In the hall, Lu Shaochuan put his hands behind his back and raised his head slightly, exuding a faint sense of majesty.
Li Zhen, Huang Qiang and Long Ao were also in the hall. Li Zhen only wore ordinary clothes of a military general. It was not the ordinary coach's clothes. On the contrary, Lu Shaochuan was wearing the clothes of a military commander and was standing in front of him. Everyone at the front, including Li Zhen, stood behind Lu Shaochuan.
In this situation, it seems that Lu Shaochuan is the coach.
This was Lu Shaochuan's request to hide Li Zhen's identity to prevent Li Zhen's identity from being exposed, because the fewer people who knew Li Zhen's face, the safer Li Zhen would be.
The sound of footsteps came from outside the hall. Lu Shaochuan turned his eyes and immediately looked outside the hall.
Upon entering, the magistrate of Longtan Town and his entourage walked in.
The county magistrate staggered into the hall and glanced at the general situation in the hall. In his subconscious, Li Zhen was still Mu Chen. Especially when he saw Li Zhen standing beside Lu Shaochuan in an orderly manner, he directly regarded Lu Shaochuan as Mu Chen. "Li Zhen" knelt on the ground with a plop and said loudly: "Longtan Town Magistrate Bai Shiyuan has met the Admiral."
After finishing speaking, the county magistrate kowtowed respectfully.
The head catcher and the government officials who followed the county magistrate were all a little cold, and immediately knelt down and saluted. They originally thought that the county magistrate would hold up the backbone of the Taiping officials, yell at the Qing army, and even sacrifice their lives for justice. , but unexpectedly the county magistrate directly chose to surrender. The county magistrate surrendered, and the two of them followed the trend and knelt down.
Lu Shaochuan waved his hand and said: "Get up."
The county magistrate stood up, lowered his head slightly, and stood respectfully. He glanced at Li Zhen, with a look of prayer in his eyes, hoping that Li Zhen could put in a few kind words for him and solve the problem of the elixir.
Li Zhen was unmoved and still stood beside Lu Shaochuan.
Lu Shaochuan waved his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "Bai Shiyuan, please stay in the county government office for the next few days and don't wander around. The rest of the soldiers will deal with it."
"yes."
Bai Shiyuan, the county magistrate of Longtan Town, did not dare to refuse and immediately agreed.
Lu Shaochuan nodded slightly and immediately waved his hand: "Come here, send all Bai Shiyuan and others to the backyard, let them live together in a unified manner, and are not allowed to come in and out at will. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
The word "kill" is sonorous and powerful.
Bai Shiyuan shivered with fright, with a look of fear in his eyes, as did the yamen servant and the head catcher who were following the county magistrate. Both of them were frightened by Lu Shaochuan's words.
Outside the hall, four soldiers walked in and stood next to Bai Shiyuan.
Bai Shiyuan knew he was under house arrest and left obediently.
In the hall, only Lu Shaochuan, Li Zhen, Huang Qiang and others were left.
Lu Shaochuan looked at Li Zhen, suddenly stopped his serious smile, put a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Commander, Bai Shiyuan is so stupid, he really thinks that I am you, this guy is a fool, He doesn't know how to read words and expressions at all. Now that Bai Shiyuan is imprisoned, he can carry out the planned plan."
Li Zhen nodded and said: "Yes, it must be completed within one day. Once Yang Xiuqing knows that our army has appeared, he will definitely lead his army to fight. Therefore, it must be completed within one day and then lead his army to evacuate, otherwise there will not be enough time."
Lu Shaochuan nodded in agreement and began to make arrangements.
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In the Taiping Army camp, Yang Xiuqing wore a helmet and armor and was dressed in military uniform.
Yang Xiuqing looked serious, with a strong fighting spirit in his eyes. He looked at Jiang Mu and Lars and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Mu, you go and mobilize the army. We will rush to Longtan Town immediately. We must Take Li Zhen down at night, Mr. Lars, I hope you will take more trouble to cheer up the more than a thousand soldiers under your command and take down Li Zhen in one fell swoop."
Previously, Yang Xiuqing had received news that Li Zhen's army had captured Longtan Town.
Regarding this news, Yang Xiuqing was extremely excited, because Longtan Town was an empty city, and it would be useless for Li Zhen to capture it. Yang Xiuqing sent soldiers to check the news and confirmed that Li Zhen was dispatched by a large army, so he saw the hope of annihilating Li Zhen. Two orders were issued.
Jiang Mu and Lars nodded in agreement, and Lars left immediately.
However, Jiang Mu did not move and stayed in the camp.
Yang Xiuqing asked: "General Jiang, what's the matter?"
Jiang Mu said: "Your Majesty, in recent days, our army and the foreign army have been mixed, and conflicts have begun to arise. Just yesterday, a soldier in our army fought with a soldier under Mr. Lars's command. Both sides After suffering varying degrees of injuries, the general asked the prince to separate the two armies and live alone to avoid such a situation happening again.
Yang Xiuqing frowned and said, "Your soldiers are injured, right?"
Jiang Mu's mouth twitched slightly, but he nodded.
Yang Xiuqing said solemnly: "A bunch of trash, even the foreigners can't defeat them." After a pause, Yang Xiuqing said: "I agree to your request, but I hope that this kind of failure will not happen again. We need to strengthen the training of the soldiers." OK."
"As commanded."
Jiang Mu nodded in agreement, then turned and left the camp.
Regarding Lars, Jiang Mu also believed that Lars was an intelligent man, but when it came to the battle between the two armies and the interests of their respective soldiers, Jiang Mu would never show mercy.
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Longtan Town, the county seat.
A special soldier from the Jian Dao Battalion galloped back on horseback. After entering the city gate, he did not stop and immediately ran straight towards the county government. When the special forces from the Jian Dao Battalion arrived outside the county government, they immediately found Huang Qiang, the company commander of the Jian Dao Battalion. , reported: "Company Commander, Yang Xiuqing, led the army to set off and attack Longtan Town."
When Huang Qiang received the news about Yang Xiuqing, he did not dare to delay and immediately went to the study to see Li Zhen.
In the study, Huang Qiang explained Yang Xiuqing's affairs clearly and concisely.
After listening to this, Li Zhen's eyes were filled with excitement and he said: "We have finally reached the point where Yang Xiuqing came to Longtan Town. This will be an extremely important part of this battle. There is no room for failure. Commander Lu, immediately mobilize The soldiers left Longtan Town and asked the county magistrate to act according to the plan and attract Yang Xiuqing's army."
Lu Shaochuan nodded and said: "Don't worry, Commander, the end will be completed."
After finishing speaking, Lu Shaochuan turned around and went to clean up.
Li Zhen sent an order to summon Long Ao, Huang Qiang and others, asking everyone to pack up and leave.
Half an hour later, the army left Longtan Town in a mighty manner and disappeared from sight.
Bai Shiyuan, the magistrate of Longtan Town, once again regained his freedom and was no longer under house arrest in the backyard. As soon as he came out, he got the news that Yang Xiuqing was coming to kill him, and that Li Zhen led the army to leave. Such news was like a bolt from the blue. , leaving the county magistrate completely stunned, not knowing what to do.
The county magistrate thought that everything would be fine if he followed Li Zhen, but now it seems that the situation is far behind.
Now that Yang Xiuqing's army has come and Li Zhen's army has left again, he cannot leave at all. He can only stay in the county government office and wait for Yang Xiuqing to come.
ps: The first update, I had a lot of things to do yesterday, so I didn’t write much at night. The second and third updates can only be done at night, sorry.
