As the New Year is over, every household is busy preparing New Year's goods. Occasionally, a or two firecrackers sounded on the street, making the approaching New Year's atmosphere even more intense.

Zhang Zhiqing was also preparing New Year’s goods, but his New Year’s goods were not for food, but for preparing to kill people!

In a farm in the Han family, Zhang Zhiqingzheng, Han Wenkui, Mu Hongbin and others checked the batch of arms they had just received.

Originally, Zhang Zhiqing planned to go to the Hanyang Arsenal in Hubei Province next door to buy a batch of new guns, but he heard that the chief office of the Arsenal was Wu Qishan and Lin Hongfei's confidant, so he gave up this idea.

Later, through the relationship between Liu Baoshan, the governor of southern Shaanxi, he purchased a batch of second-hand guns from the Zhensong Army, which was entrenched in Shaanxi Province.

Of course, it is said that it is second-hand, and this batch of guns is seven or eight years old. It is the old madam of the kiln. I don’t know how many hands it has been done!

However, no matter how old the gun is, it is better to shoot bullets out than to let your subordinates take a big knife and dart to fight against Jiangbei Army!

With the help of Han Wenkui, Mu Hongbin and other gentry forces, Zhang Zhiqing has secretly summoned more than 4,000 people. In addition to the bandits who have accepted the adaptation, Zhang Zhiqing's troops have reached more than 13,000.

Although compared with the 30,000 Jiangbei Army, Zhang Zhiqing's troops were still at a disadvantage in numbers.

But once the Zhifeng and the two families started fighting, Lin Hongfei would definitely lead the main force of the Jiangbei Army to leave Lingnan Province, and the remaining Jiangbei Army would need to be stationed in various cities in Lingnan Province and could not transfer positions at will.

In this way, Zhang Zhiqing gained the advantage of military strength!

Today, Zhang Zhiqing had to accept this batch of firearms, and he had another important thing to do, that is, to meet with several bandit leaders and distribute the letter of appointment he had made up to them.

As noon approached, the leaders of many bandits such as Laolushan, Luanshigou, Baiyunzhai, Dalianzishan and other bandits arrived at the Hanjia Farm.

These people each brought dozens of followers, each holding guns and knives, with evil spirits on their faces. They were obviously bandits who were killing without blinking!

Zhang Zhiqing stood with his hands behind his back and stood seriously in the yard to welcome the arrival of these bandits, while Han Wenkui introduced these bandits to Zhang Zhiqing one by one.

The first one to arrive was Zhou Yanchang, the bandit leader "Little Writing Dragon" on Queqiao Mountain. The reason why he called this name was mainly because he felt that he was very similar to Shi Jin's experience in "Water Margin".

Zhou Yanchang was originally the only son of a rich man in the countryside. He didn't like studying since he was a child, so he liked to play with swords and guns. Later, one of his senior brothers went up the mountain to become a bandit. Zhou Yanchang had a good relationship with this senior brother, so he often drank and ate meat together in private.

Somehow, the county security team found out about this matter, so they prepared to arrest Zhou Yanchang in the name of the bandits.

Zhou Yanchang naturally would not surrender, so he simply imitated Shi Jin's behavior and brought his family's soft and softness and some servants to go up the mountain to become bandits.

Since he was following Shi Jin, Zhou Yanchang later tattooed a dragon on himself.

As for why he didn't tattoo nine dragons like Shi Jin, it is said that Zhou Yanchang felt it hurt too much and couldn't stand it, so he tattooed one.

"Haha, the governor personally welcomes me, I really feel......"

"by....."

Zhou Yanchang stuttered for a moment, and he suddenly forgot what to say.

A subordinate next to him who was wearing a cotton robe on the outside and a long robe on the inside quickly reminded him: "I'm flattered!"

"Ah yes yes!"

"Plained, flattered!" Zhou Yanchang said quickly.

Zhang Zhiqing laughed and said, "I am also flattered by Brother Yanchang to be able to attend the banquet in person!"

Zhou Yanchang seemed to have a generous temper and said in a loud voice: "Hahaha, I, Zhou Yanchang, are a bandits. You are the governor. In the Qing Dynasty, you are a second-rank official."

"If you can personally grant me the imperial edict, you will respect me Zhou Yanchang!"

"Don't worry, Governor Zhang, from now on, our two thousand brothers in Queqiao Mountain will obey your command!"

Zhang Zhiqing smiled and said, "Okay, with Brother Yanchang's words, I feel at ease!"

After Zhou Yanchang, there were Yao Dajiang, the "tiger in the mountains" of Zishan, Dalian, Li Baishui, the "quick gun" of Baiyunzhai, and Chen Shugen, the "three-headed snake" of Lao Tsushi.

However, like Zhou Yanchang, these people are all bandit-like. Although Zhang Zhiqing smiled on the surface, he looked down on these rude and rude behaviors in his heart.

It was not until the bandits from Blackhead Valley came that Zhang Zhiqing showed his real smile!

Lang Kun, the bandit leader of the Blackhead Valley, turned out to be a platoon leader in the army. Later, he had a conflict with his boss due to gambling debts and shot him directly, and then fled to the Blackhead Valley with more than a dozen subordinates to become a bandit.

After seeing Zhang Zhiqing, Lang Kun did not perform some bandit etiquette like Zhou Yanchang, but stood up straight and gave Zhang Zhiqing a standard military salute!

"A subordinate Lang Kun, on behalf of the 1,500 heroes of Heitou Valley, salute the governor!"

This military courtesy really made Zhang Zhiqing feel comfortable. He looked like a regular army. Looking at the bandits, they were all holding their fists and saluting, which was too unreasonable!

Let’s look at the dozen followers behind Lang Kun, each of whom was straight and had a very straight back, with a bit of a regular army style, not like the loose bandits next to him.

The more Zhang Zhiqing looked, the happier he felt, and praised him directly: "Yes, just by the guards under Mr. Lang, I can know that all the heroes in Blackhead Valley can fight well!"

"In the future, I hope Mr. Lang can lead the heroes of Heitou Valley to achieve repeated military achievements!"

These words made Lang Kun very helpful. Although he was a deserter, he was always proud of his experience as an officer, so when training his subordinates, he would train according to the military method.

This also makes the bandits in Blackhead Valley have a clear difference 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 regiment commander, which did not satisfy Lang Kun's desire to be a brigade commander.

So, this matter was not done!

After the leaders of each mountain came to the farm, the whole farm was noisy, especially the subordinates brought by these leaders, they were all full of swear words, and there were some conflicts between each mountain.

After a while, these people started fighting each other, and the fight was so messy!

Fortunately, the leaders were still relatively clear-headed. Seeing that Zhang Zhiqing's face looked obviously ugly, they immediately took action to stop it and calm the situation.

After a lot of trouble, Zhang Zhiqing couldn't help but feel a little worried when he looked at the bandits: "Can these guys fight a war with the Jiangbei Army?"
Chapter completed!