Two days were spent peacefully. ≤，

The Taiping Army, on its side, carried out its actions in Wu'an City step by step. Expand the army, train, build weapons and armor, and exchange resources with the cooperative Longhe, Sihai and other chambers of commerce...... The Good Friends Association, on its part, is also carrying out the same action calmly, digesting the captures after the occupation of Wu'an, and expanding its strength as much as possible.

It seems that there is harmony on both sides.

The ordinary people of Wu'an have gradually adapted to the fact that the ruler has changed masters. But they didn't know that under the calm on the surface of the Taiping Army and the Good Friends Association, there was already an undercurrent surging inside.

As the sky gradually darkened, the rebels closed the camp as usual after finishing their training and having dinner, and sent out routine night patrols. Due to the hard training in recent days, the night guard looked a little sluggish, and looked like he might doze off at any moment. But in fact, the night defense of the entire camp is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and I don't know how many people are watching in secret.

In addition, the senior officers of the rebel army had already received the news in advance, and the most elite Taiping battalion had not even taken off their armor and were waiting in the military tent of the camp.

If the people of the Good Friends really rush in, they will definitely hit the iron plate headfirst!

As the Taiping army mastered, it was almost late at night, and there was indeed a move on the side of the Good Friends Association.

"The Taiping Army is too deceitful, I want to meet General Tiangong to ask for an explanation!"

Wang Huixin, the younger brother of Wang Huifang, the leader of the Good Friends Association, broke in angrily.

The guards, who had been instructed in advance, faithfully stopped Wang Huixin and sued the other party. General Tiangong has already slept. Something can come tomorrow.

"Allowed my men to kill my friends of the Good Friends. Is this a weak heart that doesn't dare to see me! ”

When Wang Huixin came, he was told that he must see Chen Wu in person before he was relieved, and he refused to leave. Seeing this, the helpless guards could only go in and report.

A moment later, the sleepy-eyed Chen Wu put on his coat and walked out lazily.

The matter in Wang Huixin's mouth is not big.

The body of a horse bandit who had taken refuge in the Good Friends Association was found half an hour ago and dumped not far from the Taiping military camp. There are eyewitnesses from the Good Friends Association. It was the people of the Taiping camp who got into an argument with the horse bandits, and then killed them and dumped their bodies. However, due to the late age of the day, the witnesses of the Good Friends Society did not see the appearance clearly, and only recognized the military uniform of the Taiping Battalion. Therefore, this matter is equivalent to a headless case.

"I will know about this matter, and when I have time tomorrow, I will order it to go down and let my subordinates investigate it carefully. If this is the case, I will definitely give you an explanation. It's late tonight, Brother Wang, please go back. ”

Casually coped with a few words. Chen Wu began to chase people away with an impatient expression, and then yawned. Turned around and walked back to the house.

This obvious perfunctory attitude made Wang Huixin very dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to leave angrily. However, after leaving the Taiping camp, the anger on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by the excitement that the plan had succeeded.

He got on his horse and returned directly to the camp of the Good Friends.

Coming in all the way just now, in addition to determining the place where Chen Wu was resting, Wang Huixin also secretly observed the defense system of the righteous army tonight. With this information, their sneak attack at dawn tomorrow can definitely be won in one battle, and the top of the Taiping Army will be severely damaged!

However, what Wang Huixin didn't know was that while their good friends would calculate the Taiping army, Chen Wu's Taiping army would also calculate, opening the pocket of the trap and waiting for them to jump in.

The two sides calculate each other, and it depends on who is more capable.

Obviously, both the Good Friends Association and the Taiping Army firmly believe that their side is the final victor.

………

In the blink of an eye, another two or three hours passed.

Seeing that it was already the third watch, the secret adjustments and preparations on the side of the rebels were ready, and the sneak attack of the Good Friends Association was also assembled and ready to set off at any time. At this time, two scouts outside the city rushed over to Wu'an overnight along the official road with torches.

"Open the gates!"

"We are from the Taiping Army Horse Team, and I am Yan Thirteen!"

"There is an urgent military situation to enter the city!"

Whether it is the regulations of the empire or the rules of the Taiping army, the city gate must be closed at night, and it will not be opened even if there is any emergency. At this moment, the Taiping soldiers on duty on the city wall were alarmed by the two horsemen who called the door below, and after asking about their identities, they couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.

For the sake of just two cavalrymen, it is definitely not possible to open the city gate at night.

Eventually, the rebel soldiers in the city lowered their ropes and pulled the two straight up from the city.

Although the Taiping army had a large number, the number of horses was always limited, and the Yanxing Thirteen Cavalry was very famous among them, and some of the rebel soldiers defending the city immediately recognized him. On weekdays, Yan Shisan would most likely talk and laugh politely with them and talk about interesting things on the road, but the information he had discovered earlier made him dare not delay in the slightest, and after leaving the city, he went straight to the camp of the righteous army.

The sound of horses' hooves in the middle of the night unsurprisingly alarmed the Taiping military camp that was loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

Knowing that it was the horse team that had been released before returning to report the news, the guards confirmed their identities and immediately let them in as requested.

