After responding to the eunuch Pang Yinglong, Fu Hou, who responded to Si Li, Bingbi eunuch Pang Yinglong, led his troops to attack Chongqing again, cooperated with Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others to fight fiercely with the Qing army for more than ten days. However, Tan Yi, the Marquis of Renshou and Tan Hong, who had previously agreed to advance together, were reluctant to come. After arriving late, he used the excuse of being exhausted and unwilling to step forward to participate in the siege, which annoyed Tan Wen, as the eldest brother.

The Tan family was a wealthy family in Wanzhou. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the ancestors of the Tan family raised an army to resist the Yuan Dynasty. Later, they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and were appointed as the commander of the Wanzhou Weishi. When Zhang Xianzhong led the Daxi Army into Sichuan, the Tan family raised all their clan members to resist the Daxi Army. Later, the Daxi Army united the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty. Grand Secretary Wen'anzhi asked himself to supervise Sichuan. Tan Wen led his clan brother Tan Yi and Tan Hong came to support him. Because Santan had troops under his command and had never betrayed the Ming Dynasty, Wen'anzhi asked Yongli for the title of Santan, which made the Tan family come out of three marquises, which was a good story for a while.

As early as July, Wen Anzhi organized Santan and Kuidong troops to attack Chongqing, with the purpose of forcing Wu Sangui who entered Guizhou to return to the army to relieve the pressure in Yunnan. Unfortunately, the contact was not determined at that time, and only a few soldiers participated in the attack on Chongqing, and the food and salary were seriously insufficient, so he was repelled by the Qing army a few days later. This time, Pang Yinglong, the eunuch of Si Libingbi who risked his life from Yunnan, personally brought the emperor's imperial edict and the King of Jin to contact the various divisions of Kuidong. Wen Anzhi was in the middle and coordinated, which made the various divisions of Kuidong agree to join forces to launch an attack on Chongqing again.

However, after agreeing, the troops sent out were first and then. The first one to arrive in Chongqing were the 16th battalion soldiers of the Ming army adapted from the remaining troops of the Dashun Army, including Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi, Ta Tianbao, Dang Shousu, Jiazhen, Ma Tengyun and others, with about 20,000 people. Then they arrived were the 7,000 soldiers of the Fuhou Tan Wen and the 7,000 soldiers of the Zhenbei General Mou Sheng, and the 8,000 soldiers of the Renshou Hou Tan Yi and Xinjin Hou Tan Hong.

The reasons for the different time of sending troops in each family are that the distance and roads are difficult to walk, while on the other hand, some people have selfish intentions.

Tan Yi, the Marquis of Renshou and Tan Wen of Xinjin, came at the end, and refused to fight hard, so naturally they had the intention of waiting and watching. This made Tan Wen, a clan brother who was determined to break the crisis in Chongqing to rescue Yunnan, very annoyed, and was very dissatisfied with the actions of the two clan brothers.

For several days, Tan Yi and Tan Hong did not make any noise. Tan Wen and General Mou Sheng of Zhenbei came to Tan Yi's camp. Originally, Tan Wen just wanted to ask the two clan brothers why they refused to attack the city, but when they saw Tan Yi and Tan Hong drinking and having fun in the tent, they were immediately angry and came forward and overturned the table, pointing at Tan Yi and Tan Hong and scolding, "When is it now, you still have the heart to drink here!"

Tan Hong was very embarrassed and was a little afraid of this clan brother, so he lowered his head and kept silent.

"Brother said this. No matter how bad the situation is, can you drink some wine and make the situation worse?"

Tan Yi was not nervous at all. He chuckled and ordered his personal guards to clean up the tent, and then asked Tan Wen and Mou Sheng to sit down.

Tan Wen refused to sit down and said angrily: "I just asked you, since you are here, why are you unwilling to attack the city? Yuan Zongdi and I will continue to supervise the troops to attack the city every day, so that the Chongqing defenders will become tired soldiers. You, it has been a few days since I retreated, but you are not moving. Your name is Wen, Yuan Zongdi, and Liu Tichun and others. How do you think of us?"

"At most I, Tan Yi, wait and see and preserve my strength. What else can I say besides this?" Tan Yi said distractedly.

Tan Hong still didn't say anything. Mou Sheng felt strange, but he didn't think much about it for the time being, just saying that Tan Hong was afraid of Tan Wen.

"Dare you say you're not saving your strength?"

"So what if you preserve your strength?"

When Tan Yi admitted that, Tan Wen's anger came without a single blow and cursed: "The sage is in danger, the court is in danger, and you still have the heart to preserve your strength here! Don't you know that there will be a complete egg under the collapse of the nest? I'm here today, you must give me a clear letter, will you attack the city tomorrow?"

Tan Yi also became angry and said angrily: "Surprising the city, the eldest brother knows to attack the city all day long. Does the eldest brother really have to fight for Zhu Ming for the rest of his life!"

"What are you talking about!"

Tan Wen frowned, feeling that the second brother seemed to be a little different from before. Tan Hong looked up and glanced at Tan Yi. Seeing his elder brother Tan Wen looking at him, he immediately lowered his head and did not dare to look at his brother.

"What do you mean?" Tan Yi sneered and pointed at Chongqing City and said, "Do you think we can really conquer Chongqing with us?"

Mou Sheng said angrily: "How can't it be! The thirteen Kuidong families are several times more troops than the Chongqing defenders. Chongqing is another lonely city, why can't they capture it!"

