When Zhu Hongsan reorganized the Jinyiwei, he recruited a large number of personnel from the Jinyiwei in the north to prepare for his counterattack. Jinan, a major city in the north, was the focus of the monitoring of the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei had a thousand households, five hundred households, and a total of more than 300 people. He was strong in the Jinyiwei.

Today, I came to report that this hundred households was one of the five hundred households, named Dong Cheng. Today, he was ordered by the Qianhu, and quietly climbed down from the city in the middle of the night to deliver a letter to Zhao Guodong.

The Jinyiwei received news from the Nanjing Commander's Office as early as March, ordering them to prepare and cooperate with the Ming army to win.

Zhao Guodong looked at the very ordinary household in front of him. No matter how he looked, he didn't look like the domineering Jinyiwei in Nanjing, but he looked like a restaurant clerk. Zhao Guodong repeatedly looked at Dong Cheng's seal, which was correct.

Zhao Guodong asked, "Dong Baihu, now the Qing army is closed with four gates. How did you come out?" Now that the Ming army is besieging the city, the Qing army in the city must be in a panic. How can you, a restaurant clerk, escape the surveillance of the Qing army and climb down from the city wall guarded by heavy troops?

Dong Cheng also knew that Zhao Guodong was a little disbelief and quickly explained: "Admiral, the Jinan city wall has not been repaired after being breached by the Qing army in the 11th year of Chongzhen. This time, the Qing chief Jierharang defended Jinan, so he was anxious to donate money to build the city wall! Our Qianhu is a wealthy businessman in the city, and the bearer contracted a 300-meter city wall to repair. Now some of the city walls in the south of the city have not been completed, and the city is full of our people, so the subordinates can find opportunities to go down the city!"

Zhao Guodong nodded, it was reasonable for this guy to say it.

"Well, what news did you bring?"

"Sir, when the city of Chongzhen was broken in the 11th year, there was a gap of fifty or sixty meters in the south city. This time, my Qianhu, my family, took over this location by bribing the prefect, and buried thousands of kilograms of gunpowder at the bottom of the city wall! The time is set tonight at Yin hour, and then our Jinyiwei ignited gunpowder, and the soldiers of the adults outside the city entered the city and wiped out the Qing army!"

When Zhao Guodong heard Dong Cheng say this, he quickly stood up and asked: "What? Tonight? It's already midnight now, and there is still one hour before Yin hour. How do you ask this governor to prepare?"

"Sir, there is no way to do this. Just now, Jirgalang sent an order to complete all unfinished areas tomorrow, otherwise the foreman would have to be killed! The area we are responsible for is not enough time, so we can only hide gunpowder in the hidden soldiers cave inside the city wall. If the Qing army inspects tomorrow, it will be discovered. Therefore, we, the Thousand Houses, have no choice but to set it tonight, and then we ordered our subordinates to go out of the city to meet with the Admiral. Please send troops to attack the city with the Admiral!"

Zhao Guodong walked back and forth several times in the big tent. Now time is tight and he can't think of anything else at all. Wait until then!

"Come on, go and call Jiang Pengju!"

After a while, Jiang Pengju came. After entering the tent, he bowed and asked, "Sir, I don't know what's going on with my subordinates so late!"

Zhao Guodong introduced Dong Cheng to Jiang Pengju, told the situation in the city, and then said to Jiang Pengju: "Take your first division with you, follow Dong Baihu to sneak into the southern city area, waiting for the signal inside the city. If the city wall really collapses, you will lead your troops to rush in and occupy the forward position first. This governor will bring people to support you from behind!"

Jiang Pengju didn't expect that the Jinyiwei in the city would have news so soon. After hearing Zhao Guodong's words, he bowed and took Dong Cheng down. As soon as he walked to the door, he was called back by Zhao Guodong. Zhao Guodong lowered his voice and said, "You must carefully see clearly that Xu Zhen is entering the city, and don't be involved in the Qing Dynasty's plot!"

Jiang Pengju was stunned and asked, "Sir, do you suspect that Dong Baihu is from the Qing Dynasty?"

"That's not, Dong Cheng's seal is all right, but if you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of if you are not afraid of ten thousand, do you know?"

Jiang Pengju nodded, then got out of the big tent to gather the team.

Jiang Pengju is now the commander of the Second Division. The Second Division has a long history. When Zhu Hongsan first established the army, he was one of the two new recruit companies. He had experienced all the battles, had extremely rich combat experience and good soldiers' qualities. The individual combat effectiveness may be stronger than the emperor's Imperial Guard Division in the previous section. After all, the Imperial Guard Division is a veteran of various divisions, but according to the overall strength, the II Division is the first division of Qian Yong. In recent years, because the Imperial Guard Division has been stationed in the capital, its combat effectiveness has been surpassed by the II Division.

Because of his well-trained training, less than twenty minutes after Jiang Pengju issued the order, the entire division had gathered 15,000 people. Under the leadership of the division commander Jiang Pengju, he left the camp in the dark without a torch and headed towards the southern city gate.

Jinan had only four city gates in the Ming Dynasty, namely the Ximen Liyuan Gate, the South Gate Lishan Gate, the East Gate Qichuan Gate, and the North Gate Huibo Gate. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, four Labian Gate were opened on the city wall again.

