3-37 Jinan

A group of adventurers stood on the Thousand Buddha Mountain and pointed at the big cake that was about to arrive.

"There must be a lot of garrison troops in the provincial capital, not counting the Eight Banners stationed in the garrison, there must be thousands of green battalions alone, not counting the official service of Jinan Mansion." Zamuhe said.

"There won't be too many Eight Banner soldiers, definitely no more than five hundred, everyone knows the combat effectiveness of the Green Battalion soldiers, we can deal with three of them, how can the Han people fight for the Tartars when they eat food and become soldiers, the most important thing is that the high walls of Jinan Mansion are thick and insurmountable." Wang Dahai said.

"I have already planned, without further ado, let's open the south gate first, and then rush into the city to give up a fire, so that the sergeant loudly said that the army has captured the city, and the Qing army does not know where to go, and will definitely go out of the north gate and lose, then we can start." As he spoke, he took out a hand-drawn map of Jinan and explained it to everyone.

"The Green Battalion soldiers were stationed near the city gate, the Eight Banners soldiers and their families lived in the inner city, the governor's yamen and the prefect's yamen were very close to each other, both on Quancheng Street, and further north were the Money Bureau and the Shandong Treasury . Let's break through the south gate and enter, all the way to control the green camp, all the way to deal with the Eight Banners, and the rest will go straight to the treasury, and the yamen doesn't have to care about him. ”

"The city wall of Jinan is so high, the moat is so wide outside, and the inside is the urn city, and there are soldiers patrolling the city day and night. Lao Li, what did you plan? Wang Dahai has always believed in Li Yan, and now he can't help but scratch his head.

"Of course it's outwitted, Dolgon's armor is the key to our trick into opening the city gates." Li Yan pretended to be mysterious.

It's time to play the Eighth Route Army pretending to be a devil again. Liu Ziguang said in his heart, Li Yan must have seen my dragon armor of Dolgon before he made up his mind to carry out this plan. The prince's special armor and hundreds of soldiers with white flags knocked on Jinan Mansion at night, and no matter how suspicious he was, he had to open the door.

The words have been explained, the rest is to implement, Liu Ziguang put on Dolgon's armor again, cut a few locks of horse tails and stuck them on his face as a beard, and covered half of his face with bloody gauze, pretending to be injured. The white flag armor on the soldiers of the death camp has not been taken off, and it is stained with dust and blood, and then the flags of the Qing army of various colors are beaten, which is really like a defeated soldier who rushed overnight without makeup.

After dressing up, Liu Ziguang came down from the mountain with more than 200 people and urged the horses to go straight to Jinan City.

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Shandong Green Battalion General Zhang Wu was last spring began to eat grain as a soldier, a year to become the general, this is not how strong his ability is, there are really not many people stronger than him, first Shunzhi Ye launched the Southern Expedition unfortunately, and then Rui Wang Ye turned the tide and blocked the Ming army in Yanzhou, these two times the army mobilized a large number of Shandong Green Battalion, and the remaining defense of Jinan Mansion is only left with some old and weak soldiers under the age of 16 and over 60 years old, although Zhang Wu is weak, he is finally a young man in his twenties, This gate is always taken for granted.

Tonight happened to be Zhang Wu leading the team to be on duty at night, and there was an order from above that it was necessary to step up precautions, and there was already a Ming army attacking the city in Tai'an, and there might be a defeated army from Tai'an at any time. In order to fear the infiltration of the Ming army, it was stipulated that the door was never allowed to be opened at night, and no matter who came over, they had to wait until the Governor of Tianming had identified it before letting them into the city.

The city tower is lit with a dead wind lantern, more than a dozen old soldiers knock on the bang to patrol, if the enemy is attacked, they will immediately light a fire to warn, and the green battalion soldiers in the hidden soldier cave under the city can immediately go to the city to defend, and after guarding for a while, the Eight Banners will also come to support.

