The eldest princess pampered the beautiful, strong and miserable proton queen

The sound of killing at the city gate was loud. Jiang Fuguang stepped back from the city wall and looked at the secret guards beside him: "How many people came back alive?"

The secret guard lowered his head and answered with cupped hands: "Of the 46 secret guards, seven came back alive, and there were [-] from the Imperial City Division."

Jiang Fuguang's eyes trembled. Out of 140 six people, including Lieutenant Wu, only 23 came back alive, while 120 and three died.

Those people came to the southwest to protect her, and in order to fulfill her orders, they went through the blockades without hesitation, risking their lives for her and fighting to the death.

Jiang Fuguang's eyes were red and his whole body was trembling.

The secret guard raised his eyes, looked at the sad eldest princess in his eyes, and couldn't help but blush: "Princess, Binchuan is blocked. Maybe someone is trapped in Binchuan, hiding..."

No, Jiang Fuguang retorted loudly in his heart, they will not hide, they will only risk their lives to attack the blocked levels.

The secret guard was silent for a moment: "They died for the eldest princess. They died well and without regrets."

In this world, no one should die for anyone.

No one sacrifices as a matter of course.

They were all people under the rule of the Southern Dynasty, and they fought for her. As the master, she failed to protect them because she was incompetent.

Jiang Fuguang was even more exhausted and felt as if all her strength had been drained away. She gritted her teeth and said to Luo Yan who was following her:
"Piroye suddenly sent troops. We responded in a hurry and were not well prepared. There must be many omissions in the city. Additional personnel must be carefully guarded at various locations where supplies are stored. People should be patrolled continuously in the city. Major transportation points must also be guarded. The road must be kept open.”

"Send people to gather all the supplies in Dali City, and your Excellency will send people to distribute them uniformly. Recruit the young and middle-aged people in the city to participate in logistics matters such as transporting supplies, rescuing wounded soldiers, etc. Tell the people in the city that your lips are dying and your teeth are cold. Please cooperate fully."

"If any people refuse to cooperate and incite public sentiment, they will be arrested in the name of meticulous work and placed under strict supervision. In serious cases, they will be killed on the spot."

"..."

After the affairs in the city were explained one by one, Luo Yan personally led a team of people, knocked on the doors of every house in the city, and searched the supplies stored in the people's homes, leaving only a small amount of food for them so that they would not starve to death.

The common people tried their best to stop them, some yelled, some argued loudly, some stepped forward to pull and cry. The soldiers were very tough. They could only watch as their food, dry firewood, iron pots, and farm tools were taken away. There was despair in my heart.

The soldiers searched one house after another and left without any hesitation.

The people complained.

The ministers of the Lifan Yuan went from house to house to register the materials that had been taken away, and persuaded them emotionally and rationally to fully cooperate with the defense of the city.

"We will all remember how much we took. We will not take it in vain. We will return it when we have defended Dali City. The damaged items will also be converted into silver to compensate everyone."

"Piroye has led a hundred thousand troops to attack the city outside. If Dali City cannot be defended, Piroye will massacre the city. You will not be able to survive by then, and these supplies will be cheaper for Piroye."

"The soldiers are fighting bloody battles to defend Dali City and the people in the city. We can't let him go into battle hungry to kill the enemy. Only by defending Dali City can we have a good life in the future."

"Piroye broke the city gate, killed the old and the children, enslaved the young workers in the city, and used the women as slaves for his soldiers to play with. For the sake of your parents, wives and children at home, you must do it no matter what. Grit your teeth and fight." "Lord Luoyan is calling on the young adults in the city to deliver supplies to the city defense office and take care of the wounded. All participating young adults will receive an extra supply and one tael of silver per family every day. Lord Luoyan promises that if If the defense of the city is successful, your families will receive better settlements."

"..."

Even more terrifying than the confiscation of supplies was the fact that Piroye had conquered Dali City. The people, thinking of the cruel methods of Piroye's violent rule, panicked and cried bitterly, filling their hearts with despair.

The sound of fighting outside the city spread into the streets and alleys. Finally, some people wiped away their tears, took sticks and walked out of their houses.

Jiang Fuguang stood on the turret, watching the people coming out of their homes one by one, forming a wave in the long street, roaring, and rushing towards each city gate. The men pushed the carts, rolling big rocks, hot oil, and scalding hot oil into the city gates. Hot water is delivered to the city wall.

The women lit fires in the open space, set up cauldrons, helped cook, brew medicine, and took care of the wounded soldiers carried off the city walls.

After their despair, they had no choice but to escape, because they all knew that Piroye was violent and would massacre the city, kill their parents and children, and insult their women. There was no way out except to fight.

……

On the first night of the siege, Piroye carried out siege equipment and attacked the city gate. Lieutenant Wu commanded the defenders to launch powerful crossbows and repelled a wave of attacks.

However, Piroye had rich experience in sieges. The siege equipment concentrated its forces to destroy the ballistae. The defenders lost two ballistae, making the subsequent defense of the city more arduous.

Under the city tower, corpses piled up like mountains.

The soldiers at the top of the city, after a night of bloody fighting, were all so tired that they collapsed on the ground. Another group of defenders climbed onto the city wall and replaced them. The women prepared steamed buns and broth and distributed them among them. soldiers, military doctors were busy treating their injuries.

The next day, early in the morning, the trumpet sounded outside the city. Piroye's army came out of the camp, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses lined up.

Piroye was about to attack again.

The long bow array covered the charge of the heavy infantry, and a dense rain of arrows shot at the tower. The heavy infantry, wearing heavy armor all over their bodies and armed to the teeth, covered the siege soldiers behind and transported the siege equipment to the bottom of the tower.

As soon as they charged to the bottom of the city tower, rolling stones continued to hit the city top, and screams and wailing could not be heard. When the siege soldiers approached the city gate, hot oil and boiling water were poured down on their heads, and arrows wrapped in kerosene were densely packed. Shooting down from the ground, as soon as the rocket touched the hot oil, the soldiers' bodies caught fire, and each of them screamed miserably.

After several rounds of charges, Yun Zhongguo suffered heavy casualties.

The defenders were also severely damaged.

After three days of this, the people in the city were panicked and the soldiers were exhausted, but Piroye's offensive did not fail at all.

Ji Ruxuan's eyes were deep for a while: "Piroye is conserving his combat power. Every attack on the city seems to be huge, but the combat power invested each time is not much."

Jiang Fuguang frowned: "Why would he do this?"

"There are only more than 5 soldiers and horses in the city. Every time he attacks the city, he loses troops and generals. Every time the equipment used to defend the city is worn out, he is feigning attacks to put pressure on the defenders. When the time is right, he will attack the city in one fell swoop. This way he has a better chance of winning. It will be bigger.”