Hearing Yan Hong's call, not long after, Wang Ting, Tao Zhi, Shao An, Yun Chuqi, and Ye Zhengfei came in. Wang Ting and others are Yan Hong's starting family, needless to say, the two Yellow River Shuangxia have been returning from the Xuanda War with Yan Hong last time, and now they are the titles of the 100 households, and in the Jinyi Guard team led by Yan Hong, they are also second only to Liu Lian, Wang Ting, Tao Zhi, Shao An, and the four deputy thousand household high-ranking officials, not to mention that their relationship with Yan Hong is extraordinary, and they are good at using soldiers and firearms, and they are equivalent to the position of the chief of staff in the Yan Hong camp.

After a few people came in, Yan Hong said: "Brothers, today is my little Dengke's day, and you also know that there is a mutiny in Nanjing. However, my subordinates of Sister Cuiqiao also found out a news, saying that in this Yangzhou city, there are some other people who are not careful, and now they are also gathering in Yangzhou from outside, but I am afraid that it is either the White Lotus remnants or the remnants of the Japanese Bandits, who are going to take the opportunity to make trouble. Now in Yangzhou, although Zhang Xijiu is not there, and the guards have also been transferred, I still have three hundred Beijing Jinyi guards under Yan Hong. Even those thousands of stove braves, as well as the people of the Salt Gang, can also be called. A few guys helped me arrange it, if no one came, but someone came to make trouble, so he couldn't eat and walked around! ”

When the three deputy Qianhu and the Yellow River Shuangxia heard Yan Hong say this, they didn't dare to underestimate it. Of course, it is not a national event for the deputy Qin to marry his aunt's wife, but if someone really takes advantage of this opportunity to make trouble, it will undoubtedly be on top of the mutiny, and add a knife to the southeast war situation. Everyone glanced at each other, and Wang Ting first said angrily: "Sir, you are the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, and in my opinion, it is necessary to talk about the trust of the Heavenly Family in you. I'm afraid that it's still on top of the Qin Cha Zheng envoy Zhang sacrificial wine. Today is a happy event for your little Dengke. If there is a thief who kills a thousand knives to make trouble. is not only trying to disturb Jiangnan, but also giving the heavenly family a hard time, so he should face it head-on. The following officials immediately mobilized the people of the Salt Gang to block the docks and roads everywhere, and guarded the gates of the city with guards. Don't let anyone slip through the net, lest it disturb your joy. ”

Yun Chuqi said: "Qincha, although what Chief Wang said is reasonable, there is no evidence that what the shopkeeper Wang saw must have come to do something like rat theft and dog theft." It stands to reason that this foreign man may not really be here for you. Even if you really want to come, with the hundreds of brocade guards we have here, they are all well-equipped, and there is no problem in clashing with them head-on. Contemptible people are just worried. Now we are in the light, and the bandits are in the dark. Besides, although you subdued Yangzhou's Zaoyong and Salt Gang last year. After all, these people are mixed, and no one can guarantee what kind of way there is. If you arrange the people of the Stove Yong and the Salt Gang with great fanfare, once the news leaks, they will inevitably cause another trouble, and there will be endless troubles in the future. Therefore, the contemptible people think that it is best to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the stove Yong and the salt gang will only be deployed on the periphery. And at the wedding banquet, they were secretly ambushed with brocade guards. If there is no one in the city who is in trouble, then all is well. If there really is any rat who dares to come, kill him again. ”

Yan Hong nodded and said, "What Brother Yun said is reasonable. ”

Ye Zhengfei said: "Qincha, if there are really thieves who dare to attack, once the matter is defeated, most of them will flee by water." And the most powerful weapons in this Yangzhou city are actually these ships that you parked on the dock......"

Yan Hong perked up when he heard him say this. His own big ships stopped at the dock of Yangzhou to make a reference for Hu Zongxian's sailors, but he forgot for a moment that they were powerful combat power. He smiled: "Brother Ye said that, I remembered it. It's just that this ship has been parked here for a long time, and I don't know if the artillery and muskets on it are still used? ”

Ye Zhengfei hurriedly said: "I've seen it there in the past two days, and it's a little rusty, but most of them are okay to use, and gunpowder or something is also stored." Speaking of this, my saliva is almost dripping.

