At the turn of spring and summer, in Nanhai Prefecture, the rain began to increase, and even in Luo'an County, where the terrain was flat and the road traffic conditions were good, the march of the army was also a great obstacle.

Lin Ziran frowned and looked at the gloomy sky, looking at the muddy road, this rain came at an inopportune time.

Yesterday, the weather was fine, although the sky was gloomy, but there was no rain after all, but today at dawn, it began to rain lightly, and now in the afternoon, the rain has not decreased, but increased!

This sudden heavy rain caused great trouble to the maneuver of the troops.

As is usually the case, this rainy season is not suitable for a large-scale campaign, and the muddy roads are enough to make the maneuver of artillery units and baggage units a nightmare.

But wars are never fought whenever they want to.

Before the rainy season arrived, civil strife had already begun throughout Roan County.

Li Kun's sudden collapse directly caused Lin Ziran to start a direct action, regardless of whether he was prepared or not, he had to act.

He couldn't just watch Jian Minggang absorb Li Kun's original department, and then turn around and beat himself after killing Zhao Song.

And as time passed, the rainy season has officially arrived.

Although with the current gun technology, as long as you pay attention to avoid the dampness of gunpowder and avoid fighting in heavy rain, you can also fight in the rainy season, but there are always many inconveniences.

And the biggest inconvenience is the problem of mobility.

The muddy roads caused by the rain will directly affect the mobility of the artillery units, and even more so, the mobility of the baggage units.

Whether it was Lin Ziran's Sixth Division or the troops of other feudal towns, they relied heavily on horse-drawn carriages for their baggage transportation on land, and the muddy roads would directly make horse-drawn carriage transportation very difficult.

Seeing Lin Ziran frowning, Wu Guanlin on the side stepped forward and said: "My lord, the food and salary department has urgently recruited civilian men and service horses to support the mobility of baggage and artillery, but according to the current situation, I am afraid it will be difficult to ensure that the main force of our army arrives at the battlefield at the scheduled time!" ”

Lin Ziran said: "What about the movement of the enemy army, this heavy rain has a lot of impact on us, but the impact on the enemy army should not be small!" ”

Wu Guanlin said: "Scout cavalry report, heavy rain has also affected the enemy, they postponed the departure time this morning, but they only postponed the departure time, they still set off in the morning, what is the follow-up situation, we still need to wait for the scout cavalry report!" ”

It also takes time for the scouts to deliver the news to the rear, and it takes a lot of time to send the news back twenty or thirty kilometers away from the front line.

Lin Ziran said: "Is it simply because of the heavy rain or because they discovered our movements?" ”

Wu Guanlin said: "It's hard to say, it's impossible for the other party not to send reconnaissance cavalry to the movement of our army, and the surrounding terrain is flat, our army's peripheral cavalry has intercepted more than ten batches of enemy reconnaissance cavalry since yesterday, but there is a high probability that the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry broke through the interception of our peripheral cavalry and detected the movement of our army's main force!" ”

Wu Guanlin said, showing a helpless look and said: "There are a lot of cavalry on both sides of the enemy, and the surrounding terrain is flat and open, whether it is us or the other party, it is actually difficult to hide the traces!" ”

"This battlefield, to a certain extent, is transparent to both sides!"

At this time, Xiao Xiangyu walked up and said: "The transparency of the battlefield will not have much impact, now we take the initiative to move westward, in this case, whether the other party is willing or not, they must choose to fight with us!" ”

Xiao Xiangyu continued to take two steps forward to Lin Ziran's side: "My lord, now we have taken the initiative to give up the strong fortress of Shiyan Town and advance westward, and the other party will definitely be able to guess that our goal is to break through each of them." ”

"However, the other party must also want us to leave the strong fortress of Shiyan Town, strive to contain us on the western front, and wait for the arrival of the first division in the south, and finally fight in front and rear!"

Hearing Xiao Xiangyu's words, Lin Ziran nodded slightly, he chose to take the initiative to go west with this in mind.

Once he takes the initiative to advance westward, then even if the other party is at a disadvantage in terms of troops, it is unlikely that he will avoid the battle, but will take the initiative to catch up and try to contain himself.

Because the other party must be happy to see that they take the initiative to leave Shiyan Town, and even for this reason, they will throw some bait, for example, the current phenomenon of killing Shiyan Town from two directions, it is difficult to say that they did it on purpose.

Sometimes they did this on purpose, in order to attract Lin Ziran to take the initiative to move westward with the Sixth Division, and then use 30,000 troops to drag down the pace of the Sixth Division, waiting for the arrival of the First Division and then a front and rear attack.

If they really succeeded, the 30,000 troops of the Sixth Division would be finished.

But!

If they do this, it will be equivalent to the opportunity of the Sixth Division!

The Sixth Division could take advantage of this opportunity to break through one by one, first advancing west to defeat the 5th and 7th Divisions of the Gunshoufu, and then going back and defeating the 1st Division.

In this strategic concept, one point is very important, that is, the 5th and 7th divisions of the county guard will not and cannot avoid the battle.

If they deliberately delayed time, Lin Ziran led the third division back to Shiyan Town without saying a word.

At that time, the two sides can only fight a hard-fought strategic battle around Shiyan Town.

But neither side is willing to do so.

Because it is very likely that this will evolve into a long offensive and defensive war, and once the battle is prolonged, it will be too variable for the chaotic Luo'an County.

Zhao Song and Li Dingjun are both eyeing each other, Lin Ziran can imagine that once his main force is trapped in Shiyan Town, it is estimated that Zhao Song's backhand will enter Pingdan County, Nan'an, Lianguan and other places.

Similarly, if the 40,000 main forces of Jian Minggang were pinned down in Shiyan Town for a long time, it is estimated that Li Dingjun in the south would not be able to sit still.

What is even more critical is that both sides lack the ability to sustain the war for a long time.

Because Luo'an County is a major grain-producing area, they don't lack food or anything like that, but they lack everything but food.

In particular, there is a serious shortage of ammunition.

The production of ammunition is limited, even if both sides have their own arsenals, but the output is also limited, but once the battle is fought, the amount of ammunition consumed every day is massive.

When Feng Haozhong led the Third Division to storm Chongguangcheng, Cheng Lingfeng almost exhausted the strength of the whole county to support it, and countless ammunition, especially artillery shells, were continuously transported to the front line, and his own arsenal purchased from the outside when the output was insufficient.

However, now, whether it is Jian Minggang or Lin Ziran, don't look at the number of troops in their hands, but the ability to maintain the war is actually very poor.

At the beginning of the fighting, it was probably full of shells, but it was estimated that it would not be able to fight for a few days of fierce fighting, and it would be necessary to announce the closure of the food......

Because at that time, they basically ran out of ammunition in reserve.

They ran out of ammunition and it was difficult to replenish it, so it was estimated that they would not be able to fight except for bayonets.

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