Finally arrived at the valley like a peach blossom spring, and the elated Taiping soldiers ushered in a sleepless night. However, their happiness didn't last long.

After only one day's rest, the large-scale military training and reorganization of the troops, which made these soldiers complain about their hard work, began.

In the second expansion of the army in Wu'an City, the Taiping army only accepted people, and did not have time to carry out the final step of reorganization. The original 2,000-odd veterans and recruited recruits were almost independent. Now, without the threat of the Empire and without the internal troubles of the Good Friends Association, Chen Wu can finally let go of building his own team.

The original formation was completely broken up the day after arriving in the valley.

The significance of this expansion to the Taiping Army is very important, and it is by no means as simple as filling in some people on the original basis, but a comprehensive reorganization. In the Taiping Battalion, some of the soldiers who were ordinary in the previous battles were ruthlessly brushed and eliminated to the Volunteer Battalion. After the completion of the complete expansion, the two Taiping Battalion Wings, on the basis of the original excellent veterans, included most of the Wu'an Volunteer Battalion and a few soldiers, and they were the real elite.

A full two thousand, all equipped with the latest weapons and armor!

Among them, the first brigade of the two wings was equipped with crossbow arrows and heavy armor from the Lin Mansion.

Nearly a hundred crossbow arrows have already proven their worth in the storming of Wu'an City.

As for the hundreds of sets of heavy armor that Lin Fu obtained, this is the hole card that the family made for their own armed forces, and the quality and workmanship are naturally extremely excellent, which is better than the heavy infantry armor of the empire. Such a set of armor, the whole body is made of iron armor leaves and nails, including the protection of the helmet and legs, and the soldier is armed to the teeth, and the weight is extremely amazing, even compared with the Mingguang armor that can only be equipped by a general, it is not much worse, and it cannot be equipped by non-strongest soldiers.

Such a brigade of hoplites was a disaster for light infantry.

Seeing hundreds of the strongest soldiers, assisted by the soldiers next to them to put on these majestic heavy armor, Xu Shizhong's eyes lit up. At first glance, he fell in love with this clumsy and heavy but sturdy steel line.

"Sun Tian is still the co-captain of the First Wing of the Taiping Battalion."

"Xu Shizhong, you come to lead the second wing, and these hundred heavy infantry will be handed over to you first!"

Contrary to the expectations of the generals, Chen Wu adjusted the appointment of generals in the Taiping Battalion. Although Sun Tian has not changed, Xu Shizhong has successfully ascended to the throne, which inevitably attracts the envy of some people. Hearing Chen Wu's order, Xu Shizhong was also surprised and delighted. After saluting Chen Wu and accepting the appointment, his thoughts flew in his heart, and he made up his mind to train these soldiers well to be worthy of Chen Wu's attention.

After the Taiping Battalion, the Volunteer Battalion took advantage of the situation to accommodate the remaining soldiers and expanded to four wings.

Exactly the size of a brigade.

Although the rebel army claims to be the Taiping Army, Chen Wu has no intention of officially forming an army now, and he still follows the previous one. The first three wings of the Volunteer Battalion were captained by Mo Guohao He Shixiang and Shi Yuanliang, who was brave in the siege battle.

As for the Fourth Wing, Chen Wu only set up this formation, but did not formally form and appoint it.

In his words, it's better to have a lack than to read ();!

With the elevation of the requirements for this reorganization, some of the soldiers of the Volunteer Battalion no longer meet the most basic requirements, so the Fourth Wing will be temporarily vacant. Those who have not been assigned to the Taiping Battalion and the first three wings can follow the training. As long as the final assessment is met, whether it is the soldiers of the original Volunteer Battalion, or the baggage battalion or even the families of the craftsmen, they all have the opportunity to be selected.

On the contrary, the rebel army that has been incorporated into the team does not mean that everything is fine.

If you don't train well, you may still be eliminated and let someone else go on top!

In the Taiping Army, don't be lazy and lazy, don't be mediocre who don't dare to fight if you don't work hard to fight!

As soon as this draconian regulation was issued, everyone in the entire Volunteer Battalion and Taiping Camp felt heavy pressure. Everyone knows that the Taiping Camp and the Volunteer Camp have the best treatment, not only can they eat enough, but they can also serve meat from time to time, and they are rewarded with fixed salaries and silver. Although there is little money to use now, most of the rebels are optimistic about the future of the Taiping army. Because of this, many Taiping soldiers secretly rubbed their hands with a sense of urgency, ready to show themselves well in the training they received.

The promulgation of a great contest of the whole army added fuel to the fire and touched the hearts of these rebels and low-ranking officers.

A month and a half later, the Taiping Army will organize a large-scale military competition, including physical fighting, rapid marching, archery and many other events, and everyone can sign up to participate. As long as you can get an excellent ranking, you can not only get rich rewards, but also give priority to promotion!

First, there was a leather whip behind the back, and then honey was smeared on the front, not afraid that these soldiers would not care.

In a short period of time, the fiery atmosphere of competition spread in the army, which made all the generals of the Taiping Army secretly happy. With this kind of atmosphere, the army can keep forging ahead and become more elite and powerful!

In addition to the most important infantry at this stage, the training of the engineering battalion horse team and the infantry bow battalion is also in full swing.

