Hong Chengchou in Yangzhou City received Gaoyou's fast horse military newspaper and was so scared that he was beaten to death by the Ming army. Now that he saw the Ming army begin to attack Huai'an, how could he not be frightened? In addition, Gaoyou's general exaggerated the words, the Ming army was large in number and the army was extremely powerful, and the ships transporting troops on the canal were boundless. Hong Chengchou felt very regretful when he saw this military newspaper, it would be better to retreat to Jining a few months ago.

Next to Hong Chengchou, Zhou Boda, the governor of Jiangning in the Qing Dynasty. Zhou Boda was a Jinshi for the tenth year of Chongzhen. He served as an assistant to Pingliang Road in Shaanxi. He was considered an old official of Hong Chengchou and his leader Ma Degong were both Hong Chengchou's confidants. Today, Zhou Boda frowned when he saw Hong Chengchou receiving the military report and asked quickly: "Master Jiantai, is there an emergency military situation in Gaoyou?"

Hong Chengchou said nothing, and handed the general report to Zhou Boda to watch. Zhou Boda was shocked when he saw it. He had not yet established a stable foothold in Huai'an, and if the Ming army attacked and could not defend it at all. Now the entire army in the two Huaihe places was lost in Yangzhou, and there were less than 10,000 elderly, weak and disabled soldiers in Huai'an City. Do they really want to retreat to Shandong?

Zhou Boda himself was the governor of Jiangning and the leader of civil officials in Jiangnan Province. The Qing Dynasty always paid attention to local officials who were responsible for defending their territory. Because he was the governor of Jiangning, he could still be regarded as a defending territory in Huai'an, but it would be a problem to retreat to Shandong. He was not the governor of Shandong.

In fact, Hong Chengchou also had this concern. He was the governor of the six provinces in Jiangnan. Now there is only one government left in the six provinces in the south. If the political enemies in the court are lost, they will definitely seize this and make a big fuss. You must know that the struggle between the various forces in the Qing Dynasty is no worse than that of Zhu Hongsan, a small court in Nanjing.

Because the Qing Dynasty accepted the basic foundation of Chongzhen, the dispute between the eunuch party and the Donglin party that began in Wanli was also inherited. It became a dispute between the Southern Party and the Northern Party. The Northern Party was headed by Feng Quan, the grandson of the cabinet of Wei Zhongxian, and Chen Mingxia, the Minister of Personnel. These two factions basically followed the political ecology of the Chongzhen dynasty and must fight for a big and small king.

Although Hong Chengchou is from Fujian, he is not from the Donglin Party and naturally does not be favored by the "righteous people" of the Donglin Party, so Hong Chengchou is supported by Feng Quan behind the scenes. The Donglin Party and others also regard Hong Chengchou as their mortal enemy and must destroy him, Feng Quan's biggest foreign aid.

Zhou Boda looked at the military newspaper, and the words were vague and did not say how many people were.

"Master Taiwan Master, this military newspaper did not say how many people there were. Maybe the Gaoyou Guardian misread it and regarded a small group of troops as the main force of the Ming army!"

Hong Chengchou didn't dare to guarantee the votes, what if he was the main force of the Ming army?

"Eru, now we have no choice but to retreat. If we retreat to Shandong, can the Southern Party in the court let us go?"

Zhou Boda was also very anxious when he heard Hong Chengchou say this. He was not the Donglin Party. In addition, as Hong Chengchou's confidant, he was naturally very afraid that his master would be unlucky.

"Sir, why don't you do this? Let's see what the Ming army is doing. What to do then?"

Hong Chengchou nodded, and now he has nothing to do with this!

The next day, Tong Tuchang's small fleet came outside Huai'an City. After receiving the news, Hong Chengchou brought his only few generals to the top of the city to see what the Ming army was going to do.

