On the most prosperous Xidu Avenue in Tianshui City, the three-story Ziyunting is the most prestigious restaurant in Tianshui City. Next to it is Qinglianyuan, the largest gold selling cave in Tianshui City.
A group of men in black were sitting silently in a secret room in Qinglian Courtyard, as if waiting for something, especially the middle-aged burly man sitting at the door. Although his face was covered with a black scarf, he could not hide the anxious look in his eyes.
The door was pushed open suddenly, and the person who came closest was a woman in brocade. The man with a mask in black scarf was overjoyed when he saw her. He stood up suddenly and followed the woman in brocade out. There was a muttering outside the door.
"Already confirmed?" It was the voice of a man with a mask in black scarf.
"Well, no problem, I saw them go in with my own eyes." It should be the voice of the woman in brocade.
"Then where is the best place for us to ambush?" the man in black scarf asked in a deep voice.
Then there was a blur of conversation. After a pack of cigarettes, a man with a mask in black scarf came in like a gust of wind. With a wave of his hand, all the men in black clothes sitting in the room quickly stood up and filed out. Disappeared into the courtyard.
In the largest private room on the second floor of Ziyunting, the tall and thin old man in the main seat frequently raised his glasses and drank with the seven or eight plainclothes men at the same table. Although several men were dressed in casual clothes, several of them were His fierce military temperament cannot be concealed.
"Come on, come on, let me toast you all again. Tomorrow you will set off to return west. I wish you all a safe journey. Come and have a drink!" The old man stood up first and drank the glass in one gulp.
The remaining people also stood up and picked up their wine glasses. At this moment, a huge change occurred.
The windows to the east were all broken in an instant, and the window shadows flickered, followed by a loud "crash", followed by a chilling "boom boom boom" sound, like a locust. Crossbow arrows suddenly enveloped the entire room. Two of the people sitting around the table reacted very quickly. One person violently lifted the round table and sat down violently, causing the other person to roll sideways and into the corner, and the brocade stool he was sitting on was blocked in front of him. The powerful crossbow arrows hit the tables and stools with a harsh clang sound. Several other people were not so lucky. Especially the three people with their backs to the window were shot like hedgehogs on the spot, and the person next to them was also shot in the shoulder by an arrow. department.
However, the tall and thin old man was lucky. The crossbow arrow was blocked by the erected original table. His body went limp and fell to the ground. "Here, there is an assassin!" The shrill cry made people shudder.
Before the sergeants outside the door could rush in, black figures had already covered the collapsed window. They swarmed in in a flash, and the sound of killings filled their ears. The sergeants guarding the door were also very responsive and had no time to open the door. They broke into the door, but the small space limited their performance. Before they could pounce, the man in black had already controlled the entire scene. Five of the eight people on the table had already fallen into a pool of blood. What they saw was shocking. He was alive, but the other two people were also covered in flesh and blood and were in danger. Fortunately, the soldiers pounced desperately to block the crazy attack of the man in black regardless of life and death. The superior soldiers who followed quickly took advantage, and those who got the news The guards quickly surrounded the entire restaurant.
The entire battle did not last long, and the men in black paid a heavy price under the siege of the army. Except for a few who escaped, the rest were either killed in battle or seriously injured and captured. But when the soldiers took the captives into custody, the black blood coming out of the corners of their mouths also announced the end of their lives.
It was night, and the whole city of Tianshui was under martial law to search for suspicious persons.
Looking at Wu Feng's sleeping face, Qin Shuangying's hurried steps couldn't help but slow down. It seems that Ai Lang is indeed too tired. Should he wait and come again? In the past few days, both Gu Dengyun's intelligence department in the Kansai region and the intelligence network deployed by the Northwest Intelligence Agency in Kansai have noticed abnormalities in the entire Kansai region, and even the officials of various Kansai prefectures have also noticed. The entire Six Prefectures of Kansai seems to be like a restless powder keg. Anyone who touches it may stir up smoke all over the sky.
Wu Feng has been so busy these days that everything seems to be concentrated together. In addition to paying attention to the changes in the situation in the Kansai region, which occupied most of his energy, the changes in the countries in the Western Region also made Wu Feng feel a little annoyed. At this time, Su Qin was away on a visit, Ling Tianfang was in Taixuan Mansion, and there was no one around him. A person who can discuss and discuss, this makes Wu Feng once again feel the pain of lack of talents. His foundation is really too shallow. It is indeed difficult for him to accumulate much depth in just a few years. Wu Feng only You can comfort yourself like this.
In the past few days, all kinds of intelligence have shown that the Taiping Rebellion is close at hand. Armed organizations of the Taiping Religion have begun to gather secretly in many places. Many key members of the Taiping Religion have gone into hiding, apparently to prevent the government from discovering the uprising before the uprising. , local governments also discovered some anomalies, but did not make much of a response. The special investigation teams from the Imperial Ministry of the Interior and the Police General Bureau also conducted unsatisfactory investigations and arrests in various places. In many places, grassroots governments either If they don't cooperate, or they are acting in secret, it will be very difficult to carry out their work. These people have pinned their hopes on the troops who are returning to the division.
