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A group of black-clothed men sat silently in a secret room in Qinglian Courtyard, as if waiting for something, especially the middle-aged burly man sitting at the door, although the black scarf was masked, he couldn't hide the anxious look in his eyes.

The door was pushed open, and it was a brocade woman who was nearly, and the masked man in the black scarf was overjoyed when he saw it, he stood up violently and followed the brocade woman out, and there was a muttering sound outside the door.

"It's already decided?" was the voice of the masked man in the black scarf.

"Well, no problem, I saw them go in with my own eyes. It should be the voice of the woman in brocade.

"And where is the best place for us to ambush?" the man in the black scarf asked in a deep voice.

Then there was a faint conversation, a bag of cigarettes, a black scarf masked man, walked in like a gust of wind, waved his hand, all the men in black sitting in the room quickly got up and rushed out, and soon disappeared into the courtyard.

In the largest private room on the second floor of the Ziyun Pavilion, the tall and thin old man in the main position frequently raised his glass, clinking glasses with seven or eight plainclothes men at the same table, although several men were dressed in civilian clothes, but several of them could not hide their fierce military temperament.

"Come on, come on, come to you and give you another glass, tomorrow you will set off for the west, the old man wishes you all a smooth journey, come to this cup!" The old man stood up first and drank his glass.

The rest of the people also got up one after another, picked up their wine glasses, and at this moment, a great change suddenly occurred.

The windows on the east side all cracked open in an instant, and the shadows flickered, accompanied by a loud "bang", followed by a chilling "boom", and the locust-like crossbow bolts suddenly enveloped the entire room. Two of the people sitting around the table responded very quickly, one of them lifted the round table suddenly, and sat down violently, causing one person to roll sideways and roll into the corner of the wall, and by the way, he brought the brocade stool to block the front. The powerful crossbow arrows made a piercing sound on the table and stool, and the other people were not so lucky, especially the three people with their backs to the window were shot like hedgehogs on the spot, and the one next to them was also shot in the shoulder by the arrow.

However, the tall and thin old man was lucky, and the crossbow arrows were blocked by the erected original table, and his body fell to the ground with a limp, "Someone, there is an assassin!" The terrible cry made people shudder.

Before the sergeants outside the door poured in, the black figure had already covered the window that had already collapsed, and they swarmed in a flash, and the sound of slashing and killing filled the ears, and the sergeant guarding the door was also very sensitive, and broke into the door before they had time to open the door, but the small space limited their play, and before they pounced, the man in black had already controlled the whole scene, and five of the eight people at a table had fallen in a pool of blood, and they could not live, and the other two were also flying flesh and blood, and they were in danger, but fortunately, the soldiers swooped desperately to block the crazy attack of the man in black regardless of life and death, and the superior soldiers who followed quickly took the advantage, and the guards who got the news quickly surrounded the entire restaurant.

The battle did not last long, and the men in black paid a heavy price when surrounded by the army, except for a few who escaped, the rest were either killed or seriously wounded and captured. But when the soldiers held the captured ones, the black blood on the corners of their mouths also announced the end of their lives.

That night, the whole city of Tianshui was under martial law to search for suspicious people.

Looking at Wu Feng's sleeping face, Qin Shuangying's hurried steps couldn't help but slow down. It seems that Ai Lang is indeed too tired, should he wait and come again? Even after that, both Gu Dengyun's intelligence department in the Kansai region and the intelligence network arranged by the Northwest Intelligence Agency in the Kansai region have noticed the abnormality in the entire Kansai region, and even the official offices of the various prefectures in the Kansai region have also noticed it. The entire six prefectures of Kansai seem to want a restless fire barrel, and whoever touches it lightly may stir up the smoke in the sky.

Wu Feng has also been dizzy and busy these days, and it seems that everything is gathered together. In addition to paying attention to the changes in the situation from the Kansai region occupied most of his energy, the changes in the countries of the Western Regions also made Wu Feng feel a little annoyed, and at this time, Su Qin was visiting outside, Ling Tianfang was sitting in Taixuan Mansion, and there was no one around him who could discuss it, which made Wu Feng feel the pain of lack of talent again, his foundation was too shallow, and it was indeed a little difficult for himself to have a deep accumulation in just a few years, Wu Feng could only comfort himself like this.

In the past few days, intelligence from all quarters has shown that the Taiping Sect's uprising is close at hand, and the Taiping Sect's armed organizations in many places have begun to assemble secretly, and many Taiping Sect's backbone elements have gone into hiding, apparently in order to prevent the government from discovering the incident beforehand, and the local government has also discovered some abnormalities, but they have not made much of a response, and the special investigation teams from the Imperial Ministry of the Interior and the General Police Department have also carried out unsatisfactory investigation and arrest activities in various places, and the grassroots political axes in many places have either not cooperated or acted in defiance, in short, it is very difficult to carry out their work, and these people have pinned their hopes on the army that is returning to the division。

As the time of the outbreak of the war approached, the entire northwest army was also secretly adjusting its deployment, and a large number of military supplies including food, clothing, weapons, equipment, and war horses began to be transferred to Bonan Province as early as a month ago under the cover of the night, and now it is nearing the end. The new Director of War Readiness, Rao, fully demonstrated his talents, much to Wufeng's satisfaction. His methodical arrangements and meticulous planning made the originally heavy and complicated military preparations suddenly become clear, the priorities were appropriate, and everything seemed so tight and orderly.

