Minghou Mansion, above the lobby.

"I'm not leaving!" Cai Yan's somewhat cold voice echoed in the lobby.

"Akihime, they're also thinking about you!"

Cai Yong stared at his daughter and said in a low voice: "Whether Nanxiang City can be defended now is really uncertain, you are now Mrs. Minghou, but the mother of the house, Minghou is not here, you are the backbone, don't be rash!" ”

Although he knew very well what kind of changes his daughter would bring to Nanxiang when she left at this time, he still hoped that her daughter would leave.

In particular, Mujing has already laid a piece of the sky in Hanzhong.

Worry-free.

But he didn't expect Cai Yan to be so persistent, and several people persuaded her, but she couldn't shake her mind at all, she just wanted to stay and stay in this dangerous city.

"I said, I'm not leaving!"

Cai Yan raised her head, her cold eyes swept by, compared to the past, now she has a little more of the bearing of a superior person, this is close to Zhu Zhechi, she has been cultivated by Mu Jing's side a lot, and she has also learned this trick.

Her eyes were as sharp as electricity, looking at the people in the hall, and said calmly: "I am Mrs. Minghou, the mother of the Mu family, now the Ming Marquis is fighting for it, not in Nanxiang, I am the backbone of the people of Nanxiang, I am gone, the hearts of the people in Nanxiang City will be scattered, such a simple truth, you will not understand!" ”

She paused, and her voice became sharper, as if asking: "Or do you think that now that the Marquis of Ming has laid down Hanzhong, we should abandon Nanyang and the people of Nanxiang City who have always supported us?" ”

"We don't dare!"

When everyone heard this, they were shocked, and they all bowed their heads and bowed on their knees, even Hu Zhao, Liu Jin and others were suppressed by Cai Yan's bearing at this moment.

As a housewife, there should be such momentum.

"Madam, we are just anxious about your safety, the enemy army has increased troops, and the city will storm the city, the city is about to be broken, we have no confidence to defend Nanxiang City, at this moment, only by letting Madame leave, can we keep it safe!"

Hu Zhao bowed his head and said pleadingly.

"Hu Changshi, you know very well in your heart that the precarious Nanxiang City can't stand the slightest wavering, and we can still hold it, that's because the people in the city still have confidence in us, for a few days in a row, I heard that the people have taken the initiative to help, this is the people's will, but if I leave, I leave, it is equivalent to telling the whole city that this Nanxiang can't hold it!"

Cai Yan stood up, her slender and delicate body was slim, and her smart eyes swept over, her fortitude at this moment was not a woman, but the courage of a housemother: "When my husband handed over Nanxiang City to me, I couldn't let my husband down, you don't need to say much, I tell all of you in the name of Mrs. Minghou that I will live and die with Nanxiang!" ”

She doesn't leave, it's not that she's stubborn, she doesn't want to die here, she still wants to reunite with her husband, but Nanxiang is important, and she is even more popular.

She won Mu Jing's trust and reviewed a lot of essays for Mu Jing, many of which were reviewed by Hu Zhao, Liu Jin and others, and those that needed Mu Jing's approval were sent to the study according to Mu Jing's previous arrangement, but she personally imitated Mu Jing's handwriting and reviewed them.

From these recitals, she can clearly see Chu Mujing's strategic deployment, and Nanxiang City is very important to Mujing's future.

The strategic deployment of the entire herdsman's army, first take Hanzhong, this is the first step, as for the second step, you can take Bashu, you can also take Jingzhou in chaos, Jingzhou in the herdsman's army, is a place that cannot be abandoned, sooner or later must be taken, even if you get Hanzhong, take Bashu, you have to kill it, then Nanxiang will rise up a strategic bond force.

Therefore, Nanxiang must not be lost.

"Madame is wise!"

Everyone looked at each other, speechless, at this moment, they were all impressed by Cai Yan's courage and bearing.

"Hu Changshi, you also said that the enemy army is increasing troops, and now in the city, there are only enough soldiers that can be used, whether they can hold it, it is difficult to say, I am a woman and a woman, I don't know it, and I can't talk about giving advice, but I am familiar with the classics, read more military books, and understand one thing, that is, morale is very important on the battlefield!"

Cai Yan pinched the palace skirt, walked up, and took out a token: "Do you know, what is this?" ”

"Jingping Order?"

Everyone's eyes twitched slightly.

Among the herdsmen, there are two things, comparable to tiger talismans, one is the seal of the Ming Marquis, and the other is the Jingping Order, which is rumored to be created by the Xu's workshop in Nanyang, using a peculiar metal, non-gold and non-iron, cold to start, on the token, one side is carved with the word Jingping in ancient compilation, and the other side is the Jingping badge, the pattern of black mandala flowers.

This thing is the same as the seal of the Ming Marquis, it is something that represents the identity of the herdsman, and it can command the herdsmen, not only the Jingping army, but also all the soldiers and horses.

"From now on, Nanxiang will be my commander!"

Cai Yan raised Jingping's order and commanded the heroes, and said in a low voice: "Everyone, please pass on my order, from now on, Mrs. Ben should personally sit at the head of the city, meet the enemy army and the battlefield, Nanxiang City is broken, I should be martyred in this city." ”

"Madam, never!"

When Hu Zhao heard this, he knelt down and shouted.

"Akihime, don't mess around!" Cai Yong couldn't sit still, he shouted angrily.

"I have made up my mind on this matter, you don't need to advise!"

