Chapter 58: Changing Seas, Yangzhou Dream No. 15: Stormy Jingkou (Part 2)
Iron City, the dusk is getting darker.
Coincidentally, the two largest gang rulings in Zhenjiang City are both set up near the Tiewencheng. The north side of the Tiewencheng is next to Beigu Mountain, and the south side is Yuehua Mountain. The header of the Iron Industry Guild is located on the southern foot of Beigu Mountain, while the Runzhou Boat Gang is located on the northern foot of Yuehua Mountain.
Jingkou, a place that must be fought for by military strategists, Beigushan, Yuehuashan, and Xiangshan are closely surrounding the north, south and east sides of the Iron City (Zhenjiang Inner City), and are even more important to reach the center. How can two civil gangs occupy it?
Most of the officers at all levels of Truchen graduated from various military and political schools, Sanjice and Marha are among the best ones. Didn’t they see through this at a glance?
Strangely, they all tolerated this.
When Cebak was looking forward to an accident in the city on the high platform of Dantu Palace, a large number of strong men emerged from the Iron Industry Guild's headquarters on the southern foot of the Beigu Mountains!
I saw that most of these men were truly young and strong between the ages of twenty and forty. The strong figure formed by long-term ironmaking is undoubtedly revealed in the autumn scenery. The number is about three or four hundred. Those who walk in the front are holding iron shields and single swords, those in the middle are holding muskets, and those around are holding long spears!
As mentioned earlier, after Sangjice took over Zhenjiang City, he allowed the two major gangs to draw 100 people to participate in the patrol in the city, but the weapons were limited to big swords and spears, but now these people have so many muskets in their hands!
Although most of the two gangs live outside the city, there are obviously many gang-minded figures living in the city. The gang characters implement the system of apprenticeship. Which gang has no strong apprentices under their command?
Before Zhenjiang City fell, it was obviously within the plan. It was usually hidden in the deep courtyard of the main stele. The "benevolence and righteous" behavior of Truqin's army not going door to door after taking Zhenjiang City was obviously harmful to them.
On the Iron City, Tuo Guang, the intelligence manager who had come here to take charge of the overall situation, couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw this scene in the telescope.
"I originally thought that the Runzhou Ship Gang was the first to launch it, but I didn't expect that the Iron Industry Guild would take the lead"
Three wrinkles flashed on his forehead.
"Now there is only one guard battalion, one engineer battalion, and one artillery battalion. Most of the battalion commanders and above have also arrived outside the city. Brigade Commander Sang entrusted me with all the major affairs in the city. If there is any mistake, I will be Truqin's sinner"
Suddenly I thought of something again.
"I hope our inner person will react"
He obviously didn't take these hundreds of people from the Iron Industry Guild to heart.
"Our army is mainly arranged on the inner and outer city walls. It is undoubtedly a dream to take down any place by these hundreds of people alone, unless..."
Thinking of him, he turned his telescope to the south of Yuehua Mountain.
The northern foot of Yuehua Mountain, Runzhou Ship Gang Headquarters.
The meeting hall is brightly lit.
If the Iron Industry Guild is known for its "elite", but when it comes to the complex population and is omnipresent, it depends on the Runzhou Ship Gang.
After all, the Iron Industry Guild is a guild dominated by the iron industry. Although it has a strong population, it needs to take root in the end. Since this is obviously all under control, the number of people cannot be too large. Although it is under the banner of gangs, there are still traces to follow.
But Runzhou Ship Gang is a real gang. The price of iron materials cannot rise to an outrageous level, but Runzhou Ship Gang, which almost monopolized the South Grand Canal, has this ability. At least in terms of transportation prices, they have done the same thing.
This is a real gangster. Except for a few serious water workers, most of them are hidden in every corner of the main city centered on Runzhou. Except for boatmen, lifu, big cart shops, brothels, gambling shops, restaurants, etc. related to water transportation, they are obviously indispensable.
If Truchen intelligence personnel did not go deep into the layout at the beginning, it would be impossible to figure out all their hidden personnel one by one.
The meeting hall of the Runzhou Ship Gang Headquarters is very wide. On the wall on the north side is a giant statue of Guan Gong standing solemnly with a knife. There is also a smaller portrait of a person, one person is mostly Zhou Cang and the other is Guan Ping.
Both of them knelt on one knee towards Guan Gong.
On both sides of the hall are two rows of swords, guns, swords and halberds, and parallel to the weapon stand is a row of high-rise iron urns. The firewood in the iron urns is burning, illuminating the entire hall in the daytime.
The leader Hua Zhixiu sat upright on the tiger-skin chair. Her thin figure and huge tiger-skin chair looked hilarious.
Below are two rows of chairs that are much smaller, and the heads and minds above the gang are sitting upright.
