The fighting will of the defenders of Gaoyouwei was obviously beyond Zhou Yuji's expectations, he originally thought that the fall of the city gate meant the fall of Gaoyouwei, but when the Ming army entered the city, he knew that this idea was very wrong.

The military city is located in the middle, and the four main roads leading to the office are all rammed earth barracks dormitories, at least a few hundred. Countless defenders hid on the roofs and behind the dormitories of these barracks, and under the cover of the terrain, they fired arrows at the Ming army and attacked them secretly.

The first batch of 500 Ming troops who entered the city had only rushed out of less than 30 zhang before they were attacked from all sides, and after losing one or two hundred men, they had to retreat to the city gate for a short rest.

Zhou Yuji ordered the Ming army to temporarily withdraw, occupy four city walls, rest for a while, and then try to attack.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Yuji ordered 2,000 Ming troops, divided into two routes, north and south, entered the city from the city gate, and began to clear the defenders of the barracks and street battles from the two gates one by one.

Because the defenders had taken advantage of the terrain, the Ming army had to shoot the archers on the roof first, and then try to break into the dormitory and kill the sergeants in the house.

Liang Min organized a group of 300 brave soldiers, personally led the army to take advantage of the night to raid, and the Ming army was caught off guard and collapsed, and the thirty zhang position that had just been occupied was immediately lost, and fled back to the city gate.

Liang Min, who recaptured the position, immediately ordered the sergeants to pile up hundreds of corpses at the street entrance and build a human fortification, and the defenders hid behind the fortifications to achieve the purpose of delaying the Ming army's offensive.

At dawn, the Ming army had to fight the rain of arrows to attack this human fortification, move the corpses one by one, clear the road again, and continue to repeat yesterday's battle.

The battle lasted for five days and five nights, and the Ming army fought with a two-to-three-to-one battle loss ratio, and after losing 2,000 lives, it finally cleared all the barracks involved in the street fighting one by one, occupied all the roads leading to the bureau, and forced the defenders to retreat to the last stronghold - the bureau.

The front yard is the office of the commander of the guard post and the office of the Tongzhi to deal with military affairs, and the back yard is the residence of the commander.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of the giant tree hitting the gate of the office was heard, like a spell urging life, knocking on the fragile nerves of everyone in the office.

After days of fierce fighting, Princess Kunxing lost her former look, looked at Liang Min, who was injured in many places, and said dejectedly, "Commander Liang, can't you hold it?" ”

The arrow on Liang Min's shoulder, blood kept gushing out, and he knew that the time limit had come, so he closed his eyes and said, "Yes, it will be tonight at the latest." ”

Princess Kunxing looked at the only three or four hundred remaining soldiers in the office, and the blades also fell to the ground, because of the fierce battles, they no longer had the strength to pick up the blades, "Haven't the reinforcements come yet?" ”

Liang Min smiled bitterly and said, "Princess, there are no reinforcements, Yangzhou Mansion is an outcast, where will there be reinforcements to send him to death?" ”

Princess Kunxing thought that she had promised them before, that after the war, she would reward a woman with one person, but now it seems that they can't enjoy it, and the promise can no longer be fulfilled, her nose is slightly sour, and her tears are almost dazzling, "The matter has come to this, you surrender!" No more needless resistance. ”

Liang Min sighed and said, "The matter has come to this, surrender is also a dead end, let's fight a decisive battle to the end!" ”

"Boom!"

The gate of the office was hit by a giant tree of the Ming army and collapsed.

Liang Min reluctantly raised the saber in his hand with both hands, and shouted loudly, "The princess went to the backyard to hide, we fought with the Ming army!" ”

The sergeants shouted in unison, picked up their blades on the ground, and began to make a final resistance.

Princess Kunxing retreated to the last bedroom in the backyard under the cover of Mama Liang and the palace maid. She ordered Mama Liang and a group of palace maids to pour fire oil in the bedroom, and as soon as the Ming army rushed, they would immediately set themselves on fire.

The shouting and shouting of killing kept coming from the official office, and Mama Liang cried and said, "Princess, surrender!" The queen mother and the prince will not be blamed in the past. ”

Princess Kunxing said to Mama Liang, "Three thousand soldiers have all died in battle, Zhu Cihong and I are already mortal enemies, where is there still a saying that a princess surrenders to the mortal enemy?" Surrender at this moment, others will never remember my stubborn defense of the high post guard this time, and will only think that I have come here to surrender. Mama Liang, if you want to escape, run for your life, I won't blame you! ”

Mama Liang was very resolute when she saw her commit suicide, and knelt down on the ground at her, "The slave maid will not leave the princess, and the other palace maids, if you want to escape, run away!" ”

Several palace maids fled out of the door one after another when they were amnesty, and the only ones left were Mama Liang, and the little palace maid who was raped and received the favor of the princess.

