Li Yu's own abilities are not limited to literature, and not to mention them, there is also an interesting guy among the few friends he brought. {(These situations have been clearly understood by an intern spy, but the news from Quzhou forced Chen Wen to give up his plan to continue to recruit talents.

On the fifth day of the 10th month of the sixth year of Yongli, Chen Wen hurriedly returned to the Quzhou front, just because some new changes occurred in the Qing army around him.

Jiangxi Admiral Liu Guangbi returned to Quzhou, and his troops were said to have been replenished to a certain extent. He is now stationed in Changshan County. In addition, a Qing army under the banner of Huizhou Green Camp entered Kaihua County; while Jiangshan County, which had been guarded by the Qing army, was divided into the 28th capital of the Fujian Left General Strategy Battalion and Xianxia Pass.

There are five counties in Quzhou. Longyou in the east has long been recaptured by Chen Wen, and Xi'an, where the prefecture is located, is also besieged. The remaining three counties, Kaihua, Changshan and Jiangshan, are arranged from north to south, and are stuck on the road from Quzhou to Huizhou in Nanzhili, Guangxin Prefecture in Jiangxi and Jianning Prefecture in Fujian.

The Qing army deployed such defenses to limit Chen Wen's army to the current occupied area. However, the explorer in the direction of Chuzhou said that the Qing army there had no intention of sticking to it, and was in panic all day long.

It has been nearly a month since Quzhou siege. The Qing army in the city was weak and unable to break through on its own. Almost all the Qing army in the surrounding areas suffered varying degrees of losses in that disastrous defeat. In addition, there was a lack of a person who could serve as the head coach, so it was natural that it would not be possible to rescue the siege. Even if the city was surrounded by the most powerful senior officials of the Qing Dynasty in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces.

However, although Chen Wen's army has many troops, the strategy of capturing and killing Chen Jin has been determined, so naturally we cannot relax the density of the siege to attack all places. The Ming army outside the city has already led away the river water of the moat, and is still waiting step by step to carry out a hole attack and blasting after the sun is exposed, and then use troops after capturing the city.

At the same time, the Qing army in the city had already dug a trench inside the four walls, and organized a group of blind people in the city to guard the upside down water tanks, listening at all times, intending to find out the specific location of the Ming army's excavation, then dig it out from the city, and then use traditional methods of defending the city such as flooding and smoke to destroy it.

The porridge distribution in the city has stopped today, because it is to leave some of the food for the Qing army guarding the city and the reinforcements that may arrive at any time. Since the grain merchants have been swept away, the people in the city have no place to buy grain. This is the first day of stopping porridge. Many people who originally came to collect porridge every day gathered around the previous porridge distribution site, including Rong Qian and his family.

"The court understands the situation and distributes porridge at the government and county government offices. However, the food in the warehouse was originally used to supply the army to resist the thieves. The autumn tax has not been collected yet. The porridge has been distributed for more than half a month, and there is not much grain left, so it has to be left to the defenders and reinforcements. Therefore, the porridge is not carried out from today."

The government has never been rational. Rong Qian never expected that the government would have one day to reason with ordinary people, which really made him feel a little absurd. But when he heard that he would no longer serve porridge, he naturally became angry, and the people around him didn't care whether the government was rational.

While the Eight Banners Army has an unparalleled reputation in the impression of the people, the brutality of massacres is even more well-known. Jinhua City, two hundred miles east, Shaowu in the southwest, and Nanchang in the west, these massacres have long been well known to the people of Quzhou with the exchanges between merchants in Quzhou.

After the county magistrate's words, the people began to slowly disperse. On the way home, Rong Qian calculated carefully. There was not much food at home, and it would take about a few days. He probably wouldn't borrow it from his uncle anymore, so he had to find a way to support him.

After receiving news from the government and county governments, Li Zhifang hurried to the Governor's Office to ask for a meeting with Chen Jin. When he entered the lobby, he saw Chen Jin whipping the slaves.

Over the past few days, Chen Jin has been under great pressure and his temper is naturally much greater than usual. He will give birth to whipping his slaves almost every day, and sometimes even have to be beaten several times a day.

As a confidant, Li Zhifang knew this very well, and he knew that Chen Jin needed to ejaculate. But after just after the notice, the slaves were lucky enough to avoid it. When he passed by, Li Zhifang seemed to see a trace of hatred passing by, and I wonder if he had read it wrong. However, there was still something big, so he didn't take this to heart. When he came to Chen Jin, he hurriedly explained the things outside in detail, which made Chen Jin feel a little relaxed.

The focus of defending the city is on the same level.

But at this point, the Qing army suffered a crushing defeat and suffered a lot of losses. The defenders in Quzhou were only more than 3,000, and most of them were defeated in that battle. The city defense was mainly supported by the civilians who were defending the army. Even this defender far lower than the Ming army was actually composed of locals in Quzhou. Chen Jin was guilty and did not have enough external forces to restrain him, so he was already in danger.

It is definitely not possible to let go of one's own will, but if the pressure is too tight, these Quzhou people will not have to deal with Chen Jin and the Qing officials. As long as the city gate is opened, the Ming army outside the city will kill all their "resistance" rebels.

Fortunately, Chen Jin was also an old military official. After discussing with Li Zhifang and other close friends, he decided to divide the people in Quzhou Prefecture City by controlling the grain, win over the defenders and civilians, and take the male people who are capable of causing trouble, so as to stick to and suppress the people in the city. At the same time, he could also use slandering and other means to confiscate the property of the wealthy households and use these silver to bribe the powerful and high-ranking officials of the court in order to escape from the crime.

These days, Chen Jin has already taken the food and a lot of wealth in his hands, and everyone else's officials have shared the benefits. He used Li Zhifang's strategy to serve porridge and comfort the people in the city.

To this day, in terms of wealth and goods, Chen Jin took advantage of the defects of the Ming army's water camp that was not familiar with hydrology after late at night. Zhu Zhixi and Ji Zhenyi took his confidants to transport some of the city and used the above capital to bribe the powerful and high-ranking officials in the Qing Dynasty. In the city, the matter of giving porridge was completed today by diverting hatred and the reputation of the Manchu Eight Banners.

What remains is to leave a part of the food and grass in the warehouse for reinforcements who will arrive at unknown time, while the others continue to be used to control the defenders and civilians. Until the people in the city completely lose their ability to resist in hunger, he can no longer consume food and instead use the two-legged sheep in the city to feed the defenders.

The situation was extremely unfavorable. From the moment he decided to stay, Chen Jin was dancing on the tip of the knife. Now, relying on his rich experience and the wisdom of his subordinates, these unconventional methods were quite good, which made him feel much more confident in defending this strong city.
Chapter completed!