After leaving the town in the east, we walked all the way along the mountain road, and when we arrived at Shadun two hours later, we met several sentry soldiers on the side of the road, and dozens of soldiers on the hillside not far away were already building a camp.

Seeing that Mo Yuanwei and the others were already out of breath, Lin Xiao ordered the whole army to take a ten-minute break and drink some water to rest their strength.

From the map, this is the only way to the northeast direction of the town, and the location is very important. Lin Xiao climbed the hillside to observe the terrain, and saw that there were also soldiers with guns on the top of the mountain in the distance, and he was satisfied, and instructed the commander of the three platoons of the first company leading the team to say a few words, and then ordered the army to continue to move forward.

Out of the sand dun, then enter the Maoling area, here is the bottom of Qinzhou Bay, the low-lying river network is dense, a group of people along the Maoling River bank all the way forward, at noon arrived at the Maoling River upstream Changdun ferry, from here to cross the Maoling River, and then to the northeast straight thirty miles, then to Qinzhou City, Lin Xiao ordered to stop the army to eat, rest for an hour.

For lunch, they ate their own military dry food, and Lin Xiao and Mo Yuanwei nibbled on the dry food together and chatted about the recent situation of the war. When he heard that Zhanjiang and Yulin on the eastern front and Guilin on the northern line had been lost one after another, Wuzhou had also been abandoned, and the line of Guigang, Guiping and Liuzhou was already the forefront of defending Nanning, Lin Xiao frowned.

At present, Emperor Yongli is still hesitant in Nanning, but the front line is already close to 300 miles away, so it is no wonder that Sun Kewang has repeatedly asked the emperor to move the capital to Guizhou.

When Mo Yuanwei said that Guilin had fallen at the beginning of last month, and even Qu Shiyun, the master of the Tartar who had been defeated in a row, and who was both a scholar and a scholar with both civil and military skills, and the supervisor of the two Shangshu departments, was defeated and captured and imprisoned in Guilin, Lin Xiao chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Is the Qu Pavilion Department still there?" ”

"It's still there, according to the detailed report, Kong Youde's dog thief wanted to persuade him to surrender, and he has not killed the Qu Pavilion Department yet, and is temporarily imprisoned in the cave of Guilin Fengdong Mountain."

"Master Mo, after arriving in Qinzhou, you immediately summoned the fine work, and you will interrogate it carefully." Lin Xiao said with a deep groan.

"Yes, yes, the lower official knows." Mo Yuanwei promised repeatedly.

Mo Yuanwei didn't know what Lin Xiao was thinking, but Lin Xiao was thinking about doing something big.

The group arrived at Qinzhou Mansion in the afternoon, and Lin Xiao, according to Mo Yuanwei's suggestion, immediately sent four battalions and one company to strengthen the machine gun platoon of the battalion along the Qinjiang River to the north and go out of Lingshan County to take over the garrison; The second company was sent east to the west bank of the Dafeng River, and was stationed on the first line of Xintang, Gaotang and Huangyuanping; Three companies were dispatched to the first line of Asan and Makouling, facing each other across the sea from the first battalion and the second company, and guarding the mouth of Qinzhou Bay, so that the entire Qinzhou Bay would be safe.

The headquarters of the fourth battalion and the baggage company were stationed at the former Ming army's Qianhu station on the west bank of the Qinjiang River and set up camp.

The regiment's baggage battalion was led by Mo Yuanwei's men to visit brick kilns, stone yards, timber yards, etc., search for building materials, and transport them back to the base of Baisha Island.

Qinzhou City, located in Qinzhou Bay seaside, is a seaside basin surrounded by mountains on three sides, the Qinjiang River with turbulent water flows through the city, the whole city still has more than 100,000 people, it is not a small town.

Lingshan County, which is 150 miles away in the northeast and borders Yulin, is an important gateway to Qinzhou and is still in the hands of Mo Yuanwei; More than 200 miles north is Nanning, the "capital of the Yongli Emperor", but there are 100,000 mountains in between, and there is no official road; 150 miles south along the coast is Beihai County, which has been lost, but although the sea route between the two places is close, the land route is also separated by mountains, not only the mountain road is difficult to travel, but also there are Nanliu River, Dafeng River and other large rivers separated, the Qing army is unlikely to attack from this.

