It challenged the order of superiority and inferiority, and the method was simple and crude, with no artistic sense at all. However, after persuading Guo Zhiqi to retreat, the goal was achieved, and Chen Kai acted as if the events of the previous two days had never happened.

There was absolutely no further fussing.

This also made Li Dingguo breathe a sigh of relief and return all his thoughts to military affairs. Next, Chen Kai's army arrived from Hong Kong. After receiving Chen Kai's order, the towns in Hong Kong also quickly

In response, Jiang Mei'ao's fleet escorted and transported them, and arrived in batches near the Xinhui front line.

Naturally, the first batch to arrive were Chen Kai's Fu Biao and another cavalry force - Tieqi Town. The camp was prepared in advance and could be stationed directly as soon as they arrived.

The size of Tieqi Town is about the same as that of Hsiaoqi Town, so it has not attracted much attention from others. At most, it is a sigh of relief for the number of cavalry in Chen Kai's army, which is indeed unique among the Ming army in western Guangdong.

However, when Fu Biao arrived, whether it was Li Dingguo's generals, staff, or the Ming army in western Guangdong, the rebels were all a little more daydreaming - it was not that Fu Biao had such luxurious weapons and equipment.

It's not that they are so murderous. This army in the Ming army in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian is just the same army with other town-level establishments. At most, the proportion of arms is different.

However, in western Guangdong, the governor Guo Zhiqi did not have a designated camp, the governor Lian Chengbi did not have a designated camp, the governor Zhang Xiaoqi did not have a designated camp, and the Taotai of Zhou Tengfeng did not have a designated camp. They were just awarded by the Ming court.

It's just in name. But if we look at Chen Kai, he is a real-power faction with military power. He has an army directly subordinate to him. Naturally, his control over the towns under his command is not the same as the former who relies on friendship, rewards, court and

The prestige of an official position is unmatched by false recruiters.

"This was all caused by Chen Fujun's early battles in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian. The battles he fought, especially the victories he fought, are unmatched by many commanders in the feudal towns."

Fu Biao's arrival aroused Zizhen's surprise. The two places were not far apart, just one was to the west of the Pearl River Delta and the other was to the east of the Pearl River Delta. It didn't take much time to go back and forth. Soon, a local cargo ship was mobilized.

, the other three towns all arrived. When those three towns arrived under the banners of Qianchong Town, Houchong Town, and Zhongquan Town, the surprise caused even reached the level of Lianchengbi.

"You mean, those three towns are the same as Fubiao, with four battalions and about 2,000 soldiers?"

"Yes, when it comes to controlling an army, the general will never mistake it."

When Wang Xing said this, Liancheng Bi's expression changed. Compared with Guo Zhiqi and Zhang Xiaoqi, he still had the experience of recruiting Wang Xing. The commander of the Wencun Ming Army always followed his lead, even though he was not a standard battalion.

, but it’s better than not having any friendship at all.

Originally, when Fu Biao arrived, Liancheng Bi had already begun to raise his estimate of Chen Kai's strength to a higher level. Looking at it now, he still underestimated it, and underestimated it seriously.

"One town has 2,000 soldiers. Excluding the two cavalry towns, there are four towns with 8,000 soldiers. I can't believe that this attack will bring out an army of nearly 10,000 people."

Troops of this magnitude, especially the battle-hardened troops in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian, have richer combat experience, more complete training, long-term and stable control of occupied areas, military pay, food and weapons and equipment.

Naturally, it is not comparable to those Ming armies and rebel armies in western Guangdong.

It turns out that the two sides were not opponents of the same level from the beginning. No wonder Chen Kai wanted to squeeze Guo Zhiqi away first when they met, and he did it so confidently.

"By the way, there are still follow-up troops."

Liancheng Bi did mention this matter to Wang Xing. He originally thought that the two armies at the front and back together would number more than 10,000 people - this was in line with their earlier understanding of the Ming Army in eastern Guangdong. But now it seems that,

But it is already the old imperial calendar.

"Supervisor, they are sweeping across Fujian, and so many troops have been mobilized here. The one from Fujian is probably much more powerful than the King of Xining."

"It seems that is indeed the case." Lian Chengbi nodded, and then said: "It's all Chen Kai. This person really cannot be underestimated."

Thinking of this, Lian Chengbi couldn't help but think of Guo Zhiqi's earlier concession. There seemed to be worries about Chen Kai's potential strength in his words. Apart from that, with their current strength, they couldn't fight.

