At the same time that Lai Xun occupied the county seat of Anxi, on the afternoon of the same day, Chen Shitaicai led the mighty battalion to occupy the Changtan Bridge Pass, the throat of Yongchun leading to Nan'an, and killed it under the city of Fengzhou.

Fengzhou is the important town of Fujian before the Sui and Tang dynasties, so although it is no longer the seat of government now, the scale of the city is still larger than the general county seat, and the city wall is higher, the circumference is more than 2,600 meters, there are seven enemy towers, 36 nests, and there is a moat composed of river water introduced from the Jinjiang River outside the city wall.

Even if nearly a thousand years have passed, it seems that you can still see the glory of Fengzhou City in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

However, Chen Shitai was not in the mood to appreciate this ancient city, he rode his horse and looked at the Fengzhou defenders on the city wall who had already learned the news, frowning.

The garrison of Fengzhou City is as empty as Anxi, but Fengzhou City has a moat, and the defenders can still rely on the moat to resist the siege of the rebels, and Fengzhou City is not far from Quanzhou City, once the Quanzhou defenders find out the military situation here, they may come out of the city at any time to help.

"Where is the Toyosu guard?!"

Chen Shitai stood outside the range of his bow and arrows, shouting at the city.

"Chen Shitai, you dare to turn your back on the imperial court!"

At the head of the city, Gao Yiwen, who was wearing the official uniform of the county magistrate, personally walked on the city wall to boost the morale of the soldiers defending the city, he recognized the enemy generals below, and couldn't help but scold.

"Turning your back on the court? This will be to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, the Tartars have no way, the killing is heavy, I have inherited the orthodoxy of the country for three hundred years, Gao Yiwen, if you know each other, quickly open the city and surrender, otherwise when my army is killed, the chicken and dog will not stay! Chen Shitai shouted.

"Phew, you shameless villain, the day my master comes to help, it will be when you die and have no place to be buried!"

"Build siege engines and prepare for siege!"

Chen Shitai saw that there was no way to say that the defenders surrendered, so he ordered to prepare for the siege of the city, and with his order, the soldiers of the mighty battalion dispersed one after another, cutting down the surrounding trees - the only thing that can pass through the moat is the stone bridge of the four gates in the south, east and northwest, each bridge is less than three meters wide, and it is impossible to use the ladder ant to break it, and the only way is to use the battering ram to break open the city gate and force it in.

In less than half an hour, the construction of the battering ram was completed, in order to show his determination, Chen Shitai turned over and dismounted, personally led the army to launch a siege, he and the soldiers carried the battering ram together, braved the arrows flying overhead, stepped on the stone bridge.

"Kill! Those who enter the city first will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver! ”

Chen Shitai encouraged the soldiers under his command, the soldiers of the mighty battalion were originally from the Qing army for training, they were only loyal to Su Yan, and their desire for wealth did not change.

Therefore, after hearing the reward of a hundred taels of silver, the soldiers of the mighty battalion were invigorated, and rushed to the city gate with a roaring ram and slammed the sharpened top against the city gate.

At the same time, soldiers armed with birds and arrows were also on the other side of the moat, shooting at the battlements, shooting at the rising enemies and covering the siege of the city.

At the head of the city, Gao Yiwen of Nan'an Zhi County was also inspiring the township warriors who were recruited by him, and before the Changtan Bridge was conquered, the defenders risked their lives to send the enemy's situation, so he took advantage of this time to recruit hundreds of township warriors to defend the city with the only remaining green battalion soldiers in the city.

Even with Gao Yiwen's encouragement, the city gate was still knocked open by Chen Shitai himself, and after the city gate was knocked open, Chen Shitai threw down the battering ram, pulled out his saber, and roared: "Kill with Ben!" ”

"Kill!"

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The battle of Fengzhou City was soon detected by the direction of Quanzhou Prefecture, and the remaining Quanzhou staff general wanted to transfer troops to the rescue, but he was afraid that the troops in Quanzhou City would be empty after the troops were dispatched, and people with ulterior motives could take advantage of the opportunity, so he delayed sending troops.

In his opinion, Quanzhou Mansion is more important, even if Fengzhou falls, if the imperial court wants to punish him in the future, at most he will be punished by watching the fall of the imperial court's territory, but if Quanzhou Mansion is lost in his hands, then his entire wife and children are likely to be beheaded.

Therefore, until Chen Shitai led the mighty battalion to take Fengzhou City, there was no movement in the direction of Quanzhou except for two or three spies, which made Chen Shitai, who was attentive throughout the whole process, a little surprised.

But he soon realized that the strength of Quanzhou Mansion was not much, and most of the staff generals who stayed behind Li Qi were afraid that something would go wrong in the city, otherwise how could he sit idly by.

After figuring this out, he sent people to send the good news of Fengzhou's recovery to Su Yan's army, which was still rushing here, and at the same time sent troops to control the entire city and hunt down the Qing army that had fled into the civilian rout.

At the same time, he looked at Gao Yiwen, the magistrate of Fengzhou County, who was tied up and knelt in front of him, with a mocking smile on his face, and said: "Lord Gao, the general just persuaded you to surrender the city and save a life, but now Lord Gao still falls into my hands." ”

"I'm a traitor, if you have the ability, you will kill the official!" Gao Yiwen tried to straighten his body and spit a mouthful of thick phlegm on Chen Shitai's body, but Chen Shitai dodged and fell to the ground.

"My mother!" Chen Shitai scolded, kicked Gao Yiwen to the ground, Gao Yiwen was not annoyed after being kicked down, he looked at Chen Shitai and laughed, and said: "Traitor, you wait, General Pingnan will call soon, I will be waiting for you at the bottom then." ”

"Look for death!"

Chen Shitai pulled out his saber and slashed at Gao Yiwen's neck, almost cutting off his entire head, leaving only a layer of skin attached to it.

Chen Shitai slashed at the still twitching corpse several times until the fear and anger in his heart were vented, he looked at the corpse that had almost turned into a puddle of flesh, gasped, and threw the knife on the ground.

"Come on, drag his body down and feed the dogs!"

Chen Shitai said in a loud voice, and the soldiers outside the door immediately walked in and dragged the body out.

"What General Pingnan, Lao Tzu will be afraid of him? Damn it! ”

Chen Shitai scolded and scolded, trying to cover up the fear in his heart with this, although he surrendered to Su Yan's command, but he was still worried about the revenge of the Qing court all the time, he was afraid that once Jin Li came over, Su Yan would be defeated, and he would fall into the hands of the Qing army again, and there would be no place to bury him.

Although the Qing army was relatively tolerant of the Ming generals who defected to Chengcheng, Chen Shitai's situation was a bit special, saying that it was a military admonition at best, and a mutiny at worst, and directly coercing the governor of Fujian to defect to the past, according to the temper of the Qing court, if he fell into the hands of the Qing army, Ling Chi's execution could be regarded as the best end.

In other words, he has no way out, and now he can only follow Su Yan with one heart, which is actually one of the reasons why Su Yan can use him with confidence.