Seeing that the Qing army in the city ignored him, he was also angry, and summoned Gong Deshu, the chief white flag owner, Hou Shiwei, the chief red flag owner, Han Wanfeng, the chief blue flag owner, and Su Tianfu, the chief black flag master, each of whom led several henchmen and generals to his chief yellow flag camp to discuss military affairs. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Everyone sat down, and Zhang Lexing said angrily: "Brothers, this Bozhou is our hometown, if we can't even take it here, the general flag owner of our five banners will have no face to mix in front of the villagers!" Let's talk about it, how to attack the city in order to take down the Manchu dog head surnamed Yuan as soon as possible? ”

Chief Blue Banner Lord Han Wanfeng had a violent personality, and even said loudly: "Alliance Leader, how to attack the city?" Is this still to be asked? Directly attacked, with so many people in our crowd, Bozhou was also piled down with people! ”

Liu Yongjing, a close general next to him, known as "Liu Hungry Wolf", said directly and strangely: "Yes, alliance leader, if your brothers in the Yellow Banner can't do it, it doesn't matter, step aside, let our brothers in the Blue Banner go up and see how we capture this city of Maozhou!" ”

Zhang Lexing frowned, and before he could speak, the nephew next to him, Zhang Yujue, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, stood up, looked at Liu Yongjing angrily, and shouted: "Liu Hungry Wolf, don't think that if you have a little strength, you are not big or small!" The alliance leader and the general flag master are talking to each other, which is your turn to interject! If you have the ability to pee, wait for the next battlefield and the dogs! ”

Liu Yongjing was furious when he heard this, when he fanned with one palm, unexpectedly, he was clamped by an iron palm in mid-air, and at a glance, it was the brother Chen Daxi who advocated Lexing, his face suddenly changed, and he smiled and said: "Brother Daxi, don't be angry, this is not a joke!" ”

Chen Daxi snorted coldly and let go of the arm that grabbed him.

Liu Yongjing's heart was empty, and he didn't dare to say anything more. This Chen Daxi, strong in martial arts, burly, a few strong men can't beat him with one arm, although Liu Yongjing is nicknamed "Liu Hungry Wolf", but when he sees him, it is like a wolf seeing a tiger, so he can only retreat.

Gong Deshu, the chief white flag master, had a close relationship with Zhang Lexing, and came forward to say with a smile: "Alliance leader, subordinates listen to you!" We should be 4,000 strong under the white flag, and we will listen to you. ”

Su Tianfu, the chief black flag master, also hurriedly said: "Alliance leader, our black flag also obeys your command!" However, how to attack the city, the brothers were originally also in business, and they didn't learn any art of war, so why don't they move ladders to the city wall together? ”

Zhang Lexing nodded, signaled his satisfaction with the two, and turned his head to Hou Shiwei, the chief red flag master who had not spoken, and said: "Brother Hou, among us people, you are the most well-informed, what method do you have to break the city earlier?" ”

The lean and capable Hou Shiwei turned his head to look at Zhang Lexing, and said: "Alliance leader, brother has a way, but it is not so fast, and he can't capture Haozhou City in a short period of time, and there are ......" Hou Shiwei paused and stopped talking.

Zhang Lexing said: "Brother Hou, what's so embarrassing, just ask?" Isn't it your cousin? ”

"Not bad! My cousin, Hou Shizhong, was a county magistrate in the city of Maozhou. As long as he secretly sent someone to open the city gate at night, we would rush up and take the city of Maozhou easily. Hou Shiwei said a little depressedly: "But my cousin is not in harmony with me, and he is unwilling to join our army." I also ask the alliance leader to promise to spare my cousin after capturing the city of Maozhou. As for the method that the brothers came up with, they followed the example of the Cantonese army and the Taiping army in the south, dug the crypt under the city wall of Miaozhou, filled the coffin with gunpowder, detonated the collapsed city wall, and then conquered the city in one fell swoop. But it will take at least a few days. ”

Zhang Lexing was silent. It's been a few days, and it's been a long delay. His original plan was to capture the city of Haozhou in one fell swoop, and then wave his army to the south and occupy the capital city of Yingzhou. But this is a large population, but food is a problem.

Han Wanfeng, the chief blue flag master, shouted: "Dig a crypt? A small city of millizhou, and digging crypts? What a joke! After speaking, he slapped the table, stood up, and said, "You discuss slowly, and our Blue Flag will attack directly." However, I said ugly things ahead, if the city is breached, the money and food in the city will be my Blue Banner people. ”

Blue Flag generals Liu Yongjing, Wei Lan and others all followed the chief Blue Flag Lord Han Wanfeng out of the big tent.

