At the Qilin Gate, Liu Zeqing's troops who had been besieging were defeated and fled, Jin Xin and Li Yi led people to chase and kill, and Chen Yue set up a Chinese army under the Qilin Gate and commanded the occupation of the entire outer city.

The whole city of Nanjing covers a huge area, the distance from the Qilin Gate to the Chaoyang Gate of the capital is fifteen miles away, the area between the capital and the outer city wall is fifty or sixty square kilometers, compared with such a huge area of the outer city, the number of more than 10,000 people in the Pingnan army is too small.

For the sake of safety, Chen Yue did not wave his army to attack the capital directly, but chose to clear the defenders of the outer city first, and then wave his army to attack the capital.

The battle reports kept coming, following the capture of Xianhemen, the defenders of Guanyinmen of Yaofangmen also surrendered successively, and the supervising army Dao Chengxun had already entered Guanyinmen. Yu Feng led the cavalry along the city wall all the way to the south, and where he passed, the defenders of Cangbo Gate Gaoqiaomen surrendered one after another, and most of the outer city was already in the hands of the Pingnan army.

A large number of defeated soldiers fled in various parts of the outer city, which would inevitably bring harm to the people of Nanjing. Chen Yue ordered that Shan Minglei, the magistrate of the town, be in charge of arresting the deserters and cleaning up the order, with the assistance of Yu Feng's cavalry. More than 1,000 cavalry began to gallop through the streets and alleys, and when they found a rout attacking the people, they immediately killed them.

Those who surrender voluntarily will not be blamed for handing over their weapons, and those who resist will be killed. In front of the fierce and vicious Pingnan Army, where did the defeated soldiers with complete morale dare to resist, and they all disarmed and surrendered when they saw the banner of the Pingnan Army.

Chen Yan came to report that there was a student named Hou Fangyu waiting outside, and when Chen Yue was stunned, Jin Shenghuan on the side stepped forward and reported Hou Fangyu's exploits in a low voice.

Hou Fangyu! Chen Yue was stunned, this name was too familiar, and he soon remembered the story of the peach blossom fan in his previous life, the drama masterpiece of Kong Shangren in the Qing Dynasty in "Peach Blossom Fan", which describes the story of Hou Fangyu and Li Xiangjun. As for this Hou Fangyu, he was one of the four sons of the Restoration Society and a well-known figure when he was in Nanjing.

Merry genius, Gone with the Wind, interesting! A scholar dared to participate in the affairs of the soldiers, recruiting village soldiers to take the opportunity to open the city gate, this Hou Fangyu's courage and ability are good.

If there was no timely surrender of Xianhemen, Jin Shenghuan would not be able to enter the battlefield in time to attack Liu Zeqing.

At the age of twenty-seven or eighteen, wearing a white robe, with a square scarf on his head, he has a handsome figure and sword eyebrows, and he really deserves to be a handsome and chic talent, when he saw Hou Fangyu, Chen Yue couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart, what a good skin!

When Chen Yue looked at Hou Fangyu, Hou Fangyu also couldn't stop looking at Chen Yue, and he was also shocked by Chen Yue's youth. The year is weak, has led the army to fight in the south and the north, escorted Chongzhen thousands of miles to the south, and sealed the marquis with merit, this must be a famous general after the Ming Dynasty, a rising star.

Although Hou Fangyu was conceited and eloquent, he looked down on the rude martial artist at all, even if it was the Duke of Wei Xu Jiujue and the like, it was difficult for him to look up to him, but the person in front of him made him have to put away his reserve, and the evil aura emanating from Chen Yue's body alone had already forced him to breathe poorly.

"Student Hou Fangyu has seen Pingnan Hou. I have heard the demeanor of Pingnanhou for a long time, and I am really fortunate to see it today! Hou Fangyu bowed to Chen Yue and saluted.

"Mr. Hou doesn't need to be polite, you can understand the righteousness, sacrifice the Xianhemen, and make up for a soldier, you are really a loyal and courageous person, Ben Hou admires." Chen Yue laughed and helped Hou Fangyu up.

