"Brigade commander, don't we need to catch Huang Guilu and then set off for Zhangjiakou? If he can't catch it, maybe our whereabouts will be leaked on this trip, and we won't be able to take it by surprise. ”

One of Wang Guixiang's regiment commanders looked at Wang Guixiang and put forward his own opinion, Wang Guixiang glanced at him when he heard this, and said: "We can't hide it for a long time this time, just try to prevent the news from being leaked in advance as much as possible, Now that Huang Guilu has run away, this is only more than 150 miles away from Zhangjiakou, and then Zhangjiakou's eyeliner is dense inside, we march on such a large scale, it is impossible not to miss a trace, so the soldiers are fast, what we have to do is to after they find out about the situation, It's too late to react, We're going to take them by surprise and we're going to take them by surprise. ”

Hearing this, the regiment commander said: "I know, such a brigade commander, our department applies to take the lead in setting off as the vanguard to capture the city pass of Guihua City." ”

Wang Guixiang said: "Siege cavalry, unwise, political commissar, you say yes?" ”

Wang Guixiang turned his head to look at a dark-skinned young man who followed behind him, this young man graduated from the Lantian Military Academy, and was also Li Chaosheng's military adjutant to Wang Guixiang.

The young man looked at Wang Guixiang and said, "Brigade Commander, I have telegraphed the situation here to the secret spies of the Naturalized City, and asked them to wait until the army is coming to the city, and wait for the opportunity to seize the door and lead the army." ”

Hearing this, Wang Guixiang said: "In this way, there will be no worries." ”

When the regiment commander heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "The county is really powerful, with the telegram, our military information can be transmitted to our people almost without delay, and with it, we have quite a lot of regimental strength." ”

Hearing this, Wang Guixiang said: "County Zun, that is the immortal figure, the fairy world brought by the thing, of course it is not something we can understand, okay, the army set off, now there are still two hours before dawn, before dawn, rush to Zhangjiakou." ”

"Yes."

Hearing this, the cavalry rode their horses quickly, fortunately today is the big moon and the earth, the moon in the sky illuminates the grassland, and the cavalry in Lantian County has good food, and no cavalry has night blindness, so they can rush at night.

WhewW......

At this time, in a haystack in the grassland, an unkempt man came out, looking at the search horse team leaving in the distance, the whole person was in a state of confusion, Who would have thought that he would follow the old horse thief at home to rob him, and he could also encounter the march of the army.

Originally, he was ready to fall asleep today, but as soon as he lay down, he was woken up by Liao Zhong's fool, saying that the young master we have to do a ticket at night, he was all confused at the time, who robbed at night

Liao Zhong said that the current merchants are cunning, knowing that there are horse thieves blocking the road during the day, so they rush to the night at night and rest during the day, so if we want to grab something, we must adapt to the habits of the caravan.

As a result, they really stopped a caravan, everyone killed and robbed the goods, the leader's head was cut off and pickled, and he could sell it to their families for 1,800 taels of silver.

The cavalry saw that they killed without saying a word, their twenty-eight horsemen were cut down by the other party with almost no resistance, he was so frightened that he rode his horse and ran away, Liao Zhong was not slow, but obviously could not run the opponent's cavalry, he saw that there was a big ditch in front of him, so he jumped off his horse, hid in the ditch, and drove the horses away, taking advantage of the darkness, the opposite cavalry had a bad sight, and only then escaped a catastrophe.

Then he hid in the weeds in the ditch, evading the search of the cavalry.

Huang Guilu knocked off the weeds on his body, looked at the direction of the cavalry brigade leaving, it was the direction of Zhangjiakou and muttered: "These people are going to Zhangjiakou, what are they doing in Zhangjiakou, they don't want to attack Zhangjiakou, wait, I grass, I won't really attack Zhangjiakou!" ”

Thinking of this, the cold sweat on Huang Guilu's head fell, and then he looked at the thousands of cavalrymen who were far away, and his eyes widened and widened: "My mother, you won't really let me guess right, no, you have to notify your family quickly and prepare early." ”

Thinking about Huang Guilu, he turned around and pulled out a large bird cage from the haystack, which contained a half-meter-high, pure white falcon, this eagle is named Hai Dongqing, this is Huang Guilu's treasure, and he takes it with him wherever he goes.

In order to buy this bird, he spent two thousand taels of silver, which made his father angry and scolded him for being a loser.

But he just likes it, how can a rich son not raise eagles and walk birds? This Hai Dongqing is also in the border stopper, if it is transported to the south of the Yangtze River or the rich land of the capital, two thousand taels? You can't buy it even if you double it.

