Chapter 353: Twisting the Army

Kaifeng City!

The 11th Brigade entered the city to officially take over the defense of Kaifeng, Huang Yongcheng shook hands with Zhang Zongyu and others, and soon received a new appointment from Yang Dongzhu.

"Brother Zhang, in view of your particularity, the marshal has decided to change all your troops into cavalry, this is a new appointment, you are the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, and you are the deputy brigade commander and regiment commander."

Zhang Zongyu took the letter of appointment and said excitedly: "Xie Dashuai! ”

The brigade commander is not small, which is about the same as everyone expected.

Zhang Yujue was the first to ask: "Then Commander Huang From now on, we are members of the New People's Army, can we also use a musket like the 11th Brigade, load bullets from behind, shoot fast, far, and accurately." ”

"Of course! If you join our new people's army, you will be treated equally, but you can't equip these weapons yet, because your unit must first accept the reorganization, first learn the various rules and laws of our army, and also need to operate weapons. Huang Yongcheng's eyes glanced at Qiu Yuancai, and then said:

"You know, my new people's army is the most disciplined troops, eternal unprecedented, during the reorganization period your department can have seven days to consider, if anyone can't accept it, it doesn't matter, you can leave, but after seven days, anyone who violates military rules will be dealt with according to the severity of military law, then you don't want to say that we are not close to people, after all, military law is ruthless, I and the soldiers under the commander are all like this."

Handan City!

At this time, the sound of guns continued, the 13th Brigade of the New People's Army was attacking, the Qing army was gradually exhausted, in the face of powerful firepower, many soldiers were frightened, and did not dare to rush to the city, Ren Xinmin Army slowly approached the city wall, set off explosives packs, and prepared to blow up the city gate.

Zhu Huilun, commander of the Jindong Military Region, stared ahead like an eagle with his eyes slight, waiting for the most important sound so that the large army could rush into the city and declare victory in this battle.

"Report to the Commander! A cavalry appeared in the south of the city! ”

"Cavalry! The cavalry of the Qing Demon? Didn't they go with the chasing army in the direction of Shijiazhuang? Zhu Huilun frowned, and ordered to go down: "Go and find out." ”

"Yes!"

Because of the sudden appearance of cavalry, Zhu Huilun had to draw out a security regiment and do a good job of flank cover, in case the enemy suddenly launched an attack on himself and interrupted the rhythm of the attack on Handan.

It was simply a false alarm, and soon Tanma reported: "Commander, there are only about 1,000 people on the other side, and the banner is Niu Hongsheng and Li Yuntai!" ”

Zhu Huilun asked, "Oh! Is it only for two? Have you seen Ren Huabang? ”

The soldier who reported shook his head and said no, Zhu Huilun was sending it down, and then sent a brigade staff officer out to pick it up and see what the purpose of the two of them was here.

Soon the staff officer brought the two of them, and the two of them were a little embarrassed at this time, and when they saw Zhu Huilun, they sighed as if they had seen their relatives: "I finally saw Commander Zhu." ”

Zhu Huilun politely invited the two to sit down, let people bring tea, and the two took it like a cow and drank the two pots of tea clean, Zhu Huilun asked: "What's wrong with your army, why is it here, why are there only two of them." ”

"The world is anti-Qing is a family, Commander Zhu, we don't hide it, this time I came to join the New People's Army, I hope Commander Zhu will take it in, so that we can avenge our brother for the public." Niu Hongsheng was more upright and said directly, and Li Yuntai also nodded.

Zhu Huilun was secretly happy, there were two fierce generals joining, and the strength of the Jindong Theater would be even greater, but he said with a very serious face: "The door of our New People's Army is open to the righteous people of the world, and the two of them are willing to join our New People's Army, so they are naturally welcome, but they also understand that it is impossible for our New People's Army to be like the Kingdom of Heaven to seal the king and mess with power, and our army has more rules, so... ”

Li Yuntai's mind was more flexible, and he answered: "Commander Zhu, don't worry, we are not calling for the king, as long as we can gallop on the battlefield like Commander Zhu, make meritorious contributions, and seek well-being for the people and the country." ”

After speaking, Li Yuntai waited for Zhu Huilun's next words, he hoped that Zhu Huilun could give a confident answer to see what kind of official position he could give them, and slightly pushed Niu Hongsheng on his shoulder, meaning to let him ask.

However, Niu Hongsheng's face was slightly embarrassed, and he hesitated in his heart, and finally only said: "Commander Zhu, after the death of King Zhu, I fled all the way west with Li Yun (Li Yuntai's original name) and King Lu, who knew that King Lu's subordinate Pan Guisheng had been bought by the Qing army, and King Lu was hit in the back by this kid with a musket, and he was sacrificed by drinking bullets, and his troops fought with the Qing army in order to avenge King Lu, which bought time for the two of us, so I am willing to ask Commander Zhu and Dashuai to be the master for us, and if Pan Guisheng is captured alive in the future, let us deal with it." ”

Only then did Zhu Huilun understand that he dared to be betrayed by a traitor and died, but it was a pity that such a fierce general and such a commander were killed.

