Tiannan Prefecture Administration, also known as Fucheng, because it is also the capital of the 18th Military Prefecture on the South Road of Annan Road, where the three divisions of the branch, transshipment and inspection are located, and the former capital is even above the old capital of Linyi - the ring city.

In this city surrounded by huge stone bricks,

Taoist temples, Buddhist temples, official offices, theaters, houses, archways, water pavilions, city gates, layers of grain shops, tea houses, gold and silver shops, pharmacies, bathrooms, and even chicken and duck shops, pig shops, sheep shops, grain, oil and grain lines, everything

In the canal densely covered with tributaries, grain boats, yachts, fishing boats, and merchant ships shuttle back and forth, the streets and markets are vertical and horizontal, the shops are lined up, the cars, horses, and pedestrians are shoulder to shoulder, and the signboards of the colorful buildings are all over the place, and there are spring and summer all year round, which is a good picture of prosperous, rich and lively market life.

But the scene is no more, with smoke, dust, flames, and screams, and despair and misery are enveloping this bustling city.

Even the idyllic scene of the former Gaomen Jiadi, Guanlin Garden Villa, and idyllic outside the city has been devastated by the ubiquitous siege camp and the various fortifications excavated from the trenches and mounds.

In particular, a dozen or so large earthen platforms were being piled up against the city walls that had collapsed and been rebuilt, firing cannons and projecting flying fire and thunder day and night, little by little, torturing the nerves and reason of the guards who would be strained at any time.

Flying projectiles or trails of smoke occasionally swept high or low over the city walls, hitting houses and other buildings behind, leaving new scars like dysentery in the crash and cries.

This is the daily life of both the offensive and defensive sides, which has grown to the point of boring these days.

"Broken, broken"

As an extremely terrible horn pierced the sky, a section of the city wall of Tiannanfu City, which was several feet high, erupted into some kind of dull groan in the raging flames and crashing sounds, and then collapsed under the weight of the burden.

Black smoke, yellow dirt and blood-red flames instantly filled the small space under the gate of Huaiyang City, making the vision of all the defenders who heard the sound and was ready to make a final fight completely blurred.

Their mouths, tongues, eyes and noses were suddenly filled with flying dust, and they couldn't even choke out, so they could only unconsciously wave the weapons in their hands, hoping that they could get a little comfort and security in this chaotic moment, and defend their lives so small at this time.

Close to the city wall, in the ruins of the demolished large neighborhoods, almost without touching the ground, stepping on the bluestone ground, running past the figure of the brigade.

"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up",

A burly general, with a beard and a face covered in blood and dirt, violently waved the large shield in his hand, and commanded nearly a hundred soldiers under his command to quickly meet the gap, trying to block the embankment that had just been opened by the officers and soldiers of the Great Beam, artillery and crashing cars.

The players were followed by a team of lancers and a large crowd of ragged and dull-looking civilians with sandbags and sacks, ready to build an improvised barrier behind the sword players to block the walls that had been breached by the officers and soldiers.

The blazing light of the fire shone on the faces of these deceased men, and even the bright sun could not hide the erratic flickering of the flames. The bearded army will stand at the front of the line, his face surprisingly calm. Only Luan's heaving chest can prove that he is not in a stable mood.

Since the officers and men of the Great Liang had successfully opened a place, what could only have followed was a fatal assault from the most elite troops. At this moment, no matter how much they struggle, these rebellious people who are destined to have no future can only linger and delay time.

They are like a crumbling, porous dam before a raging flood, running around to plug leaks, and almost no one knows how long they will last, and where this gap, or the next gap, is opened, which is where most people are buried.

The faint sound of smoke and fire was the slogan of the transfer of officials and troops. Although the officer army just now managed to break a gap, this forward unit also suffered heavy losses, and about a thousand elites were buried under the collapsed city wall, just before the victory that was just a stone's throw away.

Looking at the gap shrouded in smoke and dust, Liu Yanqing, the commander of the Fifth Army, and Wei Chen, the commander of the front line, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Yanqing is the commander personally designated by the Great Xiangguo to rebel, and he is also a veteran general known for his old and steady appearance, which also means that his qualifications are very deep, but his record is lackluster.

What's more, he is a typical so-called centrist who does not care about his position and obeys his orders, so after a series of chaotic situations in Guangfuji, out of consideration of weighing the situation of the dynasty and not making any party extraordinarily big because of the work of suppressing rebellion, he chose to let him, who had already half retired, re-emerge to lead the overall situation of the party.

With the meticulousness cultivated by many years of military career, the situation in Tiannan against the party will continue to deteriorate and spread.

