Chu Fan smiled, shook his head, and said: "If I stand there, I can keep the peace of the Ming Dynasty forever, you can make a statue for me and put it on the city floor, if you don't enjoy it, make a few more statues, where to fight, where to put it, what army do you need?" It's enough to have me. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone also heard that it was a joke, and everyone immediately laughed awkwardly, and the tense atmosphere suddenly became a little relaxed.

Shen Shixing was still able to control the scene, immediately interrupted everyone's gossip, and said to Chu Fan: "Chu Shangshu, you see that this is still imminent after all, let's get down to business, what is it like now?" ”

Chu Fan hurriedly waved his hand, bowed modestly, and said: "Lord Shen, Chu really has no good way, the soldiers are exhausted, and I'm afraid there are not many firearms left, at most I will go up to the city tower to scare them half a time, and in the end I can't withstand the pressure, I want me to see, surrender." ”

"What? Surrender? "Did I hear me right? Surrender? "Your Majesty, you said surrender if you surrender?"

There was chaos in front of the gate in an instant, it was obvious that everyone was expecting Chu Fan to create a miracle, and Chu Fan said the worst answer, how could everyone not be angry? Suddenly there was a lot of scolding, and some people even started to cry, after all, everyone pinned their hopes on this Chu Fan, and this thing shocked everyone, and it actually made everyone die.

Even if he was an old fritter like Shen Shixing, he couldn't help but be shocked by Chu Fan's words, and reached out to grab Chu Fan's arms and said: "Duke Chu, this is the Ming Dynasty, the life of the people at dawn, how can you say surrender if you surrender?" ”

Chu Fan was stunned by Shen Shixing's shaking head, and said with a wry smile: "What can I do if I don't surrender?" I just have the means, I can't play without soldiers, is it difficult to let you adults go to the city wall to garrison? We are clothed and fed all day long, and we can't even hold a key city brick, how can we defend it? I'm really an immortal, and it's impossible for me to defend myself against hundreds of thousands of people, right? ”

Shen Shixing's tears were about to fall, and he asked with a crying voice: "Is there really no way at all?" Lord Chu, for the sake of the people of Dawn, you have to think of a way to save Daming from fire and water. Chu Fan shook his head helplessly, let out a long sigh and said, "Hey...... There's no way, let's go, let's go to the city wall first. ”

Half a pillar of incense, the group followed Chu Fan to the city wall, and as far as the eye could see, the city wall was in a mess, the soldiers were all staggering, and there were already several places where the Polish army was taking advantage of the opportunity to climb the city wall. Everyone was a little desperate, and sighs came and went.

Chu Fan looked at this situation, and shook his head helplessly, waved his hands to both sides, and two military officials stepped forward to listen to the order.

Chu Fan said: "Go, call everyone who can wake up, come to me." ”

The two took the order and left.

After a while, dozens of sleepy-eyed soldiers followed the two military officials to Chu Fan, half-kneeling down and waiting for Chu Fan's order.

Chu Fan didn't delay any longer, and directly ordered: "A few of you stand on the city wall and shout to the Japanese slaves, Da Ming agrees to surrender, please send an envoy to negotiate, just these twelve words, keep shouting." ”

Immediately, an official jumped out and shouted: "Chu Fan, you are not the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you will surrender if you say surrender?" Why do you represent Daming? ”

Chu Fan smiled slightly and said, "The emperor ordered me to handle the war with full authority, I naturally said it, if you don't agree, you can impeach me." ”

Isn't it nonsense to let people impeach themselves at this time? Do everyone still have to wait for this official to prepare a fold and send it to the palace, and then wait for the emperor's imperial pen to approve it? It is estimated that the holy decree will not reach the city wall, and the Japanese slaves have already occupied the city of Beijing.

Such an insincere sentence, but the choked officials had nothing to say, the emperor's decree was indeed very clear, Chu Fan served as the deputy assistant of the cabinet, the secretary of the military department, and the secretary of the household department, and had full authority to deal with the war.

But even so, several officials came forward and categorically disagreed with the announcement of surrender.

After all, announcing the surrender represents the end of the Ming Dynasty, even if the emperor gives Chu Fan more power, he can't sit back and watch such a result happen in front of him.

