More than 140 corpses of officers and cavalry were transported back to Wu'an City that night and neatly placed in Yizhuang in the southwest corner. Although it was the end of October and the weather was much cooler, the body still could not be laid down for long. If the family does not come to collect the body within three days, the rest will be buried by the government.

In addition to these, some of the bodies were either burned by the spreading fire or gnawed by the jackals that arrived and were difficult to collect.

In the face of this unprecedented bad news, the upper echelons of Wu'an once again collectively lost their voices.

It seems that since the appearance of the Taiping Army, there has been no good news from the officials of the entire Taiping County. The thieves kept attacking one village and town after another, eliminating the officers and troops one after another, and rapidly expanding their numbers. Occasionally, a little bit of good news can quickly turn out to be unreal, and even worse news ensues.

Just like this time!

Qian Boming finally borrowed more than 200 cavalry from the nobles of the family, but only a few days after he was released, he was ambushed and cleaned up by the bold thieves in a blink of an eye. Although there were only more than 100 corpses, after surveying the traces of Yanghuaizhuang, everyone knew that none of the remaining officers and cavalry were spared, either killed in battle or captured. As for the weapons, armor, and horses distributed by the cavalry, and even the corpses of dead horses, they were all packed up and taken away by the thieves.

With such a big news, I can't hide it at all.

Soon, the entire Wu'an City knew that the more than 300 officers and cavalry sent to Yanghuaizhuang to quell the rebellion were all wiped out!

Wu'an, who was already panicking, was full of rumors. Even if the government immediately controls it, the impact will be irreversible. The cries of the families of the dead cavalry. It only exacerbated the confusion. The government had to give double the bereavement pension, which was the only way to appease the troublemakers.

Because of the blow of this incident, Qian Boming locked himself in the study and did not come out all night. I didn't even eat.

The next day, a rumor came out, saying that even his beloved concubine went in, but he was slapped out by Qian Boming, and finally returned to the inner house crying.

However, the battle of Yanghuaizhuang was by no means the last bad news Wu'an received.

At noon the next day, the scouts sent by the official army detected the big movement of the Shouchuan anti-thief coalition army. It almost poured into Wu'an. After inflicting heavy losses on the cavalry of the official army, the horse team of the coalition army even recklessly divided into small teams and began to comprehensively intercept and kill the scout cavalry released by the official army. All day long. Wu An's scouts lost more than a dozen people.

After learning about his subordinates' reports, Qian Boming did not speak for a full quarter of an hour.

In the end, he still ordered all the scouts to be withdrawn and the last gate of Wu'an was closed. In order to prevent the thief army from joining forces inside and outside. All the gates were sealed with boulders and sand. Go down from this command. Wu'an has completely become an isolated city, losing almost all contact with the outside world.

At the same time, it also turned into a huge, unusually hard turtle shell!

I don't have a few hands, and if I want to gnaw on it, I'm afraid that I will have a few teeth broken.

From the beginning of the army to the present, Chen Wu can be said to have used all the "potential" experienced and borrowed in "Empire". Even so, he can only say that he has a great grasp of the breakthrough of Wu'an. And I dare not say that it is nine times out of ten. Because, even if you have faith. As long as you stand under the city of Wu'an and look up, you will feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

Last day of October!

An army of nearly 200,000 displaced people, lined up in a chaotic queue, and arrived at Wu'an City under the guidance of various forces of the coalition army.

In "Empire", Chen Wu even went up to the city wall of the imperial capital, which was a thirteen-meter-high city wall, known as an impenetrable giant city. The so-called once difficult sea to water, I have seen a lot, and naturally I don't have so many thoughts about the city wall of Wu'an. But the other soldiers of the rebel army did not have his experience, including the ancestor who moved out of the county seat, and saw the majestic posture of Wu'an City and the banners and guns like a forest, they were inevitably shocked again.

The moat is nearly 30 meters wide at its widest point, the city wall is more than 8 meters high, there are at least 30 bed crossbows and stone throwers on a single wall, and there are also abundant reserves of arrows and rolling stones......

Either of them is enough to make people feel terrified. When these are added together, the city defense system formed is even more difficult to give birth to the idea of conquering it.

What's more, there are still two officers and soldiers of the garrison brigade at the head of the city!

If it weren't for the gradual decay of the empire itself, and catching up with a traverser like Chen Wu, it would have been impossible for ordinary rebels to capture such a heavy city. Even, even if the Lena dynasty in the north sent 50,000 elite soldiers, it would take a lot of effort to capture this city.

"We're going to attack such a heavy city......

When they saw Longshan City for the first time, although the soldiers of the righteous army were frightened, they were not discouraged, at least they had the idea of looking around. can see that Wu'an's city defense far exceeds that of Longshan, and many rebel soldiers have already wavered in their hearts before they can fight. Some leaders who know some strategies even secretly think that it is better to leave Wu'an and go directly to fight Dongguan Mansion.

However, the decisions of the coalition forces, or mainly those of the Taiping Rebels and the Good Friends, were not up to them.

Under the impetus of the coalition forces, 200,000 displaced people slowly took up their positions and tried to encircle Wu'an.

It's still a three-to-one tactic.

During this period, Chen Wu's Volunteer Battalion and the Dharma Protector Buddhist soldiers of the Good Friends Association all maintained a high degree of vigilance. But what they didn't know was that Wu An had completely sealed the city gate cave and couldn't make up his mind.

