Chapter 529: Internal Response
When Zhang Luoxing led the twist bandits to advance towards Jinan City, a war horse galloped towards the twist army from far and near, and shouted from afar: "Which flag owner is the twist army in front, I am Han Shufeng, the black flag master!" Meet the Banner Master! ”
Zeng Wandao, the owner of the small flag that opened the road in front, shouted: "You are from the black flag? It's not the banner lord who came today, it's King Wo who has arrived in person! ”
Han Shufeng was overjoyed when he heard this, and shouted: "Please also ask my brother to take me to see King Wo, I have information about Jinan." ”
When Zeng Wandao heard this, he hurriedly led Han Shufeng to Zhang Luoxing.
Han Shufeng jumped off the horse and said urgently: "Han Shufeng, the lowly black flag master, see King Wo!" ”
Zhang Luoxing's eyes narrowed, and he nodded: "Han Shufeng, if I'm not mistaken, you should be the distant nephew of Brother Han Laowan, right?" ”
Han Shufeng hurriedly nodded and said, "It's a humble position!" ”
"Where are you from? Didn't your more than 20,000 people in the Black Flag be annihilated in Shandong by the Qing army? ”
Han Shufeng's eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice: "Yes, King Wo, our main force of the Black Flag is south of Jinan, and it has been surrounded and suppressed by the Qing army led by Guo Ye and Monk Greenqin, and only a very small part of it has broken through......"
"What's the matter with you?"
Han Shufeng hurriedly replied: "King Wo, I have spent the past two years in Jinan to collect scattered brothers, and now I have contacted more than 100 brothers, all in Jinan City, I heard that the Twist Army is going to raid Jinan, I specially rushed to meet, King Wo is going to attack Jinan, our Black Flag brothers are willing to do internal response, when you attack the city, the inside should be combined with the outside, and break the city of Jinan!" ”
Zhang Luoxing's spirit was greatly lifted when he heard this, someone did the internal response, this is really good, with the internal response, it is absolutely effortless to take Jinan City!
"Han Shufeng, as long as Jinan City is broken through with your assistance this time, I will allow you to be the new chief flag master of the Black Flag and rebuild the Black Flag!"
Zhang Luoxing shouted.
"Thank you, King Wo!"
Han Shufeng hurriedly saluted.
Zhang Luoxing asked: "Han Shufeng, let me ask you, what is the situation in Jinan City now?" ”
Han Shufeng hurriedly replied: "King Wo, now all the training troops and the elite soldiers of the three towns in Jinan City have all been taken away by Zuo Guigui and Yan Chunyu to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, leaving only less than 3,000 Eight Banner Soldiers and a Green Battalion City Defense Battalion, together there are less than 4,000 people, and the Eight Banners are all cockfighting and dog walking masters, they have no combat effectiveness at all, and the city defense battalion can't grab anywhere, if they fight head-on, I'm afraid that we have 3,000 troops enough to defeat it and be vulnerable." Now that the city of Jinan has received the news, I heard that Guo Songtao, the governor of Shandong, is already anxious and is recruiting strong men everywhere to defend the city, and the people of Jinan are panicked and turbulent......"
Zhang Luoxing smiled and said: "Yes, four thousand troops, it sounds scary, but they are all like goods, and they are vulnerable!" Looking at the distance, we can arrive at Jinan Mansion tomorrow night, and we will launch an attack on Jinan City at night! By the way, I heard that there is an arsenal in Jinan City that specializes in the production of foreign guns and cannons? Do you know where it is? ”
Han Shufeng said with a sneer: "King Wo, Jinan City not only has an arsenal, but also has a very large money house, this money bank is simply rich and rival the country, what is it called Qilu Bank, the gold and silver stored in it are afraid that there will be millions of taels, or even tens of millions of taels, if we can capture Jinan City, then we will no longer have to worry about military salaries, this arsenal is located in Licheng outside Jinan City, more than 20 miles away from Jinan City, usually heavily guarded, outsiders can't enter at all, and they don't know what is inside; As for Qianzhuang, it is in the city of Jinan, located in Runyu Street in the south of the city. ”
Zhang Luoxing laughed and said: "Okay, great, then whether it is the arsenal or the money bank, we will not let it go, and we will give it all to them in one go!" Well done, Han Shufeng! ”
Han Shufeng replied: "Thank you King Wo for your compliment, but now Jinan City is very strict, and I dare not stay for a long time, I must return to the city immediately and contact the brothers, otherwise, I will be late to go back, but I will not be able to enter the city......"
Zhang Luoxing nodded and said, "Okay, be careful." ”
Han Shufeng jumped on his war horse and galloped into the distance.
Hou Shiwei, the head of the Red Flag General Banner on the side, said in a low voice: "King Wo, what Han Shufeng said is true or false, can you believe his words?" ”
Zhang Luoxing nodded and said: "There shouldn't be any problem, this Han Shufeng once met when we were in Anhui, and I still have some impressions, Han Laowan's nephew shouldn't have a soft bone!" ”
Hou Shiwei's face softened slightly, and he replied: "That's good, King Wo, I think we should do it sooner rather than later, and if we are late, there will be changes, and we must speed up!" ”
Zhang Luoxing shook his head and said: "No, if you are not in a hurry, slowing down the march will make our brothers even more tired, even if you arrive in Jinan, people are sleepy and tired, how can you fight?" And when we arrive in Jinan City during the day, we have no way to raid, choose the evening, it is the best time, Hou Shiwei, I order you to lead the Red Banner Department of 2,500 people to the northeast, besiege the arsenal, an arsenal, there are not many troops, they are now guarding Jinan, there is no way to defend it, where can they take care of the arsenal? We must capture the arsenal in the shortest possible time, and then rush to the aid of Jinan! ”
"Yes, King Wau!"
Hou Shiwei agreed, turned around and went down to prepare the people.
Zhang Luoxing shouted: "Order the three armies, keep moving!" ”
Jinan City, Guo Songtao mainly deployed his troops in Beicheng and Xicheng, 2,000 troops stationed in Beicheng, patrolling day and night, although the children of the Eight Banners are floating, but now at the moment of emergency, the Twist Army will come at any time, and the children of the Eight Banners also have to cheer up, for their own lives, they must not be careless.
It's just that the flag camp is full of smokers and drunkards, and when they become addicted to cigarettes and alcohol, they yawn again and again, how can they win the battle?
Guo Songtao has already been to Beicheng to inspect two or three times, looking at the twisted and crooked children of the Eight Banners, he is anxious again and again, but there is no way, and the bubbles on his mouth are coming out.
Ke Yunlu has not yet arrived when he summoned the troops of various units, and it is already the second day, although some people have returned to the construction one after another, however, they are not all in place, and they cannot carry out unified command, which is also very troublesome.
Guo Songtao could only secretly pray for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas of the heavens, so that Jinan City could survive this catastrophe, as long as he could avoid this catastrophe, even if he took out ten thousand taels of silver to reshape the golden body of the Buddha.
Just after the night slowly fell, a group of twisted troops in the distance drove over, the sound of huge horses' hooves came, the ground shook, everyone in the city began to panic, the big battle is coming!
(To be continued.) )