Li Ruixin's offensive against Xincheng and Fuyang is progressing slowly, which has long been expected. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The fort of Guangxin Mansion is located in the plain area, and there is only a reinforced old-style city as a backing, and the defense line of the Qing army in Hangzhou in Xincheng and Fuyang is either relying on the mountain or invoking the river, and the use of multi-echelon fortifications is used for fortification. Moreover, the fortresses and fortifications of Fuyang are quite complicated, relying on the mountains and the Fuchun River in an all-round way, it is not easy for the Ming army to attack along the river, so it is best to start with the new city first.

Xincheng County is the Xindeng Town in later generations, the Qing army did not transform it into a fortress, but it built the city because of the mountain, diverted water as a moat, and the city wall was made of local materials using stones mined in the mountain, plus a smaller city, so that even the old city wall was not so easy to conquer.

What's more, Xincheng County is where Chen Wen's so-called "ancestral home" is located. The whole army has followed Chen Wen step by step from top to bottom, Chen Wen is the leader of this group, whether it is in loyalty or in the consideration of interests, the banner of the Chen family can not be shaken in any way, and the use of destructive weapons such as mortar cannons, in case of bad feng shui, is a big deal.

The whole army unanimously decided that there was nothing abnormal about the slow progress. As for Fuyang, there was originally no city wall, but the Qing army built a fortress here, and cooperated with the mountain and water flow to expand the defense line, and it was a strong city in a strong city.

Before the start of the war, the Military Intelligence Department, the General Staff Department, and the engineer officers who were about to participate in the war conducted on-the-spot investigations, and the results of the meetings showed that if the Qing army held out, it would take more than 20 days at the earliest to achieve a breakthrough.

On the fifteenth day of the fifth month, Xiao Qiyuan's envoy came to the camp outside the city again, this time bringing 150,000 taels of silver and two pieces of good news.

"The silver of the treasury was too closely watched by those Eight Banner Army, and the villain's family master did everything possible to get this, and he hoped that the king would forgive his sins." After that, the house slave immediately added to Chen Wen: "There is actually good news this time, the body of King Lu is beginning to improve, and the villain's head plans to confirm that he is safe in a few days and send him to the king's camp." ”

Hit a stick to give a sweet date, but this sweet date is a bit too big and too unreasonable. In fact, Chen Wen did not think of this scene, Xiao Qiyuan is not a fool, and it is not difficult to realize that the prince of Lu is not the reason why Chen Wen slowed down the attack. Besides, this is only "starting to get better", and "I plan to confirm that it is okay in a few days" before it was delivered, so there is a lot of room for turnaround.

"Well, then you have to work with your master."

Chen Wen's disbelief confirmed Xiao Qiyuan's assumption, and the house slave hurriedly mentioned the second good thing.

"The ancestor of the king is a general under the command of the king of Qiyang, who purged military discipline in Hangzhou and made the people live and work in peace and contentment, and was also praised by the people in Hangzhou. There is a stele in the city that records this incident, and the head of the villain's family is afraid of being destroyed by the gangsters, so he specially invited a skilled craftsman to temporarily move it into the governor's yamen. ”

The joke made up to fool the first batch of volunteers to go up the mountain and enter the camp was used as a threat, and Chen Wendeng had the feeling of stepping on the banana peel he had just thrown out. However, if the pattern is painted on this blank paper, it will come true, leaving the relics of the good name of the ancestors is indeed a better threat, even if Chen Wen knows that this is Xiao Qiyuan's deception, he has to pretend to be fooled.

"This is very good, Governor Xiao is anyway, this king will be the son of heaven, whether it will benefit one party locally in the future, or enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, the future should be limitless."

Hearing this, the slave quickly fell to his knees. "Tell the king, the head of the villain's family said that it is the greatest comfort to be able to do some modest efforts for the king and the court to forgive some past sins. The villain's head of the family is very serious anyway, if it weren't for the Eighth Banner Army's emphasis on the fact that most of the family members are in Beijing, the villain's head of the family would not have moved to this day, and he still hopes that Wang Haihan will be the one. ”

Haosheng appeased Xiao Qiyuan's house slaves, and after the others left, Chen Wen said to Yin Yue: "See, 200,000 taels last time, 150,000 taels this time, and 100,000 taels next time." The man surnamed Xiao thought that Lao Tzu was waiting for Brother Li, so he had no fear to delay the time. ”

"This guy, when the army enters the city, you must have a good pastime!"

"That's exactly how it should be."

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The envoy returned to the city, and after listening to the retelling, Xiao Qiyuan settled down. Chen Wen has no siege plan for the time being, so he can continue to drag it out, it doesn't matter if the silver is given or not, the key lies in the battle situation in Xincheng and Fuyang.

