When Zhu Hongsan reorganized the Jinyi Guard, he incorporated a large number of the original Jinyi Guard's personnel in the north to prepare for his counteroffensive. Jinan, as an important town in the north, is the focus of Jinyiwei's monitoring. Jinyiwei has a thousand households and five hundred households in Jinan Mansion, with a total of more than 300 people, which can be described as a strong soldier.

Today, I came to report that this 100 households is one of the 500 households, named Dong Cheng. Today, on the orders of Lord Qianhu, he quietly climbed down from the city in the middle of the night to deliver a message to Zhao Guodong.

As early as March, Jinyiwei received a message from the Nanjing Command Envoy Yamen, ordering them to prepare and cooperate with the Ming army to achieve victory.

Zhao Guodong looked at the very ordinary hundred households in front of him, how did he not look like those domineering brocade guards in Nanjing, to a little like a guy in a restaurant. Zhao Guodong looked at Dong Cheng's seal letter repeatedly, which was not wrong.

Zhao Guodong opened his mouth and asked: "Dong Baihu, now that the Qing army is closed four gates, how did you get out?" "Now that the Ming army is besieging the city, the Qing army in the city must be in a hurry, how can you, a restaurant guy, escape the surveillance of the Qing soldiers and climb down from the heavily guarded city wall?

Dong Cheng also knew that Zhao Guodong was a little unconvinced, and hurriedly explained: "Lord Admiral, the city wall of Jinan has not been repaired since it was broken by the Qing army in the eleventh year of Chongzhen. This time, the Qing chieftain Jierharang defended Jinan, so he was anxious to donate money to build the city wall! We, the Thousand Households, are the wealthy merchants in the city, and the one who is responsible for the renovation of a 300-meter city wall in the south of the city. Now there is still a part of the city wall in the south of the city that has not been completed, and the city is full of our people, so the subordinates can find an opportunity to go down the city! ”

Zhao Guodong nodded, what this guy said was reasonable.

"Well, tell me what news you brought?"

"My lord, when the city was broken in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, there was a gap of fifty or sixty meters in the southern city, and my family's thousands of households passed on this location by bribing the prefect this time, and buried thousands of catties of gunpowder at the bottom of the city wall! The time is set for tonight, when our Jinyi guard ignites the gunpowder, and the soldiers of the adults outside the city enter the city and wipe out the Qing army! ”

Zhao Guodong heard Dong Cheng say this, quickly stood up, and asked, "What?" Tonight? It's already the time of the child, and there is still an hour before the time of the second hour, how do you ask the governor to prepare? ”

"My lord, this is also no way, just now Zilharang passed an order to let all the unfinished lots be completed tomorrow, or the foreman will be killed! Because of the lack of time, we can only hide the gunpowder in the cave on the inner side of the city wall, if the Qing army will be detected tomorrow, so we have no choice but to set it tonight, so we ordered my subordinates to go out of the city to meet the Admiral, and ask the Admiral to send troops to attack the city! ”

Zhao Guodong walked back and forth in the big tent a few times, now that time is pressing, he can't think about anything else at all, so let's adapt when the time comes!

"Come on, go and call Jiang Pengju!"

After a while, Jiang Peng came, and after entering the tent, he arched his hand and asked, "My lord, I don't know what happened to my subordinates so late!" ”

Zhao Guodong introduced Dong Cheng to Jiang Pengju, explained the situation in the city, and then said to Jiang Pengju: "You take your first division, follow Dong Baihu to sneak into the southern city area, wait for the signal in the city, if the city wall really collapses, you will lead the troops to rush in, occupy the advance position first, and the governor will lead people to support you in the back!" ”

Jiang Pengju didn't expect the Jinyi guards in the city to have news so quickly, after listening to Zhao Guodong's words, he took Dong Cheng down, and was called back by Zhao Guodong as soon as he walked to the door, Zhao Guodong lowered his voice and said: "You have to be careful, see clearly and enter the city, don't fall for the tricks of the Manchu Dynasty!" ”

Jiang Pengju was stunned for a moment and asked, "My lord, do you suspect that Dong Baihu is a Manchu person?" ”

"That's not it, that Dong Cheng's seal is all right, but if you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if, you know?"

Jiang Pengju nodded, and then went out of the big tent to gather the team.

Jiang Pengju is now the commander of the Second Division, which has a long history, and was one of the two recruit companies when Zhu Hongsan first established the army. The combat effectiveness of individual soldiers may be stronger than the emperor's Praetorian Guard Division, after all, the Praetorian Guard Division is a veteran drawn from various departments, but according to the overall strength, the second division is the crown of all divisions. It is Qian Yong's first division, because the first division has been stationed in Beijing in recent years, and its combat effectiveness has been surpassed by the second division.

It was precisely because of the well-trained that less than 20 minutes after Jiang Pengju issued the order, the 15,000 men of the whole division were assembled, and under the leadership of the division commander Jiang Pengju, they left the camp in the dark without torches and ran towards the south city gate.

Jinan in the Ming Dynasty only four city gates, namely the West Gate Luoyuan Gate, the South Gate Lishan Gate, the East Gate Qichuan Gate, the North Gate Huibo Gate, in the Qing Dynasty Guangxu years, only to open four doors on the city wall.

