It was early morning on July 6, the 49th year of Yongchang.
The residents of Sanyang Town, who had been devastated by the war for many days, discovered that the Sixth Brigade and the Temporary Brigade, which had been fighting to the death, had all disappeared overnight.
However, it is not that Sanyang Town is in a state of emptiness, because at dawn a force took over the Sixth Brigade and the temporary brigade and entered the urban area of Sanyang Town.
They are no strangers to this unit. Many people know that this is Lin Ziran's supplementary brigade from the next town. This supplementary brigade said a few days ago that it would come to Sanyang Town, but later the Sixth Brigade and the Temporary Brigade successively came to Sanyang Town.
Town, and fought a battle using Sanyang Town as the battlefield. Lin Ziran's supplementary brigade retreated after one day.
But yesterday, this supplementary brigade appeared again outside Sanyang Town. At that time, many people speculated whether Lin Ziran's supplementary brigade also participated in the battle between the Sixth Brigade and the temporary brigade.
However, he did not expect that Lin Ziran's supplementary brigade was only escorting the kerosene caravan and had no intention of interfering at all.
In the first half of yesterday night, the Sixth Brigade took the lead in retreating. It gave up its plan to directly defeat the temporary brigade in Sanyang Town and then take a boat south along the Luo River. Instead, it chose to continue south along the east bank of the Luo River.
Before retreating, they bluffed and launched a fairly large night attack.
It was this attack that almost made Jian Liangzhi unable to react. He spent the entire first half of the night deploying defense lines to prepare for the Sixth Brigade to continue launching night attacks.
But in the middle of the night, they finally discovered that Cheng Hongbin had just fired a feint, turned around and ran away, and Jian Liangzhi hurriedly led his troops south to pursue him.
With the Sixth Brigade and the Temporary Brigade gone, Lin Ziran's supplementary brigade naturally took the opportunity to station in Sanyang Town.
Regarding the arrival of the supplementary brigade, many people in Sanyang Town were uneasy because they still didn't know how the supplementary brigade came to Sanyang Town.
In the guard house, Yan Qiyue felt a little uneasy: "What does this Lin Ziran think? Is it possible that he really followed Feng Haozhong's order to garrison Sanyang Town?"
Zhou Li on the side laughed: "How is that possible?"
"I know Lin Ziran well. Although he doesn't have many troops, his ambition is no less than that of any vassal town. How can a person like him really be willing to be inferior to others!"
"In my opinion, his seeking refuge with Feng Haozhong is just a pretense."
"As for the garrison in Sanyang Town, can't Brother Yan still see it? What Lin Ziran did yesterday was already very obvious."
Yan Qiyue showed doubts and asked: "Could it be said that he is stationed in Sanyang Town just to control the transportation of kerosene?"
Zhou Lidao: "Other than that, what other reasons are there for him to go to war!"
Yan Qiyue nodded slightly at this time and said: "That's right. This kerosene business is very important to us, but it is more important to Lin Ziran. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is his lifeblood. To protect the kerosene business, it is also true to send troops to garrison Sanyang Town.
It makes sense!”
Then he looked at Zhou Li: "Then what should we do next, Mr. Zhou? Should we let it go or not?"
Zhou Lidao: "What else can we do? Of course we just sit back and do nothing. Besides, the town guard under your command is also ruined. Without the protection of the town guard, and without letting Lin Ziran's troops stationed, the Sanyang Ferry will be destroyed in a matter of minutes."
You will become fat in the eyes of others, and gangsters might come over at any time!"
Yan Qiyue hesitated: "But, after all, this is Sanyang Town, not Qingshan Town. If he rashly moves in, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of the superiors?"
Zhou Lidao: "Now Lin Ziran is no longer the battalion officer of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, but the commander of the 3rd Division's Supplementary Brigade. He now has the title of Shaoqing Brigade Commander of the regular army to control the logistics of the 3rd Division."
The line has entered Sanyang Town, who dares to say anything!"
"These are Lin Ziran's own affairs. We don't need to worry about them. As long as he can continuously transport kerosene from afar and continue to purchase ordnance from us, we have nothing to worry about."
Yan Qiyue said: "That's right. Lin Ziran made a lot of money from this kerosene business, but most of the money he earned changed hands, but it ended up in our hands."
Zhou Lidao: "That's not it!"
"Don't worry about the garrison. Let Lin Ziran have the headache. We still need to discuss the follow-up kerosene transportation. A letter has already arrived from the head office, saying that some channels in Luo Hai County have been opened and the next ship will be shipped.
We can transport the kerosene to Luohai County to test the market’s reaction!”
When Yan Qiyue and Zhou Li were discussing in the guard house.
Lin Ziran also rode a horse and led the guards to inspect Qingshan Town.
However, he actually did not send too many troops to Qingshan Town, only an infantry company, because the kerosene warehouse was not on site, and the kerosene loading dock was not a dock in the city, but a small kerosene warehouse.
pier.
This is mainly because kerosene is a dangerous product. No one wants to store hundreds or thousands of barrels of flammable and explosive kerosene in urban areas. This will not only cause management and transportation troubles, but more importantly, should any accident occur,
A big explosion could blow up less than half of Sanyang Town.
And the damage caused by such an explosion would definitely be greater than the artillery attacks that Sanyang Town has suffered in the past few days.
In the past few days, the Sixth Brigade and the Temporary Brigade have been engaged in fierce battles around Sanyang Town. Both sides fired a large number of solid artillery shells and grenades, which bombed many fighting areas beyond recognition and many buildings were hit.
Tattered.
However, the power of grenades these days is still limited. At the same time, the forces of both warring parties are not large, and the number of artillery fires is not large. The main areas of fighting are still concentrated in the docks and suburban areas. The real residential areas in the city have not been greatly affected.
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But even so, when Lin Ziran was patrolling on horseback, he still felt heartbroken when he saw the dilapidated city, especially when the buildings in the dock area were almost completely destroyed.
Now Sanyang Town is our own Sanyang Town!
Although he is not the guard of Sanyang Town, nor is he the captain of the Sanyang Town Guard, this does not prevent Lin Ziran from treating this place as his own territory.
Who allowed his army of more than a thousand to be stationed outside the city, and a company was already stationed in the city?
After a brief inspection, Lin Ziran found Yan Qiyue. After saying a few words, Lin Ziran said: "Shou Yan, I heard that your town guard has been dispersed?"
Yan Qiyue didn't know why he asked that, but it was also a fact. He nodded immediately and said: "Master Lin said it is true. Our town guard was forcibly recruited by the Sixth Brigade and the Temporary Brigade, and now it is in name only!"
After hearing this, Lin Ziran looked thoughtful, and said after a few seconds: "Sanyang Town is an important transportation road, and there are many bandits coming and going. Although the headquarters will be stationed here in the future, the headquarters is busy with military affairs and ordinary suppression, and the suppression of bandits may be difficult.
It's difficult to spare your hands to deal with it. In this way, I will help your town rebuild the town guard to prevent bandits from running rampant."
Hearing this, Yan Qiyue raised his head and glanced at Lin Ziran.
Help me rebuild the town guard? Only a fool would believe you!