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However, Jiang Bin was not too worried, because the situation reflected from the west showed that the Kamans had exerted tremendous military pressure on the Taixuanfu region, which had gathered a large number of troops, according to the agreement, and it was impossible for the Northwest Army in the Taixuanfu region to draw out troops, and they were lucky to be able to protect themselves. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 He was a little worried that his other army, which was moving quickly on the southern front, was said to have taken control of the most important iron mines in the south of Lulong Province, although it was still some distance from the Longdong Partridge Pass in the south, and there was also a Liupan mountain range in between, and it would be quite difficult for the Northwest Army entrenched there to go north. However, it is still necessary to remind them to be careful and avoid accidents, after all, Li Wufeng's use of soldiers is different from ordinary people.

Originally a humble town in the south of Lulong Province, Blackstone has changed dramatically since the discovery of abundant iron ore here thirty years ago. After repeated exploration, the Imperial Administration of Industry and Mining determined that there is an extremely rich iron ore here, which is enough to mine for more than 100 years, causing earth-shaking changes here. The Imperial General Administration of Industry and Mining built two large-scale mines here on behalf of the Imperial Central Committee, and built a large-scale smelter supporting them, while Beiyuan County and Lulongfu also built one mine on behalf of the local government axes at all levels, but compared to the super-large mines built by the Miao family of the five major families of the empire after obtaining the approval of the Imperial Central Committee, these government-run mines are dwarfed. There are also dozens of small privately owned mines around these large mines, all of which were gradually developed by some well-established businessmen and gentry after gaining the support of the government.

The development of a large number of mines has attracted a large influx of labor, with tens of thousands of workers in just a few large mines, and more than 20,000 miners gathered in Blackstone with the addition of various small mines. Such a large number of consumer groups will inevitably attract a large number of consumer industries to enter, and the entire Blackstone set presents a deformed prosperity, with teahouses, hotels, casinos, pawnshops, and Fengyue venues all flourishing, creating the second largest town in Lulong Mansion after Fucheng.

At this time, the Black Stone Set had completely fallen into a state of no political axe, because the Taiping Army's partial division first detoured to the west, and then reversed the direction, surrounded the Black Stone Set in one fell swoop, and a large number of merchants who were trapped in the Black Stone Market Town and had not had time to escape were captured. They are all merchants from all over the empire, most of them come here to buy iron products, carrying a large amount of cash and money bank tickets, but they did not expect that in just a few days, the situation in various places has changed abruptly, and there are wars and chaos everywhere, and the merchants in desperation have to retreat in this black stone set, hoping that God can open their eyes to avoid this catastrophe.

As the commander of this partial division, the young man couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and thought that the land under his feet was so rich, riding a horse and leading the troops to patrol the streets, and the hustle and bustle of the past was faintly visible, and he didn't know how much unknown wealth was hidden behind these high-rise mansions, and the corner of the young man's mouth showed a cold smile.

"General, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate for you to do this, right?" In the solemn hall, the young man had just finished issuing the order, and the last person he had already stepped forward in a hurry, "The Holy State Wen Xiangfu has already issued an order, asking us to deal with the property of these merchants and gentry carefully, and you confiscate all their assets like this, I'm afraid it is a little inconsistent with the decree of the Wen Xiangfu!"

"Hey, what should you think of it? Do you still let these maggots enjoy the bloody wealth they have obtained by squeezing our miners and slave brothers at will, or let them take this wealth with them?" The young man's face immediately turned cold, his eyes faintly red, and his eyes showed a burst of crazy killing intent, "Do you ask your brothers who have only joined us if you agree? Do you ask all the suffering Holy Sect brothers in Taixia if they agree?"

"Yes, these pigs and dogs are like vampires who endlessly suck the blood of our miners and drain our oil, we must not tolerate these guys who can continue to act under the rule of the Holy Sect! We will never agree!" The two middle-aged men who looked like miners stood up with excited faces, waving their powerful hands, and their emotions were a little impulsive. They were all miners liberated by the Taiping Army after the capture of Heishiji, and most of them were slaves, and they all asked to join the Holy Cult Army, and they immediately agreed to the young generals.

