A patch of pale and mottled color outside Ankang County,
After stumbling and chasing in different shades of snow, the panting Wang Hongfan still caught up with the slippery fish without any risk, and then slammed a card into his shoulder with a flying card, and suddenly lost his balance and tripped to the ground. .
Then the other sergeants who were overtaken, dragged their feet and lay hands to catch, beat them a few times and stopped moving, then tied them with ropes. Then drag it together on the snow to the bottom of the city, stuff it into a basket and hang it up.
"The question came out... I really caught someone with another source... but it was from the Sima family in the southwestern Bizhou..."
Later, Wang Hongfan, who was slightly nervous and a little nervous, came to Lu Shuai Zhang Dong to report.
"According to his confession, this time he came to attack Jinzhou. In addition to our Yangzhou unity, there are also various people from Bizhou, (South) Tongzhou and Jizhou, such as the Tutuo and Zhenshu... ."
"We can be regarded as people's way here. Only then did we take turns to fight and die; it was only in the past few days that due to lack of food and grass, frostbite and a lot of frostbite, there have been several episodes of retreat... ."
"It's just that the boss can't blame me for making a few noises. We have been here for a long time. When will we see the reinforcements of the Metropolitan Government...or else, let's take these opponents and retreat quickly before returning. Fangzhou is fine..."
"This... wait a minute..."
However, Zhang Dong hesitated, and after turning his mind, he became firm again.
"The soldiers of the Taiping Army definitely did not easily give up the truth of their own robe; what's more, this city's sergeants and the people are united in the same vengeance for our army, how can they easily throw them to the thieves..."
"Zhang Tou, that's not what I said..."
Wang Hongfan was a little anxious and said.
"In all fairness, these city sergeants are not relying on our generation to live, and they have to work together for a while. If they have a little chance and leisure, I am afraid it is not the mind of the moment and the moment..."
"Furthermore, only by preserving our useful bodies at the moment, can we have a chance to avenge those brothers who really can't go...maybe there is still a chance to attract reinforcements to come back and save them..."
"Needless to say, we are the Taiping Army who seeks peace for the people's voice, but not the officers and soldiers who treat the people like abandonment.. There is a corresponding reason and principle..."
Zhang Dong became more determined.
"As long as they have never failed me, I will not abandon it easily. What's more, I still have confidence in the Taiping Army's robe. As long as I know the predicament here, I will definitely find ways to rescue."
"I know that you have just arrived, but you still don't understand the consistent persistence of the Taiping Army."
Then he sighed again and faced Wang Hongfan, who was helpless and unconcerned.
"But you have to think about it. The outside world is already frosty and wild in winter. Even if you let you escape on your own, how far can you persist in the wind and snow that lacks cover. If it's an enemy army. If you lie down in an ambush, or volley in the middle, I'm afraid it will inevitably be ruined..."
"Well, maybe the boss is more thoughtful... I will give up my life to accompany you for a while..."
Hearing this, Wang Hongfan also had mixed feelings and felt a little sorrowful.
Before he had finished his words, he could hear someone shouting loudly from the wooden watchpost of Chengtou. Then Zhang Dong, who rushed to the top of the wall, returned in groups of rebellious rebels in the wild again.
And Wang Hongfan tightened his lips, secretly rejoicing and unaware; fortunately, he listened to the advice and didn't decide to flee the city by himself, otherwise, wouldn't he be in the midst of these rebel forces.
Only after getting closer, both Zhang Dong and Wang Hongfan found something wrong; the rebel flag that was returned was a bit messy and skewed, and the direction of running was not directly facing Ankang City.
Then Zhang Dong couldn't help letting the left and right screens be quiet. He listened carefully in the wind for a while before he showed a certain joy.
"I'm afraid it's coming to relieve the siege..."
As if confirming his words, the sharp flutes and whistle sounds resounding all over the mountains and plains, like the morning dawn waking up and piercing the wilderness, closely chasing the many figures who fled through the white field in disarray, for a while. Immediately after a while approaching.
Afterwards, many pawns with shimmering armours faintly appeared in the wind and snow. Under the leading lead holding the flying fish/Kunpeng green flag, they were like a trickle of mountains and brooks converging into a river, constantly moving closer and gathering together. together.
These riding pawns drove and trot with their mounts, arranging them like a wall, and then successively decelerated and dismounted before forming a number of horizontal lines, hiding groups of mounts behind them. Holding a quick-acting reambow with a small ratchet to wind up the tie, the screaming screams that are facing the rebels are sunken into the sky.
Then, a series of crouched down sideways, holding a small group card in one hand, and waving a thick iron pipe in the other hand, suddenly knocked on the edge of the group card, and suddenly made a ping-pong explosion and a burst of sound. The fireworks are coming.
