Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

The battle at the front line ended, and after the spoils of war were counted, it was already noon. Francis Xavier received the battle report at noon.

The battle report said that in the attack on Ma Jinwei, 1174 enemies were killed, 2342 were captured, 465 seriously wounded enemies were collected, 3358 old sleeves, 461 Daxin XI-type rifles, and 57 box guns were seized.

In this battle, 14 people from the First Guard Regiment were killed, and 26 people from the Second Guard Regiment were killed.

"That's great." Fang Jian said happily.

After Ma Jinwei was eliminated, the pressure on the Western Front was much less. As for whether to continue the war, Fang Jian had not yet made up his mind.

Although now is a good opportunity to attack westwards, apart from other things, we can go west through Wen County, then take Pingrong County, go north to take Jie County, and then drive to Nanfeng City.

However, the biggest problem now is that my current foundation is very shallow and I lack sufficient management talents.

For many local matters, he still had to rely on the gentry and the remnants of the old bureaucratic system, which he was unwilling to do.

There is not enough talent now, so he has to compromise.

Only when there are enough talented people to maintain their rule can those old remnant forces be swept away.

If we expand blindly now, it will do more harm than good to ourselves. Moreover, if we really want to capture Nanfeng City, we will have to face Ma Jincen directly.

People don’t value me now because they don’t take me seriously at all, but if I occupy Nanfeng City, Ma Jincen will definitely attack me.

After all, the area east of Nanling was guarded by Nanfeng City, and even the area between Qingshan City and Nanling was completely blocked by Nanfeng and Huai Chong.

If the status quo remains, it would be unrealistic for Ma Jincen to attack him as Zhu Yaoxiang is in between.

Seeing Fang Jianan so happy, Wei Hanzhou also became happy. After that, Fang Jianan sometimes frowned and sometimes smiled. He knew that Fang Jianan was lost in thought, so he did not disturb him.

Seeing Fang Jian relaxed, Wei Hanzhou asked, "Commander, is there any good news? Did the front line win the battle?"

"Ma Jinwei's troops have been defeated, and less than two hundred people have escaped." Fang Jian did not hide it and said with a smile.

Wei Hanzhou was also eager to try and said, "Commander, can't we go west now?"

"Why not just destroy Zhu Yaoxiang as well and take over Qingshan and Nanfeng City."

Fang Jian shook his head slightly, feeling helpless towards Wei Hanzhou. All his skill points were put into action, and his IQ could not keep up.

"Not yet. We should first consolidate the foundations of Changhuan and Fenglin. When the new army is trained and the political layout is more complete, it will be best for us to send troops to unify Nanshan Province."

In response, Wei Hanzhou just nodded as if he understood, but he was a little disappointed that he still didn't have a battle to fight.

Fang Jian asked, "Has Wang Hu returned?"

"They're back. We sent out a truck in the morning, and it took several rounds to bring them all back, but there's not much diesel left in the truck." Wei Hanzhou nodded.

Hearing that there was not much diesel left, Fang Jian had a headache. Trucks are convenient, but they also consume a lot of fuel.

Then he asked, "Have the new troops arrived in Changhuan City?"

Seeing Wei Hanzhou shaking his head, Fang Jian was also helpless. Without a car, it would take too much time to walk two or three hundred miles by manpower.

Relying on manpower, it is considered good if we can march seventy or eighty miles a day, but taking a truck only takes more than an hour, the difference is huge.

Fang Jian ordered: "Send a telegram to the Third Guard Regiment, and ask them to bring all the weapons seized from Changhuan City and Xinyuan when they come."

Francis Xan planned to exchange all these weapons, together with those captured in this battle, for points.

Fang Guoxuan's telegram not only reported the results of the battle, but also pointed out that the troops were seriously short of artillery shells.

Take mortars as an example. If 10 mortars fire at the same time without saving ammunition, they can fire 400 shells in one minute.

The 1000 shells that Francis Xavier exchanged were only enough for two and a half minutes of firing.

He had exchanged mortars four times, for a total of 4 mortars and 50 shells. Except for the ones equipped for the Third Guard Regiment, the shells of the First and Second Regiments were almost all used up.

Not to mention the grenade launcher shells, there are not many mountain artillery shells left.

Seeing these problems, Fang Jian also felt overwhelmed. The business was so big that there were many problems.

He planned to build a military factory in Nanshan Province after occupying the entire territory of Nanshan Province. Although the weapons of the system were cheap, they also cost money. Although local manufacturing also cost money, it could drive economic development.

Without thinking about this problem any more, Fang Jian planned to stay in Xing County for another two days and make arrangements after contacting Zhu Yaoxiang.

This time, not only did they destroy the troops of Han Zhifu and Ma Jinwei, they also captured more than 6,000 prisoners and more than 2,000 seriously wounded soldiers, ensuring that there was no shortage of manpower to build the city.

That afternoon, trucks brought back the spoils and seriously injured soldiers. The First and Second Guard Regiments did not return to Xing County until noon the next day.

A simple celebratory banquet was held for the officers of the 1st and 2nd Guard Regiments.

At the banquet, except for Fang Weijia, Wei Hanzhou and Wang Hu, who were not so excited, everyone else was very happy.

Fang Weiguo couldn't help but tease Fang Weijia: "Why, do you regret not being able to participate in the war?"

"The enemy's troops are too weak to fight, but fortunately they are not. Otherwise, if I led my troops away, you would have to worry about the safety of Xing County." Fang Weijia shook his head.

Fang Weiguo also agreed: "Yes, the commander's safety is much more important than winning a few battles."

"Han Zhifu's troops were completely vulnerable, but if we hadn't launched a surprise attack, Ma Jinwei's troops would have suffered much greater losses even if they had won."

In Qingshan City, Zhu Yaoxiang met Su Lin, the intelligence team leader sent by Tao Yunong.

"What? You killed and captured Han Zhifu?" Zhu Yaoxiang stood up in surprise.

Su Lin nodded and confirmed: "Yes, not only Han Zhifu, but before I came, our commander was planning to attack Ma Jinwei's troops."

Zhu Yaoxiang took a deep breath. When he had been entangled with Ma Jinwei's troops, he had dispatched four regiments but had not gained any advantage. He was still quite afraid of Ma Jinwei.

Of course, Zhu Yaoxiang did not believe that Fang Jianan could easily defeat Ma Jinwei. Even if Ma Jinwei suffered a lot of losses in the battle with him, he felt that the two sides should be able to fight back and forth.

His own troops were considered elite, and they had an equally difficult battle against Ma Jinwei's troops.

Of course, Zhu Yaoxiang was very happy that Fang Jian was able to tie down Ma Jinwei's troops. With only two divisions to deal with, the defense would be much easier.

"Why did your commander send you here this time?" Zhu Yaoxiang asked.

Zhu Yaoxiang thought that as long as he was not allowed to send troops out of the city to assist Fang Jian'an's troops in attacking Ma Jinwei, other things could still be discussed.

Of course, the fact that other things can be discussed does not mean that he does not have the conditions. He is in great need of weapons now, and he wants Francis Xavier to provide him with some weapons.

After fighting for such a long time, the troops' weapons were damaged a lot and their ammunition reserves were almost running out.