Everyone was talking about it, just like when Chu Fan first said surrender at the door of his home, the voices of opposition were endless.

Just when everyone couldn't make up their minds, Gao Huai climbed the city wall from inside the city and hurriedly trotted all the way to the officials.

Gao Huai, as the emperor's personal eunuch, has a high official position, plus he is the emperor's favorite eunuch, and his status is still very high.

Gao Huai ran to Chu Fan's eyes, gasped and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor has an edict. ”

Shen Shixing reacted the most quickly, immediately knelt down, and shouted: "The minister accepts the order." ”

I have to say that China's imperial consciousness is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even at this time of life and death, the majesty of the emperor has not been lost in the slightest, everyone heard the emperor's message, and they immediately knelt on the ground with the first assistant minister Shen Shixing, waiting to listen to the emperor's message.

"The emperor decreed that the war should be handled by Chu Fan with full authority, even if he surrenders, he will be arranged by Chu Fan, and everyone must not object."

In just one sentence, the emperor's position is very clear, who wants to say that Chu Fan can't represent the emperor, it is obviously a bit strong, and the city wall immediately seemed extremely quiet, and the air seemed to be frozen.

Obviously, when Chu Fan said the words of surrender at the door of his home, someone quietly went to report to Wanli, and Wanli also guessed that Chu Fan must have his own ideas, and this time he chose to fully trust Chu Fan, so he specially sent Gao Huai to give Chu Fan a platform, clarify the emperor's attitude, and give Chu Fan the greatest support.

Sure enough, it worked, the emperor's majesty was very effective, everyone no longer discussed, and no longer quarreled, just looked at Chu Fan.

The congealed air was first broken by the two officials of the military department, and they saw that everyone did not speak, and the two officials quietly gestured to the dozens of soldiers.

Soon, a deafening shout rang out from the city walls, and the sound was neat and repeated outside the empty city.

"Da Ming agrees to surrender, please send an envoy to negotiate".

"Da Ming agrees to surrender, please send an envoy to negotiate".

"Da Ming agrees to surrender, please send an envoy to negotiate".

"Da Ming agrees to surrender, please send an envoy to negotiate".

“……”

It was early in the morning, and the sun shone red and yellow in the mist, shining on the land outside the city.

When the officials heard the shouting, they were also desperate, and they sat down on the ground one after another, and some were still quietly wiping their tears.

Yes, this shout is equivalent to announcing the collapse of the Ming Dynasty after more than 200 years, and the next thing is to wait for the Ming officials and people to be ruined, displaced, and the imperial power will be lost. How can people not feel sorry and suffer?

Soon, the second wave army received the information, the attack slowed down slightly, and after a while, Xiao Xifei rode to the bottom of the north gate, and shouted at the city wall: "I am a messenger, please show up" Chu Fan heard the shouts from the city, slowly walked to the edge of the city wall, showed his head, waved his hand down, and shouted: "General Xiao Xifei? Meet again. ”

Xiao Xifei was not recognized by others, but even if Chu Fan turned into ashes, he would recognize it, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "General Chu, it is really you, you came yesterday, but it scared me a lot." "Where, where, I just came up to see who was coming, I didn't want to be an old acquaintance of you, who was suffering from the noisy war, and didn't have time to say hello to you."

Xiao Xifei was obviously still afraid of Chu Fan, and he always spoke politely, learning from the Han people to clasp his fists with both hands and said: "General Chu, I heard that the Ming Dynasty is going to surrender, and General Konishi sent me to talk." "Exactly, there is no way, you are strong and strong, and there are many people, relying on my 20,000 people alone, where can I hold on, I really can't beat Konishi Yukicho, I surrender."

The more Chu Fan said it was an understatement, the more frightened Xiao Xifei became, others didn't know, could he still be unclear? This great god of Chu, ghost ideas one after another, don't be too skilled in serial schemes, this guy can only believe in one percent of everything, and half of the more you believe may fall into the trap.

"Lord Chu is humble, Lord Chu is like a god with soldiers, I Xiao Xifei doesn't know yet, what tricks do adults have and don't have to greet me, I can be considered to have tasted the methods of adults, it's a blessing not to die, I won't play tricks with adults, and I will withdraw first."