The Liyuan Gate where Zhao Guodong and others stationed was probably located on Gongqingtuan Road in Jinan in later generations, and the Lishan Gate of the South Gate is the Nanmen Street of the later generations. These two places are less than five miles apart. Jiang Pengju quickly led the team to a mile outside the South Gate, waiting for the signal in the city.

Jiang Pengju waited here for an hour, and it was getting dark, and there was no news in the city, only the city wall was filled with Qing troops vigiling.

Jiang Pengju had a bad temper, but now he saw that there was no signal in the city and directly arrested Dong Cheng and cursed: "Are you a spy from the Qing Dynasty? You want to trick me into your plan? Say! Is this true?"

The Dong Cheng shouted grievance: "General, my subordinates are really Jinyiwei. My Qianhu asked my subordinates to come out to report the news. Who knows what went wrong?"

"Okay, I am waiting for you for half an hour, and it will be dawn the day after half an hour. If there is no news, I will kill you to sacrifice the flag!"

As soon as Jiang Pengju finished speaking, he saw a city wall near the south gate lifted up as if it was raised by a big hand, and then it fell heavily. The city wall, which was originally more than ten meters high, collapsed immediately, forming a pile of earth three meters high. At this time, the sound of explosion came over, and in the quiet morning, the entire Jinan city was awakened.

When Jiang Pengju saw that the city wall was really blown down, he laughed loudly, waved his hand and asked someone to loosen Dong Cheng, and then said with a smile: "Boy, it's true that you said, this time your Jinyiwei made great contributions, and when I see His Majesty the Emperor ask for me for you!"

Dong Cheng quietly touched the cold sweat on his head and said to himself: Damn, if the city was slowing down for half an hour, my life would be gone! But he didn't dare to speak, and he could only smile with his face and said, "Now the matter of our Jinyiwei is over, it depends on the general to attack the city!"

"Don't worry, I'm here to fight!" After saying that, Jiang Pengju said to his personal soldiers, "Send the order and order the first regiment to rush in first, establish a forward position at 500 meters, and then the artillery regiment follow up. I don't need to teach you the rest! Street fighting is your strength!"

The second division is not a loss, and the five regiment commanders do not need the command of the commander to lead their subordinates to clear division of labor and enter Jinan City.

Jirhalang in the city was sleeping in the mansion. He knew that the Ming army had just arrived and would definitely not attack the city, but there would be a bloody battle tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so Jirhalang took advantage of the good rest tonight to prepare to deal with the Ming army's siege tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Although he was sleeping, the 80,000 Qing troops in the city did not rest. In order to prevent it, Jirhalang ordered his subordinates to rest in batches, so he must not give the Ming army an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The person on duty tonight was Tong Yangliang, the general of Yizhou. This guy is a disciple of the Tong family in Liaodong, but he is not a real relative. Of course, he is incomparable to Tong Yangjia and Tong Yang's character. However, as a member of the Tong family, he is naturally the most trusted by the emperor. This time he was appointed as the commander of the Eight Banners of the Han Army by Jiergalang, responsible for the command of the 40,000 Han Eight Banners. He can be regarded as the deputy general of Jiergalang.

Tong Yangliang was on duty tonight and was sitting in the yamen to rest when he suddenly heard a shocking sound, and then the ground trembled, causing the tea bowls on the table to fall to the ground.

Tong Yangliang stood up in shock. What sound? Could it be an earthquake?

"Come on! Let's see what's going on?" Tong Yangliang shouted at the personal soldiers outside the door.

After a while, the personal soldiers came in and reported: "Sir, the sound was made by the South Gate. A section of the city wall collapsed at the South Gate! It was about fifty meters!"

Tong Yangliang was shocked when he heard this. It’s okay. The Ming army was outside the city. At this critical moment, the city wall collapsed. Is this life worthless?

"Hurry! Let the South Gate Guard Kong Xigui quickly lead people to fill the gap. It must be blocked before the Ming army reacts!" At this time, Tong Yangliang thought the project quality was not good and the city wall collapsed because it was insufficient. He did not react that someone in the city used gunpowder to blow it up!

After the arrangement was completed, Tong Yangliang hurried to the Shandong Provincial Government Office and was about to report the matter to Jiergalang. However, as soon as he arrived at the Provincial Government Office, he heard the sound of cannons everywhere at the south gate, and the sound of muskets was like fried beans, and there was no way to hear the number. When Tong Yangliang finished hearing this, it seemed that the Ming army had entered the city.

At this time, Jirgalang had already finished dressing. When he went out, he saw Tong Yangliang who was stunned. He quickly asked, "What are you here? Why don't you go to the south gate?"

Tong Yangliang reacted and bowed and said, "Prince, it should be that Mingjun came in from Nancheng. What should I do now?"

"Transfer 10,000 people from the Eight Banners of Han. You will personally lead to the South Gate. You must drive them out while Mingjun is unstable. If you don't do it, the king wants your head!"

Tong Yangliang heard Jiergalang's cruel words and quickly bowed down to organize the manpower, and then went to Nancheng.
Chapter completed!