Chapter 85 Xuzhou Mansion

Xuzhou (Yibin) as the capital city, built near the river, south of the Jinsha River, north of the Min River, two big rivers rolling east flow outside the city to meet to form a larger river, this is the Yangtze River, the city is built at the mouth of the three rivers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Thanks to the convenience of waterways, Xuzhou is prosperous in commerce and trade, and has a unique geographical location, plus it is the gateway to Sichuan from Yunnan, and it is the place where Guizhou horse gangs pass by, and the strategic location is extremely important, and it is a bridgehead from Guizhou to Shu.

Of course, while commerce and trade are prosperous, there will also be countless poor laborers who work hard day and night, and they still have no food and clothing.

From the wharf, there are countless porters, and the black girls are all people, all of them are wearing pulp shampoo white homespun linen clothes, yellow faces and thin muscles, and the men who are black and rough all over their bodies are shouting and working hard, not daring to delay at all.

But if anyone is a little slower, the wicked overseer will come up with a fierce look, whip it, and spit it out:

"Cheap slave! If you are lazy, you will be deducted from two months' wages and feed the fish in the river. ”

The laborers dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, silently like cattle and horses, and continued to work, and could only silently recite in their hearts that the thief had not been born at the wrong time, why was he not born in a scholar's house.

It was rare to rest for a while, and there were so many laborers, who looked around, and whispered in their ears: "Head, someone is coming from above, I want to see you immediately." ”

"Is it Number One?"

"It seems to be bigger than One, it's Zero"

Hearing this, a strange light flashed in the man's eyes, covered his forehead with his hand, and exhaled excitedly: "What are you waiting for, take me to hurry up, and tell the brothers to pay attention to the direction of the wind." ”

Soon these people disappeared into the dock, came to a nice house in the city, glanced at the back and did not follow the like, then turned into the narrow street, and then went around to the back door, knocked three times and said softly.

Soon the door opened, revealing a harmless face, but there was a chill in the man's pupils, and he glanced out, and then said coldly: "Come in." ”

"Military intelligence, Yitao, director of Xuzhou, greeted the chief."

Originally, the laborer, who looked honest and tired, put his feet together, raised his right hand and saluted a standard military salute.

"Sit down, it's been a hard time."

It wasn't Yang Dongfang who was sitting on the chair in the main hall, but he asked Yi Tao to serve thirst-quenching tea and asked, "How is the situation here in Xuzhou, and how is the organization developing." ”

After taking a sip of tea, Yi Tao stood up again, looked serious, and said slowly: "Chief, since we were arranged to Xuzhou by No. 1, I have secretly figured out the size of Xuzhou City, and at the same time, I have secretly developed one hundred and eighty loyal and reliable people, and now more than 50 percent of the workers at the dock can win over, and they are also very much looking forward to the New People's Army coming, as long as we take the city, there will be countless people responding. ”

Yi Tao was excited in his heart, after staying up for a few months, he was finally going to come out, he didn't expect Yang Dongfang to come here, and at this point in time, you must know that there is still a war in full swing on the side of Tieshan.

As the boss, why didn't he sit in command and came here, and secretly estimated that the boss would not bring too many people.

He didn't know about Yang Dongfang's departure from Sichuan.

As an old member of the Heaven and Earth Society, he followed Hong Ming to defect to the New People's Army, but he was actually not optimistic about them, but then he slowly improved, and found that the New People's Army was really strong.

Listening to Yi Tao explain the basic situation of Xuzhou City in detail, Yang Dongfang was more confident in his heart, he didn't plan to give up easily when he conquered Xuzhou this time, and the rule of the city and the people started here.

No. 1 is Hong Ming's code name in the military intelligence department, and his own code name is zero, and he is generally called the chief after meeting internally, not by name, not by position, just to avoid exposure.

"Give you half a day to gather all your people?" Yang Dongfang asked, Yi Tao secretly thought, the boss wouldn't want to take the city today, thought for a while and finally nodded:

"No problem, chief, shall we act today? Isn't it a bit sloppy. ”

"Time is tight, didn't you say that Liu Yuezhao has transferred troops across the Minjiang River twice? No one knows if the Qing army will return, avoid long nights and dreams, and act in the afternoon" Yang Dongfang knew his scruples and explained it, and asked again: "

"If we take the city of Xuzhou, can you develop a regiment of troops among the laborers?"