In this regard, Xiao Qiyuan was not worried that those defenders would not sell their dead strength, he had moved the families of these Qing soldiers to the city earlier, and clearly told them that if Xincheng and Fuyang were lost, the first thing he Xiao Qiyuan did was to slaughter the families of these Qing soldiers who were unfavorable in the battle, and there was no lie.

Now, the chess pieces laid out at the beginning have played a decisive role in Hangzhou's city defense, and Xiao Qiyuan can't help but praise himself secretly.

"Back then, if this official served as the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, he could still make the person surnamed Chen a big trouble, Chen Jin was incompetent!"

In a trance, Xiao Qiyuan even suddenly came up with a new hypothesis. In the Tongzhejiang case in the past few years, the southern party in the DPRK and the central government has suffered a devastating blow, but a discerning person like him can know at a glance that it is the former ministers of Liaodong and the northern party who are using the topic to attack political opponents.

But if the Tongzhejiang case is true, and it is not the Hanchen in the center who leaked the military situation in Zhejiang to Chen Wen, but Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, it seems that many things can be explained. For example, the leakage of the plan to encircle and suppress Siming Mountain, which only a few people know the details, such as Chen Wen's entry into the empty Jinhua Mansion at the same time as the Battle of Zhoushan, such as Chen Jin's several defeats.

Once he thought of this, Xiao Qiyuan seemed to feel a huge conspiracy enveloping the Manchu court - Chen Jin was the banner man of the Han army banner and the governor of the Guanning army, didn't it mean that the whereabouts of Emperor Chongzhen's sons were unknown, if the Guanning army hid one of them and let Chen Wen raise troops in the south, then Chen Jin might have cheated to death, and there were still Chen Wen's secret agents in the court. In this way, the whole world, regardless of the Ming and Qing dynasties, is in the hands of the Guanning Military Group......

"If you want to do that much, it's better to try to drag it out first."

Letting go of his cranky thoughts, Xiao Qiyuan continued to arrange government affairs and military affairs. The day passed quickly, and since Chen Wen was also delaying time, he was also relieved, and when it came to dinner, he drank two sips of wine to enjoy this moment of relaxation. Who knows, when he was ready to go to bed early and make up for the energy he had lost these days, the staff member in charge of military affairs hurried over, and was so anxious that he blasted out the concubines and maids who were waiting in the room like a fire burning his tail, and looked around, making sure that there was indeed no ear of the partition wall, and then came to Xiao Qiyuan's ear and whispered.

"The owner, the uncle and nephew of the Xu family do have a problem!"

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"Tomorrow?"

"It's tomorrow."

"Isn't it a bit too hasty?"

"Is General Xu planning to go back?"

The man who questioned Xu Lei claimed to be Chen Wen's spy in the city, and this person was able to tell in detail the Ming army's requirements for him after Liu Da was captured, and even the original words of the Ming army when he sent Liu Da to the Qiantang River could be repeated, and there would be no falsehood. And what Xu Lei wanted to do was to lead the troops anyway, as long as he could take a city gate, the Ming army could enter. When the time comes, it is inevitable that meritorious deeds will be rewarded.

"No, no, I don't mean that!"

Xu Lei wiped the sweat on his forehead, he was able to contact him anyway, this detective must be directly led by Chen Wen, if there are any strange words that fall into Chen Wen's ears, even if there is Li Ruixin, his uncle, his career will inevitably be bumpy. After all, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming Army Group is still up to Chen Wen, the coach, who has the final say.

In order to establish a good relationship, Xu Lei inevitably had to give some money when he met several times. However, this person is also interesting, and has always been kind to say, and obviously knows something about his background. It's just that today is already coming to an end, and his anxiety collides with his worry, and so on is inevitable.

"When Lao Tzu has made a great achievement, you will see in the future."

Thinking like this in his mind, Xu Lei's face was still trembling.

"The last general will strictly obey the king's orders, and he will never say a word, and I hope that your envoy will be able to say a good word or two in front of the king." As he spoke, Xu Lei took out a meeting ticket and stuffed it into the hand of the detective.

"General Xu is so polite, he spends so much money every time."

"This is as it should be, your envoy has worked hard for the king's great cause, I am very moved to see it in my eyes, I can help the noble envoy one or two, it is to help the king, it should be, it should be."

After the courtesy, the two parted ways and returned to their residence, but soon disappeared without a trace. And after Xu Lei went around from the junction point, he went straight to his uncle Xu Xin's house.

After entering the door, without saying a word, just a look, Xu Xin introduced his nephew into the secret room of the study. There was Xu Xin's wife guarding outside, but the uncle and nephew still kept their voices as low as possible, but they could barely hear each other.

"Second uncle, it's confirmed, tomorrow night, let's open the gate of Qingchun Gate, and then we just need to lead the way for the Ming army entering the city."

There are a total of ten city gates in Hangzhou, which are arranged clockwise from north to north to Wulin, Genshan, Qingchun, Qingtai, Wangjiang, Houchao, Fengshan, Qingbo, Yongjin and Qiantang.

