In the past few days, information from all quarters has shown that the Taiping Sect uprising is close at hand, that the Taiping Sect's armed organizations have begun to secretly assemble in many places, and that many Taiping Sect backbone elements have gone into hiding, apparently in order to prevent the government from discovering the incident before the incident, and the local government has also discovered some abnormalities, but has not made much of a response, and the investigation and arrest activities carried out by the special investigation teams from the cabinet in various localities have also been unsatisfactory, and the grassroots governments in many places have either not cooperated or acted in defiance of the law. In short, it was very difficult to carry out the work, and these people pinned their hopes on the army that was returning to the division.

As the time of the outbreak of the war is approaching, the entire northwest army is also secretly adjusting its deployment, and a large number of military supplies, including food, clothing, weapons, equipment, and war horses, have begun to be transferred to the Lishan County Government as early as a month ago under the cover of the night, and now it is nearing the end. The new Director of War Readiness, Rao, fully demonstrated his talents, much to Qin Du's satisfaction. His methodical arrangements and meticulous planning made the originally rather heavy and complicated military preparations suddenly become clear and orderly, and the priorities were appropriate, and every one of them seemed so tight and organized.

According to Qin Dui's arrangement, all troops, including the garrison troops, have secretly entered a state of combat readiness, in view of the increasingly severe situation, the Guards Division was expanded to full strength in a short period of time, Qin Dui did not consider putting it into the upcoming Central Plains War, but kept it as a reserve in Tokugawa, and the third and fifth divisions of the Second Army Corps have quietly entered Meishan City.

According to Qin Du's order, the Lishan County Garrison Division was renamed the Northwest Independent Second Mixed Division, and was stationed in Yangmakou Fortress in advance. The two wings that had just been transferred from the reserve forces were upgraded to the Lishan County Garrison Division, and the division was rapidly expanded to make up for the establishment of one division.

During this period, Qin Duan raided and inspected the armament situation of Lishan County, and Jin Zecheng's appearance did not disappoint Qin Dui, in just ten days. In addition to reinforcing and repairing a large number of defensive arrowholes and hidden forts, a large number of improved stone-throwing tools and strong skulls brought from the Tokugawa River have also been basically installed, which has further improved the defense capacity of Lishan Castle.

At the same time, the newly formed Lishan County Second Garrison Division has also taken shape, and because Lishan County has a strong reserve and a stock of weapons and equipment, the Second Garrison Division was quickly formed. However, due to the fact that the shelves of this division were built by two broken wings, and there was a slight shortage of grassroots officers, Jin Zecheng, who was commissioned by Qin Dui, took the initiative to request that some officers be transferred from other units under Qin Dui's command to enrich it, and asked Qin Dui to appoint another division and regimental leader.

Qin Duan saw through what he meant, and had a deep conversation with Jin Zecheng again, and the content of the conversation was unknown. In the end, in addition to recruiting some middle- and low-level officers from the students of the Northwest Military Academy, Qin Du agreed to appoint the deputy division commander of the former Lishan County First Garrison Division as the commander of the Second Garrison Division, and the deputy division commander and chief of staff were to be served by two graduates of the Northwest Military Academy's wing-level officer training course. The director of the logistics department was selected from the former Second Garrison Division.

On the day he returned to Tokugawa from Lishan, Qin Duan rushed to Northwest County non-stop, where he not only inspected the training status of the Northwest County Garrison Division, but also unexpectedly inspected the training of the reservists in Northwest County. In addition, Qin Duan also had a secret conversation with the elder of the Gaoyue clan, Mu Mian, and Shi Liu, the elder of the Gaoyue clan in Beiloulan, who had made a special trip to the capital city of the northwest county.

"Sister Situ, my lord, he just slept for a while, do you think you will wake him up after a while?" The tone of some exotic accents is naturally Di Rena, she stood behind Situ Qingqing and quietly attached herself to Situ Qingqing's ear.

"Well, then I'll just wait." Situ Qingqing hesitated. Mandibular head.

"No need, Qingqing. What's the matter? ”

Qin Duan, who was a little sleepy-eyed, cheered up, stretched his waist, and jumped up from the bed, although he only slept for a while, but a nap at noon was enough to withstand the night for two hours.

Seeing that Qin Duan had already gotten up, Situ Qingqing no longer hesitated. Immediately said: "My lord, there is an emergency military situation!" "In front of outsiders, Situ Qingqing has always called Qin Dui by the name of an adult.

"Oh?" Seeing Situ Qingqing's face stern, Qin Duan also became solemn, "Tell me about it." ”

"According to the Tianshui Urgent Report. The commanders of the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Fourth Army of the Imperial Army were attacked in Tianshuifu City, and the commanders and chiefs of staff of the Third Division were killed on the spot, the chief of logistics was seriously injured, the commander and chief of staff of the Fourth Division were killed on the spot, and the deputy division commander was seriously injured. ”

The words were so thousand that Qin Duan couldn't help but change color, "What the hell is going on?" How could the commanders of two army divisions of the empire be attacked at the same time? Who is the other party? ”

This is simply a bit appalling, so many high-ranking officers were attacked and killed at the same time, it can be said that it has never happened in the history of the empire, no wonder Qin Duan is also a little out of shape.

"According to the intelligence, the 3rd Division and the 4th Division arrived at Tianshui Fucheng almost at the same time, because the two divisions were about to part ways after Tianshui Fucheng, the Tianshui City Guard hosted a banquet for the main officers of the two divisions in the largest restaurant in Fucheng, but he did not expect such a big problem. As for who the other party is, there is no news yet, only that the other party has dispatched a total of more than ten people, except for seven who died in battle, three of whom committed suicide by poisoning after being captured, and the rest of them have successfully escaped, and the origin of these assassins has not yet been found. Situ Qingqing looked very calm.

After being silent for a long time, Qin Duan, who had a gloomy face, said: "It seems that they are really unscrupulous, they can even think of such methods, and they are really poisonous enough, and they actually have a pot end, but this method is really effective, now these two divisions are quite paralyzed, and it may not matter if there is a chief officer, but all of a sudden it is gone, and the snake is headless, so it will be difficult for the troops to run." Even if the Imperial Capital Military Department is appointed immediately, it will take a run-in period, during which the combat effectiveness of the troops will be greatly reduced. "It's like talking to yourself, and it's like talking to two people.

"My lord, does that affect our side as well?" After a period of adaptation, Situ Qingqing was fully qualified for the role of intelligence staff officer around Qin Dui, and began to take the initiative to analyze and synthesize all aspects of intelligence for Qin Dui.

With a wry smile, Qin Duan stood up, Di Rena had already prepared her coat and put it on for Qin Dui, rubbing her cheeks, Qin Du said: "Now the situation is confusing, the two army divisions of the empire have temporarily lost their combat effectiveness, at least the speed of the march has been greatly delayed, although it is only temporary, but it is very important for the Taiping Sect, they have won at least another week or two, and the morale of the imperial army will definitely be affected to a certain extent." For us, whether it is beneficial or disadvantageous, it is difficult to say now, it must be a great opportunity for the Taiping Sect that is about to start an incident, maybe this opportunity is created by themselves. ”

"So how do we deal with it?" Situ Qingqing looked at Qin Du with a slightly anxious gaze (to be continued......