Zhang Yue and Li Jianjie were late, and everywhere they saw, there were only pieces of mess left. Seeing this, the two immediately understood, and they inevitably scolded Du Yonghe, but they also organized their troops to evacuate to the south.

"Go quickly, inform the fourth brother, Du Yonghe has run away, we have to leave here quickly!"

sent his cronies to find Li Chengdong's other son, Li Yuantai, and Li Jianjie hurriedly led the troops south with Zhang Yue. The army was more organized, and the cavalry were the first to accompany them, and they went all the way south along the street in front of the governor's palace, and after passing the Gongbei Tower, they saw that there were already many torches, which were moving slowly to the south.

But before they could rush closer, in the east, the sky was bright, and almost at the same time, there was a faint shout of killing from the northwest, and the noise in front was annihilated in just this instant.

There was silence for a moment, and in the next second, the tide of the crowd accelerated suddenly, and the moment the posture rushed to the city wall, in Li Jianjie's eyes, it was as if the Yellow River that burst the embankment was surging against the embankment.

"It's late, it's late!"

………………

Three hours ago, Li Jianjie left the Governor's Mansion angrily. At the wharf in the south of the city, a small boat slowly sailed into the wharf where the Guangzhou Navy Division docked, and the young civil official who was wearing a scarlet official robe and embroidered with a cloud goose standing on one foot on the waves and shaking his wings was straightened, and his face was pale, and he strode into the camp of the Guangzhou Navy Division's chief soldier Wei Wu Wenwen.

"Governor Chen's ......"

Xiguan was lost, Fan Chengen retreated into the city, until yesterday, the Qing army finally transported the Hongyi cannon to the outside of the city, and began to bombard the northwest corner of the city. The naval camp is located at the southern pier of the city, far northwest of the city, but like Li Jianjie, Wu Wenwen is also worried. But at such a time, Chen Kai suddenly visited, and Wu Wenwen's nerves tensed immediately.

"Uncle Wu, the northwest city wall has collapsed by more than ten zhang, and the city of Guangzhou is about to be broken, can you think about the retreat?"

"You, what do you say!"

Chen Kai asked lightly, as if he was talking about some parents, but in Wu Wenwen's ears, it was like a thunderclap, and he stood up suddenly, and even brought the Taishi chair to the ground.

One zhang is 3.3 meters, and more than ten zhang is thirty or forty meters of the city wall has collapsed, which cannot be repaired at all. The candle flickered, Chen Kai leaned back in the chair for a long time, with a hint of intriguing smile on the corner of his mouth, just looking at Wu Wenwen who was standing here and pointing at the halberd across the table.

This sentence is indeed said to Wu Wenwen's heart, since yesterday's leave to bombard the city, this question has already surfaced in his mind, so far there has been no result, it is more because he is a sailor under his command, and the Pearl River is free to come and go, but there is not much urgency. However, when Chen Kai clearly exposed this thought to the air, he began to doubt Chen Kai's intentions in surprise, and even what he had planned in the past six months.

"Is Governor Chen here to persuade Ben Shuai to surrender?"

After a while, he held back such a tentative word, and Chen Kai laughed out loud. Immediately, under the gaze of Wu Wenwen, he shook his head gently, and then said with a smile: "Uncle Wu should know that Xiaguan came down from the north to the south to join the king, to put it clearly, if he is captured, why is Xiaguan not in his hometown, the gentry there have a lot to do with my family, and it is not easy to ask for a half-official position. ”

It was not unexpected by Chen Kai, Wu Wenwen's words were originally a temptation, and even more of a step. After getting Chen Kai's return, Wu Wenwen picked up the Taishi chair, sat down again, stared at Chen Kai's eyes with blazing eyes, and said word by word: "Governor Chen, what do you want Ben Shuai to do?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Kai even clapped his hands and praised: "It's easy to talk to smart people." Don't hide it from Uncle Wu, doing this little business that is not enough to even plug the gap between your teeth, you really don't need to go back and forth with the Marquis of Fu Ming and Xiaguan, and you don't need the Marquis of Min An and Zhong Zhenbo to come all the way from Fujian with a fleet. Xiaguan promised Neizi that what he wanted to do was to save the people in the city, and if he could save the next one, I wonder if Uncle Wu is willing to be an adult? ”

As soon as Chen Kai said that, Wu Wenwen's color changed several times, and his eyes flashed a few times. Chen Kai went back and forth several times, sold and bought, how could there be a flow of more than 100,000 taels of silver, but in Chen Kai's mouth, it became a "small business that was not enough to stuff his teeth", and for a while, even Wu Wenwen couldn't figure out whether Chen Kai was pretending to be a big deal, or really so rich.

