On the evening of the day when Fang Nan arrived in the city of Guangzhou, He Yan's troops arrived in Zhaoqing Fucheng, and 13,000 people's troops surrounded Zhaoqing Fucheng, and the battle would break out tomorrow, He Yan sent people to send a letter of surrender to the Ming army in the city.

The letter of persuasion must have been written in traditional characters, and the simplified characters mainly used by the People's Army were basically incomprehensible to the Ming army, but people who could write simplified characters could roughly understand the content written in traditional characters.

The content of the letter of persuasion is very simple: You have been surrounded, quickly throw down your weapons and surrender, Guangzhou City has been occupied by our People's Army, Wu Wenhua and Ren Jianxiu have been killed by us, you can't hold Zhaoqing Mansion City, surrender quickly, spare you from dying.

In the face of the persuasion of the People's Army to surrender, all the officers and commanders of the Ming Army who expressed their opinions expressed their refusal to surrender, but this was only a minority, and those who had other ideas did not open their mouths, after all, this kind of thing of defecting to the enemy cannot be said at will, and whoever dares to say it on this occasion will be directly ordered to be executed by the commander.

There are really people who want to surrender among the officers of the Ming army, and there are not a few, Zhaoqing Mansion has been surrounded by the People's Army, don't look at the more than 7,000 Ming troops in the city, but it is basically impossible to hold the city and wait for other Ming troops to come to support.

Whether there are reinforcements or not is one thing, whether they can come before the city is broken is another thing, and more importantly, the officers and commanders know better the combat effectiveness of their own soldiers.

There are only 6,000 Ming troops in Guangzhou City, but there are a lot of elites, but they were broken by the enemy outside the city, and even the two adults died, and their more than 7,000 Ming troops seem to have more troops, but their combat effectiveness is much worse than the 6,000 Ming troops in Guangzhou City.

In fact, there are many officer commanders who don't want to stay in Zhaoqing Mansion City, but their own adults want to stay here, it can be expected that there will be a tragic battle next, and they can not come forward as officers, those small soldiers are going to be unlucky, I don't know how many people will die in this battle.

A new day has arrived, and the offensive and defensive battle of Zhaoqing Fucheng has begun.

In order to break the city as soon as possible, He Yan used the remaining grenades of the 3rd Mixed Brigade in this battle.

After hundreds of casualties, there was a loud bang, and the eastern cities of Zhaoqing Mansion were blown up, and the soldiers and grenadiers who first boarded the camp took the lead in rushing into the city.

The city gate was blown up, and the surrounding Ming troops quickly rushed to support, and in the face of the gathered Ming troops, the grenadiers who hid behind the soldiers who first ascended the camp lit grenades one by one and threw them into the enemy pile.

One grenade after another exploded, blowing up a large number of Ming soldiers on their backs, and the Ming troops who were not injured around were also stunned by the explosion.

"Lay down your arms, don't kill those who descend!"

Hearing the words of the People's Army soldiers to persuade them to surrender, knowing that the city was about to be broken, the Ming army, who did not want to die, threw down their weapons and surrendered.

In less than an hour, the city of Zhaoqing was breached by He Yanbu, and the number of dead and wounded in He Yanbu was less than 800.

I have to say that the tactics of blowing up the city gate with explosives bags and attacking with grenadiers are very suitable for breaking the city, but such tactics can only be used in the short term, and when this tactic is understood by more Ming troops, the Ming army can think of ways to crack the tactics.

The easiest way is to block the city gates, and you can't rush into the city by blowing up the city gates, so you can only choose to blow up the city walls or climb the city walls.

After this battle, He Yanbu could no longer use this tactic in a short period of time, because the grenades were about to run out.

However, after taking this more than 7,000 Ming army, there are even fewer Ming troops in Guangdong, and basically there is no Ming army with more than 5,000 people, which will not affect He Yan's next siege in western Guangdong.

In the city of Guangzhou, Fang Nan began to deal with some things that required him to make decisions, such as the handling of Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, Liang Xin and others who defected to the People's Army.

In the palace, Fang Nan summoned Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin.

Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin knew that it was the "leader" of the People's Army who summoned them, and when they saw Fang Nan for the first time, they suppressed the surprise in their hearts, and respectfully shouted to Fang Nan, "Metropolitan Governor." ”

Those words seemed to be very sincere, as if they were already a member of the People's Army.

Fang Nan didn't invite the three of them to sit down, and said directly to the three of them: "The three of you helped open the city gate and reduce the casualties of the People's Army when our People's Army attacked this Guangzhou City, which can be regarded as a great contribution to the People's Army......

Hearing this, Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin were overjoyed, what they were most worried about was that the People's Army didn't care about their merits and directly raided their homes, as long as the People's Army remembered their merits, then they would most likely not die.

“…… However, you have also had a lot of oppression of the common people before, I don't know how many families and wives have been separated, it stands to reason that you should be raided like everyone else, but you have made great contributions to the People's Army and need to be rewarded, and it is not good to have your homes raided.

The punishment I give you is that you find the people you have oppressed and compensate them to get their forgiveness.

As for those who can't find anyone, take out half of your possessions and buy food to give to the common people who lack food.

By doing this, you are a member of our People's Army and are protected by the People's Army.

I wonder if you are willing to accept this punishment? ”

"Yes, we do." As soon as Fang Nan's voice fell, Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin quickly replied.

Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin must have been very dissatisfied with Fang Nan's punishment, and even resented Fang Nan's resentment of the People's Army in their hearts, and they all wanted to die, and this punishment directly took away most of their wealth.

No matter how dissatisfied they are, they have to accept this punishment, and if they don't accept this punishment, it is very likely that their end will be to be raided, the choice between life and death, they cannot choose to die, they can only choose to use most of their wealth to buy the lives of their own families.

Even Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin did not dare to curse in their hearts that the People's Army was exterminated by the Ming Army, if the People's Army was exterminated by the Ming Army, they would also die, and at most they would flee overseas.

can choose, no one wants to escape to an unfamiliar place overseas.

Fortunately, they can continue to live for the time being, compared to those powerful people who were raided, and there are still those who are hostile to them, and now they are all cold, either dead or locked up by the People's Army.

The three of them can still leave a small half of their wealth after paying most of their wealth, and they can also let the family live a rich life, which is already a very good result.

Jiang Ci, Xia Jingshan, and Liang Xin left the mansion, looked at each other a few times, and showed a smile with pain.