The red sun hangs high, and the wilderness is silent.

Suddenly, a man's scream came from the path on the side of the official road.

"stop!"

"Catch her quickly and don't let the little girls run away!"

A little leaned over, a pretty little wife in a floral dress ran out of the path. The floral dress was covered with mud, and even a hole was grinding out on her knees, and a trace of blood was faintly seen.

The young woman looked panicked. While running forward desperately, she turned her head uneasily from time to time, as if there were a group of demons behind her.

The one who followed the young woman was naturally not a demon, but three men, not old, and the oldest was only in their early forties. Judging from her appearance, she was dressed by a nearby farmer.

The only special thing is that these farmers have white cloth strips tied to their heads and arms.

“Ah~~~”

Perhaps because of being too panic, the young woman accidentally did not notice the road beneath her feet. She tripped by a stone and staggered twice. After all, she was unstable and fell to the ground with a "thump".

The man behind him was overjoyed when he saw this.

"Haha, let's see how you little girl run away!"

As he said that, the three of them speeded up and were about to capture the young woman.

A look of despair suddenly appeared in the woman's eyes, and she was mentally prepared to accept her fate.

At this moment, a rhythmic sound of horse hooves suddenly came at the end of the official road. When the woman heard this, a strong survival burst out in her eyes again, and she shouted loudly: "Help!"

"Help!"

When the three men heard this, their expressions were gloomy and immediately accelerated their pace, trying to drag the woman into the path they had just walked before the person came.

Unexpectedly, the sound of horse hooves came in an instant.

I saw a team of well-equipped knights coming from the official road, and the leading knights held the golden dragon flag.

When the three men saw the Golden Dragon Flag, their faces turned pale in an instant.

Who doesn’t know that the people under Shanhai City are under the control of Shanhai City? The Golden Dragon Banner represents the arrival of the king and the marquis.

"That's so fucking unlucky!"

Seeing this, the three men cursed and were about to leave the woman and flee into the mountains and forests. Unfortunately, at this moment, a sharp arrow broke through the air and blocked their way.

The arrow was inserted three inches before them, probably just a warning. If they dared to move forward, the arrow would greet them.

For a moment, the three men were so scared that they were sweating in a cold sweat, and their faces were pale in an instant.

After all, they are just ordinary farmers, so what are their insights and courage?

After a little leaning, the leading cavalry led the team to arrive, condescendingly, shouting loudly: "I'm so brave, I dare to force the girl in broad daylight!"

"Jun, Junjun, this woman is a young woman. She is a young wife. She is not obeying discipline and wants to run away from home. Only then can the young man catch him back." One of the young men stood up and said in a flash.

"Oh?" The leading knight heard this, but he didn't believe it. He turned to look at the woman asking for help and asked, "What he said is true? Don't worry, we are the personal guards of the Marquis of Lianzhou, so we should make the decision for you."

When the woman heard this, her eyes lit up and she said miserably: "Help me!"

"you say!"

"This person is indeed my husband, but it's not that the little woman is not obsessed with discipline, but that she killed this heaven, and actually cruelly wanted to use me as a sacrifice to the king of heaven to bury me." The woman replied.

"Dream with burial?" the knight frowned, "The queen's affairs are under the control of Tianjing. What does it have to do with you?"

"This..." the woman hesitated a little.

"If you want to survive, just call it truthfully!"

However, the knight felt something was wrong and his expression became solemn.

Seeing this, the young woman ignored the greetings of the man opposite and said resolutely: "I dare not hide it from the military master. The king died. The holy believers from all over the world spontaneously held funerals for the king. One of them was to select young women as sacrifices to bury the king for the king."

Speaking of this, the woman's expression suddenly became sad and angry. She pointed to the young man who had just spoken and said, "I killed this day. Because there was no woman in the village who had not yet been married, she actually beat her wife to her. The civilian woman had no choice but to escape from the village."

"absurd!"

When the knight heard this, he was furious and knew that things were unusual.

"Come!"

"exist!"

"Tie them all, interrogate them carefully, and then leave them to the Lord and Hou to send them off!"

"promise!"

Needless to say, this team of knights is a member of the Shenwu Guard, acting as the vanguard of the army.

When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he immediately ordered the army to temporarily stop advancing and repair it on the spot. The three men captured, including the woman, were handed over to the Military Information Department for interrogation.

They are all ordinary people, and how they can withstand the torture of the Military Intelligence Department, they can do it all at once.

As the woman said, all over Xunzhou County, the worshipers of the God-worshipping religion learned that the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan had passed away, and they spontaneously worshiped and saw off for the Heavenly King.

These behaviors basically occur in remote villages, so they are not noticed by local governments.

What shocked Ouyang Shuo even more was that according to their instructions, even some gentry and officials in the city rushed to the village to attend the memorial service.

