These complaints were naturally intended to seek compensation from the superiors. Although Cheng Hongbin said that he would help him fight for it, and Jian Liangzhi also said that he would give him an explanation, Lin Ziran could not just sit still and wait.
He has to make his voice heard!
And soon, a letter written by Feng Haozhong Zhongqing, commander of the Third Division, was delivered to Lin Ziran!
After reading the letter, Lin Ziran regretted writing to Feng Haozhong, the commander of the Third Division.
There were supplements, and there were quite a lot of them. It could even be said that they exceeded Lin Ziran's expectations.
But what was added along with it was that there would be several batches of baggage transported north through Qingshan Town in the future. It was hoped that he would lead the Qingshan Patrol Battalion to continue their efforts and continue to guard Qingshan Town to ensure the safety of the baggage troops passing by.
Unknowingly, Qingshan Town, a small and remote place, has become an important supply channel for the front line of Chongguang City!
This makes Lin Ziran a little worried, because as the importance of Qingshan Town increases, the Guang'an Army will definitely increase its investment in this area, just like the previous area in the northern part of Sanyang Town.
In this case, my pressure will increase, and I will also be exposed to the eyes of more interested people, which is not in line with my low-key development strategy.
However, this is not something he can change. This is the overall strategic adjustment of Luo An's army, and it is not his turn as a small local militia battalion officer to dictate.
Regardless of this matter, Lin Ziran just counted the starting points and the supplements given by the third division!
I don’t know whether it’s because Feng Haozhong of the Third Division is generous, or because Cheng Hongbin is really so energetic, or because Jian Liangzhi wants to make up for it, so there are quite a lot of good things added to the Qingshan Patrol Camp this time.
There are three hundred Fuyuan muskets, a five-pound field cannon, a large amount of ammunition, a large amount of food, and other conventional supplies. The supplementary supplies alone are worth at least twelve thousand constant yuan.
In addition, there is also 8,000 yuan in cash that is expected to be used as salary and pension.
If calculated in this way, the supplement arranged by the third division for Lin Ziran is worth at least 20,000 constant yuan, which is not a small amount.
Today's Qingshan Patrol Camp's monthly expenses are more than 10,000 yuan. If he relied on military supplies from above to support his army, Lin Ziran would not be able to support even 500 people.
But something is better than nothing, isn't it? With this supplement worth 20,000 constant yuan, Lin Ziran can do a lot of things.
For example, increase live-fire training!
During daily training, in order to save ammunition, soldiers rarely fire live ammunition. However, it is impossible to train an elite soldier in this way, so Lin Ziran plans to increase the live ammunition training of the troops in the future.
In addition, there were many casualties when escorting the supplies north this time, and it was necessary to recruit new soldiers to replenish them.
When Lin Ziran continued to deal with troop training and kerosene business in Qingshan Town, he would regularly send troops to escort the supply troops passing through Qingshan Town.
However, this time the superiors obviously did not dare to let another Qingshan patrol battalion escort the baggage. Basically, the baggage force itself would have at least one battalion escort force, and after crossing the mountain, Jian Liangzhi's supplementary brigade would go directly to the foot of the mountain.
Come down and hand over.
The Qingshan patrol camp is just a starting point.
Half a month later, Lin Ziran received news from the supplementary brigade, saying that after the Sixth Heavy Artillery Regiment, which had received a large amount of ammunition replenishment, continued to conduct intensive shelling on Chongguang City, the defense line of Chongguang City was already shaky, and Luo An's army
A breakthrough is imminent.
A month later, a great victory came from the front!
It took Luo An's army several months to finally pry open the turtle shell of Chongguang City, break through the defense line of Chongguang City, and the 3rd Division's 20,000-strong army entered the hinterland of Guang'an.
But not long after, Lin Ziran heard again that the third division that penetrated deep into the hinterland of Guang'an was severely damaged, leaving only ten thousand people fleeing back to Chongguang City in embarrassment.
Lin Ziran didn't know what the third division encountered in the hinterland of Guang'an, but he could guess that something was abnormal.
