"In this way, we can ensure that nothing goes wrong, and the thieves will definitely not expect the officials and soldiers to be on guard."

Wang Chengen proudly summed up everyone's plan, and he seemed to have seen the scene of the gang of anti-thieves in Yicheng being bloodily suppressed by the official army and showing their heads to the public.

However, just when everyone was excited, a cold snort came from outside the door.

"What a foolproof!"

This unfamiliar voice made Wang Chengen's face change greatly.

After all, the black knife was mixed with Wan Lao Wu, and he reacted the fastest, and immediately pulled out a self-defense dagger from his waist, got up and flashed behind the door, and listened quietly.

However, it is useless at all!

The rebels slammed the door fiercely, and dozens of people rushed in, and the leader was wearing leather armor made of cowhide. If the black knife of the sneak attack had been changed to a different weapon, it might have hurt him. It's a pity that in order to conceal it, the black knife only carried a dagger for self-defense. It's no problem to hurt people, but if you want to penetrate the standard leather armor produced by Emperor **, it's a bit of a failure. Gan Xing, who led the team to rush in, snorted coldly, and stabbed out with a backhand sword, killing the stunned black knife.

"It's all here." With Ma Weize's guidance, Gan Xing looked at the people in the room one by one, and then kicked away the body of the black knife, and said murderously under Wang Chengen's frightened gaze: "This relationship is good, but it saves us trouble." ”

"Come on, take them all!"

………

A ploughing court sweeping action cleared out the four big families hiding in Yicheng in an attempt to disadvantage the rebels.

The results of the battle were quickly reported, and the people of Ganxing killed six rebels one after another, and another person related to the twenties and thirties was arrested. According to the clues they confessed, Gan Xing caught four guys who had not yet been exposed, and almost wiped out the people who were lurking in the rebel army to secretly investigate the news and prepare to fornicate with the official army.

This thunderous operation severely shocked those who were secretly dissatisfied with the rebels.

Although it is impossible to eliminate all the people who are hostile to the rebels with just such an operation, in a short period of time, the remaining people will not dare to act again under any circumstances. Moreover, the official army is about to arrive outside the city and may attack the city at any time. Even if someone wanted to do something, that time wasn't enough.

Without the hidden rats, the last trace of Chen Wu's plan was also eliminated.

Under his personal command and the coordination of Dian Yong, Xu Shizhong, Sun Tian, Shi Xianqian and other backbones, the military strength of the entire Taiping Righteous Army was like a clockwork machine, and began to make final preparations for the battle that was about to break out.

Near the eastern district of the city, where the battlefield is preset, the vicinity has been completely cleared within a mile, and there are no people in Yicheng. The modification of the terrain and the preparation of flammable charcoal fires and black oil have also been completed. The trench for frontal interception of the cavalry of the officers and soldiers has also been completely arranged and camouflaged, and it is ready to be put into use at any time.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the Volunteer Battalion and the Taiping Battalion also suspended their training and began to familiarize themselves with the battlefield and the tactics prepared by Chen Wu in advance. All the usable weapons and armor in the Yicheng armory, as well as the weapons and the first batch of paper armor that were temporarily made, were also distributed without reservation for the time being. The battalion of more than 30 people, which had been painstakingly organized, began to rehearse on the rooftops on both sides of the city's East Gate Avenue.

Such a fanfare action, as well as a faintly tense atmosphere, can't hide from the people of Yicheng around them. It's just that out of the idea of protecting one's self, everyone chose to turn a blind eye. Regardless of whether he is an official army or a rebel army, how he likes to fight and how he fights, he has nothing to do with them, ordinary people.

The long day was finally over, and it was almost dark.

Just when the rebels had already begun to prepare dinner, the rebels patrolling the eastern city of Yicheng saw the black dots faintly moving on the horizon and immediately issued a warning. Soon, the entire high-level of the Taiping Rebel Army got the news that the counterinsurgency officer army of Longshan Mansion was coming!

Under the leadership of Chen Wu, Dian Yong, Xu Shizhong and other generals boarded the east gate of Yicheng together and looked at the actions of the officials and soldiers from afar.

I have to say that the strength of the emperor is strong.

