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Suddenly, there was a man's shout on the side of the official road.

"Stop!"

"Hurry up and catch her, don't let this little girl run away!"

Leaning slightly, a delicate little daughter-in-law in a floral dress staggered out of the path. The floral coat was covered with mud, and there was even a cut in the knee, and a trace of blood was faintly visible.

The young woman looked panicked, and as she ran forward desperately, she occasionally turned her head uneasily to look behind her, as if there was a group of demons behind her.

Naturally there were not demons following the young woman, but three men, all of whom were not very old, the oldest of whom was only in his early forties, and who looked like a nearby farmer.

The only thing special is that the farmers have white strips of cloth tied around their heads and arms.

"Ah~~~"

Xu was too panicked, the young woman was careless, did not notice the road under her feet, tripped over a stone, stumbled twice, after all, she was unsteady on her feet, and fell to the ground with a "poof".

The man in the back was overjoyed when he saw this.

"Haha, look at how you little girly still runs!"

As he spoke, the three of them quickened their speed and were about to capture the young woman.

The woman's eyes suddenly showed a look of despair, and she was ready to accept her fate.

At this moment, at the end of the official road, there was a sudden rhythmic sound of horses' hooves. When the woman heard this, a strong desire to survive burst out of her eyes again, and she shouted: "Help!" ”

"Help!"

When the three men heard this, their expressions were instantly gloomy, and they immediately quickened their pace, wanting to drag the woman into the path they had just walked before anyone came.

I never thought about it, but the sound of horses' hooves came instantly.

I saw a team of well-equipped knights, coming from the official road, and the leading knight was holding a golden dragon flag.

When the three men saw the Golden Dragon Banner, their faces turned pale instantly.

The people under the rule of Shanhai City, who doesn't know that the Golden Dragon Banner represents the presence of the prince and the marquis.

"It's obsessive!"

When the three men saw this, they cursed and were about to leave the woman and flee into the mountains and forests. Unfortunately, at this moment, a sharp arrow broke through the air and intercepted their way.

The arrow was stuck three inches in front of them, presumably just a warning. If they dare to go forward, the arrows will beckon them.

Suddenly, the three men were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat, and their faces turned pale instantly.

After all, they are just ordinary farmers, so what insight and courage do they have?

Leaning slightly, the leading knight led the team to arrive, condescendingly, and shouted: "What a gut, in broad daylight, you dare to rob the people's daughter!" ”

"Jun, Jun Ye, this woman is a small woman, the little daughter-in-law, she doesn't obey discipline and wants to run away from home, so the little one will arrest him back." One of the young men stood up and said in a flickering voice.

"Oh?" When the leading knight heard this, he didn't believe it, turned his head to look at the woman asking for help, and asked, "Is what he said true?" Don't worry, we are the personal guards of the Marquis of Lianzhou, and we should be your masters. ”

When the woman heard this, her eyes lit up, and she said miserably: "Master Jun, help!" ”

"You say!"

"This man is indeed my husband, but it is not that the little woman disobeys the discipline, but that this god kills me, and he cruelly wants to use me as a sacrifice and give me a martyrdom to the king of heaven." The woman replied.

"Funeral?" The knight frowned, "The Heavenly King has his own Tianjing to handle the affairs, what does it have to do with you?" ”

"This ......," the woman heard this, but she hesitated.

"If you want to live, recruit it truthfully!"

But the knight sensed that something was wrong, and his expression became solemn.

Seeing this, the young woman ignored the eyes of the man on the other side, and said resolutely: "Don't dare to hide it from the military master, the Heavenly King has died, and the Holy Sect disciples everywhere have spontaneously held a funeral for the Heavenly King. One of them was to choose a young woman as a sacrifice to be buried for the king. ”

Speaking of this, the woman's expression suddenly became sad and indignant, and she pointed to the young man who had just spoken and said, "This god kills, because there is no woman in the village who has not yet left the cabinet, she actually hit her daughter-in-law with her idea." The women had no choice but to flee from the village. ”

"Ridiculous!"

When the knight heard this, he was furious, knowing that something was unusual.

"Someone!"

"In!"

"Tie them all up, interrogate them well, and then hand them over to the prince!"

"No!"

Needless to say, this team of knights is a member of the Shenwu Guard, acting as the vanguard of the army.

Ouyang Shuo got the news and immediately ordered the army to temporarily stop advancing and repair on the spot. The three men arrested, including the woman, were placed in the MID for interrogation.

They are all ordinary people, how can they withstand the torture of the Military Intelligence Department, they will all be recruited at once.

As the woman said, all over Xunzhou County, the worshippers of the God Sect learned that the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan had died, and they all spontaneously worshiped and saw off the Heavenly King.

Most of these acts take place in remote villages, so they are not noticed by local authorities.

What made Ouyang Shuo even more shocked was that according to their confessions, even some gentry and officials in the city had secretly rushed to the village to participate in the memorial.

