Although the news of the Northern Expedition was very well kept secret by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it can be clearly seen from the economic and military aspects. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the south, the grain has risen a bit faster recently, and this must be because the Northern Expedition needs a large amount of military rations, which has led to a certain decrease in the grain in the south, so the prices of some materials related to the war are constantly rising.

All of this indicates that the Manchus had begun preparations for the Northern Expedition, and the only thing they did not know was when the Manchus would carry out the Northern Expedition.

Whether he will attack as he planned, all of this has put a big question mark in Wang Bin's heart.

However, despite this, Wang Bin still followed the original plan, because all the information in his hands showed that the Manchu Qing had built the Yiyang Sanguan into a war fortress needed for the front line of the war.

Now the three passes of Yiyang have been transformed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty with a lot of more fortresses, and the firepower has also increased a lot, even if the three passes of Yiyang will not become the main battlefield, Wang Bin will make the three passes of Yiyang the most important battlefield.

The north, where the war was approaching, had begun to move the people near the battle line to the rear, and the troops on the front line had all been on increased alert.

For example, Wang Yingkai's second division stationed in Linyi, Shandong, Wang Yingkai's second division has the military strength of three reinforcement associations, don't ask why it is three reinforcement associations.

As Wang Yingkai's descendant troops, the natural treatment is much better, after all, Wang Yingkai and Wang Bin are from the same family, and it is not impossible to support a little in terms of equipment and personnel.

Of the three associations, two are stationed in Linyi, the forefront of Shandong, and one is stationed in Yanzhou Prefecture.

The two brothers, Li Zhongyong and Li Zhongyi, were members of the Second Division of the Army, and the two brothers joined the Second Division of the Army only a few years ago, but at that time the Second Division of the Army was still called the Second Town of the Beiyang Army.

The two are typical Shandong Hans, who are enthusiastic and well-known in the Second Division, even Wang Yingkai is somewhat familiar with these two.

The main reason is that the height of the two brothers is relatively top-notch in the entire second division, and I don't know how these two people grow, they are nearly 1.8 meters tall.

In this era, a height of 1.8 meters can be regarded as the height of a giant, and the so-called standing higher can see farther, and the fact that the prohibition is enforced at night is always the responsibility of the loyal and loyal brothers.

After patrolling at night for a long time, the loyal and loyal brothers naturally accumulated a lot of experience, and the two brothers also became models of night patrols.

The elder brother Li Zhongyi is now a company commander of the fourth company of the third battalion of the first association of the second division, and the younger brother Li Zhongyong is the deputy company commander.

After the night patrol was strengthened, it was increased from the original two companies to one battalion, one of which was responsible for patrolling Yanzhou City at night, and the other three companies were patrolling back and forth on the four sides of the city wall.

The company of the two brothers Zhongyong and Zhongyi is responsible for the west city wall and the south city wall, and at this moment the two brothers are performing night guard duties at the west gate of Yanzhou City.

"Good company commander"

After the two brothers Zhongyong and Zhongyi came to the west gate, more than 20 soldiers who were in charge of guarding the city gate immediately stood up and saluted the two brothers.

After the two brothers Zhongyong and Zhongyi answered, Li Zhongyi, as the elder brother, spoke first: "It's really hard to keep you on guard at night, and it's much easier to hold on for a while." ”

After Li Zhongyi's words were finished, among the soldiers who were on guard, one of them had the courage to open his mouth and said: "Company commander, look at what you said, although the vigilance at night is extremely hard, but after a long time, you will get used to it, not to mention that there is still supper and hot soup this night, and the brothers are not tired of going there. ”

After the soldier's words were finished, Li Zhongyong grinned and then continued his brother's words just now and said: "You boys are at ease, don't worry about eating supper and drinking soup, what are you doing standing on top of this city wall." ”

"Deputy company, look at what you said, you naturally have to do your best in this line of work, this vigilant thing brothers have never been ambiguous, don't talk about anything else, the guard bell has always been guarded, and the city wall is not ambiguous."

After the soldier finished speaking, he also pointed in the direction of the warning bell, and looked at the place pointed out by the soldier, and there were two soldiers standing in the shadows.

The function of this alarm bell is naturally to sound the alarm when the enemy is attacking, so that the garrison troops stationed behind the city wall can quickly react and counterattack the enemy.

Therefore, this alarm bell is placed in a relatively dark corner, which is not easy to be discovered by others, and the soldiers who are responsible for guarding the alarm bell at the first time of attack will not be fatally hit, and can press the alarm bell at the first time to make an alarm.

"Well, that's good!" Li Zhongyi praised at this time, as a soldier, he can be regarded as a qualified soldier who can do this.

After saying this, Li Zhongyi looked at the outside of the city wall again, although there were some lights on the city wall, he could see a little farther from above.

But even with the help of a searchlight, the line of sight was only raised by about one or two hundred meters, far from seeing farther than in the daytime.

Seeing that the darkness in the distance was full of silence, Li Zhongyi suddenly turned his head again, and gave a few more orders to the soldiers on guard, so that they could be vigilant and then prepare to go to other places with his younger brother to have a look.

But at this time, a gust of wind blew, and Li Zhongyi suddenly stopped and listened, as if he had heard something.

Immediately, Li Zhongyi made a gesture, signaling the searchlight to shine in the direction he indicated, and the soldiers on the city wall immediately raised their vigilance after seeing this gesture, and the two soldiers in charge of guarding the guard bell were also ready at any time.

Just after the searchlight shone in the direction pointed out by Li Zhongyi, an accident happened.

From the direction illuminated by the searchlight, it can be seen very clearly, I don't know when there is an extra group of soldiers under the city wall, constantly approaching the city gate, this group of soldiers was also panicked after being illuminated by the searchlight, but then returned to normal, and immediately launched an attack on the city gate.

Vaguely, Li Zhongyi and Li Zhongyong also heard the people below shouting.

"Brothers, the time has come to serve the imperial court, as long as you conquer this city, the glory and wealth will be endless, and the brothers will rush me."

Immediately in the silence of the night, a crisp gunfire rang out, followed by a series of piercing alarm bells. (To be continued.) )