Regretting Ren Huabang, Zhu Huilun suddenly analyzed a little news from Niu Hongsheng's words, and his face changed and he hurriedly asked: "So, the cavalry of the Qing army has been chasing you, or it won't be long before you arrive in Handan!" ”

Niu Hongsheng nodded and said, "It will be here in two hours at most!" ”

Zhu Huilun is a lot more relieved, two hours, then it will not be in the way, otherwise if it is because of the two cavalry of the Qing army in front of him who hinder the attack on Handan, then he will have to cry, and he thought for a while and said: "In this way, the two, at present, we have to contact the marshal, it will take some time, you will be temporarily incorporated into my Jindong Military Region, and the number will be called the cavalry temporary 1st regiment, I don't know if your subordinates can still fight?" ”

Cavalry Temporary 1st Regiment, Li Yuntai read a few words, Niu Hongsheng said happily: "Commander Zhu rest assured, as long as you give the brothers below a full meal, they will all be alive and vigorous immediately, killing people and slaughtering chickens, if you want us to attack Handan City together, you can give an order." ”

Zhu Huilun admired Niu Hongsheng and Anxious, and beckoned: "Don't worry, don't worry!" If you attack Handan City, you don't have to bother, your troops just need to eat well and rest well. In order to reduce casualties, I will let my 11th Brigade withdraw to the siege of the east of the city, and when the city is broken, the Qing army will inevitably be defeated and will inevitably flee to the east of the city, and then it will be time for your cavalry to play its role. ”

With such a cavalry, Zhu Huilun changed the tactics of the siege battle, and said to the two: "Wait a minute, I will send thirty breeches to the two, you will equip the personal soldiers, train in the camp to familiarize yourself with the operation, when pursuing the Qing army, ride on the horse and shoot a few shots casually, intimidate those deserters, I believe that you can catch a lot of prisoners, if you happen to meet those Qing cavalry chasing you, you can also kill it." ”

Zhu Huilun and Li Yuntai glanced at each other, and said in unison to the gift package sent by Zhu Huilun: "Thank you, Commander Zhu!" ”

"Zuo Shuai! Keelung was lost, and the French Hongmao landed there and gained a firm foothold, which is a big threat to Taipei, and Hongmao can always block the strait and block our exits. ”

"Don't panic, the red-haired devils occupy Keelung because they want to take the coal there and use it to attract steamships, and they still have to attack by sea." Zuo Zongtang instructed: "With Lin Hua as the vanguard, march to the northeast and quietly approach Keelung, if the French warships leave Keelung and take the opportunity to recapture, the red-haired army will not be too much." ”

"Tell Liu Mingdeng to guard Yilan, if the red hair attacks and defends, the city is there, and he doesn't have to come back if the city dies."

Two days later, the French army assembled warships and set off from Keelung to attack Tanshui.

The battleship had only been away for two hours, when several warships arrived from the northeast, and although the battleships were flying the British flag, the people on board had a lot of yellow skin.

"Dashuai, according to this direction, it will take less than an hour to reach Keelung, Taiwan, and we can land there first."

In front of Yang Dongfang navigation is a middle-aged man surnamed Lin Tao of Mijiu Village 36, who walks on the sea all the year round, and is extremely familiar with the hydrology and geography of this area.

"Huh! Something is wrong! How Keelung hangs the flag of the French. ”

When Yang Dongfang heard this, he took out his binoculars and saw the French flag fluttering in the distance in a daze, but he did not make a fuss like Lin Tao, but notified the ships: "Lower the British flag, raise the French flag for me, and the ships will enter the combat state." ”

With Yang Dongfang's order, the sailors on the deck were busy, the gunners pushed the guns to load, and the soldiers overhauled their guns.

Lin Tao didn't know why, and he began to be a little nervous, this was the rhythm of the war, and he didn't know about the Anglo-French expedition.

Yang Dongfang patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Lin, don't be nervous, Keelung may have let the red-haired French army occupy it, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty ceded Taiwan to Hongmao in order to deal with our new people's army and prevent the unification of the world, but more than 100,000 of our patriotic soldiers have already landed and deployed on Taiwan Island, if you don't guess wrong, Keelung will be lost in just a few days." ”

"What the commander means is that we will disguise ourselves as enemy ships and rush into Keelung to land and recapture this city." Lin Tao was not stupid, he instantly understood Yang Dongfang's intentions, and got Yang Dongfang's nod to confirm, so he had to cooperate with the New People's Army.

What a boldness!

If the situation is unknown, it is easy to suffer a loss by attacking like this, and I can't help but be moved and say: "Dashuai, otherwise we will take a merchant ship to reconnoiter ashore to find out the truth." ”

Yang Dongfang directly vetoed: "Don't be so troublesome, and this method is too late, Keelung City has already discovered us, if we cower and hold back, it will arouse suspicion." ”

Sure enough, at this time, the French defenders of Keelung City stood high and saw far away, and they had already found the target, and they couldn't help but raise a big question mark in their minds.

How did you come back so quickly after entering fresh water, could it be that the oriental monkeys there passed by like this.

Funnily enough, when the matter was reported to Colonel Burleigh, the guy immediately jumped up and danced: "God! General, they attacked Tamsui too quickly, and it was a success, I can't believe it, guys, open fire to meet the warriors. ”