The 1st Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Infantry Regiment were organized into the 1st Infantry Brigade, the 3rd and 4th Infantry Regiments were formed into the 2nd Infantry Brigade, the 5th and 6th Infantry Regiments were formed into the 3rd Infantry Brigade, the 7th and 8th Infantry Regiments were formed into the 4th Infantry Brigade, the 9th and 10th Infantry Brigades were formed into the 5th Infantry Brigade, and the 11th and 12th Infantry Regiments were formed into the 6th Infantry Brigade.

Because they are divided into two using the existing system, and at the same time, there are not too many changes involved, so it will not cause too much trouble in the preparation.

The only thing that is more troublesome is that this situation will inevitably cause a decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops, but Lin Ziran feels that this is acceptable.

Anyway, these defective soldiers are all veterans, and the military quality of the soldiers is still okay, and there is no need to retrain.

However, the core first step corps did not carry out any split and reorganization, which also preserved the combat effectiveness of the core force of the first step corps.

This is important!

In Lin Ziran's view, the importance of the First Step Corps far exceeds that of other troops.

At the time of the reorganization of the troops, the First Infantry Brigade, which was formed with the First Infantry Corps as the core, was actually the most forward unit returning to the east again.

They had made a preliminary recuperation in the early afternoon, replenished some of the veterans, and returned east after ammunition.

Before returning to the east, Lin Ziran once again met Xu Zhongshu in person!

"The first time in the East, you have only one task, that is, to contain them and not let them escape back to the county town!"

"Later, I will let Song You also lead the cavalry troops east to support you!"

"As long as they are contained, this official will personally lead the main force to the east and completely annihilate this Jianminggang descendant army!"

Xu Zhongshu knew that his task was very heavy, and at the same time, he also felt that Lin Ziran valued him.

This time he went south to fight, and every time he took the first step of the corps to act as the vanguard and the main force of the battle.

This is the trust that adults have in the First Step, but also in himself.

This kind of trust has already made him see the hope of rising step by step in the system of the Sixth Division!

The Sixth Division system, although it is still said to be the Sixth Division, no one will think that it is just a division.

Even before accepting the surrender of the Northwest Army of the County Guard, the number of troops in this place exceeded 32,000, not counting the total strength of the two mixed brigades left on the east bank of Lingchang and under Chongguang City.

In other words, before this battle, the system of the Sixth Division had swelled to more than 40,000 troops.

Now, if you count the troops of at least 25,000 people accepted today, once the integration is completed, the total number of troops will exceed 65,000.

Today, there are six new infantry brigades!

With such a large number of troops, it is impossible to maintain the number of a division forever.

The main reason why it hasn't changed now is that time is pressing, and there is not so much time.

And Xu Zhongshu has reason to believe that his position as the commander of the First Infantry Brigade is estimated to be just a transition, and it may not be long before he can become the commander of the first division leading the army.

With expectations for the future, Xu Zhongshu led the First Infantry Regiment and the Second Infantry Regiment, which gave the highest priority to complete integration, and the First Cavalry Regiment and two artillery battalions will follow.

These forces will be formed into a forward force of about 7,000 men.

Their task was to quickly advance eastward and contain the 1st Division of the Commandery's Army.

Just as Xu Zhongshu, the newly baked commander of the First Infantry Brigade, was leading the army, Jian Liangzhi, who was riding on a tall horse more than 40 kilometers to the southeast, watched his troops struggle to move north on the muddy dirt road.

I couldn't help but feel a little anxious in my heart, this morning, he received an urgent report from Zhen Changdong of the Northwest Army, saying that their Northwest Army was about to contact the enemy's main force, and for the sake of stability, the Northwest Army had decided to build a defensive line on the spot to wait for the attack to contain the enemy, and wait for the arrival of the first division led by Jian Liangzhi himself.

And then there will be a front and back pinch, and it will definitely be able to break through the forest and make up for it quickly.

But the current speed of the march made Jian Liangzhi a little anxious.

It's the damn rainy season, and it's raining when there's nothing to do, so much so that the formation of his troops is slowed down for days.

According to the road conditions, it will take three days to reach the battlefield at the earliest.

However, even if the march was slow due to road problems, he didn't have much to worry about, and the worst result was nothing more than failing to catch Lin Ziran's main force and being retracted back to the north-central part of Pingdan County.

When the time comes, after gathering Zhen Changdong's Northwest Army, he will move his army north and completely encircle and annihilate the main force of Lin Ziran's Sixth Division!

As long as Lin Ziran's main force of the Sixth Division can be annihilated, then the overall situation can be determined!

As for what accidents may have befallen the Northwest Army.

What can happen to an army of 30,000?

Moreover, Zhen Changdong and the others still built a defensive line on the spot for defensive operations, at most it was more difficult to fight, but the other party wanted to defeat the Northwest Army in just three days, which was impossible.

The opponent's strength is only more than 30,000 people, and it is estimated that Lin Ziran's old man will be able to fight.

If the Sixth Division could defeat the Northwest Army in three days, it would be unimaginable.

Jian Liangzhi has confidence in Zhen Changdong and even more confidence in his army of 30,000.

But the next morning, he received an urgent report, saying that the enemy army had launched an attack this morning, so Zhen Changdong sent a herald to change horses and gallop all the way to inform him.

Not long after, he received another urgent report, saying that the Northwest Army had been defeated......

Defeated?

Thirty thousand troops defeated?

Moreover, the whole army was wiped out in one morning yesterday, and not a single unit escaped in formation.

How is this possible?

When he heard the news, Jian Liangzhi's face was incredulous, he couldn't imagine that the 30,000-strong army would be wiped out in just a few hours.

A few hours, it is estimated that it is not enough for the army to line up!

Jian Liangzhi couldn't imagine it, and even suspected that this report was a false information deliberately sent by the enemy army to confuse him.

But then he learned the news from the other heralds!

Only then did he determine that the Northwest Army led by Zhen Changdong was really defeated.

Just like the Eighth Division outside Pingdan City and the 36th Regiment in Shiyan Town before, the defeat was extremely fast, even inexplicable!

Why?

Jian Liangzhi looked in the direction of the north, and he couldn't figure out why the 30,000 troops on the front line were defeated so quickly!

Could it be that it is only because the other side is equipped with a breech-loading rifle?

But it shouldn't!

The rear-loading rifle is not new, and most of the first division he is leading now has been reloaded with rear-loading rifles, and judging from several exercises, the tactical role of rear-loading rifles is huge, but no matter how powerful it is, it has limitations.

At least it still can't stop the enemy's intensive artillery bombardment!

So, the weapon factor is not the main factor!

After Jian Liangzhi thought about it, he didn't know where to go at this time!

The Northwest Army has already suffered a crushing defeat, and there is no point in him continuing to advance westward!

It is even possible to run headlong into the main force of the enemy army of tens of thousands!

Retreat south?

That is tantamount to completely abandoning Pingdan County, not to mention, it is equivalent to giving up a large area on the west bank of Lingchang.

When Jian Liangzhi was confused, there was a report of reconnaissance cavalry, saying that there was about an enemy cavalry in front, and there were quite a few of them, at least two thousand horsemen!

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