And he is still young, when he grows up, this Haidongqing can grow to more than one meter tall, and his wings are more than two meters long, at that time he set up an eagle, led a dog, and went hunting, but it is really what the poem says: the left leads the yellow, the right Qingcang, the brocade hat mink Qiu, and the thousand horses roll Pinggang.

This is why Huang Guilu feels that their family should live a good life, so it is not a shame to be able to live like his father and search and search, what is the name of the eight Jin merchants.

However, Huang Guilu did this in Huang Yunfa's eyes to be a loser, and he was admonished more than once, and Huang Guilu didn't take it seriously, but at this time, his half-sized Haidongqing was useful, and I saw Huang Guilu take out a small box from the cuff, open it with a small brush inside, and then write down the information: There is a large army that wants to attack Zhangjiakou, so be vigilant as soon as possible......

After writing, he tied a bamboo tube to Hai Dongqing's leg and threw it into the sky: "Go home." ”

Oh......

Hai Dongqing screamed, and the next moment spread his wings and flew away, this training Hai Dongqing sent a letter not once or twice, Huang Guilu felt that Hai Dongqing would definitely be able to complete the task.

"What sound?"

The Lantian soldiers who were searching for Huang Guilu here heard Hai Dongqing's shout, and turned back at this time: "Go, go back and see, hey, see if that's a person, I'm grass, don't run ......"

……

At that time, the east lit up with fish belly white, about an hour before dawn, the doors of all the big power firms in Zhangjiakou were knocked, and then they heard the humanitarian: "Hurry up, everyone, the big thing is not good, there are robbers who want to attack our Zhangjiakou, hurry, hurry up to the gate of the Fan family compound to gather, Master Fan, please discuss countermeasures!" ”

"Shopkeeper Zhao get up quickly, there are robbers ......"

A group of people knocked on the door from house to house to inform the big businessmen that there were robbers coming.

Zhangjiakou is different from other places, other places are the government to assist in the defense, and the protection of Zhangjiakou is completely guarded by these merchants, it can be said that the city of Zhangjiakou is the city of merchants, everything here is the eight families of Jin merchants to start, and the rest of the small businessmen follow the model.

And this model is also very easy to use, the eight families of the Jin Shang family raise swordsmen to guard, and deal with a rogue internally, and even the corrupt guard army of the Ming Dynasty is enough, externally with the relationship between Zhangjiakou and the Tartars, what foreign war can they have, which attack on the Ming Tartars is not around Zhangjiakou.

In these years, even the ferocious Tartars know that Zhangjiakou can't fight their own people, so all the security problems in Zhangjiakou are the final say of the eight Jin merchants, and the court here also has to look at the faces of these merchants, after all, in the water of Zhangjiakou, it looks like the eight Jin merchants, but in fact, there are many big fish under the water.

Fan Yongdou's servants and guards woke up one merchant after another, and soon there were shopkeepers who had not slept well on the streets.

At this time, the shopkeeper of Shengtong Zhao sat in the room and looked at the people beside him: "Let the brothers get ready, just received the order of Brigade Commander Wang Guixiang, they can reach Zhangjiakou at dawn, I hope we can help open the city gate and let the army enter the city." ”

Hearing this, the people on the side said: "But most of our people are watching?" ”

Shopkeeper Zhao said: "Let's withdraw the people first, sit down and rest for a while, and help the army enter the city is the most important thing, I didn't expect them to get the news in advance, but it doesn't matter, I will ask Fan Yongdou for the right to protect in a while, and then it will be okay to open the city gate with the outside world." ”

"Now you gather your brothers first, and I'll go and discuss with these people, and when we determine which gate belongs to us to guard, let's notify Brigade Commander Wang Guixiang by telegram which gate he will attack from."

"Yes."

Hearing this, the man responded, the shopkeeper Zhao put on his coat at this time, opened the door, and leaned over, when the day was just dawning, the wind was very cold, and it was very uncomfortable to blow on the body.

"Ah, Maharaja."

Shopkeeper Zhao went out just in time to see Wang Dengku rushing to Fan's Mansion with more than a dozen familymen, Wang Dengku saw Shopkeeper Zhao and smiled: "Oh, Shopkeeper Zhao, early." ”

Shopkeeper Zhao said with a smile at this time: "Where did this robber come from, he woke people up before dawn, ahhh~"

The shopkeeper Zhao yawned, showing the anger of getting up vividly, Wang Dengku heard it and said: "I don't know, I'll know when I get to the place." ”

"Well, let's go."

The two go together, the businessman is harmonious and rich, and it is not as everyone imagines, the eight families are clever and robbing, oppressing their peers, the businessmen rarely oppress the merchants, they are more oppressive tenants, and those who are sold into slavery are more oppressed, and they are also businessmen, they are generally not excessive, because they are a type of people, who knows who will be able to use whom in the future?

