Having said that, Chen Kai had to curse a few words in his heart. But as the leader of this rescue, Chen Kai must first ensure that his family is not discouraged and will not spread these negative emotions to others.

Go for more power.

The management team, whether it is in later generations or today, has the same principles. Guangzhou civil servants are not fools, and for them personally, this situation is also very bad. But Chen Kai did not lose heart, and also gave them some

Encourage, since Chen Kai has a plan for the people of Guangzhou, it is not a big deal for them to tell the truth. The key lies in what Chen Kai's detailed plan is.

"According to my calculations, if there is no accident, within ten days, the rebel army will arrive at the gate of Guangzhou again. At that time, they will bombard the city wall with red cannons. When the wall is destroyed, the thick army will rush in, put out the resistance, and massacre the city."

"I have made an agreement with Marquis Weiyuan to mobilize the navy from eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian to anchor at the port in the name of trade. If the imperial army is not enough to break the city, trade will continue as usual. If the imperial army breaks the city, we will carry out as many people as possible.

, escape along the Pearl River waterway and ascend to heaven. This is only a preliminary plan, and the number of people who can be rescued will only be very few. Therefore, I plan to organize the evacuation of the people through the princes, so that more people can be saved."

Chen Kai's plan does not seem difficult, but if he wants to truly organize all of this, he must rely on these civil servants, because the officials, government officials, Li Zheng, and village elders they control are the real ones.

Without the support of these forces, it would be unimaginable for grassroots organizations to organize a rescue on such a scale.

"Does Prefect Chen know how many people there are in Guangzhou now?"

"Appreciate further details."

Chen Kai really didn't have an accurate idea of ​​how many people there were in Guangzhou. According to the Ming court's statistics, there were a total of 400,000 people in the 13 counties of Guangzhou. However, the problem was that the population counted in the Ming Dynasty was only calculated based on the tax-paying population, which was dependent on the tax-paying population.

The other elderly, weak, women and children were not counted at all.

In other words, if a man has a wife, a son, and two vassal populations, then there are at least 1.2 million people in Guangzhou; if a man has a father, a mother, a wife, a concubine, and several

If we count children, then this number will increase exponentially; if a man has one father, one aunt, several aunts, one wife, several concubines, dozens of children, and dozens or hundreds of domestic male and female servants.

if……

The ancients believed that many children would lead to happiness. One-child families were basically rare. Parents could be shared by several brothers, but wives and children could only be counted among the vassal population of one man. Of course, there were also cases where he could not marry.

If the bachelor of his wife has no father or mother, then there will be no problem of vassal population.

However, the situation is different. It is difficult to even estimate, not to mention statistics. However, due to the size of Guangzhou at that time and its important position in politics, military, economy, culture and other aspects in South China, the population could not compare with Suzhou and Hangzhou.

But at least it is on the same level as Yangzhou. What's more, when Guangzhou was besieged, a large number of people from Guo outside the city poured into the city...

"Since a large number of people from outside the city have entered the city, we don't know how many there are specifically. However, according to historical estimates, there are at least 700,000 or 800,000 people in the city. Just the three or four hundred thousand people brought by Magistrate Chen

How much can be transported by a large or small ship?"

The organizational and mobilization power of feudal society was low, and the credibility and propaganda capabilities of local officials were far from comparable to those of later generations. In addition, it was difficult for people to leave their homeland, which all restricted the people in the city from escaping.

Chen Kai wanted to negotiate with Du Yonghe in advance more than once, but the problem was that Du Yonghe was able to set up his own affairs and exclude Liu Yuansheng. Earlier, he was able to give up recruiting Chen Qice for help because of He Wuzu, but now he

Why would you trust Chen Kai, a civil servant from Chaozhou, not to mention that Chen Kai also serves as the chief aide of another warlord.

During the fall of Guangzhou, the Qing army only launched two offensives. The first time in early March, they lost more than a thousand troops and returned in disastrous defeat. The second time was a few days later, when they broke into the city. To explain clearly,

Guangzhou's death occurred suddenly, and there was no time to persuade the family members to seek first aid!

"Go all out, if you can save one, that's one!"

Chen Kai's resolute look and resolute eyes made everyone's faces full of determination under his influence. The next step was nothing more than some details of the transfer. Chen Kai had already figured it out and just needed to explain it clearly to them. But soon

, a new question arises, that is, how many troops Chen Kai brought.

