Soon, Ashina in the outer city received a telegram.

An extremely lengthy telegram.

After receiving the telegram, Ashina immediately arranged for someone to forward it to Chitard and immediately convened an emergency meeting.

Nowadays, the camp outside the outer city still exists, but there is only one brigade guarding the east, south, and west sides, and most of the troops have moved into the city.

As for the outside of the inner city, there is still a brigade standing guard near each city gate.

"Both the jade and the stone will perish?"

Zhou Jixun has a smile on his face.

Although Kitard had previously ordered them to completely take over the city of Beijing, this made them delay in taking over the outer city today because they had a great advantage in force. They also thought that the Manchus would not hesitate to destroy the inner city to delay them.

Attack, but he couldn't help but laugh when he saw the plan.

Ashina also smiled and said: "We would have thought of it if they didn't do this. What we didn't expect was that they actually had such a plan."

He immediately stopped smiling.

"Whether it's true or not, Emperor Father asked us to capture the entire city of Beijing within a month. If they really do that, even if we capture the inner city, it will still be a dilapidated inner city. Our mission

It’s not finished either”

"Several days have passed since January of the New Year, and we are still wasting time. If you have any good ideas, please tell us quickly."

Zhou Jixun said: "Let me say it first"

"First of all, if there is such a plan, it will definitely only be known to a few people, and these few people must have made up their mind to live or die with the city. Most of them are obviously not so determined, not to mention that we are not in the outer city.

Massacre"

"Only people with firm beliefs would do this, but these Manchus are obviously not"

Ashina seemed to realize something, "You mean we simply reveal the contents of this letter and cause panic in the inner city?"

Zhou Jixun said: "When Emperor Qianlong left here, he obviously took away some of the relatives of the Manchus in the inner city and their servants in order to completely control them. If they were not of the same mind as Agui, he would have done it in Chengdu

Can kill his family members"

"Therefore, it cannot be said that the content in the telegram is completely false. I estimate that most of the bannermen and coated slaves staying in the inner city are determined people. However, because there are so many people and there is a mix of good and bad, there is no guarantee that there will be some fishers in troubled waters."<

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"Agui is a rare man among the Manchus who is versatile in both civil and military affairs. He is over seventy years old and has a wealth of experience that is unparalleled in the entire Qing Dynasty. He must have been determined to die long ago, and most of the people who stayed behind also joined the army.

The person with his discernment"

"Therefore, that meeting cannot be completely denied."

"Also, as far as we know, Agui was still hyping up the massacre of the Manchus in the inner city after we captured Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, and Tianjin. In fact, we did exactly that, which further strengthened their ties with the city.

The determination to burn, not to mention the emperor’s blessing”

"Of course, what I can confirm now is that Hou Wu did participate in that meeting, but he only disclosed part of the content of the meeting."

Ashina was overjoyed, "Do you have other spies in the inner city?"

Zhou Jixun shook his head, "My arrangements in the entire Far East are carried out through embassies and consulates in major cities. The people I control are no different from Yuan Yingtan."

"That's..."

Zhou Jixun raised a piece of paper in his hand.

"This is the telegram just sent by His Majesty. He confirmed Hou Wu's participation in the meeting"

Everyone now knew that it was His Majesty’s personal spy in Beijing who only had a single line of contact with His Majesty’s telecommunications team. It is estimated that even Zhou Jixun didn’t know who he was.

"Your Majesty revealed the name of this person in this telegram. His name is Aisin Gioro Hongmin"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. He was obviously a descendant of the Manchu royal family!

Zhou Jixun said with a smile: "This man is the younger son of Kangxi's eldest son Yinchen. After Yinchen failed to participate in the nine sons' inheritance, he was imprisoned for life. During the Qianlong period, the Ministry of Internal Affairs relaxed its jurisdiction, but his children were still

They are all civilians, and what is different from ordinary civilians is that they are still allowed to live in their former big houses."

"This Hongmin is none other than the father of Mrs. Zhang Henxue, Shu Shugege"

Only then did everyone realize.

