Dongguan Province.

Aside from the Ganding Mansion, which was severely injured in this year's drought and thousands of miles away, Dongguan Mansion is already the only one in Taiping County that still has an established official army. When Wu'an was besieged, the lords of Dongguan Mansion also hesitated whether to send troops to support, but in the end, this mention was still vetoed.

Their numbers are so small that there is only one wing of the city defense battalion, and the rebels claim to be 300,000 troops!

First of all, he was shocked by this number, and then he had to face the riots that occurred one after another in various parts of Dongguan Prefecture, and he was more than capable of self-preservation, and it was really powerless to send troops.

However, this does not mean that they do not pay attention to the war in Wu'an.

Everyone knows that if the thief is frustrated in fighting Wu'an, he is likely to choose to change the target and pounce on Dongguan Mansion instead. If the thief beats Wu'an, it will be even more terrible. After digesting the results of the battle, the opponent's next target must be Dongguan Mansion, so as to control the entire territory of Taiping County logically.

The result of this crucial battle undoubtedly shocked the whole Dongguan Mansion.

After avoiding the routine sweep of the rebel horse team, the detective post who sneaked in secretly was fortunate to see the last scene of the rebel army's attack on Wu'an. A large number of trebuchets rained stones, and hundreds or thousands of elite rebels, wearing the same armor as the official army, were not afraid of death to kill the city. After holding out for two days, the city of Wu'an was broken......

Even the Ming Yellow Dragon Banner at the head of the city was lowered.

The frightened detective sentry spent half a day spreading the bad news to the scouts patrolling the periphery of Wu'an. A day later, the scout sent the news back to Dongguan Mansion overnight. After repeatedly confirming that the news was correct, the terrified city lord of Dongguan Mansion had to accept this fact and made the most correct response. At the same time, he continued to strengthen his defenses, recruit militia groups, and suppress small-scale rebellions in Dongguan Province. One side quickly sent six hundred miles to expedite. Bypass Wu'an. Escalate the message to the state.

Just one day later, the expedited report entered Anqing County, followed by Wuhu, Qinghe, and the imperial capital Zhongzhou.

The Anqing Garrison Brigade, which was guarding the border between Taiping County and Anqing County, was also frightened by the news of the fall of the county town and immediately raised the alert to the highest level. It was also from this time that the news that Wu'an was captured by the Taiping army and that the whereabouts of the governor and the families in the city were unknown spread along the way and were sent to the major forces who were anxiously waiting for the results.

The county town of a county was breached by thieves. So much so that the entire Taiping County has almost fallen, which is about to cause a natural disaster-level shock!

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The South Gate of Wu'an.

Five days have passed since that vigorous battle, and the remaining red and black blood stains and traces of siege weapons can be faintly seen on the stone slabs on the ground. After the initial cleaning and cleaning of a large number of temporarily recruited laborers, the city gate finally slowly opened after being surrounded for a long time.

When the bad news of the fall of Wu'an began to spread, the news of the rebels opening the city gate also quickly spread in Wu'an City.

Although the rebels set up a checkpoint in front of the city gate cave and levied high taxes, because Wu'an was closed for too long, and it was only open for two hours at noon. There is still a steady stream of people coming in and out of the city.

Unblocking is a double-edged sword.

The hidden danger of doing so will lead to the leakage of some news that was originally tightly sealed. But Wu'an is an important city with a population of 300,000. If you want to sustain it for a long time, you need to rely on the input of resources around you. Chen Wu didn't plan to destroy it like Lushan and Yicheng, so it was inevitable to open the city. The only thing he could do was to strictly investigate and raise the threshold for the high entry tax to the city on the one hand, and on the other hand, to send a large number of horse teams to investigate the surrounding situation.

Because there was almost no threat to Daze County in the south, and Dongguan Prefecture in the east could only barely protect itself, the focus of these horse teams was mainly on the west and north sides.

This is also the direction in which the counterinsurgency army in the center of the empire is most likely to come.

However, for now, Chen Wu didn't think that the imperial army could come so quickly.

His rise did not affect the Great War in the northwest of the empire. According to the history in "Empire", this war should have just ended when he besieged Wu'an. Even if the center of the empire does not stop and immediately dispatches troops to Taiping County, it will be at least after January of the following year before it can cross most of the empire from Wuwei County in the northwest and come to Taiping County.

For Chen Wu, this would be a very lucrative time, longer than the previous rest of the rebel army in Longshan.

It was for this reason that, after temporarily pacifying the chaos in Wu'an and sending out scouts, he began to use this period of calm to carry out a second major expansion of the army - and to find a way to relieve the internal troubles.

There is a saying before the crossing, it is good to say that if you go outside, you must first settle inside. On a certain Cheng dù, Chen Wu agreed with this remark.

When it comes to internal hidden dangers, the Lin family is undoubtedly one.

Although the two sides have reached a certain tacit understanding, the Maison's actions can never be judged by simple and superficial ideas. Now that the righteous army in the city is strong, the Lin family has to bow their heads. But if the righteous army is in danger, they will never mind tearing up the tacit understanding and stepping on one foot.

However, unless Chen Wu wanted to fight against the world's gate valves, he couldn't move the Lin family.

Some people may say that traversers are omnipotent, and they should firmly follow the principle of flat pushing. But in fact, the strong strength accumulated by the gate valve for a hundred years is difficult for the traverser to resist. Even if he takes 10,000 steps back, Chen Wuzhen's explosion will sweep away the world's gate valves, and the wealth and civilization created by the Qianyuan Empire in the past three hundred years will be consumed in repeated wars.

