After discussing the tactics, Zhang Qiang said to NPC Zhu Dadian: "How many rebel soldiers can you mobilize now?" ”

NPC Zhu Dadian said:

"Your Majesty, according to the memory of Weichen's predecessor, there are more than 900 soldiers in the righteous army who directly belong to me, including 200 members of the Zhufu family, and the rest are relatives and friends of the family, as well as some poor people in the city who came to join the army, there are 499 of these people, including some soldiers and officers of the Ming army.

300 people were recruited from among the displaced people, with a total strength of 999 people.

The others were recruited by the county government and the government government, and the rebel army led by the government officials and the catchers was young, with a number of 3,000 people.

In addition, there were 1,000 family members of the squires, heroes, merchants, and some officials who had returned to their hometowns to live in seclusion, and 4,000 displaced people recruited by them.

There were originally 1,000 guards and garrisons in the city, but after the siege of the Tartars, there were only about 200 people left, and these officers and soldiers were scattered and incorporated into the righteous army and became lieutenant generals of the righteous army.

The total strength of the Fucheng Righteous Army is 9,200 people, and after more than a month of fighting, there are only 2,100 Righteous Army troops left in the city, and there are only more than 50 Ding guards left in our Fufu. Other officials, squires and others, there were only a small number of guards left in the palace, and the rest were either killed in battle or guarded on the city wall. ”

Zhang Qiang was very moved, the soldiers and civilians of Jinhua were so tenacious, about four-fifths of the troops were annihilated, and they were still resisting.

"Zhu Dadian, I inspected the city and found that there are a lot of refugees and displaced people in the city, why don't you take care of those squires and officials, take out the wealth of your family, and recruit rebel soldiers among the displaced people and refugees, as well as the remaining people in the city, you don't need to be strong, as long as you can pick up weapons, as long as you dare to fight with the enemy, you can recruit them, we can't let the enemy easily break the city, even if ten people kill one of them, we can let their 100,000 army die a few thousand more, and they are worthy of future generations if they die, what do you say?"

"Yes, Lord's Order." NPC Zhu Dadian is very obedient.

Zhang Qiang doesn't look like a miser at all, it seems that the reason why corrupt officials are sometimes better able to do things than clean officials is that he knows that if he doesn't pay, he will not gain.

Those Qing officials, who are bent on leaving a name in history and are dedicated to being diligent and thrifty, are fine in times of peace, but in times of crisis, they are the enemy of capitalism and help them, but they are the great enemies of the people.

Seeing that NPC Zhu Dadian wanted to leave, Zhang Qiang suddenly remembered something, stopped him and asked, "At present, the rebel army lacks weapons and equipment, and you can store extra weapons and armor in your house?" ”

NPC Zhu Dadian said: "According to the minister's memory, it seems that there is, so it is better to let the family lead His Majesty to check, if it is in the picture, you can bring it out." ”

Zhang Qiang said again: "You recruit rebel soldiers, you can ask those officials and squires for weapons, I think they must have extra weapons or armor in their house, now that the disaster is at hand, you must not have the kindness of a woman, you can arm more rebels as soon as possible, and we will have a better chance of survival." ”

"Yes, the minister obeys."

After NPC Zhu Dadian left, Zhang Qiang took Zhou Congee Zhou, the Zhu Mansion family member, and the three rebel soldiers around him, and walked towards the courtyard where the weapons were hidden in the Zhu Mansion.

It's really nine bends and eighteen turns, and when Zhang Qiang was about to go around his head, he finally arrived at the compound.

The courtyard is a little dilapidated, the gray brick wall ash has fallen to the ground, push open the door, the door shaft makes a heavy creaking sound, push open the room where the weapons are hidden, a layer of dust falls on the top, and the foot of the wall is full of cobwebs.

This situation made Zhang Qiang feel that the Ming people did not care for weapons and equipment, and at the same time understood why the Ming army and the Qing army fought, always the Qing army won, and people were angry and strong, but the Ming Dynasty sang and danced to promote peace, and still sang the backyard flowers across the river, and did not know that they were in danger in peace until they died.

"The weapons are here, and at the foot of the wall are surrounded by weapons, on the left are armor and military clothes, and on the right are muskets that the adults bought from the Portuguese. Inside the backyard wing was gunpowder. ”

Hearing what the Zhu Mansion family in charge of the treasury said, Zhang Qiang was excited, musket, this is a traverser artifact, three stage strikes, five stage blows, what an exciting scene, watching the enemy be shot in the chest one by one, the body rolled in the air like rags, and then fell to the ground and turned into a corpse, what a bloody scene.

"Open, open," Zhang Qiang excitedly shouted to the rebel soldiers beside him.

One by one, the wooden boxes were opened, however, Zhang Qiang cried a little, and when he took them out one by one, they were all rusty, some of the fire doors were blocked by rat droppings, and the fire rope was bitten into pieces by rats.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Qiang's whole body was like being poured from the top of his head by a basin of cold water in winter, shivering with cold, and his face was blue and a little purple.

"How so?" Zhang Qiang shouted angrily at the housekeeper guarding the warehouse.

Jia Ding shrank aside, and Nununo said: "My lord, my lord, these firearms have been bought for a long time, and my lord is afraid that the court will investigate his rebellion, so he doesn't dare to take them out and use them, and they are piled up in the warehouse, and then they are forgotten and no one takes care of them, so they have become like this." ”

What else can Zhang Qiang do, he turned back to Zhou Congee and said: "Go out and call someone in, pick a torch that can be used, wipe it clean, and then move all the muskets and gunpowder to the southeast military camp, and go and gather all the soldiers in the righteous army who can shoot muskets, and give me a number." ”

Zhou Congee Zhou bowed his head and said, "Yes, my lord." ”

Zhang Qiang knew that it seemed that the musket could not be relied on, and when he looked up at the sky, it was already a quiet night with a bright moon and few stars.

The torches beeped and burned, making a violent burning sound, a scorching smell, straight into the nostrils, couldn't help yawning, listened attentively, the Qing army outside the city began to attack the city again, the cannon body rumbled, shouting, shouting and killing were faintly heard.

Zhang Qiang turned his head to the man who was still shrunken and shivering and guarded the storeroom, "What's your name?" ”

Jia Ding replied cautiously: "Villain, Zhu Dayou, nickname Bao inquire." ”

Zhang Qiang doesn't care what bag he inquires, he is short of people now, and he can't send a few people around him, so he can only catch it urgently.

Turning to the family who didn't know the person's house, but followed the two families of the Zhu Mansion to defend him on the city wall, he didn't know that the squire's heroic family and said: "You let him take it, go to the Zhu Mansion to call people, all the subordinates, all the people who can move, whether women or old people, all call."

Tear down all the houses around Zhu's Mansion, transport bricks, stones, and wood into Zhu's Mansion, strengthen the courtyard wall of Zhu's Mansion, according to the original size, and then thicker, make the courtyard wall more spacious and allow people to leave, and then move all the ladders into the courtyard wall, where to erect them, and wait for my order. ”

The foreign family said: "Yes, the villain will do it." ”

Zhang Qiang sighed and looked up at the night sky, "Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven!" ”