It is said that "there are many people and the power is great", but it is actually not accurate. At least it must be added with "integrity" to make this sentence valid.

Not only do you need to have many people, but you also need to be united in order to exert great strength.

To put it in a scientific way, "integrity" means "high mobilization power". Mobilization power is the key to the strength of a group. Groups with strong mobilization power can defeat the strong with weak and the more with fewer. This is pirates, and bandits can easily defeat the number of people and equipment far better than their official army.

But when Zhao Erye mobilized officials and wealthy families in Chaozhou Prefecture, the situation immediately became different.

The mobilization power in Chaozhou City was greatly improved, and the wealthy families donated money and materials to prevent the people from escaping and led their children to Sima Jia to wait for the order.

Seeing the men and women from various families shouting horns, pushing and pulling, and pulling a black and thick cannon onto the top of the city, Zhao Shouzheng almost glared at his eyes.

"Is this a good thing? What do they regard the "Da Ming Law" as?" He whispered to Wu Chengen beside him. The court prohibited the people from holding fire guns, let alone cannons.

"I thought the gentry in Jiangnan was too much. When I arrived in Lingnan, I saw Gu Dadong and the others were just little white rabbits, okay?"

"Can Nanzhili compete with Lingnan? The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the firearms are convenient." Wu Chengen said without a surprise: "Whether it is muskets or cannons, the Guangdong-made ones are of higher quality than the official ones. When Hu Meilin was fighting against the Japanese, he made a special trip from Foshan to hire folk craftsmen to Nanjing to teach the skills of making guns."

"Hehe, they have revealed everything about the guys. In addition to trying their best to defend the city, they may also have the intention of giving Sima a warning." Pan Jixun, who was standing aside, interrupted gloatingly: "Your boy often says that the truth is only within the range of the cannon. If you want to move them in the future, you have to be careful if you will be bombarded into the sky with one shot."

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"Scared?" Mr. Zhao said in disbelief: "Will they dare to fire at the Tongzhi Yamen?"

Halfway through the conversation, he suddenly remembered his superior, Magistrate Li, and his mouth twitched, and he couldn't continue to speak.

"Dongweng should not think so far. With these cannons here, at least you will be more sure of defending the city at the moment." Wu Chengen hurriedly comforted Mr. Zhao and said, "Let's talk about this level before you first."

"That's true." Mr. Zhao instantly adjusted his mentality and whispered to the members around him: "I have all the people, money, food, and firearms needed to defend the city. Please show your skills!"

"Now!" Everyone answered in unison and immediately acted separately as planned.

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The combat policy of this Chaozhou defense battle is very simple, just eight words: "Strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and stick to the rescue!"

At the combat meeting before entering Chaozhou, Xu Wei pointed out incisively that Zeng Yiben, as a giant bandit who had been jointly encircled and suppressed for many years, had long been much worse than before. The reason why he was able to gather 50,000 people this time was entirely because of the civil strife in Chaozhou. All sea owners saw the opportunity to catch fish in troubled waters. Zeng Yiben responded to it.

That's why the sea lords came so urgently, just to see if they could take advantage of the opportunity to make a chance. Therefore, they could easily predict that their food and grass and preparations in all aspects would definitely not be sufficient, and it would be even more impossible to prepare for a tough battle.

Therefore, as long as you firmly clear the walls and clear the enemy's three axes, the offensive of this group of mobs will immediately be reduced, and the difficulty of defense will be reduced accordingly.

Then when reinforcements arrive, the bandits will retreat like boiling soup and snow.

Xu Wei determined the overall policy and left nothing to do. Wu Chengen and the two old Pans formed a command center to jointly formulate a detailed combat plan, dividing the 500 entourage into several groups to act separately according to the plan.

The logistics team is responsible for taking over and distributing materials, the ordnance team is responsible for repairing weapons and making gunpowder, the inline team is responsible for grasping the wind direction in the city and connecting with officials and gentry; the propaganda team is responsible for mobilizing propaganda to the people...

In terms of actual combat, a military team consists of veterans in the guards who are in charge of commanding the officers and soldiers to fight with the townsmen. There is also a reconnaissance team outside the city, monitoring the turbulences near Zeng Yizhuan and Chaozhou City...

They even formed a civil engineering group, led by several technicians from the Agricultural College to dismantle shops and houses built outside the city walls, like wind and clouds, so that Zeng Yiben's people would not use these houses as cover. They also moved all the useful materials back to the city, and transported bricks, stones, wooden beams to the city as rolling stones and wood to use them as rolling stones and wood, so as not to pirates to use local materials and create siege equipment.

Now it was the turn of Chaozhou officials and gentry. Most of them had been officials. Even if they were not officials, they were still in charge of their families. Naturally, they knew that the more refined the division of labor, the more difficult it would be to cooperate and coordinate.

Like Mr. Zhao, who is just a little bit arriving, he cuts the city defense into more than a dozen sections and distributes it to different groups. In their opinion, it is just a mess and will soon turn into a disaster.

Unexpectedly, what surprised them was that the people actually uploaded and issued the matters smoothly. Under the leadership of the command center, each group had clear rights and responsibilities, without any shirks, and had a very tacit understanding of cooperation. In a blink of an eye, the matters above and below the city were straightened out.

