Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 760 Nanjing Attack and Defense Six

In the city of Nanjing, the Qing army relied on the defense of the city, and martial law was imposed in the city. Every area was guarded by soldiers, and all the doors of the workshops were closed. Only in the morning and at noon, they were opened for an hour each, so that the people in the workshop could go out and buy food. and necessities of life.

Although the defense of the Qing army was strict, there was no impenetrable wall in the world. Moreover, the Manchu Qing came to the south of the Yangtze River from outside the customs. After all, they were foreign forces.

At this time, in Nanjing City, which was close to the original Ming Dynasty imperial city and is now full of Datong Street, a few people were hiding in a private house.

The reason why they chose this place was because it was dark under the lights. The Qing soldiers did not expect them to dare to hide beside Mancheng.

In the private house, a beautiful woman is sitting in the center, while several men are standing on the side. This situation is very abnormal.

"Miss Shuang'er invited us to come, but what instructions does the hall master have?" A rather stout man in the room, dressed in black, with soap shoes on his feet, and a short stick on his waist, asked suddenly. .

Looking at this person's attire, one could tell that he was a Zaoli in the yamen, but his real identity was a small leader of the Nanjing Tiandihui.The woman is Huayuelou's top brand, Shuang'er, who is mainly responsible for helping Hou Fangyu pass the news to the outside.

After Wu Bangfu was captured by the Qing army, because Wu Bangfu knew too much information, most of the congregation of Nanjing Tiandihui went into hiding, and Shuang'er was also transferred from Huayue Tower.

Now the Nanjing Tiandihui has no leader, the highest rank is Hou Fangyu, the master of Qingmu who has been hiding beside Hong Chengchou, but no one knows his identity, and the second is the only Shuang'er girl who can contact the master.

After Wu Bangfu was arrested, the leaderless members of the Heaven and Earth Society were all looking for the head of the Qingmu Hall to preside over the overall situation, but they didn't have the slightest clue. Even if someone stood up and claimed to be the head of the hall, they would not dare to recognize him.

Therefore, when the Shuang'er girl recruited each other, several leaders who were scattered in the city ventured to come.

After listening to the man's words, Shuang'er stood up, "It's not slavery recruiting brothers, it's actually following the order of the hall master, please meet each other!"

"Hall master?" Several men in the room exclaimed, most of them are members of the Qingmu hall, but they have been in the church for four years, but they have never met the hall master.

At this time, if the hall master can stand up, the scattered congregation can be organized, and everyone's faces are surprised and happy.

At this time, Shuang'er had already reached the door of the inner room, she slowly lifted the curtain, and saw a person walking out, and everyone in the room saw this person, but their expressions changed in shock!
"Hou Fangyu!" The fat man suddenly pulled out the short stick on his waist and let out an exclamation.

"You betrayed us!" Several other people faced Shuang'er, their faces were full of anger, the sound of drawing knives in the room was continuous, and the cold light shone.

This sudden change caused the seven or eight men in the room to pull out their weapons one after another, glaring at Hou Fangyu and Shuang'er, ready to fight to the death at any time.

Hou Fangyu saw that everyone was like this, but he didn't panic. He picked up a token, raised it up, and said loudly: "Father of Heaven, Mother of Earth, fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty! Qingmu Order is here, Qi Xuanhai, Jiang Zhongwu, you still don't give it to the hall!" salute."

Everyone in the room heard the words and their faces were eminent. This Hou Fangyu has always been one of the people that the Tiandihui will assassinate. He can almost be ranked in the top ten in Jiangnan. He has lost a few brothers because of this. Why did this guy change suddenly and become theirs? Hall master.

Although everyone was surprised, they were engaged in intelligence work after all, and this kind of thing was still within the scope of their understanding.

For a while, everyone looked slightly relaxed, but the weapons in their hands were still not put away, and they remained vigilant.

Seeing this, Hou Fangyu handed the token to Shuang'er, motioning her to show it to several people, and he sat down in the middle.