And the tenant is a slave, so there is no problem with bullying.

The two arrived at the door of Fan's house, and Fan Yongdou stepped on the table moved by the family at this time and said: "Everyone, everyone, 100,000 urgent, I received information just now that there are three or four thousand cavalry of unknown origin coming towards our Zhangjiakou, and this time the comers are not good." ”

"Ah, three or four thousand cavalry!"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes widened, and someone said, "What are they doing in our Zhangjiakou?" ”

Fan Yongdou said at this time: "Everyone, our Zhangjiakou is famous, and they all say that we are rich and rival the country, I think I am afraid that someone has taken a fancy to the family property we have accumulated for generations, and this time I came to take away our family property!" ”

"Ahh

Hearing this, the people below immediately panicked: "This, this, what can I do about this?" ”

For a while, everyone was talking.

Fan Yongdou let everyone talk for a moment, and then said: "Everyone, everyone, don't panic first, listen to me, the enemy is about an hour or so before the army will come to the city, and now it is impossible to count on others, so now Zhangjiakou can only rely on us to protect itself." ”

Hearing this, the people below stomped their feet and said: "Fan Gong, we are powerless businessmen, let's make a plan, what do we do to protect Zhangjiakou?" ”

"yes, yes."

Hearing this, many people agreed, and then Fan Yongdou said: "Everyone, at this moment of crisis survival, don't hide it, who doesn't support house slave courtyard workers, courtyard swordsmen, at this time it's time for them to come in handy, a family of one hundred and eighty people, we can form an army of thousands, not necessarily unable to fight with the strongman, and we don't have to fight a protracted war with the strongman, as long as we hold for three or five days, the Manchu army will come to save us, I have sent someone to send a letter to the prince of the Manchu Dynasty." ”

Hearing this, this group of businessmen has settled down a lot, Fan Yongdou wants to say that he has reported to the officials of the Ming Dynasty, these businessmen will definitely be disdainful, can the officials of the Ming Dynasty be reliable? Are the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty reliable?

But you said that you reported to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is stable, in this regard, the reputation of the Manchu Qing is much stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty, as for the Manchu Qing is the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, what does this have to do with him Zhangjiakou people, the Ming Dynasty is the world of the Zhu family, what does it have to do with us businessmen?

Even if the Manchu Qing entered the customs and won the world, it would be the bad luck of the old Zhu family, they were not only unaffected, but even able to go to the next level, so they were not only hostile to the Manchus, but even maintained a welcoming attitude.

Fan Yongdou said at this time: "Everyone, four days at most, four days, we will definitely be able to wait for the rescue army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as long as the army comes, the robbers will definitely be killed and lose their armor, even if our family business is saved, so we must not hide it, we must make more efforts, if the city is broken, your century-old family business, I am afraid it will be destroyed in one fell swoop." ”

Hearing this, the merchants nodded in unison: "Thieves must not be allowed to enter the city." ”

"Yes, yes, absolutely not."

……

Fan Yongdou looked at the people below and whispered to let everyone quiet: "Everyone, let's not talk nonsense, let's talk about the task, we have a total of four city gates in Zhangjiakou, southeast and northwest, and now we are enthusiastically signing up, say how many people you can produce, which gate you are willing to guard, let's work together to protect our hard-earned property." Okay, I'll make a sample first, our Fan family will send 500 swordsmen to guard the east gate. ”

After Fan Yongdou finished speaking, he looked at everyone at this time: "Who guards the West Gate?" ”

Wang Dengku said: "I will send out 400 swordsmen to guard the west gate." ”

Wang Dayu, who is also a member of the eight families of the Jin merchants, said: "I also sent more than 400 guests to guard the west gate with the prince. ”

"Then I will send four hundred swordsmen to help Fan Gong guard the east gate."

"I'll give three hundred, too."

Everyone, you are three hundred, I am four hundred, and soon the four doors are arranged, and when the shopkeeper Zhao saw that he was silent, he said without his own share: "I Shengtong also sent a hundred people to help guard the north gate." ”

"Okay, that's it, don't hesitate to send someone to the city wall quickly."

"Yes."

In this arrangement, there are seven or eight hundred people at each city gate, and Huang Yunfa and a few small businessmen guarding the north gate with Zhao's shopkeeper, a total of seven hundred people, guarding the north gate of Zhangjiakou.

After the meeting, Shopkeeper Zhao hurried back to Shengtong and immediately instructed his men: "Send a telegram to Brigade Commander Wang Guixiang and attack the city from the north gate." ”

"Yes."

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