Leji has always spared no effort in the blockade of the border between Tiannan County and the Kingdom of Oman. From the last time Qinghu Hutong Light ventured deep into Taiping County, it can be seen with only a batch of strong crossbows.

If they worked hard and smuggled in hundreds of sets of weapons, Chen Wu believed that they would be able to do it.

However, 4,000 sets at once?

According to Chen Wu's impression in "Empire" before he crossed over, this was definitely beyond the capabilities of the Kingdom of Oman. Unless, the Kingdom of Oman was indirectly influenced by the Taiping army in the north, and had some new channels or means.

But is it possible?

Chen Wu was a little uncertain in his heart.

He didn't know if his crossing would have such a big impact on Tiannan County and the Kingdom of Oman.

However, doubts are doubts, and this issue is obviously something that the other party needs to worry about. Chen Wu did not get to the bottom of it, but immediately gave a positive promise: "As long as this batch of armor and weapons can arrive, this general will be able to quickly pull up a new brigade." By then, at least 8,000 men will be able to go south! ”

Just like Beifeng did before, Chen Wu also drew a big cake for the other party irresponsibly.

This promise, which was destined to be unfulfillable, made the north tempted. If he could do this, he would be rewarded by Saladin when he returned from over-completing his task.

"As soon as I get back, I'll arrange for the people in the Red River Valley to load things into trucks. It should be as little as three weeks, as little as a month, and things should be delivered...... However, there is one thing that needs to be clarified. Our people can only take the risk of sending things to the border between Tiannan County and Songjiang County, and then have to turn back. The remaining part of the road needs to be received and transported back by the general himself. ”

The words of the north wind made Chen Wu's heart move.

He vaguely thought of something, but for this event beyond "Empire", he still couldn't figure out the specific context for a while. After thinking about it for a moment to no avail, he put the matter aside for the time being. Anyway, Yuyang Mansion, which was occupied by the Taiping Army, was only half a county away from the border of Tiannan County, and there was only one Chishang Mansion in the middle, which was not far away.

Considering that sooner or later he would attack Chishang, he decided to go south as much as he could, and while capturing Ikegami, he also sent people to the junction to receive the weapons and armor of the Omani Kingdom.

As for what happens after taking the benefits?

Chen Wu has a reason to shirk, anyway, he will never be stupid enough to go south to dig his own grave. Perhaps, it is a good reason that the troops in the attack on Ikegami Fuchu have suffered heavy losses and must rest for a while?

The Kingdom of Oman asked for him, even if he knew that Chen Wu was deliberately delaying, most of them would not choose to completely tear their faces.

It was such a happy decision.

"I have taken my leave, and I have asked General Tiangong to prepare for the south."

Fearing that Chen Wu would regret it, Beifeng reiterated the many aids promised by the Kingdom of Oman before leaving, and even moved out the title of "King of Songjiang". If it were anyone, I was afraid that I would be tempted by his persuasion. However, Chen Wu knew from the beginning that the Kingdom of Oman was unreliable.

Instead of pinning your hopes on others, it is better to work hard to strengthen yourself and rely on your own military strength to capture Songjiang!

………

As the self-proclaimed envoy of the Omani Kingdom quietly left, Chen Wu quickly convened a high-level meeting of the Taiping Army to explain the "pseudo-cooperation" with the Omani Kingdom. Knowing that the Taiping Army might receive equipment assistance from an integrated brigade in the future, all the generals of the Taiping Army were greatly excited.

Songjiang County is rich and everything is good, but it is not without its shortcomings. Several counties in the south of the empire do not produce horses, not to mention this common problem, in addition to another fatal place, that is, Yan zhòng lacks minerals!

In the entire Yuyang Mansion, there is not a single decent iron mine. With great difficulty, two small mines were seized from Baima County, and the ore produced was small in quantity, difficult to mine, and of poor quality, making it difficult to use to forge military weapons. All the officers and men knew about the Taiping Army's future expansion plan, and they were very anxious about such a large armament gap. Now it is 4,000 sets at once, which directly solves their urgent needs.

"General, there's a problem with the lowly position."

Sun Tian was born as a farmer, had never served in the emperor's ** team, and naturally did not understand the Oman Kingdom, so he asked: "The general's meaning seems to be unwilling to cooperate with the Oman Kingdom, and even the contract is a secret agreement." But once our people change into their weapons and armor to fight, won't it be tantamount to not recruiting themselves? ”

This question made Mo Guohao, Xu Shizhong, He Shixiang and other generals who had been emperors laugh.

Sun Tian blushed, probably knowing where the basket must have come out.

Without Chen Wu opening his mouth, even Yuan Xingwei, a civil official, knew the reason and explained: "The Kingdom of Oman has always been our vassal state in the past, and it has sent people to Zhongzhou to study several times, and the empire has also rewarded craftsmen and literati for indoctrination in the past several times. Because of this, their weapons and equipment are very similar to those of the Empire, except for their robes and boots. Once we get it, we just need to cover it up a little to make it difficult for people to find out. ”

Compared to them, Chen Wu undoubtedly knew more.

In "Empire", when the soldiers of the Tiannan Legion fought with the ** team of the King of Oman, there was a scene of weapon damage, and they often had the habit of directly picking up the opponent's weapons. Even the officers and soldiers themselves may be confused if they are not careful, and their similarities can be imagined.

What's more, even if it is really discovered, it is not much of a problem.

