Estimating the direction from the west city wall, it should be Shenqianwo. This was the name of this era. Later, it was renamed Shenqian Street. It was not until 1927 that the road was built and the name was changed to Hengzhu Road.

There, in later generations, it was already an ordinary road in Xiamen City, a long way from the coastline. However, in the Ming Dynasty, it had not been "fattened" by the reclamation and land reclamation projects of the Republic, which was known as the infrastructure madman.

, it is also the northern one among a series of wharves standing far away from Gulangyu Island to the west of Zhongzuosuo City.

Chen Kai didn't know who came specifically. However, it was dark and windy at night, and even though the two places were only a mile or two apart, when the Qing army's superior cavalry was hiding outside the city, his plan to rush out of the city to Shenqianwo still failed.

When they arrived at Langdeng, generals such as Zhou Quanbin and even Lin Dezhong strongly opposed it.

They are worried that it is the Qing army that is coming. This is very possible. After all, it has only been about ten days since Chen Kai asked for help from Nan'ao. The communication and preparations take time, so it is impossible to confirm it now. Only

Chen Kai, through the curtain of history, estimated that the Qing army would not have so many ships coming. Instead, he became more convinced that reinforcements arrived, but he still could not convince these three guys.

"If you join the army, if it's reinforcements, someone will always be sent to contact you. We'd better wait and see what happens."

"What General Lin Shen said is true. This Zhongzuosuo City really cannot withstand any changes."

After listening to some persuasion, Chen Kai had nothing to say. Thinking about it, he had been strongly opposed to going out of the city to rescue the children of the Zheng family earlier, but now he wanted to risk a trip to Shenqianwo, and he didn't know where he was going.

The fleet that was not a reinforcement was discussing the encirclement and annihilation of the Qing troops who landed on the island, which seemed to be somewhat inconsistent.

Waiting, the more hope he sees, the more anxious he becomes. Ever since he was awakened by the news from the west of the city, Chen Kai has not slept again, but he has been waiting hard all night, and until dawn, there is still no news, even for the first time.

The same goes for one day of the second day.

However, some changes have still occurred, that is, the number of ships near Shenmaewo has been greatly reduced, and on this afternoon, the Qing army did not come to the city again to humiliate the Ming army.

The woods also occasionally reproduced the scene of birds perching. However, the Qing army's cavalry appeared in the west of the city, wandering between Zhongzuo Suo Castle and Shenqian Wo.

There are dozens of Qing troops on horseback. Chen Kai has no idea whether these Qing troops are all the Qing troops in the area around the west of the city, let alone whether those ship fires are another decoy, a brigade somewhere.

The Qing army was waiting to swallow him whole.

There are too few cavalry to explore and understand the situation in the surrounding area, which makes Chen Kai like a deaf and blind man. What's more terrible is that history has changed too much, and many places, especially many details, have helped

It doesn't matter to him, but I always need to remind myself not to let the original history affect my normal judgment, how can I be so entangled.

Anxiety began to gradually turn into impatience. The feeling of being blindfolded was really uncomfortable. This emotion gradually spread, until Lang Deng once again requested to lead a team out of the city to investigate clearly, Chen Kai subconsciously prepared to continue

He refused by saying that the situation was unclear, and he really discovered that the problem actually originated from himself.

Chen Kai firmly believes in that period of history, so Chen Kai believes that reinforcements will definitely arrive. Just because reinforcements are bound to arrive, all his actions will be relatively conservative, in order to wait until reinforcements arrive before making a comeback. This is more

Safe. However, there is no safe way to fight in dangerous and dangerous situations. Some of them are just fighting desperately again and again. On the contrary, Langdon did not have such a big thought from the beginning, so he would not be disturbed by it. On the contrary, he was more relaxed.

many.

"Then there's handsome Lao Lan."

The two places were only a mile or two apart, and there were indeed dozens of Qing troops riding on the side, but it was theoretically not impossible to rush through. Lang Deng took all the cavalry in the city, prepared a number of weapons, and entered

In the Ximen Moon City. When the sky was bright, there was no need to worry about the horses galloping in the dark and losing their front hoofs. The gate of the Moon City was opened, and this group of more than ten Ming soldiers quickly rushed towards Shenqianwo in the distance.

Standing on the gate tower of the west city wall, this is the best place to climb up and have a distant view. Chen Kai took a telescope and looked from a distance. When the Ming army marched out of the city in the morning light, the Qing army reacted.

The speed really shocked him.

The Ming army had fewer troops and did not dare to engage in more entanglements. They just galloped away and did not dare to engage in too many confrontations. Lang Deng's choice made Chen Kai feel relieved. This general with extraordinary martial arts skills was Chen Kai's favorite.

What I'm afraid of is that he maintained his bravery and fought against the Qing army, but he neglected to find out the situation of Shen Qianwo. Now it seems that he was too worried. And then, he chased and escaped like this,

The two cavalry teams started running wildly, but when they approached the dock of Shenqianwo, the Qing army gave up chasing and returned to the area between the two places, seeming to have resumed surveillance.

status.

"It seems that reinforcements have arrived."

