Nanhai Prefecture is near the sea, and the adjacent South Bay is a semi-inner bay with calm waves, and it is a relatively comfortable subtropical climate as a whole, which is not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer.

This is not only the case in Nanhai Prefecture, but in fact most of the other states in the southeast of the Daheng Dynasty also belong to this climate.

But even though the climate is good, it is still very hot in summer, and the high temperature of more than 30 degrees makes Lin Ziran, who is wearing a summer uniform, riding on a horse, all sweating.

This is true of him, who marches on horseback, and even more so of his soldiers who march on foot, all of whom are marching with dozens of pounds on their backs, and they are all sweating profusely.

At this time, Luo Mazi, who was covered in stinky sweat, rode forward: "My lord, it's too hot this day, and the brothers have been walking for more than four hours in a row, why don't you take a break and let the brothers take a break?" ”

Lin Ziran squinted at the sun hanging high in the sky, and took out his pocket watch to look at the time, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.

It had been four hours since they set off, and after walking for so long, the big guys were tired, thirsty and hungry, so they immediately nodded: "Well, then rest in place!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Lin Ziran said to the herald beside him: "Go down and rest in place for half an hour!" ”

After the order was issued, the soldiers of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion were also resting in place under the leadership of the platoon commanders and company commanders of the grassroots officers, drinking water and eating dry food.

And Lin Ziran himself also led a group of officers under his command to stop under a big tree.

As soon as he got off the horse, Luo Mazi handed over the kettle in a hurry: "My lord, quench your thirst!" ”

Lin Ziran took the kettle and took a sip, then turned to Wu Guanlin and said, "Is there a situation over there?" ”

Wu Guanlin was also covered in stinky sweat, but this person was still neatly dressed, and even in good spirits, so he only heard him say aloud: "Half an hour ago, the detective reported that everything is normal in Sanyang Town!" ”

As he spoke, he said with confidence: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, no matter whether they make any changes or not, but this time our attack on Sanyo Town will definitely be foolproof!" ”

"There are only more than 200 town guards in Sanyang Town, and they are all ordinary militia groups, not even artillery, this time we have dispatched an infantry battalion, two cavalry companies and an artillery company, even if they resist desperately, but they will definitely not be able to resist our attack!"

Luo Mazi also said: "Maybe we don't even have to fight, they will surrender directly, you must know that we are stationed under the banner of a supplementary brigade, is it difficult for those town guards to dare to stop us?" ”

"That's it, what kind of goods are the town guards in Sanyang Town, I know very well!" Scar also spoke: "Give them a hundred guts, and don't dare to stop the actions of our regular army!" ”

Lin Ziran waved his hand and said: "That's what I said, but we still have to be careful, no matter how the other party chooses, we must do our best first!" ”

After speaking, he turned his head and discussed with Wu Guanlin again, how to take action when he arrived in Sanyang Town.

This expedition to Sanyang Town is very important to Lin Ziran, controlling Sanyang Town means controlling the transportation arteries from Qingshan Town to the outside world, and through Sanyang Ferry, you can enter the Luo River, and through the Luo River, it is possible to better contact the outside world, and ensure the smooth transportation of kerosene, the import of ordnance materials, machinery and equipment.

Otherwise, there are so many surrounding towns, why don't the others fight first, but they want to fight this Sanyang Town, because Sanyang Town, an inland port town, is very important to Qingshan Town.

It may be that for the long Luo River, Sanyang Ferry is just one of countless inconsequential river ferries, but for Qingshan Town, this Luo River Ferry is a strategic channel for Qingshan Town to connect with the outside world.

There is no room for error.

This is also the reason why Lin Ziran will personally lead an army of thousands of people to Sanyang Town.

It's just that it's hard to say whether it will be able to really fight at that time.

Because the current Lin Ziran is no longer the battalion officer of the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, but the brigade commander of the supplementary brigade of the third division, and even the military lord has become a young secretary.

It's just that this Shaoqing military lord is not official, and there is an acting word in front of him.

Acting Commander, this is a means used in the Luo An Army to promote officers in the line of fire.

To put it bluntly, Feng Haozhong privately awarded Lin Ziran a military knighthood, and it was not recognized by the Luo'an County Quanxu Office and officially awarded the Shaoqing military knighthood, legally speaking, in fact, Lin Ziran is still just a young doctor.

But Lin Ziran doesn't care!

There is no practical difference between the young doctor and the young master for him, and the young doctor does not affect his control of the two thousand army.

And becoming Shaoqing, the army under his command will not have one more gun because of this.

It's just that with this acting Shaoqing, it will be much more convenient to arrange the military lords of the people under him.

Lin Ziran has always been blessed and has enjoyed difficulties with his subordinates, and on the day he was promoted, he immediately promoted his subordinates, such as Luo Mazi, who directly turned into a middle doctor.

Scar and Wu Dajiang, who served as the battalion commander, have also become young doctors, Wu Guanlin, the chief of the staff office, has also become a middle doctor, Xu Zhongshu is also a young doctor, and the others have basically been promoted.

It's just that, like Lin Ziran's acting Shaoqing Junjue, in fact, other people's military lords have no practical significance, because what position they held before is still what position they hold now.

It just sounds better now.

But there are some things that have changed their names but have a huge impact.

The Qingshan Patrol Battalion has been transformed into a supplementary brigade of the Third Division, which is not only a change in the number, but more importantly, it also represents the 2,000 army under Lin Ziran's command, which is no longer a local militia from now on, but belongs to the regular army sequence.

Well, even if only the 3rd Division admits that they are regular troops.

But this is not important, the important thing is that from now on, Lin Ziran will dare to directly regard himself as a regular army.

What is the use of the regular army?

Sometimes it is useless, but sometimes it is very useful, for example, now, before Lin Ziran led the army to set off from Sanyang Town, he sent a document to Sanyang Town, in the name of the Third Division Supplementary Brigade, saying that the headquarters would go to Sanyang Town to garrison, so that local officials could cooperate with Yunyun.

If everything goes well, in fact, there is no need to fight at all, Lin Ziran can directly take over the defense of the entire Sanyang Town, and then he can use the means of military orders to directly incorporate the town guards of Sanyang Town.

Just when Lin Ziran was thinking about taking Sanyang Town without spending a single soldier, and by the way, he would incorporate more than two hundred town guards.

More than ten kilometers north of Sanyang Town, the Sixth Brigade, with nearly 3,000 troops, was marching south, and Cheng Hongbin frowned from time to time and looked at the side and rear.

Behind them, an army of more than 2,000 people was also marching rapidly, and the leader was Jian Liangzhi, the commander of the provisional brigade of the Third Division.

And looking at their marching route, it is Sanyang Town!