The action of a group occupying the south gate of Jinan did not cause a commotion in Jinan City, and the city seemed to have not woken up.

On the upper floor of the South Gate, Wang Qiang was rapidly deploying his actions after entering the city.

Only one company was left to defend the south gate, Xie Kui led a battalion to eliminate more than 2,000 Qing soldiers in the city, Wang Qiang personally led two companies to go straight to the government of Jinan Mansion, and other troops quickly occupied other city gates.

When Wang Qiang led the guards and two companies to run on the streets of Jinan City, many shops had already opened their doors, and looking at the fast running Wehrmacht on the street, they all opened their mouths in surprise, and many people shrank back into the store and closed the door.

When Wang Qiang arrived outside the Jinan Mansion, gunshots came from the northwest direction of Jinan City, and the not fierce gunshots completely broke the tranquility of Jinan City, and then sporadic gunshots were also heard at several gates of Jinan City.

Fang Dayou, the governor of Shandong, was awakened by the sound of gunshots in the city, and when he sat up from the bed, there was already the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

The door was kicked open, and several soldiers in green camouflage uniforms rushed into the room, Fang Dayou was stunned, and the concubine next to him was so frightened that she was wrapped in a quilt and trembled.

"You are Fang Dayou? Drag him up for me! Then Wang Qiang, who walked in, ordered loudly.

Wang Qiang quickly understood the situation in Jinan City from Fang Dayou's mouth, Jinan City did only have more than 2,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, but the city's grain and grass still had tens of thousands of stones, all of which were ready to be transported to the front line in Yizhou.

"Hahaha, it's really going to destroy the Tartars! That's a lot of savings. When Wang Qiang heard that there were still tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass in the city, he immediately laughed.

Fang Dayou's hundreds of personal soldiers chose to surrender directly, and did not bother Wang Qiang. The officials in the city of Jinan were soon also concentrated in the government office. Wang Qiang was taken care of.

Wang Qiang took Fang Dayou back to the south gate. A teahouse was selected as a temporary headquarters on South Gate Street, and if the Qing soldiers wanted to recapture Jinan, South Gate would definitely be their main direction of attack.

In the temporary headquarters, Wang Qiang issued an order for martial law in the whole city of Jinan, and at the same time ordered Xie Kui to send people to post notices on the streets, telling the people of Jinan that the national defense forces had occupied Jinan.

The quick end of the battle did not cause a commotion in the city of Jinan, and the whole city quickly calmed down again.

Accompanied Wang Qiang on the tall city wall of Jinan City. Xie Kui asked Wang Qiang with some concern:

"Division commander, Jinan City is so big, is there a little less of us in a group?"

"I said, what do you kid think? The walls are so tall, what kind of guy are you in your hands? What did the Qing soldiers use to capture the city of Jinan? ”

"Commander, isn't it that the guy in our hands hasn't used it much, isn't it bottomless?"

"Let me tell you, as long as our ammunition is not used up, if the Qing troops want to capture Jinan, it will be impossible at all, you inform the troops. Ammunition must be spared, and the shells must be picked up. ”

"Division commander. I've said this many times, so you're relieved. ”

After walking around the Jinan city wall, more than two hours passed, Wang Qiang turned to Xie Kui and said: "Let the troops cook a good meal at noon, there are still tens of thousands of stones of food in the city, and we can't finish eating." ”

When Wang Qiang returned to the temporary headquarters, the South Gate Street had returned to normal, and many shops had opened their doors.

"Hello folks!" Wang Qiang greeted the onlookers.

"Are you the former Yangzhou Army?" Someone asked.

"Yes! We are the former Yangzhou Army. Wang Qiang said with a smile.

"I said a long time ago that they were the former Yangzhou army, and they would never harm the people, you still don't believe it, do you believe it?" Wang Qiang heard one of the people turn around and whisper to another.

"This is the general of the Yangzhou Army, and he was smiling and talking to me just now."

"It's good now, there are no Tartars bullying us, and our lives are better."

"I heard that there are only a few thousand Yangzhou troops entering the city, but there are hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers in front, do you think they can hold Jinan City?"

"Didn't you see that the general was still smiling? If you can't keep it, can you still laugh? ”

Wang Qiang listened to the discussion of the people of Jinan with a smile, in fact, he was still a little nervous in his heart, a ball is really in the stomach of the Qing soldiers now, and the situation he faces will be very sinister, Wang Qiang knows this very well.

But as the supreme commander, his emotions will affect the entire army, and Wang Qiang must be calm.

It wasn't until more than three o'clock in the afternoon that all the defensive deployment of the first regiment in Jinan City was basically completed, and Wang Qiang was also a little relieved.

"Report, a large number of Qing cavalry were found outside the city."

Wang Qiang, who had just sat down to drink tea, received a report, Wang Qiang put down the teacup, picked up the telescope placed on the table, and went out towards the city wall.

The Qing cavalry from outside the city followed a group, but they arrived too late.

Knowing the long range of the firearms of the Wehrmacht, the cavalry of the Qing army did not dare to get too close to the city wall, and only stopped two miles away from the city wall.

The cavalry commander of the Qing army, Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu, looked at the tall city walls and closed gates of Jinan City blankly, and lost his mind for a moment.

Although there were 20,000 horses, the cavalry did not carry any siege equipment, and it was definitely unrealistic to attack the city now, and Shi Tingzhu knew that it was purely to send him to death.

It will definitely not work to retreat like this, these thousands of national defense troops occupy Jinan, purely stuck in the waist of the Qing army, Jinan will definitely be recaptured.

Shi Tingzhu discussed with his subordinates for a long time, and decided to settle down outside Jinan, and at the same time sent someone to report to Tan Tai in Yizhou.

