Vol 4 Chapter 51: The last city

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Seeing the general vomiting blood, the soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to help them, Fang Chenglong repelled them, wiped the blood on the corners of his mouth, and let the envoys come in.
The Nantai East Gate Suspension Bridge was lowered and the city gate opened. Fang Zihao took twenty family members into the city. The Qing army was in a camp ten miles away and did not take the opportunity to attack the city.
When my uncle and nephew met, he cried for a while, and Fang Zihao said: "Sanshu, Zihao is also a great son of the Han family, how can he easily bow to his knees and surrender, but the trend is over and I have to surrender."
Fang Chenglong let the left and the right evade, and the two talked privately. He sternly said: "If you surrender without a fight, what is the face of your ancestors and ancestors? Did your father order the surrender?"
Fang Zihao said: "Uncle San, returning to Daqing does not mean that his father is alone, but his grandfather is the old man..."
Fang Chenglong's heart was like a knife, and he said angrily: "Fart! Father, he will never give up! There must be a villain intimidating him."
Fang Zihao took out two letters: "Uncle San, this is an autograph letter written to you by my grandfather and my father. You will know when you read it."
Fang Chenglong started to open the envelope with trembling. It was actually written by his father and his eldest brother. The father’s letter was very simple. He only said that the mansion will fall, and he will be helpless. It is better to comply with God’s will and avoid the suffering of Jiangdong father and old swordsman. To be reasonable, it is said that the Ming Dynasty’s vitality is exhausted, and the Fang family is neither capable of turning the tide nor seeking the strength of the Central Plains. It is better to know the times and affairs and return to the Qing Dynasty. What's more, the conditions set by the Qing court are very generous, and there is no reason not to agree.
"What kind of ecstasy soup did Dorgon give you?" Fang Chenglong sneered. He had to admit that his eldest brother was right. Although the Fang family has expanded so much over the past year, it is not its own ability. It is entirely dependent on the help of the fairy. As soon as he left, the Fang family had no support, and stubborn resistance could only be exchanged for the end of the city.
"The regent made my father the king of Jiangdong, hereditary, and I am now a Baylor." Fang Zihao danced unconsciously, "As long as the third uncle reconciles, he is the Lord Hou. By the way, I brought the imperial decree, you see Look."
Speaking of him, he fetched a bright yellow scroll from his arms. Originally, the decree was to prepare an incense case and to pay homage to imperial envoys after bathing and changing clothes. However, during the war, everything was kept simple. Fang Chenglong took the scroll with one hand and looked at it. The emperor Shunzhi of the Qing court named himself the imperial edict of Nantaihou.
"Three uncle, the regent said that our family will be Yongzhen Jiangdong in the future, and it will be the same as the Muwangfu of Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty." Fang Zihao came, dancing and dancing. "Our family used to be just a squire of the Jinjiang Prefecture. You must be polite to see the prefect. I'm angry, I will be the prince from now on, and our family will be the palace."
"Shut up!" Fang Chenglong shouted angrily, "You also do the prince of Tartar, don't you feel embarrassed!"
Fang Zihao also changed color and said: "Uncle San, we are all for the good of the Fang family, for the good of the people in Jiangdong, for the good of the people in the world, where is the Ming Dynasty good? Where is the Emperor Chongzhen good? Is the Hongguang Emperor the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty? Is Ma Shiying a loyal and good general? Not to mention, your teacher Qian Qianyi Qian, surrendered faster than anyone else, the good minister chose the tree and died, and the regent didn’t care that Prince Yu died under the city of Omi. Why didn’t such a mind and such a demeanor surrender? Why!"
Fang Chenglong pressed his sword hilt and gritted his teeth.
"Uncle San, I know you are still thinking about immortals, thinking about them to save you, to save Daming Jiangshan, that is a daydream, well, they won't come again! Daming Dynasty is dead, can you beat it without surrendering? Just relying on your 30,000 people, how can you fight with the Daqing Iron Horse? Sanshu, listen to my advice, the little tail on my head is really ugly, but everyone in the world keeps such a little tail, who is still a joke Who?"
"Shut up!" Fang Chenglong drew half of the sword, "Say a little more, I'll cut you off."
Fang Zihao remained silent, kneeling down, eyes full of tears.
In fact, Fang Chenglong has a very good relationship with this nephew who is quite old. The two have been playing since childhood. It was only after the Fang family broke up and the third son came to the fore. Then there was a competitive relationship and a little alienated.
Of course Fang Chenglong would not kill his nephew, but he would not surrender either. He tore up the imperial decree of the Qing court on the spot and sent the messenger out of the city.
"Zihao, we will be enemies when we meet again." Fang Chenglong and his nephew walked side by side, with a heavy expression, "I will not be merciful then." After a pause, he said again: "The Ming Dynasty is dead, but In the fall of a dynasty, there will always be a few men who will be buried with you. If you don't do it, elder brother won't do it, I will do it."
"Sanshu~" Fang Zihao choked up, tears away.
An hour after the messenger left, the Qing army began to attack the city. The front line was the surrendering Han army. The fighting force was not strong. The walls were full of wood and stone. There was a battle and many casualties.
Looking at the corpses under the city and the wounded soldiers on the city, Fang Chenglong's heart was as hard as iron. He planned to coexist and die with Nantai, fighting to the last one.
Two days later, news came from Omi that the old man Fang Xiaoyan announced that his third son, Fang Chenglong, would be removed from the Fang family tree.
