Linxian on the official road to Longshan.

Chen Wu's army of displaced people was slowly advancing towards Longshan City. Having reached an alliance in their intentions, the rebels were received and guided by the forces of the Good Friends along the way, and marched much faster than expected.

Compared to their efficiency, the army of the Good Friends is much slower.

In terms of preparation time, Wang Huifang and the others undoubtedly prepared longer and more fully on the whole, but it was still not easy to mobilize the 40,000 people in Linxian County. It was two days late, and the talents of Linxian County, driven by the Good Friends Association, began to catch up along Chen Wu's road.

The displaced people in the three county towns, plus some villages and towns swept along the way, brought the total number of the Friends of Good Friends and the rebels to nearly 130,000. Because Chen Wu's side claimed to be a 100,000 righteous army early on, the Good Friends Association refused to show weakness and played the banner of 50,000 troops. Twenty miles apart on both sides, the front and back claimed to be 150,000 troops, heading towards Longshan Mansion.

This momentum is unparalleled for a while!

When Chen Wu raised his army before, there were only three or four thousand people, and villages such as Nanjiazhuang and Huaizhuang along the way dared to rely on Tuweizi to fight with the rebels. Now there are more than 100,000 displaced people, under the coercion of the Good Friends Association and the Taiping Army, the sight can almost make a qiē person despair. The villages and localities along the way, but whenever they saw the rebels passing by, they all gave up the idea of armed confrontation.

Chen Wu didn't have many choices left for them, only two.

Either take the initiative to join the rebel army, and after handing over the grain, the rest can be saved; Either wait for the rebels to take the initiative to attack, but it is difficult to say what will happen after that.

It can't be stopped.

After understanding Chen Wu's request, no matter how unwilling he was, the villages and towns along the way could only be forced to join the rebel army. When he drove to a land fifty miles away from Longshan, Chen Wu even incorporated a local powerhouse.

The three Ho brothers!

The He family was nominally the landlords around Long Son Mansion, but in reality they were smugglers of salt. is a life of licking blood on the head of a knife, and there must be three or five lives on his hands. Such an unruly lord would not have defected to the rebels so happily. But the problem is that the manor and family business they bought with money on weekdays happened to be on the route of Chen Wu's army.

That's more than 100,000 displaced people crossing the border!

Anyway, the final result must be nothing, and these people are ruthless, so they decide to gamble on the foundation. Instead of passively waiting for Chen Wu's army to come over, it was naturally better to take the initiative to defect.

So, they gathered their usual henchmen and some obedient house slaves, gathered sixty or seventy people, and brought their own weapons to the door.

In all fairness, Chen Wu did not welcome the defection of the He brothers.

It's not that they dislike their profession as smugglers, but because such people are often unruly and use their hands hard.

If there are no good friends, it is okay, and the He brothers can only defect to Chen Wu's family. After accepting them, Chen Wu could slowly divide and use them, scattering their forces little by little. But now, the three He brothers made it clear that they did not want to be broken up, and if they couldn't get along, they would go to the Good Friends Association, which made Chen Wu very embarrassed.

A real army absolutely cannot have such a private soldier and self-contained gang.

However, at the moment, after all, when people are in great need, people take the initiative to vote, and Chen Wu is not easy to refuse. After thinking about it, he set up a temporary camp head for people like them -- the Green Forest Battalion, referred to as the Green Battalion.

Of course, the three He brothers didn't know the malice of the name "Green Camp", but they only took it seriously as Chen Wu said, "Green Forest Heroes", and thought that Chen Wu valued them very much, so they happily accepted it.

The addition of the three He brothers seems to represent a beginning.

As the "150,000" army approached Longshan, the news spread, and more and more people with ulterior motives began to join. First of all, thieves and horse bandits from all walks of life, who were dissatisfied with the government, learned that the army was besieging Longshan, and it was like encountering a carnival feast, and they rushed to this side one after another. The second is that the family business is next to Longshan Mansion, or simply can't move away on the marching road, because they are reluctant to build a foundation, some people choose to follow the example of the three He brothers, ready to fight on the side of the righteous army.

