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Chapter 42
At this time, a large group of wives and children of the two of them also knew that disaster was coming from the sky, they got together and became furious, and the timid young ones were so frightened that they cried.

"Master... what happened to the master..." Ma Shiying and his son's wives and concubines looked pale, watching their man come in expressionlessly, and said in a crying voice.

Without saying a word, the father and son gritted their teeth and pulled out the sword. Their faces were ferocious like man-eating beasts, and these people shrank to the ground in fright, almost speechless, "Master, you... you What are you going to do..."

"It's a disaster, close your eyes, don't blame us for being cruel, and you will not be better if you fall into the hands of the Hunjun..."

"No... don't kill us..." Tigers don't eat children. These wives, concubines and children never dreamed that their closest relatives, who usually refer to him as food, drink, clothes, and clothes as pride, are now life-threatening The ghost, his face pale with fright, trembled into a ball.

When their lives were threatened, or when their selfish desires swelled into deformities, the kinship, ethics, and morality were all pale and powerless. Where the sword rose and fell, blood spattered, screams, blood spattered in the inner house, it was very painful. Except for Ma Shiying's old lady who was not present, dozens of wives, concubines and children of the father and son were all lying in a pool of blood, and none of them survived.

At this time, the front yard and the back yard were full of voices, like a pot was boiling.

Knowing that it was almost done, Ma Shiying took his son to carry the old woman out from another room and helped her to the horse.

In order to disperse the targets and increase the success rate of breaking out, they divided their forces.

Ma Shiying was very generous. He gave Zhao Zhilong three hundred of the five hundred soldiers at once, and asked him to lead these people to break out from the front yard, while their father and son took the remaining two hundred soldiers to protect the old lady and escape from the backyard. The targets were of course the Fifth Army Dudufu.There is hope for these two groups of people who succeed in breaking through the siege all the way.

But Zhao Zhilong did not expect such a division of troops. Ma Shiying is his boss. At the critical moment, he should lose his car to protect the handsome man. Zhao Zhilong has nothing to do without him. If he can distribute 100 people, he will be grateful to Ma Shiying's eight generations of ancestors.To take a step back, even if one soldier is not given to him, he will have to risk his life. After all, he has to fight for himself if he is not for others.

But Ma Shiying actually gave more than half of the troops, leaving only a small half for himself. This kind of excessive generosity made Zhao Zhilong unacceptable. A hundred warriors are enough."

Ma Shiying looked sincere, "Brother Zhao, don't refuse, we are on the same boat now, why should we divide each other, besides, although the old man is expensive as the governor of five provinces, and has the false title of minister of the Ministry of War, brother Zhao is the admiral of the Beijing camp. I have to rely on my brother's power to dispatch troops to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, so from this point of view, even if the old man is busy, my brother must not be busy, so don't dawdle, let's go!"

A few words made Zhao Zhilong tearful, and it was worth it to die eight times for Ma Shiying.

Zhao Zhilong gave a deep salute, "My lord, take care, auspicious people have their own celestial features, my lord will be able to turn bad luck into good luck, and my wishes will come true. I will definitely fulfill my mission when I go here, and I will send troops and horses to be driven by my lord."

"Take care." Ma Shiying nodded, urging him to leave quickly.

Seeing that Zhao Zhilong led most of the government soldiers and rushed towards the front yard, Ma Luan was puzzled again, "Daddy..."

Ma Shiying knew what this reckless son was going to say, so he stopped him with a wave of his hand, with a slyness on his face that was hard for ordinary people to detect.

In fact, Zhao Zhilong was tricked by Ma Shiying.Even though Zhao Zhilong was regarded as the number one powerful figure in the courtiers of the Southern Ming Dynasty besides Ma Shiying, he had been an official for many years and had a lot of experience, but compared to Ma Shiying, he was still a bit young when it came to playing tricks.

Because Zhao Zhilong gave Zhao Zhilong 300 people on the surface, and he only left [-], but the [-] people given to Zhao Zhilong had no knights, let alone a single firearm, and even the dozens of martial arts teachers he recruited to guard the house were not willing. Give one to Zhao Zhilong.

In other words, those who gave Zhao Zhilong were all soldiers, and the 200 people they left behind were all elites.They just used their superior numbers to win over Zhao Zhilong and let him attract the main force of the imperial court for him, so that their father and son could take the opportunity to escape.

After playing Zhao Zhilong, he has to be grateful to charge forward for himself and willingly serve as a shield for their father and son. This is Ma Shiying's cunning.

The two groups of men and horses moved separately, and Ma Shiying and his son flew on their horses and led two hundred soldiers to the gate of the backyard...

The line of sight returned to the front door of the Governor's Mansion.

Zheng Hongkui led a thousand Jinyi guards and was about to smash the door and rush in. At this time, the gate of the Governor's Mansion opened. He thought that Ma Shiying led someone to kill him. Unclear people, men, women and children poured out of it like a tide, carrying burdens and carrying burdens, running for their lives.

The crossbowmen who had been prepared for a long time fired thousands of arrows, and all of them were shot down in an instant, and some of them were shot into hedgehogs with several arrows, and their blood flowed like a river.Now these people ran more happily, howling and fleeing in all directions.

"Stop shooting arrows!" Zhu Yousong immediately ordered when he saw a large number of unarmed women, children, old and young died tragically under the arrows of the officers and soldiers.

Lu Jiude beside him hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty has a kind heart, but if this is Ma Shiying's treacherous scheme, wouldn't we have been fooled if they got in among these people?"

"There is no chance, this must be the trick of the old thief, but even so, you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately. I am not the Holy Mother, but if you kill these weak and unarmed people without distinction, I will not become a violent person." Are you a gentleman? Today I am here to eradicate the traitorous party, and if I do this, I will become an even worse leader of the traitorous party than Ma Shiying!"

"Your Majesty is wise, this servant understands." Lu Jiude lamented the emperor's benevolence, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Your Majesty ordered that human lives should not be taken lightly, and these people can be isolated and examined, and the rebellious party thieves are not allowed to escape!"

A person's voice is too limited, and there is no amplifier, especially for this occasion, but the ancients are not stupid at all. As soon as Lu Jiude, the chief eunuch of the admiral Dongchang, said the words, someone immediately repeated them verbatim His words passed down, and soon the bow and arrow stopped abruptly.

Zheng Hongkui frowned, and secretly scolded this cunning old thief for being so hateful that he let these unarmed women, children and servants act as shields for him, and their father and son and Zhao Zhilong might get in troubled waters to get out of their shells.

Ordinarily, all these people should be killed, but the emperor is kind-hearted and forbids killing innocent people indiscriminately. It is true that Ma Shiying and his son and Zhao Zhilong are the main culprits. This time they are the main ones to be arrested.

Therefore, after the sudden stop of the arrow rain, Zheng Hongkui directed countless Jin Yiwei to rush up, intending to isolate and examine these people.

But these people are like frightened birds at this time, yelling and screaming, running around, perhaps almost crazy after being stimulated, entangled with the warriors in brocade who kindly evacuated them, yelling and cursing endlessly, some even talked to the guards in brocade Violent conflicts also broke out, and there was chaos in front of the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

Zhao Zhilong, the admiral of the Beijing camp who was lying near the gate, saw that the time was ripe, and he admired Ma Shiying's ingenuity in his heart, and shouted to the [-] soldiers under his command, "Brothers, go!"

(End of this chapter)