Chapter 231 The Qing army is here

"The Qing army is here."

"That's right, the Qing army is here."

"Big Brother."

Guanghua County was close to Junzhou, and the distance between the two places was less than dozens of miles. When the soldiers of the Junzhou Jiang Defense Battalion received the order from Song Tao, they naturally rushed to Guanghua County immediately. As a result, he had given him less than three quarters of an hour to arrive. The price he paid was that a group of fast horses had exhausted his energy. It seemed that there was no time to rest, and that was not a good war horse could no longer be used.

Junzhou has no telegraph machines. With the expansion of the military government, the small power generation equipment and telegraph machines purchased by the military government have been seriously insufficient. Therefore, only one was left at the 11th and 12th standards stations to prevent Xiangyang from receiving adverse information at critical moments.

Although He Jin was a little capable in training troops, his strategic grasp was a little worse. He only saw that Junzhou was a distance from Nanyang, so he only assigned a battalion of troops to Junzhou, and such a mistake occurred!

Zhang Guoquan sat in the hall with a little disheveled clothes. This was a synagogue of the former Jianghu Association in Hekou Town. Now he has been designated as his residence. Often, a group of old brothers from Jianghu Association from the 11th Count often come here to party, which is very lively.

After the Guanghua Uprising, he fought for the position of the 11th Biaobiao, and then he took over the five counties of Junzhou, Fencheng, Baokang, Fangxian and Shangjin for going south and headed to the west, and firmly took over the position of the 11th Biaobiao. Later, there was news that the Qing army was about to go south in Yingcheng, and he was transferred from Fangxian to Guanghua County to take charge.

However, compared to the county town, he preferred this Hekou Town, which is not far from the county town, so he chose his mansion here.

Of course, defense should be subject to the county town.

When the information from soldiers from Junzhou that led the Qing army to the south came, he had already been sleeping with the general!

However, the guard could not stop the soldier and rushed into the yard and shouted for a visit. He was shocked and learned about this matter!

"Brother, you give me an idea, what should we do?"

Zhang Guoquan was still thinking about what to plan. One of his several supervisors, Song Caiwa, also a leader of the Jianghu Association, asked.

In the hall, several of his eleventh team leaders, Cui Yimao, Zhou Zhiwa, Gan Guodong, He Zhengyuan, etc., were waiting in the house. In addition, there was a steward arranged by Mr. Cheng, who represented the Hubei military government. However, Zhang Guoquan is getting richer and has some other intentions in his heart, so he gradually dislikes him, so he left him in the county town and stayed behind, and he himself returned to Hekou for a while.

Gan Guodong frowned and shouted in a thick voice: "I'm afraid he can have a ball, brother, please call me brothers and we'll rush to support me. Humph, didn't Li Zhengtang's little turtle recently take over the Yunyang Mansion to suppress our 11th tier? This is a good opportunity. The eldest brother must compete for the position of the fifth association. Now the Hubei-Zhongzhong Military Government is in a high reputation. In the past few days, three of them have achieved the commander of the first association with their military achievements. Can the eldest brother lose to them? "

He was a fool, but he was a fierce thug from the Jianghu Society. He usually had to accommodate him after he started to act ruthlessly, so he won him a position as a team official.

Since the 11th and 12th qualifiers were not enough, there was no mandatory requirement for the establishment of the eleventh qualifiers. Zhang Guoquan and Liu Xiu'ang had served in the Hubei New Army for many years, so they directly copied the establishment of the new army, but did not follow the Hubei Central Military Government.

Although Gan Guodong was in trouble, he did have some thoughts, so Zhou Zhiwa, one of the few people, nodded and agreed, and only heard him echo: "That's right, brother. The reason why my Jianghu Club has such a grand occasion is not the reputation of several major wars. Now that we see us, even the Lanting Society, which was against our Jianghu Club in the past, had to surrender. The big leader personally went to the mansion to apologize to his brothers. The military government now has only three cooperative commanders, and as Lao Gan said, he became famous for his long battle. The eldest brother may have achieved fame through this war. When we see him, Li Xiaoer dares to be so arrogant."

After the Guanghua Uprising, due to the Fifth Cooperation Consolidation Constitutional Constitutional Consolidation Consolidation Consolidation Consolidation Consolidation Consolidation, Li Xiu'ang, who was supported by the new army and the former county magistrate of Guanghua County, raised a large amount of food, money and weapons in a short time after Yingcheng could not withdraw a large amount of military funds due to the war. On the contrary, the Jianghu that supported Zhang Guoquan would not get much benefit.

Such unequal treatment, not to mention the group of Taoist robbers from the Jianghu Club, even Zhang Guoquan himself held his breath and became alienated from Li Xiu'ang.

If he hadn't had some "friendship" with Mr. Cheng, the two of them had approached each other several times in private, and with his help, they had obtained a lot of supplies from Xiangyang and had just completed the 11th yard arming. Otherwise, Li Xiu'ang would have been able to go to the position of the Fifth Association as the General Assembly.

Zhang Guoquan frowned very tightly. Compared to the group of people from the Jianghu Association, he was also very good at staying in the New Army for a while and went to a private school for several years. He was just a man of fighting and fierceness. In addition, he couldn't stand the darkness in the New Army of the Qing army, so he offended the people and was kicked out of the New Army.

In terms of perspective, he is much stronger than these old brothers from the Jianghu Society, so he can naturally see it more clearly.

According to the warning sent by Yingcheng, the Qing army gathered in Nanyang was less than 15,000, and even some short sellers could remove at most 2,000. There were more than 13,000 people left, almost ten times his eleventh quota.