Cai Yan looked resolute and said: "I want to defend Nanxiang for my husband, if I can't keep this city, I should die in this city!" ”

Her temperament is originally stubborn, and she is even more stubborn in her current business, and she can't go to the battlefield with her husband, in her opinion, it is a pity, and now she is defending the city for her husband, if the city is broken, she has no shame for her husband's high hopes.

"What should I do?"

Hu Zhao and Liu Jin glanced at each other, they were all a little panicked, let Cai Yan go to the city, isn't it fatal.

If it is just the name of Mrs. Minghou, it can be stopped.

But they didn't expect that Mu Jing actually handed over the Jingping Order to Cai Yan, the Jingping Order represents Mu Jing, Mu Jing is the lord, the lord is irreversible, this is the Confucian avenue, the monarch and the ministers, the rules are like this.

"That being the case, we have no choice but to break the boat!" Hu Zhao is more courageous than Liu Jin, he arched his eyes and said to Cai Yan: "Madame has such determination, Zhao is very respectful, and he should defend Nanxiang to the death and defend the safety of Madame!" ”

"We should defend Nanxiang to the death and defend the safety of my wife!"

"We should defend Nanxiang to the death and defend the safety of my wife!"

At this moment, the Ming Marquis Mansion has no apprehension, no thought of advancing or retreating, and the only heart lives and dies together, vowing to defend Nanxiang City.

……

After everyone left the Minghou Mansion, they began to prepare for the destruction of the cauldron and the ship.

"Kong Ming, how can you respond!"

Walking out of the mansion, Liu Jin couldn't hold his breath, and he said gloomily: "No matter what, you must not let Mrs. go to the city!" ”

"Until now, we can't change Madame's determination!"

Hu Zhao shook his head: "We all underestimate Mrs., Mrs. is a Confucian scholar, she is outstanding in learning, she has learned through the past and the present, she should have a certain amount of courage, you can't think of it like an ordinary woman, if you hit that she has Jingping Order in hand, we oppose it, it is equivalent to opposing the lord!" ”

"Then watching Madame take risks like this, how will we face the lord in the future!"

"It's a risky matter, but it's not a hope!"

Hu Zhao said in a low voice: "Whether we can defend Nanxiang City or not, maybe it's on Madame!" ”

"What do you mean?"

"You spread this matter to the whole city as quickly as possible!" Hu Zhao put his hands behind his back: "If you want to break the cauldron and sink the boat, then you have to gather the strength of the whole city, and work together to have hope!" ”

"I see!"

Liu Jin made it clear at one point: "You want to use the feat of your wife to encourage the people of the city to defend the city!" ”

"That's right!"

Hu Zhao said: "Actually, Mrs. has a sentence that is right, Nanxiang must not be lost, even if it is a bloody battle to the last person, you must not lose Nanxiang, lose Nanxiang, lose Nanyang, Nanyang is the foundation, is the sustenance of countless soldiers, among our pastoral army, Nanyang soldiers are too many, lose Nanyang, lose the heart of the army!" ”

…………

……

Outside the city, Nanyang military camp.

Lei Bo was dressed in military uniform, standing on a high platform, staring at the front, that city, it seemed to be crumbling, but under his strong onslaught, he forcibly blocked them outside.

He's not reconciled.

With a large army in hand, but he has never been able to conquer this city, his heart is becoming more and more anxious.

But the more anxious, the more unable to break through the city, for more than a month, he has used all kinds of methods, night battles, sneak attacks, bypassing the side to attack, but everything is blocked by the generals in the city, this Nanxiang, like a turtle shell, can not be broken.

"Captain Lei, it seems that I blamed you before, this is really a hard bone!"

A young man stood beside him, his eyes were a little gloomy at Lei Bo's gaze, he looked at the city wall in the distance, and said hatefully.

His name is Ji Yu, Ji Mengxiao.

Yuan Shu's first henchman Ji Ling's cousin, but also the younger brother of Sima Jiyi of the Nanyang Governor's Mansion, Ji Yi was ordered to enter Nanyang, the purpose was to take charge of Nanyang's soldiers, and in the future, he received Yuan's army into Nanyang, never thought that he would encounter Mushan's killing billet, Mushan was ordered to go north to crusade against He Jin, but it was a backwater battle, and before leaving, in order to solve the trouble of Nanyang, he directly destroyed Ji Yi.

This is the hatred of killing his brother, Ji Yu has been thinking about it for several years.

He served as a lieutenant under Ji Ling, and he asked for help, he asked Ji Ling for orders to go south, Ji Ling allowed it, gave him 10,000 troops, he personally led 10,000 troops as reinforcements, and went straight to Nanxiang, and arrived at the barracks three days ago.

At first, he looked down on Lei Bo, thinking that it was a shame that Lei Bo led tens of thousands of troops but was blocked out of the city.

But in the past two days, he personally attacked, charged into battle with the morale of the fresh army, and almost broke through the city twice, but was driven down, which made him feel aggrieved and let him see the combat effectiveness of the Violent Bear Army.

"The shepherd's ability to kill out of the pass is not in vain!"

Lei Bo said in a deep voice: "But Ji Duwei came with reinforcements this time, but it helped me break the city, a few days of battle, I have seen it, the city is already at the end of the strong crossbow, I believe, as long as we are given another three days, the city is in sight!" ”

"I heard that the newlywed lady of Mulongtu is in the city?" Ji Yu's eyes were burning, he licked his lips, and a cold smile rose at the corner of his mouth: "On the day of the breaking of the city, I should love this talented girl in Luoyang City!" ”