Is the heavens going to destroy my Great Qin? At this moment, Ye Xianggao was at a loss in his heart, although he was kneeling down in His Highness, he had been thinking about how to deal with the situation in front of him, which could be said to be extremely critical, but His Majesty the Emperor actually fell, so that there was no backbone in the court, where could we talk about the deployment of the situation, how should this be? If time drags on, the situation may deteriorate, and at that point, it may really become out of control.

Jiren has his own celestial statue, maybe His Majesty the Emperor will restore it tomorrow? Ye Xianggao can only think like this, I hope so.

The sudden change in the situation caught Qin Duan off guard, the accumulation of more than ten years of the Taiping Sect was completely released in just a few days, in just eight days, in addition to the Lulong Mansion in the four prefectures of the Northern Plains, the other four prefectures and the two prefectures in the west of Yanyun County fell into the hands of the Taiping Sect, it can be said that with a flick of a finger, the empire's rule in most of the western and northern regions was wiped out, and the Taiping Holy Kingdom that replaced it also appeared on the stage.

It was only at this time that Qin Dui realized that he had underestimated the strength of the Taiping Sect hidden under the water, and the cooperation of the Poole Kingdom, including the Kamans' re-offensive on the battlefield of Gerok, made Qin Dui realize how deep the collusion between the three parties was. And the Taiping Sect's organization of hundreds of thousands of troops in a few days also made Qin Dui's discoloration about the power of religion, and he secretly thought about how to deal with the aggressive situation.

Lulongfu's must not fall into the hands of the Taiping Sect, fortunately, Zhuge Fang and Fielding have already made contact, although they were still caught off guard by the sudden Taiping uprising, but the combat effectiveness of the Lulongfu garrison is far from being comparable to other provinces, and the battle is extremely fierce, although the Taiping Sect's army is several times larger than the garrison of Lulongfu, but the garrison still insists on withstanding the enemy's attack, although it is very difficult. However, the huge pressure of the Kamans in the north made Zhuge Fang and Phil Ding, who had originally intended to send reinforcements, not dare to act rashly, and had to ask for help from Qin Duan, who was far to the south.

Qin Dui, who learned the news, didn't have time to verify, the rescue was like fighting a fire, and if there was a slight delay, I was afraid that the fire would burn Lulong Mansion to ashes. On the one hand, he urgently ordered the Independent Third Infantry Division stationed at Yangmakou to quickly cut through the deep hill area across Longdong and Lulongfu to immediately reinforce Lulong's garrison, and at the same time ordered Mi Dahong to take charge of the overall defense of Partridge Pass instead of himself, while he and Cao Chongyue led the Third Division of the Northwest Army Corps composed of Gao Yue's soldiers directly north through the Liupan Mountains from another road. The two armies began to march side by side, and at the same time attacked Lulong Province from the southeast and southeast.

In order to arrive at the destination as soon as possible and enter the battle, Qin Duan selected dozens of soldiers from the Second Independent Division who crossed the Liupan Mountains with Yueshan and were familiar with the road conditions as guides, and more than 20,000 soldiers of the Third Division quickly inserted into the north under the leadership of the guides.

Partridge Pass is not too far from the Lulong Mansion realm. It is about 200 miles away, but in the middle of it is a small mountain range - Liupan Mountain. Liupan Mountain is named because of the mountain, it is not much steep and steep, mainly the six huge hills formed by the accumulation of weathered loess, one after another, stretching for hundreds of miles, the terrain is extremely complicated, fortunately here because there are some small caravans from time to time to take shortcuts from Lulongfu to the south, but there are still some trails to be found.

Although there were soldiers familiar with the terrain to lead the way, the troops were still not moving very fast. It took only three hours of rapid marching to arrive at the 60-mile road from the Partridge Pass to the Liupan Mountains, but the marching speed into the mountains slowed down significantly, the rugged mountain roads were very narrow, and could only accommodate three or four people to pass, and there were many curves, completely passing through the winding mountain roads, and vehicles could not pass through them at all, but fortunately, the soldiers of the Third Division had already prepared and carried a large amount of dry food with them. The logistics department also arranged for some mules and horses who were good at walking mountain roads to be responsible for carrying the necessary logistics materials, but they did not encounter too much trouble.

Qin Dui declined the mules and horses specially prepared for him, and still walked forward on foot with all the soldiers, although this did not mean anything. But Qin Duan felt that this would make him more harmonious with the more than 20,000 simple men under him. What's more, in the past few years, he has improved his physical fitness by leaps and bounds through the improvement of his internal strength, and this hundred and ten miles of mountain road is nothing to him.

Thousands of torches lit up, like a never-ending fiery snake winding through the mountains, although the speed of travel was much slower than that on flat land, but to be able to achieve such a speed in such a difficult mountain road without chaos, probably only the soldiers of the Gao Yue tribe who were born with natural endowments could do it.

Qin Dui, who was mixed in with the marching team, maintained a steady speed and followed the team closely. did not leave a single trace, but the soldiers around them were not amazed, in their hearts the people who could conquer the hearts of the entire Gaoyue clan were naturally not ordinary people, and the eyes they glanced over from time to time were full of admiration and admiration.

After several years of polishing, this army has become the strongest infantry division in the hands of Qin Duan, and the experienced Cao Chongyue not only made this group of Gaoyue men improve their physical fitness, but the most important thing is to let them understand that a little iron discipline is the basis for a unit to be invincible, and it has also won the heartfelt support of the officers and soldiers under his command.

"Chongyue, how long do you think it will take us to get around this ghost place?"

Although he didn't feel how tired he was, he was always going around on this winding mountain road that couldn't be seen at a glance, and Qin Dui didn't have a taste in his heart, so he asked Cao Chongyue, the commander of the Third Division, who had been following him.

"My lord, I'm afraid it will take a while, these six mountains, six mountains, surrounded by coils, staggered and horizontal, it is not suitable for large troops, it is not my old wood boasting, it is also our third division, I am afraid that the time spent will have to be doubled." Cao Chongyue picked up the conversation, his tone full of pride.

Qin Dui's topic lightly shifted to the current situation in the northern part of the empire, "Chongyue, what do you think of such a bad situation in the northern part of the empire now?" ”

Cao Chongyue was a little hesitant in this regard, probably because he was still a little confused about the overall situation, and he was much more careful in speaking: "This, it's hard to say. However, the Taiping Sect was able to swallow up more than half of the entire northern part of the empire at once in just a few days, which was indeed shocking. It's just that the people in the two northern counties of the empire have always borne the heaviest taxes and servitudes, and in recent years, the north has suffered from droughts, floods, and locust plagues, and after the floods, the plague is also raging, and the common people are really miserable, otherwise there would not have been the peasant and slave uprising four years ago, and the Taiping Sect would not have easily developed to such a large scale. (To be continued.) )