The Xu brothers were a little undecided when they heard Chen Hongfan say this, they were afraid that this was a trap set by Ma Cheng, and they wanted to wipe out their Xu family.

Xu Wenjue thought for a while and said: "Brother Chen, don't hide it, our brother was bullied and oppressed by Ma Cheng, and he had no choice but to think of another way!" We learned that Brother Chen has a relationship with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and we want to ask Brother Chen to help get in touch with Duoduo, and we are ready to surrender in Kaecheng! ”

Chen Hongfan was overjoyed when he heard Xu Wenjue say this, he has really lived like a year in the past few months, he has a secret mission, but he doesn't have a single soldier in his hand, even if he wants to do something, he has more than enough strength but is not enough. Now Xu Wenjue is in the heart of Chen Hongfan, Wei Guogong has been operating in Nanjing for two hundred years, although he has been tossed by Ma Cheng for more than half a month, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Xu family must still have some hidden strength.

"Prince Yu, please rest assured, it's just that the city is heavily defended, I don't know if the two of you can open the city gate to welcome the Qing army into the city?"

Hearing Chen Hongfan say this, Xu Wenjue was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Brother Chen, we have already contacted Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, he is responsible for the affairs of the city gate, and we are responsible for contacting the outside of the city!" ”

Hearing that Zhu Guobi joined Chen Hongfan was a lot more relieved, although the two second ancestors of the Xu family were quite smart, they were too young and inexperienced. That Zhu Guobi has been a governor and a town guard, so there shouldn't be any mistakes.

"Okay, please rest assured, Chen will contact the outside of the city when he goes back, but you still need to provide this candidate for the message!"

Chen Hongfan also had no choice, he came back from Beijing alone, and there was no intimate person around him, so the person who sent the letter still needed to be provided by the Xu brothers.

Xu Wenjue heard Chen Hongfan say this, and agreed, isn't it just a person, this is simple, the Wei Mansion lacks everything, and there is no shortage of loyal family members.

After listening to Xu Wenjue, Chen Hongfan picked up a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Duoduo, and then stamped the agreed seal at the end of the letter. Xu Wenjue found a loyal family member, took advantage of the middle of the night, found a hidden place from the Jinchuan Gate in the northern city, and sneaked down from the city wall.

Jinchuan Gate is under the management of Ma Xi here, but the battle consumption in the past few months is very large, most of the defenders of Jinchuan Gate have been transferred to the southern city, and the city wall here can only ensure that there is a night vigil soldier every fifty meters, plus the Xu family tree has deep roots, it is easy to buy a hundred households of the guard army, so that the Xu family Ding took advantage of the loophole.

The Xu family did not dare to stay under the city for a long time, and hid in the ruins outside the Jinchuan Gate. Originally, there were shops and warehouses here, but Ma Cheng abandoned all the shops outside the city and demolished all the houses in order to clear the wilderness. However, there is rubble everywhere, and it is not a problem to hide a few people.

At dawn the next day, the family took advantage of the fog by the river and entered the Shogunate Mountains along the Yangtze River. However, this family did not dare to go to the Qing army camp outside the southern city, but went directly to Longtan fifty miles away along the Yangtze River.

After three days of traveling, the family finally arrived at Longtan Town by the Yangtze River. The location of Longtan Town is Longtan Street, Qixia District, Nanjing, which is not far from Zhenjiang, and the opposite side of the Yangtze River is Yizhen, which is also the south gate of Yangzhou Mansion, so after the Qing army decided to encircle Nanjing, Longtan became the supply base camp of the Qing army.

As soon as the family entered the periphery of the Longtan camp, he was killed by the Qing army

found that thanks to Chen Hongfan's letter protector, if it weren't for the family's unshaved attire, it would be a dead end if he encountered the Qing army.

With Chen Hongfan's letter, the Qing generals did not dare to delay, and sent their families to the Qing army camp on the General Mountain outside the southern city for several days.

After receiving Chen Hongfan's letter, Duoduo didn't know whether it was true or not, he only knew that Chen Hongfan was a spy of the Qing army, but he didn't dare to guarantee the authenticity of this letter. However, there was a good friend of Chen Hongfan in the camp of the Qing army, Hao Xiaozhong, the general soldier who surrendered with Zuo Mengeng, and was also one of the generals who followed Zuo Liangyu into the customs to quell the rebellion.

These two months can torture Duoduo enough, not to mention many days of rain and rain, and the climate is still very hot. Duoduo was born in the bitterly cold Liaodong, and it was already a scorching heat of 10 degrees above zero, but here in the south of the Yangtze River it reached 30 degrees for half a month, and even Duoduo suffered from fever.

However, the city of Nanjing, which could not be captured for a long time, made Duoduo unable to advance or retreat, so he had no choice but to besiege it, intending to starve the Ming soldiers in the city. Now receiving the news of Chen Hongfan makes Duoduo overjoyed, as long as this Chen Hongfan is reliable, it will be just around the corner to take Nanjing City.

After discussing with his generals, Duoduo explained in his reply to Chen Hongfan that it was best for Chen Hongfan to open the treasure gate in the south city, because the Qing army camp was opposite the treasure gate, which was very convenient for the Qing army to rush into Nanjing. However, Duoduo also knew Chen Hongfan's difficulties, Jubaomen and Zhengyangmen were heavily guarded by the Ming army, and it was really difficult for Chen Hongfan to open Jubaomen, so Duoduo gave Chen Hongfan a second way, that is, to open the Dinghuai Gate in Xicheng.

