Looking at Tan Wen, the eldest brother who fell to the ground and died blindly, Tan Hong's face was unbearable, and there was a hint of regret. Tan Yi calmly ordered people to drag out the bodies of Tan Wen, Mu Sheng and others, and called his chief soldier Feng Jingming, and ordered him to immediately shout to the Linjiang Gate in Chongqing and contact the defenders in the city to negotiate surrender.

Tan Yi's decision to surrender to the Qing Dynasty had communicated with his generals on the way to Chongqing, and those who did not want to surrender to the Qing Dynasty had already been killed by him, and the rest were waiting to shave their hair and protect their wealth. Therefore, Feng Jingming, who had been prepared for a long time, was not surprised at all by the death of Tan Wen and others, and went away in response to the order.

When he came out of the tent, Tan Hong caught a glimpse of Feng Jingming's hat that seemed to be hanging a braid, and then looked closely, the second brother Tan Yi's subordinates had already shaved their hair and braided their hair, and they couldn't help but move, and when they looked back at Tan Yi, the other party had already taken off their hats and sat on the stool, and a personal soldier was holding a sharp razor to shave the hair on his forehead.

Seeing Tan Hong's appearance, Tan Yi chuckled, both persuading and ordering: "The matter has come to this, the third brother should also sit down and shave his hair." ”

Tan Hong sat down silently and let Tan Yi's personal soldiers come over to shave his hair.

Under the oil lamp, a pool of blood and black hair.

Touching his bare head, Tan Yi smiled, and asked the soldiers to bring the mirror, and he was very satisfied with it, it was not an eyesore at all, it was very good-looking.

Tan Hong also touched his bare head, but instead of looking in the mirror, he stared at the pool of blood and hair on the ground and sighed.

"Third brother regrets it?"

Tan Yi walked to Tan Hong's side quietly.

Tan Hong sighed lightly: "The parents who have received the skin of the body, the ancestors who have inherited the clothes, it is really unfilial piety to abandon them today." If it weren't for the protection of the Tan family, I wouldn't agree with the second brother, let alone the eldest brother. ”

"It's useless to say anything now, if it weren't for the fact that the defeat of the Ming Dynasty was a foregone conclusion, I wouldn't have the idea of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty."

"Second brother, if our ancestors see us like this after we die, will they forgive us?"

Tan Yi was stunned and did not speak.

Tan Hong shook his head, a little tired, and said, "The following things are all presided over by the second brother, and I don't want to deal with the Qing army." ”

After speaking, Tan Hong stepped out of the big tent and disappeared into the night without looking back. For a long time, Tan Yi laughed disdainfully, and said in his heart that these three brothers are really mother-in-law's people, everything has been done, how can there be so many thoughts, what are the ancestors, but dead people. The affairs of this world are not for the dead to intervene in, nor for the dead to decide!

Now, it will be up to him to decide what Chongqing will gain or lose.

(Author's note: Tan Hong's rebellion in the three feudatories restored his clothes and crowns, and he raised troops against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty.) died, both sons were martyred, and the Tan family died. Before Tan Hong died, he left a message that the heirs of the Ning Tan family were cut off, and he did not insult his ancestors and was not a Qing person. ）

Feng Jingming was ordered by Tan Yi to sneak to Linjiang City to shout, and after the Qing soldiers in the city heard it, it took a while to react from the shock, and hurriedly reported the chief soldiers Cheng Tingjun and Wang Mingde.

Wang Mingde and Cheng Tingjun were dumbfounded, and they couldn't believe that Ertan outside the city was going to surrender, because the Ming army under Chongqing was three or four times as many as the Qing army in the city, and they had just completely surrounded Chongqing. Now the good news that the Ming army was about to surrender suddenly came, which made the second general soldier really shocked and unbelievable.

After some hesitation, Wang Mingde asked someone to pull Feng Jingming up to the city, but after Feng Jingming arrived in front of the two of them, he took off his hat without saying anything, revealing his bare head, and the rat tail that had just been braided at the back of his head looked so hideous and intimate under the torch reflection.

"My marquis has decided to descend to the Qing Dynasty and kill Tan Wen, the whole army will be removed, and I will be sent to contact the city!"

"Really?"

Cheng Tingjun felt that he was almost speechless, and Wang Mingde was also so shocked that his eyes were about to fall out, this matter was too mysterious, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was reasonable, that the second Tan Xuan was cleared at this time, but it was better and better than the election to be cleared at any time!

For the sake of prudence, Wang Mingde said to Feng Jingming: "How can this official believe that you are not here to Chengcheng?" ”

Feng Jingming hurriedly said: "If the general doesn't believe it, you can send someone to follow me to the camp to have a look, then the head of Fuhou Tanwen is in my family's Hou Ye's tent!" ”

"Oh?!"

As soon as they heard that Tan Wen had been killed, Wang Mingde and Cheng Tingjun both looked moved, and each other's eyes showed ecstasy. The two discussed a few words privately, and then sent a few cronies to sneak into Tan Yi's camp with Feng Jingming to go down to the city to verify.

