On 23 April, Zhou Yan's 2nd Brigade marched south from Yuci to attack Taigu, Pingyao, Jiexiu, Pingyang and other places, confiscating the properties of profiteers everywhere and arresting them. Taiyuan City went down without a fight, and the Eighth Brigade of the Public Security Army, which had completed the task, caught up with the footsteps of the Second Brigade in Pingyao and returned to the building.

April 27, Jiexiu, Fan Mansion.

The mansion is magnificent, and it was very lively here in the past, but at this time, the atmosphere in the mansion was dull, whether it was the Fan family or the subordinates they saw, they all looked uneasy, and everyone had a feeling of imminent disaster.

In the study, Fan Yongdou sat decadently, he was already too old to speak, at this time it was more like he was ten years old, his beard was white, the furrows on his face were deeper, and his every move was like a trembling old dragon clock.

The weather is close to May, but Fan Yongdou is even more afraid of the cold, the fire wall of the study and a few delicate carbon wood copper plates do not seem to be able to drive away his cold, and every step of the way, he has to wrap his fur coat tightly.

In the past few days, he has always locked himself in his study, and it is difficult for outsiders to see him again, and over and over again, he is thinking about a question, why is this happening?

The development of things was beyond his expectations, Zhangjiakou fell, Datong fell, Taiyuan fell, and the Tiance army was already in the middle of the city. From generation to generation, the hard work of generations has become the spoils of the Tiance Army.

Fan Yongdou laughed miserably, those big cities in Taiyuan and other places couldn't stop the soldiers of the Tiance Army, how could Jiexiu be spared? Sending some of the family's buddies to help defend the city is better than nothing, and he didn't expect Jiexiu City to be broken.

Originally, Jiexiu was his ancestral land, operated from generation to generation, and deeply rooted in the local area, but things changed too much, and the news of the defeat in various places came, and it seemed that the iron barrel-like city also appeared one after another cracks, although the Fan family was powerful, but there was no family in the city to compete with it, maybe one family could not do it, but several families could join forces.

In the past, they were forced by their own forces, and they obeyed the yang and the yin, but now they are completely exposed.

All kinds of remarks began to spread in Jiexiu City, and many people bitterly scolded their families for being profiteers, bringing disaster to the country and the people, and everyone was punished for it, as if they did not smuggle and collaborate with the enemy.

He took a sip of hot tea and sighed secretly, there is no regret medicine in the world, and he knew that today, he would not go against the starting point city.

They all scolded him for being a profiteer who brought disaster to the country, and he also had a grievance in his heart, isn't it a matter of course for businessmen to pursue profits? Besides, how many civil officials, military generals, heroes, merchants, and clean ones are there in Xuanda?

Fan Yongdou was thinking about it and secretly regretted it, when suddenly there was an earth-shattering cannon sound outside, like rolling thunder, it seemed that the earth was shaking, there was no doubt that the Tiance army had begun to attack the city, but this cannon sound was too amazing.

After a while, there was an exclamation outside: "The city is broken, and the Tiance army has entered the city!" ”

Then Fan Yongdou heard "Dudu Dudu! "The rhythmic sound of the bugle.

The teacup in his hand fell to the ground and became shattered unconsciously, and his whole body trembled, trembling like a lonely bird in the cold wind.

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Jiexiu City was the earliest place of residence of the Han surname, and it was called "Hanban City" in ancient times, and the folk also said that "there was Hanban Bridge first, and then there was Jiexiu City".

The Tiance army invaded the hinterland of Shanxi, the momentum was like a bamboo, Jiexiu City was shocked for a day, the soldiers defending the city had not had much fighting spirit, after several rounds of artillery fire of the Tiance army, the city head was no longer visible, and soon raised the white flag, the second brigade of the Tiance army and the eighth brigade of the public security army entered the city.