Dinghuai Gate is located along the Yangtze River, because it is the mouth of the Qinhuai River, so it is named Dinghuai Gate. At the same time, outside the Dinghuai Gate is also the location of the Longjiang Shipyard of the Ming Dynasty, where the water network is dense and reedy, although it is not conducive to the battle of the large army, but it is no problem to ambush a few thousand people.

At the same time, Dinghuai Gate is not far from the Sanshan Gate in the south city, only less than two miles away. Although Sanshanmen is also close to the Yangtze River, it is very close to the Qing army's camp, which is convenient for the Qing army's follow-up actions.

In the letter, Duoduo not only praised Chen Hongfan's feats, but also promised to promote Chen Hongfan as the governor of Jiangnan after the city was broken, and at the same time Duoduo guaranteed the wealth of Xu Wenjue, Xu Jiujue, and Zhu Guobi.

The Xu family took Duoduo's reply, returned the same way, and handed the letter to the Xu brothers.

Seeing that they had finally contacted the Qing army outside the city, the Xu brothers were overjoyed, and went to Zhu Guobi's house with Duoduo's letter and Chen Hongfan that night. Zhu Guobi didn't expect the Xu brothers to get in touch so quickly and in less than ten days.

Zhu Guobi hesitated in his confidence as he looked at Duoduo, and in his heart he knew that as long as he took a step, there would be no turning back.

Chen Hongfan is an old traitor and a cunning horse, seeing Zhu Guobi's look, he knew that he hesitated, Chen Hongfan said on the side: "Baoguo Gong, now that he has been in contact with Prince Yu, there is no turning back when he opens the bow, and now either Ma Cheng is dead or we are dead, and we can't retreat!" ”

Zhu Guobi also knew this truth, so he had no choice but to sigh and say: "Okay, after the city is broken, I will ask Admiral Chen for my life!" ”

"Please rest assured, as long as the big thing is successful, Chen promises to speak well for a few people in front of Prince Yu, as long as Prince Yu is happy, don't say that the property of several people can be preserved, it is again

It's not impossible to pay homage to the prince! ”

Chen Hongfan is purely fooling these guys here, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has always attached great importance to hereditary titles, and even Hong Chengchou, who has immortal achievements, was only awarded a third-class light car lieutenant in the end. As far as Zhu Guobi and Xu Wenjue are concerned, if they really want to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it would be good to be able to save their lives. It is also like this in history, Zhu Guobi and others were blackmailed by the Manchu noble officials immediately after the dedication of the city, Zhu Guobi even sold his concubine Kou Baimen, so he could not satisfy the greed of the Eight Banners nobles, and finally Zhu Guobi and others died in prison.

But now that Chen Hongfan has a request from Zhu Guobi, naturally he has something good to say, and Zhu Guobi's confidence in his heart is also a lot stronger when he hears Chen Hongfan say this.

"Okay, since Prince Yu has chosen Dinghuai Gate, let's discuss what to do? Wei Guogong, how many people can you come up with? ”

Xu Wenjue thought about it, although there were not many families in his house, but the Duke of Wei had a great business, and he could collect it among his relatives in the whole city, and he could take out two hundred people.

"Our Wei State Mansion can take out 200 people, and the Marquis of Dingyuan and the Marquis of An Yuan can take out 300 people!"

Five hundred, it's about the same, Zhu Guobi nodded after listening to it and said: "The old man is taking out three hundred people, enough eight hundred, so it should be no problem to occupy Dinghuai Gate in a short time." ”

If there are enough people, what about the most important gates? Xu Jiujue asked, "Baoguo Gong, what about the city gate?" ”

"The old man has been prepared for this, Ma Cheng's lieutenant officer is the old man's nephew, there is no problem for him to integrate our 800 people into the city defense force, and when it is our turn to keep vigil, open the city gate and let Prince Yu's army enter the city, so that the big thing will be done?"

Chen Hongfan nodded again and again when he heard this, and asked, "Then when is it set?" ”

Zhu Guobi thought for a while and said: "Today is the 20th of July, and another month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival palace must have rewards for the soldiers guarding the city, and then the old man asked Zhu Tong to put our people's vigil time in the ugly time, and when the officers and soldiers in the city are resting, it is the time for me to enter the city in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Okay, in that case, then the lower official will write a letter to Prince Yu and set the date for August 15!"

The details agreed upon by Chen Hongfan and others were quickly passed on to Duoduo, who was also very satisfied at first glance, and the autumn had already entered on August 15, the weather had turned cold, and the soldiers from Liaodong should be able to recover some combat effectiveness.

With a detailed plan, Duoduo also worked out a corresponding plan, the Qing army brigade outside the southern city could not move, because the movement of the army was easy to make the Ming army defending the city suspicious, and at the same time, the troops entering the city could not be too many, and the combat effectiveness must be guaranteed. Duoduo chose and decided to let Bellebolo lead the team, and at the same time selected 2,000 people from the elite of the two white flags, and 3,000 people from the elite of the Han army flag, and these people were the main force in the battle to seize the door.

In order to protect the news from leaking, Duoduo ordered Bolo to lead his troops out of the camp, cross the river from Dasheng Pass, and lurk in a large circle to Jiangpu on the other side of Nanjing, preparing to cross the river by boat from here. At the same time, Duoduo ordered Li Shuotai, the general of the Han army banner, to lead 10,000 elites of the Han army banner and 10,000 new attached troops, and wait for news in the big camp. At the same time, Duoduo also issued an order to slaughter the city, and after entering the city, except for the nobles who surrendered, all the rest of the people did not leave chickens and dogs, and did not seal the knife for ten days.