With a snap, a man's head fell to the floor of the hall, rolled more than ten times in a row, and finally stopped face up.

Imo's pupils contracted suddenly!

He recognized the head of the person on the ground, which was clearly the head of the commander of the Huashan County City Defense Army.

"It's not over yet, it's so slow!" a grim-faced young man came to Ding Kui's side.

The Huashan County Warden and his staff were terrified, and they were going to kill people if they didn't agree.

"Brother Yu, you are an overseas person, you have no scruples to move, after all, I am a Shaodian, and I can't bear to attack my compatriots. Ding Kui peeked at the people in the hall as he spoke.

Yimo obviously trembled, Ao Yu's reputation is not as good as Ding Kui, but he is also famous in Nannuma Prefecture, that is a guy who is more powerful than the "Grip of Death", after Ding Kui's "timely reminder", I remembered that he is not a young man, and he is definitely not as "benevolent" as Ding Kui.

"Lord Ding!" Yi Mo hurriedly ran down from the main seat and knelt down in front of Ding Kui, "The humble position is a last resort, he!" he pointed to the head of the man on the ground, "It is he who insists on fighting against you!"

The lowly also wanted to visit the prison country, but he couldn't command the local army, so he really had no way to be lucky. Your Excellency, isn't your deadline two days? ”

Everyone in the hall knelt down, and the two sixth-level combat power were guarding the exit, fully capable of killing them all and leaving easily, if they wanted to survive, they had to admit it.

Yimo is Shao Dianxi's confidant, and he chose life in the face of loyalty and life.

"Okay, you first order all the city defense troops to return to the barracks to assemble, and then send someone to organize them to investigate the assassination of the Grand Commander later. Ding Kui dragged his long sword to the main seat.

Yimo hurriedly arranged for an important staff member to carry out Ding Kui's orders.

At this time, Ding Kui was not worried about Yimo at all, even if all the armed forces of the county town were transferred, he and Ao Yu would not be able to keep him, and the top strategic forces could affect a war zone, let alone a county.

Ao Yu was not idle, and ran outside to beckon the special combat group to enter and occupy the county guard's mansion.

After Lei Feixiang commanded his subordinates to occupy Zhongguan City, only one platoon was left to guard it, and then led the remaining troops to attack the county town, and it was broken into pieces outside the county town.

Yimo saw that the special operations group was completely dead, and the most elite troops under Ding Kui had arrived, and no matter how desperate he was, he couldn't keep the county, and Huashan County announced that it had changed hands.

The county town was lost, the county guard was held hostage and issued orders, and the remaining seven cities lost the courage to hold on, except for the officials who were unwilling to submit to Ding Kui and fled, the rest silently accepted the fate of being ruled by Ding Kui.

Cheng'an City was still in the hands of Wei Shiwen, and there were already five divisions in the besieging battalion, and Liang Chong commanded the troops to repel the reinforcements sent by Nanjing City again, but still did not force the siege.

"Chief of Staff, news has come from Huashan County that Commander Ding has occupied the county seat and will take the entire Huashan County in the near future. "A staff officer sent military intelligence.

"Lord Liang, the last general is willing to order the headquarters to take the lead in attacking the city, and not let others underestimate our new 12th Legion. "Cold as a blade got up and asked for help.

"Don't worry, our mission is to pacify Chongxi County, and to make the locals accept the rule of the eldest princess, and conquering the city is not the main goal. Liang Chong pressed down with his hands to stop the other generals who wanted to speak.

"The people in the city are forced to obey Wei Shiwen's orders, and our aggressiveness will only frighten the people, and it is easy to provoke their blood, which is not conducive to subsequent pacification. We're on the outside, and it won't be long before the inside won't hold out. ”

His explanation convinced everyone.

The goal of quickly occupying Chongxi County has been aborted, Ding Kui will definitely take Huashan County one step earlier, and the new 12th Army might as well choose a stable strategy and take Chongxi County with minimal losses.

Xing Bao commanded other divisions to occupy nearby cities, especially those that sent the city defense army to Cheng'an, to establish a solid rear first.

Since it was not known how many reinforcements had been sent to Nanjing, and there was a great risk of dividing the troops into a large range of cities, the new 12th Army decided to fight steadily.

"But the information from Huashan County is very timely, and we can tell the people in the city. General Han, prepare more paper, write the news of Huashan County and shoot it into the city, and try to let as many people as possible. ”

"Yes!" Chill as a blade immediately went to carry out the order of the good rush.

The next morning, Cheng'an City opened the city gates, and thousands of city defense troops came out, threw away their weapons, and raised their hands to surrender.

"Oops! I didn't expect Wei Shiwen to break his wrist, he must have run away with his subordinates. "I regret it.

Wei Shiwen really ran, and last night, under the cover of night, he led the men and horses of his headquarters to cross Cheng'an Lake and ran from the other side of the lake. The New Twelfth Legion only blocked the road on land, and did not pay attention to the movement on the water, because the nearby ships had already been seized by Wei Shiwen to the docks in the city.

In any case, the New Twelfth Army still took Cheng'an City, pulled out the nail and continued to advance westward.

In the next few days, Wei Shiwen did not encounter a certain city with concentrated forces, only the local city defense army symbolically resisted for a while, and then opened the city gate and surrendered.

When the 111th Division advanced to the county town and unexpectedly ran into the 71st Division, it was clear about the situation.

