The Third Division has already mobilized its baggage regiments to fight on the front line. Now, even the baggage troops of the Seventh Regiment are not spared and are directly mobilized to the front line. How fierce the fight will be.
Hao Ren said: "Did you know that in the past three months, the number of new soldiers that have been added to the Third Division alone has exceeded 5,000. In addition, the number of reinforcements drawn from various parts of the county has been
There are three regiments, but do you know how many people are left on the front line of Chongguang City now?"
Hao Ren stretched out a finger: "Twenty thousand, there are only 20,000 left at most!"
"Below that Chongguang City, our Luo An soldiers suffered at least ten thousand casualties. I heard that the camp was full of wounded soldiers!"
"Otherwise, it won't be our turn as supply troops!"
As Hao Ren spoke, he sighed several times in succession, but as he spoke, he suddenly raised his head and said, "Mr. Lin, I suggest you make preparations in advance. After all, there are many examples of patrol battalions directly participating in frontline fighting!
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Lin Ziran was also silent. He had expected that the battle on the front line of Chongguang City would not go well, but he did not expect that the situation would be so bad.
Tens of thousands of the main force of Luo An's army gathered under Chongguang City, but they did not expect that a strong attack on Chongguang City would cause such heavy casualties to Luo An's army.
But think about it, there are mountains on both sides of Chongguang City, and there is only a canyon plain where the Luo River flows in the middle. If Luo An's army wants to go north to the hinterland of Guang'an, they must conquer this strategic location.
In this way, the Guang'an Army will definitely set up a strong fortress here and heavily guard it. The only way to fight is to attack by force.
It is reasonable for a strong attack to cause heavy losses.
It's just that Lin Ziran still didn't expect that the casualties would be so heavy. This was not just a force attack, it was probably a force attack regardless of losses. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to lose so many people in just a few months.
As a result, he was a little worried whether his patrol battalion would also be transferred to serve as an offensive force in the future.
On a battlefield like a meat grinder, the regular army has become expendable cannon fodder. His patrol battalion is probably not even as good as cannon fodder. If they were dragged into a fight, most of them would be killed or injured.
At a dinner party, Lin Ziran and Hao Ren ate a little absent-mindedly. They were worried about the same thing. They were both worried that they would accidentally die in the meat grinder on the front line.
The next day, the two worried people headed north with their luggage.
This time, Hao Ren organized and escorted a lot of baggage from the rear. It contained more than a hundred four-wheeled freight carriages, and there were more than 300 civilians driving them.
Before setting off, Hao Ren also gave Lin Ziran a hundred Fuyuan muskets and corresponding ammunition according to the orders from above. In addition, he also specially brought thirty Nanzhou war horses.
In addition, there was a batch of military supplies and a large box of neatly packed gold coins, all of which were one constant yuan gold coins with a gold content of 1.6 grams. There was also the portrait of Emperor Yongchang on them, with the words "Yongchang forty-eighth year, Nanhai" engraved on the edge.
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These gold coins are all paid to the Qingshan Patrol Camp, totaling five thousand heng yuan!
When seeing these gold coins and the ordnance supplies, Lin Ziran also felt that even if there was some danger, it was worth it. The various ordnances, plus the various military supplies and wages for this month, were worth at least tens of thousands.
It’s a fair and equitable transaction when you take money to do things!
Lin Ziran, dressed in autumn clothes, climbed onto a Nanzhou horse with a shoulder height of 1.55 meters, stretched out his right hand wearing a white glove, and then pressed forward: "Let's go!"
Following Lin Ziran's order, two musket companies, an artillery platoon, a baggage platoon and half a cavalry platoon from the patrol battalion under his command left the small square of the city gate barracks one after another, and then passed through the city gate and left the city.
As for Hao Ren, he was already waiting outside the city with his transportation team.
After leaving the city, Lin Ziran and Hao Ren met up and headed north.
By the evening, they had gone north along the official road for about fifteen kilometers. This speed was already very fast for a transport unit carrying a large amount of baggage. Moreover, at this time, they had actually entered Guang'an County.
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At this time, Hao Ren rode over and said: "Brother Lin, please camp here for the night. The terrain here is relatively good, the view is wide, and it is easy to defend!"
Lin Ziran himself took out his binoculars and looked around, then nodded and said: "Then camp here for the night!"
Afterwards, the two parties went about their own business. Hao Ren led the transport team to set up camp, while Lin Ziran led Lu Sanzhen and Luo Mazi, who only knew their subordinates, to set up camp.
In fact, it is very simple for them to set up camp. There are guard sentries on the outside, and inside is a huge prototype carriage formation composed of four-wheeled carriages, with soldiers and civilians inside.
There are many benefits to using the four-wheeled carriages to form a camp on the spot, and it can be very effective in defending against enemy raids.
That night, Lin Ziran was not very safe. He was always worried about being attacked by the Guang'an Army at night, so he got up several times at night to patrol.
Fortunately, we were not attacked by Guang'an troops that night.
This allowed Lin Ziran to spend his first night in Guang'an County safely!
After getting up, everyone had breakfast and started setting off again.
Before setting off, Lin Ziran had already dispatched most of the half-baked cavalry members of the cavalry platoon into two-person teams to conduct peripheral reconnaissance and vigilance in all directions.
In order to allow the half-baked cavalrymen in the cavalry platoon who only know how to ride horses to maintain their mobility, Hao Rendu also specially transferred more than 20 Shayang horses to Lin Ziran, saying that they would be loaned to the scouts, so that the scouts could have
Replacement horses.
Lin Ziran would naturally not refuse such a good thing.
He knew and understood Hao Ren's purpose for doing this. He didn't just want Lin Ziran to take it easy and not be like Luo Mazi last time, who ran away when he encountered an enemy.
On this day they continued to move northward, and walked for another day. After advancing about twelve kilometers, they stopped and camped for the night.
At this time, they were actually only about twenty kilometers away from the front line of Chongguang City. Judging from this speed, they should be able to arrive at noon the day after tomorrow.
As long as the materials are delivered, the mission is completed, and then it is time to return and wait for the next material escort mission.
But the closer to the front line, the more dangerous it is, and it is very likely that the Guang'an Army will appear nearby.
So on this day, they stopped advancing early, and then chose a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack to camp for the night in advance, so as to avoid missing the place and finding a suitable place to spend the night.
At this moment, neither Lin Ziran nor Hao Ren knew that more than a thousand meters away from their camp, two men wearing ordinary casual clothes, but holding muskets, were quietly looking at Lin Ziran's transport at the edge of the jungle.
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Not long after, one of them quietly retreated, leaving only one person who continued to hide in the jungle and continue to observe.
The man who retreated walked leisurely in the jungle for a long time. After about half an hour, he led a horse out of a hidden jungle, and then led the horse for another distance.
, then he got on his horse and ran towards the northeast!