That night, Mo Yuanwei brought a person into Lin Xiao's camp and talked for a long time before leaving.

In the early morning of the next day, Lin Xiao sent He Shouxin back to Fangcheng alone, and he took Mo Yuanwei, Xia Bomin and others to the government to visit Miao Heguang, the prefect of Qinzhou.

Miao Heguang has basically lost control of his subordinate counties, and he has no government decree to leave Qinzhou City, as the supreme administrator of a government, but he has no right to manage the local garrison, and the military does not buy his account, but he can't abandon the city and flee, and he can't live in panic all day, sighing in the inner hall of the government every day.

Seeing that someone came to help defend the city, he was naturally overjoyed, and agreed to help him buy materials, and promised to send people to organize people and ships to help with transportation.

Then Lin Xiao took the communication team to Lingshan County non-stop to inspect the garrison, which was more important than Qinzhou City itself, and Lin Xiao had to go to see it in person to rest assured.

This road is the mountainous area of "looking at the mountain and running the dead horse", the mountain road is rugged and difficult to travel, and the army marches all the way, and only arrived at Lingshan County in the afternoon of the next day.

Hu Zixing, commander of the first company of the fourth battalion, stationed the main force at the foot of Liufeng Mountain to hold the Qinjiang River, and a part of the army advanced to the area of the Lingdong Reservoir, and the troop layout was relatively reasonable, and the machine gun platoon reinforced to him was all stationed in Liufeng Mountain, and was digging trenches on the hillside.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao nodded with satisfaction and instructed:

"The machine gun platoon is all deployed on the hillside and high ground, and it can directly block the river with firepower, but you must pay attention to the cooperation between the mountain and the mountain, and the two machine guns of your own machine gun squad can be directly deployed under the mountain to form echelon firepower."

"In addition, the back mountain should also dig a good traffic trench, arrange observation points, increase troops to defend at any time, the geographical location here is important, if there is no war, once the war starts, the Qing army in Guangdong will be heavily attacked, must not be divided and surrounded, you can dig more traffic trenches, and the ammunition and materials on the mountain must also be stored sufficiently, at least be prepared to defend alone for three days."

"Yes. Please rest assured, once the Qing army attacks, he will guarantee to beat them all back! The commander of the first company, Hu Zijiu, bowed and responded proudly.

"It's a good thing to have confidence, you still have to estimate the difficulties when you are in battle, you have to use your brains more, you must send scouts diligently, keep abreast of the enemy's movements at any time, know yourself and know your opponent in order to be prepared, your main force must be able to maneuver at any time, if the enemy is a small group of attackers, you can destroy it, if the enemy sends heavy troops, it is advisable to stick to it and wait for reinforcements."

The unit had just been reorganized, and there were not many veterans in each company after all, so Lin Xiao felt that he should pour cold water on these commanders and ring the alarm bell.

Just as Lin Xiao and the others were talking, two pirate boats appeared on the Qinjiang River at the foot of Liufeng Mountain, and as soon as the dinghy landed, He Shouxin jumped ashore with the heavily armed Zhang Chenfeng, Duan Zhenghong, Liu Xulei, Zhu Yujia and others, and rushed to the riverside camp.

It turned out that He Shouxin was ordered to go back to Haiphong to move troops, and the special combat team members who received the order hurriedly handed over the task to their deputy, and the next morning they left Fangchenggang in a "unicorn," made a big circle along the coast, and in the afternoon they drove into Qinzhou Bay.

The pirate ship was very fast, and not long after Lin Xiao and his party arrived along the land, they also arrived.

Seeing everyone coming, Lin Xiao immediately beckoned them to a meeting.

It turned out that Lin Xiao had a plan in his heart, he was going to take his special combat team members to do a big thing: to form a team and rescue Qu Shiyun!