"The sun is rising, the chickens are crowing, the dogs are barking, the church and village are peaceful and peaceful."

Anda Shiwu let out a sigh of relief, put the brush on the pen holder, and then washed his hands in the wooden basin brought by the orderly. After washing, he carefully looked at the calligraphy he had just completed, and felt quite satisfied. After fighting outside for a long time, it seemed that his calligraphy hobby had not declined.

"What a peaceful and peaceful homesickness! Anda Jun, I don't want to rest in Santa Fe City for such a while, but I'm so happy." A slightly tired hoarse voice sounded behind me.

Anda Shiwu suddenly turned around and saw that it was Jiang Zhiqing, a captain from the local military headquarters for the hearing. Jiang Zhiqing was an old-fashioned army captain. He was promoted earlier than Anda Shiwu and was a senior in the army. Therefore, Anda Shiwu immediately stood attentively and saluted.

Jiang Zhiqing raised his hand to return the gift, and then Shi Shiran sat in Anda's seat, unbuttoned a Fengji buckle on his chest, and said casually: "It's late summer, the weather is still so hot, it must be twenty-six or seven degrees. Hey, I'm riding a horse and sweating all over my body."

The orderly officer of Anda Fifteen brought a pot of mate tea with a wink and poured a cup for the two of them. Jiang Zhiqing took two small sips lightly, then put down the tea cup, and said intoxicatedly: "For so many years, I have really fallen in love with this mate tea. It refreshes, wakes up the mind, lowers blood lipids, and the nutrients in it can also prevent scurvy and diabetes. Especially the previous item, no wonder the navy included this substance as one of the essential military supplies. People who have been floating on the sea all year round cannot afford expensive authentic tea, so they can only drink mate tea to supplement vitamins."

"If Deputy Captain Jiang likes it, why not get a few boxes of mates at the military station? I have the latest batch of mates sent here. Hey. It's still cut from the Navy." Anda Fifteen took out paper and pen and prepared to sign the documents. He is the company commander of the 6th Company of the Army and the head of the Santa Fe Soldier Station. The materials stored in the city are piled up like mountains. It's not a problem for him to do a favor and get some supplies. Isn't it just some tea? The warriors of the Republic fought to death on the front line, and drinking some tea is nothing!

"Forget it." Jiang Zhiqing waved his hand and said with a chuckle: "You forgot where did I come from? Captain Chang and I stationed troops in Corentes for more than two months, and there is a large wild tea garden there. I drink it casually every day, and the fragrance is much better than the old goods in the military station warehouse. Haha, don't be upset, there will be a large number of supplies sent by Corentes soon. I'll ask you to bring you a few boxes, all of which are high-quality goods."

"Thank you Deputy Captain Jiang for your kindness, so the rank of the ranks is disrespectful." Anda Shiwu responded happily, then looked at a pendulum bell in the house, and exclaimed as if he had discovered it: "It turns out that it is almost twelve o'clock, and it's almost lunch time. Deputy Captain. How about lunch in our headquarters today? I heard that the capture of the south gate of Putrajaya that day, Deputy Captain Jiang personally directed the artillery to destroy two enemy artillery gates in one fell swoop. He made a wonderful contribution and was about to be promoted to the rank of major. It really fascinates us. Now the soldiers all want to see you, please be sure to enjoy it."

"Okay, I'm just about to meet the brothers of the 6th Company of the Army." Jiang Zhiqing first pretended to be reserved and pondered for a while, and then said happily.

Lunch was placed in the company of Anda Fifteen. It is also the most complete building in the city - the Santa Fe Catholic Church. The church is said to be made of fine wood cut from the Coriantes area. The houses are tall and solemn, and the holy elephant is lifelike. However, there are no priests or believers here. There are only strange people carrying swords and guns, some are just the pride and frivolous people of the victor, and some are just the conquering aspiration of the conquerors. This church was requisitioned!

The orderly soldiers brought in quite sumptuous food, probably some beef and other cooking dishes. Occasionally, some "delicacies" such as chicken and duck were placed quietly by the orderly soldiers. In addition, there were bean sprouts, pickled cod, smooth fish, pickled radish, and spiced whale meat. It can be seen that the place is located in the wilderness and the material is not very rich.

Anda 15 opened a few bottles of Daqu in the River, and while pouring wine for Jiang Zhiqing, he introduced the officers here one by one. Among them were officers of the platoon leader of the 6th Company of the Army, two chief officers of the Luoqia County Militia Brigade who stayed here, one leader of the Gao Qiao who defected to the East Coast, one leader of the Crandy Uprising Army, two Tatar mercenary cavalry officers... In short, they were all officers of a certain level, and Anda 15 introduced them to Jiang Zhiqing one by one.

Jiang Zhiqing smiled at them one by one. These people were all rough people, and many of them were not even used to the etiquette of the East Coast. When some officers from Ming people or the officers of Livornia who had been immersed in the East Coast army for a long time stood up and toasted Jiang Zhiqing, some of the guys among them were sitting carelessly. Jiang Zhiqing didn't care, and drank them one by one, making them very generous.

