The battle report of Ziyashan did not reach His Majesty the Emperor.

The waiter sent the war report, but was stopped by the prime minister halfway, and when he saw the word "call for help" marked in big red font on the battle report, Wen Dao's face immediately darkened.

"Wen Xiang, what's wrong?" asked an assistant minister.

Wen Dao sighed, "The Black Flag Army was defeated by the Thief Army. ”

Just a short sentence, everyone present was stunned, the Black Flag Army is a regular army, although it is stationed in the Banlun Mountain Range all the year round and rarely participates in the war, but after all, it is a local garrison, and it has received professional military training, and it was suddenly defeated by the thief army, which made everyone a little puzzled.

Sikong Liang Qian opened his mouth and asked, "What does Wen Xiang think should be done?"

Wen Dao thought for a moment.

"Your Majesty's health is declining, so don't use these things to hurt Your Majesty's heart. The rebellion in the three counties of Yokogawa intensified, and according to reports from the front, the thieves shouted the slogan of beating the landlords and dividing the land, attracting many people to follow, and there was a situation where it was uncontrollable. According to the old man, the thief army is powerful, and it must be eradicated as soon as possible, so let the Shanzi Battalion in Beifu County go. ”

"While the foundation of the thief army is not stable, it is best to strangle it. However, is it a bit of a fuss to dispatch the Shanzi Battalion in Beifu County, which is a regular army of nearly 50,000 people. A minister asked suspiciously.

Wen Dao glanced at him and said, "The fire lion is still fighting the rabbit with all his strength, not to mention that now the thief army has become a climate, don't be careless." ”

Liang Qian nodded as if he didn't understand.

The Shanzi Battalion, stationed in the north of Beifu County all the year round, is the most powerful combat force in the entire northern part of Western Chu except for the Longcheng Guards, and the whole battalion is stationed with 50,000 troops, which is established to support the northern front.

The soldiers in the army are also on the battlefield all year round and have rich combat experience.

Shen Xia, the battalion commander of the Shanzi Battalion, was a native of Kyoto, and when he received the order from Wendao, Shen Xia's heart refused. He thought that he was letting himself lead the army north for reinforcements, but he never thought that he would let him go to suppress the bandits.

Suppressing bandits is something that the local defenders can do, and let themselves do it as a border army, isn't this a knife to kill chickens.

But there is no way, this is a military order, no matter how much you don't like it, you can only catch it hard.

On the side of Fufeng City, after Ren Feng led the rebel army to defeat the Black Flag Army, he did not stop, but swept all the way south with a great victory, and fought towards Pingyuan County, where the riot occurred at the beginning.

Ren Feng led his troops to shout the slogan of equal division of land rights while fighting, which really attracted many peasants who had no land or had little land.

In this way, the entire rebel army grew larger and larger, expanding to 200,000 men.

The rapid increase in the number of rebels also made Ren Feng feel that many things were not as simple as he imagined, and the more people there were, the more things to deal with.

For example, one of the leaders under his command yesterday had a conflict with the newly recruited leader before, and the two sides did not like each other, so they went to the back to fight in private. Ren Feng acted as a peacemaker on the one hand, and on the other hand, he used iron-blooded means to deter both sides, making the two of them respectful and a little afraid at the same time.

And this is just one of the small things, as well as the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of 200,000 people, all these burdens fell on his head, so that he could no longer be distracted by other cares.

From the beginning of the fight to Pingyuan County, the entire rebel army has not moved its nest. If this continues, it may be that the army of the imperial court has not yet arrived, and they have already begun to disintegrate themselves.

Just when Ren Feng was anxious, a person came to visit.

Shen Xia led the Shanzi battalion towards Pingyuan County, although he didn't take this group of rebels seriously in his heart, but when it came to fighting, he was still more rigorous.

It was now close to noon, and it would be difficult to reach Plains County before dark if we did not hurry up the march.

"The order went down, and the whole army marched as fast as possible, and it was necessary to rush to Shanxian before dark. ”

Shan County is the junction of Pingyuan County and Fufeng County.

At the sound of the order, the whole army began to speed up, and after traveling for almost two hours, it finally arrived in Shanxian before dark.

Shanxian is located at the intersection of the two counties, is one of the few junctions of Pingyuan County and Fufeng County, usually frequent trade, because of disasters and rebellions, today's Shanxian has been sparsely populated, occasionally can see sporadic figures.

