The Jian family has been a royal family for generations, but their real influence on the situation only began more than ten years ago.
Jian Liangzhi's father, Jian Minggang, was a general under Cheng Lingfeng. He had just retired with the rank of Qing Jun three years ago.
A simple military title cannot actually explain anything. What can really explain the power of the Jian family is that the Jian family's children, relatives and friends can influence many Luo An's troops.
It is not easy to do this. Just relying on the direct descendants of the Jian family is not enough. They need to recruit various talents, especially military talents, so that they can control more armies.
In Jian Liangzhi's view, this Lin Ziran is obviously a talent that can be cultivated!
Jian Liangzhi knew that his father had ambitions. He retired three years ago just to make progress by retreating. There was a lot of planning at home on how to become the second Cheng Lingfeng.
This is not impossible, but something that is possible!
You must know that Cheng Lingfeng, the governor of Luo'an County, was just an ordinary general in the past. For decades, he had been loyal to Meng Xiaoyun, the Duke of Daheng, who was the last governor of Nanhai Prefecture.
However, more than ten years ago, when Nanhai Prefecture Commander Meng Xiaoyun led his army to march eastward to Dongding Prefecture, he was hit and killed by the artillery of Dongding Prefecture's army during the battle. After Nanhai Prefecture lost such a leader, it had no strong manpower.
Lian Kuanglan, everyone wants to become the new governor of Nanhai Prefecture.
As a result, Nanhai Prefecture, like several other prefectures, also fell into internal chaos. Among them, Cheng Lingfeng, as the commander of the Third Army of the South Navy at that time, relied on the strong troops under his command to separate the two counties of Luo'an and Guang'an.
If the Jian family continues to develop, who dares to say that they are not the second Cheng family?
The current descendants of the Jian family and the many military talents attached to the Jian family are enough for them to make a loud enough voice in Luo'an County. Even a powerful county guard like Cheng Lingfeng can only win over them.
As for falling out?
The Jian family's father and son are absolutely sure to lead the 7th Infantry Regiment anyway, because this unit is the direct line of their Jian family's troops, and the previous regiment commanders and even the battalion commanders below are all children or disciples of the Jian family.
In addition, there are several leaders of the main group, all of whom belong to their Jian family faction.
It really turned out that the Jian family could pull out a few thousand regular troops in a minute, and then expand a little and recruit others, which would be tens of thousands or even 20,000 troops.
Even if Cheng Lingfeng could suppress it forcefully, a large-scale civil strife would be enough to make Cheng Lingfeng suffer from severe menstrual pain.
The Guang'an rebellion three years ago is a lesson from the past. Why did the Guang'an garrison rebel at that time?
It wasn't because Cheng Lingfeng wanted to consolidate the military power of several Qing families stationed in Guang'an, but those Qing families collectively decided to set up their own business and stop mixing with Cheng Lingfeng.
But Cheng Lingfeng is also a ruthless person!
After the rebellion in Guang'an County three years ago, Cheng Lingfeng became furious and asked his eldest son to divorce his wife. He then married the daughter of the new governor of Luohai County and reached some kind of agreement with several surrounding counties.
After stabilizing the outside world, he has been fighting against the rebellious Guang'an army for the past three years. He has destroyed Luo'an and Guang'an counties and plans to wipe out the rebels in Guang'an.
The continuous large-scale Northern Expedition offensive made Luo'an's army uncomfortable, but the Guang'an rebels on the opposite side suffered even more. If it weren't for the Nanzi Mountains as a barrier, the Guang'an rebels would have been wiped out long ago.
Today's situation in Luo'an County is still relatively chaotic. County Governor Cheng Lingfeng is still strong, but there are people inside who have a clear conscience. Outside, Guang'an is a life-or-death enemy.
Regarding the situation in Luo'an County, Jian Liangzhi, a descendant of the Qing family, knows far more than ordinary people. The more he knows, the more prepared he will be.
It is reasonable to win over Lin Ziran.
In his opinion, this Lin Ziran was just a commoner, a mere patrol camp officer, and he was able to win over him because he thought highly of him.
But if Lin Ziran knew what he was thinking, he would definitely spit: Your Jian family is nothing!
Lin Ziran didn't talk about long-term goals. Even if it was a short-term goal, after the patrol camp was trained, he planned to directly separate one party and then take over the world.
As a time traveler, you are so ambitious.
What to do if you fail halfway?
What else can we do, salad!
What is the general's pistol or saber used for? Do you think it is just for decoration?
Those have official uses, right? Once the generals are defeated, they will have to rely on them to commit suicide.
At worst, I will yell again: I will die!
At this time, Lin Ziran naturally didn't know that Jian Liangzhi had already developed a love for him and wanted to recruit him.
After receiving Jian Liangzhi's order, Lin Ziran also breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that the main force led by Jian Liangzhi is about to launch an attack, and the subsequent battle should have nothing to do with him.
Sure enough, just over an hour later, Lin Ziran saw more than a thousand people led by Jian Liangzhi personally launching an attack on a hilltop. Especially the charge launched by a large number of cavalry was extremely terrifying.
The more than 500 Guang'an rebels had no choice but to form defensive formations on the spot. On the one hand, Jian Liangzhi used cavalry to contain the Guang'an rebels, and on the other hand, he used more than ten artillery pieces to carry out shelling.
Thousands of infantry advanced forward.
Facing the overwhelmingly superior Jian Liangzhi's troops, although the Guang'an rebels resisted bravely, they inevitably suffered defeat in the end.
When Lin Ziran saw the collapse of the Guang'an rebels, he was still thinking about the battle between Jian Liangzhi's main force and the Guang'an rebels.
How to say it, two words: shocking!
When Lin Ziran came to this world, he had fought many battles with his troops, but they were basically defensive battles or sneak attacks from a distance.
I have never led an army into a head-on confrontation with the enemy.
After watching such a battle today, he couldn't help but sigh that his Qingshan Patrol Camp still had a long way to go.
The Mini rifle is certainly a good thing, but the overall quality of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion is so poor that it is difficult to put it to good use.
This also made him more determined. He must strengthen training later and find a few more instructors to come back for training.
Otherwise, if you just rely on a training manual and your own three-legged cat skills, the training effect will not be very good.
While Lin Ziran was thinking about this, the battle ahead was almost over. Soon Jian Liangzhi also sent messengers to ask the Qingshan Patrol Battalion to open up the defense line and intercept and capture prisoners.
Seeing the Guang'an rebels fleeing across the mountains and plains ahead, Lin Ziran immediately ordered the troops to pull away and capture the prisoners. He even sent the cavalry platoon out to capture the prisoners.
Before the troops opened up to capture the prisoners, Lin Ziran specially handed over Wu Dajiang, Luo Mazi, Lu Sanzhen and others:
"Brothers will be smarter later. We need to capture the prisoners, but we must not let go of the spoils, especially the muskets!"
Therefore, when the men and horses of Qingshan Patrol Camp subsequently captured prisoners, they were more active in picking up muskets than in capturing prisoners.
So in the end, they didn't capture many prisoners, just a few dozen, and more of them were captured by the cavalry troops under Jian Liangzhi's command.
However, the soldiers from the Qingshan Patrol Battalion brought back a lot of trophies, and many of the soldiers were carrying captured muskets on their backs.
Lin Ziran was very happy to see this scene!
The battles are fought by others, and the spoils of war are all yours. This is a good thing that you don't usually encounter.