"It turns out there is such a relationship"

Zhou Jixun continued: "Shu Shugege was originally just a commoner. In order to win over the Jurchen tribes in the East China Sea, the Qing court selected some children from the royal family who were demoted to common people and let them marry into the tribes. Shushu Gege was one of them.

”

"Even so, Hongmin will not agree to us easily, but his only son died five years ago, and his son did not leave any descendants for him, only two daughters. The eldest daughter married to Horqin Grassland.

He died long ago and left no descendants."

"So his thoughts could only be about Shu Shugege. Because his family was small and he was nearly sixty years old, the Qing government ignored him at all. He lived in an alley near Xi'anmen, although he had become a mature man.

Although he was a commoner, he was still a bannerman and eventually became the leader of the alley."

"Hong Min usually uses the name Hong Dun to deal with neighbors and is very low-key, but he is from Zhenghuang Banner. Although he is down and out, he is still allowed to become Li Zheng. There are ten small and large alleys in his area and the population is quite large."<

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"I guess Agui didn't notice him during the meeting, and Emperor Qianlong didn't think about it when he evacuated the capital. There are too many children in the clan, and it's impossible to take care of them one by one."

"Three years ago, His Majesty secretly sent someone to enter Hongmin's mansion. After a serious talk with him, he allowed our people to enter his mansion and become his housekeeper."

Ashina asked: "In that case, then Hongmin and the housekeeper must know whether Hou Wu has betrayed or not."

Zhou Jixun shook his head, "Obviously, Hou Wu's contact with Agui was also conducted in secret. His participation in the meeting represents the entire Shuntian Prefecture Yin Yamen, not him personally."

"You know, because the governor of Shuntian is Zhao Yuebi, and he is also an errand boy in the outer city, he has been captured by us. Although there are other officials in the yamen, they are all Han people. Although Hou Wu has a lower status, at least he is

A man from the Han Army Banner has hundreds of government officials under his command, so it is appropriate to call him over."

"Of course, we don't rule out that Agui deliberately let him participate in order to pass this news to us."

Ashina nodded, "This person's existence still cannot solve our puzzles"

But Zhou Jixun said: "The existence of Hongmin at least shows that the bannermen in the city are not monolithic. The housekeeper has stayed at Hongmin's house for three years. There are many bannermen who come and go in daily life. They also know this. Not only the deposed prince, but also the deposed prince."

The descendants of the eldest elder brother, even the eighth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, and the tenth elder brother obviously have this state of mind."

"In addition to the minions who are attached to them, some have already established independent branches in the inner city, and the number of them is quite large."

Ashina sighed: "Such a person's background will definitely not allow him to become a high official, so what use are ordinary people? Also, although these elders needless to say, compared with the tens of thousands of bannermen in the inner city,

They are still in a very small minority and cannot be used immediately like Qingzhuang Camp in the outer city."

Zhou Jixun said: "Qianlong killed many Manchu ministers and ordered them to commit suicide, and countless others were deprived of their titles. There are also some of their descendants, but they are all ordinary people who keep their peace. Some of them entered the Eight Banners Camp as soldiers.

I have also achieved an official position like Zuo Lai, but it still has little impact."

"Besides, they may not be willing to listen to us."

"Then we can only find another way"

Bayan suddenly said: "Your Highness, the staff department has a suggestion."

"Say it"

"It is estimated that President Xi Jinping will only disclose the matter of the death of a jade to the very close people, and most people still don't know about it. We might as well let it spread widely and wait for the news."

"Didn't we discuss this just now? How could Agui and others not make a plan? Then he will say that we are alarmists, and this action will only be effective in street fighting. Our best strategy is obviously to surrender without fighting.

Once human soldiers start fighting in the streets and become red-blooded, how can the eggs be destroyed when the nest is overturned?"

"I have decided." He stood up.

"Early tomorrow morning, we will resume the attack on the major gates in the inner city, and strive to completely control all the gates in our hands within a day or two, and then force changes in the city."

"The main direction of attack is the west gate guarded by Delengtai, a Sauron. There are many Saurons and Mongols under his command, and the bannermen there are mainly Zhenghongqi and Xianghongqi. Most of the descendants of the deposed clans also live there.
Chapter completed!