The Third Division has already transferred the division's baggage regiment to fight on the front line, and now, even the baggage troops of the Seventh Regiment under it have not been spared, and they have been directly transferred to the front line.

Hao Ren said: "Do you know, in the past three months, the number of recruits who have been replenished to the Third Division has exceeded 5,000. In addition, there are already three regiments of troops that have been reinforced, which have been drawn from various parts of the county, but do you know how many people are left on the Chongguang Castle front now? ”

Hao Ren stretched out a finger: "Twenty thousand, at most, there are only twenty thousand left!" ”

"Under that Chongguang City, my Luo'an soldiers have at least more than 10,000 dead and wounded, and I heard that the camp is full of wounded soldiers!"

"Otherwise, it wouldn't be our turn to play with heavy troops!"

As Hao Ren spoke, he sighed several times in a row, but as he spoke, he suddenly raised his head and said, "Lord Lin, I suggest that you still have to prepare early, after all, there are many examples of patrol battalions directly participating in front-line battles!" ”

Lin Ziran was also silent, he had expected that the front line of Chongguang City would not go well, but he didn't expect the situation to be so bad.

Under Chongguang City, tens of thousands of the main forces of the Luo An army were gathered, but they did not expect that the strong attack on Chongguang City would cause the Luo An army to suffer such heavy casualties.

But think about it, Chongguang City is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and there is only a canyon plain with the Luo River flowing in the middle, and the Luo An army must conquer this strategic place if it wants to go north to the hinterland of Guang'an.

In this way, the Guang'an army will definitely arrange a strong fortress here and guard it with heavy troops, and this fight can only be a strong attack.

It is also reasonable to have large losses in the attack.

It's just that Lin Ziran still didn't expect that the casualties would be so large, this is not just a strong attack, it is estimated that it is a strong attack regardless of losses, otherwise, it would be impossible to lose so many people in just a few months.

As a result, he was also a little worried about whether his patrol battalion would also be transferred to act as an attacking force in the future.

In that kind of meat grinder-like battlefield, the regular army has become cannon fodder for consumption, and his patrol battalion is estimated to be inferior to cannon fodder.

At a dinner party, Lin Ziran and Hao Ren ate a little absent-mindedly, and the things they were worried about were almost the same, they were all worried that they would accidentally die in the meat grinder on the front line.

The next day, the two worried men went north with their baggage.

This time, Hao Ren organized a lot of baggage escorted from the rear, loaded more than 100 four-wheeled freight carriages, and drove more than 300 people.

Before leaving, Hao Ren also gave Lin Ziran a hundred Fuyuan muskets and corresponding ammunition according to the orders from above, and also specially brought thirty Nanzhou war horses.

In addition, there is a batch of military rations and a large box, neatly stacked gold coins, all of which are a gold coin with a gold content of 1.6 grams, and there is a portrait of the Son of Heaven in Yongchang on it, and the edge is engraved with the words 'Yongchang 48 years, made in the South China Sea'.

These gold coins are all silver for the Qingshan Patrol Battalion, which is 5,000 Heng Yuan!

When he saw these gold coins and those ordnance materials, Lin Ziran also felt that even if there were some dangers, it was worth it, all kinds of ordnance plus all kinds of military supplies and silver this month, which were worth at least tens of thousands.

Take money to do things, very fair and just deal!

Lin Ziran, who was dressed in autumn clothes, turned over a Nanzhou horse with a shoulder height of one meter and five meters, stretched out his right hand wearing white gloves, and then pressed forward: "Let's go!" ”

With Lin Ziran's order, two musket companies, an artillery platoon, a baggage platoon, and half a cavalry platoon of the patrol battalion under his command left the small square of the city gate barracks one after another, and then went out of the city through the city gate.

And Hao Ren, he was already waiting outside the city with a transport team.

After leaving the city, after Lin Ziran and Hao Ren converged, they went all the way north.

By the evening, they had already traveled about fifteen kilometers north along the official road, which was already very fast for a transport force carrying a large amount of baggage, and at this time, they had actually entered the territory of Guang'an County.

At this time, Hao Ren rode over and said, "Brother Lin, let's camp here for the night, the terrain here is relatively good, the field of vision is broad, and it is easy to defend!" ”

Lin Ziran himself also took out his binoculars and looked left and right, then nodded and said, "Then camp here for the night!" ”

Then the two parties went their own way, Hao Ren began to camp with the people of the transport team, and Lin Ziran took Lu Sanzhen and Luo Mazi and their only people to camp.

In fact, the camp was very simple, with a guard guard on the periphery, and a huge prototype array of four-wheeled carriages inside, and soldiers and civilians inside.

There are many advantages to using the four-wheeled carriage to form a camp on the spot, and it can be very effective in defending against enemy raids.

This night, Lin Ziran was not very stable, and he was always worried about being attacked by the Guang'an army at night, so that he got up at night and patrolled several times.

Fortunately, there was no attack by the Guang'an Army that night.

This allowed Lin Ziran to spend the first night in Guang'an County safely!

After getting up, everyone had breakfast and started their journey again.

Before setting off, Lin Ziran had already sent most of the half-hanging cavalry of the cavalry platoon to divide into multiple groups of two to conduct peripheral reconnaissance and vigilance in all directions.

In order to allow the half-hung cavalrymen who could only ride horses in the cavalry platoon to maintain their mobility, Hao Rendu also specially transferred more than 20 Shayang horses to Lin Ziran, saying that they were borrowed from those scouts, so that the scouts could have replacement horses.

Lin Ziran naturally would not refuse this kind of good thing.

He knew and understood Hao Ren's purpose in doing this, didn't he just want him to take it easy, don't be like Luo Mazi last time, run away when he encounters the enemy.

On this day they continued to march northward, and after another day, after about twelve kilometres, they stopped and camped for the night.

At this time, they were actually only about twenty kilometers away from the front line of Chongguang City, and at this speed, they should be able to arrive by noon the day after tomorrow.

As long as the supplies are delivered, then the mission is completed, and then it is time to return and wait for the next material escort mission.

But the closer you get to the front line, the more dangerous it is, and there is already a high probability that the Guang'an Army will appear nearby.

So on this day, they stopped advancing early, and then chose a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack and camped for the night in advance, so as to avoid missing the place and not finding a suitable place to spend the night.

At this moment, Lin Ziran and Hao Ren didn't know that more than a thousand meters away from their camp, two people in ordinary civilian clothes, but armed with muskets, were quietly looking at Lin Ziran's transport team at the edge of the jungle.

It didn't take long for one of them to quietly retreat, leaving only one to continue hiding in the jungle and continue to observe.

The man who retreated first walked in the jungle for a long time without hurrying, and only after about half an hour did he lead a horse out of a hidden jungle, and then led the horse for a while, and then turned over and galloped away in the northeast direction!