Having said that, Chen Kai had to blurt out a few words in his heart. It's just that as the leader of this rescue, Chen Kai must first ensure that his family will not be discouraged and will not spread these negative emotions to others, so as to strive for more strength.

The management team, whether it is in the future or in the present day, the principle is the same. The civil officials in Guangzhou are not fools, and for them personally, this situation is also very bad. But Chen Kai was not discouraged, and also gave them some encouragement, since Chen Kai had the heart to conceive for the people of Guangzhou, then it was not a big deal for them to give it up, the key was what Chen Kai's detailed plan was.

"According to the calculation below, it is not surprising that within ten days, the captive master should come to the city of Guangzhou again. At that time, the city wall will be bombarded with Hongyi cannons, and the thick army of the city wall will be killed to extinguish the resistance and slaughter the city. ”

"I agreed with the Marquis of Weiyuan to mobilize the naval divisions of eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian, and in the name of trade, to berth at the port. If the captives are not enough to break the city, the trade will continue as usual, and if the captives break through the city, they will carry the people as much as possible and escape along the waterway of the Pearl River to ascend to heaven. This is only a preliminary plan, and the number of people who can be rescued will only be very few. Therefore, I plan to organize the evacuation of the people through the kings, so that more people can be saved. ”

Chen Kai's plan does not seem to be difficult, but if he wants to really organize all this, he must rely on these civil officials, because the officials, officials, lizheng, and village elders under their control are the real grassroots organizations, and without the blessing of these forces, it is really unimaginable to organize such a large-scale rescue.

"Does Governor Chen know how many people there are in Guangzhou now?"

"I want to hear about it."

Chen Kai really doesn't have an accurate concept of how many people there are in Guangzhou. According to the statistics of the Ming court, there were 400,000 people in the thirteen counties of Guangzhou, but the problem was that the population of the Ming Dynasty was only calculated according to the taxpayer population, and the old, weak, women and children who depended on the taxpayer population were not counted at all.

In other words, if a man has a wife and a son and two vassals, then it means that there are at least 1.2 million people in Guangzhou alone; If a man has a father, a mother, a wife, a concubine, and several children, then this number will increase exponentially. If a man has a father, a mother-in-law, a mother-in-law, a wife, a wife, a concubine, a dozen children, and dozens or hundreds of male and female servants......

The ancients paid attention to having many sons and blessings, and single-child families were basically rare, and parents could be shared by several brothers, but the wife and children could only be counted among the vassal population of a man. Of course, there are also bachelors who can't marry a daughter-in-law, and if there is no father or mother, then there is no problem of vassal population.

However, the situation is different, don't say it's statistics, and it's difficult to even estimate it. However, with the scale of Guangzhou at that time and its important position in the political, military, economic, and cultural aspects of South China, the population was not comparable to that of Suzhou and Hangzhou, but at least it was also a level of Yangzhou. What's more, Guangzhou was besieged, and a large number of people from outside the city poured into the city......

"Due to the large number of people from outside the city entering the city, we don't know how many of them. However, according to historical estimates, there are seven or eight hundred thousand people in this city, and with the three or four hundred large and small ships brought by Governor Chen, how many can be transported? ”

The organizational and mobilization power of feudal society was low, and the credibility and propaganda ability of local officials were far from being compared with later generations.

Chen Kai wanted to negotiate with Du Yonghe more than once in advance, but the problem was that Du Yonghe was able to open the seal on his own back then, squeeze out Liu Yuansheng, and was able to give up introducing Chen Qice as a aid because of a He Wuyu earlier, and now how can he trust Chen Kai, a civil official from Chaozhou, not to mention that Chen Kai is also the chief staff of another warlord.

After the fall of Guangzhou, the Qing army only launched two offensives before and after, the first time in early March, with more than 1,000 soldiers and a heavy defeat, and the second time was a few days later, when the city was broken. To put it bluntly, Guangzhou Chengpo died suddenly, and there was no time to convince the family to give first aid!

"Go all out, if you can save one, it's one!"

Chen Kai's resolute gaze is resolute, and everyone is full of determination under his infection. Next, it is nothing more than some details on the transshipment, Chen Kai has already figured it out, and he only needs to explain it to them. But soon, a new question arose, that is, how many soldiers Chen Kai brought with him.

"There are four or five thousand sailors on board, there are always some."