From this point of view, although Hong Xiuquan died, the God Worship Sect he founded has really taken root in Xunzhou County and has a strong foundation of believers.

In a short period of time, it is difficult to eradicate.

This is undoubtedly a very dangerous signal for the rule of Shanhai City. Even Ouyang Shuo didn't expect that the remnants of the church would be rampant.

In this way, it is even more urgent for him to go to Tianjing City to sit down.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo immediately decided to leave a Shenwu Guard squadron to investigate the matter thoroughly. The army sped up and advanced towards the capital city.

In the first battle of Guipingguan, the first independent division of the Shanban led by Shi Hu finally survived less than 2,000 Shanban soldiers, and less than 1,500 people remained, excluding the seriously injured.

And Shenwuwei also lost his troops in the first battle of Guiping Pass.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo simply merged all the surviving soldiers of the Shanman Independent First Division into the Shenwuwei, so as to restore the establishment of 3,000 Shenwuwei.

Although these mountain barbarian fighters have not experienced special operations training, they are definitely first-class strong soldiers, and their integration into Shenwuwei will not weaken Shenwuwei's combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, merging them into the Shenwu Guard can be regarded as Ouyang Shuo's highest reward for these warriors.

Of course, the temporary name of the "Shanman Independent First Division" also disappeared. As for the young general Shi Hu, he was transferred to the Second Independent Division of Shanman and continued to serve as the commander of the division.

As for the Taiping soldiers who participated in the defense of Guiping Pass, Ouyang Shuo did not treat them badly, and incorporated them all into the Leopard Tao Army led by Han Xin.

At the time of the reorganization of Wuzhou County, there was a shortage of thousands of Leopard Tao Legion. In addition, in the previous and previous battles, although they did not break their muscles and bones, there were also normal casualties of five or six thousand people.

Therefore, even if the Taiping army is reorganized, there is still a shortage of several thousand soldiers in the Leopard Tao Legion.

Not only the Leopard Tao Legion, the Longxiang Legion and the Praetorian Guard Division, but even the First Division of the City Guard Division stationed in Mulan Fortress all have vacancies and urgently need to be replenished.

These shortages of soldiers were naturally reorganized from the Taiping Army.

In the first battle of Mulan Fortress, more than 120,000 Taiping Army Southern Route Army were captured. In the first battle of Xunzhou County, the Third Route Army captured more than 40,000 local garrison troops.

defeated the Western Route Army led by Shi Dakai, and captured more than 90,000 people.

Finally, there are now 100,000 Taiping troops in Tianjing City waiting to be reorganized.

Together, there are more than 350,000 Taiping troops, waiting to be reorganized. This is not counting, Bai Qi led the Longxiang Army to sweep Zhen'an County, and the prisoners of war who will appear in the future.

If Shanhai City wants to hold the current vast territory, it must digest this batch of surrendered troops.

Du Ruhui, the director of military affairs, was already personally sitting in Mulan Fortress and was responsible for reorganizing the 250,000 Taiping soldiers who were imprisoned in the fortress.

Its main work is to lay out some seriously wounded soldiers, including some non-commissioned officers with low combat effectiveness. Second, with the cooperation of the Military Intelligence Department and the Black Guard, we will dig out the cancer in the army.

The 3,000 Taiping troops in Guiping Pass were killed, and there were many diehards of the Heavenly King. It is not difficult to imagine how many dangerous elements will be hidden in the hundreds of thousands of troops.

If they are not cleaned up, how can they be organized.

During this time, the Military Intelligence Department, the Black Snake Guard, and even the newly formed Shanhaiwei, the torture masters of the three major intelligence agencies, almost gathered in Mulan Fortress.

They will conduct a thorough investigation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers one by one according to clues.

There is no doubt that this will be a massive white operation, but it will have to be carried out in this way.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo couldn't guarantee that after this purge, the rest would all be trustworthy soldiers. Surely, there will still be some lurking in the military.

As long as it does not affect the overall situation, Ouyang Shuo has the courage to boldly use this batch of pawns.

Of course, according to the usual practice, this group of Taiping soldiers will not become an organization, but will be completely disrupted and reorganized into the three major army corps.

Even some of these soldiers with relatively poor quality will be assigned to garrison divisions and regiments in various localities. At the same time, the elite soldiers in the garrison division were transferred to the field army.

Therefore, this will be a systematic reorganization project that will involve all aspects of the armed forces. If it is really to be fully integrated, it will take at least two or three months, or even longer.

It was precisely because of this that Ouyang Shuo was unable to start a big war against Guilin County.

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On November 30, Ouyang Shuo led his troops to Tianjing City.

The fall of Guilin County has made the atmosphere in the city strange.

At this point, the ministers of the Heavenly Kingdom suddenly discovered that there was still an existence in the southwest region that could challenge Shanhai City. All of a sudden, there was an undercurrent surging in the city.

Fortunately, Yang Xiuqing was determined to temporarily stabilize the situation.

And Ouyang Shuo's arrival has forced this undercurrent to a dead end.