Later historians, in the study of the history of Chen Wu's rise, without exception, regarded the county seat of Wu'an as a landmark point in time. ↑，

Before Wu'an, Chen Wu's Taiping army was nothing more than a thief in a county.

However, when the main force of the Taiping army abandoned this important city that had been captured with great sacrifices and resolutely advanced eastward, Chen Wu took the first step towards laying the foundation of his dynasty!

Although the time spent in this county town was not long, and it was not even as long as Longshan, the Taiping army had earth-shaking changes and gains here. Before the siege, their main force was only 3,000 men, plus new barracks and hundreds of thousands of displaced people. When they left, all the displaced people were abandoned by them in Wu'an. However, the ranks of the Taiping army expanded to 10,000 in one fell swoop.

Among them, 6,000 people are the new Taiping Battalion and Volunteer Battalion after the expansion of the army in Wu'an.

These infantry armies are mainly composed of three parts.

The first part comes from the more than 2,000 old people left after laying Wu'an, and many of their injuries have not even healed. After the test of the bloody battle of Wu'an, they are the real main elite of the Taiping Army now.

The second part is the surrender of the Wu'an official army recruited by He Shixiang, and the number is about a few hundred.

In addition to the fact that the sense of belonging and identity has not yet been established, the combat power of these surrendered troops is also very strong.

The last part, totaling about 3,000 points, is a carefully recruited recruit in this expansion.

These recruits are all innocent and physically strong. Because they originally wanted to induce the Good Friends Association to do it, these 3,000 recruits have not yet had time to truly integrate into the establishment of the two battalions, and they are still independent for the time being.

Except for the six thousand infantry troops of these two battalions. The remaining 4,000 people are more complicated.

There was originally a good cannon fodder for the rebels in the recruit camp; There is a specially recruited group of drivers; It also includes the horse team, the infantry battalion, the engineering battalion, and the men of the craftsman's bureau. Among them. The families of the craftsmen undoubtedly make up a large part. There is no shortage of some reluctant. But under intimidation and threats, he had to obediently follow the rebels and leave.

Such a brigade of 10,000 people is already very vast. But in the eastward march of the Taiping Army, the most conspicuous thing is not these people, but the boundless convoy!

Due to the looting of a large amount of grain, grass and baggage, far more than 10,000 people could consume, the rebels had to prepare more than 2,000 carts for this purpose, and used a large number of animal power to pull the carts. Even so. The baggage battalion, which had temporarily swelled several times, still had to go into battle with all its strength, pulling mule-drawn carts and helping the rebels to transport heavy supplies.

A large number of knights ran in front and back of the convoy, communicating and coordinating the problems encountered, and conveying the orders issued by the Chinese army.

This long queue of convoys and knights running back and forth made the main force of the Taiping army's eastward march more and more powerful. It doesn't look like a team of 10,000 people, but it's as exaggerated as 30,000 or 40,000. It is paved with official roads, extending from the bottom of Wu'an City to the end of the sight!

Rao is like this, the grain and grass raised by the righteous army are still not all gone, and there are still many, many left.

Considering that the capacity of the rebel army has reached a bottleneck, forcing more belts will drag down the speed of the march. The rest of the things had to be discarded. To the point where it has come to this. Chen Wu didn't need to deliberately embarrass those displaced people. All the food and supplies that could not be taken away were distributed, and a reputation for generosity was exchanged. As for whether the displaced people will compete with each other, whether they can keep their respective food, and what will happen after that, it has nothing to do with Chen Wu.

That's something to think about when the Imperial City Guards take over.

It is embarrassing that some of the weaker outcasts were bought by the last mercy of the rebels, and they are still trying to keep up.

It's a pity that they were all rejected by the rebels and driven back to their original places.

It took half a day for this team to finally fully activate and disappear into the eyes of everyone on the east gate of Wu'an.

"Now, Wu'an is ours!"

Guarded by a large number of pious Dharma protector Buddhist soldiers, Wang Huifang walked down from the city. His mood is a little complicated, but he is more confident and high-spirited. As the master of the city, he can finally do whatever he wants without an opponent.

That afternoon, the Friends of Good Faith began a series of moves.

Crazy conscription of 10,000 people, re-digging the moat, strengthening the city defense!

Loot all kinds of resources in the city to supply the Dharma Protector Buddha soldiers and the Fuhu Battalion for training.

The incense of Maitreya Buddha was forced to be carried out in the city, and those who refused to believe in it, or who refused to convert to the original faith, were confiscated from their family property and punished with hard labor.

And...... Prepare to take action against the remaining forces of several major families in Wu'an who are hiding in the Lin Mansion!

Even if the move fails in the end, as long as he can take the wealth of the Lin family, the eight major lords, it will not be a problem. When the Wenxiang Sect rebellion was suppressed, didn't there still be high-level people who successfully escaped and changed their appearance to create the predecessor of the Good Friends Association. Others can, of course Wang Huifang can!

………

Because there were enough livestock to pull the carts, and because the main force of the Taiping army had abandoned the displaced people and the peripheral forces, almost all of them were elite and strong men, and even though the rebels carried a large amount of baggage and supplies, the speed of the march was still not slow.

Except for the first day, the speed for the next few days was all stable above twenty miles a day.

