"Who is that, quickly give up your horse to Mr. Zhou," Zhang Mingjiu yelled loudly, and raised his whip and said to the bandits, "Please remember, Mr. Zhou will be our military advisor from now on, you must respect him, do you hear me?"
"I heard it!" the bandits replied.
Zhang Mingjiu said sharply again: "Don't kowtow to the military advisor!"
"Hello, Master Military Advisor."
"Meet the military advisor."
"I kowtow to the military advisor."
"..."
Nearly 200 bandits knelt down and yelled random words.
Zhang Mingjiu laughed loudly and said to Zhou Hexuan: "Military advisor, from now on you will follow me and knock down the counties around Jinan one by one. Don't look down on me as a bandit. I have great ambitions. When I have the capital, I can
Negotiating with the Japanese in Jinan City, as long as I get the support of the Japanese, I will be able to expand my territory and conquer the entire Shandong Province in the future! Of course, the military advisor will be required to come up with ideas. As for the brains, it is you scholars who have the wisdom."
In order to gain the trust of the other party, Zhou Hexuan took the opportunity to say: "After occupying the territory, you can also join the Northern Expeditionary Army."
"The military advisor said it well. It is not worthy to be the commander-in-chief of Beiyang now. It is better to be the warlord of the National Government." Zhang Mingjiu said happily.
Zhang Mingjiu had only studied for a few days, otherwise he would not be qualified to be Zhang Zongchang's orderly. A few days ago, the Zhilu Allied Army was defeated, and he was separated from the team and hid in the mountains and did not dare to come out.
Hearing that the Japanese had occupied Jinan, the Northern Expedition made a detour, turning the counties around Jinan into a no-care zone. Zhang Mingjiu felt that an opportunity had come, so he gathered more than 20 defeated soldiers to take advantage of the chaos, ensnaring the victims as bandits, and even invaded Qidong County.
Occupy it.
Zhang Mingjiu had witnessed the rise of Zhang Zongchang with his own eyes and regarded Zhang Zongchang as his lifelong idol. He also wanted to copy this successful path.
Historically, Zhang Ming was able to capture Zhangqiu County in September and July, and was later recruited by Sun Dianying, who surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army, and served as brigade commander. In the end, he died at the hands of Jiaodong King Liu Zhennian while fighting for territory.
From being an orderly to taking advantage of the chaos, he became the brigade commander of the National Revolutionary Army. This guy can be considered a talent.
The bandits continued their journey to Caozhuang, and Zhou Hexuan was flattering him all the way, and gave Zhang Mingjiu bad ideas from time to time, making this villainous guy very happy.
Sun Yonghao asked in a low voice: "Brother, sir, you won't really become a bandit, right?"
"Stop talking, act according to the situation." Sun Yongzhen scolded.
Fortunately, Zhang Mingjiu valued Zhou Hexuan very much and did not take the scholar seriously, so he did not search anyone's body and only briefly checked the belongings on the carriage.
Wanrong grabbed Meng Xiaodong's sleeve tightly: "Sister Xiaodong, what should I do?"
"It's okay, it's okay, Brother Zhou will rescue us." Meng Xiaodong patted Wanrong's hand and comforted her. In fact, she didn't know for sure.
Liao Yaquan pretended to be scared, but in fact she was extremely calm and very curious about how Zhou Hexuan would get out of trouble.
In about half an hour, the bandits arrived outside Caozhuang Village.
This was Zhang Mingjiu's usual practice, breaking into villages to steal people and things, taking the opportunity to expand his own strength, and then conquering the county in one fell swoop after all the villages were robbed.
Nowadays, several counties around Jinan don't even have garrisons, and they can be conquered with just a dozen guns.
However, the Caozhuang in front of us seems a bit difficult to deal with.
The entire village has built simple defense facilities, a fence wall made of bricks, mud, wood, and wicker, which is as tall as a person. There are many villagers standing behind the wall, most of them carrying red tassel guns, and some holding wooden sticks.
A carrying pole or even a hoe.
Red Gun Club!
Zhang Mingjiu rode a rogue horse, pulled out a sword he got from nowhere, and rushed outside the wall shouting: "Put down your resistance and pay the money to end the matter, or I will annihilate Caozhuang with blood!"
"boom!"
He was answered by the sound of a gunshot.
Zhang Mingjiu was startled and almost fell off his horse. He quickly reined in his horse and turned around, running away while shouting: "Hit me!"
The main force among these bandits are more than 20 defeated troops of the Zhili-Shandong Allied Forces. They all hold regular rifles. The defenders of the village only have a few old sleeves, not to mention accurate, and they often misfire.
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Fortunately, the defeated soldiers were relatively cowardly and did not charge even with their guns, letting their ordinary bandits take the lead.
These bandits were victims of the disaster a month ago. They were very weak. They carried wooden sticks, iron bars, kitchen knives, red-tasseled guns and other cold weapons, and charged forward while shouting.
There was even a man who wielded the Qinglong Yanyue Sword. He probably borrowed the weapon from the Guandi Temple. He swung it with great authority, but he fell down and was accidentally stepped on several times by his accomplices.
The defeated soldiers followed behind and kept firing their guns in the cold. Although the guns were good, their marksmanship was really bad, and they "pointed east and west" in various ways, scaring the birds in the sky.
The two sides finally came into contact with each other. The bandits were eager for the village's property, while the villagers wanted to protect their families. Both sides were furious.
There were some holes in the wall. The head of the red tassel gun protruded from the hole and was aimed at the outside. It knocked down five or six bandits in an instant. Seeing the blood, the bandits didn't know who was taking the lead. They turned around and ran away.
Some even left their weapons alone.
"Don't retreat, hold me back!" Zhang Mingjiu shouted angrily.
"Hold on, hold on!" the defeated soldiers roared.
But how can you withstand it?
The bandits ran for a full mile before finally stopping. It wasn't that they didn't want to keep running, but that they were too weak and tired, so they stopped to rest first.
Zhou Hexuan looked at the bad debt in front of him and couldn't laugh or cry.
Zhang Mingjiu doesn't know how to fight at all, and his attack is completely unorganized. The same is true for the Red Spear Club guarding the village. The bandits were defeated just now, and all the soldiers with guns were involved. What a great opportunity to counterattack.
If the red gun had taken advantage of the victory and charged out just now, the battle would have been completely resolved.
Zhang Ming ordered the bandits to reorganize on the 9th. This time he learned his lesson and concentrated on attacking the village gate. Even the bandits who were responsible for guarding Zhou Hexuan and others were called to join the battle.
"Let me attack Caozhuang. Everyone has a share of what we grab. Kill!" Zhang Mingjiu raised his saber and carried out the most primitive and effective battle mobilization.
Several bandits carried wooden stakes picked up from the roadside and used them as battering rams to rush towards the village gate.
"boom!"
The door shook a few times but did not open.
A few cold arrows shot out and hit the bandit. It looked scary, but it had no power. The bandit screamed in fright, thinking that he was about to die, and ran back alive.
Zhang Mingjiu became fierce, drew his sword and hacked to death a defeated bandit, shouting: "Anyone who retreats without authorization will be shot to death!"
The bandits were so frightened that they turned around and continued their attack, slamming down the village gate desperately.
At this time, the bandits guarding Zhou Hexuan and the others had already joined the fight. Sun Yonghao shouted in a low voice: "Sir, please run away quickly, this is a good opportunity!"
"Yes, run away for your life." Chun and everyone in the class also said.
"Escape from what?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled coldly, a bit sinisterly: "If you dare to rob me, I will kill him! Yongzhen, give me your gun."
