Liang Chongxin's main force also moved immediately after the infantry of three wings led by Mu Lige disappeared into Yese, and with the cover of night, they divided into several divisions and quietly moved towards the high ground where the Shentu rebel army was stationed, and soon formed a considerable encirclement. But this encirclement was not perfect, because in terms of numbers, Liang Chongxin's army was only more than 10,000 more than the rebellious army of Shentuhua, and it was far from enough to form an absolute superiority in numbers.

Just when the battle situation in Bonan Province in the south was in suspense, the battle situation in Guide Province in the north was particularly "calm".

On 9 November, after the reconnaissance troops had searched almost the entire western part of Guide and still found no trace of the enemy, Choi Wenxiu and Kamapov, together with their deputies Sang Sheng and Shenei, decided to divide their troops into two routes again and sweep from the north and south directions in order to clear out the small rebel forces that might have been left behind, and agreed to meet in the city of Guide after five days.

On November 10, Cui Wenxiu led the Qingyang Second Garrison Division of the Northern Front into Majiaji, an important town in the northwest of Guide Province, and encountered a small group of rebels, annihilating them in one fell swoop and capturing 263 people.

On November 12, Kamapov led the Qingyang 1st Garrison Division on the southern front to regain Shilipu, an important town in southern Germany, and was warmly welcomed by local residents.

The weather is still bad, and the first snow of the winter has been falling intermittently for several days, but the bad weather has not stopped the local people from longing for a stable and peaceful life.

Looking at the people who were flocking in the streets and alleys in the wind and snow, Kamapov said to his deputy Sang Sheng next to him with deep feelings: "It seems that the desire for a happy life is enough to make all difficulties timid, and the popularity of the people here can tell how disgusting the rebel army is, which is also doomed to the end of the defeat of these rebel armies." ”

"My lord, I'm afraid you don't know much about the life of the countrymen, if a real peasant can really have a bite to eat, and who is willing to risk killing his head to join any rebellion, it is forced to have no way to embark on this road. I was born in a peasant family, and I was well aware of these situations. In my hometown of Yanyun County, almost every year, there are many farmers who can't pay taxes and their families are ruined. After a pause, Sang Sheng, the deputy division commander on the horse, sighed deeply, "If the world is like Qingyang Jinzhou under the rule of Master Li, I think there are still any rebellious rebels." ”

Speaking of these rebellious rebels, Sang Sheng felt a mixed emotion in his heart, he deeply understood the state of mind of those desperate people, who was willing to rob their homes and become bandits, and who was willing to risk the risk of torture with a thousand knives to become enemies of the political axe? That was just a helpless choice.

Although Kamapov was quite familiar with his deputy, he didn't know Sangsheng's family background, so he hurriedly asked, "Then how did you join the army?"

"My family is quite well-off, but the family has a large population, and it is becoming more and more difficult to maintain it, but fortunately, I studied with the neighbor's private school teacher for a few years, and then I joined the army and ate a little food. Sang Sheng was still immersed in the memories of the past, and his voice was much lower.

Kamapov also snorted from his nose, "Now the officials at all levels of the empire are incompetent, and the officials are also taking advantage of the opportunity*, and the common people are even more unable to survive. ”

Looking around carefully, Kamapov was a little surprised, the surrounding houses and buildings are still relatively intact, there are no imaginary ruins, and the welcoming people are quite passable, it seems that the intelligence organization reflects the situation is really accurate, saying that there is a volunteer army active in the south of Guide, and has defeated the rebel army several times, so that the rebel army has never been able to fully control the southern part of Guide. Since his army has been stationed in Shilipu, he will have to see the true appearance of this team when the time comes.

Just thinking like this in his heart, he suddenly heard Sang Sheng's surprised voice: "Division commander, look, whose troops is that?"

Raised his head, followed Sang Sheng's eyes and looked over, he had arrived at the center of the town of Shilipu, there was a decent square here, it was quite good to have a square of this size at the level of the market town, in addition to some officials and gentry, there were several columns of soldiers neatly arranged on the square, but the clothes were a little messy, but the momentum was very strong, could it be that this group of people was those volunteers?

As the distance got closer and closer, the faces and images of the group of people who came to greet them gradually became clearer. The first one is a fat man who looks like a gentry, and on the left is a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman, and the images of the two on the right immediately attract the attention of Kamapov and Sangsheng. The one on the left is about thirty years old, of medium height, with a thin face, scorched skin, but a pair of eyes that are very smart, with a short beard under the chin, and his hands on his back, and a calm demeanor; the one on the right is only in his twenties, tall, with a proud momentum between his eyebrows, and his golden hair is combed with a ponytail, which is thrown behind his back at will, and he looks very trendy, but he has a sheathed giant sword in the dirt in front of him, and looks coldly at Kamapov and his party.

