East Factory Governor

Chapter 460 Wuwei Falls
On April [-]th of the third year of Chongzhen, about [-] troops from the Northeast Road of the Demon Sect set out from Gulang County.

On the eighteenth day of the fourth lunar month, the Demon Sect soldiers approached the city of Wuwei.At that time, Yang Jiamo, the commander-in-chief of Gansu, led an army of [-] to fight hard. The two sides fought fiercely all day and night, and the officers and soldiers lost more than [-] soldiers. However, under the favorable conditions of firearms and high walls, Wuwei remained unchanged.

On April [-]th, night fell.The Demon Sect launched a surprise attack, dispatching eighty masters to leap onto the top of the city quietly, causing chaos on the top of the city.Afterwards, under the cover of the shield soldiers, the Devil's Cult Raging Fire Banner pushed several small carts full of thunderbolts to the city gate, and then detonated them, blowing up the city gate.

The Demon Cult army swarmed in.

General Yang Jiamo led the soldiers in the city to fight to the death. The Xining Guard, [-] miles north of the city, immediately sent reinforcements after hearing the news.

Yang Jiamo had no choice but to withdraw to Lanzhou with his officers and soldiers. On the way, he was ambushed by the Demon Sect and suffered heavy losses.

Wuwei fell.

In this battle, the official army lost more than [-] people, and only a little over [-] were left when they withdrew to Lanzhou.The deputy commander-in-chief Ding Xue died in battle, and dozens of generals, generals, deputy generals, and other generals below the commander-in-chief died in battle.

The fiasco of Wuwei shocked the ruling and opposition parties.

The tyrannical combat power of the Demon Cult surprised everyone!
Lu Xiangsheng knew that Lanzhou must be guarded, so the first thing after taking office was to order Cao Wenzhao to set off for Lanzhou overnight to be in charge of Lanzhou city guard.In addition, he also authorized Cao Wenzhao to control the major camps near Lanzhou, and appealed to the court, requesting that Yang Jiamo be withdrawn, and Cao Wenzhao be promoted to the general army of Gansu.

Chongzhen agreed without saying a word.

At this time, 11 troops had gathered near Lanzhou City. In addition, Lanzhou City had thick walls, a moat, and sufficient food, grass, and firearms in the city.

Lanzhou's "impregnable gold soup" was bought at the price of abandoning other parts of Gansu.At this time, not only the Devil's Cult, but also Ma Shouying can come and go freely in all areas except Lanzhou and eastern Gansu, and capture cities at will.

This is the court's helpless move.

The imperial court was waiting until Qin Shuhuai's army arrived in Gansu, and then they would fight back.

At this time, Qin Shuhuai had just received the martial arts coalition army and was stepping up his training.

Time is urgent. The so-called training is nothing more than to let these martial arts people familiarize themselves with the rules of the army and the meaning of various military orders. As for formations and tactics, they can only use the simplest types, such as collective charge, Collective retreat, etc., can ensure that they don't step on each other to complete the task.

It is an arduous task to train a full 18 martial arts fighters who have no experience in marching and combat.Among the 8000 members of the Jianghe Gang, except for the imitation "Qingshui Banner", "Thick Earth Banner" and "Fire Banner" who were intensifying their training, the rest of them were dispatched as a teaching group to help with training.On average, each Jianghe Gang disciple would lead more than [-] soldiers from other sects to practice day and night.Even Chengfeng, who was doing odd jobs in Qinglongtang, was kicked out by the leather dog and took a dozen people with him because he had received two months of battle training. Toss the dozen or so people.

All of these martial arts people are used to being free and unrestrained, and many of them are well-known figures in the martial arts world, so naturally they couldn't stand any orders and prohibitions at first.A few days ago, they were able to bear the majesty of Qin Shuhuai's martial arts lord, but they complained a lot later.

What training?Isn't it just queuing up and running around?What is this, is it that the enemy is afraid of running neatly?

Qin Shuhuai had expected this, so he asked each faction to send an elder or someone equivalent to an elder to bring his disciples.These elders did not participate in the training, but offered food and drink. Their role was to suppress their disciples and make them obedient.

This trick works very well.The elders don't need to be trained, so naturally they don't have any grievances, and they know very well that if the sect withdraws from the martial arts coalition, the consequences will be very serious, so no matter what kind of training their disciples are trained, they can suppress them with majesty or comfort them Stick to it.

However, even so, there are still some blind elders who lead a group of blind disciples to make a mess.

On the fifth day of the training, Jiangnan Duandaomen, Daming Tiejianmen and other five or six sects resigned, and collectively sat in protest at the gate of the Jianghe Gang's main rudder.They didn't dare to say that they were going to leave, but said that they already understood the military orders and formations, and asked the Jianghe gang to reduce the amount of training and stop tormenting them for "strengthening power".

They regarded this as the Jianghe gang's "strengthening their prestige", or simply put it as Qin Shuhuai's asserting their prestige.

Soon a disciple of the Jianghe Gang passed the news to Qin Shuhuai.

When Qin Shuhuai heard this, he called Meng Wei with a gloomy face, and asked him to tell these people that he was going to make a fuss.

Without saying a word, Meng Wei rushed to the door aggressively, and told them what Qin Shuhuai had said.

When these five or six sects heard that Qin Shuhuai seemed to be serious about it, three or four sects did not dare to make trouble.Just imagine, so many sects, including the five major sects and the three major gangs, have not caused trouble, so it would be a bit embarrassing for them to cry out in front of the heroes.

However, Duan Dao Sect and Tie Jian Sect are the best, so they agreed vehemently.

Meng Wei looked at them sympathetically, and then went back to report to Qin Shuhuai.

After lunch, Qin Shuhuai gathered disciples from various sects in an open space, a total of more than 4 people, forming a square array, which was spectacular.

Afterwards, fifty or sixty disciples from Iron Sword Sect and Broken Knife Sect were brought to the center of the formation.

Holding Yitian Sword, Qin Shuhuai came out with a gloomy expression and stood in front of them.

People from Tiejianmen and Duandaomen wanted to be the first to win. Among them, Xiao Lian, the chief disciple of Tiejianmen, known as "Jian Wuhen" by people in the Jianghu, said first, "Leader, you should have a limit to your power, right? Jiangnan Duan Daomen listened to your call and brought more than 30 people at once, and they also prepared all kinds of weapons and stomachs, which is enough, right? You torment us like this every day, is it interesting?"

Wang Zizai, the elder who followed Duandaomen, also said, "Leader, we are all raised by our fathers and mothers. We practice like this every day. Look at how many blisters our brothers have on their feet? If you let us practice kung fu, it's fine, but What's the use of fighting all day long, whether it's passing orders, listening to orders, or running in line? Could it be that the people of the Devil's Cult are afraid of us running neatly?"

With a cold face, Qin Shuhuai said to Zhang Xiao who was behind him, "Zhang Xiao, tell them what is an army and what is a military order!"

(End of this chapter)