Than Chen Kai. After all, Chen Kai has tens of thousands of troops, plus Zheng Chenggong behind Chen Kai, this is a gap in hard power, which is too huge.

"If we want to prevent these lucky people from corrupting state affairs, we must first recover Guangdong. Only by recovering Guangdong and having territory can we better control the feudal towns."

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Nearly ten thousand troops arrived one after another. They were well-armed and full of energy. At first glance, they looked at least much stronger than the ragged Ming army and rebels when they first came to join together.

This was strong reinforcements, and troops would arrive later. The chance of winning was even higher, and Li Dingguo was in a good mood. And the morning after he arrived in Qianchong Town, news came from the frontier outside Xinhui City.

It is said that the earlier arrangements have been prepared and the next round of offensive can be launched immediately.

"The Lian Zhi Army and Chen Fu Army will follow my king for a while. If they can break the city, they can go north earlier to fight Shang Ni and Geng Ni."

This is a new round of attack. Li Dingguo has been preparing for many days. Chen Kai also knows some general situation. Now that Li Dingguo is well prepared, he is happy to go. Apart from other things, he just wants to see how Li Dingguo attacks the city.

, this can also be regarded as necessary insight into rising prices.

The towns under his command were still resting and recuperating, and Chen Kai had no intention of taking a share of this possible credit. He just waited for the guards to arrive at Xinhui City with Li Dingguo, Lian Chengbi and his entourage.

Outside the city, the Ming army's forward camps were confidently arrayed outside the normal range of the artillery. Following Li Dingguo's instructions, Chen Kai extended his sight forward, and he could easily notice several mounds lying between them. Moreover,

Viewed from this side, Ming army auxiliaries were constantly coming in and out of a hole under the mound.

"Fang Benfa?"

"No, it's to dig tunnels into the city and cooperate with the frontal attack."

This move was used by Li Dingguo in the Battle of Zhaoqing. Chen Kai once thought it was digging and blasting. However, Li Dingguo's tactics did put great defensive pressure on the Zhaoqing defenders that time, forcing Xu Erxian to

Shang Kexi invited Shang Kexi's army. Now, Xinhui's land and water transportation has been completely surrounded. Even if Shang Kexi gets the news that Xinhui cannot survive, if he wants to send troops to assist, he can only do it earlier.

A decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army, and it was in the area controlled by the Ming army.

Speaking of which, Zheng Chenggong has played the collapse method several times, such as in Zhangzhou, Changtai, etc., but every time it ended up detonating before digging into the city, and just blew up a big hole outside the city.

. Chen Kai had thought about this carefully, but he had no chance to put it into action. However, he had never seen this relatively primitive method of Li Dingguo's.

"Being primitive doesn't mean it's backward, and being backward doesn't mean it's useless."

Thinking about this, Chen Kai simply continued to extend his sight. What he saw was that the city wall in the distance was towering. It was hard to say how high it was exactly, but at first glance it seemed to be comparable to Chaozhou Fucheng.

This county town was first built as a rammed earth city wall in the late Yuan Dynasty. During the Hongwu period of the early Ming Dynasty, it was built with bricks and stones and became the old city. With the continuous development of the city, the coastal areas were also invaded by pirates.

During the Chenghua period and the early Wanli period, the local government presided over the construction of the Zicheng and the outer city respectively. The old city, the Zicheng and the outer city were integrated into one, with a length of 1370 feet and seven gates. It was second only to Guangzhou Fucheng in Guangdong.

And the third largest city under Chaozhou Fucheng.

Chen Kai had seen the first two cities before, and they both had a great connection. However, one of the two cities was lost under Chen Kai's eyes, and all he could do was to recover the loss; while the other one was lost.

He took it with his own hands, but the method was not very upright. At least when the heavy responsibility of the car came to the Lord of Hell, he would probably be accused of injustice.

The third largest city was already standing in front of him, and his sight gradually retracted from its towering and solidity. Wherever he could see, there was a moat outside the city wall. On the land between the moat and the Ming army's battle formation, old and new plum blossom piles were stacked on top of each other.

, most of them are badly damaged, only the ones near the moat are slightly better. What is more conspicuous are the uneven potholes on the ground, broken siege equipment, and one after another.

The bones were just left there, explaining to those who came after that the previous attacks had been unfavorable.