Thinking of this, Wu Wenwen swallowed his saliva before he said to Chen Kaiyan: "If Governor Chen wants to cooperate, he should treat people with sincerity, whether he wants this city or something on the side, Ben Shuai can consider joining hands with Governor Chen." But if you don't even tell the truth, then ask Governor Chen to leave here, and Ben Shuai will only think that Governor Chen has never come. ”

Fuming Hou Lincha's fleet, Wu Wenwen has seen it with his own eyes, compared to him and Yin Zhirong now combined only seventy or eighty large and small ships, and there are many of them have recently requisitioned civilian ships and converted miscellaneous fleets, Lin Cha's ships are all warships, even those loaded with goods are also armed merchant ships equipped with cannons, and they are far superior to him in terms of speed and armament. In other words, with Lin Cha's methods, it is not much more difficult to pinch him to death than it is to pinch a bed bug.

With such a strong army on the side, even if there is such a business relationship, Wu Wenwen may not be able to sleep peacefully every night. But according to Chen Kai's words, the fleets of Min'anhou and Zhongzhenbo also arrived, and he was not very impressed by these two, but since Chen Kai proposed it, he was afraid that it might not be groundless, and Wu Wenwen immediately believed it. It's just that for Chen Kai's purpose, he can't believe that it is to save people.

"It seems that Uncle Wu doesn't know anything about what happened in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian in the past six months, so the lower officials will give Mr. Wu a science popularization."

is still that gossipy tone, Chen Kai is not in a hurry to tell the changes in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian in the past six months, in addition to Zheng Chenggong lifting the attack on the east and west fronts, he even briefly said some things about the re-entry of the Lu Jian Dynasty into the Zhejiang battlefield. Until the end, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian brothers seized Xiamen Island, and now they have reunified the Zheng Group, and they were stunned when they heard Wu Wenwen.

"In less than two hours, the fleet of Min'an Hou and Zhong Zhenbo will arrive under the city of Guangzhou. Min'anhou is from northern Fujian, and his subordinates are all sailors of northern Fujian, and he is brave enough to be in southern Fujian; What Zhong Zhenbo brought was not the old ministry with the national surname, but the merchant fleet that was originally subordinate to Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian's brothers. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Kai initially showed his strength, and then said to Wu Wenwen: "Don't think that what Xia Guan said is false, don't hide it from Uncle Wu, Xia Guan has already made a marriage contract with the daughter-in-law of Dingguo Gong, and the wife of Xia Guan who came to Guangzhou to save people can't bear to be slaughtered by the people of Guangzhou." As for these people, when they arrived in Chaozhou, they also went to farm and work under the rule of Dingguo Gong and Guo surname, and I, Chen Kai, have never been philanthropists who support idlers! ”

Speaking of which, Wu Wenwen probably also figured out Chen Kai's plan - first came over under the banner of doing business, opened the tiger skin, deceived Du Yong and their trust, aroused their desires, and at the same time bought a part of the people to replenish the population of Chaozhou, and waited until the Qing army captured the city of Guangzhou, and then played a big game under the banner of saving people, so that the population of Chaozhou could be greatly improved. These people can be farmers, craftsmen, merchants, and even soldiers in the army!

The Zheng family is not short of money, what they lack is land and people. This transaction, Chen Kai did a smooth job, which is not without flaws at all, but the situation in Guangzhou is like this, Du Yonghe and others are deeply benefited, Chen Kai has always been behaving before showing his fangs, and the generals did not think much about it. Until now, when Wu Wenwen finally figured out the true face of the wealth boy, he still couldn't help but be shocked by Chen Kai's boldness.

"Governor Chen is so sure that Guangzhou City can't hold it?"

"Guangzhou City can't be defended, Uncle Wu doesn't have a little count in his heart?"

"I ......"

As soon as Chen Kai's rhetorical question, which was gaining momentum, entered his ears, Wu Wenwen was immediately stunned. That's right, these generals who are in the city of Guangzhou, these generals who are in the storm of party struggle in the imperial court, should indeed know better.

Party strife, internal provocations, rebellions, one by one, and even the passage of attacking reinforcements, the Qing army outside the city is not only more than them, but also more united, and the difference is nothing more than this city wall. Now that the Hongyi cannon is in place, this barrier, or the last reliance, is about to cease to exist, how can this city be defended?

Thinking about this, Wu Wenwen's expression changed, and it was not until a moment later that he regained his mind and asked Chen Kai: "Governor Chen, what do you want this commander to do?" What can you give Ben Shuai? ”