Thinking of the old and weak green battalion soldiers who were sleeping soundly in the Tibetan soldier cave and the eight banner lords in the inner city, Zhang Wu felt frustrated, hoping that they could only deal with the bandits in the mountains in the south, if the army of the Ming Dynasty came over, it was better to surrender quickly, I heard that there was no drought in the south, so everyone was Han, and they should be able to give a full meal if they surrendered. Speaking of the Han people, Zhang Wu couldn't help but be a little indignant, last year the family told him a daughter-in-law, the dowry was sent over, and the eight characters were changed, but the daughter-in-law who didn't pass the door was taken by the banner man, and she snatched it to be a concubine, and it was useless to sue the government, who made the Han people inferior.

Thinking that his handsome daughter-in-law was ravaged by the fat pig-like Manchurian master, Zhang Wu squeezed the handle of the knife tightly, if he hadn't been thinking about the old mother of Gaotang, he would have slaughtered the fat man with a knife, hum, it is best for the Ming army to come over and kill all the people to repay my hatred of taking my wife.

In the midst of his thoughts, the silent night was suddenly broken by a rapid sound of horses' hooves, the hooves knocked on the stone floor outside the south gate, the sonorous sound of armor blades and weapons rubbing, as well as the Manchu shouting and cursing and the sound of the hunting wind of the banner in the night wind instantly filled the ears, and an old soldier ran into the enemy building where Zhang Wu was resting in a panic and reported: "Little Wuzi, oh no, master, a team of soldiers and horses came down from the city, shouting for us to open the city gate." ”

The old army is Zhang Wu's uncle, and he was arrested at the age of sixty, and the person who has carried a hoe all his life carries a big gun is not like that, Zhang Wu got up from the place, patted his ass and walked towards the city unhurriedly, it must be a defeated soldier who ran back from Tai'an, just let them stay below, the order of the governor cannot be disobeyed.

Zhang Wu took a look outside of the battlement, and was taken aback, under the city are more than 200 Eight Banner soldiers wearing white flag uniforms, all of them have blood on their bodies, the armor of the leader is particularly exquisite, the high golden helmet is inserted with red cherry blossoms, and the gold silk embroidery on the body is dazzling under the light of the torch, it is a dragon! The one who can embroider the dragon on the armor must be the royal family, this lord is not a prince but also a Baylor, that is a role that the governor can't afford to provoke.

Zhang Wu's cold sweat came down all of a sudden, and he boldly asked, "Who are the people from your department?" Our Governor has decreed that no one is allowed to enter the city before dawn. ”

"Fart!" One of the leading cavalrymen below pointed at Zhang Wu with a horse whip and scolded: "That old horseman in Songshou actually dares to hang Prince Rui outside the city!" Looking for death, isn't it? The prince is injured and needs to be treated by Lang Zhong as soon as possible, and you will have to fall to the ground after a delay of half a moment! ”

It turned out that it was really the prince who arrived! The regent of the Qing Dynasty is under the city, and he was injured, it seems that the army of the Southern Expedition must have been destroyed, and Zhang Wu's heart suddenly swelled with an indescribable feeling, a little gloating. This cavalry is not small, and even called the name of the governor of Shandong, it must be the captain of the guard of the prince of Rui, if he really goes back to tell the governor that he is running back to open the door, these irascible guys will not give up, the governor's head will not dare to cut off, and the head of our green camp will roll all over the ground like watermelons.

Open the door now! Zhang Wu made a decision, the old soldiers hurriedly ran down the city tower, lifted the huge door latch, seven or eight people worked together to push the gate open, and then went to open the gate of the urn city, put down the drawbridge with a winch, Zhang Wu tidied up his clothes, and led a group of old soldiers to kneel down by the city gate to meet the prince's driver.

The gates creaked open, and the cavalry at the gates swept in like a whirlwind.

"These dogs, even if they are defeated, they still march with arrogance, they are really fucking dragging, how can they make the Ming army come back with such arrogance?" Zhang Wu scolded secretly.

