Chapter 32: Guilin Falls, Loyal Ministers Die
Zhu Cijiao had given his father a dream last night, and he was in a much better mood when he got up early this morning, so he began to practice darts, and the darts he threw frequently shot the palladium heart accurately.
"Senior brother, I'm also practicing hard, maybe I can help you when it's critical?" Buckwheat also picked up the darts and practiced, and her level of throwing darts was no worse than Zhu Ciyi's.
"I especially want to learn the Invisible Skill, if I learn it, I can save my father at a critical moment." Thinking of the stealth skill, Zhu Ci was lazy and indifferent when he practiced taking off darts.
"Master said that if you practice darts well, he can teach me toothpick embroidery, and he can teach you to thread needles and threads, and these two kinds of kung fu can be combined to rival hundreds of people." Buckwheat said while throwing darts.
"Really? Why didn't you say it earlier? Our current dart skills should be able to learn toothpick embroidery and needle threading! Zhu Cijiao suddenly became excited.
"I don't know, we have to wait for the master's assessment to know if our level meets the master's requirements." The buckwheat is still so unhurried, unhurried, not in a hurry.
Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. I saw a shadow flicker, and Zhang Yin appeared.
"Master, you're back! Just now, the junior brother said that you will wait until you come back to check how our dart practice is. "The buckwheat flower showed a look of overjoy.
"Yes, Master, I know you're tired, so you just sit down and take a look at my and my sister's darts to see if you can learn how to embroider toothpicks and thread needles?"
Zhu Cijiao carried a wooden stool and asked Zhang Yin to sit, doing this kind of thing of slapping horses and whiskers, he was a hundred times stronger than buckwheat.
"Okay, do you really want to be assessed?" Zhang Yin finally spoke.
Zhu Cijiao and Buckwheat both nodded firmly.
"Alright, you go into the house and bring me the little plank in the corner." Zhang Yin pointed to the hut with his chin and said.
"Okay!" Zhu Cijiao and Buckwright ran into the house, and each brought a dozen or so small planks that were only the size of a bar.
"Listen, two apprentices, I threw the small plank into the air, both of you have to hit the darts, nine out of ten shots are qualified, do you hear clearly?" Zhang Yin asked with a wooden board in his hand.
"Hear me." Zhu Cijiao and buckwheat spoke in unison.
"Let's go! One, two, three......" Zhang Yin said as he kept throwing the small plank into the air.
"One, two, three......" Zhu Cijiao and Buckwright hurriedly threw darts while counting.
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At this time, a drizzle was falling in Guilin, and Zhu Youlang took more than ten ministers such as Xuanguo Gong Jiao Lian and university scholars Wen Anzhi and Yan Qiheng to move to Xunzhou.
Although the city defense affairs were busy, Qu Shiyun still rushed to see him off early: "Your Majesty, the minister is not by the emperor's side, you have to be very careful and take care!" ”
Zhu Youlang clasped Qu Shiyun's hand and said, "You don't have to be distracted by my safety, you have taken such a heavy burden for me, and I am relieved to have you guard Guilin." ”
In order not to attract the attention of the enemy, Zhu Youlang and his ministers disguised themselves as citizens, quietly went out of the city through the back gate, bypassed the enemy's blockade on the mountain road, and marched towards the Xunjiang River.
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As soon as Zhu Youlang left Guilin in the morning, the enemy's 20,000 men and horses launched a third siege on Guilin City in the afternoon.
The enemy suffered losses on the first two occasions, but this time they made full preparations, brought in ten cannons, placed them in front of the city gates, and launched a fierce attack on the city walls.
The soldiers on the city walls were not supported by artillery fire, and the bows and arrows in their hands did not work at all, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
"Lord Qu, it's not good, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, Guilin probably can't hold it." The guards of the city hurriedly came to report.
"If the order goes down, it must be resolutely held." Qu Shiyun carried Shang Fangbao in his hand and prepared to go to the city wall to supervise the battle.
However, the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce for him to climb the city wall, and besides, the officers and soldiers defending the city had withdrawn to a hiding place.