The little palace maid is usually an inconspicuous palace maid, and the princess can't remember her name for a while, but she didn't expect that at this moment of life and death, she would stay with her to be cremated, and hurriedly asked, "Are you really not running away?" ”

The little palace maid bowed to the ground at the princess, whimpered and said, "The slave was sold into the palace by her father and mother since she was a child, and the princess is the best person in the world for the slave and the maid, and the slave and the maid are willing to die with the princess!" ”

The princess asked, "What is your name?" ”

The little palace maid said in a low voice, "The slave maid is called ......."

The sound of killing outside the dormitory was getting closer and closer, and there was no time to delay with the little palace maid, so the princess hurriedly interrupted her, "From now on, you will be called Xiaoguozi!" Xiaoguozi, you and Mama Liang go and pour fire oil! ”

Mama Liang and Xiaoguozi followed the princess's instructions, filled the bedroom with fire oil, and handed the fire fold into the princess's hands. Whether to light the fire or not, and when to light the fire, is all up to the princess alone.

"Bang!"

Liang Min, who had four arrows in his vest, rushed into the dormitory, stumbled and fell to the ground, panting violently, crawling step by step to the princess and said, "The outer courtyard is lost, princess!" ”

Princess Kunxing immediately ordered Mama Liang and Xiaoguozi to close the door of the dormitory, rushed forward and squatted beside Liang Min, already in tears, "Commander Liang, you take care of your injuries and don't fight anymore." ”

Liang Min spurted out a mouthful of blood, his anger became more and more intense, and his whole body trembled, "I tried my best, I can't protect the princess in the future." Before I die, I have one more thing to say. ”

The princess's tears fell down his scarred body, and she whimpered, "You say, I remember them all." ”

Liang Min took two deep breaths and mentioned a little, "I agreed to come to Gaoyouwei, not because I want to go down in history, but, but, since I saw the princess for the first time in Yangzhou Mansion, the princess is the goddess in my heart, fighting to protect the princess, I will also go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire." It's just, it's just that the 2,000 brothers of the Haisha Gang are all gone. ”

Only then did the princess know why Liang Min recognized herself as a princess at a glance before, and even more disregarded her life, and was willing to accompany her to Gaoyouwei to die, and cried and said, "Commander Liang, you will be fine, take care of your injuries first." ”

Liang Min's eyes became more and more confused, "Princess, before I die, I want to ......"

He slowly raised his hand and wanted to touch the princess's slender hand, but when he saw that the princess's hand was white and immaculate, glowing with holy light, and his own hand was full of blood, he was afraid of blaspheming the nobility of the goddess, so he finally did not dare to touch it.

The princess saw what he was thinking, and at once caught his bloodied hand, and kissed him lightly on the lips. Liang Min showed a satisfied smile, his arm slowly fell in midair, his eyes gradually closed, his breathing became weaker and weaker, and he finally lost his life.

The princess lay down on Liang Min's corpse and cried for a long time.

Mama Liang leaned in the crack of the door and looked out, all the Haisha gang members, as well as the Xuanjia sergeant, had been killed, and the courtyard was full of Ming soldiers. But because the fugitive palace maid reported that the princess was still in the dormitory, and the dormitory was also full of fire oil, no one dared to approach the dormitory rashly, for fear of stimulating the princess to light a fire, and everyone would be punished.

Princess Kunxing waited until the afternoon, and Zhu Cihong's voice sounded at the door, "Imperial sister, your willfulness should end here, surrender!" ”

The princess said in a cold voice, "Zhu Cihong, you already owe me a blood debt of 3,000 soldiers, and we are mortal enemies. I will never be captured alive by you, if you dare to take a step in, I will immediately light the fire! ”

Zhu Cihong saw that she was very resolute, and she didn't dare to force her too much, so she hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I won't force you, and you are not allowed to light a fire and commit suicide." ”

He ordered a hundred Ming troops to guard the princess's bedchamber, and hurried away.

In the next two days, Zhu Cihong also came to persuade him two or three times, but he was scolded by Princess Kunxing every time. In the early morning of the third day, Princess Kunxing, Mama Liang, and Xiaoguozi had been hungry for three days and three nights, and they had long lost their strength, but they would rather die than ask the Ming army for food.

Outside the door, I suddenly remembered the sound of hurried footsteps, and someone kept shouting, "Quick! Fast! ”

The princess thought that the Ming army was about to attack, so she hurriedly raised the candle glowing with candlelight, and once the Ming army broke the door, she would immediately light a fire.

Outside the door, Yu Ji's voice sounded, "Quick, put the food at the door!" ”

Zhou Yuji knocked on the door of the dormitory and said, "Princess, Fang Yuan has already sent someone to negotiate, to change the princess to go back, the princess must not set fire to suicide." Water, food, I have been left at the door. ”

He threw down such a sentence, and ordered all the Ming troops in the backyard to evacuate, and they were not allowed to get even half a step closer to the dormitory.

Fang Yuan is finally back?! Finally saved?!

Princess Kunxing's nerves, which had been tense for two months, finally relaxed, and she threw herself into Mama Liang's arms and cried bitterly.