Chapter 172: Survival (4)
"This official is Chen Kai, who entered the town government a few years ago to kill the Chaozhou thief king car, and one person carries more than one package, and the whole party sits together, and is not allowed to board the ship!"
Chen Kai shouted, then handed the tin horn to Ding Youyi, who was stunned, and then strode up the city wall. In an instant, a similar order seemed to be being conveyed in the direction of the west, probably at the Civilization Gate, and perhaps the same could be said of the farther south gate and the Guide Gate.
At this moment, Chen Kai had already set an example, and Ding Youyi hurriedly echoed it. Sure enough, Chen Kai's famous reputation of "tearing the car is a heavy responsibility" still scared many people, even if there were many happy rummaging through some useful things, repacking and taking them away. But more importantly, when the neighbors who only carried one package in the same square came to see it, many people were really embarrassed to drag the entire square and couldn't board the boat.
There was a brief pause, and then, when the queue moved again, it was moving much faster than the others. The people were in a hurry to get out of this dangerous place, and the mess on the side of the road showed their eagerness even more.
In the flow of people rolling south, a middle-aged man who came from the pier against the flow of people came from the pier, and it took the boss's strength to find Chen Kai, who was supervising the command staff on the city wall.
Kuang Lu, in connection with this matter, it is inconvenient to see each other too much, this time I just came to say goodbye to Chen Kai, but when I arrived at the dock, I didn't find Chen Kai's shadow, and it took a lot of people to know that Chen Kai had been in the city all along.
Chen Kai naturally knew the purpose of Kuang Lu's visit, and even knew that when Kuang Lu returned to Haixue Hall, he would put the collection next to him one by one, holding the Tang Dynasty guqin "Green Qitai", and finally died of hunger strike.
After dating for more than a month, they have only met a few times, but Kuang Lu's free and easy temperament is very much in line with Chen Kai's temper, and once the two meet, there are always endless topics to talk about. But at this point, they are speechless.
Kuang Lu knew that Chen Kai's time was very tight, and after a while, he explained his intention: "Brother Chengxian, I am here to say goodbye this time." After saying this, Kuang Lu originally planned to say two words about what saves people's lives and is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter to praise Chen Kai, but when the words came to his lips, he retreated. On the contrary, it was his next performance, but Chen Kai was stunned.
"This green Qitai was originally hidden by Emperor Wuzong in the leopard room, and it is the most cherished one in the collection of Brother Yu. Today, it will be given to Chengcheng, a little admiration of the foolish brother. ”
As he spoke, Kuang Lu stuffed the guqin he was holding into Chen Kai's arms, then bowed his hand and strode towards the steps. Maybe when he walked back to the left side of Haixue Hall and ran into the Qing army, he could also use something next to his body and laugh wildly: "What is this?" Can you play with each other? ”
The body of the cow hair pattern of Chu color, look closely, the place of the dragon pool, the three characters of the green Qitai carved by the official script, the silkworm head swallowtail, and the twists and turns, which are the perfect interpretation of the romance and chic of the literati.
Gently stroking the body of the piano and looking at Kuang Lu's distant back, Chen Kai turned his head and glanced at Lin Dezhong, who understood, nodded and chased after Kuang Lu's departure. Lin Dezhong was originally a hunter in the mountains, and later he also had a lot of experience in the army, and he had experienced the battle of Pantuoling.
When he caught up with Kuang Lu, who had already arrived at the city gate, he bluntly said that Chen Kai had a return gift to give to others, but asked Kuang Lu to move, and then suddenly took a wrong step, and a hand knife cut on the neck of the middle-aged man, and the latter's body fell directly into Lin Dezhong's arms.
The sedan chair had already been prepared, and Chen Kai always felt that it would be useful, so Kuang Lu happened to be loaded in it and then transported to the dock.
This is just an episode. Lin Dezhong went down the city wall, and Chen Kai retracted his gaze. Time continues to pass, getting closer and closer to dawn, Chen Kai knows very well that the news from Shi Huiran at this stage shows that at dawn, when the Qing army clearly sees that the city wall in the northwest is broken, it is the beginning of the massacre. And now, even half an hour has passed, and there is less and less time left for Chen Kai, but in the area of Gongbei Tower, just north of the south gate, the fire held by a huge team of chariots and horses appeared in his sight.
