Outside Taixu City, the cicadas that were particularly fierce because of the hot weather was completely covered up by the noise of the battlefield.

And in a low mound far away from the city wall, a small piece of shade and a pergola,

Zhang Dong, a former captain of the Long March athlete, carefully chewed the newly opened fish pieces of black beans, and even the stewed and crispy fish bones and fish bones were finely ground into the residue before swallowing the tea soup that was so smooth that it was soaked;

Because the weather gets hot, in addition to pickled shrimp paste, fish sauce, crab paste, etc., Baodiye, which is a canned aquatic products, has also become much shorter. The inventory needs to be cleared in time before it can be replaced with a new supplement. It is not far from her vision.

In the dull and sour clanging voice of Weng Ming, the stone cannon/catterer with the largest size and the farthest range; under the traction of groups of animals and humans, shaking violently and swinging his arms, smashing the heavy rocks on the head of the city; and on the walls of rammed earth, battlements, shutters, and barriers, one staggered gap and fragments, and flattened corpses.

If you happen to hit the wooden arrow tower and whistle built by work, it would be a tragic scene where many broken limbs and building fragments crashed through from the inside out or across, and burst out in competition.

The closest one is the most popular whirlwind cannons/throw rods that are shaped like pillars in the soil. As the operator pulls the ropes hard, he uses his spiraling leather pockets to splash a bag of pebbles as thick as fists and bowls onto the top of the city.

And like a shotgun thrown by Qu, it exposed its face behind the battlements. The defenders with helmets or hats and heads made bloody blew the screams of the sky.

The smallest and most closely protected are the city defense weapons seized from the government army - large wooden single crossbows and winch crossbows; they are arranged on high blocks made of soil; every time they are fired, the defenders are nailed to the walls and skewed into skewers.

Of course, the defenders in the city had thought of destroying these long-range threats through counterattacks and sneak attacks. It was time for their turn to use the iron-armed crossbows and archer crossbow machines to play their roles.

Especially the Taiping Army's arrows were accustomed to night battles. With the cooperation of a small number of fire-strike teams, they could still stabilize their position and make the attackers pay a heavy price even if they were collapsed and confused by friendly forces.

There was another fierce and excited cheer from afar, but the city gate was knocked open; the varied rebels who held signs and squatted under the city were like a tide and could not wait for me to step over the bodies of my companions and enemies, and rushed into the city gate in a row; and in the fireworks that gradually rose and spread, they turned into the battle, crying, and roaring noises gradually spreading in the city.

However, all this has nothing directly to do with them, the Taiping soldiers who assisted the war. Their main tasks were to warn and guard against the government troops that might come to the outside world; the second was to use the heavy equipment mastered and good at the Taiping Army to help these friendly troops with poor equipment to gradually destroy or open up city defenses.

Obviously, they did a pretty good job this time. Therefore, with the increasing noise in the city, the first special teams that came to reward the city again appeared in the city gate.

According to the implementation agreement, most of the seized after the city was destroyed belonged to the local rebels responsible for the siege; the Taiping Army responsible for assisting the war had the right to choose the corresponding spoils and captures; such as local books and official pictures and documents, craftsmen among the people, strong elements among the prisoners, and even half of the donkeys, mules, cattle and horses and other large animals were found in the city.

As for the remaining spoils, the Taiping Army can also use weapons, armor and armor made by Lingwai and Hunan, grain and cloth produced; even large-scale finished products from factories such as clothing, quilts, shoes and socks, tents and blankets, wine, medicine, salt, vegetables, sauces, sugar and tobacco, etc. to conduct transactions and physical replacements.

Therefore, every time the city is broken, everyone has a rich time for them to negotiate and exchange the most actively. However, this time, with the reward team, there is also a small team of messengers covered with complete clothes:

"After the order of the General's Mansion, your headquarters will be transferred to Shanyang, Chuzhou to assist General Shang in the offensive and combat matters."

The general led the army announced with a solemn expression.

"This... is really unforgivable."

Zhang Dong couldn't help but be surprised, then said with a look of embarrassment.