Half an hour later, those cronies came back excitedly and told Wang Mingde and Cheng Tingjun, who were full of anxiety, that Tan Yi and Tan Hong outside the city had really betrayed the Ming Dynasty, and the head of Fuhou Tan Wen was really in Tan Yi's tent!

"The emperor Hongfu, the Qing Hongfu, Chongqing is saved, saved!"

Wang Mingde was so excited that he almost jumped up, it was really an endless road, and the situation that was originally waiting to die would be miraculously reversed, which made him not ecstatic.

Cheng Tingjun was also overjoyed, and said to his subordinates: "Er Tan is so decisive, a good time to choose, the court and the governor will be overjoyed when they learn about it, Er Tan is a big fortune." ”

In addition to Feng Jingming, there were also several generals under Tan Yi, who came back with a few cronies, and they told Wang Mingde and Cheng Tingjun that now the Ming Dynasty Governor Wen Anzhi is leading Kuidong soldiers Li Laiheng, Hao Shaoqi and other troops to come, if they come, with only the soldiers and horses under the command of Ertan, I am afraid that the situation in Chongqing will also be difficult to change

The vicissitudes of the sea show the true character of the hero!

Li Laiheng is Li Guo's righteous son, Li Zicheng's nephew, he is called "Little Tiger" in the army, and the people also call him "Little Chuang Wang". This person is really a hero, when Gao Bizheng and Li Guo died, the Shun army was leaderless, and Li Laiheng, who was only 21 years old, stepped forward, contacted and convened the rest of the Shun army, and formed the Kuidong Thirteen Army to continue to hold high the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty and the Qing army. Therefore, if it weren't for Li Laiheng, the rest of the Shun army would have fallen apart as early as ten years ago and be annihilated by the Qing army one by one.

That Hao Shaoqi is also a hero, in the early years Li Zicheng was born as a flag bearer in the army, he was brave and good at fighting, and was appointed as the deputy chief soldier of the Nanming Dynasty Governor He Tengjiao, and soon he was promoted to the general soldier and promoted to the Marquis of Nanan. He led his troops to defeat the Qing army repeatedly, and once inflicted heavy losses on the Qing army in Quanzhou, Guangxi, and was regarded as one of the great heroes by the Qing court.

Hearing that the old leader Xiao Chuang Wang and Hao Dakou were rushing to Chongqing, and there were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under their command, Wang Mingde and Cheng Tingjun immediately felt their scalps tingle. As those Ming generals said, if this Ming army arrived, even if there were thousands of soldiers and horses from Tan Yi and Tan Hong to help in the battle, most of Chongqing would still not be able to hold it.

"The two generals don't have to worry, Li Laiheng and the others are good at fighting, but it will take a few days to reach Chongqing at the earliest. Therefore, my marquis decided to take advantage of Yuan Zongdi's siege tomorrow to raid the Tan Wenbu military camp with grain and grass. The generals under Tan Wen still don't know that Tan Wen is dead, so they will definitely collapse if they don't guard against the surprise attack of my family's marquis. At that time, my marquis will lead his troops to attack Yuan Zongdi's military camp, and the two generals will lead their troops out of the city to drag Yuan Zongdi and others, and my marquis will be able to seize all the grain and grass in Yuan Zongdi's military camp. Not only can they not stay in Chongqing, but before next year's grain harvest, it will be impossible for Kui Dongbing to pose a threat to Chongqing. ”

After Wang Mingde and Cheng Tingjun discussed, they thought that Tan Yi's strategy was feasible and immediately agreed to act according to this strategy. The two sides set the signal for the appointment and prepared separately. The next day, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, He Zhen and others who were in the dark continued to attack the city according to the previous strategy, exhausting the defenders in the city. At this point, Kui Dongbing knew that Er Tan had defected.

Yuan Zongdi and other generals were furious and wanted to draw troops to attack Ertan, but the Qing army in the city suddenly opened the city and rushed out. Under the attack of the Qing army and the Ertan soldiers and horses, coupled with the seizure of grain and grass, the Kui Dong soldiers were confused for a while and had to retreat in a hurry. All of a sudden, the number of people who capsized and fell into the water on the Yangtze River is unknown, the Ming army's naval division was defeated, and the Qing army pursued until the mouth of the Tongluo Gorge more than 20 miles downstream to collect troops. In this battle, in addition to the Ertan rebellion, Fuhou Tan Wen and Zhenbei general Mu Sheng were killed, and the general Yuan Duxiao was also drowned in the chaos. Nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses were killed or wounded, and less than 10,000 soldiers were safely evacuated.

After receiving the emergency from Chongqing, Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, hurriedly led the army to Baoning and set off, and when he arrived in Hechuan, he suddenly received the news of Chongqing's liberation

After retreating from Chongqing, the morale of the Ming army was low, and groups of unarmed soldiers who had thrown away their weapons sat sluggishly on their knees, with no expression on their faces. The officers gathered together, gritting their teeth and cursing that Er Tan would not die well.