Yan Hong laughed secretly in his heart, this Ye Zhengfei is a firearms maniac, since he came to Yangzhou, of course he refused to let go of these strong ships and cannons. He nodded and said, "In this case, let's ambush some people on the Yi ship." It's just that the last time Francois taught Min Yong, our Jinyiwei didn't know how to operate this ship. Brother Ye, although you are proficient in firearms, you can't drive these ships alone. ”

Wang Cuiqiao smiled and said, "Brother Hong, since your ships are handed over to my sister and me, how can you stay on the dock all day long and get moldy?" To tell you the truth, some of my reliable sailors in the salt shop are capable of handling the ship, and I tell them to sail the boat out for a few laps a month. ”

Yan Hong clapped his hands and said, "That's very good." A few guys, let's plan how to make the net, so that the bold dog who came from nowhere can taste our awesomeness! ”

Tao Zhidao: "Since it is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, on the one hand, we must prepare the patrol department, guard soldiers and other armed forces, and transfer them to help in the battle as soon as necessary." But at the beginning of the chaos, it is likely to form a situation of less to more in Jinyiwei. Although Jinyiwei is strong in martial arts, he also has to arrange it well to ensure that his ability is not lost. ”

Shao An said: "In my opinion, there are few people who can be mobilized directly, but we must have an advantage over firearms, so we will try our best to use firearms and let the bold dog taste the taste." It's just that muskets can't be fired in bursts, and the houses in the city are fighting, and the two sides are very close, and after a shot, most of them have to fight hand-to-hand. If you can think of a way to get the musketeers to shoot a few more shots, then there will be no more thieves to fear. ”

Yan Hong smiled: "Brother said this, I have an idea, let's refer to it in detail." ”

During the day on the second day of the first day of July, the people of Yangzhou were immersed in double stimulation. Half of it is the happy event of the concubine of Miss Yan Hongna, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, which will be held tonight, and the other half is the news of the mutiny in Nanjing. I heard that there were 70,000 or 80,000 mutinies, and the city of Nanjing was already besieged. The local guards were all dispatched. Now, the three battalions of the city, as well as some armed men of the Salt Gang, have been dispatched to guard the main road outside the city, how serious is this situation?

Because of these two things, no one paid attention to the fact that there were more unusual people in some docks, wine shops and some merchants' residences in Yangzhou City. Most of these people were young and middle-aged men between the ages of seventeen or eighteen and thirty or forty, and most of them were armed with swords. A strong man of physique. It seems that they all have some skills. If the local people in Yangzhou take a closer look. Some of these faces can be recognized as locals, or people from other counties in the south of the Yangtze River, among them, Suzhou is the most numerous.

These are the "evil youths" called by Jiangnan people. Their family backgrounds are generally not bad, and many of them are the children of wealthy merchant families in Jiangnan, or even the sons and nephews of official eunuchs. Of course. There are also many broken families who have fallen into the middle of the family. They are not willing to follow the traditional path of scholars who have been on the gold list for ten years, nor are they willing to work and produce, do business and get rich, but are idle, forming gangs, relying on the power of the family itself and the power formed by the gangs, to run rampant and domineering in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River. Among them, the gentle and kind ones may just eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and then there are cheats and abductions. oppress good people. Of course, they have a wide range of social paths. Sometimes they will also collect benefits to help people solve some problems, but for most people, these evils still belong to the existence of respecting and avoiding.

A few years ago, when the Japanese were in trouble, the government also organized these evil youths. Anyway, most of them are powerful, and they like to practice one and a half moves, and their combat effectiveness is probably a little stronger than that of the guards. When the Japanese were approaching, they were organized to go up to the city with swords and shouts, which could also strengthen the courage of the defenders and the common people. As for how many pirates they killed and how many people they harmed along the way, it is not clear.

