Outside the pale and mottled color of Ankang County,

After stumbled and chased in the snow of varying depths, the panting Wang Hongfan still caught up with the fish that had escaped. He hit the shoulder blade with a card, and suddenly lost his balance and tripped on the ground.

Then he was caught by several other soldiers who were catching up, and he was beaten up a few times and stopped moving. He then tied up with ropes. Then he dragged it on the snow and stuffed it into a basket and hung it up. He was done.

"I asked... I really caught someone with a good background... but it was Yanei from the Sima family in Bianbi Prefecture, southwest."

Then, Wang Hongfan, who was slightly proud and a little nervous, came to Lu Shuai Zhang Dong to report the report.

"According to what he confessed, this time, when we came to attack Jinzhou, in addition to our Yangzhou unity, there are also Tutuans and Zhenshi in Bizhou, (southern) Tongzhou and Jizhou..."

"We have been the road here, so we took turns to fight to the death. But recently, we have been frostbite due to poor food and grass, and there are a lot of frostbite diseases. We have had several incidents and have just wanted to retreat..."

"But don't blame me for saying a few words. We have been here for a long time. When will we see reinforcements from the Grand Governor's Office? Otherwise, let's take advantage of these opponents and go back to Fangzhou quickly before returning."

"This...wait a little longer..."

However, Zhang Dong hesitated for a while, and then he became firm again after his thoughts turned around.

"Our Taiping Army soldiers have absolutely no reason to give up their robes easily; let alone the soldiers and people in this city come together to work together with our army, how can they easily throw them to those thieves and poison them?"

"Zhang Tou, that's not what he said..."

Wang Hongfan got up anxiously and said.

"To be fair, all the soldiers and people in the city rely on us to live, and have to work together for a while. If they have a little chance and leisure, they are afraid that they will not be thinking about it again...

"Besides, only by protecting our useful bodies now can we have the opportunity to avenge those brothers who really can't leave... I'm sure there is a chance to attract reinforcements to come back and save them..."

"Needless to say, we are the Taiping Army who speak out for the people and seek survival, not those official troops who regard the people as despised... They have their own corresponding principles and principles."

Zhang Dong became more and more determined.

"As long as they have never let me down, I will not give it up easily. What's more, I still have confidence in the robes of the Taiping Army. As long as I know the predicament here, I will definitely find ways to rescue me."

"I know you are a newcomer and don't understand the Taiping Army's usual persistence;."

Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Wang Hongfan, who was full of helplessness and unexpectedness.

"But you have to think about it. The outside is already a wild winter with frost and snow. Even if you let yourself get out, how far can you go in the wind and snow without any cover. If the enemy sets up an ambush or intercepts in the middle way, it is probably inevitable that the disaster will be destroyed."

"Well, maybe the boss has considered it more thoroughly... I will sacrifice my life to accompany you for this time..."

When Wang Hongfan heard this, he was also mixed with emotion and felt a little angry.

Before he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting loudly on the wooden whistle of the city castle. Then Zhang Dong, who was rushing to the wall, and in the fields where snowflakes rose again, the retreating rebels turned back in groups.

Wang Hongfan even pursed his lips, secretly feeling a little glad and lucky. Fortunately, he listened to the advice and did not decide to escape from the city, otherwise wouldn't he be hit by the rebels' formation?

However, after getting closer, both Zhang Dong and Wang Hongfan found something wrong; the rebel flags that returned were a little messy and crooked, and the direction they were running was not facing Ankang City.

Then Zhang Dong couldn't help but calm down the left and right screens, and listened carefully in the wind for a long time before revealing a certain joy.

"I'm afraid the rescue is here..."

It was as if it was confirming his words, the sharp flutes and whistles that resounded throughout the mountains and fields, just like Chen Xiao who woke up and pierced the fields, chasing many figures that fled through the white open space, and approaching one after another.

Then, many shimmering horses appeared in the wind and snow. Under the leadership of the flying fish/Kunpeng Green Flag, they were like streams gathering into rivers, constantly moving closer and gathering together.

These cyclists drove and trotted mounts, and came in a row like a wall. They slowed down and dismounted one after another and lined up several horizontal lines, covering the groups of mounts behind them. They held a quick-fired crossbow rod with a small ratchet, and sank the array facing the rebels screaming and screaming in the sky.

Then, a series of squatted down sideways, holding a small ball card with one hand, waving the thick top and thin iron pipes with the other hand, and suddenly hitting the edge of the ball card with one hand, and suddenly made ping-pong explosions and a stream of fireworks.

