person's temperament, most of them won't!

Thinking of the words he gave to Bailizan, a desolate and satisfied smile appeared on Zhiying's face: Although he failed, he did not regret his efforts.

There are not enough people in the city, holding Ying to guard the south gate, Yang Qiong to guard the tiger prison pass in the west, and now the east gate is also surrounded.

The 5,000 people should be divided into three places, each with less than 2,000 people, and they could not withstand the offensive of the Ganzhou army and the Liangzhou army, which were several times their own, and the soldiers continued to die, and the people who could not escape also contributed to cooking, moving stones, repairing the damaged city walls, and doing everything they could, but they still could not restore the situation that the edifice was about to decline.

It rained heavily for three days, and when Ming Jin counted the number of people, there were less than 4,000 left, and he didn't close his eyes for two days, and he almost collapsed to the ground when he heard the report.

When the strength is equal, the brave wins, when the strength disparity is great, the wise win, and when the strength disparity is too large, the strong wins.

At this time, no matter how much wisdom there is, it is in vain, and if Yanzhou Mansion wants to defend it, there must be someone!

Zhiying finally couldn't help it, and covered her face with her hands and cried bitterly.

"Madam, either the general will protect Madame and Miss and kill them out!" Yang Qiong also stayed up for two days and two nights, his eyes were as red as rabbits, and he had no choice but to propose, "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, although Han Chai has slaughtered the city, but after all, it is a foreign city, and he has to be so ruthless, so he simply abandoned Yanzhou Mansion, all the way to the south, to meet with the prince, as long as the prince conquers the capital, it doesn't matter whether Yanzhou is lost or not, the important thing is that people live." ”

Holding Ying's head bent almost to his knees: "No...... It was I who forced 100,000 people up and down Yanzhou Mansion to a dead end, how could I abandon them at a critical juncture, we only have two choices now, either fight or die, the prince is the most critical moment, no matter what, we can't lose the hearts of the people. ”

Yang Qiong sighed, at such a life-threatening moment, her first thought was still her husband, Cui Yi's country and the people's hearts, so she even did not hesitate to put herself in extreme danger, and even sacrificed her own life, what makes her more fearless than a man?

He doesn't understand, Zhong Luhuan doesn't understand, no one understands, even Cui Yi. Only Zhiying understood in her heart that Cui Yi changed her fate of being deceived and abandoned, gave her the children she wanted and her husband who loved her and believed in her, and these were too precious compared to glory and wealth.

So much so that she was willing to use her life to save him.

On the fourth day of the tug-of-war, Cui Xiang was injured.

The 50,000-strong army besieged the city, and even the family members were transferred to the city gate, and the prince of Jing was no one to guard it, so he naturally came out and jumped again. He didn't know what was going on outside, so when he went out, he asked Zhong Luhuan where he went, and learned that one of her girls actually ran up to the city tower to supervise the battle, and he was so distressed that he insisted on going over to see what was going on despite the dissuasion of the little girl.

Although Zhong Luhuan has not led troops to fight, she has been exposed to it since she was a child, and she also knows some art of war, and she has a good command, but her behavior is almost equivalent to looking for death in Cui Xiang's eyes, so Cui Xiang went up and pulled and dragged, insisting that she go down, Zhong Luhuan resolutely did not back down, and when the two were pulling and pulling on the city gate, there were archers under the city gate who saw the opportunity and shot an arrow, Cui Xiang flew and blocked, and was shot through the shoulder by an arrow.

This news is tantamount to making matters worse for Zhiying, but she is already very tired, and she really can't afford to teach this troublemaker a lesson, fortunately Cheng Fengyi is in Yanzhou Mansion, although Cui Xiang's injury is serious, it is not fatal, and it should be fine with the care of a divine doctor.

Although Zhong Luhuan didn't like Cui Xiang and even hated him a little, it was a fact that he saved his life, and his mood was very conflicted, he felt that he should visit and take care of him, and he felt that it was more important to keep Yanzhou Mansion at the moment, and the whole person was absent-minded.

At lunchtime, Cheng Fengyi brought a food box to comfort her, and saw that she was even more haggard than yesterday, and the chopsticks were poked in the face during the meal, so she smiled and said, "Sister Zhong is worried about the injury of the seventh master?" The soul doesn't know where to go. ”

Zhong Luhuan came back to her senses and said embarrassedly: "No, no! I can trust Sister Cheng's medical skills, and the seventh master will be fine. ”

Not long after Cheng Fengyi arrived, no one had a long tongue to tell her about the stupid things Cui Xiang had done, so she thought that Cui Xiang and Zhong Luhuan were a couple, and at this time, the man's injury was lying on the bed, or because of the woman's injury, it was reasonable for Zhong Luhuan to want to go back to take care of him.

"The injuries on the seventh master's body are not serious, but I am afraid that the wounds in the heart cannot be treated with medicinal stones," Cheng Fengyi fanned her and said, "Although I don't know about marching and fighting, but there has been no major incident for so many days, presumably the Ganzhou army will not be able to break through the city gate for a while, I will stay here for you, you go back to accompany the seventh master!" ”

Zhong Luhuan was stunned with the bowl, Cheng Fengyi smoothed a strand of sideburns behind her ear for her, and said: "The seventh master saved your life, you should accompany him, Zhiying will not blame you." ”

“…… Then there is Sister Lao Cheng. ”

The people in the palace went to the empty building, only three or two maids were lonely, and they stayed, cooking and simmering medicine every day, and the rest of the time was in a daze, Cui Xiang was so bored that he was going to die, Zhong Luhuan came to visit his illness at this time, just like sending charcoal in the snow, if it weren't for the severe pain on his body, the little prince couldn't wait to jump out of bed and revolve around her.

Zhong Luhuan sat on the edge of the bed and fed him medicine, Cui Xiang's eyes lit up, like a Chinese pastoral dog that had only seen meat and bones, and his tongue was snorting.

Cui Xiang had nothing to say: "Lu Huan, I like you." ”

Zhong Luwan lowered her eyes, blew lightly on the medicine in the bowl, and did not answer.

Cui Xiang repeated aggrievedly: "I really like you, why can't you like me?" Where am I inferior to that Yang Gongqi, doesn't he just know how to fight? What could be the big deal? ”

Zhong Luhuan said lightly: "Don't mention General Yang again, your beating has made him dissatisfied with his sister and the prince, I have nothing to do with him, he doesn't like me, I don't like him, I've already told you this." ”

Cui Xiang was still dissatisfied: "If you don't like him, why do you speak for him in everything?" I'm so good to you, I think about everything for you, isn't it because I like you? But you don't even want to look at me. ”

Zhong Luhuan didn't bother to pay attention to him, and stuffed a spoonful into his mouth: "Drink medicine." ”

Cui Xiang swallowed the bitter medicinal juice and asked, "Do you have someone else you like?" Who is it? ”

Zhong Luhuan was almost crazy, and almost wanted to drop the bowl and leave, but at this moment, a personal soldier rushed in from outside the door and shouted: "Cousin! Cousin! General Yang is injured, and his wife is rushing to Huben Pass, asking you to go to the south of the city immediately to take over the city defense! ”