As if knowing his inner thoughts, a war horse stopped in front of him, frightened him, and did not dare to raise his head and asked, "Isn't the city gate open?" What else do you have to say? ”

The owner of the war horse smiled: "You have done a good job, gather your men, and the city gate will be handed over to us for defense." ”

Zhang Wuhu looked up suspiciously, the person who spoke was the Rui prince wearing dragon armor, and he couldn't see his face clearly in the darkness of the city gate, but the prince's Chinese language was golden, and he couldn't disobey.

"Gentlemen, come here, let the city gate take over by the banner soldier." Zhang Wu didn't dare to slack off, what did the master of the Eight Banners say, and he would be beaten with a whip if he hesitated a little.

The old soldiers are even more confused, why do these people take over the city gate as soon as they enter the gate, we don't care, anyway, it's Manren's own business, and Shangguan will carry it if something goes wrong.

The old army was gathered, and the cavalry that had just entered the city surrounded them, and the next thing was even more strange, and the prince of Rui asked, "How many soldiers are there to defend the city?" Where to stay? Where are the officers now? ”

"This...."Zhang Wu thought to himself that I was just a small city gatekeeper, and asked me what I was doing, this issue should be discussed with the Governor; Also, isn't the prince injured and needs immediate treatment, why is he so energetic at this time, asking questions.

"Say it! The Ming army is about to fight, and the prince needs to understand the defense of Jinan immediately! Seeing that Zhang Wu hesitated slightly, he whipped over, and the prince's guards helped violently.

Zhang Wu didn't have time to think about it, and said in a hurry: "There are only 1,000 people in the green camp at the south gate, all of them are asleep in the cave of the hidden soldiers, and they can come out to meet the enemy at any time, and there are dozens of old soldiers guarding the other three gates, and a number of eight banner soldiers are stationed in the city, and the small number does not know, our green camp leads the team to sleep in Widow Li's house in the south gate." “

"Very well, what's your name?" It was Lord Rui asking.

"The little Zhang Wu is the head of the South Gate." Zhang Wu replied cautiously.

"Zhang Wu, you take these Baturu under my command to arrest the Qianzong who left his post without permission, and this king will be rewarded." Lord Rui is really lenient.

Zhang Wu followed a few Eight Banner soldiers to Widow Li's house to catch Qianzong, and with a wave of his hand, a hundred people rushed to the cave of hidden soldiers, and within a while, more than 1,000 green battalion soldiers who were sleeping were disarmed.

Mr. Qian was dreaming in Widow Li's bed, and was suddenly lifted out by the big man who broke into the door, and looked up to see that it was a flag soldier, why is the flag soldier now playing the role of a military justice team?

"The heavenly soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have arrived, will you surrender or not?" The flag soldier dragged Mr. Qian out of the door, took off his helmet to reveal the Han people's hair bun, and said coldly. The steel knife glowed dimly in the pre-dawn light.

"The villain is willing to surrender!" Qian is always a soft bone, otherwise he would have been dragged to the front line to fight. Now that the Ming army has unknowingly hit Jinan, and even he, the thousand general who defends the city, has fallen into the hands of others, what is there to hesitate about.

"The villain is willing to wear the crime and make meritorious contributions, and the brothers of our green camp are eager to wear the imperial army....", Mr. Qian, who put on his clothes, said while being escorted to the city gate, and Zhang Wu followed behind in a daze. It turns out that Lord Rui is dressed by the Ming army, these people are all from the south, he doesn't know whether to be sad or happy, he can only take one step at a time.

The sky was already bright, the dawn broke in the east, the rooster crowed, a bright red Daxu appeared outside the south gate, and the word "Ming" stimulated the nerves of Qianhu and Zhang Wu, and countless cavalry came out of Qianfo Mountain with morning dew, and drove into Jinan Mansion in a neat line.