After that, he turned over and was about to leave, Chu Fan saw that it was not good, and immediately shouted: "Don't, Xiao Xifei, we really surrendered, we didn't lie to you." ”

"Haha, General Chu, let's not use tricks, I don't listen to anything you say, I'll report to General Konishi Yukicho when I go back, just say that you are on the city wall, maybe he also plans to slow down, wait until you fall asleep and then attack the city, maybe you can die a few fewer brothers."

Chu Fan was really forced to be anxious, and he couldn't cry or laugh angrily, yes, Xu is it was too much for the people of Cibo to suffer before, and now people are afraid of him when they see him, and they are afraid of his way, and now they don't even dare to have a positive conversation, and they are afraid that they will accidentally fall into the pit again.

Seeing that Xiao Xifei was about to go away, Chu Fan shouted: "Really surrender, I will be a hostage!!"

This sound forcibly stopped Xiao Xifei.

Seeing that the war horse screamed and stood still, Xiao Xifei turned around, jumped off the horse, and shouted at Chu Fan: "General Chu is a hostage? ”

"Exactly, you go and tell General Konishi Yukinaga, I have three conditions, first, I can come to your military camp as a hostage, your army must ensure that the city will not be attacked within three days, leaving time for our emperor and officials and people to evacuate, after three days, the defenders of the city wall will naturally withdraw, and you can only enter the city through the main gate. Second, our emperor and the people retreated to Nanjing, and you must not invade Nanjing again within three months. Third, those who are unwilling to withdraw

People, stay in the capital, you must be kind, it is okay to plunder property, but it is not okay to hurt people's lives. As long as you agree to these three points, I will go to your barracks as a hostage, and as for how to divide the land in the future and how to compensate for the war, I will talk to you in detail when I come.

Konishi Fei is the right-hand man of Konishi Yuki, and his biggest feature is that he is smart, otherwise he would not have been sent to negotiate national affairs on behalf of the second wave country.

At this time, Xiao Xifei muttered, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is like that, and now it is basically the strength of the whole country, and with this amount of troops, it is impossible to have large-scale support troops in three days, let alone three days, and when he waits for thirty days, the capital is not meat on the chopping board? The only thing that the second wave army is afraid of is Chu Fan, if Chu Fan is not in the camp of the Ming army, then the Ming army is a weak chicken with no power to fight back to them, what else is there to fear? The Ming Dynasty personally sent its last trump card, Chu Fan, to the barracks of the Second Wave Army, what else is there to be afraid of in the Second Wave Army?

Thinking of this, Xiao Xifei immediately moved, plus a few other conditions, it is not a matter of whether to fight Nanjing or not, it is a matter of the future, not to mention three months, that is, to prepare for another six months, and then go thousands of miles to fight Nanjing, it may be Xuan, after all, it is very laborious to raise grain and grass, resist along the way, and hold the results, it is very laborious to attack Nanjing immediately, and even if you agree to Chu Fan, you will regret it in the future, it is not a big deal, and the people of Cibo do not take integrity so seriously.

As for the third article, since it is allowed to rob property, it will meet the needs of most of the national soldiers of the second wave, and the big deal is not to slaughter, and those who really resist should be killed, and the Ming army has retreated, who can help me?

The corners of Xiao Xifei's mouth twitched slightly, bowed to Chu Fan, and shouted: "Since the general is so sincere, I will go back and report to General Xiao Nishi." ”

With that, he turned around and ran away.

Chu Fan saw Xiao Xifei's movements, and knew that this thing was moved, so he immediately turned to the officials and said: "Okay, everyone, you all retreat, I arranged for the West Factory to take over the north gate, and the rest of the people are not allowed to approach, you go to find Wan Mi Zhai Wan Dafu, see him has his own arrangements, Hong'er, have your people arrived?" ”

I saw Qin Hong squeeze out of the crowd and said, "It's all below." ”

"Okay, everyone immediately go down the city wall from the east side, no one is allowed to enter within fifty zhang of the north gate tower, Hong'er let your people come up from the west."

The matter has come to this point, all the officials, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know what medicine this Chu Cifu is selling in the gourd, but this time everyone is surprisingly conscious, obeys Chu Fan's arrangement, and goes down from the east side by themselves, and the people from the west factory go up from the west side and quickly take over the city tower.