"Welcome to the arrival of the Tiance Army, the villain has been looking forward to it for a long time, and it is like a long drought and a rainy ......."

Welcoming the Tiance army into the city were other merchants and some official gentry in Jiexiu City, they were not willing to be buried with the Fan family, although the local officials were close to the Fan family, but they were not without influence in the army, the news of the fall of Taiyuan came, they plotted to sacrifice the city, and the fierce artillery fire of the Tiance army became the catalyst for the defenders' determination to surrender.

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "It's a wise move for everyone to abandon the darkness and turn to the light." ”

"The villains prepared a banquet for the general, and also prepared cattle and sheep wine and food for the army, and begged to appreciate the light and wash the dust." The crowd who greeted him deliberately flattered.

Zhou Yan said: "I'll talk about eating later, let's get down to business first." ”

The merchants volunteered to lead the army to Fan's mansion.

Jiexiu City is prosperous, businessmen gather, people and things are vast, like a metropolis. There are four main streets in the city, all of which are lined with shops, as well as many money houses and pawnshops.

Fan's original residence in Zhangyuan Village, and then slowly moved to Jiexiu City, the house is in the southwest corner, occupying a number of streets and alleys, and the northwest corner is mostly the place of the government office and other public offices.

After the Tiance army entered the city, there were many resistances in the streets and alleys along the way, after all, most of the clansmen of the Fan clan were generals and officials of Jiexiu City, and the shadow of the family was ruined, so they had to fight hard.

After a flurry of gunfire, the resistance was quelled, leaving corpses on the ground.

After that, Zhou Yan ordered the whole city of Jiexiu City to be under martial law, and he led the second brigade and a regiment to go straight to Fanfu under the guidance of the merchants in the city.

Along the way, the streets and alleys, lined with the archways of the Fan family, came to the front of the Fan Mansion in the southwest corner of the city.

There is a huge mansion in front of me, and I don't know how many people go out and how many enters, the front yard, the back yard, the east yard, the west yard, the main yard, the side yard, the cross yard, the study yard, the enclosed courtyard...... And so on, coupled with numerous gardens, covering an area of dozens of acres.

Zhou Yan was amazed by the scale and huge luxury of the Fan Mansion, and he ordered in a cold voice: "Surround the Fan Mansion and break the door!" ”

A regiment of the Tiance Army quickly surrounded the Fan Mansion, and after a few rounds of shooting, the Jiading Courtyard on the wall of the Fan Mansion fell one after another, and the raindrops of grenades were thrown in, and after a burst of ghost crying wolf howls, the soldiers of the Tiance Army broke into the door.

Jiexiu has fallen, the family Ding Nursing Home in the Fan Mansion has not much resistance, they are either dead or surrendered, after the sporadic gunshots, the Fan clan people were pulled out one by one, crying and shouting, and brought them to the hall one by one to concentrate, dense, more and more gathered.

Fan Yongdou, who was trembling all over, was pulled out of the secret passage and thrown in front of Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan sat on the lobby of the Fan Mansion with a sinking face, looked at Fan Yongdou, who was stunned and dead, slammed the table, and shouted angrily: "Fan Yongdou, you collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, colluded with the Manchus, and forged silver yuan coupons, which is a great crime!" ”

Fan Yongdou was startled at first, then his eyebrows moved slowly, and a miserable smile appeared on his old face, and then turned into a laugh in the sky.

"The old man is not guilty, if the old man is guilty, who is not guilty? smuggling slaves and subsidizing the Eastern Captives, not to mention the old man? Shaanxi trilateral, Xuanda trilateral, Jizhen, Liaodong. There are many troops in the border forts, and if there is no one to help, how can we ship the goods out?

On the nine sides, which official general does not communicate with slaves, why don't they smuggle and cooperate with the enemy? Should they all be killed? Can Wang Shaobao finish killing? ”

Fan Yongdou finally stiffened his neck and shouted: "The old man is not convinced!" ”

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