On 18 June, when Lin Anfei arrived in Changxing with more than 600 recruits, Lin Zhe officially announced the formation of the Second Infantry Regiment, and the original six companies were to form the First Infantry Regiment on the spot, and at the same time, the original 300 long-term soldiers were organized into a baggage regiment on the spot. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]

In Lin Zhe's planning, the Yongying Battalion of Yuyao County has a total of two infantry regiments, two artillery companies, one guard company, and one baggage regiment.

The gentlemen here may feel a little strange, why is it a strange organization of an infantry regiment under the jurisdiction of the battalion and an infantry company under the regiment, which has to be explained here.

The Yongying of Yuyao County does not specifically refer to the infantry battalion, it is the number of a unit, and the Hunan Army and the Changsheng Army are actually the same concept, and this 'battalion' is not the same thing as the battalion in the infantry battalion.

In fact, Lin Zhe's army did not have an infantry battalion for the time being, because the typical small regimental establishment of the British colonial troops he imitated was six companies under the regiment, and there was no infantry battalion in the middle.

After the expansion, the Yong Battalion in Yuyao County has directly expanded from more than 600 people to more than 1,800 people, and the reason why the number has soared so much at once is that the majority of the head naturally comes from the Second Infantry Regiment, which alone has a strength of nearly 600 people.

In addition, there was an artillery company, and Lin Zhe spent a huge amount of money to purchase six twelve-pounder guns from Shanghai, and in order to serve these six twelve-pounder guns, he added more than 150 artillery pieces and more than 100 horses.

Then there are more than 300 people in the baggage regiment, and this baggage regiment is actually the original long-term husbands, these long-term men were not nominally soldiers before, but in the months of maneuvering and fighting, in fact, these forcibly recruited long-term husbands have been integrated into the Yongying camp in Yuyao County.

In order to appease these long-term husbands and prevent them from escaping, who had been trained for months and could be used as reserve troops, Lin Zhe decided to pay these long-term husbands and include them in the system of the Yongying camp in Yuyao County.

In addition, they were also equipped with some cold weapons, arquebuses, and other weapons that had been captured in the army, so that they could have a certain combat effectiveness for self-protection.

The addition of an infantry regiment, an artillery company, and a baggage regiment made the total number of soldiers under Lin Zhe's command soar to more than 1,800 at once.

Of course, among the more than 1,800 people, only 600 or so of the First Steps Corps have undergone complete training and have initial combat effectiveness, and the rest can only make up the numbers for the time being.

When Lin Zhe began to expand and train his troops, the situation in the country continued to be turbulent, and the most important of them was that the Qing army successively set up two battalions in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and hoarded a large number of troops in these two battalions.

However, although the Qing army had amassed a large number of troops in these two large camps, it forced the Taiping army to devote a large number of troops to the defense in Nanjing and other places.

However, this did not improve the overall disadvantage of the Qing army, although the main force of the Taiping army was delayed, but the Taiping army's Northern Expeditionary Army led by Li Kaifang and others was still overwhelming, forcing the Qing army to deploy troops in the north on a large scale to try to intercept the Taiping army's Northern Expedition.

In addition, the Taiping Army's Western Expeditionary Army, led by Lai Hanying and others, also won the connection, and has now entered Jiangxi and is besieging Nanchang, forcing Zeng Guofan to send the Hunan army to rescue Nanchang.

In addition, small units of the Taiping Army are also frequently active in southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang, southern Anhui and other places, some of these small units of the Taiping Army are scattered out of the main force of the Taiping Army, and some are local uprisings and then hung the banner of the Taiping Army.

Let's not talk about other directions, just in the direction of northern Zhejiang, the Qing army in Zhejiang Province, such as the green battalion, flag soldiers and regimental training, has been engaged with the Taiping army of a small group more than ten times, the scale of these battles is generally about hundreds of people, and occasionally there are more than 1,000 people in the scale of the battle, among which Lin Zhe's Yuyao County Yongying and the Taiping Army fought not long ago is the product of this kind of big back.

On June 24, Lin Zhe suddenly received an urgent battle report from Guangde, saying that a Taiping army of about 1,000 people suddenly appeared near Guangde many days ago, and quickly defeated a battalion of the Zhejiang governor's target, and the troops were under the city of Yixing, and Guangde was in danger!

The next day, Lin Zhe received an order from Huang Zonghan, and he asked Lin Zhe to immediately lead the army west to Guangde to rescue!

After receiving this order, Lin Zhe fell into deep thought!

Guangdezhou belongs to Anhui, located in the west of Changxing about 50 kilometers, the strategic position of this place is quite important, if Huzhou is the northern barrier of Hangzhou, Changxing is the barrier of Huzhou, then Guangde is the western barrier of Changxing.

Once Guangde is taken by the Taiping army, then the Taiping army can bypass the hilly terrain in the north of Changxing, so as to continuously gather troops in the direction of Guangde, and then wave the army to Changxing or Anji, and the next step will be to directly attack Hangzhou.

In this way, that is to say, if the Taiping army takes Guangde, regardless of the threat of the Taiping army to Hangzhou and other places, the first person to bear the brunt is Lin Zhe of Changxing.

From the overall strategic level, it is necessary to rescue Guangde, but Lin Zhe also knows that although he has 1,800 troops in his hands now, most of them are actually recruits who have been trained for less than a month, and only 600 people from the First Steps Corps can really be pulled up to fight.

