Seeing Zhu Jinsong's mouth opening and closing so many requests, Liu Huaiwen suddenly felt that his life was like a coffee table filled with cups.

Damn it, I shouldn't have been able to do some blacksmithing and carpentry work, let alone be tricked by the boss into becoming the logistics handler of the Meng Lianggu rebel group.

How many flintlock guns have been made? How many of those things have been made? You, the great master of Meng Lianggu, have no idea how many have been made?

You are also striving to distribute a hundred hand grenades to each farmers' association. Why, you are still planning to let people from the farmers' association use hand grenades to stew potatoes?

Secretly slandering the big boss Zhu Jinsong and all the big and small leaders in his heart, Liu Huaiwen said with a straight face, "We have been saving for almost a year.

I only saved a thousand flintlock muskets."

"If we count the unrifled flintlock guns and cut off the batch of goods sent to Chen Tai, we can currently produce about 10,000 guns. The reserve of projectiles is sufficient, and we can shoot them openly."

"The reserve of grenades and landmines can be said to be the most abundant weapons in Meng Lianggu at present. In addition to ensuring our own needs in Meng Lianggu, each farmers' association can also be allocated 20 grenades and five rounds of land mines."

"There are also artillery pieces. In addition to the forty pieces that have been equipped to the artillery battalion, there are currently twenty pieces of artillery that can be deployed, and there are also more than a thousand rounds of artillery shells."

Having said this, Liu Huaiwen looked at Zhu Jinsong, the first chairman of Meng Lianggu's rebel group: "Head of the family, these can be regarded as our Meng Lianggu's wealth for the whole year."

After Liu Huaiwen finished speaking, all the big and small leaders in the room turned their attention to Zhu Jinsong.

In addition to grenades and landmines, there are about a thousand rifled flintlock muskets, about 10,000 unrifled flintlock muskets, sixty artillery pieces and more than a thousand artillery shells. Such a rich family background...

But Zhu Jinsong knocked on the table with his fingers, looked at the excited leaders and said, "Why, you all think that our family is quite rich and we are sure to kill the Tatars?"

After all the leaders, big and small, had calmed down, Zhu Jinsong turned his attention to Ke Zhiming: "Tell me the specific situation of the Tatars so that we, the regimental commanders and battalion commanders, can have an idea.

Son."

Ke Zhiming agreed with his hands: "According to reliable information, the Qingzhou Eight Banners and Shandong Green Camp that we are familiar with have been transferred to the Shandong Governor Fucha Mingxing. It is obvious that the Tatars cannot trust the Qingzhou Eight Banners and Shandong Green Camp."

"The Tatar army that invaded Menglianggu this time was mainly composed of the Zhili Armored Eight Banners, with a strength of about 30,000. The troops were mainly equipped with artillery, flintlocks, and matchlocks, followed by the Zhili Green Camp, with a strength of about 100,000.

, the main equipment of this unit is matchlocks, spears, and broadswords.”

"Let's talk about the specific arrangements for the Tatar officers and soldiers."

"In this campaign, the Tatar vanguard was personally led by Jiumen Admiral Fukang'an, who led 10,000 Zhili Pijia Eight Banners and 20,000 Zhili Green Battalions, with a total force of 30,000, equipped with a total of 120 artillery pieces and flintlock muskets.

Ten thousand, five thousand matchlocks, and the rest are spears and broadswords."

"The Chinese Army is personally led by the Tatar Imperial Envoy Zizhangjia Agui. It has a total of 50,000 troops, including 10,000 Zhili Eight Banners Horse Armor, 10,000 Zhili Eight Banners Infantry Armor, and 50,000 Zhili Green Camp.

It is equipped with five hundred cannons, ten thousand flintlock muskets, ten thousand matchlocks, and the remainder are spears and broadswords."

"The rear army is led by Fu Huan, the father of Jiumen Admiral Fukang'an, a Tatar scholar. The total strength is 30,000, all composed of Zhili Green Battalion. The equipment of this unit is roughly the same as that of Fukang'an's unit.

Same, one hundred and twenty cannons, plus three thousand matchlocks, spears, and broadswords."

"In this Tatar campaign, the distance between the front army, the middle army, and the rear army will not exceed thirty miles at most. The 10,000 Zhili Eight Banners vests led by Agui will support them from the front and back."

