Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 771
Hong Chengchou was born in poverty, and his mother made bean curd to support the family. His life can be regarded as a model of the lower class and the upper class, full of legend.

Looking at his life, the first half of his life can be said to be an inexhaustible talent for ministers, and since he was awarded a Jinshi in the Wanli period, he has also made steady progress all the way, and was highly valued by Emperor Yizong.

During this period, he broke the siege of Hancheng and became famous. He killed Wang Zuogui and succeeded him as the governor of three sides of Shaanxi. After defeating all the peasant armies, Li Zicheng was finally defeated. Only eighteen riders escaped to Shangluo Mountain in southern Shaanxi, and the peasant uprising fell into a low ebb.

After the internal troubles were basically quelled, Hong Chengchou was entrusted with the important task of fighting against the Eastern captives, commanding almost all the elites of the Ming Dynasty.

Such a person, who was born in a poor family, can govern the region, govern the five provinces, and quell internal troubles and fight against foreign enemies.

At this time, Hong Chengchou is like a superstar rising, and it seems that he will be famous in history as a generation of ministers.

It can be said that his experience conformed to all the fantasies of the scholars at that time. He was able to stabilize the country with literature and stabilize the country with martial arts. Hong Hengjiu can be called the idol of the times, and countless scholars took him as their life goal.

But at this moment, a major turning point occurred in his life.

Songshan was destroyed, the world thought that Hong Chengchou died for the country, Yizong set up an altar to commemorate, mourned and praised, moved Huayi, and people all over the world also followed him as an example. Qing treason.

With Hong Chengchou's influence and his level, his rebellion is only stronger than the attack on the Republic of China by Wang's puppet treason.

After the Qing army entered the customs, Hong Chengchou, who was familiar with the situation in the Ming Dynasty, was immediately appointed Minister of the Ministry of War and Yudu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After that, he became the firefighting captain of the Qing court. When the north was unstable, he ruled the north. In the south, Dorgon's "hair shaving order" aroused the resistance of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. Dagon hurriedly sent him to replace Duduo, and gave him the right to act cheaply, allowing him to quickly stabilize Jiangnan.

This person has made great contributions to the establishment of the Qing government's system and the stability of the place, and because of this, the Ming side hates him to the bone, wishing to eat his flesh raw.

If Dorgon and Hong Chengchou were in front of Wang Yan at the same time, Wang Yan could only kill one of them, and Wang Yan would choose to kill Hong Chengchou first without hesitation.

Only by killing Hong Chengchou, the leader of the traitors, can the officials of the Qing Dynasty be deterred. If he has a good end, what will the people think of that day.

Hong Chengchou probably understood this, and Wang Puppet had no way of turning back, so he could only go one way to the dark.

Donglu has hundreds of thousands of bends, how can it destroy China, how can it rule China, without the help of this group of Han thieves, no matter how strong Donglu is, it will not be able to stand.

Wang Yan came to the bottom of the city, looked up at the top of the city, and looked at Hong Chengchou. This was the first time he saw Hong Chengchou's face clearly. He was wearing a black official robe of the Qing Dynasty, with court beads hanging on his chest, and a bowl hat on his head. Below was an old face with a beard. White half.

Hong Chengchou also looked at Wang Yan, and after a while, he spoke first: "King Hengyang, you are a true hero!"

On the city, under the city, quiet down, so that the two can talk and spread the sound.

Hong Chengchou came up and said something first, I don't know if he really sighed, or he was used to being a slave and flattered him.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Wang Yan sneered, not accepting his tricks, and said loudly: "Chinese heroes, unless you can make a conclusion, you should raise a white flag, and open the city quickly!"

Hong Chengchou blushed, Wang Yan's words were too strong, which made him angry and embarrassed.

After all, he has been famous for a long time, but Zhu Zi has no respect for him.

A hot face was put on a cold ass, but now Hong Chengchou has no confidence to turn his face. In the current situation, Wang Yan has the capital to be arrogant.

"King of Hengyang, we are indeed willing to surrender. King Ruizhong and the criminals have already written the letter of surrender, and immediately enshrined the seal. I just hope that the king of Hengyang can see that we can protect the imperial city and protect us. Be safe, and allow me to wait for a day, pack up my belongings, seal up the treasury, and then withdraw from the imperial city!" Hong Chengchou on the city shouted loudly from the top of the city.

After finishing his speech, he ordered a bannerman to bring dozens of official seals including the king's seal of Ruizhong County, the seal of the governor of Jiangnan, dozens of letters of surrender, and fall down to the city in a hanging basket.

Bo Luo stood behind him, seeing Hong Chengchou say three days into one day, he felt a little anxious, turned his head and said to Kakamu: "Go and open the armory, men and women, young and old, all in the city will distribute weapons."

When Kakamu heard about it, he quickly led his orders to go down to the city.

After listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Wang Yan pondered for a while.

At this time, a man came riding a horse from behind, approached Wang Yan, and reminded him in a low voice: "Your Highness, I know Hong Bandit well, be careful of fraud!"