Compared to the attack on Wu'an, this marching speed has doubled. Although it may not sound as bluffing as the army of hundreds of thousands of displaced people, Chen Wu knew very well that it was a very wise decision to abandon those displaced people. The current rebel army, after undergoing this strategic shift, is actually equivalent to a streamlining and sublimation. Throw away all the previous dross and burdens, and finally break and stand up, and be reborn from the fire!

What's more, for Dongguan Mansion, which is already like a frightened bird, even if there are only 10,000 people, it is enough for them to panic.

As early as when the news spread that the rebels were going to leave Wu'an and march eastward, there were already people in the city who tried to send a message to Dongguan Mansion. At noon on the first day of the main camp of the rebel army, the three counties and Fucheng of Dongguan Prefecture had already received the news. In previous years, there were only 10,000 thieves, they didn't take it to heart at all, and they just sent a few hundred city defense battalions to disperse. But this time, it was the elite main force of the Taiping bandit army that advanced eastward!

Even a major city like Wu'an has been breached, and with the resources of Wu'an, the strength of the Taiping bandit army is only afraid that it will be even stronger.

Dongguan Mansion, can it really block their attack?

Up to the city of Dongguan Fu, down to the three counties of Hanjing, Tongshun and Gaoning, the government and city defense battalions in various places did not have the slightest confidence. They could only pray in their hearts that the Taiping army would not rush at them first, while desperately training the militia and strengthening the city defenses. But no one knows how much effect it can have.

The four-meter city wall of an ordinary small city does not even have a moat, and you can climb it up with a ladder, no matter how much it is reinforced, how can it compare to Wu'an?

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At dawn on the third day of the Taiping army's eastward advance, when it was about to dawn, the Good Friends Association gathered 3,000 troops and launched a surprise attack on Lin Mansion from both front and back.

In Wang Huifang's view, although the Lin family occupied the terrain, after all, there were only a remnant of less than a thousand troops, and a lot of weapons and armor were taken away by Chen Wu. Even if the fighting spirit is resolute, it will be difficult to resist the sneak attack of the superior forces of the Good Friends Association. As long as the Lin Mansion can react and attack in one fell swoop, the loss paid by the Good Friends Association is likely to be minimal!

The Lin family of the eight major valves!

Unexpectedly, I would have to break through such a top family one day. I have always heard that such eight major valves have the wealth of gold and silver, and the daughter of the boudoir like flowers, and from today on, these will be his Wang Huifang's.

However, things seem to be very different from what Wang Huifang thought.

The sneak attack of the Good Friends Association failed to hide from the Lin family at all. In other words, from beginning to end, the Lin family knew everything that happened in Wu'an City, even if they were confined to the walls of the Lin Mansion all the time. The army of the two good friends who sneaked up on it was invariably attacked head-on!

The shooting of bows and crossbows, the heavily armed private soldiers of the Lin family, the thistles covered on the ground, and the burning of ignition oil......

There's also a trebuchet!

The large torsion stone thrower, which had been temporarily erected, launched two successive waves of blows against the densest crowd of the Good Friends, causing devastating damage in an instant.

Chen Wu's deal with the Lin family did not deliberately make a noise, and the Lin family, who had a big killing weapon, even used all their strength to block the news. In addition, Chen Wu said that he was going to Dongguan Mansion and brought a few portable small models, so Wang Hui didn't think much about it. At this moment, he was caught off guard for a moment, and he realized what Chen Wu had done.

However, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't say anything to someone who had already left.

In the battle, the combined forces of the Lin family, the Shangguan family, the Zhang family, and the guards of the Governor's Palace, relying on the geographical advantage and the sudden blow of the stone thrower, held this unsurprising surprise attack, with only less than two hundred casualties. The Dharma Protector Buddha soldiers and the Fuhu Battalion attacked by the Good Friends Society, with more than 600 dead and wounded, and had to be forced to retreat.

Just when Wang Huifang was determined and ready to continue to attack the Lin family at any cost, the Good Friends Association seemed to have no time.

Due to the previous lifting of the blockade, news began to spread in Wu'an City. The city guards, who had received a lot of information, began to accelerate abruptly after quickly passing through Guò Ganding Mansion and entering the range of Wu'an. As Chen Wu had predicted, the two divisions marched towards Wu'an at a speed far exceeding that of the Taiping Army.

The time left for the Friends of Good Friends to respond was pitifully short.

In two days at most, 26,000 city guards will be under the city of Wu'an!

At this time, the reconnaissance and cavalry team of the Good Friends Association finally discovered this rushing "Qinghe official army" and sent the news back in a panic.

The high-level leaders of the Good Friends Association, who were busy preparing to launch a second round of attacks on the Lin Mansion, were suddenly in chaos.

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The fifth day of the eastward march.

The main force of the Taiping Army's eastward advance slowly entered the scope of Dongguan Province.

The scouts released from Dongguan City and the three counties invariably widened their eyes and observed the movements of the rebels outside the expulsion range of the Taiping Army's horse team. Although they belonged to friendly troops in the same province, these scouts from different counties invariably prayed in their hearts, or cursed, that the Taiping army would advance towards other counties instead of their own county.

The mystery is finally revealed. (To be continued.) )