If it were another time, Zhang Chengshou would never bow his head to Qian Boming.

But this time, in the face of the crisis of Longshan Mansion, he finally couldn't care about his disgust with Qian Boming, and almost wrote a letter in a pleading tone, handed it to the messenger Starry Night and rushed to the county seat. Although Zhang Qisheng knew that even if he hadn't urged him, the garrison brigade of the county town would have been dispatched after calculating the time, but now the situation is deteriorating faster than imagined, even if the army of the county city can arrive a day earlier, maybe it will make the situation of Longshan Mansion completely different.

Now Longshan has reached the point where it can't bear the slightest bad news.

However, the 150,000 displaced people attacked Longshan, such a big thing, which the government could not hide at all.

After confirming that the news blockade had failed, the hidden followers of the Good Friends Society immediately began to spread the news of the rebels in the city, secretly disturbing the situation. In just half a day, the 100,000 people in the entire Longshan City knew the news that more than 100,000 anti-thieves were marching towards Longshan day and night, and the vanguard was only two days away from here!

"Those rebels of the Taiping Army killed people when they saw them, did all kinds of evil, and ate children when they didn't have enough food."

"More than 200,000 thieves will enter the city tomorrow, everyone flee quickly!"

"Longshan can't hold it, and even the city guards are privately packing up their things and preparing to escape."

"Nonsense, I heard the head catchers of the government say in private that the military discipline of the anti-thieves is very good, and it is never difficult for the people, only killing dog officials and robbing the poor to help the rich."

"The heavens are dead, and peace should stand. The year is in the present day, and the world is auspicious! ”

"Maitreya of the Good Friends Association is a Buddha of ten thousand families, with great power and compassion, many nobles believe in this, and I heard that it can be realized."

All sorts of news and rumors, many of which were completely contradictory, began to spread wildly throughout the city. But the more this is the case, the more likely it is for the people of Longshan who can't figure out the truth to panic. A large number of Longshan landlords, wealthy merchants, and aristocrats began to collectively sell off their properties. But let the price fly down, but I can't see anyone willing to take over.

In desperation, some bold and powerful households began to take advantage of the government's lockdown to flee directly by abandoning their industries.

Everyone knows that it is impossible for the government to let this trend spread, and it will soon be controlled. If you don't leave now, it'll be too late to leave in another day!

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In less than a month, Yicheng, Lushan, and Linxian were all captured by thieves. More than 100,000 displaced people and rebels were rushing towards Mt. Long day and night, but the city defense battalion of Mt. Kolon had lost most of its strength during the previous counterinsurgency.

It seems that in the blink of an eye, the shape is so bad that it cannot be increased.

I have to say that this Zhang Chengshou, who may step down at any time, is still very capable. After digesting this grim fact in a short time, a series of actions were quickly launched.

The first is to further recruit militias.

Must be innocent and have someone to vouch for, or be a guardian of the big families and nobles.

This point was particularly emphasized by Zhang Qisheng, and he would rather not have enough manpower in the end, and never let people from unknown origins to prevent the recurrence of the incident in Linxian.

Secondly, send people to collect the people in the villages and towns around Longshan City.

As the largest prefecture in Longshan Prefecture, there are far more villages and towns within a radius of 10 miles than the other three counties. If these villages and towns are left unattended, they will all fall into the hands of thieves in the end, and they will drive them to attack the city. Now moving these people into the city as a whole can not only reduce the number of thieves, but also effectively prevent the thief army from obtaining food and grass supplies.

Of course, such a large-scale relocation into the city will inevitably be mixed with spies and scouts of anti-thieves. At the same time as releasing people into the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate widened their eyes one by one, strictly checked them, and released them only after their identities were confirmed.

The third means is that a group of military attaches have been promoted in the line of fire.

As early as after the news of the failure of the counterinsurgency came back, the officers and troops in Longshan City had actually fallen into a state of leaderlessness. It's just that at that time, Zhang Qisheng felt that the city guard would not be long in office, and he would soon lose his official position or even be convicted, and he didn't think that the shape would deteriorate to such a point, so he put it on hold for the time being, and prepared to wait for the new city guard to make his own arrangements after taking office. But now, the army of thieves is about to enter the city, and it will definitely not work if you don't ask any more.