"As for the specific combat ideas, we also adhere to the requirements of the Tatar Locust Emperor Qian Deaf Old Dog to strictly carry out killings. Once the people in various places are found to be involved with me, Meng Lianggu, they will be exterminated.

Killing as revenge."

"Everyone needs to pay attention to the fact that many of the troops among the Zhili Eight Banners and the Zhili Green Camp have fought in Burma and Jinchuan and Jinchuan, and they belong to the elite of the Tatar army. These people are similar to the Qingzhou Eight Banners and Shandong Shandong Green Camp that we are familiar with.

completely different."

After Ke Zhiming finished speaking, all the big and small leaders in the room took a deep breath.

When it comes to equipment, the Tatar officers and soldiers are equipped with more artillery and flintlocks than Meng Lianggu, but the Tatar's flintlock guns are much worse than those equipped by Meng Lianggu in terms of shooting accuracy and range. The rest are like matchlock guns.

And swords, spears and the like are nothing to worry about.

In terms of numbers, although the Tatars have an army of 130,000, in addition to the 20,000 troops in Meng Lianggu, there are countless peasant association militia who can help fight, which may not be smaller than the Tatars.

What really worries these leaders is what Ke Zhiming mentioned: "Strict execution is the most important thing."

To put it bluntly, the foundation of Meng Lianggu is the people of most of Shandong. Once these people are massacred by the Tatars, it will definitely shake the foundation of Meng Lianggu.

On the other hand, even if the whole of Shandong is emptied, it is just a matter of water for the Tatars. Anyway, the ancestors of the Tatars once emptied Sichuan, and later moved people from Huguang to fill Sichuan. Even if it is

Killing the whole of Shandong was just another attempt to fill Shandong with Huguang.

After looking at each other in confusion, Zeng Chengcai, the former Tai'an prefect who is now considered the number one figure in Meng Lianggu, asked in a deep voice: "Chief Ke, are these reports accurate?"

Ke Zhiming nodded and replied: "Ke can use his head to guarantee that these information are absolutely accurate. If these information are not accurate, then there will be no accurate information in the world. If you don't believe it, then Ke

I might as well tell you the source of this information."

Seeing all the big and small leaders looking at him curiously, Ke Zhiming slowly spit out five words: "Jinyiwei, Dongchang."

Zeng Cheng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "It's impossible. The last commander of the Jinyi Guards in the previous dynasty, Ma Jixiang, was martyred in Burma. After that, the Jinyi Guards disappeared completely. Only some remaining members of the capital were recruited as Luan Yi Guards by Shunzhi.

The situation in Dongchang is similar to that of Jinyiwei. Could it be that Leader Ke was deceived?"

Ke Zhiming laughed loudly and said: "Does Zeng Futai know that Ke was originally from the Tiandihui? I can tell you clearly that Jinyiwei has never disappeared, and Dongchang has never disappeared. No matter it is the successive Tiandihui

The chief helmsman, the successive commanders of the Jinyi Guards, and the admirals of the East Factory are all always ready to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty."

Zeng Cheng and the other leaders were stunned again.

The other leaders who led the army were better off. After all, these people followed Zhu Jinsong in killing officials and rebelling. In other words, they were from farmers and did not particularly care about the two organizations Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

But a scholar like Zeng Cheng has many things on his mind.

After all, Jinyiwei is the emperor's personal army, and Dongchang is the emperor's eagle dog. Both Jinyiwei and Dongchang were notorious existences in the pre-Ming Dynasty.

Now Ke Zhiming suddenly said that Jinyiwei still exists and Dongchang still exists. What does this mean?

Ke Zhiming was previously from the Heaven and Earth Society, which was well known to everyone in Meng Lianggu. Although he had been able to obtain all kinds of information, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he had great supernatural powers, he never mentioned the source of the information.

, everyone also regarded him as information obtained from various heaven and earth societies.

Why do you suddenly say that the information was sent by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang?

Especially the implicit meaning behind Ke Zhiming's words. The remaining Jinyiwei and Dongchang are all related to Meng Lianggu? There is even a hint of Meng Lianggu being the leader?

Also, is there any hint of the master in this? What does the master want to express through this?

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't come up with a reason, so Zeng Cheng could only bury these questions deep in his heart.

