Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 36 March

The troops divided into two groups quickly put themselves into their respective tasks. Liang Chongxin's main force immediately moved into action after the three regiments of infantry led by Mulige disappeared in Yese. The Ministry quietly moved towards the high ground where the Shentuhua rebel army was stationed, and soon formed a rather large encirclement circle. But this encirclement is not perfect, because in terms of numbers, Liang Chongxin's army is only 10,000 more than Shentuhua's chaos army, and it is far from enough to form an absolute advantage in numbers.

Just as the battle situation in Bonan Mansion in the south was suspenseful, the battle situation in Guide Mansion in the north seemed particularly "calm".

On November 9th, after the reconnaissance troops searched almost the entire western part of Guide and still found no trace of the enemy, Cui Wenxiu, Kamapov and their deputies Sang Sheng and She Nei decided to split into two groups again after research. , sweeping from the north and the south to clear up the small group of rebellious troops that may be left behind, and agreed to meet up in Guidefu City five days later.

On November 10, Cui Wenxiu led the Second Qingyang Guard Division on the northern line to station in Majiaji, an important town in the northwest of Guidefu.

On November 12, Kamapov led the Qingyang First Security Division on the southern line to recover Shilipu, an important town in southern Guide, and was warmly welcomed by local residents.

The weather is still bad. The first snow in winter has been falling intermittently for several days, but the bad weather has not stopped the local people's desire for a stable, peaceful and happy life.

Marching on the spacious street, the pace of the army was obviously much slower. Looking at the people crowding the streets and alleys against the wind and snow, Kamapov said to his deputy Sang Sheng with deep emotion: "It seems that The longing for a happy life is enough to make all difficulties daunting. From the welcome of the people here, we can know how disgusting the rebellious army is, and this is also doomed to the fate of these rebellious troops."

"My lord, I'm afraid you don't know much about the life of the country people. If a real peasant can really have a bite to eat, who is willing to take the risk of beheading to join some rebellious army? It’s a way to get on this road. I was born in a peasant family in a humble position, and I know this situation very well. In my hometown of Yanyun County, almost every year there are many peasant households who cannot pay taxes and their families are ruined. , That’s either sitting and waiting to die, or turning grass into bandits, or killing officials to make food, and living a day is counting.” After a pause, Sang Sheng, the deputy head of the division, who was riding on the horse, sighed deeply, “As if the world They are all like the Qingyang Jinzhou under Master Li’s rule, I don’t think there are any rebellious troops.”

Speaking of these rebellious and rebellious troops, Sang Sheng felt a complex emotion in his heart. He deeply understood the state of mind of those desperate people. Who would rob their homes and become bandits? Are you willing to risk death by torture to become an enemy of the government? That was just a helpless choice.

Although Kamapov was quite familiar with his deputy, he didn't know about Sang Sheng's family background, so he quickly asked, "Then how did you join the army?"

"My family is fairly well-off, but with a large population, it became more and more difficult to maintain. Fortunately, I studied with the neighbor's private school teacher for several years, and then I joined the army and made a living." Sang Sheng was still immersed in the memories of the past, and his voice was much lower.

Kamapov also snorted through his nasal cavity, "Now the government at all levels of the empire is becoming increasingly corrupt and incompetent. True."

Looking around again carefully, Kamapov was a little surprised. The surrounding buildings and buildings were still relatively intact, without the broken walls and ruins as imagined. The situation is really accurate. It is said that there is a team of volunteers active in the southern part of Guide, which has defeated the rebel army several times, making it impossible for the rebel army to completely control the southern part of Guide Mansion. Now that his army has already stationed in Shilipu, it's time to see what this team really looks like.

As I was thinking this way, I suddenly heard Sang Sheng's surprised voice: "Division Commander, look, whose army is that?"

Looking up, following Sang Sheng's gaze, you have already arrived at the center of Shilipu town. There is a decent square here, and it is quite good to have a square of this size at the market town level. On the square, apart from some officials and gentry-looking people, there are also several rows of soldiers neatly arranged, but the clothes are a bit messy, but they are very imposing. Could it be that this group of people are those volunteer soldiers?

As the distance got closer, the faces and images of the group of people who came to welcome them gradually became clearer. The first one was a fat man with the appearance of a gentleman, and the left one was a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman. The images of the two on the right immediately attracted the attention of Kamapov and Sang Sheng. The person on the left is about 30 years old, of medium height, with a thin face, yellow skin, but a pair of eyes that are very agile, short beard under the jaw, hands behind his back, with a calm demeanor; With a proud aura, the golden hair is combed into a ponytail, and it is casually thrown behind the back. It looks very trendy, but with both hands, it sticks a sheathed giant sword in the soil in front of it, and looks at it coldly. Kamapov and his party.

