Outside Qingshan Town, Jian Liangzhi, who was riding on a tall horse, wearing a doctor's military uniform and a doctor's military rank badge on his collar, looked up at the city head of Qingshan Town several hundred meters away.
Then I looked ahead and saw that although it was soaked by the rain, I could still see that it was a newly dug traffic trench.
Jian Liangzhi seemed to be talking to himself, and also seemed to be saying to several officers next to him:
"It seems that what I reported earlier is true. Those Guang'an rebels did attack this Qingshan Town five days ago."
"This Qingshan Town is quite interesting. It faced an attack by more than 300 elite cavalry, but it was able to block it and killed dozens of Guang'an rebels."
"Now I want to know who is in charge of the defense of Qingshan Town!"
Immediately, one of his subordinates answered: "This Qingshan Town is just a remote town in the north of our Luo'an County. Because of its remote location, it is not a strategic location. Our army has not stationed troops here. As expected, there will be no troops in the town." It should only be guarded by the local guard camp. The guard camp alone can withstand the three hundred elite cavalry of the Guang'an rebels, which is very rare!"
Jian Liangzhi said: "Let's go, we will find out after we enter the city!"
After the officers and soldiers outside the city arrived, they were about to enter the city, and their posture was much larger than when Lin Ziran and the others came before. A group of forward cavalry stepped forward directly, and asked the military and political dignitaries in the town to immediately go out of the city to meet Yunyun!
This was in a commanding tone, not a discussion.
Of course, they were much more formal than Lin Ziran and others, and they produced official documents before issuing the order.
Moreover, on this ground, there are nearly a thousand regular troops with well-equipped guns and artillery. They are either the Guang'an rebels or the Luo'an army.
If it were the Guang'an rebels, they would have set up artillery and attacked without any nonsense. How could the small Qingshan Town be able to withstand nearly a thousand troops?
Faced with this situation, Lin Ziran turned to look at Wang Jinquan: "Master Wang, let's go, let's go meet the leader of the seventh regiment!"
Although Wang Jinquan has been having a bad time these days, he is still a fierce bandit leader, and he is brave enough to come to Qingshan Town and pretend to be a guard. After nodding slightly, he said: "Master Lin is absolutely right, we are going to do it now." Go and greet Lady Jane, don’t keep them waiting too long!”
The two bandit leaders were both adults. The bystanders who didn't know this thought they were really officials.
You will think that whether it is the guard or any battalion officer, they are all fakes!
After that, the two of them took some of their men out of the city to greet them. In order to guard against suspicion, Lin Ziran only brought an old bandit like Luo Mazi and more than a dozen personal soldiers.
The remaining old bandits who were too aggressive and had no formal status had long been hidden by Lin Ziran in residential buildings in the city or in villages outside the city.
Not long after leaving the city, they arrived in front of the army formation. At this time, Lin Ziran discovered that the leading officer of this group of officers and soldiers, the commander of the seventh regiment, Jian Liangzhi, was actually very young.
From this look, he was estimated to be in his mid-twenties, only three or four years older than Lin Ziran.
To become the leader of a regiment at such a young age, and to hold the rank of military officer, one must either have outstanding military exploits, or be a descendant of the Qing family, and no matter which status it is, it means that this person is not simple.
After looking at it for a while, Lin Ziran and Wang Jinquan also said in unison: "I pay my respects to you, sir!"
When Lin Ziran looked at Jian Liangzhi, Jian Liangzhi also looked at Wang Jinquan and Lin Ziran.
However, he just glanced at Wang Jinquan and then passed by. This Wang Jinquan was wearing a guard's official robe and had a large body. He was naturally not a soldier. However, it was Lin Ziran who made him look at him a few more times.
This man was wearing a doctor's military uniform, but he didn't have a collar badge. Just by looking at him, he knew he was a local civilian leader.
Luoan County officials do not have much involvement in local private camps, and many of them are organized by the local governments themselves. Therefore, these private camps are not considered soldiers in the strict sense, and naturally they cannot receive any military titles.
Therefore, one characteristic of private camps in many places is that although sergeants wear military uniforms, they generally do not have military insignia.
Of course, exceptions are retired military officers serving there or active military personnel sent by the government.
Lin Ziran naturally knew this. He and his men had already torn off their collar badges and came out to greet him wearing only military uniforms.
After a few glances, he slowly said: "You two don't need to be polite. Our headquarters is passing through here due to military affairs. I have disturbed the place, so I hope you can comfort me!"
Wang Jinquan pretended to be a guard, so he naturally had to answer at this time: "Don't disturb, don't disturb, it is a blessing for the people of Qingshan Town that you can come to our Qingshan Town!"
Jian Liangzhi was too lazy to talk to Wang Jinquan. In his eyes, Wang Jinquan was just a guard in a remote town. He was really not interested in the local civil servants who were as big as sesame seeds and mung beans.
However, Lin Ziran next to him interested him a lot, and he immediately said: "I heard that Guang'an rebels attacked this place five days ago?"
When Lin Ziran saw him suddenly asking himself, he immediately did not dare to neglect: "Master Qi, this is indeed true!"
Jian Liangzhi said oh, and then said: "What exactly is going on?"
Lin Ziran immediately told the story of the offensive and defensive battle a few days ago. He didn't go into too much detail. He just said that he led the Qingshan Town patrol camp, and with the help of the garrison and the gentry and common people, fought hard to resist.
In the end, we just defended the city.
However, some details are not mentioned, such as the Mini rifle.
Jian Liangzhi obviously had no interest in the details. Hearing Lin Ziran's personal account of the offensive and defensive battles of several days, he nodded slightly, and then said: "You did a good job in this matter. Although you are a local private company, you still deserve the credit.
Yes, I will help you tell your merits when you come back!"
Of course, when describing his achievements, he would inevitably add a few more words. For example, it was Jian Liangzhi who sensed the danger in Qingshan Town and asked Qingshan Town to step up its defenses in advance. Only then could the prepared Qingshan Town withstand the Guang'an rebellion.
The army attacked and killed dozens of people. The specific method of describing the merits had to be discussed with several of the clerks under his command.
But the general direction must be that he leads well and Lin Ziran fights bravely. Even Wang Jinquan and his guard will probably have to do hard work by then. If you share the credit, naturally you are good, I am good, everyone is good, that is the real thing.
good.
Originally, according to Jian Liangzhi's temperament, coupled with the power of the Jian family, he couldn't take credit from his subordinates.
It's just that not long after Jian Liangzhi took office as the commander of the Seventh Regiment, many people in the county and town criticized his appointment. It was a time when he needed to take credit, even if it was just a small credit.
At this time, Lin Ziran didn't know Jian Liangzhi's plan, but even if he knew, it wouldn't matter.
What he needs now is to confirm his identity as the commander of the patrol battalion of Qingshan Town. It doesn't matter whether he deserves credit or not.
But now Jian Liangzhi said that he would help him recount his merits, which gave Lin Ziran some more ideas!