However, Hong Chengchou climbed to the top of the city and felt relieved when he saw that the Ming army outside the city was very small, with only more than 500 soldiers. Most of the others were civil servants wearing Ming Dynasty uniforms. The most important thing was that the Ming army did not bring such powerful cannons. Hong Chengchou was shot out of phobia by the cannon with amazing range in Yangzhou.

Zhou Boda was also very happy and pointed to the civil servant who was holding the bow of the boat and said, "Master of the Taiwan Strait, it seems that the Ming army came to negotiate!"

Hong Chengchou nodded and sent a personal soldier down to the city to ask what was going on.

The Qing soldier sat down from the top of the city with a bamboo basket and arrived at the dock immediately and was immediately caught by the Ming army.

Tong Tuchang separated the crowd and came to the Qing army and asked, "Are you Hong Chengchou's man?"

The Qing soldier, holding the mentality of not suffering from the loss in front of him, quickly knelt down and said, "Report to the Lord, the villain is Lord Hong's personal soldier! Lord Hong sent the villain to ask you all the adults what they are doing?"

"You go back and tell Hong Chengchou that we are here to negotiate with you, the young emperor of the Qing Dynasty, according to the imperial edict of Emperor Shenwu! Let Hong Chengchou open the city gate, let us go in, and send troops to protect us north!"

The Qing soldier felt relieved when he heard the high official in front of him say this. It seemed that he would not have to die.

"This adult, a villain, can you ask an adult and I to go back to the city to meet Mr. Hong?"

Tell me to send someone? Tong Tuchang was a little scared. He had not yet responded to the Qing Dynasty. What if Hong Chengchou was crazy about killing himself?

However, when Tong Tuchang saw Fang Fengnian beside him, he knew that Old Man Fang was usually very proud, so it would be better to let him die.

Tong Tuchang smiled at the other party Fengnian and said, "Brother Shutian, can you go to the city to talk about it?"

Fang Fengnian knew what Tong Tuchang was thinking, but Fang Fengnian Jiang Gui's nature is so old that she is even stronger. Where can she be scared by Tong Tuchang?

Fang Fengnian sneered and said, "Sir Tong is afraid of death and will not go there!" After saying that, he did not bring him alone and came to Huai'an City with the Qing army alone.

When Tong Tuchang saw Fang Fengnian's virtue, he cursed in his heart: This old bastard, I wish you were cut by Hong Chengchou!

However, there is a gap between wishes and reality, and Tong Tuchang's wish has not been realized. Fang Fengnian was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and when he became a Jinshi, Hong Chengchou was still a Junwailang in Xing's army, which was considered a one-time encounter.

When Hong Chengchou saw a little old man coming up from the bamboo basket, he looked closely and recognized that it was Fang Fengnian.

Hong Chengchou bowed and said, "Shutian, why are you here?"

But Fang Fengnian did not reminisce about the past with Hong Chengchou, but bowed and said, "This is the governor of the six provinces of the Qing Dynasty. I am the doctor of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. I will go north to repair it with the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. I will ask Governor Hong to let us enter the city and send guards to protect us from the north!"

Hong Chengchou was robbed by Fang Fengnian for a few words, his face flushed and he didn't know what to say.

Zhou Boda, who was beside him, stood up and laughed and said, "Oh? Are you an envoy of the Ming Dynasty? I don't know which Ming Dynasty it was. I heard that there were two emperors in the Ming Dynasty in the south. Who is orthodox?"

Fang Fengnian looked at Zhou Boda and asked, "Who are you?"

"I am the governor of Jiangning, the Qing Dynasty, and a Jinshi for the tenth year of Chongzhen!"

"Hmph! I was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen, and I was a Shujishi in the second year of Tianqi. Didn't your teacher teach you to respect your teachers?"

China has always been a society that talks about qualifications. Fang Fengnian is not simple, so Zhou Boda can't do it. He was only a top Jinshi at that time, and he wouldn't have been able to become a local official in Shaanxi. Now Zhou Boda is so angry that he has nothing to say by Fang Fengnian.

