It's night again, but tonight there is no one who even delivers food to Chen Ting, Chen Ting doesn't care at all, just quietly collects all the fire bricks and other things that have been built one by one, wraps them in oiled paper, and puts them in a wooden box. He took out an oil lamp, a few clean rags and a charcoal pen from the corner, and began to write and draw in the leeward of the entrance to the cave.

Chen Ting sometimes wrote hard, sometimes frowned and pondered, and was so devoted and serious that he didn't even find out when Chen Mingyu and Yan Yingyuan came to his side.

When the moon was on the branches, Chen Ting stopped his pen and carefully studied a few pieces of torn cotton cloth full of handwriting, and was just about to put them away, but found Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu standing behind him.

"General, you ......!" Chen Ting was speechless in surprise.

Yan Yingyuan didn't speak, but took the cotton cloth in his hand, and then looked at it carefully in the dim light, "This is the production technique of fire bricks and wooden guns?" ”

Chen Ting nodded, a smile appeared on his young face, "The villain was born in a martial arts family, and he didn't like swords, guns, bows and horses since he was a child, but he liked firearms, and my father often said that I was not doing my job." Later, he entered the county school and studied under Mr. Feng Houdun, and was often admonished by his teacher. Fortunately, the master of the history of the classics appreciated and learned that the villain had this skill, so after his father contacted the Qing army privately and was imprisoned, the villain was saved, and he was able to keep this remnant to report to the court! Today, my father said that he would surrender under the city, and the villain knew that the two adults would not give in easily, and they must have a way to deal with it, so they would agree to the conditions proposed by their father. Although his father took the wrong path, he was the biological father after all. The villain has no choice, but can only choose a dead end in order to clarify his mind. I was born as a Ming person, and I should be a Ming ghost when I die! ”

Yan Yingyuan's cheeks twitched unconsciously, but the young man in prison clothes in front of him made his heart sour for no reason, and he solemnly put the cotton cloth into his arms, "Don't worry, I will definitely let these instruments be used properly!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Chen Ting gave Yan Yingyuan a solemn look. He turned back into the corner. Struggled to pick up a wooden box, "Father has made a lot of killings, and Jiangyin's father has a bitter hatred for him because of this." Tomorrow, the villain will take his old man on the road together, which can be regarded as an explanation for the dead people! ”

Yan Yingyuan was stunned for a while before his gaze was withdrawn from the wooden box. He knew exactly what was in the box. Chen Ting in front of him has already made up his mind for life and death, and Chen Mingyu brought him to Nanjing, but it was to paint his already hopeless life with the last layer of bright color.

For a while, Yan Yingyuan didn't know what to say, but Chen Ting smiled and continued: "My lord, if you don't bother, can you give the villain a clean dress." I really don't want to ......! Chen Ting lowered his head and looked at the prison uniform on his body.

Yan Yingyuan immediately came to his senses. nodded, "Brother Fengyi, give him a new dress, get some food and drink, tomorrow, tomorrow ......!" Suddenly, Yan Yingyuan felt as if his chest was blocked by something, and he couldn't say anything, so he quickly turned around, lest Chen Ting, who was opposite, see the droplets of water that suddenly slipped from the corners of his eyes.

Chen Mingyu solemnly agreed, and he also didn't know what to say to Chen Ting when he was like this again, "I didn't misunderstand you, you and your father are not the same person!" ”

Chen Ting bowed and saluted, "With the words of the adult, the villain's wish is enough!" ”

Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu slowly walked down the city tower, and suddenly Yan Yingyuan turned around, not far from the hidden soldier cave, Chen Ting bent down, his hands gently rubbed in the wooden box, and his eyes showed a relaxed and happy look that he had never seen before. Yan Yingyuan's heart trembled suddenly, and he said loudly: "If you and your father can be found after the war, I will send someone to send you back to Jiangyin!" ”

Chen Ting was shocked, slowly stood up, and bowed towards the backs of Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu. The figure was shrouded in the light of an oil lamp, and it was extraordinarily clear.

Walking down the city tower, the fang market on all sides was quiet, the soldiers in the Tibetan soldier cave had already slept peacefully, and the light of the stars and moon sprinkled all over the ground, indescribably quiet and peaceful, but Yan Yingyuan's heart could not be calm for a long time.

"Brother Liheng, tomorrow, we will take the people into the city, this move is indeed extremely risky, Gonggong Qian, Duan Xinian, and a group of courtiers left behind are all opposed, although the Shi Pavilion Department did not raise objections, but it seems that they are very worried, we have to make some more preparations, just in case! If the plan to defend the city is delayed because of the rescue of the people, it will be more than worth the loss! ”

Yan Yingyuan's expression was slightly dark, "I have also considered what you said, it is indeed a bit of a risk, but it can't be saved if you don't save it!" If the people of Jiangyin are slaughtered under the city, but we do nothing, it will have a great impact on the morale of the army. The battle to defend the city of Nanjing may be protracted, and it will take hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in this city to unite as one and hate the same enemy in order to hold on, if the people's hearts fluctuate because of this incident, then there may be more and more people who throw themselves into the Tartars in the future, and it will be difficult to sustain it with the arrest and suppression of the imperial court and the yamen alone! ”

Chen Mingyu nodded, Yan Yingyuan was indeed far-reaching, it seemed that he had really benefited a lot from Lu Zhenfei's side over the years. There are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Nanjing, and there are more than 100,000 people in Beijing who will have time to evacuate in the future, if the matter of rescuing the people of Jiangyin is not handled properly, it will inevitably make the wealthy families lose confidence in the imperial court and have different aspirations.