Zhao Guodong and their stationing Luoyuan Gate, the approximate address is the location of the Communist Youth League Road in Jinan in the later generations, and the South Gate Lishan Gate is the South Gate Street in the later generations, the distance between the two places is less than five miles, Jiang Pengju soon led the team to lurk a mile outside the South Gate, waiting for the signal in the city.

Jiang Pengju waited here for a full hour, and saw that the sky was bright, and there was no news in the city, only the city wall was full of Qing troops standing vigil.

Jiang Pengju was already short-tempered, but now when he saw that there was no signal in the city, he directly arrested that Dong Cheng, and scolded: "Are you a Manchu secret agent who wants to trick Lao Tzu into your scheme?" Say! Isn't that so? ”

That Dong Cheng shouted aggrieved: "General, my subordinates are really Jinyiwei, my family is the one who asked my subordinates to come out to report the news, who knows what went wrong!" ”

"Okay, General Ben is waiting for you for half an hour, and the sky will be bright after half an hour, and I will kill you to sacrifice the flag without any news!"

As soon as Jiang Pengju's words fell, he saw that a city wall near the south gate seemed to be lifted by a big hand, and then fell down heavily, and the city wall, which was originally more than ten meters high, immediately collapsed, forming a mound of earth that was three meters high. At this time, the sound of the explosion came, and in the silent morning, like thunder, the entire city of Jinan was awakened.

Jiang Pengju saw that the city wall was really blown up, laughed, waved his hand to let Dong Cheng loosen it, and then said with a smile: "Boy, sure enough, as you said, this time you Jinyi Wei has made a great contribution, and when Lao Tzu sees His Majesty the Emperor asking for credit for you!" ”

Dong Cheng quietly touched the cold sweat on his head, and said secretly in his heart: Your mother, if the city is slow for half an hour, Lao Tzu's life will be gone! But he didn't dare to say this, so he only said with a smile on his face: "Now that the matter of our Jinyi Guard is over, it is up to the general to attack the city!" ”

"Don't worry about this, Lao Tzu is here to fight!" After Jiang Pengju finished speaking, he said to the soldiers around him: "Pass the order, order a regiment to rush in first, establish an advance position at 500 meters, and then the artillery regiment will follow, and the rest of Lao Tzu don't need to teach you!" Street fighting is your forte! ”

The second division is a winning division, and the five regiment commanders do not need to be ordered by the commander, each with his subordinates with a clear division of labor, and marched into Jinan City.

Zilharang in the city was sleeping in the house, he knew that the Ming army had just arrived, and he would definitely not attack the city, but the day after tomorrow would be a bloody battle, so Jilharang took a good rest tonight and prepared to deal with the siege of the Ming army after tomorrow. Although he slept, the 80,000 Qing troops in the city did not rest. In order to be prepared, Jierharang specially ordered his Qing army to rest in batches, and he must not give the Ming army a chance.

On duty tonight is the Yizhou General Soldier Tong Yangliang, this guy is the doorman of the Tong family in Liaodong, but he is not a real relative, and of course he can't compare with Tong Yangjia Tong's cultivation. But as a member of the Tong family, he was naturally most trusted by the emperor, and this time he was appointed by Jilharang as the commander of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, responsible for the command of the 40,000 Han Eight Banners, and he can be regarded as the deputy general of Jierharang.

On duty tonight, Tong Yangliang was sitting in the yamen to rest, when he suddenly heard an earth-shattering sound, followed by a shaking sound, and then the ground shook, causing the tea bowls on the table to fall to the ground.

Tong Yangliang stood up in shock, what is the sound, could it be an earthquake?

"Someone! Go and see what's going on? Tong Yangliang shouted loudly to the soldiers outside the door.

After a while, the kung fu soldiers came in and said: "My lord, the sound is from the south gate, and a section of the city wall at the south gate has collapsed!" It's about fifty meters! ”

Tong Yangliang was taken aback when he heard this, this is okay, the Ming army is outside the city, the city wall collapsed at this critical time, doesn't this cost human life!

"Quick! Let Kong Xigui, the guard of the South Gate, quickly lead people to fill the gap, and be sure to plug it before the Ming army reacts! "At this time, Tong Yangliang thought that the quality of the project was not good, and the city wall collapsed due to insufficient force, and he did not react that someone in the city blew it up with gunpowder!

After the arrangement was completed, Tong Yangliang hurriedly went to the Yamen of the Shandong Political Division, preparing to report the matter to Jierharang. But as soon as I arrived at the Yamen of the Political Secretary, I heard the sound of cannons on the south gate, and the sound of muskets was like fried beans, and I couldn't hear the number at all. As soon as Tong Yangliang heard it, it seemed that the Ming army had entered the city.

At this time, Zilharang had already finished dressing, and when he went out, he saw Tong Yangliang who was stunned, and hurriedly asked, "What are you doing here?" Why don't you go to the South Gate? ”

Tong Yangliang reacted and bowed down and said, "Lord Wang, listening to the voice, it should be the Ming army coming in from Nancheng, what should I do now?" ”

"Draw 10,000 people from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and you personally lead them to the South Gate, you must take advantage of the unstable heels of the Ming army to drive them out, and you can't do what the king wants your head!"

Tong Yangliang listened to what Ji'er Harang said ruthlessly, and hurriedly bowed down to organize people, and then went to Nancheng.

There are more than 80,000 Qing troops in Jinan City, including 40,000 Han army flags, which are the main force defending the city, and more than 40,000 are new attached troops.