The atmosphere in Anqing City suddenly became restless. The news that the Qing army mixed into the ninth town was leaving the news that it was coming from Taihu Lake, and the revolutionary army in the city was also mobilized frequently. A depressing atmosphere of "the storm is about to come and the wind fills the building" suddenly enveloped the hearts of all the residents of Anqing City. They were worried and even more frightened, for fear of accidentally causing trouble...

Just as the people of Anqing City were in a state of turmoil, some forces dissatisfied with the occupation of Anqing by the revolutionary army were ready to move, actively sent people to contact the Qing army that came to wipe out the Anqing rebels, acted as "spy" and "agents" of the Qing army, and immediately reported the every move of the revolutionary army stationed in Anqing City, in order to gain the understanding and favor of the upper class of the Qing army to suppress the rebellion.

After the news of the Qing army coming to suppress the rebellion spread throughout the city, the Revolutionary Army suddenly dispatched a large number of officers and soldiers to drive away the wandering citizens on the streets home, guarding the main sections of the road and began to strictly guard the whole city with martial law. The gates in all directions were closed, and all people entering and leaving must have a road guide issued by the Revolutionary Army Command, and the contact between Anqing City and the outside world was immediately cut off.

The people in the city were panicked, and those who had ulterior motives even jumped up and down and rushed around, wanting to get important information from the Revolutionary Army to please the Qing army. But what they didn't know was that the revolutionary army officers and soldiers responsible for martial law in Anqing City were only a small part of the Revolutionary Army. Most of the other revolutionary troops did not stay in their respective barracks, but secretly covered the city by the martial law troops and marched along the avenue and rushed towards the direction of Taihu Lake. Not only that, a unit of the Revolutionary Army, adapted from the armed forces of the association, set off first, and walked lightly along the avenue specially built for Qiu Cao, and rushed to the ambush site that had been discussed in the emergency military meeting!

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Li Yuanhong was riding proudly on the tall and strong war horse, squinting his eyes at a group of high-spirited marching officers and soldiers beside him. Steel guns with cold black light were carried on their shoulders. The sharp bayonets inserted on the gun were shining with dazzling white light under the sunlight, connecting them into a shining white line, what a murderous heroic army!

Looking back, I squeezed the exquisite pony whip in my hand, and ambition surged in my heart. Speaking of which, I really have to thank the guys in Fandi Town. If they hadn't been "generous" and made a fuss, I would never have been temporarily appointed as the newly formed exercise "Northern Army" to form the commander of the Ninth Town. Now I have been given the great task of suppressing the rebellion by the Governor of Liangjiang. With such a great opportunity to make contributions, I believe that the word "temporary" on my head should have been removed after the rebellion was quelled, right? Hehe...

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Suddenly, a sparse gunshot interrupted him. The front of the marching queue was in chaos, and then dense gunshots rang out. He turned around in discomfort and frowned at the deputy chief beside him and asked, "What's going on? Go ahead and ask!" After giving the order, he hurriedly jumped off the horse's back. No matter what happened before, what he valued most was his own safety.

There was faintly a shout from the officers and soldiers in front of them, "sneak attacks", "don't let them go", "front in front"...

After a while, the adjutant rushed back to report: "Mr. Commander, the front-line troops were attacked by unknown armed personnel, killing five people and injuring three people. Look..."

Li Yuanhong was shocked, and then immediately relaxed, waved his hand impatiently, pointed to the army in front of him and ordered: "Send more sentinels in front to reconnaissance, and the rest of the officials immediately advance and march according to the original plan. These jumping clowns can be handed over to the sentinel. It may be the riot troops sent by the rebels. Don't be disrupted by them, and the team will slow down the marching speed!"

"Yes!" The adjutant quickly turned his horse's head and ran to convey the orders to the front of the marching queue.

Li Yuanhong corrected the military cap on his head, thinking that this was just a small harassment plan by the Anqing rebels. According to the information sent by the wealthy families of the "heart to the court" in Anqing City, he heard that the imperial court had sent Taihu Qiucao's "Northern Army" to form the ninth town to suppress the rebellion. The rebels were panicked and lost their composure, and Anqing City was in chaos...

Unfortunately, he was confident and arrogant and did not know that this was just the beginning of the "nightmare" of suppressing the rebellion of the Qing army!

During the next journey, the Miancheng No. 9 Town during the march would be attacked by sporadic cold guns in the hills or dense forests on both sides. Every time he killed and injured five or six people, he immediately turned around and fled, without giving any chance to react to the Qing army. He could only look at the hot bullets falling on the ground and be depressed.

The marching speed of the ninth town became extremely slow under such dirty harassment. The commander Li Yuanhong was furious and sent more personnel to expand the scope of search and reconnaissance, so that the rebel team could not give such an unscrupulous opportunity to attack and fire cold guns.

The effect was pretty good at the beginning. The Anqing rebel harassing squad did not expect the Qing army's moves to be so quick. He was caught off guard. He suffered a great loss at the hands of the Qing army's strong combat-capable scouts. He was beaten to death and broke up five harassing squads, and even caught the survivors of the May and June people!

After a harsh interrogation, Li Yuanhong learned that the main force of the rebels was gathering outside Anqing City and was digging up fortifications to fight against the rebel Qing army. All the Qing army officers were overjoyed. The morale, which had been slaughtered, suddenly rose. When they returned to their respective troops, they shouted and urged them. The speed of the rebel Qing army was suddenly raised.

What they were worried about was that the rebels would hide in the city and not come out. Although siege in this era was much more convenient than when cold weapons were used in ancient times, it was also a very consuming task. Besides, if you really had no bullets in the city, if you beat the ruins of Anqing City, you would have to thank God if you don’t mention the contributions of Shangguan. Now, the Anqing rebels ran out of the solid city wall without any effort, and wanted to fight with them. It was a great thing that I could not afford!

But before the officers and soldiers of the ninth town truly increased the speed of the march, the harassing troops sent by the Anqing Revolutionary Army immediately adjusted, and larger and more frequent harassings came again on the road leading to Anqing from Taihu County. Gunshots, shouts, killing sounds, horse neighing, and wailing sounds were endless. The Qing army was immediately trapped in the quagmire of harassment war!
Chapter completed!