Chapter 442: Co-existence and Death
"This ......" Qin Luo was stunned in place, it took a long time to come back to her senses, and then she chased after her quickly, now in this situation, where did she dare to leave the queen half a step? If something really happened, she wouldn't have enough ten heads to cut off.
"Niangniang, I'll go with you."
Feng raised her eyebrows and asked, "You don't persuade me to leave?" ”
"Since the mother is determined to stay, what do I have to say? I can only let you be, but in the future, the emperor will ask and ask the mother to plead with the emperor for me, so that he will not be punished too harshly. ”
"Don't worry, I will bear the decision I made myself, and it won't affect you."
As they spoke, they got into the carriage and told the groom to go to the palace.
After about half an hour, the car stopped in front of the yamen, and Feng jumped out of the carriage and looked up at the words "Chengying Mansion" on the plaque.
"Niangniang came here, didn't she come to discuss with the generals defending the city to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy?" Qin Luo asked with a smirk.
Unexpectedly, Feng nodded lightly, and said seriously: "Yes, now that the troops are coming to the city, the enemy army may attack at any time, so we have to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible." ”
Qin Luo was stunned, his eyes forgot to blink for a while, and then he heard her ask, "By the way, who is the guard of this Cui County?" ”
"Oh, the guard's surname is Ma, and his name is Ma Cong."
While speaking, Feng Qingfang had already stepped forward to call the door.
Normally, the gate of the city camp is open, and there are several soldiers guarding the door, but today the door is closed, and there is not a single figure in front of the door and behind the house.
After a while, someone from inside came to open the door, and out of it was a young soldier, who rolled his eyes and looked Feng Qingfang up and down frantically, before asking, "Who is the girl looking for?" ”
"I want to see you General Ma." Feng said lightly as much as possible to make a kind appearance.
The soldier said impatiently: "The general is discussing with General Liang how to deal with the enemy, and he has no time to meet the guests, so you can wait for the enemy to retreat before coming." ”
"General Liang?" Feng Qingfang stretched out his hand against the red lacquer gate, his eyes lit up, "But General Liang Rong?" ”
"Exactly." The soldier nodded, "You better go, the mansion is very busy at this time, and the general really doesn't have time to see you." ”
Feng Qingfang thought to himself, Liang Rong is a battle-hardened general, if he is here, the success rate of defending Cui County should be much better, right?
She hurriedly took out a Huang Cancan token, "This palace is the queen of Dayan, if you want to go in to see the two generals immediately, please make it convenient." ”
The soldier took the token and looked at it carefully, and then bowed his head respectfully, turned sideways, and led the person in.
When I came to the lobby, I saw several people talking about something together, and the tallest one was Liang Rong, the commander of the Yunzhou battalion.
Feng Qingyan did not move forward, but stood at the door, waiting for the soldiers to come in and report it.
When everyone heard that the queen had arrived, they were stunned and couldn't believe it.
It's not that they can't believe that the queen will come to the city camp, but not long ago, there was news that the queen committed suicide by cutting her wrists, especially Liang Rong was still the one who witnessed the tragedy, and when he saw the living queen appear in front of him, he thought that there was something wrong with his eyes for a while.
"Queen Mother, you, how could you ......"
Feng smiled lightly and walked into the house slowly: "Why, General Liang is so unhappy when he sees this palace?" Don't you really want this palace to go to see the king of Hades? ”
"No, no, the minister doesn't dare." Liang Rong shook his head again and again, trying to digest this fact, fortunately, the truth had been revealed a few days ago, and it was confirmed that Wang Li was a spy, otherwise he would probably suspect the queen who came back from the dead, "Niangniang, please sit down." ”
"There's no need to sit down, this palace came today to ask a few generals if they have already thought of a strategy to retreat from the enemy?"
"This ......" Liang Rong and Ma Cong and the others glanced at each other, and they all showed quite ugly looks.
"There are only 4,000 men and horses in the city, less than half of the enemy's army, and Cuixian is not a city to defend, once the enemy launches a full-scale attack, I am afraid that it will not last for a few days, let alone retreat from the enemy, so ......" Speaking of this, Ma Cong paused.
Feng Qingfang raised his eyebrows on one side and looked over: "So? ”
"So after discussing with a few people, the last general decided to abandon the city and retreat to Xicui Pass."
The hall was immediately silent, and everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to speak, for they found that the queen's face was gloomy, and it was more terrible than the dark clouds outside.
After a long silence, Feng Qingfang finally spoke: "So, a few generals, do you want to leave the people behind and escape by yourself?" ”
This sentence is full of ridicule, which inevitably embarrasses Liang Rong and others.
Ma Cong said: "This is also a helpless thing, 4,000 people and more than 10,000 enemy troops are undoubtedly hitting stones with eggs, there are still thousands of men and horses in Xicui Pass, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, just to compete with the enemy." ”
"Then have you thought about what the people in the city will do after retreating to Xicui Pass?" The anger on Feng Qing's face was hard to hide, these people only cared about running for their own lives, and completely didn't care about the lives of the people?
