Chapter 18: A Powerful Enemy Strikes

On December 6, 1887, Liu Baoshan held a departure ceremony in Zhenyuanfu City, and Liu Baoshan looked at the 5,000 soldiers under his command, standing in front of him in unison. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Liu Baoshan was full of pride and confidence at this time, and it seemed that the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce was quite weak.

Liu Qing also stood beside Liu Baoshan of Zhizhou, he looked at the five thousand army, his heart was full of excitement, this time the five thousand soldiers, see how that Li Zhongju resisted.

Those generals were also not optimistic about Li Zhongju, and in their minds, it was a bit too much for Lord Zhizhou to mobilize 5,000 troops, and thousands of troops were enough to exterminate the villagers in the countryside.

The people around the school grounds, looking at the five thousand troops with a rainbow of momentum, all mourned in silence for the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce. Although they have received some benefits from the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce, they do not think that the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce will be able to resist the pressure of the imperial army, and the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce will definitely be wiped out this time.

Liu Baoshan's army came out of Zhenyuanfu City, all the way to the east, slowly advancing towards Tianzhu County, Liu Qing kept urging Lord Zhizhou to speed up, he wanted to see Li Zhongju's embarrassed appearance as soon as possible, but Liu Baoshan never agreed, he had his own plans.

Liu Baoshan is actually very good at enjoying it, he sits in an eight-person sedan chair, carried by eight mighty and majestic armor soldiers. Liu Qing rode a black horse and followed the sedan chair, looking at the sedan chair with envy.

Liu Baoshan made a huge momentum this time, and he wanted everyone to know. Anyone who offends him Liu Baoshan will not end well, and he must let everyone understand that he is the master of Zhenyuan Mansion.

Along the way, Liu Baoshan's army almost swaggered through the market, fluttering flags, for fear that others would not know, they were extremely arrogant, obviously did not put the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce in their eyes, in their opinion, the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce could be destroyed at hand.

Wherever Liu Baoshan's army passed, whether it was the county seat or the country road, there would be many people stopping to watch, and they all felt incredible.

In their eyes, the officers and men of the Green Battalion are invincible, and it is not easy to deal with a few petty thieves, and there is no need for so many officers and soldiers to be dispatched. They all felt that Liu Baoshan, the master of Zhizhou, was making a big fuss.

The common people all looked at the army with envious eyes, if they could become one of them, how good it would be, eating food and salary, they didn't have to contribute much.

Liu Baoshan's army is getting closer and closer to Tianzhu County, and finally, today it was rumored that Liu Baoshan's army was less than fifty miles away from the county seat, and the people of the county panicked.

Pedestrians are in a hurry on the streets, and many wealthy families in the city have temporarily moved away from the county seat and returned to the countryside for refuge. But the poor people in the city had no place to hide, and they could only pray that the Lord Zhizhou would not trouble them.

Although Li Zhongju has done countless good deeds for Tianzhu County in this year, the people of Tianzhu County will not be willing to help Li Zhongju to fight the Lord of Zhizhou. In their eyes, Lord Zhizhou represents the Qing Dynasty and is invincible.

But fortunately, the Lieshan Camp and the Red Sword Camp have unconditional trust in Li Zhongju, they are all Li Zhongju's diehards, and they will always be Li Zhongju's strongest backing.

The workers of the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce and their families, most of them, believe that the boss will work miracles again.

When Li Zhongju got that Liu Baoshan's army was about to arrive in Tianzhu County, he immediately announced to the whole county that the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce would definitely block any enemy and would not let anyone destroy the peace and tranquility of Tianzhu County.

The declaration of the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce made the whole city fall into a vague expectation, although people thought that the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce would be exterminated by Lord Zhizhou this time, but they still imagined that there was a glimmer of hope in their hearts that the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce could defeat Liu Baoshan.

Li Zhongju looked at Liu Jiang and Song Naruto's nervous looks, "Peng Ren, Naruto, you two don't have to be nervous, what kind of soldiers the Green Battalion is, I believe you all know very well." ”

Li Zhongju continued, "The Green Camp is a Han military camp established after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and these soldiers have always been military households, passed down from generation to generation, and have been decaying since the Qianlong period. How unbearable is the green camp today, take the Taiping Movement as an example, the green battalion soldiers can be repelled thousands of miles by a group of migrant workers. Moreover, the armies under your command are the strongest iron armies in the world today. ”

Liu Jiang and the others were a little ashamed, they were not as fearless as ordinary soldiers, they had a lot to consider, which led to some restrictions in their thinking.

After the commander said this, the two suddenly came to their senses, no matter how many soldiers and horses he has, I have my own way to solve it, no matter how strong he is, I have my own way to deal with it.

Li Zhongju looked at the two generals under him, they all adjusted, and immediately ordered, "You go down immediately to reorganize the army and prepare for battle." ”

"Yes, Commander." The two replied respectfully, they were not afraid at this time, in their hearts, the commander was invincible.

Li Zhongju watched the two go out, with a bright smile on his face, although almost everyone was not optimistic about the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce, but Li Zhongju believed in himself and believed in the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce.

Liu Baoshan wants to defeat the Zhenwu Chamber of Commerce with 5,000 green battalion troops, this Lord Zhizhou has thought too much, what kind of goods the green battalion is now, others don't know, Li Zhongju still doesn't know, the great powers can defeat tens of thousands of green battalion soldiers with a few thousand people. Will the Burning Mountain battalion be weaker than the armies of the Great Powers? Although the Red Sword Battalion has only been established for a short time, there is still no problem in dealing with the Green Battalion soldiers.

Half a day later, Liu Baoshan's army was less than twenty miles away from the county seat of Tianzhu. Liu Baoshan ordered the army to stop advancing.

Liu Baoshan casually summoned a junior officer and instructed, "You act as a messenger and go to Tianzhu County to tell Li Zhongju that Benzhou will give him a chance to surrender, otherwise the army will be restless when it comes to Tianzhu County." ”

The Qian Zong who was named was very excited, and immediately replied respectfully, "Order." ”

The commander of the Green Battalion is not the general manager who can command thousands of people as people imagine, and Qian is always the lowest officer. They usually manage a few to dozens of people, and a grassroots unit under the general management of a thousand is a flood.

This Qian always rode a horse provided by Liu Baoshan and galloped to Tianzhu County, and along the way, this Qian Zong's face was full of smiles. He had already imagined that he would complete this mission, and Lord Zhizhou would reward him with a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry.

After a while, this Qian Zong drove his horse to the west gate of Tianzhu County, he looked at the city gate that had been closed, and shouted loudly, "A certain is the Qian Zong under the command of Lord Zhizhou, if you have something to see Li Zhongju, open the city gate quickly." ”

Today, the defense of the city gate of Tianzhu County is in charge of the soldiers of the Lieshan Battalion, and the county commander Wu Long no longer wants to care about these things, so he leaves them all to Li Zhongju to do, and he is also happy and quiet.

Guarding the west gate was a company of the Lieshan Battalion, and the company commander heard that the Qian Zong under the city wanted to enter the city to meet the commander. He immediately followed the instructions of the commander and battalion commander Song Naruto in advance, and asked his subordinates to open the city gate and let that Qian Zong enter the city. This company commander arranged another soldier to take this Qian Zong towards the headquarters of the Zhenwu Dart Bureau.