Tan Wen nodded and said, "As long as we take Chongqing, even if the war in Yunnan is not going well, the King of Jin can protect the emperor from coming to our Sichuan. In this way, the imperial court will still be there, and the Ming Dynasty will still have a chance to revive."

After hearing this, Tan Yi laughed, his face full of sarcasm. He said, "Brother has a good idea. Not bad. If you take Chongqing, the Holy Lord may come to me, Sichuan, but those big Western thieves can also come here. What is that then? The big Western thieves and the big Shun thieves join forces?"

Tan Wen and Tan Yi used to be the Sichuan Army of the Ming Dynasty. They had fought many wars with Li Dingguo of the Western Camp and had many frictions with Yuan Zongdi and Dang Shousu who broke into the camp. So after hearing Tan Yi's words, Tan Wen thought that this clan brother was unwilling to fight side by side with Yuan Zongdi and the others, so he refused to work hard.

Thinking of this, Tan Wen's face slowed down a little, and he said to Tan Yi with earnestness: "Second brother, the country is in danger now. Let's put aside all the grudges in the past. Now we must unite with Yuan Zongdi and the others to break Chongqing, otherwise the country will be out of danger."

"Can the country be saved by conquering Chongqing?" Tan Yi looked like he couldn't pour oil into it. He shook his head and said, "Brother, let me tell you the truth. I really don't think about the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Qing soldiers have entered Yunnan with hundreds of thousands of troops, I really think that the Ming Dynasty can still survive?"

"What do you mean!" Tan Wen's face changed.

Tan Yiwei hesitated and finally spoke: "Brothers mean very simple. It is better to surrender while we have soldiers on our hands and still threaten the Qing army. In this way, the Qing court can also value our brothers."

As soon as he said this, Tan Wen shouted sternly: "Bastard, you actually have the intention to surrender to the Tartars!"

Mou Sheng also felt tight and subconsciously pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife. Tan Hong finally heard his second brother and eldest brother express his true thoughts, and did not hide anything. He looked up and stared at his eldest brother Tan Wen.

Tan Wen sneered and said, "You are not a fool. Brothers don't care. Brothers only know that the Qing Dynasty has always treated surrendered officials well. What official positions he had in the Ming Dynasty and what titles he had been granted, the Qing Dynasty would give him the same. Sun Kewang hopes that the Qin King will be the King of Righteousness? The so-called people who know the times are heroes. We are better as the marquis of the Qing Dynasty than the marquis of the Ming Dynasty who are about to be the end of the Ming Dynasty?"

Tan Hong also said: "Brother, even if the Qing Dynasty demoted us, it would not be too bad. We can still protect the glory and wealth of our Tan family. You should listen to your second brother's advice and surrender to the Qing Dynasty with us."

Tan Wen's breathing became rapid, his eyes kept going back and forth on Tan Yi and Tan Hong's faces. Finally, he sighed and said in a deep voice: "When did you two have this idea?"

Tan Hong looked at Tan Yi and dared not say it. However, Tan Yi thought that since he had broken up and made the words clear, he simply told him truthfully. Anyway, this matter is difficult to be good today.

"We have long had the idea of ​​surrendering Qing Dynasty, but our elder brother has always been very careful and we can't do it."

"Do you do this to be worthy of your ancestors? Do you really want to destroy your own clothes and be the beasts!"

"If you have an official position, you can enjoy wealth and wealth, but you can get rid of your hair. Why are you a beast? I'm sure you're going to be a beast! I'm going to think that it's a braid on my head, brother, I think it's very nice to have a braid on my head!"

"You!"

Tan Wen couldn't bear it, and roared and pulled his sword out of the sheath: "You really dare to surrender to the Tartars, I will kill you!"

"Kill us?"

Tan Yi snorted coldly and winked at the guard. The guard immediately shouted, and Tan Yi's personal soldiers rushed into the tent and surrounded Tan Wen, Mou Sheng and their guards.

Tan Yi's personal soldiers who rushed into the tent had more personal guards than Tan Wen and Mou Sheng, and the situation was very unfavorable to Tan Wen and Mou Sheng.

"You want to kill me?"

Tan Wen's face was pale. He understood that his two brothers did not intend to let him leave alive. Mou Sheng's heart was also beating violently, but his hand holding the knife tightened the tighter and tighter.

Tan Yi looked at Tan Wen without changing his face and said coldly: "It was my elder brother who forced me."

Tan Wen exhaled: "You really want to surrender the Manchus?"

"I am protecting the Tan family!"

Tan Yi's eyes flashed with evil light, while Tan Hong was a little ashamed.

"Then there is nothing to say. My man named Tan Wen, who is standing tall, knelt down from the sky and kneel down from the earth, but he just doesn't kneel down! If you have the ability, you can kill me!"

Tan Wen pointed the knife slowly at Tan Yi, and Mou Sheng also pulled the knife out. Several personal guards looked at each other and firmly drew their swords in their hands waiting for the final battle.

"Brother, don't blame me for being cruel. I really don't dare to let you go!" After Tan Yi said that, he waved his hand and shouted to the soldiers: "Do it!"

As Tan Yi finished speaking, the sound of a knife suddenly sounded in the tent. After a fight, Mou Sheng and the few personal guards fell in a pool of blood.
Chapter completed!