Wang Yan saw that it was Hou Fangyu who had been a shogunate councilor for Hong Chengchou for four years. Wang Yan didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

At this time, the falling flag Ding had already been stopped by the Ming army. Lu Shikui took the seal and presented it to Wang Yan.

When Wang Yan saw it, he was quite sincere, but he couldn't accept it. He wanted to keep the imperial city, but he also wanted to establish prestige, and Hong Chengchou had to die.

Apart from Huangcheng, Hong Chengchou and Boluo, they had no other cards, and they were not eligible to enjoy such conditions.

After Wang Yan finished watching, he took a look at the city, and suddenly turned his head and pointed at the emperor's coffin in the distance and shouted loudly: "Have you seen it? The coffin of Emperor Daxing is under the city. The imperial city is the imperial city of Daming. Wait a minute!" Do you want Emperor Daxing to wait for you outside the imperial city for a day?"

Hong Chengchou and others in the city trembled when they heard the sound, and then he noticed the coffin in the distance, and his heart sank immediately.

Wang Yan carried the coffin outside the Xihua Gate, but he couldn't enter the city today, so wouldn't he lose face, where is his prestige?
Seeing Wang Yan's strong words, Hong Chengchou changed the three days to one day. When he looked at the coffin in the distance, he knew that he had miscalculated.

There was no reason to let the emperor's coffin wait for them, his face darkened, and he knew Wang Yan's bottom line, the Ming army had to enter the city today, but this was precisely the condition he could not agree to.

"Everyone, go get ready!" Hong Chengchou turned around and said to the many Qing generals.

Boluo didn't expect that the conversation would collapse so soon. His hopes were shattered, his face twisted, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, if that's the case, if he wants to enter the city today, this king will burn the entire city to the ground. Let's see how he gets in!"

Boluo was about to die, and the faces of many Qing generals suddenly turned ashen.

At this time, Wang Yan under the city looked at the city, but with a sneer on his face, he suddenly shouted: "Today you are offering the city, you are not allowed to take anything with you, except for Hong Chengchou, whoever is willing to stay is here. Fan asked you to cross the river. This is the bottom line of this fan, you can only agree or not, and you are not qualified to bargain."

When the voice came to the city, many Qing generals who were ashen-faced were suddenly taken aback, and even Bo Luo hurried to the edge of the city to confirm whether the voice was from Wang Yan.

When Hong Chengchou heard this, his face immediately turned ashen.The waves behind the Yangtze River pushed the waves ahead, and Wang Yan seized the initiative with a single word. This false surrender might turn into a real surrender.

"King of Hengyang can count on what he says?"

Hong Chengchou and Bo Luo didn't reply, but a Han Banner general in the city suddenly rushed to the wall, supported the wall and shouted down.

When he yelled, all the Qing generals in the city immediately looked at him in unison. The general reacted, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead instantly. He didn't know why he suddenly yelled this sentence.

The general was sweating coldly on his back, hurriedly bowed his head, and stepped back from the wall. He was in a bad mood and was probably about to be stabbed to death. His body shook uncontrollably, but the situation he was worried about did not appear, and no one was there. He cut him with a knife, but he didn't even come to reprimand him.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Hong Chengchou knew that things were developing in a direction beyond his control, and the old man was almost shattered.

At this time, the words of Wang Yan under the city came again, and it was the answer to the general, "I have always kept my word, I will kill if I say kill, and let me go if I say let go. I will not see Li Yuanbo? I will give you a quarter of an hour to think about it. Let people climb up to monitor the city, if you dare to make any changes, our domain will immediately attack the city!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Yan waved his hand and rode his horse back. Hou Fangyu hurriedly pulled the reins, followed him, and asked, "Your Highness really wants to let Boluo cross the river."

Wang Yan sneered slightly, but did not answer. Hou Fangyu didn't understand. He thought that Wang Yan was going to lie and go back on his word. He hurriedly said: "Your Highness has a reputation all over the world. If you break your promise, it may be difficult to win the trust of others in the future. In the future, you will attack the city again. Banner resistance became fierce."

Wang Yan's words were strong, he didn't give the Qing soldiers in the city a chance to bargain, refused, and sent troops to attack immediately, the Qing army would die, but if he agreed, there was still a chance.He believes that all rational people will make the right choice.He is determined to keep the imperial city.

On the top of the wall, everyone fell silent after hearing Wang Yan's words.

The Banners are also human beings, and the Manchus are also human beings, and they also have fears, and they are also afraid of death.

In the past, it was bitter cold outside the customs, there was nothing at home, and people with bare feet were not afraid of wearing shoes, so they were naturally brave, but now everyone has a big family and a big career, naturally they have more scruples, and they are also afraid of death.

The conditions offered by Wang Yan were indeed good, but now Hong Chengchou's strategy was no longer effective, and they had to surrender.

