Just as the Tokugawa army was gearing up for a big battle, unsettling news came from the intelligence services. The rebellious armies in Meishan and Longdong counties seemed to hear some rumors, and they all contracted their defensive lines and concentrated their troops.

It turned out that Qin Duan's plan was to take advantage of the fact that the rebel armies were not subordinate to each other and had no contact with each other, and planned to concentrate their superior forces to break through each other, so that Liu Xiaoshan and Shangguan Yonglun each led a battle group to march into Meishan and Longdong counties respectively.

But now that the shape has changed dramatically, it is necessary for commanders to be flexible in their grasp of the actual situation, and no longer stick to the plans made before the war.

Although Qin Duan has quite strong confidence in Shangguan Yonglun and Liu Xiaoshan, but after all, this is such a big military operation carried out by the two alone, once the chaotic army is concentrated, it will far exceed our army in terms of numbers, I hope that the two can judge the situation and make a correct judgment according to the changes in the battlefield situation, Qin Duan sighed softly, walked out of the study, looked at the dark night sky, and silently wished.

Seeing the army nervously encamped, ready to start camping, everywhere was a busy scene of people shouting and neighing, the soldiers were busy erecting the horse rejection stakes and began to dig improvised trenches, the banners of the large battalion were hunting in the strong northwest wind, and some camp tents had even begun to rise curling smoke.

"Lao Ding, we have gone deep into Meishan for more than 200 miles, but it seems that the shape has changed a little, so far, our reconnaissance troops have not found a single soldier and a chaotic army." Shangguan Yonglun's forehead was deeply locked, and he was obviously a little worried about his current shape.

"Yes, according to the information before our departure, there should be more than 30,000 rebel troops in this area, among which the 'Immortal Society' is entangled with nearly 30,000 rebels. Now it's gone. More than 30,000 people, this is not a small number, could it be that the enemy has sensed our intentions and escaped from our encirclement? Ding Da Niu's dark face also had a hint of melancholy.

The army led by Shangguan Yonglun and Ding Daniu set out separately from the territory of Tokugawa County five days ago, and entered the territory of Meishan by encirclement in the south and north, hoping to annihilate the rebellious army led by the "Changshenghui" in the western part of Meishan. But it has been five days since entering the territory of Meishan. Except for Chidi Chili after the war, almost no rebel army was found.

It took great effort for the reconnaissance unit to understand that the local people who had been hiding in Guò had disappeared from the rebel side a month before the counterinsurgency army arrived, and seemed to have moved northeast.

The northeast direction should be the sphere of influence of horse thieves dominated by the Iron Cavalry, could it be that the two sides want to unite? But after launching a rebellion for so long, I haven't heard that the two sides have any movement to unite, why is this side just preparing to start. Did it slip away in advance?

His own reconnaissance unit has been searching for two days, covering the entire western part of Meishan, this area is flat, there are no big forests and mountains, and there is no place for tens of thousands of people to hide, which shows that the rebel army is indeed no longer in the western part of Meishan, and the intelligence that sneaked into the northern part of Meishan should be accurate, which also shows that the possibility of a joint operation between the two sides is very high. There has been no news from the inside line of his side and the internal response of the intelligence department in the past few days. I don't know if something went wrong, or if I was delayed by something?

Shangguan Yonglun and Ding Daniu patrolled the camp. On the other hand, he was silently sorting out the various problems in his mind. Unless someone is secretly manipulating, deliberately uniting several parties to fight against the purging of their own army. But how does the enemy grasp the movements of his own army? And who can unite the rebellious armies of several parties that do not buy each other?

While thinking about it, I was secretly frightened. Those who can manipulate these parties must be those who can convince these parties, and those who can convince several parties must be those who have considerable strength in the near future. Only in this way can these parties be relieved to obey their arrangements, otherwise once the matter is exposed, they can also be invincible.

But who is the manipulator behind this? Shangguan Yonglun fell into bitter thought.

Before leaving, the county keeper had confessed to himself. Outside, the king's orders are not subject to it, and he can readjust and deploy the plan according to the changes in the actual situation on the battlefield, but now the enemy is nowhere to be seen, the two armies have converged, the reconnaissance cavalry is out, and the entire western part of Meishan County has been reconnoitred, but the target of the attack cannot be found, which is really unexpected.

If other forces intervene, this will make the situation in the entire northwest even more confusing, and the black hand hidden behind it will really choose the right time. The Kamans? Sithro? Or is it something else? Or did two or even three of the three collude in support of the rebels? If this is the case, the shape will be very bad.