Because Chen Wu was the first to rebel, Liankeyi City, Linxian, and also defeated the counterinsurgency officer army in Longshan Mansion, he had a great reputation, and the most strongmen from all walks of life joined him.

In just two days, Chen Wu successively incorporated seven or eight horse bandits and local tyrants, with a total number of several hundred.

Although these people are not very obedient, they basically bring their own weapons and many horses, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of ordinary homeless people.

Due to the receipt of Wang Huifang's post, coupled with the deeper foundation of the Good Friends Association and the more famous name on the road, many people have chosen to join the army of displaced people of the Good Friends Association. Especially those who got the news late and came one step slower, were all co-opted by the Good Friends. Chen Wu's side is still picky and selective, how many have thresholds, and the Good Friends Association simply does not refuse to come, how many people are wanted, and the people recruited are really three sects and nine streams, and there are even many incognito fugitives from other counties.

The participation of so many people made the troops of the Righteous Army and the Good Friends Association really have a feeling of "gathering and responding". The growing army finally marched into the surroundings of Longshan City.

As a result, the Friends of Goodwill's lockdown has had even better results than expected.

The scouts who regularly communicated with the news did not come back, which once made Longshan Mansion a little puzzled, but they didn't believe in their hearts that the thieves could break through such a heavily defended Linxian County in one day. At this time, the news of the horse bandits coming came to make Longshan Mansion think that it had an answer. Relying on such a blockade, the Good Friends Association deceived the government for three days.

By this time, Chen Wu and the vanguard of their army were already very close to Longshan.

As soon as the news came back, the entire Longshan Mansion was almost like the sky had fallen, and it was like the sky was falling, and it fell into unprecedented shock and despair.

They couldn't imagine how the thieves could quickly break through the city with so many militia groups to help, bring a large number of materials to defend the city, and two bed crossbows. Some people even think that the thieves didn't hit Linxian at all, but dangled a shot there, bypassing Linxian and preparing to attack Fucheng directly. With the arrival of follow-up news, the government has successively inquired into some situations, which roughly spelled out the truth of the matter.

The Good Friends Association is also reversed!

This bad news, like adding insult to injury, dealt a severe blow to Longshan Mansion.

Just a Taiping rebel who doesn't know the root is enough for them to be anxious, and now there is a good friend club that has jumped out. Most of the officials in Longshan Mansion have enough knowledge of this non-governmental force that has been active in the local area for more than ten years, and they can probably guess the energy of the Good Friends Association. After immediately sending someone to arrest Viscount Wang Huifang, but the result was directly in vain, the people of Longshan Mansion realized that things were in trouble.

Although the Taiping Righteous Army was powerful, it had no foundation and could be defeated as long as it was defeated, unlike the Good Friends Association. If the two parties converge......

Almost all the officials of Long Son Province smelled a strong crisis.

More news is still coming, as many as 150,000 displaced people are marching towards the city of Longshan Prefecture.

You know, there are only 100,000 people in Longshan Mansion!

Facing an army of anti-thieves who were more than the total number of people on his side, Zhang Qisheng, a city guard who could lose his position at any time, turned white almost overnight. Instead, he now hoped that the reprimands and demotions of the Imperial Center would come down sooner, so that he would not have to bear this burden. However, he was well aware of the imperial officialdom that when everyone knew that there was an active volcano about to erupt under the buttocks of the guards of Longshan Mansion, his position was stabilized.

No one wants to come to such a dangerous place, and he, the former city guard, can only continue to make meritorious contributions......

But what can be used to make meritorious contributions?

Just with the pitiful 400-odd infantry army in Longshan Mansion, plus a nominal cavalry brigade?

The cavalry is certainly powerful, but in the face of more than 100,000 homeless people, a small cavalry brigade entering it is like a boat falling into the ocean, and if you dare to enter, don't think about it. Not to mention the 400 infantry army, even if Longshan Mansion has a moat, relying on the high city and the depth of the river, it is only a matter of time before it is breached.

Now, the only one who can save Longshan is the army of Wu'an, the county seat.