No matter how unwilling he was, Hong Chengchou knew that he could not change the outcome of the matter.
If it were in the Ming Dynasty, he might still want to fight, act according to his own ideas, and finally fight for it again.
However, when he was an official in Huzi Banner, he did not dare to do whatever he wanted like when he was an official in the Ming Dynasty. He had to carry out the orders from above, no matter how little he understood them.
"Okay, don't think about it, hurry up and pack your things. If possible, we will ask Daming to leave early tomorrow morning." Yang Jiachen said.
Hong Chengchou held the teacup in his hand and thought for a while, then said immediately: "No, we can't bring it up early tomorrow morning. We have to wait until later."
"What are you waiting for? Are you still thinking about peace talks with the Ming Dynasty?" Yang Jiachen asked, looking at Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou explained: "If we leave like this, and we leave in such a hurry, the people in Ming Dynasty will definitely guess something, so even if we leave, we must show our disappointment in Ming Dynasty, so that others will not It will feel like we left on our own initiative."
Yang Jiachen looked hesitant after hearing this.
"I am a sergeant. Listen to me. If anything happens, I will be responsible for it." Hong Chengchou looked at Yang Jiachen who was still hesitating and directly assumed his identity as a sergeant.
Seeing this, Yang Jiachen said, "I will do as you say. If anything happens, I will bear it with you."
"That's it." Hong Chengchou said, "You didn't tell the people below about the evacuation, right?"
"Not yet." Yang Jiachen shook his head.
Hong Chengchou said: "Then don't talk about it yet. Won't the cannon be sent to us tonight? When we receive the cannon, we can tell them about the upcoming return."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Yang Jiachen nodded.
Because they had something on their minds, Hong Chengchou and Yang Jiachen ate the evening meal tastelessly.
After nightfall, the two people sat in the room, waiting for someone to come.
In the middle of the moon, the watchman called several times from the door, but no one came.
"I'll go outside and take a look."
Yang Jiachen was really impatient with waiting, so he took the initiative to go outside the house to take a look at the situation.
Hong Chengchou in the room was relatively calm, sitting motionless on the seat, but he had already drank less than half of the tea in his hand.
Almost half an hour later, the conversation between Yang Jiachen and an unfamiliar voice suddenly came from outside the yard.
Hong Chengchou in the room thought that the person he was waiting for had arrived.
He originally wanted to wait in the house for a while, but he couldn't help but stood up and came to the yard.
There are several lanterns hanging in the courtyard.
In order to prevent anyone from entering the yard at night, these lanterns are often left on overnight, and someone will change the candles inside in the middle of the night.
As soon as he walked out of the house, Hong Chengchou saw Yang Jiachen walking over with a strange man.
"Go inside first," the strange man said.
Hong Chengchou stepped aside and let Yang Jiachen and the strange man go in. Then he reached out to call for a guard and told him to guard outside the house, then closed the door and returned to the house.
"This is the person I contacted." Yang Jiachen pointed to the strange man beside him and introduced to Hong Chengchou.
As for the other party's name, he himself didn't know it.
"Hong Futai, it's been a while." The first thing the strange man said was a greeting like an acquaintance.
Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
Look at the strange man in front of you again.
After confirming again and again, he found that he had never seen the other party at all.
The other party's appearance is very ordinary, and there are no features at all on the face. If such a person is thrown on the street, unless he has a particularly good memory and can never forget, it will be difficult to remember the other party's appearance.
"Have you seen me?" Hong Chengchou asked the other party, pointing at himself.
The strange man nodded and said, "The last time we met was in Shaanxi. I remember that at that time, Hong Futai was still involved in politics as the governor of Shaanxi."
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou frowned and looked at Yang Jiachen aside.
He seemed to be asking if the other party's identity was mistaken.
After all, when he participated in politics as the governor of Shaanxi Province, he was still an official of the Ming Dynasty. Most of the people who knew him at that time were related to the Ming Dynasty.
"Hong Futai, there is no need to doubt that I am indeed from the Foreign Intelligence Service." The strange man noticed Hong Chengchou's actions and took the initiative to explain.
Yang Jiachen on the side also said: "When I meet him, we recognize each other through a special incision, and there are also special utensils to indicate the identities of both parties."
Hong Chengchou felt relieved after hearing this.
Seeing that Hong Chengchou no longer had any doubts, the strange man took out a finger-thick bamboo tube from his arms, pulled out a rolled paper tube, and said at the same time: "Look at this, I received this at noon today. "
He handed over the paper tube.
Hong Chengchou glanced at it and didn't pick it up. Instead, Yang Jiachen picked it up.
Yang Jiachen opened the paper tube and after seeing the words on it, handed it to Hong Chengchou who was standing aside.
Hong Chengchou took it.
I saw only four words written on it: "Envoys must withdraw immediately".
After reading it, Hong Chengchou handed it back to the strange man in front of him.
The strange man put it back into the bamboo tube and said at the same time: "This is the only thing that was sent at that time. As for the reason, I don't know the same as you."
After putting it into the bamboo tube, he put it away.
"The time for evacuation is too tight, and we are not prepared at all." Hong Chengchou said.
The strange man looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "As a smart person like Hong Futai, I think he should be able to guess something. Since the higher ups gave this order, there must be a reason. We will cooperate with you to leave Nanjing City."
"Where are the cannons? Didn't you say that the cannons will be delivered tonight?" Hong Chengchou did not continue the conversation, but asked about the cannons.
The strange man said: "I originally prepared two tiger squatting cannons and sent them to you, but you are about to evacuate, and you don't feel comfortable leaving with the cannons, so I put the cannons outside the city. At the inn, after you leave Nanjing City, go to that inn and someone will hand it over to you. There are four tiger squat cannons prepared for you at the inn, which should be enough for you."
"Okay." Hong Chengchou nodded and immediately asked, "How do you plan to help us leave?"
The strange man looked at Hong Chengchou with a smile and said, "If there were only two of you, it would be easy to send you out of the city, but there are hundreds of you, so it would be unrealistic to secretly leave the city, but I believe that Hong Futai will definitely have a way to leave."
Upon hearing this, Hong Chengchou understood that the other party was not prepared to interfere with their departure from the city.
Thinking of this, he said: "I will ask Daming to leave tomorrow. If possible, we will leave on the same day. If we cannot leave on that day, we will leave on the next day at the latest."
"Okay, I will tell you at the inn." said the strange man.
