In Yuzhou Ba County, the winding river channel has been blocked by the continuous autumn rain between the vast mountains and the low-pressure clouds, presenting a hazy and elegant strange scenery.

Even the staggered plateaus and graffiti on the gentle slopes layered along the riverside and up the mountains layered along the riverside seemed to be soaked in the misty water vapor and seemed particularly unreal. Even the Taiping Navy, who had always been harassing, stopped its activities due to the surge in the river.

Therefore, the earth groups and officials who were squatting in these villages rarely had some leisure and spare time to repair and maintain the armored weapons that were damp due to the rain; and relax some of the tense spirits.

According to the practice they know, this continuous rain in late autumn and winter is probably going to take some time. During this period, whether it is the muddy and slippery mountain road or the slack crossbow strings that are damp and loose, the thief army that set up camp on the river bank will be difficult to achieve.

Listening to the slang songs faintly coming from above, feeling the water flowing through the ankles, and the soft and flushed and soaked, making people need to carefully find the muddy ground where every step of the focus is. Wang Qiu, the team leader, regretted accepting the armed reconnaissance mission.

Because it is on the ground on the head, as long as you throw a stone out, you can easily hit them with special tools to cooperate with Taiping soldiers who can move forward and cannot perform too many major avoidance actions.

In front and behind him, he was spread out in a series of irregularly along the mountain, waving his special climbing picks and hooks. The human body, which had already turned into a sludge color while struggling, was also struggling in various rippling mud and flowing rain.

As the rubber boots trekked and climbed for more than ten steps in the suction mud, the intermittent singing finally became clear in Wang Qiu's ears, and there was a faint smell of fireworks and the aroma of baked grains, mixed with the sludge, sweat odor, and rust.

This rust smell made Wang Qiu feel moved; because the weapons used by the genuine Xichuan Army and local Guanjian were often maintained and polished; that is, those who are not very concerned about the earthen groups and the people of the countryside will temporarily cram the rusty weapons.

This also means that the breakthrough he found might be easier. At this time, suddenly one of his figures could not control himself and was hooked by Wang Qiu's quick-eyed and swinging pickaxe, so he did not continue to stumble.

Then the other party looked at him gratefully, shook his head slightly. Even though there was already a bright red blood on his body, flowing along the mud under the rain poncho, he still pursed his mouth tightly, and tried his best to curl up while squirming, giving others a path to continue climbing.

And this is just an episode and accident that happens from time to time during this climbing trip, and not everyone can get timely help. But they just slid down the mountain, and disappeared in a quiet and slow rain curtain.

But no matter what, before Wang Qiu exhausted all his strength, he finally could touch the circumference of the edge of the slope; then spread the fine iron grapple hook and hung it tightly on the thickest wall with tree bark.

Then he slowly leaned up and through the wet and flowing wood fence, he saw not the helmet and ear-pressing cap with tassels, but surrounded by a piece of cloth wrapped head and small round hat on the ground in front of the fire under the bamboo shed; and there was no one on the simple open-air whistle above.

Wang Qiu slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and gestured to the other soldiers who had climbed up one after another and leaned against the edge of the wall wall, then took out a large piece of slightly tide-like coarse candy from his arm bag, and bit it into pieces and swallowed it with the rain. After resting for a while, there was still no notice in the wall.

He slowly loosened the tarp on his body, and exposed the well-preserved crossbow and arrow box in his arms. Although he was soon wet by the misty rain and fog, the string strips woven with iron wire were still stretched and half full. Then he aimed at the crowd sitting together and singing songs.

At this time, the rain gradually became denser again, but Wang Qiu still blinked indifferently; and let the cold feeling accumulate and flow down his cheeks and hair. Until he heard the extremely sharp whistle.

In an instant, the crowds surrounding the fire under the shed seemed to be whipped hard by an invisible whip and suddenly turned over to the ground. However, the remaining fish that escaped the net were so shocked that they rolled and crawled up, looking around in a daze that they wanted to grab the pile of weapons;

Then, as the blood light burst into tears, several sagittal tails pounced down, rolled between the fire, overturned the soup of the pot racks and emitted a lot of pungent ash smoke, and then burst into tears and howled bitterly and scorched.

At this time, Shouding, who was a little farther away, finally reacted, and rushed over with the guys roaring and shouting. Someone was running away a little busy with the sound of gongs on the high ground. However, the figure had only run halfway through and suddenly fell down by an arrow.

On the other side, the fence and the quarry that had been dug up the foundation were also dragged and pulled down by external forces, and suddenly a large area collapsed; and a large group of light soldiers covered in mud suddenly rushed out, killing the guards who had gathered together to fight back.