This time, Tiannan rebelled, gathered four military guards from Jinai, Annan and Guanguidao Seven Road Prefecture Army, Zhen Bing, known as 80,000, at least more than 60,000 combatants, and gave priority to a large number of cutting-edge firearms.

As long as he helps step by step, he has a superior army and an endless momentum of victory, and there is no sufficient preparation in the opposition party, and there is no army to help outside, and it is only sooner or later that he will be destroyed, but the progress is slow, and he can't help but become anxious.

Daxiangguo named him as the commander, which was once regarded as a sign and signal of the so-called rookie faction that overwhelmed the election of Ning Haigong, who was in charge of supervising the country.

The so-called labor expedition cost countless people, and every day of delay represented him, and the last glory and achievements of the rest of his life were bleak and dimmed, so he once lost some sense of proportion and normalcy, and it was not until a few days ago that he adjusted.

It also involves a certain disagreement between Ning Haigong and Daxiangguo's father and son, and it becomes a kind of potential pressure from the bottom up.

It is said that the shogunate intended to uproot all the nobles and relatives of the Duke of Tonghai, and then rearrange people to inherit this large office, arrange for the newly meritorious ministers, and divide their interests.

In the forward army, the eastern and western factions, the old and new factions, and several other forces, inevitably have their own plans in their daily lives, reflecting a certain sense of rising from competition to competition.

After more than a month of fighting in the rear, we still could not get rid of the fate of going to the front, according to the words of the replaced soldiers,

The official army had just suffered a heavy defeat, and it was said that there were important people in the city, who wanted to communicate with the officials and soldiers and privately opened the city gate to greet them, but I don't know whether it was a defeat and no investigation, or it was simply a trap to delay the army.

As a result, the three Xuanfeng athletes from the left and right Wuwei and Zuoshan Town, a full 3,000 elites, were cut off from the back road after rushing into the city gate under the dark moon and high wind, and they never came back, and the sound of fighting lasted all night

Affected by this blow, the officers and troops outside the city were delayed for two days before they reorganized the siege of the city. A number of generals have been removed and held accountable, and some have even fallen into madness or delirium.

After receiving the order to be dispatched from the front. Leaving a spear team and a shooting team to continue to guard the grain yard, it is also to ensure a back road, the so-called art of war is now undefeated.

Under the send-off of the people of Anguan Town, who were still a little reluctant and reluctant, I took the rest of the people and joined the passing brigade to set off again.

A little farther away, I felt a certain chaos brought about by the war, and a certain hostile smell hidden under the desolation and decadence, after all, not all garrisons behave like my gang with rules and regulations, and there is room for negotiation.

And the capture is like opening a Pandora's box, giving up a certain lower limit of the last insistence.

Even the marching brigade of people and horses also slipped halfway, ran out with their subordinates, and then chased after them with the smell of blood and some new objects.

For such obvious violations, even the generals who led the team only reprimanded or symbolically punished them after discovering them, and no one ever said that they would do anything or show anything for the potential victims in those places.

This is obviously a dangerous attitude towards the local people along the route as hostile soldiers and civilians. I've seen a lot of things in the north, where human life is as cheap as paper, and the problem here should be the most peaceful and stable hinterland of the Southern Dynasties.

I am not the kind of pan-patriotic universalist who is pedantic to the point of unconditional and bottomless, so I cherish my life and opportunities in the Southern Dynasties, but what I have seen and heard here has shaken and changed my mind.

Although the Tonghai Gong of this generation was a loser who failed to seize power, the means of governing the local area of the Tonghai Gong of the past dynasties were not bad, so they were quite popular under the rule, so it was easy for the shogunate to take advantage of the opportunity of the last generation to change the mainstream to the past and strengthen control and influence.

It's just that I didn't expect it to encourage some kind of unnecessary ambition and desire, which caused this incident, and then involved so many people and things.

Then the authority of the imperial court in the early stage was still there, and the states outside Tiannan did not dare to act rashly, even if the respondents of the anti-party in Tiannan were slim, but the nearby officials and troops who were ordered to gather to rebel were not restrained enough and had a sense of pride, and even plundered before the battle, in order to advance the so-called war dividends.

So on the contrary, the local people's hearts were pushed against the party, and they were almost defeated by the rebel party in ambush under the banner of defending the township. Then there was the delay and sluggishness caused by the bureaucratic system's prevarication, and when the imperial army was launched from Guangfu, the opposition party of Ninghai Gong also gathered enough henchmen to resist stubbornly.

In a certain way, the not very successful attack in front of the Zong Fan Court strengthened the determination and position of the imperial court to send troops to rebel, and I don't know who is behind it.

I came to the outside of Tiannanzhou City with a full heart,