"Boom, boom!"

The artillery position rang out three times, and the lead bullets smashed the Gaoyou Guard city wall into a mess, and the Haisha gang on the city wall also took refuge.

Princess Kunxing remained motionless, still insisting on standing above the city gate.

The scene on the city gate, Zhou Yuji saw it clearly with a lookout glass, the princess was not blackmailing him, but really regarded death as home!

He is also a hero who knows heroes and values heroes, and he is both surprised and admired by Princess Kunxing, but more often he is in a dilemma.

Give the order to keep firing! The guns have no eyes, if the princess at the head of the city has three long and two short, even if he returns triumphantly, how should he explain to Queen Zhou and the prince of the prison country?

Stay put! A mere high-ranking post guard has been dragging out for a long time, and this huge southward movement has not become a joke?

General Cui Yun asked again, "Governor, do you want to open fire?" ”

Zhou Yuji closed his eyes slightly, hesitated for at least half an hour, and after weighing all the pros and cons, he finally sighed and handed the princess's letter to Cui Yun, "Immediately send someone to the capital by eight hundred miles of fast horses, and ask the court to decide!" ”

Due to the princess's sudden obstruction, Zhou Yuji chose to temporarily suspend his troops, only surrounded Gao Youwei, and sent several sergeants to take over other states and counties in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Twenty days later, Zhu Cihong, the prince of the prison state, personally led 2,000 Shenji battalions from the capital to Gaoyouwei in the starry night. Zhou Yuji hurriedly went out of the camp for ten miles and took the crown prince Zhu Cihong into the barracks.

Zhu Cihong did not delay, and immediately ordered the sergeant to go to the guard of Gaoyou and spread the word to negotiate with Princess Kunxing.

When Princess Kunxing heard that the imperial brother Zhu Cihong had arrived in person, she also hurried to the city wall, and went out of the city under the escort of Liang Min and a hundred other people, and ordered Liang Min and others to stop fifty steps away.

Under the escort of the 100th Shenji Battalion, the crown prince Zhu Cihong approached Gaoyouwei, and saw that Princess Kunxing came alone, so he also left the Shenji Battalion fifty steps away and came alone.

The brother and sister were separated by a distance of five zhang, Zhu Cihong stopped at the horse, stared at the princess who had been separated for two years, her face was gloomy, and she said sharply, "Jiao'er, go back to the capital with me immediately, and I will take care of you for the rest of your life." ”

Princess Kunxing smiled miserably and said, "My concubine is in Nanzhili, and I don't want to go back to the capital." ”

Zhu Cihong said angrily, "Zhao Fang was originally a concubine, but his father was dizzy. That traitor has imprisoned you, what qualifications do you have to be this colt again? You have been so wronged these days, my mother and I miss you very much, Jiao'er, come back! ”

Princess Kunxing's eyes were almost dazzling, and she held back her tears and scolded him, "Don't say bad things about your father and the horse." The horse fought the Manchu Qing Dynasty, leveled the Zheng clan, and drove the Japanese Kou, which was the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, and was by no means a traitor, I was willing to be with the horse, and I was not wronged at all. ”

Zhu Cihong saw that she was still stubborn, and he couldn't wait to immediately step forward and arrest her directly. But when he saw the guards behind her, if there was a dispute, no one in the chaotic army could protect him, the prince of the prison country, from being thorough.

Zhu Cihong said angrily, "Then what do you want to talk about with me and the queen mother when you write a letter?" ”

Princess Kunxing wiped away her tears and said, "I want to ask, obviously both sides have made peace talks, why did the imperial court suddenly turn around and raise troops to the south?" ”

Zhu Cihong said coldly, "Fang Yuan just wants my life, Fang Yuan and I are incompatible, what are we talking about?!" ”

Princess Kunxing didn't get the answer she wanted, so she could only persuade her with good words, "Brother Huang, I don't know why you have such a prejudice against the horse, at least I have never heard the horse say that you want your life." No matter what misunderstandings there are between the two sides or what conditions are required for peace talks, everyone is a family and can sit down and talk calmly. While the two armies have not yet started a military disaster, the royal brother will withdraw first! Once the war starts, everything is irreparable! ”

Zhu Cihong looked up to the sky and laughed and said, "Fang Yuan is now deeply involved in the Fujian war, it is the best opportunity for the imperial court to recapture Nanzhili and annihilate Fang Yuan, how can you miss the opportunity?" Girl, I say it again, stay away from the war-torn place, and obediently follow me back to the capital. ”

Princess Kunxing saw that he was obsessed, Hua Rong showed a touch of disappointment, and said with a deep sigh, "Brother Huang, I will say it again, I am the wife of the concubine." If you want to kill the pony so much, even me will join you! ”

Zhu Cihong pointed at her with a horsewhip and said, "Zhu Zhengjiao, believe it or not, I will immediately break through this Gao Youwei and arrest you back to your home to be punished!" ”

Princess Kunxing pursed her lips and smiled, and replied without letting him say at all, "Zhu Cihong, I don't know how much ability you have, and you can't compare with a horse at all." If you have the ability to break through the Gao Youwei and capture me alive, I will immediately make amends to you, and whatever you say from now on will be whatever you say. ”

What Zhu Cihong didn't want to hear the most was that he was not as good as Fang Yuan, and his father and mother thought so, so he put up with it. My sister also thought so, so it would involve a fight between men, and she said fiercely at the moment, "Okay, Zhu Zhengjiao, you wait for me!" ”

The sibling negotiations broke down again.