"The Xiyi army is thirsty for killing, and everywhere it goes, you know this better than me, do you want to let the people of this city become the soul of the enemy?"
"Mother's ......"
Without waiting for Liang Rong to speak, Feng Qingfang immediately said: "You are still the right-hand man of the Great Yan Kingdom, and the emperor trusts you and others, and entrusts the city to you to guard it, but what about you?" But you only care about your own life and death, completely ignoring the people, you will run away before the battle is fought, and you are not afraid of losing the face of the Great Yan Kingdom! ”
These words were like a few loud slaps in the face, hitting several people squarely, especially when the other party was still a powerless woman, she could not retreat, and they were even more embarrassed.
"Mother's lesson."
Liang Rong didn't agree with abandoning the city and fleeing, but he really had no choice but to make such a decision, and now that he was woken up by a blow to the head, he immediately made up his mind to stay and live and die with the people of the city.
"General Ma, pass the order, and order all units to stick to their posts, strictly guard against death, and be ready to meet the enemy at any time."
Ma Cong hesitated for a moment, then clenched his fists and said, "Yes, the last general will do it." ”
Seeing this, Feng's frantic face finally eased a little, and then heard Liang Rong say again: "Queen Niangniang, Cui County is not safe, it is not suitable to stay for a long time, Niangniang still go out of the city, go to Xicui Pass to avoid it, you are the mother of a country, you can't be in danger." ”
"General Liang's kindness, this palace understands it," Feng waved his hand wildly and said, "However, this palace is still teaching you to abandon the city and flee, regardless of the people, but in the blink of an eye, you ran away, isn't it a joke?" ”
"But ......"
"Needless to say, this palace won't leave."
Liang Rong glanced up at her, and suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart, he was provoked by others, and believed that the queen was a traitor and a spy who collaborated with the enemy, and even tortured her, but now that he thinks about it, it is really a big mistake.
Thinking of this, he bent his legs and knelt down in front of Feng Qingfang.
"Queen Mother, the minister misunderstood that you were a spy of the enemy country before, and you were offended, please surrender."
Feng Qing was stunned for a moment, stepped forward to help the person up, and said with a smile: "Why should the general be like this, that is all in the past, and there is nothing wrong with this palace, there is no need to mention it again, the most important thing at the moment is to find a way to retreat from the enemy." ”
Liang Rong felt even more ashamed, but he also understood that there were priorities, and now was not the time to ask for guilt, so he nodded and said, "Don't worry, Niangniang, even if the minister fights for this life, he will also defend Cui County." ”
"That's good." Feng nodded lightly and turned to leave the mansion.
In the next two days, Feng Qingfang did not stay in the post house all the time, because the people in the city were panicked, everyone was in a hurry to flee for their lives, and many people crowded at the gates of the major cities, asking to open the door and let them escape by themselves.
They don't understand at all that opening the city gate at this time is undoubtedly to open the door to the enemy army and give them an opportunity to attack, in addition, the Xiyi army is cruel and murderous, and kills the people of Dayan when they see it.
Feng Qingfang had no choice but to come forward to appease the people, telling them that the four thousand soldiers in the city would desperately defend the city, and that Xilin Pass and Xicui Pass had received an urgent report and would soon send troops to reinforce them.
After all, she is the queen, and her identity is still quite convincing, and the effect of persuasion is also very significant, and the people quickly stopped and went back.
On the third day, the enemy army began to attack the city, but only sent a team of about 3,000 men to attack the west gate, and withdrew after less than four hours, it seems that it was only to detect the strength of the city, and it is estimated that there will be a large-scale attack soon.
Feng Qingyan was very worried in his heart, worried that he couldn't eat well or sleep well, and when he got up this morning, he had two big dark circles under his eyes.
She sat in the side hall and ate breakfast, and froze as she ate, not knowing what she was pondering.
However, this state did not last long, because he was soon shocked by Qin Luo, who ran in quickly.
"Mother, the enemy army is attacking the city again!"
"At which gate?" Feng stood up lightly, and a chill spread from his back.
After all, it was the first time in her life that she encountered such a situation, she was not afraid, but when it came to the end, there was no time to be afraid, and there was no other way but to face the difficulties.
While bringing her a cloak to tie it, Qin Luo replied, "It's still the West City Gate." ”
"Let's go, let's go!"
When the two hurried to the west city gate, the battle was fierce, the city gate was hit by the enemy outside "bang", the vibration was so strong that it seemed to collapse in the next moment, the soldiers in the city tried their best to hold on, but it was already very difficult.
After all, there were tens of thousands of troops outside, and they only stared at this city gate to attack, and the four thousand soldiers in the city were scattered across the four city gates, and there were only one thousand people in each place, and the disparity in strength was really too great.
Feng ran up the city tower quickly, only to see flying stones and random arrows everywhere, and the beacon smoke was scattered in the air, causing people's eyes to burst into tears.