Over the past few days, information from all aspects showed that the Taiping Cult's uprising was close at hand. Many local armed groups have begun to gather secretly, and many backbone elements of the Taiping Cult have been hidden. Obviously, in order to prevent being discovered by the government before the uprising. The governments in various places have also discovered some abnormalities, but they have not made much reaction. The investigation and arrest activities of the special investigation team from the cabinet have not been satisfactory in various places. The grassroots governments in many places either do not cooperate or disobey. In short, it is very difficult to carry out their work. These people have placed their hopes on the army returning to the army.

As the war breaks out, the entire northwest army is also secretly adjusting and deploying. A large number of military supplies, including food, clothing, weapons, equipment, and war horses, were all under the cover of night. It was almost over. The new combat readiness director Rao fully demonstrated his talents, which made Qin Mu very satisfied. His orderly arrangements and meticulous planning made the originally heavy and complicated military preparation work suddenly clear lines, with proper priorities, and everything seemed so tight and orderly.

According to Qin Mu's arrangement, all troops, including the security forces, have entered the combat readiness state in secret. In view of the increasingly severe situation, the Guards Division has been expanded to full capacity in a short period of time. Qin Mu has not considered investing it in the upcoming Central Plains War, but has stayed in Tokugawa as a reserve force, while the Second Corps' Third and Fifth Divisions have quietly entered Meishan City.

According to Qin Mu's order, the Lishan County Security Division was renamed to the Northwest Second Mixed Division and entered Yangmakou Fortress in advance. The two corpses that had just been transferred from the reserve force were upgraded to the Lishan County Security Division, and a division was quickly expanded and supplemented.

During this period, Qin Mu suddenly inspected the military situation of Lishan County. Jin Zecheng's performance did not disappoint Qin Mu. In just ten days, in addition to strengthening and renovating a large number of defensive arrow holes and castles, a large number of improved stone throwing tools and strongholds transported from Tokugawa have been basically installed, which further improved Lishan City's urban defense capabilities have been further improved.

At the same time, the newly formed Second Guard Division of Lishan County has basically taken shape. Since Lishan County has strong reserve personnel and stock weapons and equipment, the Second Guard Division was quickly formed. However, since the division was built by two broken corps, grassroots officers seemed to be lacking. Jin Zecheng, commissioned by Qin Mu, took the initiative to request some officers to be transferred from other troops under Qin Mu to enrich themselves. Qin Mu asked to appoint division-level leaders separately.

Qin Mu saw through his meaning and had a deep conversation with Jin Zecheng again, but there was no way to know the content of the conversation. Finally, in addition to selecting some middle and low-level officers from the students of Northwest Military Academy, Qin Mu agreed to appoint the former deputy division commander of the First Lishan County Security Division as the commander of the Second Security Division. The deputy division commander and chief of staff were graduates from the two corps-level officer training classes of Northwest Military Academy, and the logistics director was produced from the former Second Security Division.

On the day when he returned to Tokugawa from Lishan, Qin Mu rushed to Northwest County without stopping. In addition to inspecting the training status of the Northwest County Security Division in Northwest County, he also unexpectedly checked the training status of the Northwest County reserve personnel. In addition, Qin Mu also had a secret talk with Kapok, the elder of the Gaoyue tribe of the Northwest County who made a special trip to the Northwest County Prefecture City and Shi Liu, the elder of the North Loulan Gaoyue tribe.

"Sister Situ, he has just slept for a while. Do you think you will wait for a while before waking him up?" The accent with some foreign accent was naturally Dilena. She stood behind Situ Qingqing and quietly attached to Situ Qingqing's ears and said.

"Well. Then I'll wait." Situ Qingqing hesitated for a moment and said first.

"No need, Qingqing. What's the matter?"

Qin Mu, who was a little sleepy, cheered up, stretched his body, and jumped up from the bed. Although he had only slept for a while, taking a nap at noon for two hours at night.

Seeing that Qin Mu had already stood up, Situ Qingqing no longer hesitated. He immediately said, "Sir, there is an emergency military situation!" In front of outsiders, Situ Qingqing always called Qin Mu under the name of the Lord.

"Oh?" Seeing Situ Qingqing's face was serious, Qin Mu also became solemn. "Tell me."

"According to Tianshui urgent reports, the division commanders of the 3rd Division of the Fourth Army of the Empire and the 4th Division were attacked in Tianshui Prefecture City. The head and deputy division commander and chief of staff died on the spot. The logistics commander was seriously injured. The commander of the 4th Division and chief of staff died on the spot. The deputy division commander was seriously injured. Only the logistics commander who was on duty at home survived."

Every word is Qianjun, which made Qin Mu change his color, "What's going on? Why will the division leaders of the two army divisions of the Empire be attacked at the same time? Who is the other party?"

This is simply a bit horrifying. So many senior 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 Qin Mu was also a little out of control.

"According to information, the Third Division and the Fourth Division arrived at Tianshui Prefecture City almost at the same time. Since the two divisions of Tianshui Prefecture City were going their separate ways, the guard of Tianshui City invited the main officers of the two divisions in the largest restaurant in the city. Unexpectedly, such a big problem would arise. As for whom the other party was, there was no news yet. I only know that the other party dispatched more than ten people. Except for seven people who died in battle, three of them were captured and all took poison and committed suicide. The rest of them successfully escaped. The origin of these assassins has not been found yet." Situ Qingqing seemed very calm.

After a while of silence, Qin Mu, whose face was gloomy, said: "It seems that they are really useless. Even if they can think of this method, it is really poisonous. They actually make a fuss. However, this method is indeed effective. Now these two divisions are quite paralyzed. It may not matter if there is a chief officer, but it is gone all at once. If the snake has no head, it will be difficult for the troops to operate. Even if the Ministry of War of the Imperial Capital is appointed immediately, it will take a running-in period, and the combat effectiveness of the troops will be greatly reduced." It is like talking to themselves and talking to the two of them.

"Sir, that will have a certain impact on our side?" After a period of adaptation, Situ Qingqing has been fully qualified for the intelligence consultant around Qin Mu, and has begun to take the initiative to analyze and integrate various intelligence for Qin Mu.

After a bitter smile, Qin Mu stood up. Dilena had already prepared her coat, put it on for Qin Mu, and rubbed her cheeks. Qin Mu said: "The situation is now confusing. The two army divisions of the Empire have temporarily lost their combat effectiveness. At least the speed of advance has been greatly delayed. Although it is only temporary, it is very important to the Taiping Cult. They have won at least one to two weeks, and the morale of the Imperial Team will definitely be affected. For us, it is still difficult to say whether it is beneficial or not. It is definitely a great opportunity for the Taiping Cult that is about to be inflicted. Perhaps this opportunity was created by them themselves."

"Then how should we deal with it?" Situ Qingqing looked at Qin Mu with a slightly anxious look (to be continued)
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