。 "Do you want to make a sum of this batch of military salaries tonight?"

Zhang Chengye hesitated for a while before making a decision: "Now is the time to fight, and this soldier's blood can't be drunk for the time being!" ”

He is still a person who understands, he knows what money can be made and what money cannot be earned, and now it is a matter of life and death, if he drinks too much soldier blood, he may be shot with a black gun.

When he arrived at the camp, the officer in charge of the camp asked, "What's the matter?" Why do you want to pick the brave again? ”

"Shi Niangniang asked me to come!" Zhang Chengye immediately became angry: "Which Shi Niangniang?" Of course, it's Shi Tinglan, Shi Wanggu, Shi Niangniang! That's the woman you checked. ”

He talked with the management officer for a while and explained the matter clearly, and at this time, another officer was sent by Feng Sixian to confirm the matter, and the management officer immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, you are willing to pick people to be brave, and our pressure is much less!" ”

There are now more than 800 people in the entire prisoner camp, a total of 60 Hong officers and soldiers, dozens of auxiliary personnel selected from the prisoners, and more than 700 prisoners.

If the battle started, I am afraid that these prisoners would still make trouble, it turned out that Feng Sixian used the officers and soldiers of the prisoner camp as his own fighting force, but he did not expect that these personnel would have to manage hundreds of prisoners.

Although it was already late at night in the entire prisoner camp, but I heard the gunfire outside the city endlessly, and the noise of the prisoners never stopped. Fighting a war and getting paid, I was wounded and had a decoction fee. There is a bereavement pension for the dead, and all the treatment is preferential! ”

Immediately countless voices shouted, "I'm coming, I'm coming!" ”

"Zhang Mouse, we are also old friends, instead of letting me suffer in the camp, it is better to chase you and be brave to get paid!"

"Rat head, I'll do it with you!"

"I'll do it with you too, the family is still waiting for the money, and I'm just working for the Qing Demon for a part-time job!"

"Only eighty of them. Only eighty will be picked! Zhang Chengye quickly selected eighty brave men, although the leaders of each battalion had already taken away all the strong and brave men. But Zhang Chengye was familiar with the situation of Huang Yan's brave bravery, knew who could fight and who couldn't, and picked up all the people in less than half an hour, he said to the brave inside: "Stay well, don't make Master Hongjun angry, maybe you can follow me!" ”

The entire prisoner camp calmed down all of a sudden, but the next moment they were in an uproar: "Zhang Chengye." Next time, recruit bravely. Be sure to pick me! ”

"Choose me too!"

"Pick me, choose me, choose me!"

"Be sure to remember me next time!"

The reason is that Zhang Chengye has now begun to pay salaries. Everyone was given four taels and two cents of silver, and he personally took the scale and cut the silver taels there, and bravely divided them one by one.

This four taels and two cents of silver is considered a good treatment even in Shanghai City, and it also includes food, firewood, clothing, and clothing, you must know that Shanghai City does not include anything, that is, five or six taels of silver, and there is a worry about arrears at any time.

At this time, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty tried their best to supply military salaries, they mainly relied on donations, which was very unreliable, and even the most valued Jiangnan battalion often had the worry of interrupting military salaries, not to mention migrant workers like Taiyong, so when they saw that Zhang Chengye was paid a month's military salary, everyone's hearts became enthusiastic.

Not to mention that if you don't fight, you will be paid a month's military salary first, which is a treatment that has never been seen in Taiyong, so everyone cheered, and Zhang Chengye also promised: "I remember, I will remember you next time!" ”

Not only were the newly recruited eighty brave men newly paid a month's salary, but the sixty or seventy brave men under his command were also given an extra month's salary, and everyone's morale was immediately boosted, and they were ready to go to the city to defend the palace. …,

In this era, as long as you have enough food and food, you can recruit good infantry, Zhang Chengye said as he walked: "I finally ...... you by Shi Niangniang's side this time."

It's just that as soon as he said this, he suddenly heard the sound of killing in the city, and he immediately waved his arms: "Brothers, we just got the military salary, we have to work for others, follow me up!" ”

He knew that this was Tuan Yong coming to sneak attack, but with the combat strength of the Hong Army, it was not easy for him to pack up a team of Tuan Yong who secretly climbed into the city, but when he rushed to the city, he found that it was not the case.

There were already many casualties in the rainbow army at the head of the city, and they were pressed back by the regimental courage that rushed to the head of the city, but he took a closer look, and there were not many regimental exercises rushing to the head of the city, and shouted: "Follow me!" ”

The new and old warriors who had just received the military salary were greatly boosted, and they shouted, they had already killed the past, and they had won this new force, and the rainbow army, which had suffered some setbacks, immediately began a counterattack, but the counterattack was not effective, and there were quite a few casualties.

And there were more and more group exercises on the top of the city, and one person shouted: "Zhang Mouse, you voted for the red thief, go against me, that's a dead end!" ”

Zhang Chengye heard that this was Mu Yinan's voice, and scolded: "Take down Mu Yinan's head, and reward two hundred taels!" ”

The two sides strangled back and forth on the head of the city, the casualties were quite large, and these brave men in the south of Mu were all battled repeatedly, whether it was the civil water fight, or the civil rebellion for the government, they were quite effective, much more powerful than Zhang Chengye's temporary patchwork of bravery, so they fought with the Hong Army and the brave coalition army.