There were hundreds of Polish prisoners who came up with the guards of the West Factory, all of whom were caught when they rushed up to the city wall during the battle a few days ago, and at this time they were pushed to the city wall with bared teeth. Chu Fan quietly walked to Qin Hong's side and whispered, "Have you and your people been injected?" ”

Qin Hong replied gently: "It's all fought, I've prepared a lot, and it is estimated that the defenders are enough." ”

Chu Fan nodded with satisfaction, Qin Hong has been a factory guard for many years, and her work ability and efficiency are still very high, not only Chu Fan's virtuous helper, but also a good helper in his career.

After a while, Chu Fan saw that the rest of the people on the city wall had withdrawn, and the rest were the people from Xichang and the prisoners of the Cibo army, and motioned to the soldiers on both sides to close the entrance, and said to Qin Hong: "When did your people get the injection?" ”

"At noon the day before yesterday, more than an hour after you left home, I called them all."

"It's almost a day now, well, then wait another day, two days should almost be effective, only you and I are the only ones who have been effective, that person must be closed, except for you and me, don't let people contact me."

Qin Hong nodded, turned around and went back to work.

Chu Fan was in a complicated mood at this time, watching Xiao Xi fly away, he didn't reply to the letter, and he was also very worried, he was afraid that Xiao Xifei would not accept President Konishi and that the plan would fall through, and he was afraid that President Konishi would figure it out too quickly and agree to accept it, because Chu Fan was not ready.

On the other hand, the second wave army was very cooperative with Chu Fan, because they were infighting.

Talking about the reason, after all, people who suffer more losses are timid, and those who suffer less losses are bold, President Konishi is the one who suffers the most losses from Chu Fan, although he can't find any loopholes here, and he can't think of Chu Fan being arrested, what else can the Ming army do, what else can Chu Fan do, but there is always an unknown sense of crisis, and he is really afraid of Chu Fan. And the generals of the second wave army, led by Nagata Kurosasa, were much bolder, and they heard that there was still one

This kind of good thing, you can take the capital without spending a single soldier, and the whole condition does not seem to have any unfavorable factors, of course, I agree very much.

The two sides discussed this matter for a whole day, giving Chu Fan plenty of time.

In the end, President Konishi still couldn't stand the coercion of interests and agreed to accept Chu Fan's surrender.

In the evening of the same day, Xiao Xifei came to the city wall again and shouted: "General Chu, our General Konishi Xingchang agrees to your request, but asks you to surrender alone, and you are not allowed to bring a single soldier." Chu Fan nodded with relief, he didn't plan to bring someone in the first place, hehe, I don't bring anyone, it's all yours.

Chu Fan stood at the head of the city and beckoned to him: "General Xiao Xifei, then let me say goodbye to my family, and arrange for them to evacuate by the way, in the early morning of tomorrow, I will go down the city wall to surrender, in order to show my sincerity, how about I bring the captured soldiers of your army down with me?" ”

Xiao Xifei was still very thoughtful, afraid that Chu Fan would play another trick to seize the door in Pyongyang, and said: "Of course the captives must be returned, but you yourself come down first, and when I meet you, let them come down." ”

Xiao Xifei thought to himself, first control you, and then let them come down one after another, one by one, all those who can't speak Japanese will be cut, see what tricks you can play?

Chu Fan laughed and said: "There are not many, there are only dozens of people, General Xiaoxifei, don't be afraid, I'll just come down first." ”

Konishi Fei went back to his life.

Xiao Xifei thinks that the arrangement of this matter is still very thorough, first, surrender early in the morning, in broad daylight, any tricks can be seen through and recognized, not afraid of Chu Fan's tricks, second, let Chu Fan come down first, and come down one after another after the capture, not afraid of another commando or something, President Konishi must praise himself for being meticulous.

Sure enough, Governor Konishi praised Konishi Fei fiercely, no matter how you think about it, Chu Fan will go down to the city as a hostage first, and the prisoners of war will come back with him, and then accept the surrender of the Ming Dynasty, occupy the capital, and take the capital of the Ming Dynasty without a single soldier, Nurhachi is simply a fool, stupidly retreat and wait and see at this time, the capital is in the hands of my Governor Konishi, do you still want a piece of the pie? Hmph, dream.

It was dawning soon.