After the turn of the day, it was the first day of the leap month of the fourth year of Longwu. Early in the morning, Du Hui, Ke Chenshu, and Ke Chenmei came together to discuss the next stage of military and political affairs with Chen Kai.

The capital city of Chaozhou changed hands, and the first night passed peacefully. After a hard battle, with 300 soldiers captured a 50,000-level city, the friendship of the four people is better than before, and now they are together again, and there are less of those officialdom routines between words, and more is the straightforwardness between friends.

"Haha, look at Brother Ke, who believes that this look was fought hard yesterday."

Chen Kai said with a smile, Ke Chenshu also responded with a smile, but Du Hui followed up with a sentence: "You don't know if you joined the army, I tossed all night yesterday to figure out the two thousand rabble, and now they have been broken up again, even if they want to make trouble, they will not be able to find soldiers, and soldiers will not be able to find generals." However, my hard work, Brother Ke was not idle all night, and then looked at Brother Ke, I listened to those people in the town government this morning, Brother Ke fell asleep at night, and was still in the courtyard, and they all looked stupid at those newly surrendered town soldiers. ”

Hearing this, everyone also laughed. Ke Chenshu slept in the courtyard in order to stabilize people's hearts, Du Hui and Ke Chenmei were taking precautions, in comparison, only Chen Kai was the most relaxed person last night, because once the chaos broke out, he, a civil official, had no fists and no courage, and he was newly inaugurated, and the people's hearts had not yet been attached, so it was difficult to play a big role.

Fortunately, although the other three people sent by Zheng Chenggong this time are not veteran generals who are old in military affairs, they have their own abilities, and they are not ordinary people, and it is precisely this comparison that makes Ke Chenmei seem to be a little immature. However, after yesterday's battle and last night's exhaustion, Ke Chenmei's ability and psychological quality are bound to be qualitatively improved.

"I can't compare to you, my body is bones, I feel a little out of strength when I wake up this morning, and I haven't slept well even yesterday."

Chen Kai said with a smile, Du Hui also nodded, and comforted: "It's good to join the army, when I killed someone for the first time, I couldn't sleep all night, and I always had the figure of the guy I killed in my eyes, so I didn't get upset." Later, it's much better. ”

Speaking of which, Chen Kai didn't fall asleep because of the murder, the woman fell in a pool of blood that night, which had made him feel no guilt about killing Che Renzhong, and even the first murder mentioned in many stories would have a disgusting feeling, Chen Kai didn't have even the slightest, of course, maybe it was because he had vomited that night earlier.

In the final analysis, if this Chaozhou City is undecided for a while, his heart will always hang for half a point. This kind of feeling was not even felt when I was planning to seize the city, but now that I have taken the city, I am walking on thin ice.

"Yes, in fact, it's normal to lose strength, after all, yesterday was a fight for life, I heard what my brother said, joining the army, it's really brave!"

Here began to appreciate, everyone voted for me with papaya, and Chen Kai also reciprocated with Qiongju. It's just that this gathering is not a celebration banquet, and there are many things that they need to spend more energy to do in order to ensure that this city really falls into the hands of the Ming army.

"The city has been taken, and I have also sent someone to report to the country. However, before the arrival of the national army, we still have to desperately defend this city. Otherwise, won't we become fools who hate to press gold threads year after year, and end up making wedding clothes for others? ”

"Joining the army is very true, and we are also seizing all the time. It's just that there are too few people we brought this time, and I'm afraid we won't even be able to make a splash in this Chaozhou capital city. The last general thinks that it is better to close the gates and only let the woods into the city, otherwise if a large number of thieves are mixed in, or if those squires do not obey the king's transformation and have different intentions, we will be in danger. ”

There are too few trustworthy soldiers, this is the biggest problem, Chen Kai was worried earlier, but fortunately, it was only a day or two of effort, Zheng Chenggong's vanguard was able to reach Chaozhou. If you have enough soldiers, stabilize this place, and then use troops against the surrounding areas, the rest of the matter will be much simpler.