"Yu Shuai, Zhang Shuai, believe it or not, Gongbeilou is rushing here, is it our dear Governor Boss?"
As soon as Chen Kai said this, the two immediately changed color. Du Yonghe is the governor of Guangzhou, Guangzhou is his place of governance, since the Qing army entered the territory of Guangzhou, it has been more than ten months, especially when the Qing army launched the first onslaught on Guangzhou City eight months ago, Du Yonghe also led the generals to resist, and now Chen Kai concluded that Du Yonghe would run, and the two couldn't help but be suspicious. But before they could put their suspicions into words, in the distance, a scream of "the governor has run", accompanied by Du Yong and the banner appeared in the sight of the people who were still waiting in line to leave the city, and it spread with an irrepressible trend.
"We can get news from Shi Shuai, and Du Zhijun can also predict from Yang Chunbo that the fall of Guangzhou City is imminent......
Chen Kai explained slightly, and the eyes of the two had already turned to the north of the south gate. Unlike these people who traveled lightly, Du Yonghe not only loaded his family members into the carriage, but even the family assets accumulated over the years did not leave anything behind, and they were all under the protection of his own soldiers and guards, and slowly went south.
In addition to Du Yonghe, the senior civil officials of the governor's yamen, the political envoy department, and the inspection envoy department in Guangzhou City were all like Du Yonghe, ready to flee with their families. They were the "main fugitive" in the city of Guangzhou, and now they were closely united around Du Yong and the governor of Guangzhou. And their leader, who was also a military general, has an inextricable old friendship with the generals of the "main battle faction", so naturally he will not completely ignore the notice. However, it was after he had everything ready, and he was blocked by Zhang Yue and Li Jianjie when he got it, and he didn't even have a chance to escape.
Compared with ordinary people, although the guards, their own soldiers, and their families guarded a large number of family members and goods, and fled south in these carriages, the army was the army, and it was orderly. After the brigade crossed the Gongbei Tower, the family members and soldiers of the brigade rushed up and began to disperse the people who had not yet entered the city.
Whips, scabbards, and gun shafts, these professional soldiers who are accustomed to battles know very well that their purpose is to clear the road, and if they see blood and kill people, the scene will be a mess, and it will be difficult for the chariots and horses behind to pass quickly. As long as these untouchables who are blocking the road know that it hurts, and roll to the side of the road with their burdens, the purpose will be achieved, and this is enough.
Wielding whips, scabbards, and gun shafts, he scolded and cursed. Amidst the screams, scolding, and crying, the crowds of people who were anxiously waiting to enter the city began to be expelled by the streets and alleys on both sides of this barbaric horizontal street.
The crowd of people who were originally organized by Fang Xiang inevitably fell into chaos, but at this moment, the chariots and horses of Du Yonghe and others also squeezed in, and under the continuous expulsion, they moved towards the direction of the south gate. When the chariots and horses approached the city wall, the people began to gradually close, but under the vigilant gaze of the soldiers and family members who were guarding the side, they did not dare to gather too closely.
The people were expelled by them to both sides, and they were constantly squeezing the procession that was entering the city gate in front of them, and the crowd rushed forward, and the procession accelerated sharply, and some people were constantly squeezed to the side of the road, and some fell to the ground, and soon drowned under a pair of big feet. Order began to gradually lose, and Chen Kai did not have too many men and horses in his hands, so he had to let these soldiers and family members do this.
The procession of carriages and horses slowly passed through the south gate, and Zhang Qixian didn't bother to pay attention to the fleeing governor, so he simply went directly to the Guide Gate to prepare for the guard. Chen Kai took Lin Dezhong and Cai Qiao and a group of personal soldiers down the city wall, and when he saw this group of angry officials, before he could speak, the political envoy strode forward, and was about to accuse Chen Kai of shaking the hearts of the people in the city, but was stopped by Du Yonghe.
"It is a high righteousness for Governor Chen to rescue the people at this time of crisis. Now that the city is about to be destroyed, the governor and his colleagues should leave the city of Guangzhou for the time being, so as to continue to preside over the military and political affairs of Guangdong Province, and also to better organize the royal divisions of Guangdong to resist the captive divisions. Since the matter of the dock is presided over by Governor Chen, then I ask Governor Chen to prepare ships for us. ”