If the Qing army took advantage of the situation to move south from Junzhou, he would not be able to resist it, even if he came to a few more battalions, he would not have much chance of winning.

But he was far from Nanyang, but because this Junzhou was far away from Nanyang, there was only one battalion guarding him.

However, he had to make some preparations in advance. Therefore, once the Qing army took over Junzhou and stood firm, the second target to attack was the nearby Guanghua County.

"Zhengyuan, what do you think?"

Seeing that the people in the lobby were fighting hard, he encouraged him to go to support him quickly.

Zhang Guoquan was faintly depressed, but he fell on He Zhengyuan, who had never spoken.

He Zhengyuan was originally a cashier at the Jianghu Association, with his name Yimao. He was a down-and-out scholar. Before his family declined, he received a good education and was very proficient in chanting poetry, painting and even astronomical calculations. However, his father died early, and his clan uncle peeked at the family dozens of acres of fertile land in his family, so he colluded with several local Japanese devils who worked as Italian foreign churches, snatched his family's ancestral property, and drove him out of his ancestral home.

Although He Zhengyuan is full of talent and knowledge, he has never been exposed to "fire, rice, oil and salt" when he was young. He was just taken away from his industry and almost starved to death on the streets.

Thanks to the old master of the Jianghu Association at that time, he saw that he was pitiful, so he took him in and asked him to follow him to give advice. Later, he recommended him to be a cashier of the Jianghu Association to help manage a few industries that were not large.

His original name was He Yimao, but there was another hall master named Cui Yimao in the Jianghu Club. In order to avoid suspicion and to make a difference, he exchanged his name with the word "大天" and the original word "Zhengyuan" became his name.

It is said that he was not qualified to participate in such a meeting, a person who even could not even be a master. However, after contacting him for a while, Zhang Guoquan found that he was indeed a little talented and had a grasp of the general trend, so he decided to transfer him to his side to train him, and then sent someone to call him.

"Sir, what the adults said is reasonable. However, my eleventh tier is only more than 1,780 people, and only more than ten artillery pieces. More than half of them are local artillery left by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. I am afraid it is difficult to resist the Qing army's military attack. Besides, there are only a few hundred people in Junzhou. Once the Qing army is forced to cross the river, Junzhou will lose, maybe Junzhou has been taken down by the Qing army at this moment!"

He Zhengyuan saw this accurately. After he said this, the few people in the house who had learned a lot of skills had stopped talking.

After all, he was a mess, but after scratching his head for a while, Gan Guodong muttered again, "Then we will do nothing? The credit of our hands is about to fly!"

He Zhengyuan's face turned solemn, but ignored the mischievous man. Instead, he stared at Zhang Guoquan for a while before speaking: "No, General. In the opinion of the lower level, if Junzhou is lost, the Qing army will have only two roads to go, which is nothing more than going east and west. At that time, not only will the twelve standards of Yunyang Prefecture be affected by war, but our Guanghua County will be blocked from the throat of the Qing army's eastward expedition to Xiangyang, and it will be necessary to be attacked by the army. It is better to prepare in advance!"

His opinion was consistent with Zhang Guoquan's idea, so he nodded solemnly and asked, "Did Zhengyuan have an idea in his heart? Teach me quickly?"

He Zhengyuan said: "The enemy is strong and we are weak, and the situation is seriously unfavorable to us. The general should deal with it calmly at this time, so that the one in Yingcheng can see the general's ability!"

Zhang Guoquan lowered his head and gave a slight slight look, with thousands of thoughts flashing in his eyes. After thinking for a while, he spoke, "How to do it?"

"First, I immediately ordered the county to be on guard. The Qing army was powerful but the horse was running hard. I could fight him with the eleventh tier! But before that, I still had two important things to do!"

"explain"

"I inform Xiangyang of the news of the Qing army's southward journey as soon as possible, and let the two armies of Staff He and General Ma be prepared; and ordered someone to telegram Li's twelfth order to make preparations, and there must be no delay!"

"What's the solution?"

"My 11th model lacks military strength and the Qing army is in great power. The adults are not inconsistent in their work. If Xiangyang prepares in advance, it can be called the Third Association. The nearly 10,000 troops of the Fourth Association will not be inadequate and fall into a lower position. Second, once Xiangyang receives information, it will definitely send reinforcements to help me as soon as possible. Third, it will add points in front of the general. Fourth, the fourth announcement will not make any complaints even if our troops are defeated, but will make people see the virtues of the adults!"

Zhang Guoquan thought for a while and nodded with satisfaction. What He Zhengyuan said was right. It was indeed not suitable to take action to take advantage of the situation. Instead, we should work together to overcome difficulties.

"What Zhengyuan said is very much my wish. You have mentioned first before. Could it be that there are good plans to help me?"

"Yes, sir. If sir, you have to do two more strategies."

"Please give me advice"

"Second, prepare for the retreat. If the Qing army goes south and the county city defense has been disrepair for many years, it must not be defended for a long time. The adults should immediately supervise the army to take over to Gucheng as a preparatory plan to withdraw the army! And thirdly, Zhengyuan only wants to ask the adults, do you want to succeed?"

Zhang Guoquan felt aroused in his heart. His first two strategies made him very fond of them. He heard him suddenly ask this question, and asked calmly.

"No, this is very important. If you want to accomplish something, you can take advantage of the lack of military defense during the war and recruit another 3,000 troops in the county! Take the decisive strategy of expanding troops."

"Come."
Chapter completed!