In the face of this sudden change, although Shangguan Yonglun was very confused, but did not hesitate, that night, he and Ding Da Niu discussed and made a decision, changed the original plan to annihilate the rebellious army, first entered the county town of Meishan, and then took the city as a stronghold, divided the troops into two routes, adopted the policy of step by step, concentrated superior forces, and gradually cleared the eastern, northern and southern parts of Meishan County, and immediately reported the change of the situation to the Tokugawa County Guard.

In contrast, the counterinsurgency operation in Longdong County in the south went much more smoothly. Although the rebel army also showed signs of shrinking its defense, it was much slower to move, and it seemed that the forces of several parties were far less than the unity of the Meishan rebel army, although the several parties had retreated, but they were not concentrated, and the internal response sent to it in Yuzhu still maintained contact with our army, and it was our army that firmly grasped the dynamics of the enemy army.

On May 25, the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, Liu Xiaoshan and Lihua led an army of 60,000 to rush forward and arrived at Xiangshanji, an important town in the southwest of Longdong County, where they bit a part of the western rebel army and formed a confrontation with about 30,000 rebel troops gathered nearby, while the other rebel army rushed here in the starry night, intending to reinforce the rebel army here.

"Rika, talk about your thoughts."

The dancing flames on the butter candles in the tent were blown a little by the wind that crept in through the cracks in the tent from time to time, and the reflection of the two figures in the tent was also a little blurred.

"Something is wrong with the shape, how can the rebel army, which has no connection with each other, suddenly support each other? Moreover, according to intelligence, the rebel army led by Tubok, who came with reinforcements, did not have a good relationship with the rebel army of Shentuhua, which is now confronting us, and there were some skirmishes between the two sides, but now Tubok's army is marching in spite of fatigue and in the starry night, and at the current pace, it can arrive tomorrow at the latest. How did this Tubok suddenly become so 'deeply aware of righteousness' and actually understand the truth of cold lips and teeth? ”

Rika stood in front of the map on the desk and looked at the map carefully, but also felt very confused, and subconsciously scratched the top of her head with little hair. In just three years, Pear Blossom has changed from a small refugee from a refugee camp to a qualified military general, and the growth rate is very fast, which is also the situation in the northwest, so that these people force themselves to grow quickly, otherwise they will be eliminated by the shape.

Nodding slightly, Liu Xiaoshan also agreed with Pear Blossom's suspicions, raised his head, and looked at the top of the wide tent, Liu Xiaoshan's resolute face had more mature shadows than before.

"There must be something strange in this, it turns out that the information we have has not mentioned any connection between Tubok and Shentuhua, there has been such a big change in just over ten days, and our internal line has not been reflected, what is going on?" Liu Xiaoshan's thick black eyebrows also wrinkled together, as if asking Pear Blossom and himself.

"The position of our internal lines, including the intelligence services, in the chaos is not very important, and I am afraid that there will be changes, and they may not be able to know about it." Ewha is also very cautious.

"Rika, what is the mystery of this change in the enemy?" Liu Xiaoshan's gaze became a little cold.

"What, do you suspect that there are outside forces interfering?" Pear Blossom also had doubts in her heart, and listening to Liu Xiaoshan's words, she obviously had the same opinion as herself.

"Well, I'm sure there are people threading needles in the middle of the chaotic army, and the power represented by this person is not small, otherwise the chaotic army would not be able to abandon the past and entangle together so efficiently." Liu Xiaoshan's demeanor was determined.

"It seems that our county guards have made a lot of enemies, and our northwest wasteland is so attention-grabbing, everyone wants to take a trip to the troubled waters to see what oil and water can be fished." Rika couldn't help but joke about her top boss and said.

"Hmph, it's a mediocrity not to be envied, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. But it also depends on what kind of wood it is and what kind of wind it is. If you want to fish in mixed waters, you must also see if your portion is enough, don't steal chickens and rice. A few words burst out from between Liu Xiaoshan's teeth.

"Commander, don't care who is doing the blame there, Shui Qingshi will appear by himself, as long as we completely solve the chaos army, the people behind this curtain will naturally not be able to escape, I think we should discuss how to fight this battle first."

Rika also doesn't want to focus on things other than war, as a soldier, her primary goal is to complete the set task and annihilate the enemy in front of her, and everything else is secondary.

Liu Xiaoshan shook his jaw and put his mind back, "Well, we can report the intelligence back first, let the adults study it, and then we will deal with the gang of rebels in front of us first." ”

"I'll arrange for someone to report the information back."

Rika nodded and said, the current situation can only be handled by herself and the corps commander, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and I can't wait for the instructions of the county guard. This is also the basic adaptability that a good commander must have in the face of unexpected events. (To be continued......)