"You're Liang Si?"

The clerk, who was a little familiar with some literature and ink, obviously had some impression of him, and while taking a pen and ticking it, he joked kindly: "I went out to fight twice, and I was hit by an arrow in my body, and I survived, you kid is lucky." ”

"It's just a fluke, it's just a fluke."

Recalling the stone bullets in the sky and the giant crossbow arrows comparable to the size of a spear during the attack, Liang Si couldn't help but feel afraid in his heart, and his face, which was already overbleeding, became more and more pale.

He could clearly feel that the risk of attacking Longshan Mansion City this time was far above Lushan. If it weren't for the inspiration, he fell down and pretended to be dead by an arrow, and he would be one of the many corpses under the city now.

It's not easy to eat these days!

Just when Liang Si couldn't help but sigh like this, the clerk next to him transcribed his name into a new roster, and then looked him up and down a few times, and asked, "Liang Si, right?" Would you like to join the Volunteer Camp? ”

Volunteer Battalion?

Liang Si was startled, and then his heart jumped violently, pointed to the side of the Taiping Volunteer Army camp, and subconsciously lowered his voice and asked, "Is that the Volunteer Battalion?" ”

These words made the clerk can't help but roll his eyes: "Which other volunteer battalion can it be?" ”

"Yes, of course I do!"

Liang Si didn't say a word, and nodded again and again.

Nowadays, among the army of displaced people outside the city of Long Mountain, who does not know the benefits of the Volunteer Battalion? Not only is the grain tube full, but the meat can be opened occasionally, and there is also additional food and salary. If there is a small family, the old and young can barely eat with it; Not to mention the bachelor alone, every night there are hungry women who can't stand it outside, as long as they take care of the food, maybe even the daughters of big families who are difficult to climb on weekdays can sleep. Although the military discipline of the rebels is strict, it is difficult to prohibit this kind of thing, and they can only turn a blind eye.

When the recruitment was expanded in Yicheng before, those who had the opportunity but did not apply for the recruitment were now blue in their intestines.

If he could, of course Liang Si would also like to become a soldier of the Volunteer Battalion. It's just that......

The rebels are still relatively tight on the Taiping Camp and the Volunteer Battalion, and I haven't heard that there are plans to continue to expand at the moment.

The clerk obviously knew the inside story, and Liang Si met the conditions, so he didn't hide it from him: "You don't know, the normal channel is indeed that there is no plan to recruit." However, according to the standards set by the two generals, those who can survive two consecutive battles in the camp and have meritorious service can also be recruited first and trained with the volunteer battalion. If you wish, you can go back today and rest for a day, and tomorrow morning you can report to the 10th Brigade of the Volunteer Battalion. ”

"Can you really join the Volunteer Battalion?"

Liang Si only felt that a large piece of pie fell from the sky, smashing himself dizzy, and even the wound was not so painful. He rubbed his face vigorously, and for a moment he couldn't believe this fact.

The clerk had already seen the same expression on several people before, and couldn't help laughing: "It's too early to say that you have joined, after all, you don't know anything now except dare to fight and see blood." If the training table is good, you can really join the volunteer camp, but the treatment is no different from the official one. ”

Is there a difference in treatment?

Liang Si was first poured a basin of cold water, and then saw hope again. As long as you can eat enough every day, training hard is nothing.

Almost immediately, he made up his mind.

Be sure to seize this opportunity to behave well and become a true rebel soldier!

………

Liang Si's first round of attacks did not pose any real threat to Longshan City.

The same goes for the attack on the Friends of Goodwill's side.

However, since it was said that it was necessary to put a little pressure on the government, it naturally could not be so simple. After Liang Si, more people who wanted to eat were incorporated into the Xiandeng camp and launched a successive attack on Longshan City. The entire siege lasted until it was almost dark, and then it was forced to stop, and the number of dead and wounded under the two sides of the city combined was as high as more than 1,000 people, which can be described as extremely tragic.

Although all such attacks were blocked by the Longshan Mansion, they really put heavy pressure on the officers and soldiers.

There are both physical and defensive materials.