At this moment, Feng Sixian over there had already killed: "Where is Mu Yinan?" Don't go south of Mou! ”

With more reinforcements on this road, the troops of the three roads fought together, Mu Yinan's department was not an opponent at once, he was originally intent on attacking, but he didn't expect this black tiger to take advantage of it, and he wanted to make more money and invested too much cheap, so he shouted: "Sixth, I will take care of your family for you!" ”

There is no need to say any extra words, and immediately a big man with seven or eight people came out of the formation, and entered Zhang Chengye's formation, Tuan Yong couldn't resist it, and took a few steps back, taking advantage of this effort, Mu Yinan and his subordinates had already slid down the long rope.

Feng Sixian saw that Mu Yinan was not left, he felt that he had lost face, and when he saw that there were more than ten regimental exercises in the city, he shouted loudly: "If you don't leave a living mouth, kill me!" ”

Zhang Chengye just wanted to speak, but the two teams of rainbow troops had either shot or waved bayonets, and had already annihilated all these regiments in the formation, but this time Feng Sixian said very angrily: "What's the matter with you? How did you let the Qing demon rush up. ”

Not only did these regiments rush to the city, but the casualties were not small, more than half of the casualties in this mixed platoon were killed, and there were ** people killed in the battle, and Zhang Chengye also had more than a dozen casualties on his side, and even the supporting troops suffered five or six casualties.

It's just that he took a look at the formation of this mixed platoon, and immediately understood that although there were more than 40 people in this mixed platoon, they were all non-combatants, they were either men, or baggage personnel, and even some of them were from the health company, and they only had a few flintlock pistols in their hands, most of them were still holding bird guns, and they had not experienced any actual combat, so could they be attacked by Mu Yinan.

He only now realized that he was too optimistic, even though there were five or six hundred people in the city, but the troops with real combat effectiveness were only one company of the Huangyan Independent Company plus two independent platoons, one platoon of the Dragon Lance Company, and two platoons of the Second Company of Jintang.

Most of the rest of the non-combatants are only equipped with self-defense shotguns, so it is absolutely impossible for them to wave their flags and shout, and let them take on great responsibilities, and among these 300 combatants, the history of the Huangyan Independent Company is too new, and its combat effectiveness is worrying. ..., but as soon as he thought about it, bad news had already come from there: "The Huangyan Independent Company was attacked by the enemy, and seven casualties were repelled by the enemy......"

Defending such a large county town at night, the sixty officers and soldiers of the prisoner camp could not go up to the city wall, and they had to reserve reserves, this point of strength was too thin, and the city wall was full of loopholes, but fortunately, Zhang Chengye brought another eighty brave men, Feng Sixian could only have a headache: "Let everyone strengthen vigilance, don't let the Qing demon climb up!" ”

This night, Tuan Yong frequently launched sneak attacks, both those who suffered serious setbacks and left more than twenty or thirty corpses, and those who were slightly successful, Feng Sixian felt tired of running for his life all night.

Although these regimental warriors are regimental braves, they are much tougher than the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army, especially the regimental defense led by Mu Yinan and Su Jingrong is indeed a big trouble, and he just has a thought in his heart: "When will the inspection point come back?" ”

……

It will be dawn, but it will be dawn.

Liu Chang barely closed his eyes last night, he took out a large eight pocket watch and glanced at it, and gave an order to the group of battalion commanders under him: "You can start acting!" ”

Originally, there was no need to be so troublesome, as long as each battalion commander could have a pocket watch of eight large pieces or other brands, and the watch was faced once before the war, and the unified attack was launched.

And now when the offensive is launched, it is inevitable that individual units will be disjointed, so soon, first there are gunfire from the left flank, then the attack from the center, and finally the attack on the left flank.

Sure enough, it was a thunderous attack, but it was not as smooth as Liu Chang imagined, although he knew that the dawn of the sky was about to dawn was the time when people were most relaxed, but Zhang Yuzao was not confused.

He fed Tai Yong with money, and Tai Yong also relied on the fortifications in the city to hold on house to house, the guns on both sides were earth-shattering, and even several houses were on fire, even so, the progress of the troops could only be said to be unsatisfactory.

The strength of the defender is more than double that of the attacker, and it can also be used for fortifications, Liu Chang frowned, but for a few minutes he relaxed, and the stimulation with money can only work for a while, and now the sharpness of the Qing army has gone a lot.

It is estimated that he will be able to take Linhai County this morning, but just as he thought about it, he saw someone galloping on a fast horse and shouted: "Where is the checkpoint, where is the checkpoint?" ”

Over there, Qu Jie had already exclaimed: "Old Fu, what's wrong with you?" ”

The platoon commander Fu was covered in blood, and he didn't know how much hard work he had on his horse, he said loudly: "Check, Huangyan County was attacked by Su Jingrong, Mu Yinan and other regimental training, yesterday's attack on the regimental training has been more than 3,000, and today's attack on the regimental courage is estimated to reach more than 5,000, urgently request reinforcements!" ”

Qu Jie next to him glanced at Linhai City, the progress of the battle was much faster than expected, and shouted: "Check, in two more hours, we can take Linhai City!" ”