Wu Zisheng and Wang Xing launched several siege operations from June to September, but all ended in vain. When Li Dingguo arrived, he also launched a frontal attack, and the results are self-evident. This time, Li Dingguo prepared in advance

For a few days, they were obviously waiting for the excavation of earthworks. Chen Kai happened to have arrived in the past few days, and now he could see it with his own eyes.

"Your Highness, all tunnels have been dug down to the rammed earth layer."

When they reached the rammed earth layer, they had excavated under the city. Li Dingguo nodded, and then the commander's flag pressed forward, the thundering drums beat, and the army slowly moved forward while pushing the siege equipment.

Familiar scenes began to reappear in front of him. Chen Kai remembered the first time he watched a city siege with his own eyes. It was when the Ming army went north to annihilate the local bandits Wu Liuqi and Jiang Long in Dabu County. At that time, there were two local bandits in one city and one village.

At the same time, the Ming army launched an attack at the same time. Chen Kai personally watched Zheng Chenggong command Rongqi Town to attack the city.

That scene seemed to be back again, it was nothing more than changing the flag of Li Dingguo. Rushing to the car, the watchtower slowly advanced, and the ladder followed closely. As soon as it entered the range, the artillery fire on the head of the Qing army began to attack the city.

Artillery bombardment.

Most of them whizzed by from nearby, but some hit the siege equipment, some destroyed the structure, some caused casualties, and some even did both. As time goes by, this situation will gradually change.

As the distance continues to shrink, it is also showing an increasing trend.

However, the Ming army would not always be passively beaten. After pushing a hundred meters closer, the shooters on the Ming army's observation deck began to fight back. Even if the Qing army was fooled and suffered sudden casualties, the attack force against the siege equipment could not be enough.

A lot of weakening was avoided.

In the previous siege operations, the Ming army had cut down trees and filled trenches, and had already filled in a lot of moat sections. If they attacked here, they could rush their cars directly to the city. It didn't take long before the muffled sound of hitting the city wall could be heard faintly. And in

At the same time as this muffled sound, the ladder had already been set up on the city wall, and the sharp soldiers of the Ming army climbed onto it holding their shields.

Screaming and fighting, the Ming army methodically launched a cold weapon era-style frontal ant attack on the city. The Qing army was also constantly bombarding, burning the Ming army's siege equipment, and trying to kill and injure the Ming army's soldiers.

.Everything seemed familiar to what he had seen earlier. Chen Kai did not pay too much attention to it because he knew very well that this was not the key.

The siege began, putting increasing pressure on the defenders. Here, various tunnels were constantly reporting their progress. Soon, urgent reports came, saying that the tunnels had been dug.

"Sure enough, I was already prepared."

Logically speaking, the tunnel is lower than the rammed earth layer, and naturally it is lower than the ground inside and outside the city. When the Ming army dug into the city, after passing the rammed earth layer, they had to dig upward diagonally and dig out one or several

The exit from the city came out. Now that this place has been dug, the Qing army obviously dug a trench in the city. Li Dingguo was unfazed by this, as if he had expected it, and just nodded. In Chen Kai's sight, there were several

The men holding two swords and wearing felts rushed directly into the tunnel.

Chen Kai knew that those people were Luo Luo, a warrior in the southwestern Ming army who was used to destroy fortified formations. Chen Kai could not see the situation in the tunnel, but he could analyze and analyze it through the battle reports that were constantly sent back.

By association, you can know what is happening there.

A few days ago, the Qing army had noticed the Ming army's mounds. Li Dingguo knew soldiers and was good at fighting. The defenders in the city, such as You Yunlong and Wu Jinggong, were also experienced generals in the battlefield, so of course they knew what they were.

The offensive at the top of the city was fierce, and the Qing army tried its best to resist the Ming army's attack on the city. At this time, the Ming army's tunnel dug into the trench prepared by the Qing army in the city. As soon as the two sides met, a melee started.

.In this way, the Ming army naturally sent Luo Luo in, striving to break through the Qing army's defense internally. Even if it was the worst, it would still put more pressure on the Qing army, so that it would be overwhelmed by the Ming army in the end.

The Luoluo people fought bloody battles with double swords, and the Qing army was beaten back steadily. Unexpectedly, a moment later, the Qing army transferred a batch of hooks specially used to break Luoluo from the trench.

With their sickles and spears, they attacked from above. Being attacked from two directions, and their opponents' weapons restrained their performance, the Luo Luo's ferocious offensive could no longer be maintained soon.
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