Originally Qi Ding thought that Wang Yan was going to slaughter the city, and they had no choice but to coexist with the city. Now Wang Yan asked them to surrender, and let those who were willing to return to Jiangbei let them cross the river. Even Boluo was moved.

Many Qing generals did not speak, but the expressions on their faces were clear enough. They all looked at Bo Luo.

"This is Wang Yan's plan. The purpose is to drive us apart and break down our fighting spirit." After hearing Wang Yan's words, Hong Chengchou knew it was over, but he couldn't give up. Seeing that everyone's expressions were wrong, his anxious voice became sharp. "Wang Yan killed so few bannermen? Your lord, think about Le Ke Dehun!"

"But Li Chengdong's troops were lifted up, and they slaughtered Jiading. Isn't Li Yuanyin still okay? It is said that they are all sealed up now!" said a member of the Han Banner General.

The Eight Banners is a group of interests, maintaining relationships depends on interests, and now survival is the greatest interest, many generals of the Han Banner, how would they dare to speak against Hong Chengchou, but now it is a matter of life and death, some people can no longer care about dignity, no matter who you are Not the governor.

"My lord, Luck Dehun, was captured on the battlefield, and you surrendered. The situation is the same." Lang Tingzuo said, "And Wang Yan promised that if he wants to go back to Jiangbei, he can let people cross the river."

Boluo's face was gloomy. He was afraid that Wang Yan would not keep his promise. He was the king of the Qing Dynasty and fell into Wang Yan's hands. How could Wang Yan let him go, but releasing him to Jiangbei was too tempting for him.

He quickly weighed in his mind, the worst case is just a different way of death, and judging from the reactions of many Qing generals in the city, even if he didn't surrender, they might as well, so he decided to block.

When Hong Chengchou saw Bo Luo pondering, his face turned livid. He suddenly tried his best to push away the crowd and wanted to go down to the city, but several generals stopped him quickly.

"My lord, please say something!" Lang Tingzuo suddenly said loudly.

There was a twist on Boluo's face, and he suddenly looked up at Hong Chengchou, "Governor Hong, I have wronged you!"

Hong Chengchou's face changed wildly, "My lord, this old minister is loyal to Daqing, my lord can't treat me like this."

Hearing this, Boluo felt ashamed. He couldn't compare to what Hong Chengchou had done for the Qing Dynasty in recent years, but now he is going to sell Hong Chengchou. After raising a dog for a long time, he has feelings, let alone a human being. .

But a dog is a dog after all, a slave is a slave after all, the master's life is more valuable than a slave, in order to save his life, Boluo can only abandon this old dog.

Hong Chengchou looked at Bo Luo without saying a word, his heart was cold, and there was nothing more sad than heart-dead. Now he is like a bitch who wants to be good, after being played by others, he is easily abandoned.

For a while, Hong Chengchou smiled miserably, "My lord, let the old minister settle it himself, and give the old minister a happy time!"

Falling into the hands of Wang Yan, there must be endless humiliation, Hong Chengchou is also a person who is afraid of death, and he made a final plea to Boluo in his heart.

Bo Luo didn't dare to look at him, "There's nothing I can do, Wang Yan just asked you by name, and I can't do anything about it. You have tied up Governor Hong, and the time is almost up."

Hong Chengchou didn't expect that he had worked so hard for the Qing court, and he couldn't even get a happy ending. In the end, it was such an ending, a huge blow, which made him unable to stand still, and the whole person suddenly staggered, but the people around him No matter how many there were, several generals immediately rushed forward, not knowing where they got the rope, and tied Hong Chengchou in a moment, and gagged his mouth.

Wang Yan returned to the coffin, and not long after, he heard someone shout: "Your Highness, the city gate has opened!"

The Shi Kuai inside the Xihua Gate was removed by the Qing soldiers, and the remaining half of the city gate was slowly opened. The bannermen of the brigade walked out of the gate dejectedly. When they walked outside the city, they took the banner weapons in their hands, One was discarded on both sides of the city gate, announcing the complete defeat of the Qing army in the Battle of Nanjing.

It has been four years, and against the background of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, that step has become a major trend for Man Qing, taking away Daming in one wave.

The Qing army was too sharp to be invincible.

Wang Yan could only constantly weaken the momentum of the Qing Dynasty, starting with Yangzhou's blockade, fighting Huguang, recovering Jiangxi, conquering Bashu, repeatedly defeating the arrogance of the Qing Dynasty, destroying the prestige of the Qing Dynasty, and regaining the disadvantages little by little.

After four years, at this moment, at the moment when Nanjing was captured, the situation was completely reversed, and the national fortune was beaten back by him.

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

Suddenly, the soldiers of the Ming army who saw the Qing army disarming raised their arms and shouted loudly.

How much the whole nation has paid for this moment, many people immediately burst into tears.

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

Huge waves of sound soared into the sky, like a boulder falling into the calm water, and the sound waves quickly spread to the whole city.

Wang Yan also raised his arms and shouted, and after a while, he shouted loudly to the people around him: "Go, carry Your Majesty into the city!"

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