"Having said that, Chen Wu really has some skills."

Wang Huixin played with the black chess pieces in his hand, and after a while, he dropped a piece, and said unhurriedly: "The eldest brother's good friends association has been in Yicheng for more than ten years, and he has some connections in Yicheng, but I haven't heard of him at all before." But this person can rise up in one day, and there is no way to fight the officers and soldiers. ”

"If you can eat 600 officers and soldiers quietly, you must have some ability." Wang Huifang also admitted this, and immediately became excited: "But his appearance undoubtedly gives us an excellent opportunity to create a zào." Now there is already panic in Longshan Mansion, and there are still our people in it. As long as you find a suitable time, you can pull tens of thousands of believers. When the time comes, the inside and the outside should be combined, and they will be able to take Longshan in one fell swoop. ”

"Wise Master, this is indeed a great opportunity for us."

Elder Xu complimented, and then said, "After I go back, I will let my subordinate incense masters mobilize." The believers on the periphery are not suitable to move for the time being, but the more than 1,000 devout believers we have developed over the years can already be gathered. For a long time, our people have secretly taught martial arts in the name of strengthening the body and maintaining health, and many of those believers have already been quite Taoist. As long as you send a weapon, you can immediately pull up a Dharma Protector Buddha. ”

"This matter will bother Elder Xu."

Wang Huifang confirmed Elder Xu's plan, pondered for a few seconds and then arranged: "Today's government meeting, Zhang Chengshou also wants to recruit militia groups to strengthen the defense of Linxian County. Turning around and letting Elder Xiang Hua place a group of people in, we must ensure that Linxian will be destroyed in one day, so that the displaced people can surround Longshan City as quickly as possible - however, the credit for this opening of the city is ours, and the people of Linxian County must also be controlled by us. ”

That Chen Wu captured the two counties and had already become a behemoth. If he is allowed to swallow Linxian, even if the Good Friends Association has been in business for many years, I am afraid that he will have to rely on people at that time.

This is not good for the good intentions of the Good Friends.

The eldest brother's attention to Chen Wu made Wang Huixin a little disapproving, and pouted: "We have been in Longshan Mansion for so many years, and it is easy to win Linxian. Although Chen Wu has some skills, it is impossible to compare with our good friends. If the eldest brother is not at ease, it is a big deal to find an opportunity to do it after the encounter, and it is just the right time to take over the good situation he has laid. ”

"If that's the case, it's great."

Wang Huifang shook his head, obviously not as optimistic as the younger brother thought: "After all, they destroyed six hundred officers and soldiers overnight, and we haven't found out the specific number of ways until now." With such an unknown opponent, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no means, so it is better to be more careful. ”

Hearing this, Elder Xu also nodded in agreement.

The biggest enemy of the two sides at this stage is the official army, and it is naturally best if they can find an opportunity to annex the other party. But if one accidentally makes a self-defeating mistake and fights for himself first, the officers and soldiers will wake up laughing from their dreams.

This matter must be considered in the long run.

………

While several high-ranking members of the Good Friends Association were plotting, two messengers with urgent official documents from Longshan Mansion were rushing to Wu'an, the county seat of Taiping County, in the stars and moons!

As the largest in the entire Taiping County and one of the few important cities in the four southeastern counties, the scale of Wu'an is naturally needless to say. The eight-metre-high walls, coupled with the presence of two garrison brigades and a cavalry wing, make this place impregnable.

What's more, the Lin family, the eight major lords of the empire, has a foundation in this Wu'an City.

As a top gate valve in the founding of the country, the Lin family's manor in the city covers an area of ten miles, with thousands of slaves and maids, 800 family guards, and countless tenants and hired workers. Even if Governor Qian Boming relied on the support of the empress and the eldest prince's faction to parachute here, he could only barely sit in his seat, and the others had to compromise with the Lin family and get the support of the other party to govern.

With such a top-level gate valve in charge, coupled with Wu'an's own armament, this Wu'an has always been the Dinghai Divine Needle of Taiping County for 300 years since the founding of the country. Even when the Smelling Fragrance Sect, the predecessor of the Good Friends Association a few decades ago, rebelled, the turmoil that caused it did not affect this side in the slightest.

But today, the two horsemen rushed to make a report, breaking the calm of Wu'an.