The Chongguang City defense line is basically the last solid line of defense for the Guang'an Army. After breaking through Chongguang City, the Luo An Army's third division will be able to sweep straight into the hinterland of Guang'an, and Guang'an probably won't be able to stop the third division.
The city and territory were captured. If they had the ability to block the third division, Chongguang City would not be broken through.
However, in this case, the Third Division suffered heavy losses.
Intuition told Lin Ziran that this matter was not simple!
Sure enough, a few days later, Lin Ziran learned that Hexi County, northwest of Luo'an County, had intervened between Luo'an and Guang'an counties.
It is said that Hexi County has formed a secret alliance with Guang'an County and sent five thousand cavalry to ambush in the hinterland of Guang'an in advance.
Immediately afterwards, the Guang'an and Hexi armies joined forces and caught the third division by surprise, losing more than half of it.
It is said that the governor of the county, Cheng Lingfeng, was so furious that he directly dispatched 20,000 troops to march from the northwest and entered Hexi County.
In this way, the two-county war turned into a three-county war, with Luo'an County single-handedly challenging Guang'an and Hexi counties.
After hearing the news, Lin Ziran didn't have any special feelings. Whether it was Luo An, Guang'an or Hexi, the war between them had little to do with him.
The only thing that has anything to do with him is that Qingshan Town has calmed down again.
Because Luo'an's army captured Chongguang City and switched from offensive to defensive in this area, the war between Luo'an's army and Guang'an and Hexi armies has moved to the northwest, and the fighting on Chongguang City has also calmed down.
Not to mention Qingshan Town.
Since Luo An's army captured Chongguang City, they have sent additional troops to clear the Luo River Basin in the rear. Now the Luo River supply line has been opened. With the Luo River, all kinds of materials can go directly upstream and be transported directly to Chongguang City.
Guangcheng, there is no need to go over the mountains and ridges here in Qingshan Town.
Qingshan Town, where no transport troops passed through, was once again forgotten by the big guys.
Lin Ziran was relieved about this situation. He was afraid of attracting too many people's attention.
On the one hand, the size of the Qingshan patrol camp has exceeded 1,500 people. A small local militia group has 1,500 soldiers, which is abnormal no matter how you look at it.
Another aspect is Qingshan Petroleum Company. With the expansion of the refinery, the refining capacity has gradually increased. A large amount of kerosene is sold every day. This has already attracted the attention of many people. If it is still exposed to high-level officials every day,
Suddenly, it becomes even more eye-catching.
However, Lin Ziran was not used to the calmness of Qingshan Town!
Qingshan Town is so peaceful!
At the turn of the spring and summer of the 49th year of Yongchang, the Qingshan Patrol Battalion under Lin Ziran continued to train and expand its troops, and the oil company continued to make money, but for some reason he felt empty in his heart.
The fight between the three counties was obviously very lively, with all kinds of heroes and bears appearing one after another, but Lin Ziran could only huddle in the mountains and watch the fun.
This made Lin Ziran feel like he had been abandoned by the world!
One afternoon in the summer of this year, Lin Ziran was lying on a lounge chair in his underpants while eating grapes handed to him by the maid while staring at the sky in a daze!
After a while, he suddenly jumped up, grabbed a handful of grapes and threw them at Luo Mazi who was sitting on the lounge chair next door, shouting: "Mazi!"
Luo Mazi was enjoying the afternoon sunshine. First, he was slapped with grapes on his face by Lin Ziran, and then he was yelled at. He was so frightened that he rolled down from the recliner. Then Luo Mazi, who was lying on the ground, said aggrievedly:
"Sir, what happened again?"
Lin Ziran shook his head at this moment, and then waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, it's nothing, go on and take your nap!"
Just now, Lin Ziran had a strong impulse, that is, to simply lead his troops and conquer several surrounding counties.
I am here to rebel, so sleeping all day and playing maid is nothing!
But if you think about it carefully, it’s actually pretty good now!
Then the impulse disappeared without a trace in an instant!
Then he lay down again and said to the frightened maid beside him: "Come on, continue peeling grapes!"
Luo Mazi next to him had a worried look on his face: I'm afraid the boss is really crazy! What should I do?