After a whole day of fierce fighting, there is not much to say about the physical exhaustion, and nearly one-third of the rolling wood and stones prepared in advance have been used. Although the official army is still mobilizing militia groups to rush to the system, if it continues to be consumed at this rate, there will be a shortage of materials for defending the city in three or four days at most. Although it did hit the thief army hard, the official army was not stupid, knowing that the people who rushed up today were cannon fodder, and the elite of the thieves had not yet been dispatched.

"Send a messenger to urge reinforcements from the county!"

Zhang Qisheng couldn't do much, after the siege on the first day, he released four horsemen at night, came out of the empty city wall with official documents, and galloped towards the county town in the east in half a circle.

However, this move did not surprise Chen Wu.

"It's out!"

The horse team that had been arranged nearby in advance, and when they saw the officers and soldiers letting people out of the city, they immediately greeted the bread and began to intercept and kill.

One is that they have been prepared in advance, and there are as many as two teams, a full twenty horsemen; On the other hand, it was only four rides, and the result was naturally unexpected.

All four officers and cavalry were killed, and even the official letter with a request for help fell into the hands of the rebels.

After careful review and confirmation that there was no problem, the official document was transferred to the Good Friends Association. A clerk of Longshan Mansion, who had been accused by the Good Friends Association a few years ago and resigned from the funeral before the siege of the city, was already waiting beside him. With his help, the Good Friends Society re-transcribed the official documents, and took the opportunity to revise a few key points, and then resealed them and stamped them with the Great Seal of the Castle Lord and the Fire Paint Seal, which had been forged in advance.

From the blank official paper dedicated to the government, to the writing style that has long had a fixed routine, as well as the appearance of the big seal of the lord of Longshan City and the sealing fire paint imitated after rubbing, in order to get these, the Good Friends Association has taken great pains over the years.

Originally, it would take a few years for these things that could help a lot to appear, but under the influence of Chen Wu, they played a role in advance.

As soon as Qiē was ready, a incense master of the Good Friends Association, who was familiar with the situation in Longshan Mansion, personally disguised himself as a messenger of the official army and rushed to the county town overnight along the official road.

With the implementation of this step, Chen Wu's plan has truly entered the stage of full launch.

Early the next morning, the Rebels and the Good Friends launched another siege.

Just like yesterday, it is still using food to recruit ordinary homeless people, and wave after wave of consumption of officials and soldiers.

Then came the third day......

For three days in a row, a steady stream of siege!

Under the attack of both sides regardless of losses, there were at least 3,000 more dead and wounded displaced people outside Longshan City. Although the city wall was still firmly in the hands of the officials and soldiers, under such attrition, the bodies of the officers and soldiers were finally reduced to a threshold, and the fingers of some foot archers were even red and swollen due to excessive force, and all kinds of materials for defending the city were also consumed.

At this rate, it was only a matter of time before the thieves attacked the city.

At that time, the losses of the officers and troops in Longshan will increase rapidly, instead of fighting for three days before more than 100 people were killed or wounded, and most of them were ordinary militia groups.

In desperation, coupled with the fact that the messenger sent two days ago has not yet returned, the Longshan government can only send a messenger to ask for help again.

Just like last time, this time, the messenger of Longshan Mansion was intercepted by Chen Wu and the horse team of the Good Friends Association after leaving the city. Almost at the same time, the good friends of the Society, who pretended to be an official and military scout to deliver a message, rushed back and brought back the most intuitive and detailed information about the county town to suppress the rebellion.

The army of Wu'an, the county capital, has left the city yesterday!

Their marching speed is only faster than the standard of the emperor, which means that they are advancing at least thirty miles a day!

This news had already been transmitted by the scouts sent by the Taiping Righteous Army and the Good Friends Association in the morning, but due to the blockade on the Wu'an side, other news could not be detected by the scouts. For example, the officers and soldiers sent by Wu'an to quell the rebellion were not the expected Wu'an No. 1 Garrison Brigade, but the Wu'an No. 2 Garrison Brigade, plus six brigades of cavalry.

A total of four thousand light infantry, six hundred light cavalry!

Such a force is simply invincible on the ground of Taiping County, and it can crush a rebel force.

In the eyes of the people of the Good Friends Association, it seems that there is no difference between the first brigade and the second brigade and the second brigade, they are all full of officers and soldiers of the four thousand counties. But when Chen Wu got the news, he was overjoyed.

The reason is very simple, the brigade commander of the Second Garrison Brigade is called Ding Ziming.