Although they felt the abnormal atmosphere in the Taiping military camp, the two of them didn't think much about it, and followed the guards to turn left and right, and went around to the west side of the Chinese army, in front of an extremely heavily guarded location.

Chen Wu was dressed in military uniform, including other high-ranking officials of the rebel army, such as Dian Yong, Xu Shizhong, Mo Guohao and other generals were here.

Even if he was slow to react, Yan Shisan knew that something was wrong at this time, and he was only afraid that something would happen in the city that he didn't know. However, after following Yan Dongxing in the Northland for so many years, Yan Shisan is very discerning. Know when to ask and when not to ask. After the military salute, they directly reported the news of their inquiry at the junction of Taiping County and Anqing County.

"A large number of officers and troops are rushing towards Taiping County? Maybe it's only a day or two away from the border? ”

This news made the faces of all the high-level members of the Taiping Army change.

Everyone thought of one thing, the counterinsurgency army of the empire is coming!

"Where did the news come from? Did you see it with your own eyes? What is the approximate number of officers and soldiers? Can you confirm any of the characteristics? Chen Wu, who was also frightened, asked a series of questions. According to his judgment, the Empire's counterinsurgency army will not arrive until at least January next year.

This news, which did not match his expectations, caused him to feel strongly uneasy.

"Back to the general, the news is not that we saw it with our own eyes, but that we happened to meet an old friend from Anqing...... The general should know that our Yanxing Thirteen Cavalry was a horse bandit operating in the north before, and he also crossed the border to Anqing County to do 'business', and he had some friendship with the brothers on the road over there. When passing by in a chat, I unintentionally dug it out of their mouths. ”

The horse bandits came and went like the wind, much faster than the officers and soldiers on foot. Although Yan Shisan's news is not seen with his own eyes, the probability is still very high. Moreover, Yan 13 also said that the other brothers who were accompanying him at that time had already begun to venture across the border to investigate. The two of them rushed back overnight because they remembered Chen Wu's confession that "any suspicious official and military intelligence must be reported as soon as possible."

If there are no surprises, further news will come back after a day or two at most.

"As for the number of officers and soldiers......

Yan Shisan didn't see it with his own eyes, so he couldn't give a specific number, so he could only say according to the description of his peers: "There are many, many of them, and they are very well-equipped, so they are not easy to mess with at first glance." ”

As for how much this many, many, many of them, Yan Shisan's friends can't tell. After all, the other party just passed by unintentionally, and it had nothing to do with that group of officers and soldiers, so naturally he would not deliberately count them. However, when watching from a distance, the other party remembered the banner of the group of officers and soldiers.

Saying this, Yan Shisan drew two rough patterns on the ground with his toes.

Needless to say, one of them is the Ming Yellow Dragon Banner of the Empire. This Yan 13 himself knows it, so he painted a special image. The banner of another specific unit is relatively vague, and it is also thanks to the fact that Chen Wu played "Empire" for thirteen years before crossing over, and he is clear about the names of the major armies in the Eastern Continent. Combined with the area of Anqing County, I compared it with the possible troops in several nearby counties, and quickly recognized the origin.

"Qinghe County's Local Garrison Division?"

Reading out this name, Chen Wu's face was not only not relieved, but even more confused.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you sure that this is the case on the flag?" ”

Being questioned by Chen Wu like this, Yan Shisan was also a little unsure. After thinking about the description he had heard, he nodded, "Unless my friend lied, this should be the case - but the other party should have no reason to lie to me, and this has nothing to do with him." ”

"Qinghe Garrison Division!"

Chen Wu frowned, and the confusion on his face surprised Dian Yong, Xu Shizhong, Mo Guohao, and others next to him.

Why did the general, who knew almost everything, recognize the imperial army that came and look so good? If it is said that the Qinghe Garrison Division has a number of training and elite soldiers, it should also be afraid or uneasy.

Why the doubts?

"You don't know!"

Chen Wu glanced at them and muttered, "The entire Qinghe Legion was previously transferred to Wuwei County in the northwest to fight the Tile Thorn Cavalry. Now there are only a handful of troops left in Qinghe County. If there is no accident, the so-called Qinghe Garrison Division should still be in the northwest now...... How could it suddenly appear in Anqing, which spanned half of the empire? ”

His uprising, although it had an impact on history, could not have affected what had happened before the time travel. Unless, what appeared in Anqing County was not the Qinghe Garrison Division at all, but someone else.

However, why did the other party pretend to be the name of the Qinghe Division?

Because there were too few reliable clues, Chen Wu was puzzled for a while. Realizing this, he quickly changed his mind with some irritability, where did this army come from!

Since it is called many, many times, it is difficult for a horse bandit to describe accurately, and the number is only afraid to be at least a few thousand, and maybe even more than ten thousand. However, there is simply no such force around Taiping County. Otherwise, the empire would not have allowed him to run rampant in Taiping County, and would have sent him to reinforcements early.

Two lines of thought, in the end, faintly pointed to the same result.

Chen Wu's face suddenly turned pale. (To be continued.) )