My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

"Then Master, why don't we take over Ninghua County as well? It will be a convenient thing to do anyway!"

Jiang Li frowned when he heard this, "Let's see what happens. If everything goes well, it won't be a problem to take over Ninghua County!"

"Okay, go and pass the message. I still need to plan the next action."

Jiang Youchi turned and left after hearing this, while Jiang Li carefully studied the map and wrote down any problems he encountered in a small notebook. After an unknown amount of time, Ren Tingting knocked on the study door.

Jiang Li came back to his senses, "Tingting, you're here, come in quickly, don't stand outside the door!"

Ren Tingting chuckled, "Look what time it is now, I came here to call you for dinner."

Jiang Li looked up and saw that it was indeed dark, so he put away the records he had made that afternoon and went to have dinner with her.

That night, he was in a good mood and wanted to sleep with them in the same quilt. Although both his wife and his husband blushed, they did not object and agreed to his outrageous request.

So that night, he experienced double the happiness, which made him satisfied for once.

The next day, he got up refreshed and did morning exercises. After having breakfast with his family, he told them that he had to go out again and asked them not to worry about him.

Afterwards, he took the Taoist soldiers to the military camp. Actually, the number of people in the military camp was not small.

The hundreds of wounded soldiers from last time have recovered, and there are still hundreds of local garrisons, plus eight hundred new recruits who completed training two months ago, and a British-equipped regiment of one thousand two hundred people, plus an artillery battalion, a cavalry battalion, and a logistics and baggage battalion, a total of three thousand six hundred people.

Actually, these people are enough to annihilate Yang Shuzhuang's troops, but considering that he has four to five thousand people under his command and the territory of two counties, it might be difficult to garrison there if there are too few people.

Not to mention that there is also a chance to take over Hui'an County, so he can only be patient and wait for the garrisons from various places to be transferred, and then send troops.

But it would take two days for them to come, so Jiang Li naturally couldn't just sit there and wait.

He ordered his men to organize weapons and ammunition, and to collect boats for use. He planned to attack by both land and sea and occupy Nanxi County in one go.

The logistics and supply battalion had a heavy task. Jiang Li mobilized six trucks, thirty motorcycles, and two hundred mules and horses for them, and asked them to start transporting the supplies immediately.

Two days passed in a flash, and the garrisons from various towns had arrived, with nearly 1,500 more soldiers joining. Jiang Li had now assembled 5,100 soldiers, which was considered a full army.

After arranging for them to rest for a night, Jiang Li gave an order and about 5,000 people set out in a mighty manner. When they arrived outside the county town, two battalions of more than 600 people left the main force and headed for the dock.

The reason why only more than 600 people went was because Jiang Li didn't have many boats. If he hadn't obtained a batch during the previous house search, he could only use fishing boats to make up the number.

Thanks to the guidance of the intelligence officers and the exploration of the cavalry battalion, Jiang Li and his thousands of people arrived in Nanxi County smoothly.

After finding a place to rest temporarily, Jiang Li took out the map and assigned tasks to each battalion commander. This time he did not plan to attack by dividing his troops into multiple routes and defeating them one by one.

His plan was to let the people who took the water route take action first, and let Yang Shuzhuang send troops to come back to rescue. They would then rob and kill the enemy halfway, and then gather their superior forces to kill Yang Shuzhuang directly.

As for why he did this, it was of course because Jiang Youchi found out that Yang Shuzhuang had set out the day before yesterday and had already engaged in a battle with Ninghua County.

Since he had already engaged in the battle, there was no possibility for him to withdraw his entire army midway. After all, he had the advantage in numbers. It should not be a big problem for him to withdraw a thousand men and cooperate with the defenders to repel these hundreds of people.

Unless there is something wrong with his brain, there is no reason why this plan of robbery and murder would not succeed.

Things turned out just as Jiang Li had expected. He sent someone to tell the troops who had arrived near Nanxi County early by boat about the plan. They also took the lead in launching an attack on Nanxi County as planned.

However, due to the weak defense of Nanxi County and the lack of vigilance, it was quickly breached. And because there were only 600 people entering the city, it was definitely impossible to keep an eye on everyone.

Some people escaped from the city, including Yang Shuzhuang's soldiers, who quickly reported the news.

When Yang Shuzhuang heard the news, he immediately became furious and was about to lead his men to fight back, but was persuaded by his adjutant.

"Look, Marshal, we are about to capture Ninghua County. If we retreat now, Liu Erlong may see that the situation is not good and plunder the county and run away with his men. Then we will suffer a great loss!"

Yang Shuzhuang was not actually a fool. He was just so angry when he learned that his hometown had been robbed that he made a rash decision.

At this time, persuaded by the adjutant, the clever brain immediately reoccupied the high ground.

After asking the soldier who brought the message, he learned that the enemy had only a few hundred people, so he immediately sent his adjutant back with 800 people to unite with the garrison soldiers and security teams in various places to kill all the enemies.

When the adjutant received the order, he immediately led his men out with a smile on his face.

As for why he was so happy, it was naturally because he could take this opportunity to make a fortune.

Not to mention the several towns along the way, just say that he had recaptured Nanxi County. If a few enemies escaped to the homes of the gentry, he would have to bring people to search them all out.

If you want to prevent your home from being harassed by thieves, you have to spend some money and let them search thoroughly without breaking anything.

When he thought of this, he couldn't stop smiling and kept urging the soldiers to speed up. When he passed several towns on the road, he would directly pull up all the garrisons and security teams.

By the time they arrived at the city of Nanxi, it was already the next morning, and the number of people he brought with him reached 1,200.

Although they all looked exhausted at this time, their eyes lit up when they thought of the adjutant's promise that they could plunder the city after entering it, and the fatigue was completely negligible.

The adjutant, regardless of how tired the soldiers were, directly ordered an attack on the city in an attempt to catch the enemy off guard. However, that was not so easy.

The commanders of the two battalions were both veterans who had fought in several major battles. They had anticipated this kind of thing, since they had wiped out all the defenders last night.

He led his men to arrange defenses on the city wall. When the enemy swarmed in, they immediately opened fire and used the geographical advantage to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy.

These troops, who were not even second- or third-rate, had never seen such fierce firepower before. They were stunned for a moment, and did not resist for long before they collapsed due to heavy casualties.

After Jiang Li received the report from the scouts, he immediately began to encircle the enemy.