The two thousand ragged rebels led by Zhang Tiaofu did not arrive outside Jinan until the second half of the night.

Meng Kang asked Zhao to enter and exit the city to identify, and only after confirming that it was correct did he dare to open the city gate at night and let the rebels in.

The two thousand volunteers were in good spirits and had high morale, but they were all pitiful and skinny from the looks of their skin. Meng Kang ordered his soldiers to arrange dinner for these people, and the rebels from old to young, everyone picked up two large bowls of rice to fill their stomachs.

Shi Lang was ordered to visit a few families in the city who had not had time to escape, Meng Kang and the others were full, walked up to the bronze-skinned leader of the rebels, and asked, "You only have these people?" ”

Zhang Tiaofu touched the oil and water in his mouth, and said with a wry smile: "That's all, I had more than 10,000 people here last year, and I lost two battles in a row in Shanghe and Changqing, so it's good to have so many left." ”

“…… You're late," sighed.

"It's not too late" Meng Kang patted him on the shoulder, "No matter how late it is, none of you will be left"

This is a big truth, Zhang Tiaofu suddenly stretched out his broad palm to cover his face, choked and cried.

Meng Kang was a little at a loss, Zhang Tiaofu, the leader of the rebel army, didn't look like such a fragile person, a fragile person couldn't lead the rebel army in Shandong, and he would not surrender when he was defeated.

The men around them stopped their movements, and many people silently wiped their tears.

Zhang Tiaofu noticed the movement of his subordinates, wiped his wrist in the corner of his eye, put down his hands and shouted around: "What to cry, don't be afraid of death, what is there to cry" He forgot that he was the first to shed tears.

"My lord, I'm smiling" Zhang Tiaofu smiled at Meng Kang, "I'm not grieving for my dead brothers, I'm happy, I'm ready to die, but I didn't expect to really see Wang Shi's Northern Expedition." ”

Meng Kang walked to the gate of the barracks, turned around and beckoned to him: "You come here"

Zhang Tiaofu knew that he had something urgent to say to him, and followed Meng Kang to the shadows of the barracks gate.

"Do you still have a familiar rebel army in Shandong?"

Zhang Tiaofu bowed his brows and thought about it, and rubbed his hands crampedly: "Last year, there was a righteous army in Mengshan, and although Zhao Da and I did not have a relationship, the Qilu righteous army is a family, and the adults can tell me if they have anything."

Meng Kang's expression was very stern, "You summoned all the rebels in Shandong to Jinan."

"Ah" Zhang Tiaofu was slightly surprised, but didn't dare to ask more.

"Obedience"

Meng Kang revealed solemnly: "Dolgon is coming back to attack Jinan, according to the military order of the regent of the Ming Dynasty, we will consume the sharp energy of the Qing captives under the city of Jinan, and when the Qing soldiers and horses are tired, my Ming reinforcements will be killed from Dengzhou, and the Qing captives will be captured under the city of Jinan."

Zhang Tiaofu heard his eyes, it was really exciting, he didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to participate in such a big battle.

Meng Kang blew the cowhide, and the chatter was a little unstoppable: "At present, there are only more than 10,000 Ming troops in Jinan City, and the regent said that good steel should be used on the blade, and the elite of the Ming army is placed in Dengzhou to wait for the opportunity." After defeating the Tartars under the city of Jinan, we will also attack the city of Beijing, and we will also kill the nest of the Tartars outside the fortress!"

Zhang Tiaofu didn't pay attention to Meng Kang's words, his eyes flashed in the night, and he asked, "Is the regent of the Ming Dynasty that the lord said is the former general of the King of Jin?"

