"Today's emperor is deceived by traitors, so that the government is corrupt and the government is brutal. **The owner of the door, Cao Ruishi, received the favor of the country and was worried about the country, so he raised troops on the side of the Qing monarch and killed the traitor. Today, we recruit righteous people from all over the world to plan together. ”

"The knife will recruit! As long as the men above fifteen and under forty are given five catties of food when they join the gang! If you can pull ten people into the gang, you will give it to a general of the army. can pull a hundred people into the gang and seal the general of the auxiliary country! A rare opportunity for wealth and wealth, the number of places is limited! ”

"Sun Yi, the commander of my Changsheng army, is a descendant of the last royal family of the previous dynasty. There are countless gold and silver left by the ancestors in his hands, which are buried in the tomb of Zhongzhou. As long as the heroes from all walks of life participate in the grand event, join my winning army, and fight in Zhongzhou in the future, everyone will have gold, silver and jewelry! ”

"The Qianyuan Empire lost its deer, and the world chased it! Today, I have my red eyebrows ......"

One local power after another rushed to be the first to take the lead, relying on their own local business connections, and began to expand rapidly. There are also some forces that have a good relationship with each other, because they are weak and weak, for fear of being swallowed up, so they simply form an alliance in advance.

These forces have as few as three to five hundred people, and as many have even set up several thousand township parties.

Among them, there may only be so many dozens of people who can really fight, and in terms of armament, organization and combat strength, they are far inferior to the Good Friends Association and the Taiping Army, but together they are also a force that cannot be ignored. Their appearance exacerbated the chaos and turmoil in Taiping County. On the side of Dongguan Mansion, it was even directly beaten down a county.

The situation has eroded to this point, and the imperial whip thousands of miles away is beyond the reach, and it is enough, but Qian Boming, the governor of Wu'an City, can't sit still no matter what.

If you hold Wu'an, it's fine, but if there is an accident and you lose the county seat, and you also set up an eight-gate valve by the way, then even if the Song family behind you comes forward. Even the queen and the eldest prince helped to intercede, but they couldn't save him.

Because of this, in the face of the bad news that keeps coming back, he really wants to take the initiative to do something.

It's a pity that the Taiping Rebels are far more cautious than he thought.

The scouts sent by the government met with the horse teams of the left and right armies several times. Even hand-to-hand. The exchange ratio made the officers and soldiers very satisfied, with one dead and one wounded on their own side, and three dead and one wounded on the enemy. But the important thing is not this ratio, but that the thieves have paid attention to the movements of the Wu'an official army, which means that it is almost impossible to raid Taiping County.

The Friends of Good Faith are just as guarded!

After all, they have been preparing for more than ten years, and they have also developed a few followers in Wu'an. If you can't do big things, it's not difficult to report the news.

In this case, Qian Boming can only vent his anger with those new forces.

The 4,000 people of the 1st Garrison Brigade of Wu'an, he did not dare to move lightly. I'm afraid that I will be eaten by Taiping County and the Good Friends Association. However, there are still more than 300 cavalry in the county town!

After the 600 cavalry to quell the rebellion was destroyed, this was the only mobile force in Qian Boming's hands.

At this moment, he sent it out without hesitation.

These more than 300 cavalry are definitely not enough to deal with the Taiping Army and the Good Friends Association. But it was easy to deal with the small rebel forces near Wu'an and in Dongguan Province. With super high mobility, in just a few days, two rebel groups that did not know whether they were alive or dead were wiped out one after another.

Good news came. The morale of the entire Wu'an army was uplifted.

However, the other rebels are not stupid. Seeing that the officials and soldiers were killing them, they began to flee to the west of the county town. They knew very well that the main force against the official army still relied on the Taiping Army and the Good Friends Association, so most of them came to these two families.

The left and right armies of Chen Wu's Taiping Righteous Army did not deliberately hide their whereabouts, and they could not hide them at all. Soon someone determined their meeting point, Shouchuan, about thirty miles from Wu'an.

This was originally a large village closest to Wu'an. There are more than 1,000 households. Because there are nearly 100 people in the militia and dozens of iron weapons, ordinary horse bandits do not dare to come to the door on weekdays. But in the face of a rebel army of this size, they couldn't even resist a little, and they were directly taken down by the army.

Word spreads. The Red Eyebrow Army, the Little Knife Society, the ** Gate and other major heroes and horse bandits came one after another.

The location of Shouchuan is really good, and it can be called the gateway to the west of the county town. The front army of the Good Friends Association finally stopped here, but the location of the camp was several miles away from Chen Wu's Taiping Righteous Army.

One of the two families is in the east of Shouchuan and the other is in the west.

Although they were full of vigilance against each other, in this case, both sides knew which was more important and did not make a move. Xiang Hua met with Xu Shizhong and Mo Guohao occasionally to say hello, but he still looked like a close ally. At the very least, those powerful horse bandits who don't know about Longshan can't see the real relationship between the two families.

Finally, October 25th.

The main force of the Dharma Protector Buddha soldiers of the Good Friends Association and the main force of Chen Wu's Taiping Camp have been stationed in Shouchuan after more than a day's journey.

The arrival of these two leaders with the most powerful voices marked the peak of the power of the rebels in Taiping County.