It turned out that Ding Kui learned that Shao Dianxi had organized a large number of local troops to rescue Chongxi County, and in order to prevent Wei Shiwen, the captain of the military academy, from leading the troops to make some achievements and enhance the confidence of other places to resist him, he sent a message to Jiang Zhi and asked the Eighth Army to send troops to assist Xing Bao in occupying Chongxi County.

When Jiang Zhi heard the news, he immediately sent the 71st Division, asking Dong Ba to crush the reinforcements in Nanjing City in the shortest possible time and crush the confidence of the local army to resist.

Dong Ba's departure was another way of fighting, first sending a brigade to disperse, looking for traces of the local army everywhere, and leading a large army directly into the central part of Chongxi County, waiting for the news of the scout brigade.

He did not need to occupy a certain city, nor did he worry about being cut off from the back road, so he set out with his whole army with fifteen days' dry rations.

As a result, the scout brigade soon discovered the traces of the local army, and Dong Ba led the main force of the 71st Division to attack and defeat the reinforcements sent by Nanjing City in a field battle.

Coincidentally, after Wei Shiwen escaped from Cheng'an City, he contacted the reinforcements after several twists and turns, and agreed on a place to meet the division, and also joined the reinforcements that were dragging behind, with a total strength of more than 40,000 people.

In the case that the location of the new Twelfth Army has been determined, Wei Shiwen did not guard against the cavalry attack from the rear, who would have thought that the troops of the Eighth Army would suddenly be killed, and the end would naturally be annihilated, with more than 20,000 prisoners alone.

Once again, Wisewin himself and his immediate forces escaped, and when they encountered the fiercest cavalry division in the field, he did not hesitate to choose to flee and let the rest of the troops cut off the cover.

When the Chongxi County Guard heard the news of the rout of the reinforcements, he also did not hesitate to open the city gate to welcome the new 12th Army and the 71st Division.

"Hehe, this guard lieutenant is very interesting, although he is an enemy, but I have to say that he is brave and strategic, first blocked the good rush in Cheng'an City for so many days, and then escaped under Dong Ba's hands, the key is that he commands the local army, and if he is a regular army, he will definitely be able to create more trouble. Ding Kui gave a high evaluation.

He is now sitting in Huashan County and personally arranges the finishing work.

Yimo was restricted from leaving the county town, and was followed by special combat personnel wherever he went, but Ding Kui did not lock him up, and constantly issued orders through his hands.

Kong Ren also came to Huashan County, and his first suggestion to Ding Kui was: "Let Cui Dun be the county guard of Dongxing." ”

"Why don't you let him go to Daling County or Chongxi County? Ding Kui did not agree or refuse.

Kong Ren analyzed: "Daling County is a border, and it has to rely on the terrain to resist the invasion of its own country, and the county guards there need relatively strong military skills. ”

Ding Kui nodded in approval.

"The county guards of Huashan County and Chongxi County have just surrendered, and dismissing them from their posts so quickly is easy to shake the confidence of the newly demoted officials, which is not conducive to long-term peace and stability. Kong Ren continued to analyze, "Dongxing County is the station of the Twentieth Army Corps, Cui Dun can let go in the past, and the richer Dongxing County is, the more reassuring it is. ”

"Well, that's good! According to you, tomorrow, no, I'll let Shaodian Luan make an order later. Ding Kui felt that this matter could not be delayed, and the sooner it was done, the better.

"The Eighth Army can be moved to Chongxi County, and the 75th and 71st Divisions have joined the battle in Huashan County and Chongxi County one after another, and the imperial court will definitely cut off the logistics supply of the Eighth Army Corps. "Kong Ren's identity is special, and he is not as cautious as others as a staff member.

The Kong family used him to secretly form an alliance with Ding Kui, which was in line with the practice of the big family to bet long, and on the surface, the Kong family supported the imperial court.

"Yes, you draft the documents, and I'll stamp the big seal of the Military Command Department. Ding Kui carries all kinds of seals with him.

Kong Ren asked, "Do you really plan to stop encroaching on territory?"

"That's right, don't look at me now, I'm very beautiful, I occupy eight or nine counties in one go, but there are a lot of hidden worries here, except for the three counties of Pingfu, Nanping and Dongxing, other places have to send troops to garrison, and my base camp Nanqiu County is no exception, and there is still a lack of county guards and city lords at the moment, and the rear is not stable. ”

Ding Kui was very sober, he was not carried away by a momentary victory, he was bound to lack management personnel if he expanded too violently, he was just a small nobleman, and there was no reserve management personnel on hand.

"Who calls not accepting the kindness of my family. ”

The Kong family proposed to send a group of officials to Ding Kui, all of whom were children of the Kong family.

"Good intentions, all use your family's people, is that my territory or your family's territory?" Ding Kui scoffed.

"Hehe, the heart of a villain is the belly of a gentleman, why is it so clear. Kong Renle was happy, "By the way, how is the exam implemented in Nanqiu County?"

"It's not bad, but I have recruited a group of grassroots officials with good quality, and there is no shortage of low-level officials in Nanqiu County, and I believe that in a few years, I will be able to train people who will be city lords." Ding Kui took the time to interview a group of officials during his honeymoon.

"A city mainly manages hundreds of thousands of people, and to be familiar with the local environment, you also need a certain number of contacts, and it is difficult to find such people among the common people. I have a way you can try it. ”