Lin Ziran was quite surprised to recruit Feng Haozhong Zhongqing, the commander of the Third Division.
Talking about the shortage of troops, the need to mobilize local militia groups to train and supplement the brigades, and the need to control the rear are all nonsense. Now the northern front with Chongguang City as the core is very calm.
Although there are nearly 20,000 Guang'an troops on the opposite side, Chongguang City is a natural pass. The Luo'an Army's third division, supported by almost the entire county, suffered nearly 20,000 casualties and mobilized dozens of heavy artillery and hundreds of ordinary field guns.
, it took several months of hard work to capture Chongguang City.
If the Guang'an Army did not have absolutely superior strength and artillery, it would be absolutely impossible to conquer Chongguang City!
And does the Guang'an Army have absolute superiority in troops and firepower?
they do not!
If they had, they wouldn't have lost Chongguang City in the first place.
Therefore, the northern defense line with Chongguang City as the core is very safe. As long as the Third Division does not give up on its own initiative, it is almost impossible for the Guang'an Army to conquer it.
Under this situation, although the strength of the Third Division was frustrated, and the temporary brigade and the Sixth Brigade were also separated from the Third Division, Feng Haozhong only had more than 10,000 troops under his command.
But there is still no shortage of troops.
What's more, there is actually no danger in the rear. The Guang'an Army cannot cross the defense line of Chongguang City and then run into the hinterland behind Chongguang City.
As for the Jian family and the Cheng family, although they don't know the specific battle situation, they are probably fighting each other lively. In the end, no matter who wins or loses, it is unlikely that Feng Haozhong will be pushed to the opposite side. He has an army of more than 10,000 people.
Feng Haozhong is naturally in an invincible position.
However, now Feng Haozhong is saying that there is a shortage of troops, so Lin Ziran's Qingshan Patrol Battalion should be turned into a supplementary brigade, and then guard the rear of Chongguang City.
This is obviously an excuse!
The real purpose is just to win over Lin Zi.
Why did he win over himself?
Could it be that they have the same ambitions as the Jian family?
Lin Ziran thinks it’s very possible!
None of these people are simple characters, they are all careerists. The only difference lies in how ambitious they are.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Ziran said: "Master Feng's importance really scares Lin. However, the current situation is chaotic, and ensuring the strategic security of the frontline army's rear is also a responsibility that I, Lin Ziran, cannot postpone!"
This basically means that he agreed to accept this supplementary brigade.
Because agreeing was actually more of a statement, and Feng Haozhong couldn't directly command Lin Ziran anyway.
But if he doesn't agree, this may cause Feng Haozhong to take unnecessary precautions or even suppress him. What if Feng Haozhong gets smart and directly sends troops to attack Qingshan Town when he is conquering the city and expanding his territory?
Another very important point is that if you choose to move closer to Feng Haozhong on the surface, there will not be much risk.
This is different from the Cheng family or the Jian family. The potential risk is too high if you join one of the two sides. If you side with the wrong team, you will be doomed. Even if you don't side with the wrong team, you will probably be forced to participate in the war.
But Feng Haozhong is different. He is a powerful faction in the military, and he is also a neutral faction. Even if there may be some action in the future, at least there is no action at present.
In the short term, there won't be much risk in leaning towards Feng Haozhong.
Besides, everyone knows that this is just a superficial closeness, and it does not mean that Lin Ziran will become Feng Haozhong's subordinate.
Everyone is not stupid!
After getting Lin Ziran's answer, Jiang Xiaqing smiled: "Okay, it's good if Mr. Lin has this idea!"
What Jiang Xiaqing wanted was just an attitude from Lin Ziran.
He knew very well that the supplementary brigade given by his lord was just a test, just to know Lin Ziran's attitude.
As for actual changes, everyone knows there won't be any.
What the Qingshan Patrol Battalion looked like in the past, and what the Supplementary Brigade will look like in the future.
Jiang Xiaqing left with Lin Ziran's reply.
Before leaving, he said that within a few days, the appointment letter for the supplementary brigade would be sent to him.
As for the replenishment of military supplies for the replenishment brigade, both parties had a tacit understanding and did not mention this topic. Feng Haozhong would definitely not help Lin Ziran raise a private army. Even if he wanted to, he could not afford it. His own first
The Third Division is almost unable to support itself now.
Lin Ziran didn't expect this either.
He just showed his kindness to Feng Haozhong and gained a reputation as a regular army member, which would also facilitate subsequent bandit suppression operations.
While waiting for the appointment letter, Lin Ziran also accelerated the deployment of troops.
Now that the external environment has almost been settled, at least the surrounding parties will not do anything to hinder their suppression of bandits.
The next step is to take actual action.
In order to expand his territory and take better actions, Lin Ziran personally found Wu Guanlin and Xu Zhongshu, the only professional officers under his command, to discuss a battle plan.
The formulation of the combat plan is actually not that complicated, because there are no regular troops around, and the opponents are just local militia groups in various places, and even these local militia groups may not be able to fight.
Because when the time comes, Lin Ziran will use the name of Feng Haozhong asking him to suppress bandits, and will even operate under the banner of the 3rd Division's Supplementary Brigade, in the name of suppressing bandits, with the main purpose of actually controlling the local area.
At that time, he will represent the actions of the regular army.
In this case, not all local militia groups will resist.
In order to better carry out subsequent anti-bandit operations.
Lin Ziran made defense adjustments to the existing units to mobilize the troops for action.
At present, the Qingshan Patrol Battalion has a total of 2,000 troops. It has two fully-equipped infantry battalions, the First Infantry Battalion and the Second Infantry Battalion. Each battalion has four infantry companies with a total of more than 600 people.
In addition to the infantry with a total strength of more than 1,200 people, the Qingshan Patrol Battalion also has two cavalry companies. The first cavalry company is a light infantry company with only 150 cavalry, and the second cavalry company is a dragoon company.
, with a force of two hundred cavalry.
Then there are two artillery companies. Each company has six five-pound artillery pieces and also has transport troops, grooms and other auxiliary troops. Each artillery company has nearly a hundred people.
There is also a large baggage company with a large number of baggage carriages and 250 baggage soldiers.
Next came Lin Ziran's personal guards, which were not many in number, only about eighty people.
The above two infantry battalions, two cavalry companies, two artillery companies, a baggage company, and a personal guard constitute the current strength of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, which is just over 2,000 people.
In fact, there is a third infantry battalion in the Qingshan Patrol Camp, but currently there is only an empty frame, because the recruits for the third infantry battalion are still being recruited, so they cannot even make up the number.
However, even if there are only two thousand people, and the strength of these two thousand people is not very good, at the same time, some troops must be left to look after the house.
But that's enough!
Because their enemies are weaker!
For example, their priority target is Sanyang Town, which only has more than 200 town guards!
If you drag thousands of people over by yourself, you will scare them to death!