"Don't back down! You are the warriors of Hami, even if you die, you must meet it with your chest! Don't back down! Behind is Hami! The commander of the Hami army, who was in charge of commanding the guards, shouted loudly, inspiring the few Hami troops to swear to hold their positions.

These Hami soldiers have been sticking to Hami with Princess Shao An for more than ten days, and it can be said that they are dealing with death almost every day, and they were indeed a little scared at the beginning, but at this point, their lives can be said to have been picked up, and they don't feel afraid. What's more, there are so many brothers who have died under the sword of the Uighur army, and if you don't fight with them, what kind of face will you have to meet these brothers after you die?

Damn, killing one is enough, killing two is earned! Fight with them! All the soldiers of the Hami Army did not care about death, and everyone remained firmly in place, refusing to take a step back, unless they fell in the shadow of the sword. Every step the Uighurs took was a heavy one.

"Well done, warriors! You are all the glory of Hami, and after holding on for a while, the princess will soon come over with reinforcements! "Seeing that his subordinates are so brave and loyal, the commander of the Hami army is also very moved in his heart, and he takes such a group of brothers to fight on the battlefield, even if it is a horse leather shroud, he has no regrets.

Commander Wan personally came to the front line and fought with ordinary Uighur soldiers, swords and swords, blood-stained robes, and had already cut down three Uighur soldiers in succession.

A Uighur centurion was so unconvinced when he saw that some of the enemy were so brave, and he did not bother to inquire about his official position, so he came to fight the captain with a spear.

The Uighur centurions stabbed at the Hami captain, but were skillfully sideways by the Hami captain.

Then, an eye-popping scene appeared, the commander of the Hami army grabbed the Uighur centurion's spear with a "click" of his arm, and then picked it up stubbornly, and before the Uighur centurion could react, he raised his knife upwards and stabbed it, and at the same time let go, and with a "poof", there was a sound of steel knives entering the flesh, but it was the Uighur centurion's throat that was shot through, and he was completely silent.

Before the commander of the Hami army had time to be happy, he only listened to the "whoosh" of three sharp arrows, which were inserted into his chest and abdomen respectively, although he wore armor, but at such a close distance, heavy arrows could pierce his armor and skin, and hurt his internal organs.

The commander of the Hami army spurted a mouthful of blood, and with his eyes full of unwillingness and infinite affection, he fell to the ground with a "plop" without saying a word.

"Captain!" The soldiers of the Hami Army turned their heads and shouted. This captain was a relatively upright man, never drank the blood of soldiers, and was very kind to soldiers, so he was very popular with soldiers. When the soldiers saw that he was killed by the enemy, they were filled with righteous indignation, and they fought with the Uighur army for their lives, anyway, the commander of ten thousand was too, so many people died, and it was not bad for me to be a small soldier, everyone had a companion on the Huangquan Road, and they would go together.

The commander of the Uighur army, who was in charge of commanding the troops entering the city, saw that his men had shot the opponent's commander to death, and he was very excited, there could be several Hami commanders in Turpan City, and this commander must be the supreme commander of the Hami army in this area, his face instantly showed an unconcealable excitement, and the opportunity to make a meritorious contribution came, and he immediately brandished his war knife and shouted at the top of his voice: "Kill!" Warriors! Their commander has been killed by us, and their dragons are leaderless, and if we push harder, we will win! ”

As soon as they heard that the commander had shot the other party dead, the Uighur army that rushed into the city was greatly moved, and their morale soared instantly, and everyone saw the dawn of victory, and could finally enter the city to enjoy, and they shouted loudly, and used all their strength to slash and kill the Hami army on the opposite side.

Although the Hami army fought to the death and did not retreat, but the opponent had more and more people, and the morale was also quite high, and gradually began to lose the upper hand, coupled with the fact that there was no one to command, it was impossible to coordinate the attack, and the defense line began to waver.

At this moment, Di Linaza arrived with reinforcements, including not only infantry, but also stone throwers and dozens of stone throwers.

