"Speed up, speed up!"

Qu Jie, who was riding on a black horse, was majestic, especially when he was newly put on a white armed belt and had a Colt revolver pinned to his waist, which made him even more British: "Pioneer Company, speed up, you will definitely rush to Taiping County tomorrow!" ”

It's just that after he left, Shi Yunqing's deputy Lin Song snorted: "Our pioneer company, when will it be their turn to point fingers from the dragon spear battalion!" Even if we listen to orders, we only listen to Liu Check! ”

After these days of getting along, he knew Qu Jie's details, and knew that this Qu battalion commander only played a role in the dragon spear battalion, and the dragon spear battalion often relied on company platoon commanders like Sun Huzi and Zhu Dun when fighting: "If I had the opportunity like him, I would have been able to train people on the horse a long time ago." ”

Shi Yunqing's eyes were staring at Qu Jie deadly, and he said a sentence in his mouth: "Don't say a few whining words, what Qu Jie said is right, whether it is a dragon or a snake, it depends on tomorrow's battle." ”

"I'm afraid of a bird!" Lin Song is also from the Green Battalion, and he is most familiar with the situation in the Green Camp in Wen: "What kind of climate can a mere Taiping Battalion become, Lao Shi, are you a little afraid!" ”

He had no taboos when he spoke, and said directly: "We now have one hundred and seventy or eighty people, as well as thirty newly issued foreign guns, if you don't want to fight north, then just retreat south overnight, as long as you cross the river, Liu Chang can't do anything to us!" ”

He thought about his good life beautifully: "With these thirty foreign guns, we can mix everywhere, maybe when we get to Qu Zhenhan, we can get the name of a general, don't you let everyone secretly hide the yellow flag first." ”

Shi Yunqing patted Lin Song's shoulder angrily: "Don't talk nonsense. Beware of the walls with ears! ”

But Lin Song couldn't control this mouth: "What are you afraid of, our pioneer company is different from other companies, we don't listen to the propaganda or not, and Liu Chang can't do anything to us." ”

The team of the Pioneer Company is outside of Liu Chang's Rainbow Army, and it can only be regarded as a peripheral force among the peripheral troops, and it is completely a team pulled up by Shi Yunqing alone, and it is very strong, if Shi Yunqing insists on retreating south now. At least two-thirds of it can be towed away.

But Shi Yunqing's thoughts were different: "What's the use of going south, go back and be your rich prodigal?" Now ......"

He let out a long sigh: "Now is the time for us people to achieve great things, and we can't fool around like we used to!" ”

He said viciously: "The eldest husband is not born with five tripods, and if he dies, he will be five tripods!" ”

Lin Song understood: "Lao Shi, it turns out that you went to Taizhou." And such a plan, good! I, Lin Song, will go with you, so I have to make a name for myself. ”

Unlike the Pioneer Company, An Hailian's retreat was much calmer, but it had a better relationship with Huo Qiu and the Nanxi Battalion.

Although nominally An Hai Lian directly belongs to the Hong Army and Liu Chang, Yun Tianzong, who is now known as one of the "Nanxi Twin Clouds", walked with them with a smile: "Brother Shi, although our Nanxi Battalion will sing the leading role tomorrow, you An Hailian are also indispensable!" ”

Although Yun Tianzong was born as a salt owl. But he was born to lead a soldier, and now he has taken over the company commander of Nanxi Company, and Shi Huiji also said with a smile: "With your Nanxi battalion rushing in front, it is enough for our Anhai Company to wave the flag and shout in the back!" ”

He was humble, so Yun Tianzong also smiled: "How come you An Hailian also have thirty flintlock guns, it will depend on your company when the time is critical, Battalion Commander Huo and I will go down to the inspection point to fight for it, how about replacing all of your companies with foreign guns?" ”

"That's good, that's good!"

Shi Huiji knew that the good thing of expanding the company was not his turn for the time being. Now there are still many old companies in the entire Hong Army that have not been expanded into a second company, so it is the turn of a company with older qualifications like Panshi Company first, but it would be good to be able to replace them all with foreign guns: "Thank you so much, Lao Yun, let's have a drink tonight." ”

"I don't dare to drink tonight, I'm going to attack Taiping County tomorrow!" Yun Tianzong told Shi Huiji not to be careless: "Let's be angry, and raise the red flag to Taiping City tomorrow, and your benefits will be indispensable at that time." ”

He told Shi Huiji something very mysteriously: "After the peace is laid." Not only do we have our own territory, but we also need a new atmosphere in the local area, so don't miss it, Brother Shi......"

When the sun rose again, Liu Chang was already standing in the center of the whole army, and he loudly announced today's goal to the Hongjun officers gathered around him. He pointed to the small rolling hills to the north: "That's Taiping County." ”

Taiping County is a new county divided from Huangyan County during the Ming Dynasty, this is a very common place name, in the early years of the Republic of China, when the Ministry of the Interior reviewed the archives, it was found that Anhui, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shanxi four provinces all have Taiping County, in order to avoid the repetition of the county name, so the Zhejiang Taiping County was renamed Wenling County, and it was another name of Wenqiaoling in the west of the county.