"But, ''''''" Under the angry gaze of everyone next to him, the thin young man who stood up to express his opposition seemed to be unable to withstand the pressure of everyone's gaze, and his body couldn't help shrinking, but he still mustered up the courage to say: "But this will have an adverse impact on our future development!"

We have the poor people of the world to rely on, that is, we want to eradicate these rotten parasites, this time we only confiscated their property, and have not yet asked for their lives, we just hope that they can be honest people, we will continue to track down, we must not show mercy to those who are rich and unkind, we must let their own blood wash away their own sins!"

The young commander was in high spirits, all the way through Jizhan Town, the officers and soldiers fled, and did not encounter any decent enemy at all, and at this time nearly 10,000 slave miners joined his troops, and his strength was even more unusual. The most important thing is to obtain a large number of weapons in several iron workshops, many of which are orders from the emperor's [***] team, knives, spears, shields, iron leaf armor, etc., everything, enough to equip more than 30,000 people, not only to meet the needs of the new 10,000 troops, but also to improve and supplement the weapons of their original troops, greatly enhancing their self-confidence.

And the large amount of money and materials obtained from these merchants and local merchants and gentry gathered in the market town is enough to double the size of his team and still last for half a year, and at that time, his status in the holy country will definitely be greatly improved. Maybe it won't be long before he gets rid of this identity as the commander of the division, commands the entire army, and becomes a veritable commander of the army of the first government. It seems that you have to squeeze these soft bone merchants, maybe you have to kill a few more to have the effect of killing chickens and scaring monkeys, so that the income will definitely be more lucrative, thinking of this, the young man's face couldn't help but show a smug smile.

"What's the situation?" Wu Feng hurriedly walked into the big tent, and as soon as he fell asleep and rested, he was aroused by the guards, and his mood was indeed a little unhappy, but he also knew that something important must happen, otherwise Mu Lige would not have sent someone to call him in such a hurry.

"Back to my lord, there is an emergency. Mu Lige's russet face showed a look of excitement, and he excitedly reported: "The enemy's whereabouts have been discovered, and it is very beneficial to us. ”

"Oh?" Wu Feng was also interested when he heard it, was it too lucky, this front foot just stepped out of the Liupan Mountains, it was easy to say that he would take a break, and before he could lie down, the enemy came?

"What's going on, let's talk about it specifically. After calming down, Wu Feng regained his usual composure.

"My lord, just now our scout detachment has captured several suspicious people thirty miles away from our camp, and after examination, they are all merchants who have escaped from the Black Stone Set, and have provided us with the basic information of the enemy in the Black Stone Set. With a wave of his hand, Mu Lige motioned for his men to bring the captured merchant up.

Taking advantage of this spare time, Wu Feng frowned and asked, "Have their identities been confirmed?"

"Don't worry, my lord, there is absolutely no problem, I have personally reviewed it repeatedly. Mu Lige said with a puff of arms.

"Well, that's good, don't ask the Taiping people to put a condom on us, but it will become a joke. Wu Feng let out a sigh of relief and said, "How were they able to escape?"

"There are still some joints in between, if you are not at ease for a while, you might as well ask carefully. Mu Lige replied with a smile.

Three middle-aged people in disgrace were quickly brought up, probably due to the urgency of time, several people's clothes had not had time to change, they still looked gray-faced, and their spirits were also sluggish, but their faces were a little happy, perhaps glad that they had escaped from the tiger and wolf den of the Black Stone Collection.

As soon as the three of them stepped into the big tent, they found the difference, and they were also brought into the tent after repeated examination, and the general, who was probably a chief general, carefully interrogated for a long time before sending the three back to detention, but at this time, they saw that the brown-faced master general was standing under the head of a plainclothes young man, obviously belonging to the subordinate position, and they couldn't help but feel strange, and the eyes of the three suddenly fell on Wu Feng.

"This is Duke Li Wufeng, the military and political envoy of the northwest of the empire and the governor of Northern Luzon, and he still hasn't seen the courtesy?!" Mu Lige, who was standing on the side, said solemnly, his eyes were like torches, and the three of them shrank their bodies.

"Huh?!" the three of them shook their whole bodies and were surprised, "Your Excellency, you have to be our master!"

The three of them knelt on the ground in unison, weeping and crying: "My lord, you must be the master for us, those cult rebels are simply lawless, they have looted all the belongings we have worked hard to accumulate over the years, they are even more ferocious than bandits and robbers!"

