In a short while, the Nanchang Governor's Office was blown into a sea of ​​fire.

The power of the grenade and earth-based incendiary bomb is far more powerful than Liu Xingming imagined. The main building of the yamen is a wooden structure, and it spreads rapidly when it is burned by fire.

When the Qing soldiers came to come to put out the fire, the governor's yamen was already burning with fire and was extremely close.

The water they brought alone is like a drop in the bucket.

Countless Qing soldiers stood there and sighed, and no one dared to take a step forward.

If you really rush over without hesitation, you may be burned into a charcoal person.

The fire burned for several hours, and the main yamen was burned down, and the air was filled with a burnt smell.

Black smoke continues to emerge, and the scene is very tragic.

Hong Chengchou looked at the scene in front of him with his face ashen. If he hadn't been to the city gate with Governor Zhang Chaolin, he would have been killed here by real.

One hundred secrets and one sparse, this is really one sparse.

Although Hong Chengchou knew that the Ming army might use hot air balloon tactics, he did not expect that the Ming army's focus did not focus on breaking through the city wall defense line, but drove straight into and bombed the governor's yamen!

"In addition to the governor's yamen, did the Ming thief explode somewhere else?"

Now that things have come to this point, Hong Chengchou urgently needs to know where else was bombed in the city.

For example, granaries, armorys and other places are very important.

"Qi reported to Hong Jingluo, it is obvious that the thief has only exploded the governor's yamen."

The personal soldiers immediately reported.

"oh?"

Hong Chengchou was somewhat surprised.

Only the governor's office was blown up?

This is a bit intriguing.

"The residence of King Jingnan was not bombed?"

“It’s safe and sound.”

Tsk tsk.

Hong Chengchou's heart caused a ripple.

At this moment, he had a bold idea.

The Ming army only blew up the governor's yamen, obviously coming for him and Zhang Chaolin.

Then the Ming army bet that as long as he and Zhang Chaolin were killed, they could take Nanchang City?

Who gave them confidence? Or who gave them promises?

Except for King Geng Jimao of Jingnan, Hong Chengchou could not think of a second person.

After all, Geng Jimao has tens of thousands of people, which is a force that cannot be underestimated in Nanchang City.

Adding the handwritten letter written by Yongli to Geng Jimao not long ago made Hong Chengchou believe in his judgment more.

Now it seems that it is very likely that Geng Jimao was moved by Yongli's persuasion, and secretly communicated with the Ming army, and told the Ming army that as long as he blows up the governor's yamen and kills Hong Chengchou and Zhang Chaolin, he will immediately raise an uprising and join forces with the Ming army to take Nanchang.

This analysis was not analyzed in one stroke, but was introduced step by step, with reasonable and convincing.

If Hong Chengchou and Zhang Chaolin were killed, the Qing army would have no leader, and they would definitely surrender and refuse to resist when facing the fierce Geng family army.

In this way, Geng Jimao could easily open the city gate and present Nanchang City to the Ming army.

With the achievements of offering the city, Geng Jimao should be able to receive good treatment in the Ming court.

However, there was a slight deviation in this. Hong Chengchou and Zhang Chaolin left the governor's yamen by mistake and were not killed.

Then the situation is completely different.

At this point, Hong Chengchou has been convinced that Geng Jimao has indeed become a rebellious.

His grasp is eight or nine points.

"Governor Zhang, you have also seen the matter. What do you think this strategy should be done?"

Hong Chengchou turned to Zhang Chaolin on the side and asked with a smile.

Zhang Chaolin beat him up and said, "No matter how Hong Jingluo decides, his subordinates will firmly support him."

In just one sentence, I completely left the responsibility, and it was not sticky.

Zhang Chaolin's meaning is very clear. No matter how you decide, it is your own decision. It has nothing to do with me, Zhang Chaolin. I just acted on order.

Hong Chengchou sneered in his heart, but his face remained silent.

Forget it, I will make the decision. After all, someone will have to resist this responsibility.

At this point, there are only two ways before Hong Chengchou.

The first was to kill Geng Jimao, and the second was to put Geng Jimao under house arrest and control his army.

No matter which one it is, it is equivalent to breaking up with Geng Jimao.

The only difference is that the latter also left Geng Jimao's life and could be handed over to the court in the future.

Hong Chengchou was actually interested in killing.

After all, Geng Jimao wanted Ming Jun to blow him to death, and no one could have swallowed it.

But this idea was suppressed by Hong Chengchou just now.

The reason is that Nanchang City can no longer withstand the tossing and troubles at this moment.

If Hong Chengchou killed Geng Jimao, those loyal troops would definitely fight to the end.

These soldiers are different from the Green Camp and can be regarded as Geng Jimao's private soldiers, just like those servants of the border generals at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

There is no doubt about their loyalty. They will definitely strive to take revenge when they learn that the head of the family was killed.

Killing Geng Jimao at this time will only make the situation in the city more and more chaotic, and the Ming army may have taken advantage of the chaos to attack the city and attack the city.

And if Geng Jimao's life is kept, Geng Jimao hostages and commands the Geng family army to make this private army attack the rat, it may be the best choice now.

But how can I hold Geng Jimao hostage?

At this moment, he must have been very alert and refused to show up no matter what he said.

Hong Chengchou Ming Shen thought about it for a long time and finally came up with a solution.

"Governor Zhang, this strategy requires you to cooperate with one thing."

Zhang Chaolin heard this and said, "Please speak, please listen, the official."

"Come here."

"in this way..."

Hong Chengchou whispered to Zhang Chaolin, and Zhang Chaolin couldn't help but lit up and praised him sincerely: "The clever plan is really a clever plan. It's hard for King Jingnan to take the bait if he is such a clever plan."

Hong Chengchou shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I can only give it a try first."

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"Report to the prince, Jiangxi Governor Zhang Chaolin and Lord Zhang came to the door to ask for a meeting."

Geng Jimao was stunned when he heard this.

Zhang Chaolin? What is he here to do?

"Come in quickly."

At this moment, Geng Jimao just made plans to ride a fence, waiting for both sides to offer the price he wanted before making a decision. Naturally, he could not offend Zhang Chaolin and Hong Chengchou."

Zhang Chaolin came to visit in person, and he still had to give the face he should give.

The personal soldiers immediately took the order and left.

In a short while, Zhang Chaolin was taken to Geng Jimao.

"Haha, Governor Zhang, you won't go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. What's the point of coming to this king today?"

Geng Jimao greeted him with a smile on his face.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chaolin said with a sad face: "It's over, everything is over. Old Master Hong was killed by the Ming thief!"

Geng Jimao was stunned when he heard this and asked quickly: "What's going on? Tell me in detail."

Zhang Chaolin said in a crying voice: "The Ming thief used the hot air balloon to bomb the governor's yamen. At that time, Zhengluo Hong happened to be in the yamen and was killed by a blow. Now it's all over."

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Chapter completed!