The southwest of Taiping County is an undulating hilly area, but Liu Chang told his subordinates: "Taiping, this name is good, don't look at the ups and downs of the mountains here, and then go north is the coastal plain, the land of fish and rice, the essence of the whole Taiwan is here, the folk proverb is cloudy, Huang is too familiar, and the six counties are enough!" ”

The northern part of Taiping County and the northern part of this coastal plain area is indeed the essence of Taizhou, not only has hundreds of thousands of people, but also has the benefits of fishing, salt and rice, so the Taizhou folk proverb is often cloudy, Huang (Yan) is too (flat) ripe, and the six counties are enough. Huangtai refers to the two counties of Huangyan and Taiping, and the essence of the entire six counties of Taizhou lies in Huangyan and Taiping, if there are two counties of Huangyan and Taiping, it is enough to supply tens of thousands of troops.

"Such a good place can only be held in the hands of our Hongjun!" Liu Chang said loudly: "Can we give it to others?" ”

"Can't!" The officers replied loudly: "It must not be given to others!" This is our territory! ”

"The long march of 10,000 miles begins with a single step!" Liu Chang waved his hand excitedly: "The grand plan to dominate the industry, since then the foundation has been opened, today's battle is related to the rise and fall of our rainbow army, and the fate of each of us, I have only one request, today's battle, no failure, no draw!" ”

"You can only win! You can only win it all! Liu Chang ordered loudly: "Only enter, not retreat!" How many brothers are killed or wounded, and how many medicines are consumed, I will supply you! ”

Saying that, Liu Chang took out two Colt revolvers: "Which company performs well today, no matter which company!" There are many rewards, the ranks can be expanded, the ranks can be promoted, and this revolver is waiting for you to get it. ”

Liu Chang was originally going to distribute twenty revolvers evenly to company and battalion officers, but he thought about it for a while and accepted Shi Tinglan's suggestion, except for the two battalion commanders who could get a revolver, the rest of the revolvers would be awarded to the officers who were most qualified to get him as a symbol of war merit and honor.

Liu Chang made a final summary in an impassioned voice: "Replace all the yellow flags and play the red flag, from now on, we will be the Rainbow Army!" The invincible and invincible rainbow army! ”

……

In the entire Rainbow Army, Liu Chang is the only privileged class, no matter at any time, he can ride on a horse, while the two battalion commanders are slightly inferior, they only have one horse of their own, and they must usually cherish their horsepower.

Although Yang Changmei and Shi Tinglan are the sects of the Heavenly Kingdom, they do not belong to the privileged class, they do not have their own horses, nor do they have sedan chairs or sliding poles, they can only rely on their own legs to catch up with the team.

Fortunately, these two girls were born in a bitter cold family, and they are two real big-footed girls, all the way from Guangxi to Tianjing.

They walked on the side with the main team of the Hongjun, and they were accompanied by the Wan Jun Company, the Health Company and the Baggage Company as siege heavy artillery, and the company commander of the Baggage Company saw that the two girls were walking so hard, but asked them to take a ride for a while, and they did not refuse, so they sat on the powder keg and chatted with the Baggage Company Commander for a while--this was originally the privilege of the girls.

In fact, since yesterday afternoon, the vanguard of the Hong Army has entered the border of Taiping County, and now it is to quickly clear the green battalion flood guards, inspection divisions, walled cities and militia groups that dare to take the initiative to challenge them along the way.

This time, the Hong Army dispatched two complete infantry battalions of Longlance and Nanxi, as well as two-thirds of the auxiliary troops, although the total strength was less than 2,000, but the combat power was strong, but it was enough to easily crush the 3,000 Green Battalion soldiers.

Therefore, the development of the battle has been very smooth, and most of the green battalion flood guards, inspection divisions, and militia regiments dare not resist this army with a red flag, a red turban, and a white armed belt around its waist.

There is only a group of more than 100 people Jin villager group is brave and brave, and when he encounters An Hailian who responds on the right side, he still wants to fight, but Huo Qiu immediately used a nearby cattle knife and artillery to pull it out to kill the chicken, and in less than half an hour, this militia has been wiped out, and the leader of the regiment who took the lead in resisting was directly reported to the public.

Yang Changmei and Shi Tinglan, who were sitting on the powder keg, listened with relish, and the commander of the heavy company took the opportunity to ask about the relationship between Liu Inspection and Yang Changmei, Yang Changmei was about to make up a set of statements to boast about her brother Chang.

I heard a sudden message from the front: "Accelerate forward, accelerate forward!" Let Wan Jun Lian go up first! ”

"What's going on?" Yang Changmei jumped off the powder keg and asked the specific reason in the crowd: "What's going on in front?" ”

Soon came the exact news: "The Pioneer Company has been killed under the Taiping City, but there are a lot of defenders in the city, and the Pioneer Company has tried to attack once and then retreated, and is asking the artillery to go up to support!" ”

Further news came half an hour later: "In the city, there are not only the main force of the Green Camp Taiping Camp and the Tai Civilian Regiment, as well as Niu Deshun's defeated army, but also hundreds of reinforcements sent from Huangyan Town, with a total strength of no less than 2,500 troops. ”

Yang Changmei immediately remembered Liu Chang's words: "This battle is not allowed to be lost, not to be drawn, only to win!" ”