Lin Ziran ignored Luo Mazi. No matter who hit him, the other company commander was killed with one shot.
This was a good thing, because Lin Ziran saw that the opponent's queue was already in chaos, although the deputy company commander and adjutant tried to reorganize the queue and continue to move forward.
However, after more than ten people were shot and killed, including their own company commander, but they themselves did not even have a chance to shoot, many soldiers became shaken.
Seeing the enemy's attacking troops wavering, Lin Ziran turned his head and looked at Luo Mazi, then nodded slightly!
Luo Mazi saw Lin Ziran's nod, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "It's all the adults who commanded well. If the adults hadn't led the villains to snipe the opponent just now, there would definitely not have been this opportunity!"
Lin Ziran did not ignore Luo Mazi's compliments as usual, but said lightly: "I know!"
Luo Mazi was obviously a little unprepared for Lin Ziran's reaction.
In the past, Luo Mazi would praise him every day, but Lin Ziran usually had no reaction.
Now that Lin Ziran answered, Luo Mazi didn't react for a while, and his face became obviously more excited.
Lin Ziran did not go to see Luo Mazi at this time, because the Guang'an rebels on the opposite side had already reorganized and launched an attack after a commotion.
Moreover, two more companies joined in on the left and right sides.
More importantly, the opponent clearly realized that the range of their own muskets was far greater than that of their muskets. The soldiers had already accelerated under the command of the officers, and even in order to accelerate, they did not care about the integrity of the formation.
Seeing this situation, Lin Ziran knew it was time to retreat.
Although our own mini rifles have a range advantage, the distance between the two sides is only two to three hundred meters. If the other side does not insist on the integrity of the formation at this distance, but directly launches a rapid charge, it will not take long to rush over.
Once the distance between the two parties closes, the situation will be very bad for him.
As long as the opponent gets within 100 meters, they can use muskets to counterattack. By then, the range advantage of your own Mini rifle will be completely lost.
As for the opponent rushing to a closer distance, or even launching a bayonet charge, Lin Ziran dared to use Luo Mazi's head to guarantee that his side would definitely collapse in an instant.
In order to avoid any accidents, Lin Ziran ordered without hesitation: "Withdraw!"
The original plan was to strike at a long distance and then retreat after the enemy reacted. It did not mean to kill as many enemies as possible, nor did it mean to directly stop the enemy.
Now they have successfully fought a wave, and in total they have killed and injured almost ten people on the other side. This is enough.
Hit a wave and run, this is the established tactic.
When Lin Ziran ordered the retreat, officers at all levels immediately turned around and ran away with their troops according to the plans they had made before.
The retreat was relatively orderly at the beginning, but just a few minutes later, all Lin Ziran saw was a group of mindless flies running around.
Seeing this scene, Lin Ziran was not angry, but just helpless.
The current Qingshan Patrol Camp is still not of much use.
It was just a tactical retreat that had been arranged long ago, but it was able to retreat like this. When someone who didn't know it came over and took a look, he probably thought that his Qingshan Patrol Battalion had been beaten to collapse.
At this time, if the opponent has a light cavalry to pursue them, it is unknown whether their patrol battalion can escape.
Fortunately, the opponent has few cavalry.
Moreover, Lin Ziran personally led a row of nearly fifty cavalrymen back, so he finally didn't have to worry about being pursued by the other party's cavalry.
Although there was no difference between retreating and collapsing, it can be said that they finally retreated, and their planned retreat direction was to run directly into the mountains and forests. If the opponent wanted to pursue them, they would not be able to maintain their formation, and it is estimated that they would still be able to retreat.
You have to worry about an ambush or something.
So the Guang'an rebels behind them pursued for a while and then stopped their pursuit.
After the retreat was completed, when Lin Ziran gathered his troops at the predetermined location, there were actually hundreds of people who failed to evacuate to the predetermined location.
This made his liver hurt with anger!
We only retreated a thousand meters in total. Although we were retreating in the mountains and forests, we didn't get lost!
But the facts were before his eyes. After a mere thousand meters of tactical retreat, there were really hundreds of people who failed to successfully retreat to the predetermined location.
Lin Ziran had to send scouts to search nearby areas.
Fortunately, although they failed to reach the intended location, they were all nearby, and the scouts found them all after running around.
After gathering more than a hundred people, Lin Ziran led everyone on their way to the next scheduled ambush location for another attack.
Their mission is to delay the southward escape of this group of Guang'an rebels. When they cannot resist a frontal resistance, they can only use this harassment tactic.
Next, near a small valley, Lin Ziran and the others repeated their old tricks and fired again from a distance. This time, because the terrain was not very good, they fired from more than 400 meters away, a Guang'an
The rebels were not hit, but they forced the Guang'an rebels to reorganize their fighting formation and send out a small force to search.
As a result, their marching speed naturally slowed down.
By the time evening came, Lin Ziran had already led his troops in several harassment operations. Not many Guang'an rebels were hit, but when his own side retreated, a few fools either sprained their feet or slipped and fell down the hillside.
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If we don't count the first successful ambush and only count the subsequent ambush, Lin Ziran and the others, as the party who took the initiative to attack, estimated that the non-combat casualties of the other party would be a few more.
But this is not important. What is important is that Lin Ziran successfully led the Qingshan Patrol Battalion to slow down the march of the Guang'an rebel army of more than 500 people.
Although the tactical process was not pretty, Lin Ziran was quite satisfied with the result.
As night approached that day, Jian Liangzhi's messenger arrived again and delivered a letter. First, Jian Liangzhi praised Lin Ziran's delaying tactics, and second, he said that the main force he led would conduct a forced march in the early morning of the next day.
Try to catch up early tomorrow morning. If the Guang'an rebels escape then, Lin Ziran must hold them back.
Lin Ziran immediately wrote back and said that the Ministry would definitely hold back the enemy. If the Guang'an rebels wanted to escape, they would have to step over his body first. He also wished Jian Liangzhi the best of luck in defeating the rebel army tomorrow morning and achieving unparalleled feats.
After this day of procrastinating operations, Lin Ziran was still somewhat confident about how to hold off the Guang'an rebels, so he replied with full confidence.
But in the middle of the night, Lin Ziran received urgent news.