In the place where Wu Wenhua handles government affairs on a daily basis, Ren Jianxiu found someone, and when he saw someone, Wu Wenhua sat slumped in a chair, and Wu Wenhua, who was already sixty-six years old, looked even older at this moment, like a broken candle that would be extinguished at any time.

Seeing Ren Jianxiu walk into the house, Wu Wenhua just glanced at Ren Jianxiu, and his eyes became blank again.

Sadness, heartache, anger, and panic, Wu Wenhua's mind was mixed with various emotions before, but as time passed, Wu Wenhua's mood calmed down.

Wu Wenhua was thinking about one thing, he was thinking about why there was such a powerful anti-thief in Guangdong, who defeated the Ming army twice in a row, and now the city of Guangzhou is about to fall.

Wu Wenhua thinks that he is a good official, worthy of the emperor, worthy of the people of the dawn, he rectified the officialdom of Guangdong, sent troops to constantly encircle and suppress the bandits and bandits in the territory, in his opinion, the people of Guangdong can survive no matter how bad their lives are, but why did a rebel suddenly appear, so many people joined in, and wanted to overthrow the Ming Dynasty together.

"My lord, the southern wall has been lost."

"Hmm."

"My lord, Guangzhou City is about to be occupied by thieves, it's my fault, the south gate should be blocked."

"It's not your fault, it's someone who has defected."

"Whoever defects to the enemy, I will lead someone to kill them!" Knowing that someone had defected to the enemy, Ren Jianxiu was furious, even if he wanted to die, he would kill all these guys who had defected to the enemy before he died.

Wu Wenhua waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's too late, it's me who stopped them from going out of the city, some people want to live and make the choice to join the enemy, and when the imperial army comes again, they will all die." ”

Wu Wenhua's words were very light, and if Ren Jianxiu didn't listen carefully, he wouldn't be able to hear them clearly.

Ren Jianxiu wanted to continue, but Wu Wenhua waved his hand to stop him, at this time, Wu Wenhua didn't want to speak, he just wanted to be quiet.

In the city of Guangzhou, the People's Army, with the first battalion and grenadiers as the vanguard, cleared the Ming army in the city, and the city wall has captured more than half of it, and the urban area has occupied one-third.

The Ming army saw that it could not resist, at this time the city of Guangzhou was besieged and there was no way to retreat, most of the Ming army threw down their weapons and chose to surrender to the People's Army, only a small number of Ming troops were unwilling to surrender, fought desperately, and were quickly wiped out by the People's Army.

The fall of Guangzhou was imminent, and Wu Wenhua, who had the will to die, had not yet sought death, and he wanted to meet the enemy commander before he died, and ask why he rebelled.

After fierce fighting, most of the city of Guangzhou had been occupied by the People's Army, and only a few areas were left where fighting broke out, and the Governor's Palace, He Yan appeared in front of Wu Wenhua and Ren Jianxiu.

"Mr. Wu, you want to see me, what's the matter?" He Yan asked.

He Yan still understands Wu Wenhua, the governor of Guangdong, and knows that Wu Wenhua is a good official and is better for the people, but he has no choice but to be in a high position, unable to go deep into the grassroots level, and unable to completely solve the plight of the common people.

Looking at He Yan's very young face, Wu Wenhua sighed and asked: "Alas, I didn't expect the commander of the People's Army to be so young, you have the ability, why don't you serve the imperial court, but rebel?" ”

The Ming army has explored many under the rule of the People's Army, and there are also wealthy gentry and businessmen under the rule of the People's Army who try to send out the information of the People's Army, Wu Wenhua knows that the top leaders of the People's Army are all young people, in Wu Wenhua's opinion, even if it is a young man, the commander of the army will be tall and strong, and he did not expect that it would be almost a scholar, how can such a person serve the people in the army.

Of course, Wu Wenhua had this idea, mainly because he regarded the People's Army as a vicious bandit and bandit, and respected the strong in force internally, and he could not imagine that the internal discipline of the People's Army was much stricter than that of the Ming Army.

Hearing Wu Wenhua's words, He Yan smiled, and Wu Wenhua who was laughing was inexplicable.

"What's so ridiculous about the old man's words?"

"Mr. Wu, you must not know my origin."

"I really don't know."

"I am the son of the mountain people, the mountain people, is the name of the outside world for the people who live in the mountains, under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, we have no identity, living in the mountains, working hard every day, it is good to be able to eat enough, as a mountain people, even if you have the ability, how can you serve the court in your mouth?"

He Yan said with some emotion, the son of the former mountain people, now he can lead an army to defeat Guangzhou City, how much his identity has changed.

Yes, this identity has changed too much, which made Wu Wenhua and Ren Jianxiu both show puzzled eyes.

"Because we mountain people want to live a good life, it is the government and the landlords who do not let us mountain people live a good life, our requirements are not high, as long as we can eat enough, it is enough, but you don't even give us this opportunity, we can only stand up and resist.

Mr. Wu, you are a good official, you can think about the people, but unfortunately, your efforts have not succeeded, and most of the people in Guangdong are still living very hard, and they are working hard every day to eat enough.

Mr. Wu, you can't solve the difficulties of the common people, you can only solve them by ourselves, and only by overthrowing the landlords and overthrowing the Ming Dynasty can we ordinary people live a good life. ”

Listening to what he said, Wu Wenhua looked incredulous, he knew that the propaganda of the People's Army made the people live a good life, and there were many such propaganda methods in history, but in the end, it was the rebels who wanted to be emperors and didn't care about the people at the bottom at all.

Wu Wenhua didn't believe it, and He Yan didn't bother to continue, the People's Army started very magically, the most amazing thing is his teacher, without his teacher Fang Nan, there would be no People's Army, let alone today's capture of Guangzhou City.

"Mr. Wu, you are a good official, our People's Army will not kill you, you can continue to live in this city, and see how our People's Army changes Guangzhou City, Guangdong City, and the whole world."

After speaking, He Yan turned around and left, the People's Army really did not have the idea of killing Wu Wenhua, Wu Wenhua is a respectable old man, as long as Wu Wenhua does not leave Guangzhou City, what if he is left with his life.

Ren Jianxiu can't do it, even if Ren Jianxiu has not bullied the people, but Ren Jianxiu once led the Ming army to encircle and suppress the People's Army, and the People's Army will try Ren Jianxiu and then execute him, but He Yan did not order anyone to take Ren Jianxiu away, compared to being executed by the People's Army, suicide should be a better choice for Ren Jianxiu.

……

On the morning of December 22, the city of Guangzhou was breached by the Third Brigade of the People's Army, and Wu Wenhua, the governor of Guangdong, and Ren Jianxiu, the former general of Guangdong, committed suicide and martyrdom.

Wu Wenhua can live, but Wu Wenhua still chose to commit suicide and martyrdom, he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and will not change in his life, if he survives, he will only tarnish his reputation, for himself and for future generations, Wu Wenhua will not choose to live.