Lin Ziran guessed right, the big shots on the front lines of Chongguang City were indeed furious, especially the commander of the Third Division, Feng Haozhong Zhongqing, was furious.
Feng Haozhong Zhongqing was not only the commander of the Third Division, he was also the top commander on the front line of Chongguang City. The number of troops under his command once reached more than 20,000 people.
This time, the war between Luo'an County and Guang'an County has been going on since last autumn. Fierce wars have broken out on many fronts, including Chongguang City.
The battle lines have reached a stalemate until now. In fact, it is time for both sides to start competing for their overall strength.
Whoever has more troops and supplies will have an advantage in the battle and win the entire war.
But the other fronts are fine, except for the front line of Chongguang City where Feng Haozhong is responsible for, the supply has never been smooth.
The main reason is that the distance is too long. It could have been possible to transport supplies directly north through the Luo River. However, it is a pity that the surface troops of Luo'an County do not have the advantage. The surface troops of Guang'an County also have good strength.
An armored shallow-water gunboat almost controlled the upper half of the Luo River Basin.
Luo An's army tried several times to use ships to transport supplies northward, but all failed. In the end, they had to use more troublesome land transportation.
However, land transportation was also unsafe. Guang'an's cavalry went out in all directions and repeatedly attacked the transportation team. In the early stage, we had sufficient troops and could barely maintain logistical supplies when we could use regular troops to escort them.
However, the losses on the front line were too great and the war was tense. When Zhongqing Feng Haozhong was forced to deploy the regular troops who were maintaining the supply line in the rear to join the front-line battle, the task of escorting supplies could only be handed over to the Qingshan Patrol Battalion waiting in the rear for the second line.
The troops are gone.
However, in the past month, it has become clear that these local second-line troops are unable to shoulder the important task of escorting the convoy.
Not only was the Qingshan Patrol Battalion escorting baggage trains attacked twice in a row, there were actually more baggage trains escorted by local second-line troops that were attacked.
The Qingshan Patrol Battalion is just one of the many local second-line troops escorting baggage.
Feng Haozhong also knew very well that the biggest reason for the losses of the transport team was not the unfavorable combat operations of the second-line troops in Qingshan Town Patrol Camp. With their little strength, it was normal for them to be unable to defeat Guang'an's cavalry.
This time the transport team was attacked and lost more than half. In Feng Haozhong's opinion, Lin Ziran's patrol camp was just a small patrol camp. Facing the attack of a cavalry regiment in Guang'an, it was good to be able to save half of the supplies.
What made him angry was that his side had encircled and suppressed the Guang'an cavalry many times in a row, but they all returned without success.
The Guang'an cavalry led by Fang Yuanxin has been operating in the rear of the Luo An Army, and has caused heavy losses to the Luo An Army's baggage troops several times.
However, several encirclement and suppression campaigns were unsuccessful.
This time, he was determined to encircle and suppress Fang Yuanxin's cavalry troops.
However, the fighting in Chongguang City was fierce, and he did not have many troops to mobilize to encircle and suppress Fang Yuanxin, so he planned to mobilize some local patrol battalions and guards to go north to participate in the encirclement and suppression.
So a piece of order was sent to Lin Ziran again!
Looking at the order in his hand, Lin Ziran felt a little surprised. He was not accidentally dispatched to join the battle. His patrol battalion stayed dozens of kilometers behind. Whether it was escorting baggage or encircling and suppressing the infiltrated cavalry of the enemy, it was reasonable.
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What surprised him was that this order was signed by Jian Liangzhi, and Jian Liangzhi's military title had already become a young minister.
When did Jian Liangzhi become Shaoqing?
The order is very clear. Jian Liangzhi has been promoted to Shaoqing due to his meritorious service on the front line, and will lead a main force of more than 3,000 people including the 7th Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and the 3rd Division Cavalry Regiment to clear out Guang'an in the rear.
The cavalry and other Guang'an troops attacked the Luo'an Army's logistics line to ensure the smooth flow of the logistics line.
After learning that the order had been sent from the front line, Luo Mazi, Dao Scar, Wu Dajiang, Lu Sanzhen and other major military officers from the patrol camp arrived at Lin Ziran one after another.
Before the ceremony officially started, everyone just started chatting.
Scar said with an envious tone: "This Jian Liangzhi hasn't even finished the battle, and he has already become a young prince!"
Luo Mazi didn't take it seriously: "He is a descendant of the Qing family. He can be promoted by doing anything he wants."
The implication is that Jian Liangzhi has no real materials and relies entirely on his identity and background to climb up.
However, Lin Ziran, who was sitting at the top, disagreed with Luo Mazi's words. Although he didn't know much about the fighting on the front line, he also learned from a few battle reports that Jian Liangzhi's performance in this battle was quite outstanding.
In several consecutive battles, he led the 7th Regiment to achieve great successes.
Its performance is not amazing, but it is definitely remarkable.
Otherwise, even if you can get a good tire, you won't be able to make it without the corresponding strength.
These are troubled times, and everyone is fighting every day. Only a few people who can stand in troubled times are simple characters. Even if they are a loser, they must be a valuable loser.
After everyone discussed for a while, Lin Ziran pressed his hand: "Everyone knows that the superiors asked us to go north to help encircle and suppress the Guang'an rebels."
"I have decided to lead the army northward in three days. At that time, the first company, second company, third company, cavalry platoon and artillery platoon will follow me to the north, and the remaining troops will stay in Qingshan Town!"
The order has been passed down directly from above, so it would not be good to refuse directly. After all, Lin Ziran has not yet planned to completely fall out with Luo Anjun.
Moreover, the order given to him by his superiors was to assist in the encirclement and suppression. His main task was to lead the troops north to defend a strategic point called Fenglan Town.
The ones directly pursuing the battle were the Seventh Regiment and two cavalry regiments led by Jian Liangzhi himself.
Several other local troops, including the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, are mainly stationed on the periphery to guard traffic arteries and prevent the Guang'an rebels from jumping over the wall and rushing directly into the southern region.
There is a high probability that this kind of mission is not dangerous, because the number of Guang'an rebels attacking the logistics line from the rear is not large, and the main force is only a cavalry regiment. It is almost impossible for them to go deep into Luo'an County alone.
Once they get deep into Luo'an County, everything will be lost. Luo'an's army has many ways to surround them and then annihilate them.
Lin Ziran was sure that this mission was not too dangerous, so he led the troops northward so happily.
If Feng Haozhong had transferred him to the front line of Chongguang City to be used as cannon fodder, or if he had to go head-to-head with the enemy's attacking troops, Lin Ziran would definitely have tried to avoid him and would not have been able to kill him.