And this time to go to the rescue is different from the previous city defense war, the city defense battle still has a city wall to rely on, and the soldiers only need to shoot when they start a battle, but this time they go to the rescue is very likely to break out into a field battle.

To be honest, at present, both Lin Zhe and Hunter William still have great doubts about the field combat ability of the Yongying Battalion in Yuyao County, after all, the requirements for all aspects of the troops to fight field warfare are quite large, and they are far from being able to do it by recruits who are not even in an orderly queue.

"General, although we have a lot of concerns in all aspects, I still propose that we should send troops to Guangde, as long as Guangde is defended, then the possibility of a large-scale gathering of enemy troops in Changxing can be avoided in the future!" Hunter Wilhelm looked very different at this time.

At this time, he was wearing a military uniform without a military rank mark, which he had asked a tailor to make, and he didn't know what was smeared on his hair, it looked shiny, and he looked completely high-spirited at this time.

Speaking of Hunter William, this time is really beautiful, not long ago the victory in the battle of Changxing, so that he directly received a high reward from Lin Zhe, the bounty reached five hundred taels of silver, if you add the monthly salary, then the money he got in Lin Zhe's hands in the past few months is at least five hundred pounds when converted into pounds.

That's five hundred pounds in 1853, which is a lot of money for ordinary people!

Got rich yourself!

This was the only thought of Hunter Wilhelm during this time!

Hunter William, who took so much money, was also extremely attentive, not only paying close attention to the training of the troops every day, but also teaching very hard in the camp school.

At the same time, Hunter William also tried his best to play the role of Lin Zhe's military adviser, completely regarded himself as the chief of staff of the Yongying camp in Yuyao County, and gave advice to Lin Zhe.

"Guangde rescue needs to be rescued, but we are now unable to use enough troops, and the second regiment is overwhelmed, is it feasible to use only one regiment?" Lin Zhe's concerns are still relatively large, there are more than 1,000 Taiping troops on Guangde's side, if he only leads a few hundred people to Guangde, maybe not only will he not be able to rescue Guangde, but he will also fold himself in.

Hunter William said: "Naturally, there is only one regiment to go to Guangde, the strength of our army is already counted, and it is not possible to divide the troops in this case, if we want to send troops, we must bring all the troops!" ”

Lin Zhe didn't hesitate too much, Guangde needs to be saved, since he wants to save Guangde, and at the same time to avoid falling into danger, it is also necessary to bring all the main forces to attack.

As for the safety of Changxing, it is not a big problem, first of all, there is no large-scale Taiping army near Changxing, Yixing and other southern Jiangsu areas in the north are still under the control of the Qing army, and the small-scale wandering Taiping army does not have the ability to attack fortifications, and as long as he leaves a company in Changxing, it should be enough to deal with the current situation in Changxing.

Lin Zhe, who made the decision, soon left Changxing with more than 1,000 people from the Yongying camp in Yuyao County, except for leaving an infantry company to defend Changxing, the rest of the men and horses were taken away by him, and then went directly to Guangde.

He didn't know that as soon as he led the troops to leave Changxing, the Taiping army on the Guangde side already knew!

"Master Marshal, the Qing Demon Lin Zhe over there in Changxing has already led the army westward, and this person's troops have sharp firearms, so they must be guarded against!" In the camp tent of the Taiping Army, Dong Yanghong, who had fought with Lin Zhe, said to a middle-aged man in front of him with a cautious face at this time:

"Although the number of demons in this department is small, the musket used is quite strange, and the bullets are as far as three hundred paces!"

However, as soon as Dong Yanghong's words fell, another young general said with disdain: "Three hundred steps? You Dong Yanghong brags and doesn't make drafts, everyone in the world knows that the range of the musket is only 100 steps, and in order to exert combat power, it often takes 80 or even 50 steps before you can shoot! ”

"The defeat in front is defeated, although we are waiting for the heavenly soldiers and generals to say that they are very brave, but victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and we are not those incompetent people who are demons, we don't need to exaggerate the defeat of the battle, increase the morale of others, and destroy our own prestige!"

Dong Yanghong was said by this, the old face suddenly turned red, Changxing lost more than half of his troops in the first battle, and later although some soldiers were replenished one after another, but the strength has not been comparable with before, this time the Taiping army attacked Guangde, he led less than 400 people as a brigade commander is the least.

The small number of troops, coupled with the previous defeat, really made him unable to get angry, so in the face of the ridicule of his colleagues, he could only snort coldly, and held back his anger and stopped talking.

I thought in my heart: Hmph, let you be arrogant now, and when you have fought with Lin Zhe and suffered hardships, you will know who is right today!

At this time, the middle-aged man sitting on the top also spoke: "It is already expected that the Qing Demon will come to the rescue, pass the order, and all departments will step up their precautions, no matter who Lin Zhe is who comes, the most important thing is that we stabilize our position first!" ”

After the Taiping army on Guangde's side learned that there was a Qing army coming to help from Changxing, they also relaxed their attack on Guangde and began to reorganize their armaments, apparently planning to defeat the Yongying camp in Yuyao County from Changxing first.

Otherwise, they have now invested a lot of energy to attack Guangde, and it will not be second if the Yuyao County Yongying Battalion kills from behind at that time.

At this time, Lin Zhe didn't know that the Taiping army on the Guangde side was already waiting for the arrival of the Yongying camp in Yuyao County, ready to come and wait for work.

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