Princess Kunxing left such a sentence, and did not say more, turned back to Gaoyouwei, and the city gate slowly closed again.

Zhu Cihong returned to the barracks angrily, still muttering, "Zhu Zhengjiao, am I not as good as Fang Yuan?" I'm going to capture you alive, so you can take a good look at which one is stronger or weaker between me and Fang Yuan. ”

The military situation was urgent, and Zhou Yuji hurriedly stepped forward to ask for instructions on the next military action.

Zhu Cihong was still angry, and shouted loudly, "Immediately break through the Gao Youwei and capture the princess alive, and the rest of the thieves will not be left, and all of them will be slaughtered." ”

Zhou Yuji saw that he was broken by anger, and said again, "Prince, it is easy to break through Gao Youwei, but it is even more difficult to capture the princess alive." ”

Zhu Cihong stared at him coldly and said, "What does Governor Zhou mean by this?" ”

Zhou Yuji said bluntly, "If our army bombards Gaoyouwei with artillery, Gaoyouwei can go down overnight." But the princess is not afraid of life and death standing on the city wall, if it is bombarded with artillery, no one can protect the princess, and it is difficult to capture her alive! ”

Zhu Cihong thought for a while and said, "Governor Zhou, the military order of the imperial court is that no matter how you break through Gaoyouwei, the imperial sister must be safe and sound. If the royal sister is a little damaged, no one who goes out on the expedition will have no merit! ”

Zhou Yuji listened to his absurd military order, which was the same absurdity as Emperor Jianwen's order that the two armies should not be injured in battle, and he couldn't help but be surprised, "Prince, if you can't use artillery, how can you break through Gao Youwei?" ”

Zhu Cihong asked him rhetorically, "Governor Zhou, the Qin and Han dynasties, the Three Kingdoms, the Tang, the Song Dynasty, and the Yuan and Mongolia before the Ming Dynasty all had no artillery, so they won't attack the city?!" Bai Qi, Han Xin, Wei Huo, and even the two generals of the Ming Dynasty, Chang and Xu, how could they become a generation of famous generals without artillery? ! My mother and I just want the peace of the royal sister alone, how can it be as difficult as ascending to the sky, and it is difficult to defend the Daming Dynasty and the society? ! ”

Zhou Yuji was speechless by his repeated ridicule, but what Zhu Cihong brought was a military order, and the duty of a soldier is obedience, and he had no room to refuse.

"Yes, the ministers will do their best to take down the high post guard and capture the princess alive!"

Zhou Yuji gave up his hand to take the order, and as soon as he left the barracks, he met the deputy general Cui Yun, and stepped forward and asked, "Governor, do you want to fight or not?" ”

Zhou Yuji said helplessly, "Fight, but you can't use artillery." ”

There is still this kind of self-cutting arm in this world, Cui Yun was shocked when he heard it, "This, what kind of play is it?" ”

Zhou Yuji looked up to the sky and sighed, "This is a military order of the imperial court, you must capture Princess Kunxing alive, even if you use your flesh and blood to fill it, you must capture Gaoyouwei." ”

Cui Yun said angrily, "The prince doesn't know any soldiers, it's just nonsense." You know, Governor, that this battle can't be fought! ”

Zhou Yuji slapped him in the face, knocked him to the ground, and scolded angrily, "Cui Yun, can this governor not know? However, this is a military order of the imperial court, and the governor will say it again, the military order is like a mountain, and those who violate the order will be beheaded immediately! ”

In the early morning of the next day, the Ming army began to march out of the camp and prepare to attack Gaoyouwei.

Princess Kunxing and Liang Min looked at the camp of the Ming army attacking the city, and there was no trace of artillery.

Princess Kunxing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the royal brother finally fell for the trick. Zhu Cihong's ambiguity for her beyond the love of brother and sister is clear to her. Yesterday, he deliberately used Fang Yuan to stimulate Zhu Cihong, but he didn't expect this imperial brother to really withdraw all the artillery.

Regardless of whether Zhu Cihong has the ability or not, there is no doubt about her care and love, although Princess Kunxing's plan was successful, Hua Rong did not see any joy, but sighed softly in her heart, "Brother Huang, thank you!" ”

Liang Min was stunned and asked, "Why did the Ming army suddenly withdraw its artillery?" ”

Princess Kunxing said lightly, "Commander Liang, the Ming army has no artillery, and the responsibility of guarding Gaoyou is all on you!" ”

The Ming army without artillery was like a tiger with its teeth pulled out, Liang Min's confidence regained a little, patted his chest and said, "The city is in the people, the city is dead!" ”

In the distant plains, the Ming army's military formation began to move forward.

The battle to defend Gaoyou has finally begun!