It seems that the appearance of Wu Feng and his army has given these people endless hope, and the fear and fear of the humiliation they have suffered in the past few days have been released at once, and several big men are like women prostrate at Wu Feng's feet and cry bitterly, so the smell makes Wu Feng difficult to accept for a while.

Although it is very disdainful of these people to behave like girls, but think about these guys who have been accustomed to the luxurious life of pampering, where have they suffered such torture, it is already very good to be able to walk and escape, these guys will still be of some use to themselves in the future, at least let them go back and promote their glorious image, so Wu Feng tried his best to suppress the disgust in his heart, pretending to be kind and pleasant, and comforted:" Please rest assured, Li will never let the barbaric acts of this gang of cult traitors continue, and we must find justice for you!"

The fierce and sonorous rhetoric made the three people who knelt at Wu Feng's feet suddenly have infinite hope, and their reverence for Wu Feng's gratitude to Dade was even more like a mountain, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Wu Feng didn't talk nonsense with them much, he was more concerned about the current situation of the Holy Sect Army stationed in the Black Stone Set, especially their number configuration and deployment. Of course, the three businessmen actively cooperated, and told what they had seen and heard, and indeed provided a lot of valuable information for the Wufeng side.

It turned out that one of these three people was the landlord in the south of Lulong, and fled into the Black Stone Set when they noticed the deterioration of the situation, but they didn't expect to be caught by the Holy Sect Army who conquered the Black Stone Set, and the other two were the mine owners of the Black Stone Set, and the three of them were forced to hand over all the money, gold and silver after being captured by the Holy Sect Army, and the ordinary performance was not too eye-catching, so the Holy Sect Army let the three of them return to their respective houses in the Black Stone Set to wait for processing, originally they didn't want to take such a big risk to escape, but they found that several relatively large mine owners were still not allowed to leave the Taiping Army's prison after all their property was confiscated, only to find that the situation was not quite rightAfter the three of them discussed, they simply fled at night with some easy-to-keep treasures, but they were still blocked by the rebels when they escaped from the Black Stone Collection, fortunately several of them were slave miners who only joined the Holy Cult Army this time, and the two mine owners usually treated them well, and after offering all the treasures, there were acquaintances who said that the small leader of the Taiping Army who led the team finally let them go, and they were able to escape.

After repeated interrogation, Wu Feng was finally convinced that the enemy's house situation in the Black Stone Set had been mastered by his own side, and after the people left, Wu Feng immediately made a decision, and immediately asked Mu Lige to arrange for the scouts to go out as quickly as possible, understand the situation around the Black Stone Set, and began to discuss the surprise attack plan.

"My lord, I think we probably can't wait for the scouts to report any longer, the soldiers are very fast, the time is urgent, the situation has been relatively clear, the enemy is still in a state of carnival, most of the patrol and alert troops sent are slave soldiers who only joined two days ago, and they have no experience at all, we can take this opportunity to take him by surprise and destroy them in one fell swoop. If there is a slight delay for the enemy to discover our whereabouts, or if other circumstances arise, it will be difficult to achieve all the success in one battle. Mu Lige suggested anxiously, the Black Stone Set is nearly forty miles away from his camping area, once it is detected by the enemy scouts, then all the plans will be in vain, and this opportunity will be lost, and the Taiping Army will add 10,000 strong miners to the living force, plus the Black Stone Set has a sufficient supply of weapons, which will bring unnecessary losses to its own side.

Wu Feng also nodded, in fact, while arranging for the scouts to be dispatched, he was also thinking about the issue of fighters, and it was a pity to delay the fighters, and now hearing what Mu Lige said, it strengthened his confidence in attacking quickly. Thank you for your continued support, sorry for the delay due to publication issues during this period. Because the book is updated too quickly on the Internet, many publishers are reluctant to publish it, and it is said that Sheng has a rule that every book published there can get a physical publication if it gets a thousand pre-order tickets, hoping to support Regan's book lovers and readers to make a reservation in the grand book column. As long as you register in Shanda, you can be allowed to pre-order, there are no other requirements, please support this book and my book friends and readers to give strong support, in order to realize my publishing dream. Regan would like to express his sincerest gratitude to all the book friends and readers who have always supported me, whether they go to book or not.

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