As the saying goes: Wulin Gate outside the fish Daner, Genshan Gate outside the Silk Basket, Fengshan Gate outside the horse race, Qingtai Gate outside the salt Dan, Wangjiang Gate outside the vegetable Dan, Houchao outside the door wine jar, Qingbo outside the firewood Dan, Yongjin Gate outside the boat, Qiantang outside the incense basket, Qingchun outside the dung Dan.

This Qingchun Gate was originally called Taiping, and it was changed to Qingchun in the Ming Dynasty. Qingchun Street in the door has always been one of the bustling streets. Outside the door, there are all gardens, vegetable farmers transport vegetables into the city, and carry dung out of the city, all of which are from this gate, so there is a saying of "dung burden".

"Don't we need to make some mayhem?"

When stealing the city, it is impossible for Xu Xinzi not to understand this truth by creating some chaos to better confuse the public and have a higher success rate.

"No, the messenger said that as long as we open the city gate and lead the way, the Ming army can kill all the Tartars in the city when they enter the city. Creating chaos is easy to expose, and it is safe to be safe. ”

"There's also such a saying."

Anyway, their uncle and nephew had already discussed it, but when it came to the end, the pressure made Xu Xin hesitate.

"Are you sure there's no problem, why do I always feel a little uneasy?"

"There will be no problem, second uncle. The Tartars in the city can't beat the Ming army outside the city, and the Ming army has Li Ruixin there, he will not ignore his mother and sister, and His Royal Highness will never ignore his confidant and favorite general. ”

"I know, but I'm always a little apprehensive."

"Don't worry, second uncle. When the matter comes, even if we don't do it, the Ming army outside the city will also have artillery that can blast through the city wall, and then it will be nothing anyway. ”

Sitting on the probe assured to Xu Lei, Chen Wen said, anyway, when he returns, Xu Xin will be indispensable to a battalion officer, and he may be one step closer in the future, and Xu Lei will first serve in the Military Training Department of the Huiji County Palace, and after completing the schoolwork after a while, he will also be released, but it will not be placed on the same line as his uncle, but separated, and it will also be of great use in the future.

The conditions can be called preferential treatment, and they are also very reasonable, and there are no guarantees that are too generous and seem abnormal. According to Xu Lei's understanding of Chen Wen, this Ming army marshal is indeed not the kind of guy who does not believe in his words, and since he has promised, he will always do it.

"Well, success or failure depends on tomorrow."

After the secret discussion, Xu Xin returned to the camp as always, in case he would attract the attention of others if he suddenly stayed in the barracks tomorrow. And Xu Lei, he is just a role in the Fubiao camp, and the new Fubiao deputy general is also a knowledgeable person, and he knows how to seize the military power, so he is not good at making any changes, so it is better to go home quickly.

The mother and daughter of the Li family are his talismans, and they must be held in their hands, and since he was beaten by Chen Wenhang on Dalan Mountain, he is also very filial to Li Ruixin's mother, and he is also extremely affectionate with the little sister of the Li family, even to the point that his wife Yu is resentful.

"Mother-in-law, Qian'er, the king of Huiji County is outside the city now. Within three or five days, the army will be able to regain Hangzhou, and we will be reunited with my brother-in-law. ”

"Son-in-law, is that Xin'er also outside the city?"

In the eyes of Li Ruixin's wife, Chen Wen is a good thing outside the city, but her son is the key. Family affection is like this, it is understandable, after all, they have been separated for many years, and even the news that Li Ruixin is still alive Xu Lei made up his mind to tell the mother and daughter after the First World War in Siming Lake last year. And he also remembered very clearly how the mother and daughter cried silently at that time.

"My uncle is not outside the city now, but he is leading tens of thousands of soldiers to attack the defense line of Xincheng and Fuyang."

Originally, Xu Lei thought that Chen Wen would wait for Li Ruixin to kill under the city of Hangzhou before he would try to break the city, so as to satisfy the wish of his henchman and make the mother, son, brother and sister reunited. Now it seems that Chen Wen is likely to have encountered some problems, or all this was done on purpose, so there will be this big move.

"Virtuous son-in-law, will there be danger on my son's side?"

"No, my uncle is now the commander of the army, and the confidant of the king of Huiji. Since the king of Huiji County was still a guerrilla general, he has followed the side, even if his uncle wants to take risks, the generals below still have vision, and they will never let his uncle out of danger, so you can rest assured. ”

"That's good, that's good." stroked her chest, Li Ruixin's mother was also reassured, and then said to her daughter: "Qian'er, our family will be reunited soon, and we will be reunited." ”

"Yes, Mother, our family will be reunited soon." As she spoke, the little sister of the Li family smiled at Xu Lei, and the latter replied with the same smile.