It seems that although Hong Xiuquan died, the God-worshiping Church he founded had truly taken root in Xunzhou County and had a strong believer base.

It is probably difficult to eradicate in a short period of time.

This is undoubtedly a very dangerous signal for the rule of Shanhai City. Even Ouyang Shuo did not expect that the remnants of the church would become rampant.

In this way, it seems even more urgent for him to go to Tianjing to take charge.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo immediately decided to leave a Shenwu Guard squadron to thoroughly investigate the matter. The army accelerated its speed and advanced towards the capital city.

In the battle of Guiping Pass, the first independent division of Shan Barbarians led by Shi Hu finally survived. Apart from the severely injured, the remaining ones were less than 1,500.

The Shenwu Guard also suffered losses in the battle of Guiping Pass.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo simply incorporated all the surviving soldiers of the Shanbarbarian Independent First Division into the Shenwu Guard, thereby restoring the organization of the three thousand Shenwu Guards.

Although these mountain barbarian warriors have not experienced special combat training, they are definitely first-class strong soldiers. Incorporated into the Shenwu Guard will not weaken the combat effectiveness of the Shenwu Guard.

On the other hand, incorporating them into the Shenwu Guard was also regarded as Ouyang Shuo's highest reward for these soldiers.

Of course, the temporary number "Shanman Independent First Division" also disappeared. As for the young general Shi Hu, he was transferred to the Shanman Independent Second Division and continued to serve as the division commander.

Ouyang Shuo did not treat them unfairly as the surrendered soldiers of the Taiping Army who participated in the guarding of Guiping Pass, and all of them were incorporated into the Leopard Army led by Han Xin.

When Wuzhou County was reorganized, there were thousands of people in the Leopard Legion. In addition, in the last few wars, although it was not damaged, there were normal casualties of five or six thousand people.

Therefore, even if the Taiping Army surrendered soldiers were reorganized, the Baotao Legion still had a vacancies of thousands of soldiers.

Not only the Leopard Legion, Longxiang Legion and the Imperial Guard Division, and even the First Division of the City Guard Division stationed at Mulan Fortress have all vacant amounts and urgently need to be supplemented.

These vacancies were naturally reorganized from the Taiping Army's surrendered stroke.

In the battle of Mulan Fortress, more than 120,000 Taiping Army's Southern Route Army were captured. In the battle of Xunzhou County, the three armies captured more than 40,000 local garrison troops.

The Western Route Army led by Shi Dakai captured more than 90,000 prisoners.

Finally, there are the 100,000 Taiping Army waiting for reorganization in Tianjing City.

Together, there were more than 350,000 Taiping Army waiting for reorganization. This was not counted. Bai Qi led the Longxiang Army to sweep Zhen'an County, and the prisoners of war would appear later.

If Shanhai City wants to defend its current vast territory, it must digest these surrendered troops.

Military Affairs Director Du Ruhui has personally been in charge of Mulan Fortress, responsible for reorganizing and collecting the 250,000 surrendered Taiping Army soldiers in the fortress.

The main tasks are to eliminate some seriously injured people, including some soldiers with low combat power. The second is to dig out the cancer in the army with the cooperation of the Military Intelligence Department and the Black Guard.

There were many loyalty members of the Heavenly Kings who surrendered to the three thousand Taiping Army in Guiping Pass. It is not difficult to imagine how many dangerous elements will be hidden in the hundreds of thousands of troops.

If they are not clear and clean, how can they be reorganized?

During this period, the Military Intelligence Department, the Black Snake Guard, and even the newly established Shanhai Guard, the torture masters of the three major intelligence agencies, almost gathered in Mulan Fortress.

They will conduct a survey and investigation of hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers based on clues.

There is no doubt that this will be a huge white action, but it has to be done so.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo could not guarantee that after this cleaning, all the rest were trustworthy soldiers. There must be some people lurking in the army.

As long as it does not affect the overall situation, Ouyang Shuo will have the courage to boldly launch these surrendered soldiers.

Of course, according to convention, this group of surrendered soldiers of the Taiping Army will not exist in an established system, but will be completely disrupted and reorganized into the three major legions.

Even some of the soldiers with relatively poor quality will be organized into the security divisions in various places. At the same time, the elite soldiers in the security division will be drawn to the field army.

Therefore, this will be a systematic reorganization project involving all aspects of the army. If all reorganizations are really in place, it will take at least two or three months, or even longer.

It is precisely because of this that Ouyang Shuo was unable to launch a war against Guilin County.

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On November 30, Ouyang Shuo led his troops to Tianjing City.

The fall of Guilin County made the atmosphere in the city become strange.

At this point, the ministers of the Kingdom of Heaven suddenly realized that there was an existence that could challenge the Shanhai City in the southwest. For a moment, undercurrents surged in the city.

Fortunately, Yang Xiuqing was determined to temporarily stabilize the situation.
Chapter completed!