Now, these people are scattered all over Yangzhou City quietly, some drinking, some drinking tea, some wandering around, and some sleeping with their heads covered. This is also in line with their usual style, there is excitement to see, not afraid of trouble.

In the Liu family's tea garden, several such "evil youths" were sitting in a corner, talking quietly. As they spoke, they picked up their teacups and poured them into their mouths, or grabbed melon seeds and dim sum stuffs on the table, but it was clear that their minds were not on eating and drinking.

"Third brother, that Yan Qin has transferred Zao Yong out of the camp, some of the four gates have been arranged, and some of them are patrolling at the main crossings in the city. The Salt Gang was also sent to the docks to guard, and it seems that he also had some preparations after the Nanjing Mutiny. "An obese teenager humane.

The one who is called the third brother is a dark-skinned, thirty-year-old man, with quite upright facial features and an elegant atmosphere, compared with these evil young men, he has a sense of standing out from the crowd: "What about the arsenal?" ”

"The arsenal is guarded by a hundred guards. Don't worry, all those who can fight have been transferred away by Zhang Juzheng, and these can't stand our brothers' beatings. ”

The third brother said again: "How are the people from the Inspection Division?" ”

Another white-faced thin man in his twenties said: "This inspection department in Yangzhou, since Ningwei was accepted into the Zhejiang army and transferred to Zhenjiang, the rest are all wine bags and rice bags, and they can't see the battle." If you want to say that the people who can fight in Yangzhou City, that is, Qincha's own hundreds of brocade guards. But we have a calculation or not, and when the time comes, we will kill him, no problem. ”

The fat boy asked again: "And that Zhang Yongfu, he heard that Yan Hong has been made three points like a person and seven points like a ghost, and he is obedient." Let's come, many of them stay at his house, aren't you afraid that he will go to Yan Hong to complain, right? ”

The white-faced thin man smiled: "It's not in the way." Zhang Yongfu was cut by Yan Hong with a knife last year in order to get involved with Qincha's concubine, and he hated Yan Hong to the core. Besides, let's agree, just borrow his place to live, and make a fuss when the time comes, so that Yan Hong will not be happy, and it will not affect him. He didn't know what we were going to do, so he was going to turn his face now, but he was asking for trouble. ”

The black-faced third brother nodded, and pointed on the table with his fingers: "That's good." At that time, our brigade will be divided into three ways. I personally took all the way to Zhangyuan and wiped out Yan Hong and the local officials in Yangzhou, who were eating and drinking. Luo Jinxing, you take all the men and horses to seize the arsenal, especially the firearms and ammunition. Xu Zui, you led people to charge on the streets, swept and intercepted the officers and soldiers who dared to come out, and burned the yamen by the way. There are our people in the guards, the salt gang, and the stove Yong, and when the time comes, we should get up, and many of these people can cheer us on. In this battle, if you can kill the dog official Yan Hong, it will naturally be the best. Otherwise, try to make Yangzhou upside down. Zhang Xuan, you take some brothers and stay on the dock, and when there is a disturbance in the city, you will set fire to the boat. In case our side suffers a loss, retreat to the dock, and rely on you to control the ship, so that we have a way to retreat. By the way, the dog official Yan Hong's ships must have been burned for him. ”

All the evil young men agreed in unison: "Third brother, don't worry, this Yan Hong dog official colluded with the Japanese and tyrannical in the south of the Yangtze River, bullying the people, and we have been angry for a long time." This time, I must let him know that it is powerful. ”

The third brother smiled and nodded, turned to look at the Yangzhou street market outside the window, and said secretly in his heart: "Yan Hong, Yan Xiaoxianggong, you have harmed my Li family so hard, not only the great business, the fame and the officials are all in ashes, but also the death of dozens of people in my family." It's good for you to collect the black money from the sea in front of the Qincha, and you want to marry a beauty. Tsk, good life is blessed. Now, I, Li Jiahu, am going to cut it all off! (To be continued......)