After a short period of consideration, he pushed out Wang Feng, the captain of his personal guard, and Mo Lun, the deputy wing captain who had been left behind.

With these two people in command, plus a few other original captains, the remaining officers and troops quickly moved into action. Suppress the riots in the city, and at the same time close the four gates, and strictly investigate suspected thieves and followers of the Good Friends.

The government knew about the existence of the Good Friends Association from the very beginning, but Wang Huifang's disguise was good, and he managed to get the title of a viscount, plus the Good Friends Association has always been very honest, and the slogan of persuading people to be good is also very confusing, so it is not recognized as an evil cult. But now, the Good Friends Association held high the anti-flag, and even the important Linxian County was captured overnight, and the Longshan government naturally could no longer tolerate it, and quickly launched a severe attack.

It's a pity that this belated punch fell into the air.

Based on this Longshan Mansion, they have been operating for more than ten years, but they have already fully contracted and transferred their main industries before the launch of Linxian County. Now the government is only copied by some insignificant peripheral believers. The real principals and core forces are already lurking in this corner of Longshan City. Just wait for the siege to be launched outside, and then join forces with the outside at the right opportunity.

Time passed little by little in an indescribable solemnity.

On the morning of the third day when Longshan Mansion began its full-scale operation, Chen Wu's Taiping Battalion and a part of the Volunteer Battalion sped up and arrived at the foot of Longshan City first.

The gate of Longshan was forced to close, and hundreds of people from nearby Daxing Village, who were preparing to move into the city to temporarily avoid the military disaster, were left outside, and all fell into the hands of the rebels.

To be honest, the most suitable time to rebel is not now, but in a few years to follow the five buckets of rice road. With that behemoth helping to share the firepower, Chen Wu, who is familiar with the general trend, can easily create a situation. At present, although the shape of the empire is in the twilight, it still has a strong military force. Forcibly rebelling is easy to cheapen others and end up with a background of being a king and a pioneer. It was precisely because of such worries that Chen Wu went down Lushan non-stop, and then switched to this side, just to be one line faster than the empire's response.

Now, although the news from the county town has not yet come, Chen Wu can feel that with the destruction of Linxian County, Wu'an's army may be dispatched at any time. That's why he kept urging the rebels to accelerate.

Whether it is against the official army or the righteous army, now is the time when every second counts.

Under the response of the Good Friends Association, the army of displaced people who spread out for ten miles and could not see the edge at a glance arrived one after another half a day later. Due to the constant deaths and comings and goings, the number of displaced people, who remained roughly at 80,000, slowly moved and sealed the eastern and southern walls of Long Son Province. Subsequently, Chen Wu immediately divided his men and scattered to capture the people near Longshan, preparing to drive them to attack the city and fill the moat.

Due to the relatively better body of the displaced people in Linxian County, the marching speed was faster than that of Chen Wu's rebel army. A day later, 40,000 members of the Good Friends Society also arrived and blocked the northern wall of Long Son Mansion as previously agreed.

This is a typical method of encircling three and putting one in battle.

With a total of more than 100,000 displaced people on both sides, it could have been easy to encircle Longshan. It's just that when they learned that there was no way out, the resistance of the Longshan official army would undoubtedly be much fiercer. Whether it is the Taiping Righteous Army or the Good Friends Association, at the current scale, they no longer care about letting go of a few officials, soldiers or ordinary people, and it is the most important thing to take Longshan as much as possible. Therefore, they deliberately left a vacancy in order to shake the will of the officers and soldiers.

It is naturally impossible for the government not to see such a small measure.

However, this is a yang scheme!

Even if Longshan Mansion knew, there was nothing to be done about it. They could not stop the wavering hearts of the people in the city, so they could only do their best to strengthen the city's defenses while waiting for the army of the county. Thankfully, the walls of Longshan Mansion are much taller than the small cities of Yicheng and Lushan, and they also have moats. Although they can't compare with Wu An, their opponent is not an elite army, but a rebel composed of outcasts.

What's more, in addition to this, there are trebuchets and bed crossbows in Longshan Mansion!