The key is that in the past few days, Chen Kai has already thought clearly, and simply said to the three of them: "The four of us are still in accordance with the established division of labor." Brother Ke, sitting in the headquarters of the town government, moved all the weapons of the Chaozhou arsenal into it, leaving no one behind, even if someone wants to make trouble, without weapons, it is a group of lambs to be slaughtered. ”

Hearing this, Ke Chenshu nodded solemnly. His task is like this, and Ke Chenmei's task is to patrol everywhere like last night, especially the seven city gates, and he must keep an eye on it tightly, and he can't relax his vigilance just because they are already led by the junior officers they brought.

"Brother Du, the barracks are still watching, we can't move those thieves now, and we have to wait for the arrival of the national surname before dealing with them. Now, give them a way to live first, if it really doesn't work, they will blast some of the unstable out of the city, and we will win as long as we hold the city. ”

"Joining the army makes sense, so do it."

The Chaozhou town soldiers are really a rabble. When Du Hui attacked the barracks, there were few officers in the battalion who were really on duty there. When Du Hui took the barracks, he found out after a little inquiry that those officers had houses in the city, and they slept with their daughters-in-law and concubines in their arms at night, and went to the kiln if they wanted to change their mouths.

Du Hui waved his hand, Chen Kai also nodded, and then said: "The rest of the matter is my job, early in the morning I have sent the officials to invite those squires and chiefs in the city to come over and talk." As far as I can see, they may not come in person, but they won't ignore it. As long as they are willing to come, there are many things to talk about, but if they can't do it, they will be fooled and delayed for a few days, as long as the national surname comes, everything will be promising. ”

The plan was set, everyone implemented it according to the order, Du Hui and the Ke brothers were in their respective positions, and Chen Kai also had officials here to reply, about Chen Kai's invitation, all the hometown gentry also said that they would come to visit, but many of them were either infected with the cold, or suddenly broke their legs, so they could only let their families visit on their behalf. In this regard, Chen Kai also expressed his concern and did not embarrass them.

In the afternoon, representatives of the great clans, gentry, and big merchants in the city came to the appointment. The guest and the host sat down, and everyone first congratulated Wang Shi on his feat of recovering Chaozhou, and congratulated Chen Kairong on being the local parent. The only thing is that these people don't know how many people Zheng Chenggong has under his command and whether they can defend this Chaozhou city.

"Well, you don't need to worry. Tens of thousands of tigers under the command of the national surname will arrive in a few days. Originally, the official just came here to make a front stop, and by the way, he tried to test whether Che Renzhong and Huang Menglin had the intention of repenting. But after entering the city, I stayed for a few days, and it seemed that it didn't take much effort to take this Chaozhou, and I went to talk to Che Renzhong yesterday. Now, that's the result of the talks. ”

Even less than 10,000 is far away, Chen Kai has become tens of thousands of tigers with one mouth, with a smile on his face at the moment, and he is even more fearless and even arrogant in his words. It's just that after the fermentation of last night, how Chen Kai captured Chaozhou has probably been seen by a few well-intentioned people.

A civilian official with a military general and two Ming soldiers entered the general town mansion, and also killed the opponent's general military officer, which is a legend everywhere!

Among the rumors, there is no shortage of exaggerations, such as a person with three entourages from the gate of the general town mansion to kill, tearing two hands is a town soldier, two fingers are inserted into another town soldier, and finally even the brave people such as Che Renzhong handed over the first level of Yunyun in front of Chen Kai without two rounds, some believed, some did not believe, but there was also no lack of half-believed, for Chen Kai's force value most of them still have a relatively high estimate, even if there are some questions, they dare not ask too directly.

"The official pondered, most of the princes are worried about Li Chengdong, Tong Yangjia and the like, if they are afraid, it will be too bad, I think it is nothing more than whether the Tartars will really send Zhenyi to the south, and there are still some worries."