Even if it is only a second-line army in the local area, it still has an atmosphere that the rebels cannot match. The Longshan Mansion Army, which has not yet fallen like the Yicheng City Defense Battalion, even though it has been a long journey for several days, still looks like it has a fierce and murderous aura that cannot be concealed. Rulin's swords and neat armor and banners make it clear to anyone that this is a real army, not a rabble.

"It's finally here!"

Dian Yong looked at it for a moment and said silently.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone at the head of the city, the official brigade stopped three miles away and immediately began to camp. With the help of the accompanying levy officers, a qualified camp was quickly erected, including a trench against cavalry, a two-and-a-half-meter-high wooden fence wall, and two simple watchtowers.

After the completion of the qiē, the vigilant infantry entered the camp and always maintained the formation so that the cavalry that could charge at any time dismounted and rested. The whole process was well organized, and the rebels were not given any chance.

Although these officers and soldiers did not think that thieves dared to leave the city at all, they still strictly followed the imperial law of war.

This is the level of the Empire's army today!

Before the arrival of the official army, there were people who took advantage of the other party's unstable foothold to sneak attack out of the city, and their faces couldn't help but change slightly when they saw this scene.

Only then did they realize that the dozens of soldiers of the city defense battalion in Yicheng were just a group of degenerate ruffians. These officers and soldiers from Longshan Mansion are the real army - moreover, such strength is actually only a local second-line army, not a real main battle force!

If the empire transfers the most elite city guard legion in Zhongzhou, the Praetorian Guard legion, or the Tiannan legion stationed in the Nanfeng Fortress......

It's really desperate to think about.

At this time, Dian Yong had to rejoice that the empire had powerful enemies in several directions. The Tile Thorn Wanderers in the northwest, the Lena Dynasty in the north, the Omani Kingdom in the south, and even the Western Regions and the Inca Kingdom, which are of average strength but have not been very peaceful, and are about to make some trouble for the empire every once in a while. If it weren't for them, the Tiannan Legion under the command of the famous imperial general Le Ji would not have been nailed to Tiannan County for twenty years and would not dare to move, and the City Guard Legion, with a total of nearly 150,000 people, would not have been shrinking in Zhongzhou, so that they could fight in three directions at any time. The only empty Praetorian Guard Legion refused to move because it wanted to intimidate the eight major lords of the empire, defend the imperial capital, and protect the safety of the royal family.

These three major legions alone account for more than 400,000 troops in the empire, and they are also the most elite.

"Don't think too much about it, that's not what we can worry about right now." Chen Wu patted Dian Yong's shoulder and said, "Whether it's a spur or a Lena, sooner or later they will be our opponents, but not now." The only thing the rebels have to do now is to defeat these 600 officers! ”

With so much careful preparation and strategic deception, if there is no way to solve the six hundred government army, Chen Wu, the player, will be too much of a failure.

What's more, he also carefully prepared a secret weapon for the emperor.

Fraudulent surrender is just a tactic, paper armor or something is just a substitute for bad conditions, as a player who has crossed the former super guild, Chen Wu has one of the real killing weapons in the era of cold weapons in his hands, especially in the case of defending the city.

And now, after the cooperation of several of the most brilliant craftsmen in Yicheng, this killing weapon has finally been completed.

………

In the blink of an eye, it was already the second day that the official army arrived outside Yicheng.

Seven o'clock in the evening.

In the official and military camp three miles away from Yicheng, puffs of smoke rose from the cooking camp, and it was the men who accompanied the army who were lighting a fire and cooking. Mo Guohao and Ji Ning together, taking advantage of the fact that the sun had just set and was a little cooler, looked at the city in the distance, and discussed how to eliminate this gang of thieves.

Looking at the past from where they were, there were dozens of volunteers sparsely standing on the head of Yicheng City, carrying weapons such as bamboo guns in their hands. Only the two leaders had iron swords and weapons on their bodies. More things, because the four gates of Yicheng were closed and the internal and external communications were isolated, the two of them couldn't see it, and they could only refer to the information provided by Wan Lao Wu before.

Rebellions in other places, shouldn't someone have secretly left the city at this time and managed to contact the official army?

Mo Guohao suppressed the slight strangeness in his heart and said, "The thieves in Yicheng must have known that we are coming." Today's day should be enough time for the people in the city and the rich to discuss a solution. If anything, it's probably tonight. If there is no change after today, I am afraid that it will be difficult to counterbalance the rebellion this time. ”