However, Zeng Cheng did not express his opinion, but Zhu Jinsong had no intention of letting Zeng Cheng go: "In response to the Tatar encirclement and suppression this time, all 20,000 troops will be sent out. Except for the arsenal under Uncle Huaiwen, only Zeng Futai

You parents in these places have become officials, and the burden on you is not light."

Zeng Cheng's heart shivered, and he cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, boss, since we have voted for Meng Lianggu, we people will no longer have other messy ideas."

Zhu Jinsong just hummed, then knocked on the table in front of him with his fingers, and said in a deep voice: "This time the Tatars are going to suppress the army. We can't put them in Yizhou before fighting like before. We can only put them there."

Block it within the borders of Jinan Prefecture, otherwise, the people of the peasant associations everywhere will suffer."

Having said this, Zhu Jinsong took another deep breath, looked at the large and small leaders and said: "Order! Liu Ergou led Meng Lianggu's third division to march to Qingshi Pass, Geng Er led the fourth division and

The headquarters of the Second Army marched urgently to Mount Tai."

"Send an order to Erdan and Geng Rui, asking them to lead the second division from Dengzhou back to Yidu, capture Yidu, and completely capture the entire Qingzhou!"

"The First Division and the headquarters of the First Army will march with me to Zichuan and attack Jinan Prefecture from Zichuan!"

"There is no specific battle plan to deal with the Tatar encirclement and suppression this time. Each ministry decides on its own battle plan according to the situation within its own jurisdiction. Officers at the division level are allowed to mobilize the local peasant association guards to assist in the operation. If the casualties are too large, they can absorb the local peasant association guards.

Enter the army."

"In short, we can't let a Tatar leave Jinan Mansion!"

After all the leaders came down, Zhu Jinsong looked at Zeng Cheng and Liu Huaiwen and said: "Uncle Huaiwen, Zeng Futai, it will definitely not be easy to deal with the Tatar encirclement and suppression this time, whether it is logistics or rear.

Our livelihood depends on you two."

Liu Huaiwen immediately agreed, and Zeng Cheng was even more shocked, vaguely guessing why Ke Zhiming revealed the intentions of Jin Yiwei and Dongchang.

Zeng Cheng stood up, bowed his hands to Zhu Xiaosong solemnly and said, "Don't worry, boss, Zeng Cheng will be able to breathe, and there will be no trouble in the rear!"

Zhu Jinsong nodded and agreed, then he laughed and said to all the big and small leaders in the room: "Everyone, please relax. Even if the Tatars come this time are more powerful, it will still be a big surprise."

After all, we have one nose and two hands. If we defeat them, we can strive for two more years of stable life."

Zeng Cheng nodded and was the first to respond: "What the big boss said is that I was an official in the Tatar government before. I know what the Tatar government is like. Don't look at Agui, Fu Huan, Fukang'an and the others."

I personally lead the troops, but dogs cannot change their habit of eating shit. It is impossible for the Tatars not to harm the people, and the people of Jinan Prefecture will also help us."

Ke Zhiming suddenly interjected: "Zeng Futai is right. According to reliable information, Mingxing, the governor of Shandong, has issued an order requiring the people in Jinan City not to leave the city. Even if they want to buy food and vegetables, they must do so.

Food and vegetables from the merchants he designated, otherwise he will be charged with being a bandit."

"The farmers designated by Mingxing have ordinary vegetables and ordinary grains with a nicer name. A family of three needs three hundred and forty-eight coins for three days. You know, the grains of Jinan Prefecture before

The price of vegetables is similar to that in Yizhou, and a fat chicken only costs 30 cents."

As soon as Ke Zhiming said these words, even Zeng Cheng, the former Tai'an prefect, was stunned.

High, really high, why didn’t I think of it before?

Zeng Cheng felt sorry for himself and said, "Since Chief Ke is talking about money, I have some good news to share with the boss and everyone else."

Seeing Zhu Jinsong and others looking at him curiously, Zeng Cheng took a deep breath and said: "The autumn tax collected by our Yizhou Prefecture this year totaled one million taels, which is much higher than the autumn tax collected by the entire Shandong Province last year.

There will be hundreds of thousands more taels!"

Zhu Jinsong was stunned for a moment, and his face slowly darkened: "What's going on? How come you have so much extra money?"

Zeng Cheng cupped his hands and said: "Master, please calm down, there is nothing wrong with this money, and not a penny of it is farm tax."

"All this money is business tax!"
Chapter completed!