"Exactly"

Zhang Tiaofu suddenly knelt down respectfully to the south, kowtowed, and said: "The general rebelled against the shaving order in the south of the Yangtze River, raised troops to turn the tide, and the villain heard about the general's deeds and did not want to be the one who was reluctant to do so, so he led the people in the village to raise troops against the Tartars last year." ”

After he saluted, he got up and said solemnly: "Don't worry, my lord, I will send someone to Mengshan to spread the news, there are still a few brothers of mine in Changqing County, and I will recruit them together." ”

The soldiers of the Ming army guarded the city gates on all sides, and they did not let the people of Jinan City sleep well this night.

The greeting of the soldiers holding torches in the streets and alleys: "Cut all the braids at night, and wait until dawn tomorrow to see who still has braids, and cut off the house"

The backyard of the governor's yamen.

Shi Lang was dressed in a strong suit and stood respectfully in front of more than thirty people wearing silk satin robes.

"Fellow villagers, the last general will attack Shi Lang under the command of the general, and he was ordered to come to Jinan to fight. Since you didn't flee with Lu Fengchun, it means that you still care about me. Dolgon will definitely come back to attack the city of Jinan. Everyone has cut their braids, and there is no way out, everyone is a famous person in Jinan, and the righteous people in the city are waiting for you to scatter your wealth and raise your arms."

Dozens of squires sat with their heads bowed, neither agreeing nor daring to offend the young guerrilla general.

Shi Lang chuckled, "If you are willing to cooperate with me, when the Ming Dynasty recovers Jinan, the regent will never treat you badly." If you are not willing to cooperate, the last general hired a restaurant behind the yamen, please go up and rest first, if Jinan City is broken by the Tartars, you will accompany the restaurant to finish."

He said something extremely vicious, and his face naturally showed ruthlessness.

"The last general is hereby guaranteeing, how much I borrowed from your family today, he will definitely pay it back with interest tomorrow, if you still want to retreat and be alone, don't blame me for taking it myself"

He pointed to the first person in the east and said, "Start with you"

At dawn, the Ming army raised a total of 250,000 taels of silver.

The red announcement at the entrance of the yamen was densely written, all of which were "someone donated silver taels to help the king raise a righteous army to defend the city" and so on.

The people on the list are all well-known figures in Jinan City.

The four gates of Jinan were opened, and the rebels under the command of Zhao Jin and Zhang Tiaofu went to the surrounding counties to recruit rebels.

In the governor's yamen, Meng Kang clapped his hands at Shi Lang and praised: "Your kid has a really flexible brain, so it's not bad."

Shi Lang touched the scabbard on his waist and said: "I know that at sea, whether you are a merchant or a pirate, you always pin your head to the waistband of your trousers, and the soft ones are afraid of being ruthless, and the ruthless ones are afraid of dying." I also know that if you want to join the pirates, you have to kill someone or rob a batch of goods as a vote. ”

After the Qing captives broke the city, they might not have to kill in the city of Jinan, but as long as those squires in the city had this kind of worry, it was enough.

When the two were talking, a person ran from the yamen sweating profusely, and Zhao Jin shouted all the way: "Is Master Meng here?" I have an emergency military situation"

The soldiers blocked the road, and Meng Kang and Shi Lang heard the shouts outside inside and ordered the soldiers to let them go.

"My lord" Zhao Jin swallowed nervously and spitted, "The Tartars are coming, the Tartar fleet is coming from the direction of the canal, and many Jurchens have landed on the river, with yellow-edged flags, and the Tartars can't see the edge at a glance."

"So fast" Meng Kang and Shi Lang looked at each other, they were still ready to defend the city. This morning, the rebels who had gone to the surrounding prefectures and counties to buy gunpowder and tung oil and other sharp weapons to defend the city had just come out.

Shi Lang instructed Zhao Jin with a gloomy face: "Don't panic, you continue to send people to keep an eye on Tartar, and if there is any news, come and tell us immediately."

"Obey" Zhao Jin retreated in panic.

There were only two people left in the yamen, Shi Lang pulled out the sharp knife on his belt, and said: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, since they have entered Jinan City, they can't give up lightly, but they must tell the uncle of this news." ”

Meng Kang nodded, he would not lose to a young man.

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