On the silent deck, the dispute has been dispersed by the sea breeze, and the gunshots still seem to be echoing in the ears, especially the faint smell of gunsmoke in the blood, especially the red and white colors splashing like inkjet, the most powerful figure in the former center and left, the direction of the fall of Zheng Zhiguan, the third uncle surnamed Guoye, Chen Kai's undoubted shout sounded, and no one dared to disobey the powerful persuasiveness brought by this shot.

Lang Deng came to play under Zheng Chenggong in the same year as Chen Kai, but he was half a year later than Chen Kai. Speaking of which, although the two don't have much intersection, they are always acquaintances. However, the side that Chen Kai showed at this moment was too shocking, he swallowed his saliva, understood the current situation, and fell to the ground on one knee.

"The last general will come to the aid of Lan Deng, the chief military officer of Houzhen, and abide by the military orders to join the army, and swear to defend the city of Zhongzuo to the death!"

"The last general will come to the aid of Zhou Quanbin, the deputy general of the Zhongzhong Army in Houzhen, strictly abide by the military orders of the army, and swear to defend the city of Zhongzuo to the death!"

"The lowly rank respectfully obeys the military order to join the army and swears to defend the city of Zhongzuo to the death!"

“……”

The clothes and armor rattled, since Lan Deng and Zhou Quanbin first bowed to Chen Kai's authority, the soldiers who came to the aid of Houzhen, the pacesetters of the Zhangquan sub-patrol standard battalion brought by Chen Kai, and even the sailors who originally belonged to Zheng Zhiguan on the ship all fell to the ground.

Chen Kai knows very well that if he changes to others, he may still have doubts about this scene. However, Zheng Zhiguan is only Zheng Chenggong's third uncle in the first place, and now his power depends on this relationship and the plot to seize Xiamen Island, and the generals in the army are not convinced by him, and even Ruan Yin and He De's escape without a fight is not without a reason for lack of confidence in him. In contrast, he has been under Zheng Chenggong for many years, not only the most useful staff, but also the most capable of creating miracles. With him, a dead situation like Pantuoling and Guangzhou can be revitalized, not to mention that he now has a strong city in the center and left.

"Very good, Lan Shuai, lead your troops back to the city and control the city walls. The sub-patrol road standard battalion will transport back these warehouses looted by Zheng Zhiguan, and the official will pay the soldiers who are loyal to the guard. Everyone, go back to the city and fight against the rebel horse! ”

With the backbone, there was still an unwilling reinforcement to suppress Houzhen, even if he chose to obey Chen Kai's orders. A large number of Ming troops began to disembark and form a team, and then rushed back to Zhongzuo City, while Chen Kai's standard battalion drove the people and sailors to move the boxes that Zheng Zhiguan had easily moved back to the cart.

The army was back in motion, and it was ready to defend itself. Chen Kai stared at everything in front of him, then turned around, bypassed Zheng Zhiguan's corpse, and came to Dong Yougu and Zheng Jing.

With the shot just now, Dong Yougu and Zheng Jing were standing not far behind Zheng Zhiguan. As soon as the shot was fired, Zheng Zhiguan's blood and brains immediately splattered the mother and son's faces, and now it looked like two walking corpses who had just rolled out of a pool of blood, standing in front of Chen Kai in a daze, his face and eyes were still full of disbelief, as if time had stopped.

Seeing this, Chen Kai sighed, and then said: "Zheng Zhiguan has been ambushed, and the lower officials are going back to defend the city." Madame and Shizi, whether to leave by boat to avoid the capture of the master, or to return to the city with Xiaguan, hoping to give Xiaguan an answer as soon as possible. After all, time waits for no one. ”

At this moment, the murderous aura on Chen Kai's body had faded, but these words seemed to shatter the stagnation of time, but the moment the words fell, Zheng Jing cried out, and then wanted to hide behind his mother.

Those young and immature eyes were full of the word fear. But before he could escape, he was directly grabbed by Dong Yougu's arm, held him tightly, and struggled, with no way to move at all.

In just this moment, Chen Kai's attention had returned to this woman. At this moment, regardless of Zheng Jing's crying, Dong Yougu just grabbed her son and didn't let go, almost biting her teeth, and in her eyes, shock, anger, hatred, understanding, fear, too many emotions flickered, so that Chen Kai couldn't continue to interpret it at all. And at this time, she seemed to have figured all this out, first expressed her affirmation and approval for Chen Kai's shooting of Zheng Zhiguan, and then gave a corresponding answer.

"The captive is coming, it doesn't matter if the concubine is dead or alive, I just want to be able to watch my grandson, take care of Jing'er, and it is enough to wish."

After that, Dong Yougu dragged Zheng Jing and saluted. Chen Kai knew very well what these words meant, and simply returned the salute: "If the city is broken, Kai should die before his wife and the son." Really, it doesn't have to be that way. ”

"Then, there is labor to be done."

For each other, since a tacit understanding has been formed, Dong Yougu did not twist, simply pulled Zheng Jing, took a group of family servants and maids, and set off to return to Zhongzuo City.

Standing on the deck, Zheng Zhiguan's body was on the side, Chen Kai looked at the distant backs of the mother and son, and couldn't help sneering in his heart - just that fear, there was no possibility of coexistence between him and Zheng Jing. However, compared to this nine-year-old child, his mother is obviously more difficult.