In just one week, thirteen large and small forces, under various banners, like a princes' alliance, met in this not very well-known big village. The forces of each family, plus the displaced people who came with it, add up to nearly 200,000.

It seems that all of a sudden, Shoucheon has become the base camp of the rebels in Taiping County.

With so many people, it is simply not possible for a large village with a population of more than 1,000 households to accommodate. The displaced people brought by various forces took this Shouchuan River as the center and stretched for several miles in all directions. The daily consumption of food and grass, the slight scarcity of water, the manpower needed to manage them, the removal of garbage and excrement produced, the burning of sick corpses that may produce the plague...... All kinds of trivial things are enough to make any power big.

If it drags on like this, after a long time, they will collapse themselves without Wu'an's officers and troops coming out to attack.

However, Chen Wu and Wang Huifang knew very well that they couldn't be in a hurry!

Attacking a county town was not at all the same level as the previous battle: a moat more than twice as wide as Long Son City, higher walls, dozens of bed crossbows and stone throwers on each wall......

And that's not all.

The key is that there is a fully integrated brigade in Wu'an City!

In the previous siege of the city, whether it was Sanxian or Longshan, the defenders were severely deficient in strength. Chen Wu's rebel army can be calmly mobilized outside, and even if there is an omission, there is no need to worry about the officers and soldiers daring to fight back. But Wu'an is different, with as many as 4,000 officers and troops, so that they have enough troops to mobilize. If there is a problem with Chen Wu's siege, it is likely that the official army will seize the opportunity to counterattack, and if they are not careful, they will suffer heavy casualties.

What's more, according to the information collected piecemeal by the intelligence department of Gan Xing, the county town has already reorganized the second brigade on the basis of veterans of one wing!

Although the combat effectiveness of this newly formed brigade was far inferior to that of Kanghe's 1st Brigade, when fully armed, it was not necessarily worse than Chen Wu's Volunteer Battalion and Taiping Battalion when it was fully armed.

This means that the officers and soldiers actually have four thousand reliable reserves in their hands!

In the face of such a county, it is almost impossible to rely on conventional means to conquer it. Therefore, Chen Wu had to negotiate a charter with the Good Friends Association in advance to ensure that all forces could be used to effectively siege the city.

Time was pressing, and on the evening of their arrival, Chen Wu and Wang Huifang jointly hosted a banquet for the heads of various forces.

**Cao Rui, the owner of the door, Sun Yi, the military master of the Changsheng Army, and Zhou Naichun, the leader of the Little Knife Club, etc., no one dared to refuse the invitation of the two, and they each came with intimate guards. Everyone knows that this meal is just an excuse, and what we really want to talk about is a conspiracy to attack Wu'an.

After all the leaders of the thirteen parties were seated, the wine and food were quickly served.

Because each of them was not at ease, naturally someone tested it on the spot.

To be honest, because there is nothing to buy here in Shouchuan, the food is very simple. Eight cold cuts, the others are nothing more than some common goods such as chicken, duck and fish, and the taste is average. Chen Wu only symbolically moved a few chopsticks, and then put them aside.

On the contrary, it is the wine brought by the owner of the knife club, which has a long and elegant taste, strong and mellow fragrance, which is extremely rare.

Once the bottle is opened, the whole room can smell the rich and pleasant aroma of wine.

"What kind of wine is this?"

Although Wang Huifang is quite modest, he is also a lover of wine, but he has never drunk such a fine wine. After taking a sip, I couldn't help but ask.

"The lord of the Wang Hui doesn't know, this wine is called Hanjingfang!"

Seeing that the wine he took out was praised by the owner of the Good Friends Association, Zhou Naichun's face couldn't help but feel a little proud, and he boasted: "This wine was created by a master brewer in Dongguan Mansion, and it is said to be a secret recipe improved by four generations of ancestors, and it was named this spring." Although the production is not large, it is already in short supply in the local area. Compared with the empire's famous wines such as Jian Nanchun and Zhu Yeqing, I am afraid that it is not inferior at all. ”

Hanjingfang!

This familiar name made Chen Wu's heart move. I recalled the information in "Empire" and couldn't help but secretly write it down.

"It turned out to be a new sake, no wonder!"

Wang Huifang didn't think much about it, and raised his glass to persuade everyone to drink. With this kind of good wine, even if the food is simple, the atmosphere is still lively.

It wasn't until the three rounds of drinking that everyone present put down their glasses and discussed the topic.

How to attack Wu'an!

This may seem like just a topic, but it's actually very broad. For example, do you attack one city together, or do you attack three walls at the same time? If it is a joint attack, who will attack first? If Wu'an is captured, how should the benefits be divided?

If you don't discuss these things clearly, it's a joke to want to attack Wu'an together.

However, with the previous glorious results of the righteous army, many of the leaders of the forces present did not find it so difficult for Wu'an. What's more, with so many forces present, there are nearly 200,000 displaced people. The number of people who seemed to be uncountable gave them a lot of confidence.

No matter how powerful Wu'an's defenders are, so many homeless people can pile up and die!

Some people even laughed with a smile of wine: "Qian Boming is just a clown jumping off the beam, what is the way?" General Chen and Wang Huizhu are wise and martial, and they even break the official army, and this time must be no exception. There are two people who lead a large army to attack, and we will fight together, and it will be easy to capture Wu'an. (To be continued......)