Not long after Lin Ziran returned to Qingshan Town with his troops, he went out again, and he planned to take advantage of the other two surrounding towns in the past few days, namely Lishan Town and Jinghu Town.

In the barracks of the oilfield area of Qingshan Town.

Lin Ziran, Wu Guanlin, Xu Zhongshu, Luo Mazi, Wu Dajiang, and Scar gathered together in the supplementary brigade.

On their table, there is a purely hand-drawn military map, the map on which is very similar, in the middle is Qingshan Town, and several surrounding towns and counties are marked.

This map is based on the military's standard military maps, as well as on their own surveys and maps in recent months.

They had already obtained standard military maps from the Luo'an military, but they were all large-scale, large maps showing the entire Luo'an, Guang'an, and even the surrounding counties.

As for the detailed map of the place, they didn't give it, so it had to be drawn by Lin Ziran himself.

At this time, I saw Wu Guanlin pointing to the northeast of Qingshan Town and said: "This is our next target, Lishan Town, this is the town in the northeast corner of Lianguan County, which is very remote, but it is precisely because of this that not too many people will notice our actions!" ”

"After taking Lishan Town, our next plan is here!"

Wu Guanlin then pointed to the southern area of Qingshan Town: "Jinghu Town, the terrain of this place is relatively flat, and there is a small tributary that can lead directly to the Luo River, there is more arable land, and there is also a mirror lake, and the fishery is okay!" ”

"After taking these two towns, we can connect the five towns into one!"

Lin Ziran said: "Has the detailed plan been formulated?" Although it is unlikely that there will be military resistance, it is still necessary to be prepared, and I don't want any accidents at that time! ”

Wu Guanlin said: "Don't worry, my lord, we have already formulated a detailed battle plan, and Tsingshan Petroleum Company also contacted the local merchants in these two towns according to the plan, and gave a commitment to the order, and the local merchants are now more supportive of our stationing." ”

Lin Ziran said: "Well, that's good!" ”

According to the expansion plan they formulated at the beginning, the goal was very clear, that is, to seize Sanyang Town, Xinmu Town, Lishan Town, and Jinghu Town.

If these four towns plus Qingshan Town, the five towns in this area would be under their control.

At this time, Wu Dajiang also spoke: "If these five towns are trained together in the future, then we basically don't have to worry about the food problem in the future."

Wu Dajiang continued: "Although these five towns are all located in the northern area of Lianguan County, they are all mainly hilly, but there are also small plains scattered between these hills, and the towns and main populations of the five towns are also concentrated in these small plains. ”

"In terms of arable land and the number of farmers, although the grain production is not too much, it is basically self-sufficient."

Wu Guanlin also said: "In addition to food, although the economy of these places is a little worse, but there should be some money that can be collected, in addition to the oil industry in our Qingshan Town, the forestry in Xinmu Town is also OK, Jinghu Town has grain and fishery, Sanyang Town is a traffic artery, there are many commercial banks, and there is a small plain in the north, even if it is Lishan Town, they also have a small coal mine, although the number is not much, but the consumption of supplying Qingshan Petroleum Company is still enough!" ”

"As far as I know, most of the coal consumed by our Tsingshan Petroleum Company was purchased from Lishan Town!"

At this time, Luo Mazi nodded and said: "Yes, about 60% of the coal consumed by our Qingshan Petroleum Company is purchased directly from Lishan Town, the distance is close, and the price is cheap, but the quality of the coal is a little worse, but we are not used to drive ships, but it is used in factories, and it can be used if the quality is poor!" ”

Wu Guanlin said: "In this case, although the money collected by each town is a little less, it should be barely enough to raise five companies!" ”

Wu Dajiang also said: "Completely controlling these five towns will also be easy for our follow-up recruitment, now our soldiers are basically from these five towns, otherwise we can recruit less than a few thousand people by relying on our Qingshan Town!" ”

Scar also said: "It's not just about recruiting troops, directly controlling the above-mentioned areas, it can also stabilize the morale of the army, otherwise it's a guest soldier mentality, which is not good!" ”

Listening to everyone's words, Lin Ziran himself was also contemplative.

Take the four surrounding towns, this is his established plan, and the main purpose of taking these places is to let these places help raise the army.

Each of these five towns is not rich, but no matter how poor it is, it can only help Lin Ziran share the strength of five companies.

This number is not much at first glance, far less than Lin Ziran's planned expansion of the army of 3,000 troops, but this is an additional force, and it does not cost Tsingshan Petroleum Company a dime.

Lin Ziran looked at the map, and then said: "That's it, tomorrow we will go to Lishan Town, and then go south to Jinghu Town, and take down these two towns as soon as possible, so as not to have many long nights and dreams!" ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Lin Ziran continued: "There is news that the Sixth Brigade and the Provisional Brigade have joined the battlefield on the county side one after another, and the recent battle has been very fierce. ”

Immediately afterwards, he set his eyes on Wu Dajiang: "Old Wu, the recruitment of new recruits should be accelerated, so as to gather the strength of the fourth battalion, the third artillery company, and the second baggage company in the shortest possible time."

Then Lin Ziran looked at Scar again: "The training of recruits should also be paid attention to, we don't have much time, let's not talk about the rest, but how long has the third battalion been training, it can't be delayed any longer!" ”

Scar's face was bitter when he heard this: "Recruits need to supplement nutrition for physical training, and it takes time!" ”

Lin Ziran said: "There must be difficulties, but you can't drag it out because of difficulties!" ”

After a meeting, the supplementary brigade also acted quickly, and while everyone recruited and trained new soldiers, Lin Ziran once again personally led the troops to Lishan Town and Jinghu Town.

Then, after the name of the regular army was killed, various threats and inducements were used, and the orders of the Tsingshan Petroleum Company were used to first make the local gentry and big merchants rebel, and then the name of the regular army was used to force the local town guards to give up resistance and hand over their local militia groups for the suppression of bandits.

Next, another one will steal the beams and change the pillars, transfer the original local militia into the new barracks, and then station his troops in the local area in the name of the local militia group, and at the same time complete military control, he will also use the local finance to help him raise the army.

And at the same time as Lin Ziran expanded, on the side of Luo'an County, the troops of the Cheng family and the Jian family also fought a final battle.