Zhang Lexing's face was gloomy, and in desperation, he had to say to the remaining banner owners: "Since this 'nose sac' has to attack him, ignore him." When he attacked him, we sent men to dig burrows from four directions, and within four days we had to dig under the city walls! ”

And they agreed.

Soon, nearly 5,000 men and horses of the Blue Banner began to attack the city, but Yuan Jiasan in the city was well arranged, well defended, and the Twist Army had no reliable siege equipment at all, and the only thing that could be counted on was a few earthen cannons, and before a few cannons were fired, they were blown up.

In desperation, the Blue Banner Twist Army can only climb up the city wall with temporary wooden ladders and wooden sticks and ropes, the most primitive siege of the city, but the Qing soldiers on the city tower bravely killed hundreds of people with stones, boiling oil and bricks, plus the bird guns on the city tower keep firing, after a battle, the Blue Flag has thousands of casualties, but even the city tower did not climb up, ashamed and difficult to be the chief blue flag master Han Wanfeng, but blamed Zhang Lexing for not sending the twisted brothers to help the battle, and Zhang Lexing quarreled, and angrily led the Blue Flag Twist Army to leave the city of Maozhou, Returned to his Blue Flag base camp, and went to Dahanzhuang, Caoshi Market, Maozhou.

Zhang Lexing sighed, the twisted crowd has never been able to gather together, he, the leader of the alliance, is just a loose title, and his "Great Han Yongwang" is just his general yellow flag twisted crowd shouting.

Just as he was about to urge the crowd to dig the crypt quickly, suddenly two messengers came to report, Zhang Lexing hurriedly summoned Gong Deshu, the chief white flag master, Hou Shiwei, the chief red flag owner, and Su Tianfu, the chief black flag owner, to discuss.

"Brothers, I have invited you here again, there is an urgent matter to discuss with you!" Zhang Lexing drove the rest of the people out of the tent, leaving only the four of them as the general banner masters, took out an urgent report from his arms, and said: "The Taiping Holy Kingdom in the south has captured the Manchu Beijing City, and the Taiping Holy King has ascended the throne and claimed the emperor in the Forbidden City!" ”

Gong Deshu, Hou Shiwei, and Su Tianfu were shocked and exclaimed, "They are so fast! And what about the dog emperor of the Manchu Dynasty? ”

"The Dog Emperor escaped from Beijing City and hid in Rehe, however, the messenger said that the Dog Emperor had died of illness, and now he is a little kid emperor who was born half a month ago!" Zhang Lexing was a little worried, and the spirit that had come to attack Haozhou City was completely gone.

He said worriedly: "Last year, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sent a canonization document to my brother, but I ignored it. Two months ago, two messengers claiming to be from the Taiping Holy Kingdom begged to see my brother and let me lead the people to join the Holy Kingdom. At that time, I didn't even pay attention to the powerful Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Hong Heavenly King, and I didn't care what kind of holy king they were, so I ignored them! Unexpectedly, now, the other party's power is so great that it has captured the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop. ”

Before he finished speaking, Hou Shiwei said: "Alliance leader, no matter what kind of Heavenly King and Holy King he is, we can occupy this Huaibei area!" ”

Zhang Lexing smiled bitterly: "If only the Holy King was just the emperor in Beijing City, it would be fine. The messenger also brought a piece of news: a few days ago, the Holy King sent a general named Peng Yulin and Wei Jun, leading more than 15,000 people, to occupy Runing Mansion and Xuzhou in southern Henan, and now he has entered the nearby Chenzhou Mansion. Now they have marched into Guide Province, and the soldiers are close to our borders. ”

"Moreover, Peng Yulin specially asked people to bring a letter of persuasion, asking the people of our original 'Eighteen Shops to Gather Righteousness' and submit to them. If we don't submit, we will be treated as the local demons and defeated together! After Zhang Lexing finished speaking, he looked at the three of them and asked them to tell them what they thought.

"Alliance leader, they are simply too deceitful! The surnamed Su wants to see what kind of three heads and six arms they have, such a big breath! It's only 15,000 people, alliance leader, it's a big deal to fight with them! Chief Black Flag Lord Su Tianfu said angrily.

Gong Deshu, the chief white flag master, also shouted: "Yes, alliance leader, what should he do!" Such southern barbarians, when they arrived at our Huaibei territory, were still so arrogant. If it weren't for the fact that they were also anti-Qing rebels, I really wanted to teach them a lesson. ”

Only Hou Shiwei, the chief red flag master, said cautiously: "Alliance leader, brothers, brothers think that it is better to think in the long run. You may have been in Maozhou, Mengcheng and other places, and you have never heard of the name of this holy country's captive army. This captive army, all equipped with foreign guns, many foreign cannons, sharp firearms, has always been able to kill demons, and must not be taken lightly. According to the brother's will, it's better not to be an enemy! ”