In addition to the royal family, the Ming cabinet officials also had a better time these days, and the Burmese provided them with enough food and a slightly comfortable place to live, which began after the Battle of Lijiang and ended with Bai Wenxuan's retreat for dozens of miles.

Although the Burmese side tried their best to hide the truth from the exiled court, the Ming court elders were not fools, and vaguely guessed that Li Dingguo might send troops to pick them up, and the Burmese side could not resist the attack of the Ming army. Before Bai Wenxuan began to withdraw from the army, the people in Ava City were already panicked, and the Burmese soldiers guarding the Ming Cabinet also accidentally revealed their tone, and the cabinet officials, Mu Tianbo and other nobles, as well as the captured Imperial Forest Army commanders, learned that the Ming army was less than fifty miles away from Ava City.

At that time, although everyone did not dare to come out on the surface, after eating the food sent by the Burmese every day, they gathered together to discuss when the army of the King of Jin would be able to fight. Ma Jixiang also proposed to prepare for two situations, one is to prevent the Burmese from jumping over the wall and taking the exiled court to escape; Second, the Ming army suddenly entered the city, and the Burmese scattered in a hurry, allowing them to regain their freedom.

In the case of the former case, Mu Tianbo advocated armed resistance according to the situation in order to try to escape the control of the Burmese; If the latter happens, then you must immediately try to rescue the driver and protect the Son of Heaven from entering the army of King Jin safely. In either case, everyone thought that it was necessary to buy off the Burmese guards, and the plan was decided, and the cabinet and nobles began to talk to the Burmese guards, expressing their understanding that the guards were carrying out orders and not helping themselves, and suggesting that if the guards helped them at a critical moment, they could come forward to ensure the safety of the Jin king's army when they entered the city.

At first, the Burmese garrison was noncommittal, and did not scold the cabinet elders for wishful thinking, but further increased the food supply to the cabinet elders, and secretly revealed more information about the war outside to the cabinet, and then the cabinet knew that the Qinwang army also included the Sichuan army.

However, a few days ago, the situation changed abruptly, and the attitude of the guards changed dramatically, and it became much worse overnight, and the elders who went to the trap were scolded, and some people called them "Ming Dog" again, which was something that had not happened for many days.

Bai Wenxuan seemed to be ordered to withdraw his troops, which greatly relieved the Burmese government, and in order to appease the people in the city, Mangda ordered the news to be reported to the soldiers and civilians of Ava as soon as possible; When it was learned that the Ming army had retreated for dozens of miles, there was thunderous cheers in Ava City, and the fear was gone, and the Burmese guards who guarded the Ming cabinet members were only full of hatred Hearing that the Ming army had passed, the temple was burned, and the people suffered heavy casualties If they were not worried about their families falling into such a fate before, these guards would not treat the Ming Dynasty cabinet members well.

And the Burmese government is not ignorant of the small actions of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, originally there were a few officials who even wanted to contact the Ming cabinet to obtain their understanding of the Burmese government, at least themselves, but now in order to prove that they have never wavered, many people simply build a yì to Mang Bai, and after the Ming army is determined to retreat, these Ming Dynasty prisoners will be killed, leaving only the Yongli family is enough, this initiative of course also has the meaning of extinction. He knew that some people had colluded with the Ming cabinet at a critical juncture, and those who had been reduced to slaves were also eager to try. These are all reckless internal worries, and killing the Ming army cabinet and the Imperial Forest Army can not only avoid the threat of prisoners, but also cut off the channels for private communication between Ava and the Ming army. However, now that the Ming army has not gone far, Mang Bai does not plan to stimulate Bai Wenxuan at this time, so he plans to wait a few more days, and once the Ming army lifts the threat to Ava, he can do it without scruples.

The members of the cabinet did not know that the Burmese government had murderous intentions, but the guards revealed a lot of valuable information when they scolded them, and after learning that the emperor ordered Bai Wenxuan to withdraw from the army, these people beat their chests and wanted to cry without tears. A shrewd man like a Maji Soarer immediately senses that something is wrong. Yongli was still useful for the Ming army and was willing to cooperate with Mang Bai, and the Burmese probably wouldn't embarrass him; However, the cabinet and the Imperial Guards were numerous, and they also instigated the guards in private, and if the Burmese king knew about it, most of them would kill the killers, and the Burmese king could also use the heads of these Ming Dynasty people to appease the domestic resentment.

"The emperor is confused," today's food is much less than yesterday, after eating, Ma Shoufu wants to take everyone to play cards to kill time, and the people in front of him are all looking sad, Ma Shoufu couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "King Gongchang is also confused, how can he withdraw from the army?" Doesn't King Gongchang know the story of Yingzong? Don't know? ”

Before the curse of the water, the officials of the exiled court gathered every day to gamble for fun, and when Yongli was sick, they shouted loudly next to the imperial camp, so that the emperor could not recuperate with peace of mind, and was scolded by the lieutenant sent by Yongli. Ma Shoufu first apologized, and then led all the elders and nobles to find a remote tent to continue gambling.

After being placed under house arrest, the elders don't have to think about national affairs, and the imperial history has no way to impeach the emperor Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, who fought bloodily, and the court no longer thinks about how to provoke the relationship between Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan all day long, and there is only one thing left to play cards. Ma Shoufu usually shouts excitedly, but today he is sad: "I don't know how many days we have to play this card?" ”

"There is wine today, and there is drunkness today." Li Ge is always Ma Shoufu's good son-in-law, and immediately comforted his father-in-law, anyway, his life is short, so let's have fun in time.