Lord Sima actually has such terrifying organizational ability, and Master Zhao Er is simply like a god!

Liu Zixing and other big dog families were all numb. They really had the courage to be brave enough to give Zhao Sima a warning?

If the war was not coming soon, I would have washed it and waited to be cleaned up...

Officials such as Shu Tong were also mixed with all kinds of feelings. Mr. Zhao stood out and showed off his sensation, but the problem is that they are chickens. Can they enjoy the feeling of being chickens?

‘Fortunately, Mr. Zhao was not the prefect, so he went to Anbu after the war. Otherwise, he would not be able to live this life.’ Punishment Shu Tong and others secretly thanked for justice.

Only the prefect Qin was so happy that he was so happy that he had such a very powerful and powerful person in the same year. His life would definitely be much better in the future!

~~

Two days later, Zeng Yiben's joint fleet finally arrived at the city of Chaozhou, stretching for two miles on the river outside Guangji Gate. It was like a mountain with masts and sails, with a huge momentum towards the invasion several years ago.

That time, because there was a marquis, Zeng Yiben did not get any advantage. With the united mind of the military and civilians in Chaozhou, they were guarding the enemy's strength and attacked for several days without success. For fear of being surrounded by the official army, Zeng Yiben had to loot several poor villages outside the city, and returned with regret.

But this time the situation was different. Hou Biden had already gotten out of office. Before the prefect took office, he was defeated by the rich people in Chaozhou. This is a big taboo! Zeng Yiben had been dealing with the government for half his life and repeatedly surrendered and betrayed countless times. He knew the benefits and interests of this.

Why did the court always refuse to believe him and try to get rid of him as soon as possible when he seized the opportunity? It was because he believed that he would rebel again if he did not accept Wang Hua.

The actions of the Chaozhou tyrants will also be labeled as dissatisfied with the Wang Hua. The court is worried that they will not be able to thoroughly investigate the case in a short period of time. It is definitely a matter of no need to make these rebellious Chaoshan guys suffer.

Therefore, he determined that as long as he entered and exited quickly this time, he would not have come quickly to rescue Chaozhou City like last time.

So can you go in and out quickly? It is certainly possible. Because Chaozhou City has no leader at this moment, and officials and gentry are disunited, they will definitely be in chaos. As long as his troops are at the city, he will naturally win without a fight.

This time, it’s really a good time, place and people. If you don’t make up for the losses in the past few years, how can you be worthy of God who gave you opportunities again and again?

But when Zeng Yiben arrived at the city of Chaozhou with his own flagship and a 5,000-hu black ship with confidence, he was surprised to find that the city gate was closed, and the soldiers and civilians on the city had already set up their formation, and the black muzzles pointed at the river, waiting for the arrival of the invaders, ready to give them a headache.

He once licked blood from a knife for decades, but with rich military experience, he could see at a glance that the military and civilians on the city had gathered and were ready to fight against him.

Several sea lords who were on the same boat with him also felt something was strange.

A pirate named "Pepper Old" asked in a muffled voice: "Big Dragon Head, this doesn't seem to be much the same as what you said."

"This..." I was speechless for a while. He had been memorizing over the years and no longer had the unquestionable domineering nature of his unquestionable domineeringness.

"What's the matter? Just an official army will just show off. Once you rush, your true colors will be revealed." His second leader, Da Jinya, said indifferently.

"Well..." Zeng Yiben nodded slowly and said, "I've come here. If I talk too much, it's nonsense. Let's call me first and then read it."

"Who are you willing to play the striker?" Then he glanced over the sea masters and asked in a deep voice.

Mr. Hu Jiao and others looked up at the sky and looked down at the deck, but none of them dared to take the blame.

"Ahem, Big Gold Ya, you can take the headquarters to attack first." Zeng Yiben was not surprised by this. These people came to pick up cheap things, not to chew tough problems.

"Oh, I'm the leader." Big Jinyaxin said, "Why am I talking too much? But Zeng Yiben has already spoken, so he can only admit that he is unlucky.

~~

After the meal, Da Jinya led his troops on more than twenty small boats, slowly sailed out of the main formation in the middle of the river and headed towards the west coast.

When the Chaozhou City Wall was first built, it was only a few feet away from the river bank, but after years of sedimentation, the widest part had been silted a hundred meters away. Some people built housing outside the city, and the area outside the Guangji Gate developed into a prosperous market.

Dajinya's plan was to take a small boat to land, and use the cover of the houses to touch the city walls, and then talk about the truth. Those who do their jobs are all smooth and smooth, and no one dares to force them. All the real men who dare to be strong and forward were killed by the government army...

Before the fleet landed, rumbling guns sounded at the top of the city. More than a dozen cannons fired together, causing water columns to stand on the surface of the river, with amazing momentum.

Although it did not cause any damage, it scared the pirates.

"Hurry up, get ashore and find a house to block it!" Da Jinya hurriedly shouted and ordered his subordinates to row desperately.

The pirates used their strength to row the boat to the riverside, then abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, and ran towards the nearest row of houses with their heads in their arms.

They had just rushed to the base of the wall, but before they could catch their breath, they felt their feet tremble suddenly, and then they were blown into the sky with a shocking sound...
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