Di Linaza saw that there was a gap in the city wall that was more than a battle wide, and her heart was not good, if this gap was not blocked, this city would definitely not be able to hold up today. She already had an idea in her heart, but when she saw the inextricable Hami army fighting with the Uighur army in front of her, she couldn't bear it anymore, and after struggling for a while, she still stomped her foot, gritted her silver teeth and said, "Stone thrower, quickly plug that gap for me!" ”

As soon as the commander in charge of commanding the catapult team heard this order, a look of surprise and incomprehension instantly appeared on his face, and he felt that this usually resourceful Princess Shao An must have forgotten something at the moment, and immediately reminded her: "But, Your Royal Highness Princess, our people are also there." "The stone thrower is not completely accurate, and if you throw rocks at this time, you will not only kill the enemy, but also your own people.

This is also where Di Linaza was entangled just now, but she is relieved now, if she doesn't block this hole in time, everyone in the city will die, it is not right to kill her companions, but this is to save more companions, and when she has to do it, she can only do this, and it is a big deal to give more compensation in the future.

Di Linazha's face was cold, and in an instant, it seemed that a 10,000-year-old iceberg had struck, which made everyone around shiver, and looked at the commander of the Hami Army who was in charge of commanding the stone-throwing team, and shouted: "Didn't you hear what Princess Ben said?" Let the Uighurs in, and we'll all die! These people are all Hami's warriors, and Hami will not forget their exploits. ”

The commander of the Hami army, who commanded the catapult convoy, was stunned for a moment, but then faithfully carried out Dilinazza's order, knowing that he had no choice, as Dilinazar said, when the Uighurs came in, all the people in the city would die.

But in any case, moving towards the robes who were fighting desperately in front of them always made people feel a strong sense of guilt, especially when the Hami soldiers in front of them looked back with disbelief, which made the heart of the thousand-commander in charge of commanding the catapult convoy hurt like a pinprick. The Hami soldiers who operated the stone thrower suffered a lot in their hearts every time they sent out a boulder, but they couldn't give up, so they could only grit their teeth and continue to run towards the gap.

"Put!" "Reload!" The commanders of the stone throwers shouted the operation slogans they had already mastered in hoarse voices, but their voices were already shaking, and there was a hint of crying in their tones.

There were also two lines of tears sliding down in Dilinazha's beautiful eyes. With the support of Hami reinforcements, the gap in the wall was finally blocked by huge stones thrown by the stone throwers, and at the same time, countless Uighur and Hami soldiers were buried in the ground forever.

All the Hami soldiers bowed deeply four times to the gap, and everyone was solemn and solemn, and no one had the slightest child's play or disrespect, because there were buried friendly soldiers who had been killed by their own hands.

After paying heavy casualties, the Hami soldiers in Turpan held out for another day, but many of them had already collapsed, especially after the Uighur army had dug up the wall today, they knew that the Uighur army had been digging the wall everywhere, and if they had dug down one place today, they would dig up the second and third places tomorrow. It's all raised by their fathers and mothers, why?

The military spirit of the Hami army has begun to float, and many people have begun to privately discuss the question of whether the city should be defended and for whom, to put it bluntly, they are discussing surrender, and more seriously, many senior generals have also begun to have this thought, and when they see their subordinates discussing this matter, they not only do not stop it, but deliberately connive at it, and some even participate in the discussion.

These things naturally reached Di Linaza's ears, to be honest, she was not angry, but very understanding, after all, they have been holding the city alone for more than ten days, and they have reached the limit, but the reinforcements can't even see a shadow, and anyone will have thoughts in their hearts.

These Hami warriors can help her hold the city for so many days, to be honest, she is still very grateful to them in her heart, in fact, she has no confidence, although she is known as a wise general, but as the saying goes, "it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice", and she has no way to fight this part. To tell the truth, if it weren't for Zhu Ao, she would have agreed to surrender, anyway, the black child fire man coveted her beauty, and would definitely not kill her, she would treat herself as a big deal and let her toss.

However, that person walked into her life and into her heart before this, making her unwilling to give up like this, so that she chose to continue to persevere.

Again, what I fear most is not death, but not being able to marry you in this life.

Di Linaza took a deep breath and said to herself secretly: No matter when you can come, I will still do my best, I will be worthy of the relationship between us, even if you only harvested a corpse when you came, I will tell you with practical actions that the corpse lasted until the last moment, she was innocent until she died, and she was waiting for you until she died.

And now, if you want to persevere, the most important thing is to stabilize the morale of the army, and the way for Di Linaza to stabilize the morale of the army is very simple, that is, to hold a meeting.

