Chapter 51 Blessings and Misfortunes
The order given to Lin Ziran by Ma Haozhong, the commander of the Third Division, was very simple, that is, to let Lin Ziran lead the Qingshan Town Patrol Battalion north to join the Third Division's combat sequence.
Of course, it was not as exaggerated as Luo Mazi said, he went directly to the front line of Chongguangcheng to fight with the Guang'an Army, but instead of some of the troops under the command of the Third Division who were responsible for escorting the baggage, he was responsible for escorting the baggage of the Third Division from Qingshan Town all the way to the front line.
However, even if it is not directly on the front line to fight, it is still deep into the front line, and the probability of encountering the Guang'an army is very high.
Before, they were only responsible for the escort of the supply line of about ten kilometers in Qingshan Town, and in the past few months, they were attacked by the Guang'an Army during that time, and then with the advance of the battle line, the Guang'an Army has no longer gone south to Qingshan Town.
However, if they escorted supplies and continued to go north and penetrate deep into Guang'an County, then the probability of encountering the Guang'an army would be greatly increased.
However, it is only relatively speaking, compared with the direct front line of Chongguang City, it is much safer to escort the baggage in the rear.
He hadn't heard of any major losses to the baggage troops of the Third Division before, after all, the main force of the Guang'an Army was pinned down in the area of Chongguangcheng, and it was impossible to send too many main forces south to attack the supply line of the Luo'an Army.
In terms of safety, it is generally controllable.
Moreover, Ma Haozhong, the commander of the Third Division, did not just let Lin Ziran do things without giving benefits, in the order, Ma Haozhong directly transferred the Qingshan Town Patrol Battalion to the command of the Third Division, and the follow-up logistics supply and even military salaries will be supplied by the Third Division.
and directly pulled out a hundred muskets, a three-pound small cannon and a three-pound small cannon in Qingshan Town, and more importantly, thirty war horses, so that Lin Ziran organized people to act as scouts and horses to ensure the safety of transportation.
With these ordnance and war horses alone, as well as the logistics and military salaries for follow-up supplies, Lin Ziran is going to do this vote.
These things, especially those war horses, are good things that have money and nowhere to sell.
Although Nanhai Prefecture and several nearby states produce horses, but also produce Nanzhou horses that are very suitable for riding and fighting, this Nanzhou horse is the product of the Great Heng Dynasty spending many years, using a number of horse breeds to breed together, the shoulder height is generally about one meter five, the body is handsome, the explosiveness is strong, the endurance is moderate, it is an excellent horse for riding.
However, although Nanhai Prefecture is also considered a horse-producing land, in so many years of war, war horses are basically controlled by various feudal towns, and they are basically impossible to find on the market.
Although Lin Ziran and they now have twenty or thirty horses, they are not Nanzhou horses, but another kind of Shayang horse, although this kind of horse is also in good shape, more than one meter and a half, but the explosiveness is relatively poor, and the speed is not fast, that is, the endurance is good.
If there were thirty Nanzhou horses provided by the Third Division, then the cavalry platoon under his command would also be able to exchange guns.
In addition to being safe and controllable and being able to get a lot of benefits, Lin Ziran also needs time to develop, and before it develops to a certain extent, he does not plan to turn his face with Luo Anjun.
In addition, Lin Ziran also took into account another point, that is, his Qingshan Town Patrol Battalion has been engaged in it for several months, and more than 700 people have been pulled out one after another, but these people have not passed the test of war.
Even if there were two battles in the defensive battle of Qingshan Town and the rescue of the baggage team, they were all shot from afar, strictly speaking, the soldiers had never even seen blood.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to escort the baggage, we can also further temper the combat capability of the troops.
After carefully considering the gains and losses, Lin Ziran put away the two letters, and then wrote a simple letter directly on the table, saying that he would definitely escort the baggage to the north to ensure safety.
After receiving the reply, the herald turned around and went out directly, and then stepped on his war horse and galloped away.
At this time, Luo Mazi came over and said, "My lord, are we really going to Guang'an?" ”
Lin Ziran said: "Well, go." ”
Luo Mazi heard Lin Ziran's clear reply, his face showed worry, no, it can't be said to be worry, but panic: "However, there is a war over there in Guang'an, it's too dangerous to go here!" ”
Lin Ziran glanced at Luo Mazi, he didn't know what this Luo Mazi was thinking in his heart, this Luo Mazi was not panicking and worrying about the safety or future of the patrol camp, but his personal life and death.
This person is greedy for life and afraid of death.
Lin Ziran ignored him, but said to the guards, "Go and call the platoon commander and above for a meeting!" ”
This Guang'an, he has already decided to go!
Lin Ziran didn't plan to make too many moths before his strength developed, so he still had to go to the Guang'an front.
Since you are going, you must be fully prepared.
Although with some care, this task of escorting the baggage will not be too dangerous.
But there's nothing wrong with being completely prepared.
In the afternoon, the people above the platoon commander of each platoon gathered at the city gate barracks.
Looking at the large number of subordinates in the room wearing the uniforms of the scholars, Lin Ziran also showed a satisfied look, which was the result of his past few months.
Although none of these people are really qualified officers, this is already the officer candidate that Lin Ziran has found as much as possible.
Among these people, there are not many people from the old bandits, only Luo Mazi, Scar and the other three, and there are only five people when they are full.
The rest are the first batch of officers from the patrol battalion, and there are more than ten people in this group, and these people all have one characteristic, that is, like Wu Dajiang, they are all honest and duty-bound people.
Whatever Lin Ziran says, they will only be the ones who will do what they do.
As for what tactics or something.
What are you kidding, people have only been shooting for a few months, and they have not received any military education, they know how to fart, and they can only command the soldiers to fight according to the most basic drills.
If such a person were placed in other regular armies, it would probably be counted as one by one, and all of them would be unqualified officers.
But these people were all personally selected by Lin Ziran and then entrusted with important tasks!
When the patrol battalion was first established, Lin Ziran didn't want an excellent commander, he wanted an honest and obedient commander.
After everyone sat down together, many people just set their eyes on Lin Ziran's collar.
Because the collar was not as empty as usual, but pinned with a collar badge representing the Lower Doctor's Lordship.
Again, there are many people looking at Lin Ziran with their wings.
Many of them know that when the higher authorities awarded Lin Ziran the rank of Doctor Rank, they also included the Qingshan Patrol Battalion in the combat sequence of the Third Division, which means that the superiors have recognized the identity of the officers and soldiers of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion.
In this way, Lin Ziran will be able to justifiably award military titles to the soldiers in the patrol camp of Qingshan Town.
On the way they came, they were waiting for Lin Ziran to knight them.