The two praised each other for a few words, and Hou Fangyu said with a straight face, "Master Hou, you have already attacked the outer city, but the inner city is far taller and stronger than the outer city wall, I wonder if Master Hou has a strategy to attack the inner city?" ”

"I wonder if Mr. has a strategy to break the enemy?" Since Hou Fangyu came to see him, he must have a purpose, Chen Yue did not answer but asked rhetorically.

"A student who is a scholar, if you know a little about the Four Books and the Five Classics, you will not know anything about attacking cities and fighting wars." Hou Fangyu smiled humbly, and his voice changed, "However, it is not all the student's ability to dedicate the Immortal Crane Gate, in fact, it is all arranged by the student's teacher. ”

"Oh, may I ask who the Venerable Master is?" Chen Yue asked.

"The student's mentor is the former chamberlain of the Ministry of Rites, Master Qian Qianyi, and now he is the cabinet assistant of the puppet Emperor Fu King."

Seeing Chen Yue's face change, Hou Fangyu hurriedly explained, "When Beijing fell, Your Majesty had no news, and news came from Jiangbei that Your Majesty had self-immolated and martyred the country, and his mentor was grief-stricken when he heard the news, if it weren't for the persuasion of his students, he even planned to be martyred for His Majesty."

The student said at that time that although His Majesty was martyred, the Ming Dynasty was still there, and thousands of people were still there. After listening to the persuasion of his students, he gave up the idea of martyrdom.

The country can not be without a king for a day, on the order of King Fu should ascend the throne and succeed the throne, the teacher and Ma Shiying and others recommended King Fu to ascend the throne, who knew that the news that His Majesty was alive came later. He regretted his mentor, but Ma Shiying had the support of the army of the four towns, and Liu Zeqing's troops were stationed in Nanjing.

Hearing that His Majesty was going south under the protection of Hou Ye, defeating the army of Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo, and subduing Huang Degong, the teacher was overjoyed and immediately began to make arrangements, hoping to play a role when you attacked Nanjing, so as to overthrow the puppet emperor Fu Wang and welcome His Majesty Nanjing to the throne.

Under the arrangement of the teacher, the students teamed up with the people of the Fushe Society to start recruiting village soldiers, and only then did General Jin subdue the guards and open the city gate when he attacked the Xianhe Gate. The teacher said that the inner city was far more difficult to fight than the outer city, so he stayed in Chaoyangmen, saying that he would persuade the guards of Chaoyangmen, Wei Guogong and Xin Chengbo, to open the city gate to receive the Pingnan army into the city.

So Master Hou, you don't have to worry, it won't be long before the Chaoyang Gate will open, and there is no need to attack the city at all. ”

Hou Fangyu unfolded his tongue like a spring, desperately advocating for Qian Qianyi, in his words, Qian Qianyi was loyal and painstaking, he was simply a pure minister like a white lotus, and he was a son of a cow who had died after he had done his best for the sake of the Ming Society.

If he hadn't known the allusion that "the water was too cold" in another time and space, Chen Yue would have believed what Hou Fangyu said.

Looking at Hou Fangyu's sincere look, he is really a good actor, Chen Yue sighed in his heart.

However, in the end, Qian Qianyi and Hou Fangyu also made contributions, and contributed to the smooth capture of Nanjing by the Pingnan Army. Chen Yue knew what they meant, nothing more than wanting to let himself, Chongzhen's henchman, speak well in front of Chongzhen, so as to remove the "stain" of Qian Qianyi's defection to King Fu, and even occupy an important position in the future Chongzhen court.

However, since Qian Qianyi can do it to this extent, it can be regarded as a favor for himself, and Chen Yue doesn't mind speaking for him in front of Chongzhen in the future.

"The merits of the respected teacher are remembered by Ben Hou, rest assured, Mr. Ben Hou will write a chapter and ask for merit for Lord Qian!" Chen Yue patted his chest and reassured.