"Where is the master?! You servant, if you don't take good care of the master and his wife, why are you running out alone? If there is something wrong between them, the general will skin you!"
With a bang, the firewood door of the small courtyard was knocked open from the outside. Pei Dahu, who had a sinister face, pushed the fat maid away and shouted into the closed main room.
"Master Yang!! The Tatars have escaped!"
Several servants ran into the house quickly, and a moment later, a shout came from the house.
"The master is hanging himself! The master is not dead yet!"
The servants scrambled to free Mr. Yang from the beam. Yang Hao was no longer breathing. Pei Dahu anxiously walked around the room, hammering and beating the old man.
After struggling for a long time, Yang Hao, who had already stepped into the gate of hell, finally coughed twice, struggled to open his eyes, slowly pointed his finger to the sky, and murmured:
"Go save Mrs. Gaoming!"
Then he passed out again.
A group of servants looked at each other, and several servants ran to the madam's boudoir to see that Yang Qing'er was safe and sound, but she was unconscious. When she heard that her father had hanged himself, they ran out quickly.
Pei Dahu shook Master Yang vigorously and shouted into his ear:
"Sir! The general has defeated the Tatars. All the soldiers are dead. The city is in chaos. You are waiting for you to take charge of the overall situation. Master! Master! You can't die!"
Master Jinglue did not die because he had a good son-in-law like Liu Zhaosun.
Commander-in-Chief Ma Lin was not so lucky.
He had no daughters or son-in-law, and several of his sons died tragically at the hands of the Jin army.
He lost his son in middle age and suffered defeat after defeat. After returning from the battlefield of Salhu, Marin almost turned into a walking corpse.
It was the appearance of Liu Zhaosun that rekindled the courage of the military leader to fight.
Half an hour ago, Ma Lin witnessed the fall of the East Gate, He Shixian's death in battle, and the collapse of Liao Town. Regardless of his old age, he resolutely went into battle.
If the Ming army is over and Kaiyuan is over, there will be no point in his life.
Kaiyuan is the city that he will defend to the death.
After Ba Ya of Zhengbai Banner beheaded He Shixian, the Ming army was demoralized and began to collapse. The other gates were all fighting hard and could not provide assistance. The old general had to go out to fight in person and lead all the servants to the east gate to block it. They had just arrived at the east gate. On the street, they were surrounded by a group of Hou Jin soldiers.
Ma Lin regarded himself as a Confucian general. He usually liked to dance and write, but neglected battle formations. He was not as skilled in bow and horse as Liu Qi and Jun Song. However, at the last moment, he had no hesitation and led his family to stand in front of the Zhengbai flag.
The boss soldier stood on Dongmen Street and used a Kaiyuan bow to block the attack of more than a dozen Zhenyi soldiers. After shooting several Zhenyi soldiers in succession, the boss's troops were exhausted. He led 135 servants. , all died in battle.
In the end, Marin was shot into a hedgehog in the dense rain of arrows from Jiannu, and his tall body fell to the ground.
Several loyal and brave servants fought desperately to recapture Marin's body and brought it back to the General Military Mansion.
A real man is wrapped in horse leather, nothing more than that.
The living room of the Commander-in-Chief's official residence was in a mess. Ancient books printed on wooden boards were randomly discarded on the ground. The draft blew through the hall, and the pages of the books turned with the wind.
"General Ma, the end will be too late..."
Liu Zhaosun knelt down on the ground, kowtowed three times in front of the corpse covered with arrows, and sighed deeply. Several servants in the general's palace collapsed on the ground and wailed loudly.
Liu Zhaosun had just returned from the North Gate Battlefield, where the battle had come to an end. He stood next to Ma Lin's body for a long time, recalling the scene of General Ma's rescue when he was trapped in Shenyang.
If Marin hadn't taken him in at that time, I don't know where I would be wandering now.
As a time traveler, Liu Zhaosun had no feelings for this Liao Town military leader, and he only regarded him as an arty uncle.
As a commander-in-chief, this uncle didn't like fighting very much. He also drank soldiers' blood and ate empty pay. He also liked to fool around with civilian officials, although they didn't like him at all.
However, such a general was not a coward. He retained his integrity until his death. In the end, he did not surrender and become a slave, let alone escape. Instead, he chose to fight to the end and defended Liaodong General Xue Yong!
At this moment, Liu Zhaosun suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness.
He knew that everyone would leave, whether his foster father or uncle.
General Ma maintained his Confucian style before dying for his country. He was hit by arrows all over his body and fell to the ground injured. He still shouted "Kill slaves to serve the country", which is admirable.
"Take the body of the Commander-in-Chief and collect it. When the imperial court pays for it, I will bury him properly!"
Liu Zhaosun stood in the room, staring blankly at the world around him. A room full of ancient books and albums was Ma Lin's interest.
Picking up a landscape painting casually, with Dong Qichang's signature engraved on the bottom, Liu Zhaosun's eyes lit up, and he ordered his people to put away the painting and calligraphy and send it back to his camp, just to remember it.
Before leaving, the general said to everyone:
"Remember, General Ma died while chasing Amin. I saw him chop off Amin's head with my own eyes. Do you all know that?!"
Marin's servants stayed for a moment, looked at each other, and quickly said they understood.