According to Wufeng's arrangement, all troops, including the garrison troops, have secretly entered a state of combat readiness, in view of the increasingly severe situation, the Guards Division has been expanded to full strength in a short period of time, Wufeng has not considered putting it into the upcoming Central Plains War, but will remain in Qingyang as a reserve, and the 3rd and 5th Divisions of the Northwest Army have been quietly stationed in Bonan City. According to Wufeng's order, the Bonan Garrison Division was renamed the Northwest Reading 2nd Mixed Division, and was stationed in Yangmakou Fortress in advance. The two wings that had just been transferred from the reserve forces were upgraded to the Bonan Garrison Division, and the number of divisions and regiments was rapidly expanded to make up for the establishment of one division.

In just ten days, in addition to reinforcing and repairing a large number of defensive arrowholes and hidden forts, a large number of improved stone-throwing tools and strong slabs transported from Qingyang have also been basically installed in place, which has further improved the city's defense capability. At the same time, the newly formed Yinchuan Second Garrison Division has also been basically formed, because Yinchuan Prefecture has a strong reserve personnel and inventory weapons and equipment, the Second Garrison Division was quickly formed, but because the shelves of this division are built by two broken wings, grassroots officers appear to be somewhat lacking, Jin Zecheng, who was commissioned by Wufeng to form the formation, took the initiative to request that some officers be transferred from other units under Wufeng's command to enrich it, and asked Wufeng to appoint another divisional and regimental leader.

Wu Feng saw through his meaning, and had a deep conversation with Jin Zecheng again, but the content of the conversation was unknown. In the end, in addition to recruiting some middle- and low-level officers from the students of the Northwest Military Academy, Wu Feng agreed to appoint the deputy division commander of the former Yinchuan Prefecture No. 1 Garrison Division as the head of the No. 2 Garrison Division, the deputy division commander and chief of staff were to be served by two graduates of the Northwest Military Academy's advanced training course for wing-level officers, and the director of the logistics department was selected from the former No. 2 Garrison Division.

On the day he returned to Qingyang from Yinchuan, Wu Feng rushed to Jinzhou without stopping, and in addition to inspecting the training status of the Jinzhou Garrison Division, he also unexpectedly inspected the training of Jinzhou reservists. In addition, Wu Feng also had a secret conversation with the Gaoyue clan elder Mu Mian and the Gaoyue clan elder Shi Liu, who had made a special trip to the capital city of Jinzhou.

"Sister Qin, my lord, he just slept for a while, do you think you can wake him up after a while?" The tone of some exotic accents was naturally Di Rena, who stood behind Qin Shuangying and quietly attached herself to Qin Shuangying's ear and said.

"Well, then I'll just wait. Qin Shuangying hesitated for a moment and said with his head bowed.

"No, Frost Shadow, what's the matter?" some sleepy-eyed Wufeng cheered up, stretched his waist, and jumped out of bed, although he only slept for a while, a nap at noon was enough to withstand two hours of the night.

Seeing that Wufeng had already gotten up, Qin Shuangying no longer hesitated, and immediately said, "My lord, there is an urgent military situation!" In front of outsiders, Qin Shuangying has always called Wufeng in the name of an adult.

"Oh?" Seeing Qin Shuangying's serious face, Wu Feng also became solemn, "Tell me about it." ”

"According to the Tianshui Emergency Report, the commanders of the third and fourth divisions of the Fourth Army of the Imperial Army were attacked in Tianshui Fucheng, and the chief of staff of the third division and deputy division and chief of staff were killed on the spot, the director of the logistics department was seriously injured, the commander of the fourth division and the chief of staff were killed on the spot, and the deputy division commander was seriously injured. ”

The words were so numerous, that Wu Feng couldn't help but change color, "What the hell is going on? Why are the division commanders of two army divisions and regiments of the empire attacked at the same time? Who is the other party?" This is simply a bit appalling, so many high-ranking officers were attacked and killed at the same time, it can be said that it has never happened in the history of the empire, no wonder Wu Feng is also a little out of shape.

"According to the intelligence, the 3rd Division and the 4th Division arrived at Tianshui Fucheng almost at the same time, because the two divisions were about to part ways after Tianshui Fucheng, the Tianshui City Guard hosted a banquet for the main officers of the two divisions in the largest restaurant in Fucheng, but he did not expect such a big problem. As for who the other party is, there is no news yet, only that the other party has dispatched a total of more than ten people, except for seven who died in battle, three of whom committed suicide by poisoning after being captured, and the rest of them have successfully escaped, and the origin of these assassins has not yet been found. Qin Shuangying looked very calm.

After being silent for a long time, Wu Feng, who had a gloomy face, said: "It seems that they are really unscrupulous, they can even think of such methods, and they are really poisonous enough, and they actually have a pot end, but this method is really effective, now these two divisions are quite paralyzed, and it may not matter if there is a chief officer, but all of a sudden, the snake is not headless, and it will be difficult for the troops to run." Even if the emperor's [***] department is appointed immediately, it will take a run-in period, during which the combat effectiveness of the troops will be greatly reduced. It was like talking to oneself and speaking to two.