Several people looked at the token, passed it in their hands in turn, and studied it together for a while. Many secret marks were there, it was a real token, and they whispered for a while.

In fact, after thinking about it calmly, they also understood how much information the mysterious hall master had stolen for the Tiandihui in the past four years.Every time the Qing army went on an expedition, the Ming army could get the news first, knowing the deployment of the Qing army, the generals and the information of the various troops.

It is impossible to know this information unless it is infiltrated into the Qing Dynasty.

Hou Fangyu waited for them to finish watching, then stood up again, and went through the formalities. He scanned the crowd and said the secret code, "The earth shakes the high hills, and the streams and mountains are beautiful through the ages!"

Several people came to their senses at this moment. Although they were not used to the transformation of Hou Fangyu's identity, they clasped their fists together and saluted, and responded: "The gate faces the sea, and the Sanhe River flows for thousands of years."

After receiving the signal, Hou Fangyu motioned for everyone to sit down, but they saluted again and apologized: "The subordinates and others didn't know the identity of the hall master, so they offended them just now."

Hou Fangyu smiled, "Those who don't know are innocent, don't worry about it."

"I only have one hour, so I have to go back to Bandit Hong to do business." After speaking, he pointed to the seat, and then his face became serious, "Time is limited, so I will focus on explaining."

Hearing the words, several leaders all became serious.

"When Lord Wu was killed by Boluo, I was there. Before he died, Lord Wu said something to Bandit Hong, but he looked at me. He knew my identity, so those words must have some deep meaning." Hou Fangyu said slowly: "I've been thinking about it for a long time. In his words, the word "water" is mentioned in the front, and the word "gate" is mentioned in the back. It should refer to the water gate of Nanjing City."

The somewhat stout man immediately asked: "What does the hall master mean, that Mr. Wu and the feudal lord agreed to cooperate with each other in the water gate?"

Hou Fangyu nodded, "That's right, I have already sent people out of the city to meet His Highness, and we have agreed on a secret sign. If it is indeed the water gate, at noon today, the shelling outside the city will stop for half an hour. The night before the operation, also Cannons will be fired, and the cannons will sound a few times, which means when to start!"

After Wu Bangfu was captured, the congregation of the Tiandihui in the city didn't know what the task was assigned, and they became headless chickens. But now after hearing Hou Fangyu's words, everyone knew what to do.

"Hall master, summoned the subordinates to prepare to gather the congregation, attack the water gate and cooperate with the feudal lord internally and externally?"

Hou Fangyu nodded, then shook his head again, "Shuang'er can be contacted by only a few of you. Presumably there are not many people you can contact. Our strength is not enough now, so we need to find someone to help!"

"Who?" asked the fat man.

"Qian Muzhai!" Hou Fangyu said.

"Master, hasn't he been arrested and placed under house arrest in a government school?"

Hou Fangyu nodded, looked at the fat man, and said, "The Hong thief is very suspicious now, and it is inconvenient for me to go to the school. Jiang Zhongwu, you are a servant of the Nanjing government. I will use the convenience of my position to send a team of government officials to the school to assist there. Take this opportunity to let someone in to visit Duke Mu Zhai."

Jiang Zhongwu reported Baoquan, "Don't worry, the hall master, the subordinates must think about it. But I don't know who to let in? The Eight Banners soldiers are guarded tightly, there is no reason, I am afraid it will be difficult!"

"It's Mrs. Qian. Mrs. Mu Zhai has been imprisoned several times. Mrs. Qian has rushed to rescue him. The whole Jiangnan knows about this. It shouldn't be a problem for her to see her," Hou Fangyu said.

Jiang Zhongwu heard this, and said seriously, "Your subordinates will definitely do it well!"

Hou Fangyu nodded, and suddenly stood up and asked, "What time is it?"

Several people realized that while they were talking, the artillery outside the city stopped at some point.

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