"It's a pity that I don't even have alcohol." Ma Jixiang let out another sad roar: "My dignified Heavenly Dynasty Yuanfu can't even drink wine?" ”

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The next day, several wolf-like Burmese soldiers broke into the place where the cabinet was detained, and the Burmese officials led by them looked at the captives who were stunned at the card table and sweating like rain, and ordered several high-ranking officials such as Shoufu Ma Jixiang and Qianguo Gong Mu Tianbo to be taken to the Golden Palace of the Burmese King.

"Who is your protector? Is it a hereditary noble? Or a town general who just got a knighthood? After seeing Ma Jixiang, Mang Bai immediately roared and asked. The messenger sent to Bai Wenxuan this morning hurried back and reported to Mang Bai that the Ming army refused to continue withdrawing; Deng Ming, the newly arrived protector of the Ming Dynasty from the rear, openly claimed in front of the Burmese envoys that he did not obey the edict. When the Burmese envoy reproached him for disloyalty, the Duke of Baoguo ridiculed him, saying that this decree was for the king of Gongchang, and it only mentioned in passing that if there were other officers and soldiers of the Jin Dynasty, they should also be ordered to retire, so there was no binding force on the Duke of Baoguo.

Burma did not have much understanding of the chaotic warlord affiliation of the Ming Dynasty, and although they had heard that the Sichuan army was involved in King Qin, they knew that Li Dingguo was the prince of the fake Huang Yue, and Bai Wenxuan was the commander of the Qin army, so they took it for granted that Baoguo Gong also had to obey the command of King Jin and King Gongchang. Moreover, the status of the national prince is not too high, which also makes the Burmese side underestimate Deng Ming's influence and independence. According to the description of this envoy, Deng Ming seems to be on an equal footing with King Gongchang, and it seems that he is more authoritative than King Gongchang in some aspects. After Deng Ming stood up to express his opposition, the attitude of the Ming army immediately took a 180-degree turn, and Bai Wenxuan also became tough again.

Mu Tianbo strained his neck and looked at Mang Bai coldly without saying a word. But before Mu Tianbo could figure out how to ridicule the other party, Ma Jixiang and several other officials confided in Deng Ming's situation like pouring beans, and one person couldn't keep his mouth shut, and even told all the rumors about his clan to the Burmese people.

After hearing that Bao Guogong was a member of Zhu Ming's clan, the Burmese suddenly realized that this person could be on an equal footing with Bai Wenxuan, and he had a great say in the next strategy. After getting the information they wanted, Mang Bai Junchen ordered the Ming officials to be sent back.

After returning to the place of detention, Ma Jixiang's face was flushed with excitement: "Baoguo Gong wants to continue the attack!" The Burmese don't seem to dare to embarrass us. ”

When everyone cheered in unison, Mu Tianbo couldn't help but reproach: "Why did Yuanfu sue Sù about the reckless Bai Baoguo Gong, so that he would let the emperor issue an order and force the Baoguo Gong to withdraw from the army." If Baoguo Gong also retires, will Mangbai let us go? Isn't it suicide to tell these things? ””

"Ugh." Thinking of the Son of Heaven with a weak personality, Ma Jixiang also sighed with hatred, but Mu Tianbo's reproach did not agree with him: "Qian Guogong also saw it just now, Mangbai has prepared all the swords and axes, if we don't say a word, we won't be able to come back today." ”

"Mangbai just wants to scare us, if he really has murderous intentions, why let the knife and axe hand come out?"

"Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood." At the beginning, Sun Kewang asked Ma Jixiang to persuade Yongli Chan to give him up, Ma Jixiang did as he was told, is it a big deal to provide some information to Mang Bai today? Ma Jixiang continued to explain to Mu Tianbo: "We have to keep our useful body before we can continue to serve the Holy Lord in the future." ”

Several pavilion elders who went with him nodded approvingly: "Now I can only hope that the emperor will resist the threat of recklessness and refuse to give an order to the Duke of Baoguo." ”

"You guys are really wrong...... Mu Tianbo was so choked that he couldn't speak, and said in his heart: "You don't dare to top, just count on the emperor, but who doesn't know the emperor's temperament, can you count on it?" ”

"What if the emperor decrees?" After half a ring, Mu Tianbo finally spit out this sentence.

"Then I can only hope that Bao Guogong will understand the reason." The elders replied in unison.

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After listening to the Burmese envoy's request, Queen Wang was surprised and delighted, happy that there was someone in the Ming army who could make up his mind, and surprised that the Burmese actually found out Deng Ming.

"It must be that soft-boned Ma Jixiang!" Queen Wang sighed in her heart, but this Shoufu and her husband were still quite angry, and they really responded to the sentence "I don't know people and see my friends".

After listening to the Burmese request, Yongli asked his attendants to grind ink without saying a word, and then he had to write a holy decree. Seeing this, Queen Wang couldn't hold back any longer, and didn't care about the royal system, so she walked out quickly from behind. The queen did not dare to accuse the Son of Heaven, let alone oppose the emperor's decision in front of others, but knelt at her husband's feet, bowed her head, and shouted silently in her heart: "This holy decree cannot be given." ”

"The woman doesn't know the etiquette, which makes the noble envoy smile." Yongli dragon flew and phoenix danced to write the holy decree asked by the Burmese people and handed it to the Burmese envoy to take away.

After the messenger went out, the queen couldn't hold on, couldn't keep her kneel posture upright, and held the ground with her hands and sobbed.

"If I don't write the holy decree, I may not be able to get by today. I am the weight of my ancestors and society, how can I be willful? Yongli shouted angrily: "You still know how to be ignorant? ”

The queen wept silently and did not answer.

"This must be Ma Jixiang's bones are crispy, and he refuses to worry about me," Yongli scolded hatefully: "I can only hope that Baoguo Gong understands things." ”