vstars Chapter 296
Chapter 296
At the end of the new year, every household is busy preparing for the new year. Occasionally, one or two firecrackers will sound on the street, making the approaching new year even more intense.
Zhang Zhiqing is also preparing new year's goods, but his new year's goods are not for food, but for preparing to kill!
In a farm of the Han family, Zhang Zhiqing, Han Wenkui, Mu Hongbin and others were checking a batch of munitions they had just received.
Originally, Zhang Zhiqing planned to buy a batch of new guns at the Hanyang Armory Factory in Hubei Province next door, but he heard that the head office of the arsenal was Wu Qishan, Lin Hongfei's confidant, so he dismissed the idea.
Later, through the relationship of Liu Baoshan, the guardian envoy of southern Shaanxi, he purchased a batch of second-hand firearms from the Zhensong Army entrenched in Shaanxi Province.
Of course, it is said to be second-hand. This batch of old guns that are seven or eight years old or more than ten years old are the old bustards of the kiln. I don’t know how many hands they have been through!
But no matter how old the gun is, it can still shoot out the bullets. It's better than letting the men take the big knife and spear to fight the Jiangbei army desperately!
With the help of the powerful gentry such as Han Wenkui and Mu Hongbin, Zhang Zhiqing has secretly recruited more than 4000 people. In addition to the bandits who have been adapted, Zhang Zhiqing's current military strength has reached more than 3000 people.
Although compared with the [-] Jiangbei Army, Zhang Zhiqing's troops are still at a numerical disadvantage.
But once the Zhifeng two started fighting, Lin Hongfei would definitely leave Lingnan Province with the main force of the Jiangbei Army, and the remaining Jiangbei Army would need to be stationed in various cities in Lingnan Province, so they could not move their positions at will.
In this way, Zhang Zhiqing gained a military advantage instead!
Today, apart from Zhang Zhiqing's acceptance of the batch of firearms, he has another important thing to do, which is to meet with the leaders of the bandits and distribute the letter of commission that he fabricated to them.
Near noon, the leaders of many groups of bandits, including Laojishan, Luanshigou, Baiyunzhai, and Dalianzishan, arrived at the Han family farm.
These people each have dozens of entourages, all of them are holding guns and knives, and their faces are full of evil spirits. At first glance, they look like murderous gangsters without blinking an eye!
Zhang Zhiqing stood with his hands behind his back, and stood solemnly in the yard to welcome the gang of bandits, while Han Wenkui introduced these bandits to Zhang Zhiqing one by one.
The first to arrive was Zhou Yanchang, the leader of the bandits on Zhegu Mountain, "Xiaowenlong". The reason for this name is that he felt that he was very similar to Jiuwenlong Shijin's experience in "Water Margin".
Zhou Yanchang was originally the only son of a rich man in the country. Since he was young, he didn't like reading, but liked to play with knives and guns. Later, a brother of his class went to the mountains and became a bandit. Zhou Yanchang had a good relationship with this brother, so they often drank and ate meat together in private.
Somehow, the county security team found out about this, and planned to arrest Zhou Yanchang and put him in jail under the pretext of being a bandit.
Naturally, Zhou Yanchang would not be caught without a fight, so he simply imitated Shi Jin's behavior and brought his family's servants and some servants to the mountain to become a bandit.
Since he was imitating Shi Jin, Zhou Yanchang also tattooed a dragon on his body later.
As for why he didn't have nine dragons tattooed like Shi Jin did, it is said that Zhou Yanchang felt too much pain and couldn't stand it, so he got one.
"Haha, I am really welcomed by the governor himself..."
"by....."
Zhou Yanchang stammered, he suddenly forgot how to say that word.
A subordinate who was wearing a cotton robe outside and a long gown inside hurriedly reminded, "I'm flattered!"
"Ah yes yes yes!"
"I'm flattered, I'm flattered!" Zhou Yanchang said quickly.
Zhang Zhiqing laughed and said, "Brother Yanchang was able to attend the banquet in person, and I am equally flattered!"
Zhou Yanchang seemed to have a bold temper, and said in a bright voice: "Hahaha, I, Zhou Yanchang, am a bandit, and you are the governor. In the former Qing Dynasty, this is a second-rank official."
"You can personally order me to be safe, that is to think highly of me, Zhou Yanchang!"
"Governor Zhang, don't worry, from now on, our two thousand brothers in Zhegushan will obey your command!"
Zhang Zhiqing said with a smile on his face: "Okay, with Brother Yanchang's words, I feel at ease!"
After Zhou Yanchang, Yao Dajiang, the "tiger in the mountains" from Dalian Zishan, Li Baishui, the "quick gun plum" from Baiyunzhai, and Chen Shugen, the "three-headed snake" from Laotashi.
But these people, like Zhou Yanchang, are all bandits. Although Zhang Zhiqing is smiling on the surface, he doesn't like the rude and rude behavior of this group of people in his heart.
It wasn't until the bandits from Heitou Valley came that Zhang Zhiqing finally showed a real smile!
The bandit leader of Heitou Valley, "Double Gun Wolf" Lang Kun, was originally a platoon leader in the army. Later, he had a conflict with his boss because of gambling debts. He shot and killed his boss, and then fled to Heitou with a dozen of his men. Gu became a bandit.
After Lang Kun saw Zhang Zhiqing, he didn't do some bandit etiquette like Zhou Yanchang did, but stood up straight and saluted Zhang Zhiqing with a standard military salute!
"Subordinate Lang Kun, on behalf of the [-] strong men of Heitou Valley, salute the Governor!"
This military salute really made Zhang Zhiqing feel at ease, he looks like a regular army, look at those bandits, each one of them is still clasping their fists and saluting, it's outrageous!
Look at the dozen or so attendants behind Lang Kun, all of them are straight and straight, looking like a regular army, not at all like the loose bandits next to them.
The more Zhang Zhiqing looked at it, the happier he felt, and he praised directly: "That's right, based on the guards under Mr. Lang's command, I can know that all the heroes in Heitou Valley are good at fighting!"
"In the future, I also hope that Mr. Lang can lead the heroes of Heitou Valley to make repeated military exploits!"
These words made Lang Kun very useful. Although he was a deserter, he has always been proud of his experience as an officer, so when training his men, he will also train according to the methods of the army.
This also makes the bandits in Blackhead Valley clearly different from other bandits!
Previously, when He Taikang was the governor of Lingnan Province, he wanted to recruit Lang Kun, but He Taikang only wanted to give Lang Kun the title of regimental commander, and did not satisfy Lang Kun's desire to be brigade commander.
Therefore, this matter did not get done!
After the leaders of the hills arrived at the farm, the whole farm was noisy, especially the subordinates brought by these leaders were full of foul language, and there were also some conflicts between the hills.
After coming and going, this group of people actually started fighting with each other, and the fight was so chaotic!
Fortunately, the leaders were still quite clear-headed. Seeing that Zhang Zhiqing's face was obviously ugly, they immediately took action to stop it and calm the situation down.
After a lot of tossing, Zhang Zhiqing looked at the gang of bandits, and couldn't help feeling a little worried: "Can this group of bastards fight against the Jiangbei Army?"
However, this idea was quickly suppressed by Zhang Zhiqing. Things had come to this point. Whether they could fight or not had to be fought with the Jiangbei Army!