In this way, Amin, the leader of the Blue Flag, who had already died once, was beheaded by Marin again.
This can't be blamed on Liu Zhaosun's evil intentions. He just simply wanted to leave more and more good names for Ma Zongbing.
General Liu Shen said to the servants again:
"Where is the cellar of Mr. Ma's house? Take me there!"
Half an hour later, more than a dozen carriages filled with gold, silver and jewelry slowly drove out from the general's residence.
Liu Zhaosun was riding on horseback, humming a tune, while a group of servants escorted the carriage and walked behind.
This is already the third one.
Just when General Liu Shen was about to go to the magistrate's residence to have another look, he saw the chaos of defeated troops and people on the street. He frowned and said coldly:
"Catch all those defeated soldiers! Escort them to the south gate!"
The servant said uneasily: "Sir, there are hundreds of people! Our soldiers are still hunting for slaves at the north gate."
"Then arrest a few bandit leaders and I will kill them to serve as a warning to others!"
Liu Zhaosun was a little panicked. Thousands of his soldiers were still chasing Xianglan Banner at the north gate.
Xiong Tingbi was about to enter the city, but Kaiyuan City was still in a mess. Many people were grabbing things, including himself.
Ma Lin died, He Shixian died, Yu Chengming died, and even the prefect of Kaiyuan threw themselves into a well.
A question arises, how to govern Kaiyuan?
Just grab it like this?
"General Liu Shen! Why are there so many carriages? Are you not going to fight the Tatars anymore?"
"How can we fight Tatars every day? I am not that cold-blooded. Several generals have died, so I went to express my condolences to their families."
"oh,"
Qiao Yiqi rode up from the north gate and looked at Liu Zhaosun with suspicion, then stared at the carriage for a while.
"General Ma was martyred for his country. I just went to pay homage and help him take care of his funeral. After all, this is just for my colleagues!"
Qiao Yiqi stopped talking. Liu Zhaosun would not rob these goods, but the rebels would also rob them.
He looked up and looked around. There was a raging fire in the distance, and people were still screaming in the fire. People in it felt like they were in hell.
Qiao Yiqi said with compassion:
"Kaiyuan has been defended, and the Tatars have been defeated by you. I admire you as a good man, but there is a fire on all sides in the city. The defeated troops took advantage of the fire to loot. The people have no food and no place to live. They will soon freeze to death and starve to death." , General Liu Shen, what good plan does he have to save the people of Kaiyuan?"
Liu Zhaosun shrugged his shoulders and said that he was helpless. He was an expert in defending the city and fighting, but he was not good at other things. Let alone managing the city, he could not handle it even if he was asked to be the village chief.
"Where are the prefects of Kaiyuan? The Kuaishou, the disciples, the officials, the government officials, these gentlemen who usually dominate and do good things, where are they now?"
"The magistrate jumped into a well and died. Before jumping into the well, he hacked his daughter to death. Those petty officials were dying and running away, and those who were alive did not dare to go out!"
Liu Zhaosun realized the importance of a complete bureaucracy this time.
He can defend the city, but he is unable to govern it, which is very embarrassing.
"Go to Kang Yingqian. He has been a magistrate and a coastal defense officer. He should know how to deal with it."
This name naturally flashed in my mind.
This traitor is still under house arrest in Kaiyuan City.
The last time Wei Zhongxian came to announce the decree, he had discovered clues and was ready to ask Liu Zhaosun for someone. Later, the two heroes paid homage and joked about drinking the blood of the Huns, and the matter was settled.
However, Master Kang cannot be kept under house arrest forever. I heard that this gentleman was on a hunger strike a few days ago, saying that he would not give in to Liu Zhaosun, a martial artist until his death.
"I am willing to cooperate with General Liu Shen to save the people of Kaiyuan and benefit the common people! Hurry up and lead the way!"
Kang Yingqian, who had a vicissitudes of life, stroked his white beard with a happy smile on his face.
The servant sent by Liu Zhaosun stood far outside. One of Kang Yingqian's servants whispered a few words. The expression on Kang Yingqian's face kept changing. Before he could finish speaking, he said in surprise:
"Liu Shen really defended Kaiyuan and defeated Jiannu? I underestimated him. Sure enough, a pretty boy can do it... No, what I mean is that even a handsome Pan An can do great things!"
"Sir, tens of thousands of troops from the Four Banners of the Hou Jin Dynasty were besieging the city. The east gate wall was smashed. General Liu Shen just drove Huang Taiji out!"
The servant's eyebrows were full of excitement, as if he himself had gone to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
Kang Yingqian was furious: "Shut up, where have you been these days? Why didn't you come to rescue me? Why didn't you send a report to the capital?"
The servant looked aggrieved.
"Sir, the villain threw stones at the top of the city and killed several Jian slaves. The Jian slaves surrounded Kaiyuan. Even if we want to report to the capital, we can't get out."
"Tens of thousands of people can't attack it. It seems that this son's future official career will not be inferior to Qi Shaobao's,"
Kang Yingqian rolled his eyes and began to re-evaluate Liu Zhaosun's strength.
"Stop talking nonsense and lead the way!"
The thin servant led Mr. Kang across the street quickly. Many people's houses were burned down, some wealthy families were robbed, and rioters and civilians ran everywhere.