As expected, not long after, Langdon led his team to fight out from Shenqianwo. This time there were more than ten Ming army cavalry, and they rushed straight towards the west gate just like before.

Compared with the Qing army's rangers, the Ming army's cavalry was still at a disadvantage. Chen Kai quickly ordered, and Zhou Quanbin, who had already been prepared in Yuecheng, led a group of three hundred Ming soldiers holding spears.

, the foot archers formed a formation and went out of the city to respond.

This time, the Qing cavalry did not chase too much, so they returned and continued to keep surveillance. Chen Kai had probably estimated the situation. By the time Lang Deng returned to the city, several people in charge in the city had gathered. He brought

That man, Chen Kai, had some impression that he was the captain of Zheng Hongkui's soldiers. When Chen Kai first came to the Zhongzuo Institute, he met Zheng Xiyuan on the boat. It was this guy who was always vigilant about him like an old hen guarding his chicks.

"The Duke is also very happy to hear that my uncle is well. He only hopes that he can come over as soon as possible so that he can discuss how to solve the major issue of Ma Ni's success."

Six rites have passed and five rites have passed. Zheng Xiyuan is already regarded as the daughter-in-law of the Chen family. The captain of the soldiers is very cordial when he sees Chen Kai, as if he is seeing his own relatives. There is a chain of loyalty in the feudal army, which is understandable, and Chen Kai

Unable to think too much, he quickly asked about the details of Zheng Hongkui's return.

According to the captain of the soldiers, Zheng Hongkui came back to preside over the marriage of Chen Kai and his precious daughter. As a result, he arrived at Kinmen Island and learned about the Qing army's raid from the people who fled to Kinmen for refuge, so he quickly sent someone to report to Zheng Chenggong.

In an emergency, the fleet stationed in Kinmen was mobilized to come to the rescue.

It was indeed Zheng Hongkui's fleet that arrived at Shenqianwo late the night before yesterday and quickly occupied the port. Zheng Hongkui once wanted to send Ye Bu to Zhongzuosuo City to investigate the situation. Whether it was whether the city was lost or Chen Kai's life and death, he was extremely responsible for it.

Concerned. However, he did not move out at night. He was attacked by the Qing cavalry before going very far. He had no choice but to retreat back to Shenqianwo.

The Qing army's cavalry advantage was always a big problem, but Zheng Hongkui was not a fool. Early the next morning, he dispatched his fleet and divided his forces. It only took half a day to destroy and seize all the Qing army's ships.

They controlled large docks including Gaoqi and Wutong, and dispatched naval forces to cruise. The Qing army was already trapped on the island, and there was no way for the entire army to return.

According to intelligence, the Qing troops trapped on the island were not only led by Ma Degong and Feng Junrui, but also had Huang Shu from Xingquan Dao, which was beyond Chen Kai's expectation.

However, yesterday afternoon, Zheng Hongkui's troops still suffered a disastrous defeat during the attack on Wutong Village. General Wu Bo was killed by an arrow. Shi Lang, who returned with the ship, led a group of entourages to defeat the Qing army stationed there in Gaoqi.

, barely controlling that area.

The 500 cavalry of the Qing army were a serious threat to the infantry of the Zhongzuo Station and the sailors brought by Zheng Hongkui. Now that Ma Degong relied on the cavalry to roam the island, Chen Kai and Zheng Hongkui could not do anything to this Qing army, but

All the large docks have been controlled by Zheng Hongkui. There are no ships, and Ma Degong cannot easily escape. The war has fallen into a stalemate, so Zheng Hongkui really wants to hear Chen Kai's opinion.

"I'll get ready and set off to pay a visit to the Duke."

Gaoqi is in the north of Xiamen Island, not far from the coastline of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. Shi Lang did not fight to the Zhongzuo city and return as in history, but instead took control of Gaoqi. This matter made Chen Kai worried.

Preparation actually didn't take much time. Chen Kai didn't have the opportunity to learn to ride a horse. This time he still rushed there by carriage. In addition, the town would dispatch cavalry and a large group of infantry to accompany the town. They would ride on foot and ride a mixed army of soldiers and horses two miles out of the city.

, there shouldn’t be any big problems.

However, they were still preparing, but Zeng Ying, who had been listening to all this, seemed to be hesitant to speak. Seeing this, Chen Kai found a reason to move away from the others, and said to Zeng Ying: "Old Cabinet Department

, if you have anything to tell me, please speak up."

"There is a saying that there is no intimacy between people. I shouldn't say this. But the safety of Zhongzuosuo City depends entirely on you alone, so I have to say this."

In these ten days, although Lu Ruoteng was the one who contributed more to organizing the civil servants, as a seventy-one-year-old man, Zeng Ying also did her best to preside over related affairs. Chen Kai did not need to worry about too many things.

Worry about it, you just need to coordinate the overall situation and sit on the city wall. At this moment, it has reached the critical point of launching a counterattack. Zeng Ying has something to say, and Chen Kai is naturally ready for these three to five minutes. However, once he hears these words,

His confidence in this trip has actually dropped a lot.
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