The commander of the northern route of the expeditionary force is Shi Dakai, and the deputy commander is Ma Lanshi, leading 4,000 men and horses, that is, Shi Dakai's 2,000 broadsword team and Ma Lanshi's 2,000 spear team. And Shi Dakai's 2,000 spearmen went to the South Road Expeditionary Army.

After Mai Ke's repeated thinking, the strength of the expeditionary force was distributed in this way - basically evenly distributed.

Because the remaining 6,000 expeditionary forces, including the military pastoral regiment, the teaching regiment, and the sailor regiment, such special troops, they have other special tasks, and in essence, they are not front-line combat troops.

At the same time, the military pastoral group and the teaching regiment have stayed in Fuchun as needed, and have joined the newly reorganized Imperial Forest Army and part of the Praetorian Guard, and some have been distributed to the Northern Route Army, and only the rest have participated in the Southern Route Expeditionary Force.

The 100 men of the foreign guns all followed the southern route, because their goal was the French army.

In addition, the 10,000 newly reorganized Imperial Forest Army and the 1,000 Praetorian Guards all participated in the Southern Route Expeditionary Force, after all, the object of this route army was mainly the French army, not their own people fighting their own people.

According to the strategic arrangement in advance, Shi Dakai and Ma Lanshi left the north gate of Fuchun City and began the first stop of the long-distance expedition.

The itinerary of the first day was planned to reach Quang Tri City in Quang Tri Province, as it was the northern gateway to the national capital, where 3,000 garrisons lived.

The Northern Route Army arrived in the afternoon. After arriving, there was no rest, and the siege battle immediately began. Because the city is far from the border, the walls are not very tall.

The defenders also responded in a hurry, in addition to the weapons at hand. There were no necessary materials to prepare for defense, so under the attack led by Ma Lanshi, the defense line quickly crumbled.

At this time, there was a sudden civil unrest, and fires broke out in the city. And the place where the fire burned was the residence of the officers who defended the city.

In the midst of the noise, a group of strong men, armed with broadswords and spears, came out of the city, like tigers entering a flock of sheep, and in an instant they scattered the officers and soldiers who were blocking the expeditionary force from the defensive line.

It turned out that this was the internal response of the expeditionary force. Look at the one that took the lead. Not someone else. It turned out to be the leader of the beggar gang and the world!

The beggars already had a stronghold in such a medium-sized city, and after the expeditionary force came, the matter of Fuchun had a clue, and Xiao Cheng immediately went north. Laid out along the way. Prepare to receive the Northern Route Expeditionary Force.

Because Quang Tri City is the first stop. Therefore, Xiao Qi personally participated in the internal response, and took the lead in leading the internal forces here to attack the enemy's defenders. Ensure that the expeditionary force can successfully occupy the first city along the way and establish a basis for continuing the northward advance.

With the cooperation of Neiying, the Ma family army was like a tiger with wings, Ma Chaoshi roared, and Long Mao swept hard, swept several defender soldiers who were blocking in front of him to the ground, and flew up to the city wall.

The other brothers of Ma Jiajun followed one after another, expanding the breakthrough, and the effort was not large, and all the 2,000 spear team members rushed to the city wall.

There was an expeditionary force in front, and there were ghosts in the back, and the defenders had no hope of holding the city, so they could run, and those who couldn't have to surrender on the spot.

At this time, the thugs who were in cahoots with the defenders emerged in droves. But it was too late for them to change the situation of defeat, and only took some of the fleeing defenders out of the army.

At this time, Shi Dakai had already come up, and when he saw this situation, he immediately named the Ma family who was the first to enter the city and chased after him, just to solve these thugs.

And the beggar gang led by Xiao Qi did not wait for the order, and had already chased after him closely.

broke through the city defense, although there is a follow-up cleanup of the thug stronghold in the city, etc., the general trend is irreversible, Shi Dakai immediately reported this good news to Mai Ke.

This is a system, and the victories and problems of the Northern Route Expeditionary Force must be reported to Mai Ke Zhidao in a timely manner.

Mai Ke congratulated them on their success and urged them to pay attention to the discipline of the expeditionary force, especially not to neglect the preaching of the gospel.

Shi Dakai set up the city government as a headquarters station, and then supervised all parts of the place to chase down the fleeing enemies and clear the affairs of the rioters.

After a short time, the results of the battle were reported: all the fleeing defenders were captured alive, all the strongholds of the mob were uprooted, and all the thugs, except for the general leader who fled with less than ten men, were also disarmed and controlled.

Shi Dakai further reported the situation to Mai Ke and asked him to control these people accordingly. According to the prior arrangement, all captured enemy troops would be given ideological imprisonment devices as always. It's just that this kind of operation requires Mai Ke to move through the spirit rhino and carry out it remotely.

With the control of the situation in the city, the missionary team formed by the military pastors was also sent out. Working in pairs, they went out to the inhabitants to preach the good news of repentance, forgiveness of sins, faith in Jesus, and eternal salvation.

After Xiao Qi dealt with those thugs, he came to the temporary command post of the Northern Route Army, and he wanted to study the problems on the northern route with Shi Dakai. At the same time, report to him on the readiness of the cities along the way.

The first few big cities, including Donghe, Caoqiang, Hejing, and Hongling, the beggars have already made preparations for internal response, and it is estimated that when the time comes, the army will be overwhelmed and taken in a short time, so it should not be a big problem.

Only in the big city above-Rong City, Xiao Qian felt that it was a big trouble.

The reason for the trouble is that the actual control of the city is not in the hands of the government. In whose hands is it, even Xiao Qi can't tell, the power there is very complicated. Maybe in the hands of one of the powerful forces, or maybe in the hands of the powerful forces behind the scenes that have never been seen.

One of the reasons why it is not clear is that the beggars have not yet established themselves in the city. It seems that the man who mastered the city was very familiar with preventing enemy infiltration, and the methods that the beggars had worked well elsewhere had all failed in Vinh.

After Shi Dakai heard this, although he raised his vigilance, he also felt that Xiao Qi might be exaggerating, how much energy can a small Rong City have to cause trouble for the expeditionary force?

When the time comes, concentrate the elite, give it a Mount Tai top, turn all resistance into powder, and solve all problems.

In the next few days, everything went smoothly, and the Northern Road Expeditionary Force marched north at a rate of breaking one city a day. Many people have already calculated that if this continues, in less than ten days, they will occupy Thang Long and complete the task.

On the seventh day of the Northern Route Army's northern expedition, at noon, the army reached the outskirts of Rong City. Unlike before, the beggar gang did not lurk inside, as an internal response, if the previous cities were like that, but gathered five hundred elites, together with the besieging army, appeared in the bright place.

This is also a last resort for Xiao Qi. Because until now, he has not succeeded in breaking into the city.

He subconsciously thought that this city would become an obstacle for the Northern Route Army, so he had been worried about it for the past few days. He had been worried for so long that Mai Ke was aware of his emotions. Because Mai Ke has been communicating with several major generals of the Northern Route Army through Lingxi's movements.

Sure enough, the first round of attacks caused Shi Dakai's siege troops to suffer a great defeat! The subsequent several times of intensifying the siege of the city also made no progress.

The army was blocked in Vinh City. (To be continued......)