For a moment, there were shouts of killing, roars, screams, wails, and curses between the cries and swords and soldiers, and the sound of gongs that came to an abrupt end with a clang. They broke through the increasingly dense rain curtain and clouds, intertwined among the green mountains;

At this time, someone finally reacted in the wooden fort on the top of the mountain, and sent reinforcements to counterattack along the hovering path. At this time, Wang Qiu and others who had already bypassed the battle also began a intensive temporary operation.

After a while, the enemy's supporters who rushed along the mountain road also roared with swords and guns, and then they were shot by more than a dozen crossbows that could not dodge and then raised their hand cards and advanced steadily.

At this time, the crossbows that are conducive to melee rapid firing and suppression can no longer break through their basic protective array amid the ding blocks and the sound of nails falling; then Wang Qiu's purpose of temporarily blocking has also been achieved.

"Ten steps to reorganize the battle group and equipment..."

He yelled like this, dragging and slapping the soldiers who had not reacted or were stubborn. He allowed the officers and soldiers who came to help to rush out of the winding mountain road. There was also a sturdy and sturdy general who ran like a flying man in iron armor, shouting first:

"Xichuan is Xian Yufei here, why don't the thieves die obediently..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly became a sudden recurrence. Among the newly dug traces on the side walls of the road, the big bunch of earth, rocks and mud suddenly splashed and exploded, swept and slapped like a storm among the officials who were descending the mountain road.

"Strive forward bravely and create peace again..."

At this time, Wang Qiu was also in the array where he was also injected the rapid-fire crossbow machines used to suppress and deterrently, and picked up the cards and drew their swords and swung their swords, and rushed towards the reinforcements who had been cut off and broken off the back.

After a while, there was no figure on the mountain road that could stand intact. The remaining officers and soldiers led by Xian Yufei were also forced to the edge of the mountain while fighting and retreating. Then, with roars, scolding, and slashing hard, they pushed and rolled down the mountain one by one.

After several hours, with the support of the already occupied Zhazhai, the Taiping Army and equipment that continued to surge up the mountain were growing more and more; the situation of offensive and defense between the mountains also began to undergo qualitative changes;

Just as the rain stopped for a short time, with a few dull sounds of explosions, the largest fort on the top of the mountain suddenly collapsed from the periphery, turning into a short mudslide that was rushing away.

Looking at the rolling rolling like the splattering of raging waves, rolling up all the trees, rocks and rocks passing along the way, and almost the power of nature that passed by; Wang Qiu, whose face was splashed by the mud on his face, was also pale and scared, because he was responsible for leading people to cover up the masters from the team and performing corresponding homework.

And there were also chaotic shouts in the collapsed camp. The officers and soldiers and the earthen regiments during the garrison also experienced the explosion of the camp after the morale collapse.

So, after taking down the last few villages that were scattered up the mountains, Zhouchengba County, which was shrouded in misty rain in the distant rivers, was already in sight. And the riverside road leading up to the hinterland of Yuzhou can finally be opened to the Taiping Army without threat.

In the main formation of the Taiping Army by the river, Wang Chongba, the right general of the Fifth Army who was responsible for leading the overall water and land strategy of the Xiajiang Road, and Wang Chongba, who was also the commander of the Xiajiang Expeditionary Army, was also listening to the flying reports from the front.

"Report that the eleven villages on Yunzhuan Mountain have been taken down..."

"Report that the navy and infantry team has broken through Xiakou Village..."

"Reported that the second regiment of the Selected Front has attacked and occupied Tongguan Du...."

"Reported that the Fourth Water Wheel Detachment is approaching the Ba County Wharf again to carry out obstacle cleaning operations, but it is not hindered for the time being..."

"Reported that the 19th Cavalry Regiment has detoured from the northwest of Ba County, and no trace of the enemy's interception has been found yet."

However, the latest news made Wang Chongba stand up.

"It is reported that someone in Ba County has opened the door and fled."

——I am the dividing line—

On the road from Xiangzhou to Jingzhou, Zhou Huaian was also looking at a report in his hand with mixed feelings.

Well, since Zhou Huaian gradually became famous in the world with the rise of the Taiping Army, basically every time he occupied a place, he could find a group of people who were more or less implicated by his reputation in the corresponding prison.

Some are treated as members of the same school like monk Xuzhong and suffered from imprisonment; some are simply far-fetched speculations and are injured by people of the same surname in this world who are wrongly injured;

Some people are arrested indiscriminately because the theory advocated is similar to that of the Taiping Army, and even have the word "seeking peace" in it.

For these unfortunate existences, after Zhou Huaian rescued and released them, he was somewhat compensated according to his corresponding specialties and needs.

But the person who dares to claim to be his senior brother is still the first one in Fengjiao. It would be fine if he was an ordinary scammer who seeks fame and reputation, but the other person in the problem is not an ordinary person.
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