As the time for the outbreak of the war draws closer, the entire northwest army is also secretly adjusting its deployment. A large amount of military supplies, including food, clothing, weapons, equipment, and war horses, began to arrive at Bonan as early as a month ago under the cover of darkness. The government transportation is now coming to an end. Rao, the new director of combat readiness, fully demonstrated his talents, which made Wu Feng quite satisfied. His methodical arrangements and careful and meticulous planning made the originally heavy and complicated military supplies preparation work suddenly become clear-cut, with proper priorities, and everything seemed so tight and orderly.
According to Wu Feng's arrangement, all troops, including the garrison, have secretly entered a state of combat readiness. In view of the increasingly severe situation, the Guards Division has been expanded to full strength in a short period of time. Wu Feng has not considered deploying it to the upcoming Central Plains. Instead of leaving during the war, they were stationed in Qingyang as a reserve force, while the third and fifth divisions of the Northwest Army had quietly entered Bonan City. According to Wu Feng's order, the Bonan Guard Division was renamed the Northwest Independent Second Mixed Division and stationed in the Yangmakou Fortress in advance. The two regiments that had just been formed from the reserve forces were upgraded to the Bonan Garrison Division, and were quickly expanded to make up for one division.
During this period, Wu Feng made a surprise inspection of Yinchuan Prefecture's armament situation. Jin Zecheng's performance did not disappoint Wu Feng. In just ten days, in addition to reinforcing and adding a large number of defensive arrow holes and bunkers, A large number of improved stone throwers and strong slaves transported from Qingyang have been basically installed, further improving Yinchuan City's city defense capabilities. At the same time, the newly formed Yinchuan Second Garrison Division has basically taken shape. Since Yinchuan Prefecture has strong reservists and weapons and equipment in stock, the Second Garrison Division was quickly established. However, since this division only has two A dilapidated regiment was built, and the grassroots officers seemed to be somewhat lacking. Jin Zecheng, who was commissioned by Wu Feng to form the regiment, took the initiative to request that some officers be transferred from other units under Wu Feng's command to enrich it, and asked Wu Feng to appoint separate division-level leaders.
Wu Feng saw through what he meant and had an in-depth conversation with Jin Zecheng again. The content of the conversation was unknown. Finally, in addition to recruiting some middle and low-level officers from the students of the Northwest Military Academy, Wu Feng agreed to appoint the former deputy commander of the Yinchuan First Guard Division as the commander, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Second Guard Division. The positions will be served by two graduates of the regiment-level officer training class of the Northwest Military Academy, and the logistics director will be selected from the former Second Guard Division.
On the day he returned to Qingyang from Yinchuan, Wu Feng rushed to Jinzhou non-stop. In addition to reviewing the training status of the Jinzhou Garrison Division, he also unexpectedly inspected the training status of the Jinzhou reserve personnel. In addition, Wu Feng also had secret talks with Gaoyue tribe elder Ka Mian and North Luzon Gaoyue tribe elder Shiliu who made a special trip to Jinzhou Fucheng.
"Sister Qin, Sir, he just fell asleep for a while, do you think we should wake him up later?" The accent of some foreign accent was naturally Di Leina's, she stood behind Qin Shuangying and whispered behind Qin Shuangying's ear.
"Well, I'll just wait a moment." Qin Shuangying hesitated for a moment and said with her head.
"No, Shuangying, what's the matter?" Wu Feng, who was somewhat sleepy, cheered up, stretched, and jumped up from the bed. Although he only slept for a while, a nap at noon was enough to survive the night. Two hours.
Seeing that Wu Feng had stood up, Qin Shuangying no longer hesitated and said immediately: "Sir, there is an urgent military situation!" In front of outsiders, Qin Shuangying always called Wu Feng by his name.
"Oh?" Seeing Qin Shuangying's serious face, Wufeng also became serious, "Tell me about it."
"According to the urgent report from Tianshui, the division chiefs of the Third Division and the Fourth Division of the Imperial Fourth Army were attacked in Tianshui Fucheng. The chief, deputy division commander and chief of staff of the Third Division died on the spot. The Logistics Department The commander was seriously injured, the commander and chief of staff of the Fourth Division died on the spot, the deputy division commander was seriously injured, and only the logistics director who was on duty at home survived."
The words were so critical that Ling Wufeng couldn't help but change his expression, "What on earth is going on? How come the division commanders of two army divisions in the empire were attacked at the same time? Who is the other party?" This is simply shocking. It can be said that so many senior officers were attacked and killed at the same time. It can be said that it has never happened in the history of the empire. No wonder Wu Feng also lost his temper.
"According to intelligence, the Third Division and the Fourth Division arrived at Tianshui Fucheng almost at the same time. Since the two divisions had to go their separate ways after passing Tianshui Fucheng, the guards of Tianshui City hosted a banquet for the principals of the two divisions at the largest restaurant in Fucheng. Officer, I didn't expect such a big problem. As for who the other party is, there is no news yet. We only know that the other party sent out a total of more than ten people. Except for seven people who died in the battle, three of them committed suicide after being captured. The escape was successful, but the origins of these assassins have not been found out yet." Qin Shuangying seemed very calm.
After being silent for a long time, Wu Feng with a gloomy face said: "It seems that they are really unscrupulous. They can even think of such methods. They are so poisonous that they actually try to get rid of the problem. However, this method is indeed effective. Now this The two divisions are quite paralyzed. It may not matter if they are missing one chief officer, but if they are all gone at once, it will be difficult for the army to operate. Even if the Imperial Army appoints it immediately, it will still need a running-in period. , during which the combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly reduced." It seemed as if he was talking to himself and to the two of them.