This time, Yi Tao replied very simply: "No problem, don't talk about a regiment, even a division can do it." ”

Yang Dongfang's face turned cold at the moment, and he only said: "Our New People's Army wants elite, you have been in the mountains, you should know, but it is okay to use it as an auxiliary soldier and engineer at the moment." ”

Yi Tao also knew that Yang Dongfang was strict in governing the army and picking troops carefully, so he didn't say much, he retreated at the moment, his heart was surging, it seems that this time he is playing really, thinking about the fact that there are so many poor people in the city, he can't be calm, these are good soldiers.

It didn't take long for Yi Tao to return here, this time he brought a lot of backbones in Xuzhou City, and a list, the left of the list lists the big and small officials in the city, and their good and evil, and the right side of the list is written those profiteers, bullies, and bad gentry who are for the sake of disaster, bullying men and women, and doing evil, as well as the owners of the militia who have a militia group.

Looking at the hundreds of people on the list, it can be seen that there are not many evil forces in the city, and it also means that the source of assets of the New People's Army will not be less, these are all class groups that must be eliminated.

According to the simple map of the city drawn by Yi Tao and others, Yang Dongfang called Liu Yongfu and others over, began to plan and arrange, and soon had a plan.

There is a copper pass in the south of Xuzhou City, a pond in the east of the city, and a salt pass in the north of the city to manage taxes and water transportation.

"So, the first step is to control the south gate so that our people outside the city can enter; The second step is that our three big ships will go east along the river, directly blocking all the eastward ships here at the mouth of the three rivers, as for the north, there are many people there, even if some officials are let go, it will be fine, of course, it depends on Yi Tao whether you can mobilize the people. ”

After discussing, Yang Dongfang glanced at Yi Tao, who was listening to the meeting, and said:

"Rest assured, there is no problem, our new People's Army has an excellent reputation, it is not inferior to the Shi Dakai Taiping Army of the year, and the support of the people is not in a hurry, they are looking forward to us day and night!"

Hearing that Zaisan was sure, Yang Dongfang was relieved, but he still instructed:

"Don't start too early, when we are almost fighting in the city, it's not too late to provoke the Qing army in the north when they flee in a panic, and don't directly say to the people that you are the new people's army, so that the people will not think that you have ulterior motives and will be suspicious.

"That's right! The people of the MI Department, leave half of them not to float in the water, and continue to lurk, once we take the city, it is the enemy who is dark and I am clear, and there is no harm in leaving some people in the dark. ”

"Yes! Remember the chief's instructions. Yi Tao secretly wrote it down in his heart, and realized that Zero had more experience in activities than No. 1.

For the first time, the hidden personnel of MI2 were activated, and since they were still members of the original Heaven and Earth Society, Yang Dongfang was really not at ease, so he cautiously mentioned a few more words.

The first time is always like this, without any experience, I can only be long-winded, this time it is the city of the palace, but it is not a small city with thousands of people like Pingshan.

When everyone was busy, it was already afternoon, and the detachment approached the city gate as planned.

The big knife is connected in front, and the knife is hidden between the clothes, but fortunately, this is the spring and summer season, and there will be no flaws in wearing long-sleeved clothes with thick clothes.

The musket was attached to the back, pushing a wheeled cart with a pile of miscellaneous items, covered with sacks on top and muskets hidden underneath.

With the experience of seizing the city the day before yesterday, everyone did not feel nervous, and soon walked to the guards, and a few hippie smiling faces approached and said a few close words, seeing that they had chosen the object of their attack, they lifted their front coats and revealed the knives inside.

"Brother, the accent is not local, which horse gang are you from, why didn't you see your horse team."

"Of course you can't see it, because we don't have horses." Liu Yongfu spit out slowly, and the guards were stunned for a moment, all as a joke: "How can there be no horses, how can you not have horses. What are you doing here? You.. ”

"Poof!"