I saw the rebels who rushed back to them, like fallen rice crops, and planted unevenly on their heads; only then did they re-wake the iron pipes that were still hot and smoke in their hands and face them. The rebels scattered in formation under the deadly wounds and horror were beaten and smashed.
Suddenly, these rebels who first stepped forward to fight the battle were fleeing and scattered on the spot by their recoil.
"Stay steady, be steady, don't stick out in front..."
"With fire as the smallest battle group, mutual cover advances..."
"Quick-hair crossbow and three-eyed guns are all cleaned up before the enemy is allowed."
The team deputy/Qitou Lu who was in the assault queue was drifting, also shouting loudly.
—I am the dividing line —
Shannanxi Road is also in the misty and rainy Yuzhou area, seven or eight miles away from Zhouchengba County, in a temporary hidden camp covered by vegetation under the riverside mountain wall.
"These days, it's really awkward..."
Wang Qiu, the advance team, whispered while drinking a thick bean soup cooked with canned ground bacon.
"Obviously, the stockade of the official army is there, but it is still impossible to transport the firearms up, so I can only throw it close to my back, which is really a disadvantage... When the rain becomes dense, there is no hope..."
"It is true that Gao Renhou of the Xichuan Army has some means, and within a short time he has controlled the situation..."
Zhao Jingfan, the riding school lieutenant beside him, also nodded in agreement.
"These stockades and barriers are all standing on the mountain, piled up with a lot of wood and stone to echo each other... Our people want to grab it, they have to attack them from their backs everywhere... But if the officers and soldiers want to take it back, they will be condescending. It’s protected by arrows, wood and stone, and has its own footpath to take advantage of the trend... It’s much more time-saving and worry-free than ours."
"There is no way. We can only make more plans after waiting for the supplies and personnel of the lower reaches of the Gorge River to be supplemented with military resources and personnel to be transported from the waterway..."
Another liaison/surveying sergeant representing the navy, Wang Guoer said.
"Although the five states of the Gorge River Road have not yet been completely calmed down, the areas along the river have been cleared out, and the camping and construction of the key points are already underway, so that there can also be an additional line of carriage and horse transportation on the land as a supplement..."
"The key is to mobilize the Ding Zhuang and the products of the Xiajiang prefectures, and manage a stable rear area before they have more aggressive leeway.. If you submit to the line, I'm afraid you can't count on it anymore..."
This period of stalemate and confrontation is not all good news. First of all, Yixingxing tried to convene and mobilize the previous efforts of the old ministry in Yuzhou, which suffered serious setbacks and failures there.
Because compared with the weaker generations of the local government, the new Xichuan Army can not only fight well, but also win people's hearts. After not knowing what methods and conditions were used, most of the local villages were pulled over; and The foreign armed forces of the Taiping Army showed a platooning and uncooperative attitude.
Several of them claimed to have followed the obedience line of the old ministry, and even tried to ambush and capture him, the former leader, to give credit to the army. If it weren't for the professional Taiping sergeant who was alert and powerful enough.
Then the tentative offensive on the waterway continued to be blocked.
In addition to the chain barriers between the water villages on the Hengduan River, the official army even drove stakes and cables in the coastal beaches near Chengba County; as a result, they wanted to take the night to ashore for armed reconnaissance. Cars and boats are not prevented from being caught in a collision.
Then the officers and soldiers in ambush on the shore clamored and broke the water wheel on one side with a lot of rockets and flying rocks. If it hadn't happened to coincide with the continuous high tide, it would have almost not been able to retreat.
Therefore, in order to ensure the safety and deterrence of waterway transportation, naval warships have stopped conducting tentative attacks and harassment on the upstream xiakou water village in the near future.
In the northwest of Ba County, he presided over the situation. Sheng's honest and reliable Meizhou defense made Gao Renhou, but he frowned heavily after receiving a news.
"What?. The food boats and rewards that descended from the Fujiang River were intercepted at Hechuankou? Who did it?"
"It is said to be the banner of the Dongchuan Army..."
The messenger responded quickly.
—I am the dividing line —
The little court in Chengdu Jinguan City, and the gorgeous Yun'an Hall just completed a routine singing and dancing pilgrimage in the music of Zhong Ding Shao by more than a hundred courtiers;
General Zuo Shenwu, who was in charge of court ceremonies, walked on the left and right to protect the army envoy Zhou Bao; with General Zuo Jinwu, the Shangshu of the Procuratorate Department, and Liu Jurong, the guardian envoy of the gates in front of the palace; these two successively lost their towns because of the Taiping Army. The brothers and sisters in all of them also sat together briefly in the side hall.
"Have you heard that, Dongchuan Yang Shili once again refused the call to walk on the grounds that he was very bad at walking on the road..."
Liu Jurong was straightforward. (End of this chapter)