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    "Report¡ª! General, twenty miles ahead is Wuhu County, Taiping Prefecture! Sun Zhaoyuan, the magistrate of Wuhu County, heard that our army arrived, and has closed the city! The vanguard, General Han Daren, asked for an order to bypass the city.  Or attack the city?"

    "Siege the city! After breaking the city, Sun Zhaoyuan's family will be executed! All officials in the city will be beheaded!"

    Fatty Lu issued another door-killing order coldly. After the soldiers galloped away, Fatty Lu looked back at the main cavalry force of the Fatty Army galloping behind him, gritted his teeth, and ordered: "Order all the troops to speed up,  After entering Wuhu City, rest again! Send an order to Wang Xu, he has no chance to rest, when the main force of our army arrives in Wuhu City, he will be the vanguard to attack Taiping Fucheng!"

    The order was conveyed, and the Wu army, which was basically exhausted, sped up the speed again, people stepped up, horses whipped up, and marched eastward along the Jiangnan official road non-stop, turning a blind eye to the farmland, fruit forests, villages and markets passing by along the way.  Just keep going east, east, and east again!  The Jiangnan people on both sides of the road looked at this white-capped soldier without braids in horror. There were some who ran away secretly, some who talked a lot, but none who dared to stop this army from advancing eastward.

    Of course, some people complained of suffering and tiredness, some were left behind, and some became deserters. Fatty Lu mercilessly massacred deserters and whipped the soldiers who fell behind, while telling the soldiers of the Wu army that we had no way out, and there were more than 100,000 full-dog troops.  They are chasing and intercepting us. We have a sworn feud with Man Gou. We have killed so many Man Gou in the southwest and north of Jiangxi. Even if they surrender, Man Gou will not let us go!  Falling behind is death, fleeing is death, resting in place is death, the only way to survive is to go east, to Nanjing City, and entering Nanjing City, not only can you survive, but you can also enjoy countless glory and wealth.

    Strict military discipline and good military quality have helped Fatty Lu a lot. This Wu army team, which has a majority of soldiers from Yunnan and Guizhou, has received the strictest military training from the old traitor Wu since joining the Wu army, and also received the strictest military discipline.  Constraints, after Fatty Lu took over the team, not only did he not relax the military discipline, but it became stricter, with heavy rewards and punishments, and clear rewards and punishments.  This Wu army team created a miracle. From April 12th to April 17th, from Chizhou to April 17th, the soldiers approached the city of Wuhu, 600 miles away, but there was not a single situation where the formation fell behind!

    When it was completely dark, the main force of the Wu army finally arrived in Wuhu City, and the vanguard of the Wu army led by Han Daren had already rushed into Wuhu County.  The imposing footsteps of Wu Jun.  The head of Sun Zhaoyuan, the unlucky county magistrate who dared to close the city and resist, and his whole family have already been hung on the gate tower, to warn those shameless traitors who still want to continue to be dogs for Mangou!  All the Qing officials, yamen servants, and town soldiers in the city were massacred by the Wu army. The corpses piled up under the city like a mountain, and their blood flowed like a river.

    "The main force enters the city, collects grain, grass, mules and horses, rests overnight, and sets out tomorrow!" Fatty Lu shouted and ordered, "Remember, only the grain and grass in the official warehouse are allowed, and the grain of ordinary people is not allowed to touch! Mules and horses borrowed from the common people  Donkeys, pigs and sheep, pay the price with military currency! Tell the people, let them take the military currency and exchange it for cash in Nanjing in a few days!"

    The so-called military currency is naturally a common IOU in our era. In view of the urgent need for mules, horses and donkeys to carry food and grass and ride the wounded soldiers, and also urgently need pigs, sheep, fish and cattle to supplement nutrition for the soldiers, there is not much cash in hand.  Fatty asked Wang Shaobo to carve seals out of radishes, found sheets of white paper to stamp, stamp and fill in numbers, and then stamped with Fatty Lu's private seal to become real gold and silver that can be circulated in the market¡ª¡ª  If the common people and merchants dare not accept it, it will be an unforgivable capital crime to destroy the financial market of the Great Zhou Army!  As for when to exchange it for cash, the soldiers of the Fatty Army of the Division of Benevolence and Righteousness also made it very clear, but it can be exchanged as soon as Wu Jun captures Nanjing!

    After closing the city gates, a team of night duty teams were arranged. The Wu army soldiers immediately lay down on the streets and alleys of Wuhu City, falling asleep before they even had time to eat. The night team patrolled and rushed to make dry food  , so that the next morning the soldiers will be full and continue on the road.  However, Wang Xu's team didn't even have a chance to rest, so they directly set fire to Taiping City, which was more than 40 miles away, attacking this Taiping Mansion City, which didn't even know how many defenders there were.  The main force opens the way.

    Fortunately, like the previous cities, Taipingfu City is still an empty city without regular army guards, and the magistrate of Taipingfu, Huang Guizi Hanzhu, is a Qing-Han army bannerman with his ancestral home in Liaodong.  He has been praised by the Qing court many times for his good governance, but he is a bannerman who loves his own life very much.  So when Wu Jun's vanguard soldiers descended from the sky, Huang Zhifu not only didn'thand.  "

    "That's good, be careful." Xie Dong said in a low voice: "Ah Xixu hasn't arranged for me to defend the city so far. He probably wants me to be in charge of logistics in the city. Your main force will arrive in a while. If  I was assigned to the city, and the rest is up to you."

    "My lord, please don't worry." Li Ya replied in a low voice: "Our people are all ready, and we can act immediately when the main force arrives."

    Xie Dong nodded, and when he was about to leave, a messenger came rushing over and said to Xie Dong, "Master Xie, please go to the tower of Jubao Gate immediately, the Governor-General is going to hold a city defense meeting."

    "Okay, I'll go right away." Xie Dong nodded in agreement.

    "Master Xie, the Governor-General has made a special request that your fellow countryman, Li Ya, the new chief executive, also go with you." The orderly added.

    "I?" Li Ya was taken aback, and when he and Xie Dong looked at each other, they both saw the look of horror in each other's eyes, and then a thought arose in their hearts, "Could it be that this matter is going to fail?  ?¡± (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel  .com
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