Fang Chenglong was struck by thunder, and his father, in order to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, hesitated to cut off the relationship between his father and son. Loyalty and filial piety cannot do both. Since the family cannot tolerate him, he can only choose to change his surname.
Since then, Fang Chenglong abandoned the surname Fang and changed his surname to Cheng with the second character in the name.
The Qing army continued to attack Nantai day and night. The defending army had no food and grass, and no reinforcements outside. It was all due to the heroic courage, and it was inevitable that people would fluctuate over time.
In the evening, the Qing army outside the city shot dozens of letters to persuade surrender to come in. Fang Chenglong also got one. It said who was holding Fang Chenglong’s first class offering to the city, giving him the title of an earl, and rewarding thousands of hectares of fertile fields and ten thousand gold. .
"Which one of you wants to take my first rank?" Fang Chenglong asked the next gang of generals. These people are all heroes he recruited from the rivers and lakes. They used to follow him to charge and kill the enemy and defeat Wu Sangui's old men.
The generals expressed their opinions and vowed to live and die with Nantai.
"Hold on for three months, and the fairy will come to save us." Fang Chenglong lied. He knew that with the current situation, defection would happen at any time, so he could only deceive them first, and then think of a solution.
Returning to the inner house, Fang Chenglong sighed and drank boring wine alone. Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw his description of being thin and stubborn: "San Lang, stubborn defense is not the way, why not leave the city."
Fang Chenglong said: "Nantai is an isolated island in the ocean. The only Daming city in the entire Central Plains that has not surrendered. Where can I escape?"
Chen Yuanyuan said, "Will the fairy come to save us?"
Fang Chenglong took out the off-white protein ball and looked at it: "Yes, as long as you hold it for a while, the fairy will definitely come."
Chen Yuanyuan said, "What if I don't come?"
Fang Chenglong sighed, "Anyway, I will not surrender. You are still young and you can find someone else."
Chen Yuanyuan cried: "My concubine is going to die with you."
The two cried with each other in their hands, it was a cry of despair.
Suddenly a strange voice sounded: "San Gongzi, San Gongzi, don't cry, don't cry, Pindao will show you a clear road."
Fang Chenglong was shocked and drew his sword. After looking for the person who was not speaking for a long time, Chen Yuanyuan was still clever, and found that the speaker was a parrot in the house.
This parrot was raised half a year ago and can’t speak. It’s just bright feathers for viewing. He didn’t expect to be a human language. Fang Chenglong was not afraid. He immediately thought of the fairies.
"Are you sent by your eldest brother?" Fang Chenglong asked with joy, rushing to the parrot.
"I'm not sent by your brother Yanzhi. Pang Dao is a Taoist priest surnamed Chen on Wudang Mountain. I'm just living with a parrot to show you the way." Parrot said.
"Please tell me, listen carefully." Fang Chenglong pressed his excitement, his heart almost jumped out.
The parrot first told him that someone in the city was conspiring to rebel and surrender to the Qing, and he told the names of several masterminds. Fang Chenglong was dumbfounded. These masterminds were the ones who shouted the most passionate anti-Qing slogans on weekdays. He didn't expect to engage in such activities secretly.
"These people are trustworthy." The parrot said a few more names. These people are loyal and solid eyes and will never surrender.
"Brother Yanzhi, please ask me to take care of you before you leave. I am a Taoist priest who does not have the ability to help you escape." said the parrot. "The red cannon of the Qing army is already on the road. When the cannon arrives, the jade and stone will be burned. , I can't leave if I want to go."
"Well, I have another question. What is the use of this thing?" Fang Chenglong took out the off-white ball.
"This thing is what Yanzhi left for you, it's useless." Parrot said.
Fang Chenglong pondered over and over again, and finally made a decision. He first gathered reliable cronies to prepare for a breakthrough with their family members, then beat the drums to gather the generals, and gathered everyone for discussion in the middle of the night.
In the main hall of the county government, there are almost all the officers of the South Taiming Army with more than 1,000 chiefs. The war is pressing these days. Everyone is sleeping on Goddard. At night, they also wear helmets and armours. The hatchbacks are full of soldiers. They are all armed with swords, guns and guns. The gloomy faces are quite depressing.
Fang Chenglong was pacing in the hall, then stopped suddenly, named the names of four people, and the general who was called looked at each other~EbookFREE.me~ could not guess how his plot was leaked.
"Everyone has their own ambitions, I will let you go." Fang Chenglong said lightly, "Everyone knows each other, can you leave Cheng the first level?"
The four of them released their hands on the handle of the knife, and at the same time they knelt and cried bitterly, saying that they should not have thoughts about being covered in lard.
"I don't blame you, the court has come down, Teacher Qian Qianyi has come down, even my father and my elder brother have come down, why should I ask you to coexist and die with Nantai? Let's get together and stay away."
This is the end of the matter, and it can only be done like this. Those who are willing to surrender, are willing to go with Fang Chenglong to clean up the details.
At the fourth clock, more than ten thousand people broke through from the west gate of Nantai and were half separated when they passed through the Qing army camp. Only five thousand people entered the Daqingshan area.
The next day, Nantai City raised and lowered the flag, and the last city in the Central Plains also returned to the Qing Dynasty.
After Jiangdong was settled, Emperor Shunzhi decreed that the family of Fang Chengbin, the king of Jiangdong, moved to Beijing and built a royal residence for them. One year later, the throne was cut off and relegated to Jiangdonghou. After half a year, the Fang family had more than fifty old women. Was beheaded at Caishikou in Beijing.