Di Linaza gathered all the officers in the city together, including the petty officers like the Tenth Captain, who usually didn't see her at all, anyway, the battle was fought to this point, and these officers were also killed and wounded, and there were not many people left, all gathered together, and they were not too crowded and panicked.

Taking a deep breath, and then slowly exhaling it, as if releasing the huge psychological pressure that she had endured for a long time, Di Linaza glanced around at the generals, and said in a very kind tone: "Today, this princess summoned you to discuss what we should do next, please speak freely, don't have any scruples, no matter what you say, this princess will never blame." ”

The generals looked at each other, although many of them had already guessed the purpose of the princess's meeting today, but listening to her say it herself, it was inevitable that there was a slight surprise in her heart, listening to the princess's tone, was she going to give up? Or is it deliberately luring the snake out of its hole?

Di Linaza looked at the suspicious appearance of the generals, changed her usual cold expression, smiled slightly, and instantly looked like a fairy of the Nine Heavens, and saw that the generals of Hami were stunned, and said: "This princess will do what she says, you don't have to worry." Besides, this princess depends on you to defend the city, how can she do anything against you? ”

This is quite reasonable, and the Hami generals sitting below her nodded one after another, and finally a bold commander stood up, bowed to Di Linazha, and said: "Since Her Royal Highness the princess said something that digs out her heart, then the last general will also say something that digs out her heart." The last general thought that this Turpan city could no longer be defended, we held out here for more than ten days, and now it can be said that the ammunition and food are exhausted, and there were originally 30,000 troops, but now there are not even 10,000 people left, and what about the reinforcements? I didn't even see a shadow. Who are we fighting for? We're fighting hard here, and they're not in a hurry at all! I feel that we have been worthy of Hami, and they are sorry for us. According to the last general's opinion, it is better to descend. ”

As soon as this remark came out, it aroused the echo of all the generals. "Yes, Your Highness Princess, come down."

"We've done enough to surrender at this time, and no one will say that we are unfaithful and unjust."

"Even if we don't surrender, we will only die in vain, and we have followed you for so many years, can you bear to watch us be slaughtered like lambs by the Uighurs?"

"It's not that we're afraid of death, we just don't want to die so wretched, so meaningless."

The voices of the generals came and went, although they were gossiping and noisy, but the main meaning was surrender, and they seemed to have reached an agreement on this point.

Di Linaza always smiled and listened to their speeches, and only after they didn't speak, did she slowly stand up and walk to the generals, still looking amiable, and said to the generals like a few treasures: "Commander Tuokuotai, yesterday should be Ling Zun's seventieth birthday." I'm really a pig's brain, and when the war was tense, I forgot about it and didn't say hello to you in person, which is really a sin. ”

The captain named Tuo Kotai was stunned, to be honest, the war in the past two days was too tense, he had forgotten his father's birthday, but he didn't expect Her Royal Highness the princess to remember, her heart was warm, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, and a sentence came out mechanically: "Her Royal Highness the princess ......."

Di Linaza waved her hand slightly, signaling that he didn't need to say more, and turned to look at the other captain of the Hami army who was still alive, and said with a smile: "Captain Bahu Wan, shouldn't your girl get married next month?" I don't know if this princess will be able to drink her wedding wine, but the wedding gifts I gave her are ready, and they are in the cupboard of my dormitory. I've already told the maids, and if I can't go back, they'll give you a gift. ”

He has always been very grateful to the Hami king's family for his kindness, so he has been defending the city very hard in the past two days, and the commander of the enemy army who went out of the city a few days ago is him, and now he heard that Princess Shao'an actually remembered her daughter's marriage, and the tower-like man actually wiped his tears, and said with a look of shame and a trace of crying: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the old minister is really shameless to see you." ”

Di Linaza smiled and shook her head, and said very kindly: "Captain Bahu Wanfu, what are you talking about, over the years, have you made less credit to our Hami?" If I'm not mistaken, you have three stab wounds, one gunshot wound, and four arrow wounds. ”

The captain named Bahu could no longer control it, and knelt on the ground with a "plop", howling and crying, and couldn't stop saying: "The last general should die, the last general should die!" As a princess, Di Linaza remembered his merits so clearly, and attached so much importance to his family affairs, that he actually started to think of surrendering, and suddenly felt that he was ashamed of himself. What's more serious is that one of his sons married one of Di Linaza's sisters, and his two daughters married Di Linaza's two elder brothers. The Hami royal family values itself so much, and he can't serve wholeheartedly, and he became a surrender faction at a critical moment, which is very despicable in the eyes of the ancients.