The rebels who turned around and rushed to them fell head-on like cut rice and rice. Then they waved the iron pipes in their hands that were still burning smoke, and hit the rebels who were scattered in a mess under death and injuries and horror, and slammed them down.

For a moment, the rebels who came forward to fight were defeated and fled on the spot and scattered.

"Stay steady, be sure to keep it steady, don't stand out in front..."

"With fire as the smallest battle group, we will cover each other and move forward..."

"After all the quick-firing crossbow and three-eyed guns are exhausted, you can only get the enemy."

The deputy of the team/Qi Tou Lu who was rushing to the queue was drifting, and was also shouting loudly.

——I am the dividing line—

Shannan West Road is also in the misty Yuzhou area, seven or eight miles away from Zhouchengba County, in a temporary hidden camp covered by grass and trees under the mountain walls by the river.

"These days are so frustrating."

The advance team, Wang Qiu, was drinking the thick bean soup cooked with canned bacon, while complaining in a low voice.

"It was obvious that the official army's village was there, but it was impossible to transport the firearms to the firearms and could only get close to the back. It was a big loss. When the rain became denser, there was even less hope."

"It's really Gao Renhou of the Xichuan Army who has some tricks and has controlled the situation in a short time..."

The infantry and cavalry captain Zhao Jianfan, who was beside him, also nodded and echoed.

"These villages and guards stand on the mountain, and they have piled up many woods and stones to echo each other. If our people want to snatch them up, they have to attack them from behind everywhere. But if the official army wants to take them back, they will use condescending arrows and woods to cover them, and they will go down the mountain road. It saves much time and worry more than us."

"There is no way. Only when the supplies and personnel in the lower reaches of the Xiajiang Road are increased and the supplies are transported from the water route can we make more plans."

Another contact/mapping sergeant representing the navy army, Wang Guoer intercoms.

"Although the five prefectures of Xiajiang Road have not been completely calm, the areas along the river have been cleared out, and the guards and construction of the nodes are underway, so that there can be more routes for transporting vehicles and horses on land to supplement it."

"The key is to mobilize the Ding Zhuang and the products of the Xiajiang Prefectures. Only when a stable rear management can you have more progress. I am afraid that the guy who surrenders to the scene can no longer count on it."

This period of stalemate and confrontation is not all good news. First, I succumb to Yuzhou and tried to gather and mobilize the efforts of my former subordinates, which suffered serious setbacks and failures in the local area.

Because compared with the foolish and weak local governments, the new Xichuan Army can not only fight well, but also win people's hearts. After unknown means and conditions, most of the local villages were pulled over; and they showed a distance and uncooperation attitude towards foreign Taiping Army armed forces.

Several of the old subordinates who claimed to have followed the surrender of the Xing tried to ambush and capture him, the former leader, and devoted him to the official army as a credit. If it weren't for the Taiping soldiers who followed the Xingxing, they were alert and powerful enough.

Then the tentative offense on the waterway continued to be blocked.

In addition to the chain obstacles between Shangshui Village in Hengduan River, the official army even pulled down wooden stakes and cables in the near-shore mudflats near Zhouchengba County; as a result, a vehicle and ship that wanted to dock in the dark was not prevented from being tangled and tied up.

Then the ambushed officers on the shore clamored and broke the water wheels on one side with many rockets and flying stones. If they hadn't happened to encounter a continuous rise in the tide, they would have almost failed to retreat.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety and deterrence of waterway transportation, naval warships have stopped tentative attacks and harassing the upstream Xiakou Water Village in recent times.

But Gao Renhou, the Meizhou defense commander who presided over the situation in Ba County to the northwest, described the honest and reliable Meizhou defense commander, frowned deeply after receiving a message.

"What? The grain ships and rewards that came down the water from the Fu River were intercepted at Hechuankou?...Who did it?"

"It is said that it is the banner of the Dongchuan Army..."

The messenger responded quickly.

——I am the dividing line—

The small court in Jinguan City, Chengdu, had just completed routine singing and dancing worship in the gorgeous Yun'an Hall by more than a hundred court officials in the music of bells, tripods and Shaoshu;

General Zuo Shenwu, who was in charge of the ritual guards in front of the court, was Zhou Bao, the commander of the left and right guards; he was Liu Jurong, the general of Zuo Jinwu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the guardian of the gates in front of the hall. These two brothers who lost the town because of the Taiping Army also sat together briefly in the side hall.

"Have you heard that Yang Shili of Dongchuan once again refused Xingzai's summons on the grounds that he was very serious about bad habits."
Chapter completed!