It took almost a day for the entire encirclement to be completed.

That is, after the destruction of Longshan City, Chen Wu once again created a history: for the first time in more than 300 years since the founding of the empire, regardless of whether it was civil strife or war with a foreign country, there was a situation where the county town of a county was besieged. The emperor of Zhongzhou, His Majesty, was afraid that he would not be able to sleep all night when he got the news. Under his rule, many firsts and precedents were set in the empire, but unfortunately none of them were positive......

The ancestors of the first thirteen emperors underground, if they knew about it, they were afraid that they would be so angry that they would smoke from the seven holes.

………

As the 200,000 displaced people settled down, the main force of the coalition of the thirteen forces finally found time and set up camp in front of the southern city wall of Wu'an.

The choice of the South Gate as the main city wall was carefully considered by Chen Wu. And not just because the terrain to the south is open and suitable for large armies. Also because of the topography, the moat to the south of the guide zhì is shallower. Another inconspicuous factor, but not to be overlooked, was the attack on the southern wall. The soldiers of the coalition forces had their backs to the sun. However, the officers and soldiers on the city wall had to face the sun, and it was easy to be dazzled by the midday sun.

When the soldiers on both sides are fighting, this factor may lead to the difference between life and death!

Because the direction of the main attack has been finalized a long time ago, all progress is advancing slowly and orderly.

The anti-cavalry trench was the first to take shape, and behind it was a row of horses that had been prepared in Shouchuan long ago—although it seemed that it was no longer needed. The camp of the rebels was also quickly erected, because it may have been used for a long time. This camp is also very exquisite. Under the protection of the fence wall, the Volunteer Battalion, the Taiping Battalion, the Baggage Battalion, the Engineering Battalion, and the Craftsman Construction Bureau...... From the outside in, it looks organized.

This greatly surprised the Wu'an officials who personally observed the enemy situation at the head of the city.

The brigade commander of the 1st Garrison Brigade Regiment Kang He. In the case that Ding Ziming and Lin An were either killed in battle or fell into the hands of the enemy, they were almost the de facto supreme military commanders of Wu'an. He personally accompanied Qian Boming to the city, and when he saw the Taiping Righteous Army's very empire-style camp, he couldn't help but nod secretly.

This level. Put it on the emperor** may just be barely qualified. But for a gang of anti-thieves, it is already commendable, even excessive.

In this gang of thieves, there must be an officer who came out of the emperor's **, and it is likely that the position is not low!

It is really sad that such a talent is used by anti-thieves.

In addition to the camp of the Taiping Righteous Army, the camp of the Good Friends Association is also remarkable. Perhaps not as good as the norms of the Taiping Army. But it's obviously also specially trained. As for the camp next to the main force of the two thief armies, it was a bit miserable. Obviously, there are only a few hundred or even thousands of people. The scale of the construction is comparable to that of the Taiping Army. Not to mention that there is no defensive effect, the space allocation inside is even more messy, and the fire prevention planning is completely undone.

If it weren't for the support of the Taiping army's camp, Kang He was confident that he would be able to defeat them all with only a thousand officers and soldiers to attack at night.

As for the 300,000 army claimed by the thief army, not to mention whether there are really so many displaced people, even if this number has no water, Kanghe doesn't care about it at all. Maybe from the top of the city, the countless heads of the black pressure were very impactful, but he knew that these homeless people actually didn't have much combat effectiveness.

The only one who is worried about is the Taiping Righteous Army!

"How?"

Qian Boming knew a little about military affairs, and when he walked down the city wall, he had a rough idea in his heart, but he was not sure after all, so he was ready to ask for the opinions of his generals.

"Although there are many displaced people, there is nothing to fear. The rest of the Red Eyebrow Army and the like are also local chickens and dogs. The Good Friends Rebel and the Taiping Army may have the strength to fight, but there are not enough of them. The officers and troops may not have been able to annihilate it with sufficient certainty, but the defenders of the city were unharmed. He thought that unless there was a huge change, it would be impossible for these thieves to break through Wu'an! ”

"Impossible?"

Qian Boming noticed that Kang He used the word.

can make the commander of the First Garrison Brigade talk to death, and you can think about how sure the other party is.

Questioned by the governor of Taiping County, Kang He thought about it for a while, and finally nodded heavily to confirm: "It's impossible!" However, the thief army is extremely treacherous and cunning, if they find that Kecheng is hopeless and turn around to fight Dongguan Mansion, there is no way to chase ......."

Without the city walls, the words of the field battle are too variable, and Kang He felt that he had to speak clearly.

"It's okay!"

After experiencing enough bad news, Qian Boming's expression was already a little light, and he waved his hand and said: "If they have the ability, they will go to attack Dongguan Mansion." As long as Wu'an does not fall, these thieves will never be able to set off enough storms. What's more, Dongguan Mansion is not so easy to attack. The thieves were able to defeat Longshan, firstly, because of the lack of troops in Longshan, and secondly, it was operated by the Good Friends Association for many years. Otherwise, even if it takes half a month, they may not be able to take Longshan City, let alone Dongguan. ”

"The Governor is wise!"

Kang He slapped a sycophant without a trace.

The difference between Dongguan Mansion and Longshan, he doesn't know, sometimes he just pretends to be confused.

However, will the war in Wu'an really develop as expected? (To be continued......)