Captain Bahu was also a heroic man, and at this time he wanted to slap himself twice, and he couldn't say a word when he knelt on the ground, just howled and cried.

Di Linaza ignored the captain who had been repenting, but walked up to a thousand commanders by herself, smiled slightly, and said, "Jebe, you are a famous archer in our Hami, but what many people don't know is that the wine you brew is also very delicious, I wonder if this princess will have a chance to taste it again?" ”

The commander named Jebe stood up suddenly, glared at him, opened his mouth wide, and said with a very incredulous expression and tone: "Your Royal Highness has drunk the wine made by the last general? ”

Di Linaza smiled slightly, pressed down twice with her hand, motioned for him to sit down, and then said slowly: "Have you forgotten? At the end of last year, you presented a few jars of wine to your father, and it was nice that the princess would have the opportunity to feast on it. ”

The commander named Jebe obviously cared very much about what others said about the wine he brewed, and when he heard Di Linaza say this, a big smile instantly appeared on his face that was originally sorrowful, and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess Xie." ”

Di Linaza smiled at him and nodded, in response to his words, and then did not talk to him much, but slowly moved to a centurion.

When the centurion of Hami saw the legendary Princess Shao'an actually walking towards him and standing still, he was flattered and stood up unconsciously, a little excited, and a little panicked, put his right hand on his chest, hurriedly bowed, and said, "The last general will see Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Di Linaza didn't help him, nor did she say anything about letting him be flat, but just said lightly: "I heard that you were building a new house for your son before you came to Turpan, I think the house will be almost built when we go back." ”

The centurion of the Hami army was stunned for a while, he didn't expect that His Royal Highness the princess would know about building a new house for his son to marry a daughter-in-law, and he also ran over to care, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he was stunned for a long time before he said hesitantly: "Return, return to Her Royal Highness the princess, if the craftsman is not lazy, it should be about the same." ”

"Which girl did you order?" Di Linaza smiled and said with concern. It was as if they were not in a dangerous city that was about to be breached at any time, but were pulling their home routines on the streets of Hami.

"Altai's family, a cloth merchant at the west end of the city." The centurion of the Hami army smiled, showing a very proud affection. Ethnic minorities do not have the concept of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, they just worship the strong, those who can be officials are strong, and those who can make money are also strong, the Altai family is a well-known rich businessman in Hami, how many people want to marry him but can't, no wonder this centurion of the Hami army is so proud.

"Not bad, not bad. Let your son treat others well. Di Linaza smiled slightly, then turned to leave, and returned to his seat, but did not sit down, but stood and said: "Generals, you are all my veteran heroes in Hami, there are many people who have watched me grow up, in terms of seniority, I should call you uncle." ”

"I know it's not easy for the generals to help me hold on until now, and I'm grateful to you. Indeed, you have achieved this step and have done nothing to Hami, it is the reinforcements that have not arrived, and they have failed us. ”

"I'm not in a position to make any more demands on you, to be honest, if I hadn't sent an envoy to Su Guo, I would have surrendered with you today, I really hate that Uighur Khan, but it's not as important as your lives, I'll treat myself as dead from now on, leaving only a shell to be left behind. However, God wanted to trick me and let me go to that person's country, and I had a lot of unbelievable things happen with that person in the country. Yes, I confess, I'm already in love with him, deep, deep and I can't help myself. ”

"So, here today, as a niece, I ask my uncles to help me for another day. A day later, if reinforcements arrived, I would have never happened today, and you would still be Hami warriors who had made meritorious contributions to the city; If reinforcements do not arrive tomorrow, then I will kill myself, because I cannot accept that the person I am marrying is not him, and then you will take the head of me, the chief general of the city, and surrender, believing that in this way, the Uighurs will have a higher official position than you. ”

"I say this today, not as a princess, but as a niece, to ask you, that you must promise me, so that I may have no regrets in this life."