Yuan Zongdi sat in a boat, and in addition to him, there were also old comrades-in-arms He Zhen and Liu Tichun on the boat. At the time of Tan Yi's mutiny, the Ming army sailors on the river braved the artillery fire of Chongqing to meet the retreat of their own soldiers and horses, because the ships were limited, many soldiers could not board the boats, and were slaughtered alive by the Qing troops who arrived later on the riverside. Because of the limited number of people on some ships, the officers on board could only grit their teeth and ruthlessly order people to use spears to cut down their own soldiers who forced them to board the ships, otherwise the ships would not be able to leave at all.

Tan Wenyu's troops and the generals of Kui Dongbing failed to organize an effective counterattack, it was too chaotic at that time, and Ertan's sudden rebellion made everyone not expect it, so they could only take care of themselves in the chaos. It took a lot of effort for Yuan Zongdi to reluctantly gather the remaining warships of the naval division together and successfully escape the pursuit of the Qing army.

Liu Tichun was very unwilling, obviously Chongqing was about to break the city, but in the end it was this situation. He will the eighteen generations of the two Tan ancestors. Again, no matter how ruthless you scold, you can't change the fact that the army was defeated, and you can't adapt the fact that Ertan surrendered to Qing.

When He Zhen retreated, he was hit in the leg by the Qing army's guns, which would be tied with strips of cloth, and he would wait for Lang Zhong to take out the guns after he returned.

Yuan Zongdi turned around, sighed, and said with some worry: "I don't know if they ran out of the old tower." ”

"The old tower is out, on the boat in the back." When she spoke, He Zhen gritted her teeth because her leg injury was too painful.

Liu Tichun stopped cursing Er Tan and asked Yuan Zongdi: "Old Yuan, what should we do now?" Inspector Wen, Little Tiger, and Hao Shaoqi are coming over, or let's wait for them and turn around. What about him? ”

He Zhen smiled bitterly: "The food is gone, how can you do it?" ”

"Let's go meet up with Inspector Wen first, and then everyone will get ready to go home."

Yuan Zongdi said bitterly, this battle has been lost, and without food and grass, even if there are more soldiers and horses, it is useless. The top priority at the moment is for each family to retreat to the base area as soon as possible, otherwise it is unknown how many people will starve to death along the way. Moreover, they responded to the call of Eunuch Pang and Inspector Wen to attack Chongqing, bringing with them all the elite soldiers under them, and the people left behind in their hometown were only old and weak.

After listening to Yuan Zongdi's words, Liu Tichun and He Zhen were silent. For two days in a row, everyone had nothing to say, only wanting to meet with Inspector Wen as soon as possible, and then get some food from the little tiger to support him back to his hometown, as for sending troops to attack Chongqing again, everyone didn't think about it.

On the third day, the retreating Ming fleet suddenly ushered in a speedboat coming downstream, and the person on board was a lieutenant general under Li Laiheng, the king of Xiaochuang. The lieutenant general obviously didn't think that Yuan Zongdi was defeated in Chongqing, so he originally wanted to send a letter in Chongqing, but when the fleet came down, the men and horses on the ship were all in rags, and most of them didn't even have weapons, so they didn't know that Chongqing would definitely be defeated. However, the deputy general was only surprised, then calmed down, found Yuan Zongdi, and handed Li Laiheng's letter to Yuan Zongdi.

"General Yuan, the letter from King Xiaochuang to you, asking you to take someone back quickly."

Little Tiger sent a letter to let us go back?

Yuan Zongdi, He Zhen, and Liu Tichun are all strange: didn't the little tiger come to Chongqing with Inspector Wen and Hao Shaoqi?

Confused, Yuan Zongdi opened Li Laiheng's letter, he was literate, and glanced at it roughly, even if he was stunned, he couldn't believe what the letter said.

"Old Yuan, what's wrong? The old nest is called Tartar to occupy? ”

Liu Tichun was shocked, thinking that the Qing army of the two lakes took advantage of the emptiness in Kuidong to come in.

He Zhen also endured the pain in her legs, stood up with the support of her own soldiers, and looked at Yuan Zongdi with a worried face.

Yuan Zongdi shook his head, his face was very strange and said: "Little Tiger sent a letter saying that let's stop fighting Chongqing and go to Hunan with him." ”

"To Hunan? Is the little tiger crazy? ”

He Zhen and Liu Tichun were both stunned, the Qing troops in Hubei and Hunan blocked the road from Kuidong to Hubei and Hunan, how could they go? If they could go to Hunan, they would have gone eight poles earlier, and how could they still be nesting in Kuidong.

"The little tiger said that the Qing army in Hunan is anyway, and it will make way for us to enter Hunan Province."

Yuan Zongdi handed the letter to the literate Liu Tichun, Liu Tichun was stunned again, subconsciously took the letter, and after reading it, he was stunned as Yuan Zongdi just now. Half loud, he muttered, "How is this possible?" (To be continued.) )