"Two adults, Xia Guan is the first season of Shilipu Town, and he has been waiting here for a long time. When Kamapov and Sangsheng dismounted from the saddle and stepped forward, the fat man who looked like a gentleman greeted him warmly and introduced himself.

"This is the president of our Shilipu Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Chu Juezhi, the largest wine merchant in the south of our Guide Mansion. After introducing the businessman-like person on the left, this Ji Gaoming introduced the two people on his right, "This is Mr. Long Zi, the leader of our volunteer soldiers in Shilipu, and this is his deputy Hillman." ”

Immediately afterwards, Ji Gaoming made a speech of gratitude to the political axe army for coming to save the people from fire and water, and after some cold noise, Sang Sheng left to arrange the camp of the troops, and Kamapov walked into the town office with several people.

Even before his departure, Li Wufeng had a special conversation with the officials of the local political axe organs to minimize resistance and win their support, and Kamapov was no exception.

While talking enthusiastically with several officials, I also learned about the basic situation of Shilipu. Shilipu is the most important and largest market town in the south of Guide, which is located in the main traffic artery, the land is fertile, the climate is very suitable for planting grapes, there are grape plantations everywhere, several market towns around are also important grape producing areas, Shilipu also concentrates several famous wine workshops in the Tang River Empire, which produces "Beauty Tears", "Heroic Blood", "Rose Angel", "Chun Dream Without a Trace", "Forget Love Water" and other brands of various series of red wine, which are well-known throughout the continent. During the grape harvest season, the vineyards in the surrounding areas send the best grapes to Shilipu, and the horse-drawn cart pulling the grapes is said to be ten miles away at the longest time, hence the name Shilipu.

But this has been a decades old, since the power of the Luope people on the eastern Tengger steppe became strong, and soon controlled the northern passage across the eastern, central and western continents, they not only levied heavy taxes on the passing caravans, but also seized goods at will, and even many military personnel disguised themselves as bandits to loot the passing caravans, the local social security also deteriorated rapidly, many real bandits also chose this important northern passage as a good place to forage, so that no one dared to take this once glorious trade artery.

The detour to the south of the channel, not only the distance is much farther, but also the intermediate checkpoints are also as many as a cow's hair, transported to the middle continent, the price has risen several times, and transported to the west continent, the price can even rise to ten times the factory price. In addition to the upper class in the empire, ordinary people did not have a very good taste for wine. Due to the above-mentioned reasons, the wine industry in the southern part of Guide Province declined rapidly and remained sluggish, until after Li Wufeng defeated the Rope people in a row in the past two years, the vineyard owners and wine merchants of Guide Province saw a glimmer of dawn in the dark night.

While talking and laughing, Kamapov also learned some information about the volunteers. Most of the members of the volunteers came from the children of farmers in the vineyards in the south of Guide, and some of them were recruited from other places at the expense of the town's chamber of commerce, a total of about 2,000 people. Their leader, Long Zi, was originally an officer of the Defu Garrison Division, two years ago because of discord with the superiors of the garrison division at that time, and was declared by the superior for personal vendettas, and he was dismissed from the military for some reason, and he returned to his hometown Shilipu to work as a farmer for a living, until this year there was a rebellion in the whole territory of Defu, and then developed into a full-scale rebellion, and the rebels looted everywhere, causing the panic of the Shilipu merchants, so they jointly funded with the town office to recruit volunteers in the name of the town office, conduct training, and defend their homes, and Long himself was also hired as the general leader, responsible for leading this group of volunteers。

After he took over the leadership of the volunteers, on the one hand, he stepped up the training of the volunteers, and on the other hand, he recruited some reserve personnel from Guide Province who he had trained to come to him, and quickly formed a certain combat effectiveness. The young man named Hillman was a hunter he had befriended during his mission in the border area with Taixuanfu, and he also took the opportunity to recruit him to assist him.

In several battles in which the rebels came to attack, he led the volunteers to take advantage of their familiarity with the local terrain to adopt guerrilla tactics of fighting if they could win and running away if they could not win, and at the same time constantly disrupting the supply lines of the rebels, so that the rebels never succeeded in fighting the rebels until the rebels disappeared some time ago.

Kamapov was very appreciative of the tactics adopted by the dragon himself, and when the enemy was strong and weak, he was not only able to save himself intact, but also dealt a powerful blow to the enemy, which was indeed a remarkable achievement. Long himself saw that Kamapov was very appreciative of the tactics he used and the results he had achieved, and he felt very proud in his heart, but he also knew that because he had not encountered a strong opponent, he might not be able to apply this tactic if a real large-scale rebellion came.

Hillman, who had always had a cold attitude, did not look down on the rebels because he was a regular army because he was a regular army, but praised the achievements of his side, and his attitude changed greatly, and he also took the initiative to talk to Kamapov.

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