The terrain in the valley was still quite open, and at Chen Wu's request, the soldiers of the engineering battalion reassembled several small stone throwing machines and began to train the aim of the projectile and quickly calibrate it after adjusting the angle. In actual combat, these two abilities will directly determine the killing efficiency of the catapult.

On the horse team's side, under the command of Yan Dongxing and Ning Gui, hundreds of riders paved a runway and began to conduct riding training and cavalry confrontation between squads. In the former, Ning Gui may also be able to instruct ordinary riders, but when it comes to tactics and skirmishes between cavalry, only Yan Dongxing can speak.

With the help of the thirteen cavalry of Yanxing led by him, plus the help of more than a dozen official cavalry who took refuge, the horse team that had been mainly acting as a scout cavalry finally had time to receive systematic training and transform into regular cavalry.

Although the efficiency of this transformation was still very slow, Chen Wu had no choice but to wait slowly.

Infantry can be built quickly in half a year or even a few months, but qualified cavalry can't, at least a few years.

As for the Infantry Bow Battalion, this should be the most efficient to progress.

Due to the effective protection, Chen Wu spent a lot of money to buy Gaochang archer prisoners of war, and almost did not sacrifice a few in the previous siege. With this group of natural archers, coupled with the help of Nan Bao and Dian Yong from time to time, the scale of the infantry bow battalion began to expand rapidly, to the point of almost two hundred people. They set up targets in the valley and trained in at least 10 sets a day. When you have time, you can also go hunting outside the valley, and the pheasants and hares you catch are just used to make tooth sacrifices to the soldiers of the Taiping Army.

In the full and busy training, the time passed slowly, and soon entered the middle of January of the new year.

At a time when all the units of Chen Wu's Taiping Army had already embarked on the regular stage, and the strength was steadily increasing, and the morale of the army was getting higher and higher, the situation of the empire beyond the Bayan Mountains was changing rapidly.

Not to mention the slow reconstruction of Taiping County, the news that the Taiping army stayed behind after its eastward advance led to a great disaster.

Almost one after the other, the news that Wu'an Dajie and the Taiping Army still had more than one party in the southwest of the empire reached the imperial capital Zhongzhou.

The two major city guard divisions went out in person, and it was only easy to quell the rebellion. In the face of the absolute disparity in strength, the thieves have no chance to play tricks. The battle situation was also as expected by the central princes, after getting in touch with the families in the city, almost overnight, the city guards only paid more than 100 sacrifices to easily break through Wu'an and recapture the county town that was captured by the thieves.

The news of the great victory spread, and the entire Zhongzhou government breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the influence of the Taiping army was firmly limited to one county, the momentum it showed was too amazing, and now it was quelled in time, and a hidden danger was finally solved. Although the leader of the thieves escaped, the chaos has been quelled, and it is difficult for them to make any more waves. Minister of the Interior Chen Sansheng and Minister of Military Affairs Feng Wu have even begun to discuss how to formulate rewards for meritorious heroes.

However, this joy only lasted for half a day!

The remnants of the Taiping Army, as well as the news that "Shangyuan Festival raised troops in Fufeng and Liyang Erfu to respond", made the empire that was preparing for a good year worry again. After the person in charge of the military intelligence bureau was reprimanded by the emperor, he had to recruit elite soldiers and strong generals when he went back, and rushed to Baling and Tianshui County overnight to conduct secret investigations.

Although anyone with a discerning eye knows that there are many doubts about this information and the several secret letters sent with it, what if?

With the Taiping rebellion in front, no one can afford to take that responsibility, so it is better to believe it than to ignore it!

Not only did the Military Intelligence Bureau take the lead, but out of precautions, the Minister of War had ordered the 1st Garrison Division of Danyang County, which was on the verge of Tianshui County, to move north. At the same time, the Anqing Division, which had participated in the Northwest Battle and had not yet returned to its station, stopped on the spot and turned back directly.

However, news that made the empire even more irritated was yet to come.

Although the Good Friends Society was eliminated and Wu'an was recovered, the main force of the Taiping army advanced eastward. The pursuing city guard division rushed to the outskirts of Bayan Mountain, and finally could only watch the opposing army disappear into the mountain. For this reason, the empire had to order the city guard division to be stationed on the west side of Bayan Mountain to prevent the Taiping army from re-attacking until the two garrison brigades in Wu'an were re-established.

Previously, the city guards were mobilized out of Beijing without authorization and concealed the actions of the courtiers, and the aftermath has not yet dissipated, and there are still people who attack the Minister of War with this, and now it is rumored that the main force of the Taiping army has fled. Although everyone knows that hiding in the mountains is equivalent to a slow death, it has not been eliminated on the spot, and it still attracts many accusations.

Some Wenchen, who were not familiar with the terrain of Taiping County, even suspected that the remnants of the Taiping army would pass through the Bayan Mountains and flow into Songjiang County in the east!

The scourge of a Taiping County is enough for the empire. If the rich Songjiang is destroyed again, the political situation of the empire in the east will be really unstable.

Although these attacks were immediately refuted, under pressure, Feng Wu also had to send an official document to Songjiang County in the newspaper, reminding them to be careful of the remnants of the thieves who might escape from the Bayan Mountains.

However, things have basically subsided at this point. Almost all imperial officials felt that there might be twists and turns, but the big picture was decided.

No one knew that an even greater upheaval was about to begin!

And the reason is that they sent to Fufeng Liyang to spy on the Military Intelligence Bureau!