The two were led by two people, one was naturally Hua Zhixiu's cousin, Hanamixiu, deputy escort department, the leader of the armed forces in the gang, and the other was Wu Xi, an old man who was in charge of many secrets in the gang.
It can be seen that most of the leaders in Hua Jianxiu's row are young and strong, and they are obviously newly arranged characters after Hua Zhixiu came on stage. The youngest characters in Wu Xi's row are thirty years old, and they are more cunning than the aggressive people on the opposite side.
There are some burly men standing behind each of the two rows of minds. They actually have positions in the gang, but now they appear as followers of the minds.
"Gangmaster!"
Hua Jianxiu stood up and saw that his figure was much taller than Hua Zhixiu. Hua Jianxiu's brothers were taller and stronger, but their faces were similar to those of the two brothers. It was probably from the Dong District, and he was carrying a big knife with a very strange shape.
The Dong people's swords are similar to the Miao people. They are both thin and long, and mostly two-handed swords, but this person's big sword is relatively wide and has a distinct arc shape.
In addition, there was a huge gold earring hanging on his right ear!
As a boat gang that controls the entire South Grand Canal, it is also a well-organized civil gang. In addition to the armed personnel in secret, they obviously also have their own intelligence personnel. Of course, they will call it "hidden stakes" and as an organization it is "Sentennial Investigation Department".
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This person is Hua Zhixiu's brother-in-law Mei Yinxue.
As descendants of the chieftains of the previous dynasty, they obviously had all read books. Although their appearance was incompatible with their names, they all took a rather elegant name.
Mei Yinxue is the guardian of the Shuaishou Department.
"Zhang Tieshan of the Iron Industry Association has launched the campaign. According to our previous agreement with Lord Zebak, we must also launch it at the same time. For details, please decide as soon as possible!"
In fact, this is what Hua Zhixiu thought, but since they saw the fireworks signal launched from outside the city, they have been in the hall for discussion. It has been half an hour since then, but it has not been activated, which is obviously hindered.
Hua Jianxiu, Mei Yinxue and other people were obviously on his side, so the only obstacle was Wu Xi and other people.
Wu Xi, with a dark face, but he described it as similar to Hua Jianxiu and others. He saw that they were all descendants of Baiyue, and compared with ordinary Han people, his eyes were slightly deeper.
According to his own words, he comes from Fujian and is a She person.
Wu Xi has been in Runzhou Ship Gang for at least fifteen years. During this period, the gang struggles were carried out at least three times, and each time they were blood flowing, but Wu Xi stood firm. In addition to the official secrets he held, he obviously made a lot of contributions to his connections in the past fifteen years.
In other words, almost all those sitting on his side are his people!
"Haha"
Wu Xi stood up, he smiled and turned a blind eye to Mei Yinxue's fierce gaze.
He first bowed to Hua Zhixiu and said.
"Big leader, leaders"
"Although Truqin's army had only three battalions left in the city, and that engineering battalion was still arranged on the top of the city, there was also a guard battalion of the brigade headquarters in the city, all of which were cavalry. As soon as they arrived here, they gathered the White Lotus Cultists and the congregations in the city, and there were about a thousand people."
"Elite weapons were distributed, including half of the inner and outer cities"
"Zhang Tieshan has only three or four hundred men. Here we have only a few hundred people who have real combat power. It is not that they have lost their morale. Putting aside these thousands of church members, we cannot resist the cavalry of that battalion alone."
Hua Zhixiu looked at him coldly.
"In the words of sir, we just sit back and wait and see?"
"Haha", Wu Xi continued to smile, "We are a private gang. Although we are favored by Lord Cebak, we are a private gang after all, not? Sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight is our best strategy. Nowadays, there are endless fighting outside the city."
"There are many officials and soldiers, and the elite Truqin army will not be able to decide the outcome for a while. Why do we have to waste this muddy water before this?"
After Hua Zhixiu came on stage, she has always been very respectful to Wu Xi. In addition to the secrets and huge strength hidden behind him, she is naturally because she has not yet established a stable foothold.
Now he has been a big leader for some time. In his own opinion, although the Runzhou Ship Gang is powerful, his real strength, namely the escort department and the escort department, are in his own hands. Although Wu Xi has a lot of people, his armed personnel are far inferior to him.
If Truchen hadn't happened, he might have continued to tolerate him, but what Zebak said not long ago again came to his mind.
"Flower seed, after the event is completed, your power can penetrate into the North Grand Canal. First, second, your family can carry one person to become a bannerman. I plan to set up a new guerrilla general in Huizhou to take charge of the affairs of the local people in the mountains of Huinan."
When she thought of this, Hua Zhixiu stroked the sparse goatee beard under her jaw.
There are teachings:
Chapter completed!