When it comes to survival, Shen Gai still has some opinions of his own.
After passing on the news, Shen Gai was ready to send his family to the ship. He asked his family members to pack them quietly and take away everything they could. Those who couldn't be taken away were buried or destroyed directly. , Anyway, never leave anything to the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Some women in the family were reluctant to part with this or that. They felt that they liked these things very much and wanted to take them all away without leaving anything behind. As a result, Shen Gai gave them a scolding.
A woman's view! madness!
If you can't even save your life, what's the use of these extraneous things?
If you want these things, you will have a firm foothold in the future and you can get everything, but you only have one life! If your life is gone, what do you need these jars and jars for?
Then Shen should destroy those things in front of them, making the female relatives cry bitterly.
Shen shouldn't care. Anyway, he would never leave these things to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the people of the Ming Dynasty could finally capture Hangzhou, they would only get a completely destroyed city and they would never get a prosperous Hangzhou.
A fire is enough to destroy this bustling city and all the people in it.
Buildings will be burned down and people will be burned to death.
He wanted the people of the Ming Dynasty to regret, to make the people of the Ming Dynasty suffer, and to make the people of the Ming Dynasty pay a thousand times the price to rebuild Hangzhou.
This is his final revenge.
As the executor, he believed that Zhang Shi would be able to do this for him, allowing the Ming army to watch the city of Hangzhou turn to ashes in the sea of fire.
On July 28 of the eighth year of Hongwu, Shen Gai said hello to Zhang Shi, asked someone to send Zhang Shi his last personal letter, and was about to leave with his family.
It was late at night when he left, and there were many people leaving with him.
They applied for Zhang Shi's permission to leave the city in advance. As long as they handed the permission document to the city defenders, the defenders would open the closed city gate and send them away from Hangzhou.
From here, they will go all the way to Hangzhou Port, and then leave Jiangnan by boat. Under the leadership of boatmen who are familiar with the road, they will avoid the Ming Navy's cruising fleet in Suzhou Ocean and quietly go to Korea.
Although it is said that you may encounter Ming Navy ships cruising on the road, generally speaking, the Navy will not embarrass merchant ships, and as long as you stay far enough away and avoid the gathering areas of the Ming Navy, you will encounter The navy of the Ming Dynasty is not a simple matter.
In the vast ocean, no matter how many ships the Ming Navy has, can they fill every place?
Just get on board and it's all over.
At least that's the case for Shen Gai.
In the deep night, Shen Gai stared lovingly at everything he could see, recalling everything he had experienced in this city, the years he had spent, and the unforgettable memories.
Since he obtained his fame, he started as a low-level official and climbed up step by step. He gave up a lot, lost a lot, and gained a lot.
So far, he has tasted the frustration and loneliness of failure in struggle, and he has also tasted the wonderful taste of peak power.
He felt that he was already complete.
But at this moment, he suddenly realized that all this was just in vain.
Will anyone remember him?
Would anyone know what he had done?
How will future generations evaluate him?
He knew none of it.
The only thing he knew was that once he left, he might never come back again.
All the glory, shame, joy, and sorrow in the past will never come back, they are all lost.
He will spend the rest of his life in a strange country, unable to even realize the thought of falling leaves returning to their roots.
Will the ancestors blame him?
He doesn't know either.
With a long sigh, Shen Gai then boarded the donkey cart and left the door of the mansion without looking back.
At the same time, there were more than thirty families leaving with him, all of whom were powerful and senior officials in the court, as well as some senior military generals, including Zhou Linzhi and Lu Yongyan, they were all there.
Their property has arrived at the port of Hangzhou in advance to be taken away, and now they only have their family members and some belongings they carry with them.
They were the first batch of people to leave, and after them, there would be people leaving batch by batch at night according to the plan, trying not to attract anyone's attention in order to maintain the situation in Hangzhou.
A group of people gathered on the street in front of the city gate. There were more than 30 households and more than 150 medium and large donkey carts, which was a large-scale convoy.
In the middle of the night, everyone felt quite uneasy, so except for the sound of the donkey, almost no one made any noise. Everyone tried to stay quiet, and no one said another word that shouldn't be said.
The leader of the convoy was Shen Gai's son Shen Rong, who was the "frontline commander" of the evacuation. Shen Gai gave him the power of command to train his abilities. He lived up to expectations and organized the evacuation very well. retreat.
When the night was dark, he drove a donkey cart to the gate of the North City of Hangzhou and handed over a special general document issued by Zhang Shi, the state minister of Pingzhang Army, to the Song Army officer guarding here.
"This is a general document. Mr. Zhang has already explained the specific matters to you, right? Everyone here is absolutely reliable, right?"
The officer who couldn't see his face clearly nodded.
"Yes, I've already told you, and the people here are absolutely reliable, so don't worry."
Shen Rong felt very satisfied.
"Then open the city gate. There are more than 150 large cars here. It will take a lot of time to pass them all. Hurry up. It will be difficult to leave after the morning market starts."
"good."
The officer accepted the special pass document, then put his finger to his mouth and blew a whistle.
Because it was a relatively quiet night, the whistle sounded particularly abrupt and loud. It could be heard from a long distance away.
Then Shen Rong had three steel knives held to his neck.
It was the three soldiers beside the officer who took action.
Shen Rong was extremely shocked. The knife was held on his neck and he did not dare to move.
The two guards around him had been killed one by one with a flash of lightning.
"you……"
The officer whose face could not be seen clearly raised his head slightly, revealing a face full of smiles, and his tone of voice was also quite frivolous.
"I said, the people here are absolutely safe and reliable, because they are all my comrades. They are thorough and capable in doing things. I trust them very much, so you can rest assured."
Shen Rong's pupils shrank and his mind was shaken.
And there were many people who were more shocked than him.
Because along with this sudden and harsh whistle, a large number of soldiers suddenly poured out of the dark alleys on the left and right sides of the entire Chengmen Street.
They surrounded them with steel knives and spears, and then quickly lit torches. The entire street lit up with the torches one after another, like a light strip, illuminating everything.
Then torches suddenly lit up on the tops of the buildings on both sides of the street, and a large number of crossbowmen appeared here, aiming their crossbows at the people on the street.
Some of this group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries were in the car, while others were standing outside.
Those standing outside were the first to see these changes, and were also the first to be frightened by the sharp spear points and sharp blades. They were terrified. The people in the car heard the movement outside and stretched their heads to take a look, or opened the curtains to see. He was stunned for a moment, and then it was like falling into the abyss of hell.
Some screamed, some cried uncontrollably, some yelled and asked what the soldiers were doing, and some panicked and wanted to run away.
Shen should be sitting in the car with his family and didn't come out immediately. When he realized something was wrong outside, it was already too late.
The personal guards around his car were already shouting to "protect the husband", and the roars of these personal soldiers triggered an indiscriminate attack by the city defense army.
The city defense army received an order to kill anyone who resisted, so when the resistance started, the attack also started.
Facing the resisting crowd, the city defense soldiers stabbed with their guns and chopped with their knives. The soldiers on the roof fired arrows directly. Arrows rained down for a while, and screams and howls could be heard one after another.
Shen Gai, his wife and daughter were sitting in the car, hugging each other. The cries of his wife and daughter filled the small space.
Amidst the crying, Shen Gai's heart became cold, and a conclusion that shocked him so much that he didn't want to believe it but couldn't help but gradually took shape in his mind.
Zhang Shi.
This is what Zhang Shi did.
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