"Not enough, definitely not enough."

The prefect's breath became heavy with his brows constricted, and he shook his head and said, "Not to mention the Tartars, Governor Chen, you also need to try to subdue the sailors on the docks, the southern city wall of the old city, and the defenders of the new city, and control the city walls and gates in the south of the city." In addition, it is necessary to transfer the population, and this little manpower is simply not enough. ”

A city in Guangzhou, in the early Ming Dynasty, the three cities of the Song Dynasty were one, and the north city wall was expanded, including Yuexiu Mountain since then; There are winged cities on the east and west sides, which are the handiwork of Tong Yangjia a few years ago; In the 42nd year of Jiajing, an outer city was built in the south of the city, and all the south of the city to the banks of the Pearl River were included in the city. The south of the city mentioned by the prefect is the wall of the old city, and Chen Kai must at least control it so that the people of the old city can enter, otherwise the scope of rescue will be limited to the new city.

The prefect's opinion was affirmed by everyone, and even Kuang Lu was a little impatient. On the other hand, Chen Kai shook his head, and then explained: "The sailors brought in Xia only need to control the wharf and transport the people. The rest is to try to contact the local health center. ”

In the city of Guangzhou, the defenders can be roughly divided into two systems, one is Du Yonghe, Zhang Yue, Wu Wenwen, Fan Chengen, Li Chengdong's generals, who can be roughly classified as outsiders; The second is the coastal guard set up by the Ming court here, that is, the military units of the four guards of Guangzhou Left Guard, Guangzhou Right Guard, Guangzhou Qianwei and Guangzhou Rear Guard, as well as some local town camp heads, who are locals living here compared to Du Yonghe.

Compared with those outsiders, the locals have a more rural feeling, and their determination to stick to the city and defend their homes is also firmer. As soon as Chen Kai mentioned it at this moment, everyone's thoughts immediately shifted to those guards officers.

After two hours of confidential discussion, a consensus was basically reached. The next day, the prefect tried his best to get in touch with him, and brought Chen Kai to the bamboo tube camp, where there were some Hui troops stationed here under the command of senior officials, and the living customs were different, Du Yonghe and his subordinates generally did not notice here, and it was indeed the best place for secret meetings.

"Zhang Qixian, the hereditary commander of the Guangzhou Left Guard."

"The hereditary commander of the Guangzhou Left Guard commanded Yu Fengqi."

“……”

"The hereditary official of the right guard in Guangzhou commanded Ma Chengzu and Sa Zhifu."

"Shi Huiran, the hereditary commander of the avant-garde in Guangzhou."

“……”

"Guerrilla General Guo Yao, Garrison Yu Shuzhi ......"

In terms of identity, not only the officers of the guard, but also the local officers of the town were also present, and most of the people who were missing were those of Li Chengdong's old department.

They are all local military officers, and some of them are farther away, such as Guo Yao, who is not from Guangzhou Prefecture, but also from Dongguan County. He once went north with Yuan Chonghuan to garrison Liaodong, and then Yuan Chonghuan was executed, and the fellow villagers he brought with him basically returned to Guangzhou, Guo Yao was one of them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since you are here, you must have understood what we are doing. Today's matter, to make it clear, is to prevent trouble before it happens, once the captives break the city, we must seek a way for the people of Guangzhou to make a living. The families of the princes and the families of the soldiers under their command can be given priority to board the ship, and the official will ask the Marquis Fu Ming to send them to a safe place. However, for all the monarchs, this official only has one thing to say, that is, I, Chen Kai, and others, have used all means to trap the Tartars in the city and buy time for the people in the city to transfer. ”

After the city was broken, they tried to drag down the Qing army, saying that it sounds good, but to put it mildly, they want to use their lives to delay the pace of the Qing army sweeping the entire city of Guangzhou, that is, let them die here!

However, as soon as Chen Kai said this, the generals did not have the slightest hint of fear, just one of them, all of them were like this, and Rao is Chen Kai couldn't help but be a little moved.

"I don't dare to ask for it."

Standing up with his head held high, a hereditary commander of the Guangzhou guard stood proudly and said loudly: "The hereditary commander of this guard has made General Feng Lao have been martyred, and I will wait for the descendants and nephews to take the prefect of Chen's mansion as the head of the horse, protect the local people in my hometown, and never dare to insult the loyalty of the ancestors and the old general Feng!" ”