"My lords, the next official is Shilipu Gaoming, who has been waiting here for a long time." When Kamapov and Sang Sheng got off their horses on the wrong saddle and walked forward, the fat man with the appearance of a gentry was enthusiastic. He came forward and introduced himself.

"This is the president of our Shilipu Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Chu Juezhi, the largest wine merchant in the south of Guide Mansion." After introducing the businessman on the left, Ji Gaoming introduced the two people on his right , "This is Mr. Long Zizi, the leader of our volunteer soldiers at Shilipu, and this is his deputy, Hillman."

Immediately afterwards, Ji Gaoming gave a thankful speech for the actions of the government troops to save the people from the fire and water. After some greetings, Sang Sheng left to arrange the camp for the troops, and Kamapov Then he walked into the town office with several people.

Long before his departure, Li Wufeng had a special talk with local government officials to establish a good relationship with them in order to minimize resistance and win their support, and Kamapov was no exception.

While talking enthusiastically with several officials, I also learned about the basic situation of Shilipu. Shilipu is the most important and largest market town in the south of Guide. It is located on the main road, the land is fertile, and the climate is very suitable for growing grapes. There are stretches of grape plantations everywhere, and several surrounding market towns are also important grape producing areas. The shop also gathers several famous wine workshops of the Tanghe Empire, producing "Beauty Tears", "Hero Blood", "Rose Angel", "Chunmeng Le Wuhen", "Wangqingshui" and other brands of different brands. A series of red wines, known throughout the continent. Every time the grapes are harvested, the surrounding vineyards send their best grapes to Shilipu. It is said that the longest carts pulling grapes are lined up ten miles away, hence the name Shilipu.

But this is already decades old. Ever since the Luobei people became powerful on the East Tengger Prairie, they quickly controlled the northern passage across the eastern, central and western continents. In the past, caravans levied heavy taxes and seized goods at will. Many military personnel even dressed up as bandits and robbed passing caravans. The local social security also deteriorated rapidly. Many real bandits also chose this important northern passage as a place to forage. It is such a good place that no one dares to take this once glorious trade route.

But taking a detour to the south passage, not only is the journey much farther away, but there are also many checkpoints in the middle. The price of transporting to the Central Continent has risen several times, and the price of transporting to the Western Continent can even rise to ten times the ex-factory price. times. In the empire, apart from the upper class, ordinary people didn't like wine very much. Due to the above-mentioned reasons, the wine industry in the south of Guide Mansion declined rapidly and has been sluggish. It was not until Li Wufeng defeated the Luobei people in succession in the past two years that the vineyard owners and wine merchants in Guide Mansion started to fight in the dark. Seeing a ray of dawn.

Talking and laughing happily, Kamapov also learned something about the volunteer soldiers. Most of the members of the volunteer army came from the children of farmers in the vineyards in the south of Guide, and some were recruited from other places by the town's chamber of commerce. There were about 2,000 people in total. Their leader, Long Ziyuan, was originally an officer of the Guard Division of Guide Mansion. Two years ago, because of a quarrel with the superior of the Guard Division at that time, he was avenged by his superiors, and he was dismissed from the army~IndoMTL.com~with excuses~IndoMTL.com~ , he also returned to his hometown Shilipu to work as a farmer for a living until this year when riots broke out throughout Guide Mansion, and then developed into a full-scale rebellion. Funded to recruit volunteers in the name of the town office, conduct training, and defend their homeland. Long Zizi was also hired as the general leader to lead this group of volunteers.

After he took over the leadership of the volunteer soldiers, he stepped up the training of the volunteer soldiers, and on the other hand, he recruited some Guide Mansion reservists who he had trained before, and quickly formed a certain combat effectiveness. And that young man named Hillman was a hunter he met when he was carrying out missions in the area bordering Taixuan Mansion, and he also took this opportunity to recruit him to help him.

In several battles where the rebel army came to attack, he led the rebels to take advantage of their familiarity with the local terrain, adopt the guerrilla tactics of fighting if they win, and fleeing if they don't win, while constantly harassing the supply lines of the rebel army, making the rebel army The army has always been unsuccessful in fighting the rebels until the rebel army disappeared some time ago.

Kamapov appreciated Long's own tactics very much. When the enemy was strong and we were weak, not only was he able to preserve himself completely, but he also hit the enemy forcefully. This is indeed a remarkable achievement. Long watched by himself. Kamapov admired his tactics and achievements, and felt very proud in his heart. However, he also knew that it was because he did not meet a strong opponent that the truly large-scale disorderly army invaded. His tactics may not necessarily apply.

Hillman, whose attitude had always been icy, saw Kamapov's approachable attitude and didn't look down on volunteer soldiers because he was a regular army. Take the initiative to talk with Kamapov.