"Fortunately, Li Linquan is willing to support him, and the loyal battalions under his command are all the elite of the rear army of the Shun army back then, and he is willing to fully support and cooperate, so we have more chances of winning!"

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In the early morning, after the sky was brightened, the morning sun did not appear for a long time, the whole sky was gray, and yesterday's fine weather disappeared in a blink of an eye. In front of the treasure gate, there was no fighting for several days, and some of the accumulated corpses were also cleaned out with the tacit consent of both sides, but the corpses in the moats and ravines could not be cleaned up in a short time. Although it was a cold winter weather, the stench had already wafted out.

At the beginning of the hour, the gate of the Treasure Gate Urn City, which had been sealed for a long time, finally slowly opened, in the camp of the Qing army, Bo Luo and Tun Qi looked at the direction of the city gate without blinking, a heart almost jumped out of the throat, the cowhide tent of the camp was overlapped, countless cavalry were hidden in it, the war horse was tightly choked, and in the front row of camp tents, the soldiers who had originally lived in it had already been cleared, at this time, all the artillery of the Wuzhen Chaoha Department was placed in the camp tent without exception, The gunners nervously waited for the order, and did not even dare to come out of the atmosphere.

Chen Rui rode on his horse in a cold sweat, and took more than 1,000 people out of the camp of the Qing army with anxiety, and stopped at a distance of 500 steps from the moat, but in his heart he was secretly scolding the Qing army for not keeping its promises.

After bargaining with Yan Yingyuan two days ago, Yan Yingyuan finally relented and promised to let go of the craftsmen and Minzhuang who were willing to return to their hometowns, and would return to Jiangyin with the captured people. In exchange, the Ming army also agreed to return the bodies of Da Chun and a group of Qing soldiers who died in the city to the Qing army. But they didn't expect that Bolo and Tunqi had other ideas, wanting to take advantage of this opportunity to seize the city, but they pushed themselves to the forefront.

Among the more than 1,000 people, there are still more than 100 white-armored elite soldiers of the Qing army, and in the large camp behind them, Wuzhen Chaoha's artillery and a large number of green battalions, eight banners, and Mongolian cavalry are ready to go.

Seeing the city gate slowly opening, Chen Ruizhi became more and more nervous, the cold wind was biting, but his back was full of sweat. Niu Lu Zhangjing, a member of the Qing army who was watching him beside him, looked at him with disdain, and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm in his direction.

The city gate opened, and hundreds of people dressed as ordinary people came out of the city, Chen Ruizhi stabilized his mind and looked carefully, he was indeed the son of Jiangyin, and many familiar faces could be seen among them.

What caught Chen Ruizhi's eye was that his son Chen Ting was at the front of the line, pushing a wheelbarrow with both hands on a huge wooden box.

The team approached in a short time, and the defenders in the gate began to nervously try to close the drawbridge and the gate again.

Chen Ruizhi hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and hurriedly greeted his son. On the same day, the Qing army broke into Nanzhili, as a garrison military attaché, in order to keep his glory and wealth, he began to hook up with the Qing army's fine work, and bought off the county Lin Zhiji to dedicate Jiangyin to the Qing army. Unexpectedly, the East Window incident occurred, and Chen Mingyu sent troops to raid his home, but he took the first step out of the city. When the Tunqi army came to the city, he contacted Lin Zhiji again, and finally opened the city gate and let the Qing army enter Jiangyin.

thought that his family had been killed, but he never expected to see his son again, Chen Ruizhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Chen Ting, he couldn't help but say that when he came to Niu Lu Zhangjing, he explained through an interpreter that his son was proficient in firearms manufacturing, and the Qing army would definitely be of great use.

Chen Ruizhi was like being amnestied, pulled his son on the horse, and the father and son rode together, flying towards the Qing army camp.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted at the head of the city, "Chen Ting, a villain and traitor who has forgotten his ancestors, you will definitely not die well, and I, Liu Mao, will not let you go if I am alive for a day!" ”

Chen Ting turned around to look at the city, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but his hands were tightly hugging the wooden box in his arms.

When the people saw their relatives, their faces were full of horror, and the people and craftsmen who went out of the city found that their relatives were stuffed with walnuts, sweat towels and other things in their mouths, and even their hands were tied together, but their eyes clearly showed a warning to them to leave quickly.

At the same time, the crowd shouted one after another, and more than a hundred figures suddenly burst out and killed from the crowd, the long-handled tiger tooth knife in their hands flashed with cold light, and rushed straight to the city gate. (To be continued......)