Fang Fengnian saw Zhou Boda not speaking and said loudly: "My Emperor Shenwu of the Ming Dynasty is the blood of Emperor Taizu Gao, and he is responsible for the great merit of regaining the old capital. He worships Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing. Naturally, he is orthodox. Where can King Gui compare with him?"

Zhou Boda was angry when he saw Fang Fengnian making a fuss about this. Who doesn’t know that you, the Emperor Shenwu, was a gangster in Wuchang City back then, but now it’s a matter of fact, there are five or six people running here to pretend.

Zhou Boda was about to retort Fang Fengnian, but Hong Chengchou stopped Zhou Boda and said, "Since you want to go north, let your soldiers retreat, and we will protect your peace!"

What Hong Chengchou was afraid of was that as soon as he opened the city gate, the five hundred Ming troops outside the city took advantage of the situation to attack. Although the number of Ming troops was not large, Hong Chengchou knew that the Ming army was extremely powerful and that his city was full of old and weak. It was hard to say whether he could win if he fought with the five hundred Ming troops.

As an old fried dough stick, Fang Fengnian knew what was going on after hearing Hong Chengchou say this, and sneered: "Don't worry, Governor Hong, my Ming army is a righteous army and will not use such dirty means!"

Zhou Boda cursed in his heart when he heard Fang Fengnian say this: Can your emperor be considered benevolent and righteous? Who doesn’t know that Emperor Shenwu will do anything to cheat!

But before Zhou Boda could say it, Fang Fengnian turned around and had already stepped down from the city wall and returned to his team.

After a while, Hong Chengchou saw the brigade of Ming troops boarding a boat and leaving Huai'an. After these Ming troops left, Hong Chengchou dared to let his subordinates open the city gate and let the Ming Dynasty delegation enter the city.

Huai'an City has not been ravaged by the war, and there are still quite a lot of people in the city. These people abide by the Qing Dynasty's hair shaving order, and have already shaved their hair into rat-tails of money, and their clothes have been replaced with arrow sleeves. Now, when the military and civilians in the city see their homeland's clothes, many of them secretly shed tears, but these people dare not come forward to ask questions. There are many Qing yamen runners on the road, and they are caught by them at the least, they are in jail at the worst.

Tong Tuchang didn't want to stay in Huai'an for too long. After entering the city, he spent half an hour to visit Hong Chengchou, and took the pass-through document and prepared to leave the city. This place is really a place of right and wrong.

After the Ming Dynasty mission left Huaian, Fang Fengnian, who had left the city, looked at Hong Chengchou on the top of the city and said to Tong Tuchang: "Sir Tong, please wait a moment. I have something to say to Hong Chengchou!"

Tong Tuchang cursed in his heart: What do you want to say to Traitor Hong at this time? But there is no way. Fang Fengnian has left the team and can't leave without waiting for him.

Fang Fengnian came to the city and shouted, "Brother Xiangjiu, can you come down and say a few words to me?"

Hong Chengchou knew what Fang Fengnian wanted to say, but it was just to let himself see the situation clearly and not go further and further on the road of counter-revolution. However, Hong Chengchou dared to go down to the city and discuss it separately with Fang Fengnian. You must know that although he was the largest official in the city, he could not cover the sky with one hand. There were still other Qing generals in the city. If the news of himself and the secret spies of the Ming Dynasty reached the capital, he could drink a pot by himself!

When Fang Fengnian saw that Hong Chengchou was not going down to the city, he knew that he had some concerns and had no choice but to shout: "Xianjiu, your mother and brother are both in their hometown in Nan'an, and Emperor Shenwu did not make things difficult for them!"

After Fang Fengnian finished speaking, he turned around and returned to his team to travel far away. Hong Chengchou stood at the city wall and watched the Ming Dynasty delegation thinking about something.
Chapter completed!