The cavalry of the Qing army was very anxious to catch up with the national defense army, and they were not prepared for a long march, and they did not even bring any supplies for camping.

With Shi Tingzhu's order, the Qing cavalry began to disperse towards the countryside outside Jinan, and after a while, there were cries in some villages, and two villages even burst into flames.

"Divisional commander, let me lead someone to attack. We can't let this Qing army cause evil outside the city! "Look at the fires that are rushing in the village. Xie Kui said to Wang Qiang anxiously.

Wang Qiang frowned tightly and watched the Qing soldiers loot outside the city. There was also a surge of anger in my heart.

After listening to Xie Kui's words, Wang Qiang suppressed the anger in his heart and thought about it seriously.

Wang Qiang also knew that this Qing cavalry was following them, and he didn't know if there were Qing soldiers behind them, but Wang Qiang felt that he had to drive this Qing army away, otherwise the psychological pressure on Jinan City would be too great.

"You take the first battalion and the second battalion to attack, and you must drive this Qing army away!" After thinking for a while, Wang Qiang said to Xie Kui.

There were already a lot of people watching from the city walls. Many people began to talk about it, and the arrival of 20,000 Qing cavalry did cause a lot of pressure on the people.

With a rapid whistle, 1,600 people from the 1st and 2nd battalions quickly gathered under the south gate wall, and the city gate was quickly opened.

"The Yangzhou army dares to go out of the city at this point?"

"I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, right? And they are all cavalry, isn't the Yangzhou army sent to death? ”

The people on the city wall saw that the Wehrmacht had assembled, and without hesitation, they went out of the city, and one by one began to worry.

Shi Tingzhu of the Wehrmacht out of the city also saw it, which surprised him.

However, Shi Tingzhu reacted extremely quickly, and immediately ordered the cavalry to mount their horses and prepare for battle.

Not all the Qing cavalry went to the countryside to loot, and most of the Qing army remained in place. After receiving the order, the cavalrymen flew on their horses as fast as they could.

Xie Kui walked towards the Qing soldiers with two battalions unhurriedly. When they were less than a mile away from the Qing soldiers, the formation began to disperse.

The 5,000 Qing cavalry was ready to charge, and seeing that the Wehrmacht was approaching, a cavalry general raised the saber in his hand, and with a shout, the saber slashed down, and the cavalry began to move.

Seeing that the Qing cavalry was beginning to prepare for an attack, Xie Kui waved his hand back, and the troops stopped.

Shi Tingzhu looked at the more than 1,000 Wehrmacht troops who came over, and his intuition told him that this Wehrmacht was a little different from what he had seen and heard before, and now he saw that they were not lined up in the same phalanx as the previous Wehrmacht, but scattered in formation, and Shi Tingzhu began to beat drums in his heart.

Wang Qiang was also watching from the city wall, and when he saw a large number of Qing cavalry preparing to charge, his heart tightened.

The sound of horses' hooves when the Qing cavalry accelerated seemed to knock on people's hearts, the earth began to tremble, a large amount of dust was raised, and the Qing army behind could no longer be seen.

Looking at the galloping Qing cavalry, Xie Kui became excited, and while blowing the copper whistle in his mouth, he knelt on one knee and raised the rifle in his hand.

As the whistle blew, the Wehrmacht soldiers soon all fell to their knees on one knee and raised their rifles in unison.

A gunshot rang out, a Qing cavalry rolled off the horse, this is Xie Kui personally fired the first shot, after the first shot, Xie Kui quickly pulled the bolt, pushed the second bullet onto the chamber, less than two seconds, he fired the second shot, after the shot, Xie Kui took a step to the right and picked up the two shells that had just ejected.

Xie Kui's gunfire was an order, and with the sound of neat gunfire, the cavalry of the Qing army immediately turned on their backs, and many horses were so frightened that they began to scurry, and only a faint smoke of gunpowder floated from the defense line of the first and second battalions.

The cavalry behind began to turn their horses' heads and run to the side, leaving hundreds of war horses and the corpses of Qing soldiers in front of the defense line of the first and second battalions.

Shi Tingzhu was completely stunned, which was beyond his cognition. He knew that the Wehrmacht's firearms were powerful, but no matter how powerful you were, you had to stand up and reload, why did this Wehrmacht just squat on the ground and keep shooting, and didn't see them get up and reload at all?

Before Shi Tingzhu could react, Xie Kui had already given the troops an order to attack.

The soldiers quickly picked up the bullet casings on the ground and stood up, and the platoon attack formation was quickly assembled and began to run towards the Qing army brigade.

"Commander, let's withdraw quickly, this Wehrmacht is too evil!" Seeing that the Wehrmacht had already chased after him, a general patted his horse next to Shi Tingzhu and said anxiously.

"Retreat!" Shi Tingzhu took the lead in patting his horse and ran back, and the cavalry behind hurriedly patted his horse and followed.

Xie Kui led the first and second battalions to chase out of seven or eight miles, but the two legs could not catch up with the four legs after all, and the Qing cavalry still fled far.

By the time Xie Kui returned to the south gate with his troops, Wang Qiang had already organized the people in the city to go out of the city to clean up the battlefield, and all the horses killed by the Qing army were dragged into the city, and the people in the city did not have many opportunities to eat meat.

Xie Kui came over with a tall war horse and said with a smile to Wang Qiang: "The Qing soldiers are too unbeatable!" Divisional commander, I chose this horse for you. ”

"It's useless to fix these things, let's defend the city next, what do I want horses for? Hurry up and count the consumption of ammunition and organize the rest of the troops. ”

Xie Kui hurriedly answered and led his troops into the city. (To be continued.) )