If the empire could help Chen Wu, it would have done it a long time ago. Moreover, as long as Chen Wu's army did not really enter Tiannan County, even if it received anyone's assistance, it might not mean anything. Although Leji is a rigid person and the military regulations are very strict, he is not completely inflexible!

After answering Sun Tian's small questions, the Taiping generals present discussed the specific plan for attacking Chishang, and then began to implement it quickly.

The last day of April!

Soon after the Taiping army occupied Yuyang, and before it could be fully digested, they once again acted with an efficiency beyond the imagination of Songjiang Prefecture.

The 2,000-strong army was the first to move south from Dingguang County and entered Kanggu County in Chishang Province.

The city guards of Chishang Prefecture were well prepared, not only sending two large teams of city defense battalions to reinforce them, but also assisting the county commander of Kanggu County in urgently training hundreds of people. In this way, the Guangcheng Defense Battalion in Kanggu County has four brigades, and the preparations can be described as very sufficient. In the optimistic judgment of the people of Chishang Mansion, unless the thief army attacked at any cost, Kanggu County could not last a week and cause a lot of casualties to the thief army.

However, Kanggu County, which seemed to be well-prepared, didn't even survive three days!

Hong Fei, who surrendered, has a distant cousin who has a good relationship but is not very familiar to outsiders, who is in the army in Kanggu County. Under the leadership of the Military Intelligence Department, the secret agent who infiltrated Kanggu County in advance held Hong Fei's letter and contacted his cousin. With the cooperation of Hong Fei's cousin, he took advantage of the Taiping army's fanfare attack and attracted the attention of the defenders of Kanggu County, and secretly poisoned the water source of the military camp.

If the inner ghost wants to cause chaos, it is impossible to prevent it.

The rest was much simpler, a large number of officers and soldiers were poisoned after dinner. In order to dispel his suspicions, Hong Fei's cousin himself also ate a little, making a look of vomiting and diarrhea, and grogginess. On the morning of the third day, the Taiping army took the opportunity to storm and easily captured the county seat of Kanggu.

When the news spread, the civil and military officials of Chishang Mansion changed color one by one.

The bad news on the side of Yuyang Mansion has already made them understand the power of the Taiping Army. Kanggu County was taken lightly in three days, which greatly exceeded the expectations of Chishang Prefecture. Even the outposts that deliberately strengthened the city defense failed to block the Taiping army's front, and the next three places of Puyuan, Chishang, and Jiaode lined up in a row could they be stopped?

No one has faith!

Some wealthy and noble families who could not trust the Taiping Army had begun to sell their properties in advance, preparing to go to Dengzhou or flee south into Tiannan County. However, the Taiping Army did not commit any crimes in the autumn of Yuyang, which made many people have more confidence in the Taiping Army. The scale of asset transfers and exodus is not large, and many people are still waiting to see what happens.

After all the disturbances, Chishang Mansion finally received a good news.

Dengzhou, after all, failed to sit idly by and watch the Taiping Army move. On the one hand, the Second Garrison Brigade was stepping up its recruitment and reconstruction, and on the other hand, enduring the controversy, a light infantry wing was drawn from the First Garrison Brigade in Dengzhou, and rushed to Chishang Mansion day and night, preparing to strengthen the defense of Chishang Mansion.

Ling Jiebu, who had only fled back to Wujiang for a few days, had not had time to rest and recuperate, so he had to set off again and make meritorious contributions!

Due to the great loss of troops, his task was no longer to stop the Taiping army or defend which city from falling, but to escort the wing to Chishang safely, to prevent the main force of the Taiping army from setting up an ambush on the road and swallowing up the vital more than 1,000 people in the field.

This task is not difficult for Ling Jie.

The Taiping army's horse team suffered a lot of losses last time, and now the men and horses are roughly equal to the cavalry in his hands.

With the same number of people, Ling Jie would not be afraid of the other party.

For this reinforcement, the Dengzhou government can be said to be deliberate and managed to block the news. However, the military intelligence department of the Taiping Army had already spread out in various parts of Songjiang and began to provide Chen Wu with a steady stream of information. More than 1,000 people were dispatched from Dengzhou, and no matter how large, they could not hide from the secret agents of the Military Intelligence Department. However, there were 300 officers and horses to protect it, and they went out for ten miles to investigate the movement, and this kind of caution made Chen Wu unable to set up an ambush even if he had the heart.

The only thing he could do was to send an urgent order to send an urgent order for the two thousand Taiping troops who had already captured Kanggu County to urgently dispatch to intercept this army unit.

It is obviously impossible to swallow the other party, and as soon as Kanggu County moves, it is estimated that the officials and soldiers who are like frightened birds and are extremely vigilant will receive the news. But Chen Wu could at least stop them and prevent these thousand people from entering Chishang Mansion.

The regular army of a thousand empires, plus three hundred cavalry, would be stopped by two thousand thieves and an almost equal number of horses!

Somewhere else, it's a joke.

However, with Taiping County in front and Songjiang County behind, the local garrisons of the two counties have proved that the Taiping Army is good at fighting with their downfall. In order to hurry, the 4th Wing of the 1st Garrison Brigade had already marched to a place forty miles away from Chishangfu City, but after all, it was still a step too slow and was stopped by the Taiping army that had set off from Kanggu County.

The road to Chishang Mansion City was cut off by the Taiping army!