They were not afraid of going north to fight, but they didn't dare to join forces with Li Dingjun, Jian Liangzhi and the others because they didn't know when they would be stabbed in the back.
But in addition to this, Li Dingjun also knew other factors, such as the fact that Luohai County was not peaceful at all. The Nanhai New Army led by the remnants of Nanzhou Bank was causing trouble everywhere in Luohai County.
Luohai County actually has a lot of ground combat troops, nearly one hundred thousand in total.
But they are under great pressure, especially Hetai County in the east, which has seen a surge in strength in the past year and is trying to advance westward. Therefore, Luohai County's main focus in the past year has actually been concentrated on the east. They are already
An agreement was reached with Anlong County, its neighbor to the east, and at least 50,000 troops were dispatched to Anlong County to resist the huge pressure from Hetai County.
There is also a certain amount of pressure there, and troops need to be deployed, and the county and city have to leave troops for garrison.
In normal times, Luo Hai County can actually mobilize a mobile force of 30,000 to 40,000 people, which is very good.
But unfortunately, several vassal towns in Luo'an County teamed up to bring down Shao Bingqian once in the past few years.
At that time, the more than 30,000 mobile troops led by Shao Bing were almost completely destroyed.
Although it has been rebuilt in the past two years, it is still a little behind. What's more important is that the remnants of the South China Sea New Army have also restrained a lot of troops.
At this moment, they want to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to go north, which is also a troublesome matter for Luohai County.
If only 10,000 or 20,000 people were sent, they would probably never come back.
Either he was killed by Lin Ziran or swallowed up by Li Dingjun and the others.
Under this situation, Shao Bing and the others were also in a dilemma.
It's not that they don't want to send troops north, but their troops are tight, and they don't trust Li Dingjun.
Otherwise, they would not support Jian Liangzhi's return to Luo An.
They provided money and guns to support Li Dingjun and Jian Liangzhi, and then dispatched a fleet to cooperate with them in fighting. In Shao Bing's view, as long as Li Dingjun and the others did not foolishly leave Luohe River too far, the huge fleet of Luohai Fleet could guarantee the safety of these tens of thousands of troops.
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As long as these tens of thousands of troops remain alive, Lin Ziran will not be able to unify Luo'an County.
If this fight continues, Shao Bing will be able to seize the time and wipe out the bastards of the South China Sea New Army who are causing trouble everywhere.
Shao Bing has this idea, and Du Zhikuan is not stupid either!
If there was a chance to go south, he would actually go south, but to be honest, he didn't have as many troops as Lin Ziran.
Guang'an is not as populous and rich in resources as Luo'an. The army of 50,000 or 60,000 is basically the limit. If there are more, people will eat people.
There are also enemies on all sides of Guang'an. In addition, Guang'an and Hexi County have no high mountains to block them. They have a large plain area, and the cavalry in Hexi County is also relatively powerful.
Guang'an had to be on guard against someone from Hexi County killing him accidentally.
You, Guang'an, want to seize Luo'an, but Hexi County also wants to march eastward to Guang'an!
Then there were those from the South China Sea New Army who made troubles and restrained many of Du Zhikuan's mobile troops.
Du Zhikuan now has less than 10,000 garrison troops left in Chongguang City. As for going south.
Wait, wait.
This is what Shao Bing and Du Zhikuan think!
Alas, this is not what they want, but life is difficult for everyone now...
Even those who want to send troops to Roanna are powerless!
Moreover, Zhao Song, Li Dingjun, and Jian Liangzhi have more than 50,000 troops in total.
Even if Lin Ziran's troops were able to fight, it would be impossible to wipe them all out in a short time.
As long as the war lasts longer, it will be much easier to handle later!
However, thinking this way, they obviously still failed to pay attention to the huge power of the rear-mounted guns and new tactics of Lin Ziran's troops.
Outsiders always thought that the generals under Jian Minggang, such as Zhen Changdong, were cowardly and then betrayed Jian Minggang, allowing Lin Ziran to seize the county seat.
However, they obviously forgot that when Zhen Changdong and the others beat Zhao Dong before, they were quite violent, but no one said anything about surrender.
Why did Zhen Changdong and the others surrender to Lin Ziran in the end?
Because I can't beat it...
And it's not just an ordinary defeat. If the two sides fought back and forth and lost in the end, they wouldn't surrender so simply.
The actual situation is that their troops are simply unable to resist Lin Ziran's troops who are equipped with breech-loading guns and using new tactics, and they don't even know how to fight.
You can only watch helplessly as your own infantry phalanx collapses one after another under the enemy's powerful firepower. In the end, the entire army is defeated and flees or surrenders.
This kind of despair is difficult to understand for those who have not experienced it personally.
So they would scold Zhen Changdong and the others for being cowardly and rebellious, but they did not think about why Zhen Changdong and the others surrendered so simply!
Therefore, the subsequent series of battle developments once again shocked the world!
On April 29, Yongchang 51, Li Dingjun and Jian Liangzhi joined forces and led a total of 30,000 troops northward along the Luo River. Along the way, they were protected by more than 20 river warships from the Dingjiang Fleet and the Luo Hai Fleet, as well as hundreds of
Steam ships transport numerous logistical supplies.
On May 1, there was a small-scale exchange of fire between the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the vanguard unit of the army heading north led by Lin Ziran himself, and the cavalry unit of Zhao Song.
Both sides suffered casualties.
On May 4th, Lin Ziran's First Division made a quick detour along the left wing and intercepted a group of approximately 8,000 enemy troops. After a fierce battle, hundreds of enemies were wiped out!
However, more than 5,000 enemy troops surrendered on the spot, and the rest fled!
When the battle report of this battle was sent to Lin Ziran, Lin Ziran just smiled: "With Zhongshu's talent, commanding a division is really overqualified!"
But when the battle report was delivered to Zhao Song, Zhao Song was stunned for a while!
He had been in the army for many years, and the loss of 8,000 troops was certainly a lot, and the impact was also great.
But a simple loss will make him heartbroken and angry, but it will never make him so absent-minded!
He read the battle report over and over again, word for word. This battle report was compiled from the summary of many escaped officers of the defeated army, and it simulated the real situation at that time as much as possible.
But even though he has such rich war experience, he still cannot describe the battle process in the battle report!
What a joke!
Look at what is written above. It is said that at the beginning of the battle, an infantry regiment with ten infantry companies and a total strength of about a thousand people began to line up on the spot after the reconnaissance report discovered the enemy. But not long after,
However, it was hit by a sudden and intensive firepower on the flank, causing it to collapse instantly.
There are different opinions on how many enemy troops were attacked. Many frontline officers said that the enemy firepower came from the hilltop about 300 meters away. Judging from the density of firepower, it was at least 5,000 troops.