There is not much difference between Fenglan Town and Qingshan Town. They can even be said to be two small towns carved out of the same mold.
They are all located in hilly areas, but there are small areas of plains around the towns that are suitable for large-scale agricultural development. Therefore, the overall agriculture is not very good. Because it is not a transportation thoroughfare, the commerce is also quite backward. As for industry, let alone
Having said that, there are only a few small workshops.
Walking in Fenglan Town, what Lin Ziran saw was actually no different from what he saw in Qingshan Town a few months ago.
Why is it said Qingshan Town a few months ago? It's naturally because Lin Ziran has produced oil in Qingshan Town in the past few months.
Even though the current oil production is still relatively small and in the early stages of development, it has also driven the development of the local economy.
Some time ago, Lin Ziran merged the management of three subsidiaries of Qingshan Oilfield, Qingshan Refinery and Qingshan Trading Company. Although the above three are still independent of each other, a Qingshan Petroleum Company was created above for coordinated management and overall planning.
The development of many businesses.
At present, the number of permanent employees of Qingshan Petroleum Company has reached more than 400, which does not include many temporary employees.
If temporary workers are also included, the number will reach more than 600 people.
However, there were only a few people in Qingshan City before, and they were just over a thousand people.
The extra 600 people are enough to cause huge changes.
Qingshan Town is showing signs of prosperity due to oil, but Fenglan Town is still the same. Here you can't even see the impact of the war on them.
Even though a war was still breaking out in Chongguang City, more than thirty kilometers away to the north, it still had no impact on Fenglan Town.
This is a remote place, and it is not a special place of strategic importance.
Being poor during peacetime is a bit poorer, but the impact during times of war is not great.
On the contrary, strategically important places or developed places such as industry, commerce and agriculture will suffer greater strategic damage due to the prying eyes of the vassals and towns from all sides, such as Luohai County.
Recognized as the first county in Nanzhou, it has been a prosperous place since ancient times, but it has also suffered the greatest damage from wars in the past two or three decades, with a war almost every few years.
This can be seen from the fact that the governor of Luohai County has changed three times in ten years.
Lin Ziran was very satisfied with the situation in Fenglan Town. It was better to be remote, but it was better not to be on a strategic road, because it meant that the Guang'an rebels were even less likely to come to Fenglan Town.
Lin Ziran was very satisfied with being able to complete this mission without fighting.
So for more than ten days after arriving in Fenglan Town, Lin Ziran lived a very leisurely life. Every day he did a routine inspection of the construction of city defense facilities, and the rest of the time was to continue training the troops.
But this leisurely life was interrupted after half a month.
In late January, Jian Liangzhi suddenly sent a messenger, saying that a Guang'an rebel army of about 500 people had been driven to the southeast by the suppression troops.
If the Guang'an rebels continue to flee to the southeast, they will enter Fenglan Town. Jian Liangzhi asked Lin Ziran to prepare in advance. Once the 500 Guang'an rebels enter the vicinity of Fenglan Town, they must lead their troops to hold them back.
This Guang'an rebel force bought time for the main force of the Qing Dynasty, led by Jian Liangzhi himself, to catch up.
Are the Guang'an rebels coming?
This is a big deal!
Luo Mazi said worriedly: "Sir, what should I do?"
Even Wu Dajiang, an honest man, frowned: "If we are asked to stick to Fenglan Town, we can still rely on the city wall to block it, but if we want to delay the pace of these Guang'an rebels, we may have to take the initiative to attack!"
Lu Sanzhen nodded continuously on the side: "That's right, if we take the initiative, we will have to fight them in the wild. I'm afraid it won't be easy to fight by then!"
Not to mention that his subordinates were worried, even Lin Ziran himself was a little worried.
His own family knows his own affairs, so what kind of thing is his Qingshan patrol camp? How can he know?
After these few months of continuous recruitment, although his Qingshan Patrol Battalion already has nearly a thousand people, half of those left behind in Qingshan Town are only training about one new recruit.
Even the three companies, cavalry platoon and artillery platoon he brought to Fenglan Town had only been trained for two or three months.
After two or three months of training, even if it is the most rigorous training in the regular army, at most it will be barely qualified. However, Qingshan Patrol Battalion is not a regular army. In fact, even a qualified officer in such a large Qingshan Patrol Battalion
nothing.
Several of the main officers under him were either bandits or farmers a few months ago.
These people cannot be expected to train the troops quickly.
Therefore, even the five to six hundred people currently led by Lin Ziran himself have a very low basic quality. They can only do the most basic loading and shooting, and then the most basic formation.
As for higher-level stuff, don’t expect it.
Such a unit, relying on the advantages of fortifications and the range of Mini rifles, can barely do defensive operations, but if they take the initiative to go out and fight the Guang'an rebels, the outcome will most likely not be good.
But if you keep slowing down in Fenglan Town and don't attack, it won't be easy to explain to Jian Liangzhi afterwards.
Although Lin Ziran himself had not seen a single figure of the Guang'an rebels for more than half a month, he learned from the reported news that Jian Liangzhi led the main force of the Qing Dynasty to cross mountains and ridges for more than half a month.
This finally drove more than 500 Guang'an rebels to the southeast, almost forming a siege. If Lin Ziran let him off the chain at this time, Jian Liangzhi would probably go crazy.
A young minister from a family that had occupied an important position in Luoan County led two cavalry regiments and an infantry regiment, and was responsible for the task of clearing up the rear. The commander who was tasked with clearing the logistics line launched an attack...
The negative impact it brought was not comparable to that of Zhu Zhenshou who died of overwork and Li Xiancheng behind him.
Maybe they would just bring thousands of cavalry to kill him, and then chop Lin Ziran with a knife.
It is not feasible to shrink back, as it would be too easy to follow the truth.
But it would be even more stupid to just run up to the Guang'an rebels and start a wild battle.
Lin Ziran looked over and over at the command document, and finally focused on two words: hold.
At the same time, his fingers began to tap the armrest habitually, making a rhythmic thumping sound.
When everyone saw Lin Ziran's appearance, they knew that their master was thinking about the problem, so they immediately shut their mouths.
Every time Lin Ziran is thinking about a problem, he will habitually tap the handrail with his fingers. Anyone who knows Lin Ziran a little knows about this habit. If he disturbs Lin Ziran by talking nonsense at this time, Lin Ziran will not look good on others.
look.
After a while, Lin Ziran's fingers stopped tapping the armrest, and everyone just listened to Lin Ziran say: "We still have to go out for this attack, but we have to change the method!"