"Our army was ordered to assist in the war with outsiders, and there was already a statement before it was accepted by all the actions and instructions of the General's Office.

"It's outrageous. How dare you disobey your orders?"

The other party couldn't help but leave this sentence with thunder and rain, and then the thunder sounded loudly and turned around and left, leaving Zhang Dong confused.

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And in Chuzhou, a hundred miles away, there is also a scene where the city is about to be destroyed.

As the number of "earth tanks" that were propelled by iron plates, they slowly and firmly crossed the moat filled with firewood and earth bags among the rainy arrows and cannon stones on the top of the city; they finally broke through the last obstacle filled in front of the city gate and rushed into the door hole.

Then, blockbusters of roars and smoke balls burst out one after another, this city, once famous for Wei Yingwu's "Chuzhou West Stream", unwillingly opened its empty mind to the Taiping Army in the wreckage of the city gate. It also accepted the fate of being conquered and ravaged by many trumpets, suona, flutes and whistles.

Zhou Huaian, who was watching all this on the watchtower, was calm and there was no slightest wave. After all, these were all directly or indirectly captured by the Taiping Army.

Time flies and unknowingly, more than two months have passed, and the footprints of the Taiping Army are accompanied by the scope of most rebels' activities, almost spread throughout the entire Huainan land, and thus accumulated and explored a large number of valuable experiences in siege cities and villages.

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After all, the fourteen states in Huainan, 117 cities of all sizes and counties, and more than 300 towns and garrisons and city towers were almost half lost under the rebels' snowballing strategy; and the rest were also the strong positions of those larger, more complete, and relatively high and thicker walls.

(The boundary of Huainan Road is equivalent to the current central part of Jiangsu Province, central part of Anhui Province, northeastern Hubei Province and southeastern Henan Province, etc.)

Therefore, the huge Huainan Road is now only left. On the east side is Yangzhou occupied by Gao Pian, the troops of the Huainan Jiedushi, as the core; on the west side is Anzhou, where Cao Quandu, the Jiangxi recruits Cao Quandu, is located as the core, and a large and powerful official army cluster occupying a small part of the area.

Of course, the priority is given to the location and strategic choices of these two clusters; the various rebels under the General's Mansion did not form relatively unified strategic opinions, but continued to fight and continue to desperately encircle the local area and expand their strength.

Even if the Taiping Army has corresponding tactical plans and plans, it will naturally not take the initiative to interfere or do extra things that will make people lose their money in vain.

"Leader, where should we fight next...."

Zhu Cun, who was the deputy commander of the command line, walked up to the stage with a breath of fireworks.

"To be honest, the people in the General's Mansion are too unauthorized. We don't let too many people join in the prosperous Huaidong plains; but we can prevent and attack Huaixi, which has many mountains and forests and is strong in the folk customs... What do you mean?"

"It's okay, we just took this opportunity to scan the places in the states along the north coast of Jiangbei;"

Zhou Huaian comforted him in turn.

"It is best to take it in the hands of people who are relatively close to us; it not only ensures the smoothness of the waterway, but also forms a certain echo with the strongholds along the south coast of the Yangtze River... So next, let's fight back to Luzhou again."

Then Zhou Huaian used a thin stick to a position on the sand table.

"The next step is to go to Hefei City. Let's meet Yang Hanzi, who is known as a delicate mind, for a while..."

"Okay, you always have a way to deal with this situation; you can also seize opportunities and benefits from it. Therefore, I will do whatever you want to make arrangements."

Zhu Cun nodded without hesitation.

"I just need to ask the staff team to help me get through the details and make more details about the missing ones."

“So good,”

Zhou Huaian nodded immediately.

Although Zhu Cun was sophisticated and had many old habits, he was imprinted by the old rebel army. But what is most appreciated is that he is self-aware, rich in experience and sophisticated, and willing to learn and use new things.

That is why we can slightly suppress Cao Shixiong, who is more enthusiastic and motivated, or Zhang Juyan, who is cautious and steadily dealing with things in a stable manner, and firmly ranked first among the three major soldiers (generals) who are also effective with imperfect execution.

At this time, there was a chance to report again.
Chapter completed!