The enemy bombarded for nearly an hour before stopping, but the city walls had been blown to pieces, and the officers and soldiers defending the city had become a pot of porridge.
"Shang Fang's sword is here, all the officers and soldiers defending the city, all go to the city wall to resist the enemy army entering the city, and those who disobey will be beheaded." Qu Shiyun held the sword of Shang Fang given by the emperor and climbed the city wall.
However, after all, the Yongli army was outnumbered due to insufficient troops and weapons, and the city defense was captured by the Qing army, and the defense of Guilin collapsed.
"Lord Qu, it's not good, the city gate has been breached, retreat quickly!" Qu Shiyun's lieutenant Zhang Tongchang said loudly.
"Retreat, where to retreat? I have promised the emperor that I will live and die with Guilin. Qu Shiyun waved the sword in his hand and fought with the enemy troops entering the city.
However, with Qu Shiyun, Zhang Tongchang and other important ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty captured on the spot, some officers and soldiers generously surrendered to the Qing army......
The Yongli army disintegrated in one day, and the enemy army occupied Guilin in one day. The leader of the enemy army, Kong Youde, lived in the Jingjiang Palace, and hanged Zhu Heng, the king of Jingjiang, to death in a private house outside the West Gate.
Zhang Tongchang and Qu Shiyun, important ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty, were executed by Kong Youde at the foot of the Xianhe Ridge in Guilin's Fengdong Mountain.
Before Ling Chi, Qu Shiyun was not shocked, cleaned up his clothes, bowed five times and kowtowed to the south, and wrote the last word: "Calmly wait for death and the death of the city, and the loyal ministers of the ages will be independent." For three hundred years, the grace has been long, and the hair is still full of fragrance! ”
Then he smiled and said to Zhang Tongchang: "You and I have lived for forty more days, and today, we really deserve to die!" ”
Zhang Tongchang said loudly: "I died happily today!" After I die, I will be a terrible ghost, and I will kill and fight thieves for the country! As he spoke, he took out his treasured scarf from his bosom and put it on his head, and went underground to see the emperor!
At this time, the sky in Guilin was dark, it was raining coldly, and the cold wind was blowing, and it was already miserable and rainy in Nanming.
Zhu Youlang, who moved from Guilin to Xunjiang in the early morning, and more than a dozen of his ministers, escaped the pursuit of the Qing soldiers after breaking the city because of the timely transfer, and were on their way to Xunjiang Mansion.
At dusk, Zhu Youlang, Xuanguo Gong Jiao Lian, Chief University Shi Wen'an and other ministers trekked for more than ten hours and finally arrived at Xunjiang.
After receiving the report, the first general of Xunjiang, Qingguo Gong Chen, led several courtiers to greet him in front of the mansion.
"Congratulations to the emperor on arrival, the courtiers can't welcome him from afar, please forgive the emperor." Chen Bangfu and his courtiers knelt on the ground to greet him.
"Qingguo Gong and Zhong Aiqing are ascending, Guilin has fallen, I have moved to the Xun River, Qingguo Gong has no opinion, right?"
Zhu Youlang deliberately tested Chen Bangfu.
"The emperor said this very much, Xunzhou was originally the land of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the emperor moved to this mansion, and this prince is honored."
Chen Bangfu looked convinced and happy, and no one could see that there was an unexpected intention hidden under his moody face.
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Zhu Cijiao, who was deep in the mountains, passed several tests and training in the early morning, and his dart skills passed Zhang Yin's assessment.
Zhang Yindang was about to teach the planning secrets of needle thread and toothpick embroidery to Zhu Cijiao and buckwheat respectively.
At this time, Zhu Cijiao and Buck Flower were stepping up their training in needle threading and toothpick embroidery......
"Ding Ding, congratulations to the host, get 1 point for the basic points of the Magical Book of Soldiers." The system elf gives a voice prompt.
Zhu Cijiao knew that it was a bit sad to get this point, but no matter what, his father finally escaped another annihilation of the enemy army and kept the fire of the Ming Dynasty.