The straight-line distance between Longshan and the county seat is only two hundred miles, and although the post road renovated by the empire not long ago took a detour, it took at most one day to send the news that Yicheng was broken by anti-thieves and that the officials and troops of Longshan Mansion had failed to quell the rebellion to the Governor's Palace.

The whole Wu'an was shocked!

Everyone knows what it means for the 600 officers and troops of Longshan Mansion to be completely wiped out in the rebellion. This means that the province has lost its ability to control the local area. Judging from the movements of the thieves, Lushan will not be spared in the next step, followed by Linxian. It can be said that in the entire land of Longshan, except for the prefecture city, there should be no problems, and the situation in other places has been or is about to fall into erosion.

Qian Boming, who is known as the smiling tiger, slapped the table angrily after reading the official document and scolded Zhang Qisheng for being incompetent!

Poor governance of the locality, which leads to rebellion, is one of its sins; learned that the thieves had attacked Yicheng, and did not report it immediately, but intended to conceal the news, which is his second crime; Ignorant of the depth of the thief's ability, he blindly sent troops to quell the rebellion, resulting in the loss of 600 officers and soldiers, and the situation was completely out of control, which is his third crime!

With these three crimes, what face does Zhang Qisheng have to continue to be the city guard? What kind of face do you have to face the 800,000 innocent civilians of Longshan Mansion?

Indignant, Qian Boming immediately sent someone to report the news to the imperial center, and at the same time revised a letter to impeach Zhang Qisheng, demanding the removal of his city guards and holding him accountable for the rebellion under his rule. At the same time, Qian Boming also had to urgently convene officials from the Finance Bureau, the Internal Affairs Bureau, the War Readiness Administration, and the General of the Protector Army, Lin Anliu, to discuss how to deal with the rebels in Yicheng.

Chen Wu's Taiping Rebellion began to ferment its impact on history.

………

The fifth day of the march!

The brigade of the rebel army slowly entered the range of Lushan.

This is one of the three counties of Longshan Prefecture, with a population roughly similar to that of Yicheng, and even the city defense force is exactly the same: two city defense battalions and four teams of cavalry. The only difference is that the county commander of Lushan has already received the news that Yicheng was attacked by anti-thieves in advance, and was lucky to find the righteous army that came towards them.

In a certain way, this is also something that cannot be helped.

The momentum of more than 40,000 displaced people is so amazing that it is impossible to hide it. The entire Linxian County was thus caught in a storm and three shocks a day.

The messenger who rushed back from Longshan Mansion overnight clearly told the Qian County Order that there were no reinforcements to send from the Longshan Mansion, and asked the Qian County Order to find a way to recruit the people to defend the city. Along with the news that the rebellion had been reported to the county, the rebel army would arrive in the near future.

As long as you can hold out until the arrival of the army, the Qian County Order will be a great achievement, and you will definitely be promoted afterwards.

Hearing these obviously foolish words, Qian Xianling lost his temper almost on the spot and threw the pen and ink on the table to the ground. With the distance between the county town and this side, even if the news is received and troops are dispatched immediately, it will be at least ten days before they arrive. What's more, the two garrison brigades in the county town are the Dinghai Divine Needle of Taiping County, and they haven't taken a step out of the county town for many years, so it's not so easy for them to move. But what about thieves? It is less than fifteen miles away from Lushan City, and it will take another day to be able to come to the city.

That's forty or fifty thousand displaced people!

Although Lushan claims to be two infantry brigades and four cavalry teams, the number of infantry troops that can withstand a battle will never exceed one hundred and twenty, and the cavalry is even more than one hundred and twenty. The other officials were quick to catch and the like, adding up to dozens of people. Although the temporary conscription of the militia and the local powerful domestic servants were claimed to be thousands, half of them were pure farmers, and Lushan could not muster enough weapons to arm them.

Many people can only make up the numbers with wooden sticks and hoes.

When the battle is full, the number of people who can really barely fight will not exceed six hundred.

This number seems to be a lot, but Lushan's Qian County Order has been reported. Even the same number of officers and soldiers sent by Longshan Mansion were easily wiped out by the thieves overnight.

Ten days?

Can it really be held?

Qian County's commander, who was eager to come to the city to inspect three times a day, looked at the demoralized city defense battalion, and the farmers who were dizzy and weak even when they looked down from the city, and couldn't help despairing.