What is the significance of a tattered world?

How many years of recuperation will it take to rebuild?

In the future, what will Chen Wu do against foreign enemies?

In order to raise troops, he was forced to smash half of Taiping County in desperation, which was already the limit.

Since the Lin family couldn't move, Chen Wu had no choice but to use his strength to deal with another hidden danger.

Friends of Goodwill!

The so-called side of the couch does not allow others to snore, for this force that has divided Longshan equally with himself and wants to divide Wu'an, Chen Wu has always wanted to get rid of Hou as soon as possible. It's just that due to various reasons, especially external pressure, I have not been able to do it. Now that the internal and external conditions are suitable, it's time to solve them once and for all.

But the problem is that Chen Wu doesn't want to bear the reputation of taking the initiative to attack his allies.

Fame is not important or important. For example, Chen Wu drove the displaced people to attack Wu'an, and tens of thousands of people died in the first battle, which can definitely be described by words such as cold-blooded brutality, executioner, and butcher. However, who in the world cares about the casualties of ordinary displaced people? Qian Boming dared to burn down the Changping position of Longshan, and put it mildly to death the people of Longshan. Compared with him, Chen Wu's methods seem to be ruthless, but in fact they are far inferior.

However, reputation is important, and it is.

After all, the Qianyuan Empire paid attention to a famous division, and casually annexed allies who had fought side by side for no reason, which was tantamount to not abiding by morality. In the future, when cooperating with other forces, others will inevitably be more jealous and vigilant. In the future, Chen Wu's political reputation will also be a stain, and it is inevitable that someone will attack him with this.

The sacrifice of tens of thousands of displaced people in World War I is not a matter at all, you can say that it is brutal, but it can also be said to be another word, such as iron-blooded and decisive means...... It is even said that Chen Wu's army won the support and trust of the soldiers, and the displaced people voluntarily followed him to the death in order to create the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Anyway, the right to speak is in the hands of the family gatekeepers, and history is written by the victors, as long as they are given time, the black can also be said to be white.

Xinyi is a different thing, it is difficult to wash it away, and the nobles of the family have always cared more about this!

Therefore, the best thing to do is for the Good Friends to take the initiative against the rebels. Once they slashed the first one and Chen Wu was forced to fight back, the rest would be a matter of course.

Chen Wu believes that when he was planning to do something to Shanyou, Wang Huifang had also been thinking about how to do it to himself. It's just that due to the strength of the Taiping Army, the Good Friends Association has been waiting for an opportunity. To this end, Chen Wu is ready to create a suitable opportunity for him.

Expand!

The second expansion of the army is the best opportunity.

Chen Wu received a large number of food weapons from the Lin family, which was enough to arm one more unit. Due to the speed and accuracy of the attack, the craftsmen of the entire Ordnance Division also fell into the hands of the rebels almost completely. With the supply of resources in Wu'an City, these craftsmen are constantly rushing to produce more weapons and armor.

If Chen Wushun is allowed to complete this expansion, the strength of the Taiping Army will completely suppress the Good Friends Association.

Moreover, the expansion of military strength does not mean that the combat effectiveness will be improved. Chen Wu's expansion plan announced to the outside world was to use the original Taiping Battalion and Volunteer Battalion as the foundation to join a large number of newly recruited soldiers, the former to expand into two wings, and the latter to expand into a brigade, a total of 6,000 people!

It doubled from 3,000 to 6,000 at once!

Considering the large number of casualties in the original, this multiplier is even higher.

Think about it, the Volunteer Battalion was originally no match for the officers and soldiers, but now that so many newcomers have been added at once, the original order and establishment have been broken, and the new establishment has not yet taken shape. There is chaos up and down, and the combat effectiveness is definitely not increasing but falling.

Isn't that the best hands-on opportunity?

After this news was intentionally or unintentionally revealed to the Good Friends Association, it was no surprise that Wang Huifang was tempted.

After a brief analysis, he decided that this was a great opportunity, and probably the last chance for the Good Friends. Even if the timing of this move is not as good as he imagined, he can only bite the bullet. Otherwise, when the Taiping army crosses this threshold, the Good Friends Association is afraid that it will no longer have the ability to catch up with the other party.

What made him even more excited was that the threat of the Lin family had been greatly reduced!

Without the 1,000 sets of armor and weapons, and being guarded by the Taiping Army in the Lin Mansion, as long as the Good Friends Association moves quickly, there is no need to worry that the Lin Mansion may take advantage of the fire to rob. Even, Wang Huifang had already thought about it, without the suppression of the Taiping Army, when the Good Friends Association digested the power of the Taiping Army, he would immediately take action against the Lin family, and then achieve two consecutive expansions in a short period of time, pushing the power of the Good Friends Association to the peak.

The only thing that made him regret was that during Chen Wu's previous visit with great fanfare, the Lin family actually didn't do anything to Chen Wu.

It would be nice if the person in charge of the Lin family could be stupid, so that he could take advantage of the leaderlessness of the rebel army to take over all the rebel forces in the city and attack the Lin family under the banner of avenging Chen Wu.

Or, if you can get the news earlier, you can also send someone to snipe Chen Wu at the gate of the Lin Mansion and blame the Lin family.

Pity! (To be continued.) )