Zeng Ying, Lu Ruoteng, and Shen Yanqi, these people can be regarded as a few outliers in the civil officials of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties who can do things, are willing to do things, and can stick to their integrity, and refuse to shave their hair.

The crown prince Taibao, the official department Shangshu, and the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion said this, and Chen Kai had nothing to do, so he had to send him and Lu Ruoteng to organize the people's husbands together, while Shen Yanqi was still responsible for taking Lang Zhong and some of the people who had not escaped in the city to take care of the injured.

Many of the officials, officials, and Li Zheng in the city, as well as the officers at all levels of the Yongning Guard, who guarded the Imperial Thousand Households, fled, and the organizational chain was broken, and these things had to be reorganized by Zeng Ying and Lu Ruoteng. But the first step is to make a list of the people and let the people in the city know that the Ming army has not given up the Zhongzuo Station.

"Zheng Zhiguan abandoned the city and fled, he was killed by Chen's army, Wang Shi returned to the city to defend the palace, and reinforcements will arrive soon!"

The city is so big that it is unrealistic to pack the whole island with the people of the island. Chen Kai's notice made it clear that those who could go to sea would take refuge in Gulangyu, Xiaojinmen and Kinmen Island by boat; Those who could not go to sea took refuge in the city of the center and left as much as possible; If it is really inconvenient to go, the mountains and forests on the island are also a place to go, which is better than being slaughtered by the Qing army.

The officials and officials who could be found were immediately mobilized by Zeng Ying and Lu Ruoteng, and compared to them, Chen Kai's reputation was even louder, especially the Guangzhou refugees who lived in the camp outside Xiamen Island, and they worshiped Chen Kai like a god. The gongs and drums were beaten, and the notices were still being written, but the shouts spread through the streets and alleys at a faster speed, and after the reinforcements, the town mobilized its cavalry, and quickly spread out of the city.

In the camp where Guangzhou refugees were placed outside the Zhongzuo Institute, Chen Kai's notice came here, and even if the old and the young were running to the Zhongzuo City, there was no exception.

"Only Chen joins the army and really thinks about us ordinary people, listen to Chen join the army, enter the city to help defend it, we went to this Zhongzuo from Guangzhou, not to kill the Tartars in Fujian!"

The battle of Guangzhou volunteers on the Pearl River greatly boosted the morale of the people of Guangzhou, and some people continued to stand up and make noise, and these people of Guangzhou poured into the city of Zhongzuo. However, by the time they arrived, the order in the city had been basically restored, and Lu Ruoteng personally came over to arrange a temporary residence for them, and at the same time organized the people to assist in the defense according to the old alleys, which was no different from those people in the city.

During this time, the news that Chen Kai was sitting in the city to defend the city spread all over the streets and alleys of the Central Left Institute, and many people went home to wait for news. When order was restored, Zeng Ying and Lu Ruoteng mobilized the officials and officials, taking the alleys as the unit, with Li Zheng still being the leader, and Li Zheng not being able to use prestige and convincing figures, so as to rebuild the organizational chain of local officials, officials, government officials, Li Zheng village elders and even ordinary people. With this, the mobilization power of the city can be raised, and with the help of the people who defend it and the strong city walls, the gap between the forces of the two sides will be hidden and narrowed.

Zeng Ying and Lu Ruoteng were both local officials, especially the former, who had exterminated bandits in Fujian, suppressed peasant uprisings in Huguang, and fought against the Qing army in Shandong. Delegate these things to the two, and Chen Kai will no longer pay attention to them, and concentrate on the overall matters he is responsible for.

"Pass the order, the soldiers who defend the city, each person will be rewarded with one penny of silver per day, and the captives will attack the city, and two taels will be added, and those who have made war merits will not be rewarded generously. The people carry the guards and materials, the government manages the meals, and the captives are exempted from the military service this year. ”

It is customary for each soldier to pay a monthly salary of one or two or five dollars to fold the color and one stone to the true color. As soon as Chen Kai's reward came out, it meant that even if the Qing army didn't come to attack these days, the soldiers could earn nearly a month's worth of color in a day, which was really shocking.

Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Cai, and Zheng Chenggong have been operating for decades, and the treasury of the Zhongzuo Institute is now hoarding more than 900,000 taels of gold, hundreds of jewels, and hundreds of thousands of rice millet. Later, the Qing court investigated the matter, and the three of them relied on these goods to turn big things into small things, and even Ma Degong was reinstated as an official, and then promoted to the rank of admiral, and after his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of a first-class Marquis of Shunqin.

Since ancient times, it is not only money that can make ghosts grind, but it is not impossible to grind ghosts. These three guys can play like this, Chen Kai now has a righteous name in his left hand, gold and silver in his right hand, and once the order is issued, his morale is immediately boosted. In this regard, Chen Kai has only one thought in his mind, that is, if there is money to be spent, it will be the biggest loss-making transaction if it falls into the hands of the Qing army.

The Ming army climbed the city wall, and the people in the city were connected by the organizational chain rebuilt by Zeng Ying and Lu Ruoteng, and began to carry materials and guards, assist the men in cooking, and assist Langzhong in building a sick and wounded house.

The city gate was not closed, and Chen Kai did not give up on the people outside the city, which also made Lang Deng and others worried. At the top of the city, every time they saw people entering, they felt even more stressed. This has nothing to do with the sense of responsibility, but because the more non-settlers in the city, the more likely it is that the people in the city will be mixed in, and the food of the people in the city is also a huge problem, even if they can hold the city, the Qing army can use the starvation offensive of the siege to crush the will of the defenders.

"Don't worry, there will be enough food to eat. What's more, it won't take long for reinforcements to arrive. ”

Chen Kai has already sent someone to ask for help from Nanao, Chen Bao, Hong Xu and he all have the responsibility of being in the middle, they really don't have too many land divisions in their hands, but Xiamen is an island, as long as the sailors arrive, they can completely trap Ma Degong on the island. It must be known that in this coastal area of Fujian and Guangdong, the Zheng family's sailors are at the level of dominance.

"Then what if Hou Ye Chen and Uncle Hong can't arrive for a while."

Landen's worries were very unpleasant to Chen Kai, but it was undeniable that this had to be imagined. It's really hard to say what happens at sea, not to mention the storm, even if the wind direction and water flow are unfavorable, it will be delayed a lot. This point, whether it is him or Zheng Chenggong, has encountered it, and it is not once.

However, as the backbone of the defenders, Chen Kai must not reveal the slightest lack of confidence. What's more, there was no need for him to worry about whether reinforcements would arrive.

"Dingguo Gong, he should arrive on Kinmen Island in the next few days."

In the following words, there is no need for Chen Kai to continue. It is already February 27, and Zheng Hongkui is going to rush back to preside over the wedding of his precious daughter in mid-March, but from the mouths of those people who have taken refuge in Jinmen, it can be learned that the son-in-law is still trapped in the city of Zhongzuo, as long as they can defend the city, and then they can basically see how the thunderous Dingguo Gong beat the horse and won the merit. This noodle is so sour.

Chen Kai's image of exhaustive strategy was once again established in their hearts, and it continued to spread among the defenders, becoming taller and taller, which inevitably prompted the Ming army to focus more on the preparation of defending the city, but directed those people so that their feet did not touch the ground.

However, what should come always comes, and at nightfall, there are faint sporadic fires in the northeast direction, and then more scattered exploration horses rush back overnight. At this point, there was no need to say anything about Tanma, Chen Kai felt that even with his knees, he could figure out what kind of scene was happening in that direction.

"It seems that the captives have completed the landing. If nothing else, we will be able to reach the castle tomorrow. ”