The Manchu Qing Dynasty rose in Liaodong, and countless ministers and generals lost their lives for decades, and the fear of the Eight Banners Army has long been deep-rooted. These people do have concerns about this, but they will never say it, but at this moment, Chen Kai has no scruples about putting it into his mouth, but everyone present suddenly became uneasy.

"Don't hide it from you, this official went south from Datong Mansion in Shanxi Province to join Wang Shi. What I saw and heard along the way, I asked myself more than you. The Tartars now occupy a large area of land in one go, but they are dry firewood everywhere, a paper shaving order, the world is in an uproar, and uprisings are being organized everywhere, even if there is no direct confrontation, most of them choose to resist food and taxes, just like Chaozhou is also a microcosm here. ”

"In the final analysis, the Tartars are just a large bandit group of 40,000 or 50,000 real men, even if you count the traitors of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Army Banner, there are only about 100,000 men, and there are not even as many men, women and children in Haiyang County combined. They are now concentrated in the capital thousands of miles away, and they still have to take care of those Mongols who are not convinced of them, Mobei, Moxi, and even Chahar in Monan, they can't take care of it at all. Even if they go south, there are bigger goals than our Chaozhou, such as the Lu Fan in northern Fujian, such as the Gui Fan in Guangxi, they are the dragon sons and phoenix grandchildren of the Eight Classics, and the goal is even greater. ”

Chen Kai's words are very rebellious, but the Longwu Emperor of the Tang Domain, which Zheng Chenggong now respects, whether it is King Lu Jianguo or Emperor Yongli, on this basis, is just a pseudo-emperor, and he does not count.

At this moment, the more Chen Kai behaved aggressively, the more they couldn't figure out the details of Zheng Chenggong's department. In fact, they will not believe all of Chen Kai's words, but will pick and choose some content they are willing to believe to believe, and even believe in those contents, this is human nature.

After some talking, Chen Kai didn't leave them for dinner, and they were also in a hurry to bring home the things they heard from Chen Kai's mouth, so that they could prepare for their respective families to deal with the next work. However, there were indeed a few families who expressed their willingness to praise the military quartermasters, and even helped the Ming army recruit troops. Chen Kai wrote down all these households, and said that he would definitely express it to Zheng Chenggong when the national surname came to Chaozhou a few days later.

The big clans, gentry and big merchants, both inside and outside the city, were all places that the magistrates needed to rely on and guard against. Chen Kaiyun Mountain was covered in fog, and he talked about it all afternoon, but there were still dry goods, and what he could hear and couldn't hear was their business.

Compared with these people, those city chiefs, chiefs and bosses were originally members of the local administrative system, which were roughly equivalent to the street offices and community offices in later generations, but they had greater rights than them, such as tax collection, public security, and personnel organization. For these people, Chen Kai did not treat these people as politely as he treated the former, and it was all in the tone of orders, letting them control the streets and alleys they were responsible for, and asking them if there was chaos.

For the officials of the government and county government, except for Huang Menglin, who was thrown into prison, everyone else should do what they should do. The officials, officials and helpers are like this, even the Tongzhi, Tongju, and Tuguan of Chaozhou Mansion and the Lingcheng Lieutenants of Haiyang County, Chen Kai is temporarily retained for those who shout that they will swear allegiance to our Qing Dynasty as long as they are not high, and they will be adjusted when Zheng Chenggong arrives in a few days. At that time, even if he was unwilling to continue to be an official, he said that he would distribute money and food to help him return to his hometown and strive for stability.

Nanao is only 20 miles away from the capital city of Chaozhou, but 20 miles of sea road plus 100 miles of Hanjiang waterway, which is against the wind and current, and Zheng Chenggong can also arrive after a few days' hard work. What's more, Chen Kai and they only need to wait for the vanguard, not Zheng Chenggong's main force, as long as there are enough people, the city can be stabilized, and those ground snakes caught in the middle will become the target of training by battle.