Shanxian occupies a large area, enough to accommodate 50,000 troops, but it is a good garrison location.

Shen Xia led the Shanzi Camp all the way into the city unimpeded. After a simple build, the whole army began to rest.

Just when everyone was lighting a fire, there were shouts of killing from all directions.

The walls of Shanxian County were not high and dilapidated, and the rebels rushed out from the surrounding area and directly killed the Shanzi Battalion in Shanxian County.

After a few hours of hurrying, everyone was already sleepy and tired, and they were suddenly attacked by a sneak attack, and they immediately panicked.

Taking advantage of the panic of the army, the rebel army rushed into the crowd and killed people like chopping melons and vegetables.

Fortunately, there were not many rebels who raided, and although the momentum was not small, they did not cause many casualties.

Shen Xia was looking at the map when he suddenly heard a chaotic sound outside.

"Report, General, the rebels are coming in from outside the city. As soon as he came out of the account, someone came and said.

Although Shen Xia was very surprised by the rebel army's sneak attack, as a battlefield general, he did not panic, took his sword, rode on the flaming horse, and drove towards the Chinese army.

With Shen Xia in charge of the Chinese army commanding the generals, the military formation was immediately arranged neatly, and the morale of the army was also stabilized.

The soldiers of the Shanzi battalion organized a defense under the command of Shen Xia, the sword and shield soldiers stood in front of the archers, and the pikemen began to advance in formation.

When the troops of the Yamaji battalion organized their defense, the sneak attack of the rebels was doomed to failure.

The rebel army that was blocked saw that the Shanzi battalion was in a neat queue and that the morale of the army was stable, and they knew that they were not opponents, so they fled out of the city in a panic.

With the last rebels fleeing, the sneak attack was declared a failure.

Although the sneak attack failed, it caused the Shanzi battalion to lose nearly 1,000 people, most of whom trampled on each other or set themselves on fire in a panic, and the losses were not small.

The Shanzi camp had just arrived in Pingyuan County, so he took a slap of Ma Wei, and Shen Xia looked at the camp full of fireworks, his face was gloomy, and it was impossible to guess what he was thinking.

Linlang County in the east of Shangjing has always been a rich place, here, there are not many bandits, and the only largest bandit, Huotou Mountain, was exterminated by Han Ming a while ago, so the people also live comfortably.

The defending general of Linlang County was a foreigner named Li Feng.

He was a newcomer, unfamiliar with life, and directly parachuted into Linlang County, he thought that if he was not tougher, he might be set aside, and he would live up to the trust of the above.

It happened that someone in the army violated the military order and left his post without permission, and he used this reason to demote the four staff generals involved to the commanders, and then directly promoted the people he brought.

His move completely angered the middle-level officers at that time, after all, the interests of these people were closely related to the high-level officers.

It doesn't matter if the newly promoted generals can get along with them, but they never thought that these new generals would also learn from Li Feng to cultivate their cronies, which made everyone angry.

In addition, these people have no size, but rely on nepotism to wantonly snarn the hearts and minds of the people in the army, which can violate the core interests of the local faction, and a turmoil is inevitable.

One night, everyone who was depressed because of the demotion took advantage of Li Feng's absence to secretly drink in the barracks and complain to each other.

Unexpectedly, Li Feng came back early, and someone took the opportunity to make a small report to Li Feng.

So these people were arrested on the spot, and some people added oil and vinegar to Li Feng's ears, saying that several people often insulted generals in private.

When Li Feng heard this, he was furious, because of the unstable foundation, his reputation in the army has not been high, and the most taboo is that someone secretly slanders him.

Now that these people have violated military law, and they have touched their own scales, he is determined to deal with them according to military law.

When the generals in the barracks heard this order, they were all surprised, but they didn't expect Li Feng to execute all the generals at once.

In the eyes of this group of soldiers and soldiers, it doesn't matter if an outsider takes away the general's position, and even wants to cut down the person who promoted them, it is simply bullying no one in Linlang County.

Suddenly, the crowd was furious.

Soldiers have always been bloody, and in this chaotic scene, everyone immediately had a strong "chemical reaction", and the entire barracks began to mutiny.

A few reckless people even dragged Li Feng out of the big tent and cut Li Feng off when the generals didn't have time to stop him.

So, if it is wrong, it will be wrong, and after a short time in Linlang County, a fierce scene of beacon fire "stage" was staged.