Anda 15th-Year-Year-Original Samurai, and Japanese wine and food have always been famous for their exquisiteness. To put it bluntly, the amount is not enough. After drinking a few sips of the River Daqu, he immediately felt a little drunk. He knew that he could not drink anymore, so he ate a few sips of the dishes to suppress the smell of the alcohol. Then, with the intention of drinking, he asked Deputy Detachment Chief Jiang Zhiqing: "Deputy Captain, even in Santa Fe, I heard that the financial situation of the National Middle School is not good. The military department intends to launch the autumn battle in La Plata, trying to quickly end the long-term war here and force the Spaniards to seek peace. The Ministry of Justice thought about it day and night, but did not know where the main direction of this battle was? What is the goal of the battle?"

"Andajun, you're drunk too much, be careful!" Jiang Zhiqing first gently reminded Anda Fifteen, then picked up a piece of cod that he liked. After eating, he said slowly: "It's okay to talk to you. Anyway, the combat plan will be delivered here today and tomorrow. The main attack direction of this autumn battle is in the north, and the battle goal is to conquer Asuncion and cut off the passage from Charkas to Asuncion."

Seeing the officers present with disappointed expressions, Jiang Zhiqing smiled faintly. The autumn battle was launched in the north. The goal of the battle was to conquer Asuncion, but it was nonsense to say that the passage from Charcas to Asuncion was cut off. From Charcas to Paraguay, there were only some small paths covered with forests that could be passed by, and many places only allow one man and one horse to pass. The materials and artillery needed for the army to fight were not enough to go from here. It was too difficult! Therefore, the people of the East Coast were not worried that the Spaniards would launch a large-scale offensive from here. The only goal and motivation for the East Coast to conquer Asuncion was, of course, to plunder the wealthy city in the La Plata region to supplement the increasingly exhausted finances in the country, and to make some money for the army brothers participating in the war.

The officers here were very disappointed, which was naturally as Jiang Zhiqing expected, because it meant that they had no chance to rob and make money. The troops in Santa Fe, except for the 6th Company of the Army, had military disciplines that were very unbearable. Especially those Tatar mercenaries and Luocha County militia brigade, there were many incidents of being raped by Spanish women. The complaints received by the gendarmerie were flying like snowflakes. Jiang Zhiqing, who was in charge of military discipline, did not care much about these things. In addition to punishing several militiamen from Qingzhou bandits who had made too much trouble and compensating the raped Spanish town mayor's daughter, the East Coast silver dollar of 20 yuan, most of the people who committed the crime turned a blind eye to him. The brothers were born and died and did not avoid the attack. Now if they were punished for some trivial matters, it would be inappropriate to make the soldiers full of enthusiasm so cold!

"After the main force of the detachment went north to attack Asuncion..." Jiang Zhiqing paused and glanced around. Seeing that everyone was quiet and looked at him, he said: "The garrison command was established in Santa Fe City, with Captain Anda, the commander of the 6th Company of the Army. The responsibility of the command is to clear away the remaining Spanish forces nearby, clear up public security, and make every effort to ensure the smooth flow of the logistics transportation channel of the main detachment (Parana River). Recently, some Spanish soldiers from Cordoba sneaked into Asuncion, which made the detachment commander very angry. This time, Santa Fe City should focus on cavalry and expand the patrol area, search for any Spanish soldiers or baggage units that may be encountered on the grassland west of Santa Fe to cut off the material supplies of the enemy in Asuncion."

There are currently the 4th cavalry company of the East Coast Army, more than 400 volunteers of Gao Qiao and more than 500 Tatar cavalry in the city of Santa Fe. The above are all horse-drawn cavalry, with a total of less than 1,300 people. The more than 1,300 people were dispatched to search and patrol. It is believed that the Spanish convoys that traveled from Cordoba to Asuncion to support troops and supplies were greatly reduced.

In addition, there are more than 1,400 infantrymen in Santa Fe City, including the 6th Army Company, the Rochao Militia Brigade, the Crandy Volunteer Army, and other more than 1,400. The main responsibility of these people is to defend various combat supplies in the station and to ensure the battle on the front line. Among them, the Crandy people's combat effectiveness is quite suspicious and can only be used as idle players who waving flags and shouting, but as cheap cannon fodder who does not receive wages, they are still competent to be a guard warehouse and clean the battlefield.

"In this process, if you have slacking off your duties, ineffective combat, and neglect your duties, you will be shot and severely punished!" At the end of the day, Jiang Zhiqing's face had sunk: "Asuncion's combat operation is of great importance. I don't want the combat operations of the frontline soldiers to be disturbed by any factors outside of the war. And this is also the meaning of the military headquarters and the captain of Chang Detachment. Do you understand, everyone?"

"I understand, I understand..." Everyone responded in a verbal manner, as if they would encounter something bad if they answered slowly.
Chapter completed!