When the Qing army arrived at the city and set up camp, they did not send people to persuade them to surrender, because they knew very well that Chen Kai could even kill Zheng Zhiguan and would definitely not surrender. After a day's rapid march, it was not good to attack the city overnight, and after the encampment, the army began to rest and make final preparations for the next day's attack.

At the head of the city, you can already see the bonfires of the Qing army outside the city. Since ancient times, he has stolen the camp and won nine out of ten, but Ma Degong, the commander of the Qing army on the opposite side, is also a general, Chen Kai did not dare to be careless, especially did not dare to risk the only 1,500 soldiers, and simply rejected the suggestion of robbing the camp at night.

After a day and a half of preparation, the guards had been moved to their positions, some on the top of the city, and more on the city as a supplement. Zeng Ying and Lu Ruoteng have already assigned and organized the teams of people in various alleys and alleys and people entering the city, and they are always ready to support them. The wounded and sick place over there is also ready, and even the fire pit is ready, so as not to get into the cold and damage the vitality and life.

Material preparations were ready, and rumors about the reinforcements that Chen Kai's future father-in-law was on his way quickly spread throughout the city. Zheng Hongkui, the Duke of Dingguo, was also the No. 2 person of the Zheng Group back then, and he still had some prestige on Xiamen Island, plus Chen Kai, the morale of the people was a little more vigorous, and even some heartless people took this city guard as a good opportunity to reduce forced labor and earn rewards, which made Chen Kai a little speechless.

Morale is strong, which is a good thing, but Chen Kai is far less optimistic than these soldiers and people. In his opinion, instead of Zheng Hongkui, it is better to come Chen Bao and Hong Xu, with these two people, he is more confident that Ma Degong's entire army will be buried here.

The space in the city was limited, so Chen Kai divided some of the people who later entered the city to take refuge in Gulangyu by boat, so as to reduce the burden of Zhongzuo City. All this work was done before the arrival of the Qing army, and then the four gates were closed, and everything was ready to go, just waiting for the Qing army to come and attack the city.

After a night of silence, early the next morning, Ma Degong drove the captured people to cut down trees, make siege equipment, and at the same time clear the plum blossom piles outside the city, which were not too many. It took a morning for most of the plum blossom piles outside the city to be cleared, and a large number of ladders and some rudimentary lookouts were transported to the front of the battle.

In the north of the city in the middle and left, the Ming army defending the city and the Qing army besieging the city stand far away, the head of the Ming army and the battle formation of the Qing army do not have too large caliber artillery, the Ming army is mainly due to the high city wall, the caliber of the artillery will damage the wall, and the Qing army is in a hurry, and the larger caliber artillery carried by the ship is still left behind.

As usual, there were still the same set of persuasions such as "the Manchurian Eight Banners are invincible in the world", "those who surrender will not die", and "there will be a reward for capturing Chen Kai", which was intended to weaken the morale of the defenders, break the mutual trust of the defenders, and more importantly, accelerate the collapse of the defenders after the Qing army launched an offensive.

Ma Degong is an old general who has fought in old battles, and after shouting, he saw that there was no reaction from the city, and he was not in a hurry, so he simply gave the order to attack the city. Unexpectedly, at the moment when his order was given, there was a burst of laughter and scolding from the city.

"The Eight Banners of Manchuria are invincible in the world. Ma Degong, does this have anything to do with you, a dog traitor? ”

The volume of the tin horn expanded, and Ma Degong could even hear the "poof" of the city's laughter from inside. But before he could refute it, the tin horn choked again.

"Those who descend will not die, the horse will be meritorious, you deceive the ghost. From the entry of the Tartars to the present, there have been no first cities to open and surrender, and there are a few cities that have not been slaughtered, can you count them to the officials? ”

"There is also a reward for capturing Chen Kai, don't be funny, okay. This official has a sub-patrol road, from the sesame mung bean official of the four grades, if even a small official like me is rewarded, why don't you go to Siming Mountain, where the imperial history, the squire, the general soldier, and the hanging seal can empty the Tartar treasury. ”

"Even if there is really a reward, won't all the silver fall into your money bag, and you can still share it with others, how did your concubines come from, and do you still use this official to settle accounts for you?"

“……”

Ma Degong was very aggrieved, those concubines were obviously robbed, and they didn't spend any money at all, but now they were splashed with a basin of dirty water by Chen Kai. It is undeniable that he is indeed a veteran general who has been in the army for many years, but he has been in the army for so many years, where has he ever seen Chen Kai open his mouth and refute them one by one in the city. This is a war of scolding, coming now, it is unconventional.

However, not to mention the loopholes and slips of the tongue that Siming Mountain is far away in Zhejiang, and has been surrounded and suppressed by the Qing army once last year. Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, he knew very well that Chen Kai's behavior was completely consistent with his intention just now - to undermine the morale of the Qing army, break the mutual trust between Qing officers and soldiers, and reduce the Qing army's ability to endure casualties by fighting bravely without being rewarded, which can be described as vicious!

In terms of voice, he is definitely not as good as Chen Kai who came with "props". Fortunately, he had rich experience in the battlefield, and hurriedly ordered the drum to attack, but before the order was sent to the drummer, Chen Kai's mouth cannon continued to spray over.

"Don't think that this official doesn't know the details of your house, you are originally from Liaodong, and you were driven by the Tartars and fled into the pass, and followed the Yasukuni Gongnan to fight in the north and south. The Duke of Yasukuni has put his heart into you, and he has not even shied away from your meritorious name. But when the Duke of Yasukuni was martyred, you didn't think about the hatred of the country and the family, but tied up Emperor Jian with Tian Xiong, the bastard. Don't say anything ungrateful, just say that Tian Xiong is now the governor of Zhejiang, you are still a chief military officer, you have to be a little self-motivated......"

"Siege! Besiege! What are you waiting for, drumming, attacking! ”

It's not that Ma Degong can't stand this kind of insult, let Chen Kai continue to spray, the morale of the Qing army will definitely decline, especially those generals and veterans who followed him when he was the chief military officer under Huang Degong, they were also the subordinates of Huang Chuangzi who must take the lead in every battle, and it is impossible not to be touched in his heart.

The sound of war drums drowned out the laughter and curses at the head of the city, and the army led the order to attack. However, Ma Degong's anxiety also inevitably affected the Qing army under his command. Looking from the top of the city, the Qing army left the battle in one go, Chen Kai smiled coldly, and then threw the iron horn aside.

"Lan Shuai, the official is sitting here, and the rest of the matter depends on you and the soldiers."

"Chen joins the army, please rest assured, the last general will definitely let them come and go."