"There are always four to five thousand sailors on board."

"Not enough, absolutely not enough."

The frowning prefect breathed heavily and shook his head: "Not to mention the Tatars, Prefect Chen, you also need to try to subdue the navy on the dock, the southern wall of the old city and the defenders of the new city, and control the southern wall and gate.

.In addition, we have to transport people. With just this few manpower, it is simply not enough."

Guangzhou is a city. In the early Ming Dynasty, the three cities of the Song Dynasty were unified into one. The north city wall was expanded to include Yuexiu Mountain. The winged city on the east and west sides was built by Tong Yangjia a few years ago. In the 42nd year of Jiajing, a new wall was added to the south of the city.

Build an outer city and include everything from the south of the city to the coast of the Pearl River. The south of the city mentioned by the prefect is the city wall of the old city. Chen Kai must at least control that area to allow the people of the old city to enter. Otherwise, the scope of rescue will be limited to

New town.

The prefect's opinion was affirmed by everyone, and even Kuang Lu became a little impatient. In contrast, Chen Kai shook his head and explained: "The sailors I brought here only need to control the dock and transport the people.

.For the rest, we have to contact the local health center."

In Guangzhou City, the defenders can be roughly divided into two systems. One is Li Chengdong's generals such as Du Yonghe, Zhang Yue, Wu Wenxian, and Fan Chengen. They can generally be classified as outsiders; the other is the Ming court here.

The coastal Japanese defense stations set up are the four military units of Guangzhou left guard, Guangzhou right guard, Guangzhou vanguard and Guangzhou guard, as well as some local garrison heads. Compared with Du Yonghe and others, they are the ones who have lived in the world for a long time.

locals here.

Compared with those immigrants, the locals have a stronger sense of hometown, and are more determined to stick to the city and defend their homeland. Once Chen Kai mentioned it at this moment, everyone's thoughts immediately shifted to the officers of the guard station.

After two hours of secret discussion, we basically reached a consensus. The next day, the prefect tried every means to contact us and brought Chen Kai to Zhutong Camp, where there were Huihui troops stationed here led by high-ranking officials.

Due to different customs, Du Yonghe and his subordinates generally won't notice this place. It is indeed the best place for secret meetings.

"Zhang Qixian, the hereditary commander of Guangzhou Zuowei."

"Yu Fengqi, the hereditary commander of Guangzhou Zuowei."

"..."

"Ma Chengzu, the commander of the hereditary high-ranking official of Guangzhou Right Guard, spread his fortune."

"Shi Huiran, the hereditary commander of Guangzhou Vanguard."

"..."

"Guerrilla General Guo Yao, guard Yu Shuzhi..."

There were Han military households here, as well as high-ranking officials. In terms of status, not only the guards officers, but also the local garrison officers were also present. The ones missing were mostly Li Chengdong's old troops.

They were all officers from their own hometown. Some of them, such as Guo Yao, were not from Guangzhou Fucheng, but were also from Dongguan County. He followed Yuan Chonghuan northward to defend Liaodong. Later, Yuan Chonghuan was executed, and basically the compatriots he brought with him were

They all returned to Guangzhou, and Guo Yao was one of them.

"Gentlemen, since you are here, you must have understood what we are doing. Today's matter is to take precautions before they happen. Once the army breaks the city, we must find a way out for the people of Guangzhou. Your family members

As well as the children of the officers and soldiers under my command, they can board the ship first, and I will ask Fu Minghou to send them to a safe place. However, I have only one thing to say to you, and that is that I, Chen Kai, want you and others to use up their energy.

Use all means to trap the Tatars in the city and buy time for the people in the city to move."

After the city was broken, they tried to hold back the Qing army. At best, this was true, but at worst, they were asked to use their lives to delay the Qing army's sweep of the entire city of Guangzhou, or to let them die here!

However, after Chen Kai said these words, none of the generals showed any signs of fear. It was just like this for one of them. They were all like this. Even Chen Kai could not help but feel a little moved.

"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask my ears."

Standing up with his head held high, a hereditary commander of the Guangzhou Guard stood proudly and said loudly: "General Feng, the hereditary commander of our guard, has died for his country. We, the late nephews and nephews, should take the lead of Magistrate Chen to protect the local people of our hometown and never dare to humiliate the army."
Chapter completed!