Thinking of this, the corners of Chen Kai's mouth skimmed a sneer, turned his head and looked at the direction of Wutong Wharf in the northeast, and muttered to himself: "This is a matter of the future, first defend the city." Otherwise, there will be no future. ”

Chen Kai handed over the matter of transporting these gold, silver and jewels to Lin Dezhong, and he returned to Zhongzuo City as quickly as possible, and then came to the east city wall, and sent people to summon Lan Deng, Zhou Quanbin, and Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi who were in the city to convene an emergency military meeting.

At this time, Xiamen Island had not yet begun to plan and build four bridges and one tunnel, and even large-scale reclamation and land reclamation had not yet begun. Yundang Harbor and Zhongzhai Bay are one west and one east, deep into the island, outlining the island into a "small waist" shape, rather than the "ball" of later generations.

According to Langden's analysis, the Qing army's strength was no more than that of the Ming army, and it was impossible to achieve a siege. To the west and south, a small number of troops can be sent to monitor it.

"The last general and Vice General Zhou discussed on the way to come, our army only has two departments to aid Houzhen and the Zhangquan sub-patrol road standard battalion that joined the army, with more than 1,500 soldiers, and the information obtained from now shows that the captive division is holding the banner of Fujian Right Road Town Logo and Fujian Fu Standard, and the two departments together have a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses. Our army can still rely on the fortified city to help the town to defend the city, and the standard camp is in the center. However, after a long delay, I am afraid that reinforcements will be needed before the siege can be lifted. ”

Compared to the reinforcement of Houzhen, Chen Kai's standard battalion is all new soldiers, and the training is only two or three months, and he lacks experience in guarding the town, which is easy to do bad things. The so-called central strategy is actually to take care of Chen Kai and Lin Dezhong's face.

In this regard, Chen Kai did not have any plans to do his best, nodded his head, expressed his approval, and wrote a letter asking for help from South Australia in public and sent someone to send it. Immediately, Lang Deng continued to admonish: "The gap between the forces is too large, and our troops are defending the city, but it still depends on the army and the people in the city to assist in the defense." Otherwise, just relying on our aid to suppress the Houzhen and patrol standard camps, I am afraid that we will inevitably be overstretched. ”

Soldiers, there are so many, and the gap in strength is not a little bit bigger. Lan Deng said it so clearly, Chen Kai had already thought of this, otherwise he would not have sent someone to invite Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi. It's just that between these words, a trace of intriguing color flashed in Zhou Quanbin's eyes, as if he felt that Lan Deng's words were redundant, but he was always more anxious, or more dissatisfied, it was difficult to say.

Specifically, Chen Kai didn't have time to pay attention to it, so he simply assigned tasks to Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi: "The two of them are both Shangguan, and they shouldn't have been ordered by the lower officials from the four-grade sub-patrol road." However, the current situation has reached this point, and the lower officials are also reluctant to make it difficult, and I hope the two of you don't mind. After guarding the city, the lower officials served tea again to apologize. ”

"It seems that the two of us are such villains who are greedy for authority, and we really want to serve tea and apologize!"

"What Mu Zhou said is very true, it has come true, you and I have been friends for many years, you should know our temperament, this time, the two of us know that you are a courtesy, but you have said it, it is not good for you to take it back."

Chen Kai is the governor of Zhangquan Branch and the prefect of Zhangzhou Prefecture from the Fujian Inspectorate of the Fourth Grade, and Shen Yan is the right deputy governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Third Rank and the Fujian Governor, and Lu Ruoteng is the governor of the four prefectures of eastern Zhejiang with the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, and he is a member of the second rank.

With Chen Kai's identity, it is indeed not enough to command these two people, but firstly, the official positions of the two are appointed by the Longwu Imperial Court, and Zheng Chenggong, who has been reappointed to the Yongli Emperor, is just the identity of the guest secretary's staff, and secondly, they have great confidence in Chen Kai's ability.

"Don't worry, the two of us should be the first to look forward."

Lu Ruoteng and Shen Yanqi bowed their hands, not to mention Chen Kai, even Lan Deng and Zhou Quanbin were also excited. Not to mention, over the years, I have only seen civilian officials fighting for power and profit, only seeing the DPRK and China parties fighting endlessly, corrupting state affairs, how can we see that today, two high-ranking officials are willing to obey the command of a lowly official.

No one will question the ethics of these two people, they have been in Zheng Chenggong's army for many years, and their character and credit are trustworthy, and they are all genuine and honest gentlemen. Chen Kai returned the salute and assigned the task to the two, but before he finished assigning the task, a sedan chair came from the city, and then an old man dressed as an ordinary Confucian came to the city with the support of his family, and asked Chen Kaidang: "I actually called Muzhou and Fuzhai, but I didn't call me Zeng Ying, because I was old and decrepit, and I was not worthy of being driven by Chengcheng?" ”

Zeng Ying snorted angrily, and her gray hair and beard were about to stand up. He was ready to hang himself, but he didn't wait for the Qing army, but what he was waiting for was the news that Chen Kai shot Zheng Zhiguan and the Ming army returned to the city to defend the palace. Hearing the news, Zeng Ying was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses, and then asked his family to help him change his clothes and prepare the sedan chair, and hurriedly came.

"Pavilion ......"

"I'm seventy years old now, and I'm already half of my body in the ground, but when I heard that I was so unavoidable, I felt my blood boiling, as if I was dozens of years younger. Don't hide it from you, the old man was originally ready to cut himself when he broke the city, but now he has given the old man a better way to die. Actually, if you can trust the old man, assign some things to the old man to do, and let the old man do something for the Ming Dynasty and the people before he dies! ”