Valley Emperor

Combined with the regular army and the garrison army, during the Battle of Wuzhou, the Datang Wangshi suffered a total of more than 5,000 casualties. This number of casualties was more than the sum of the casualties caused by the many battles that the Datang Wangshi had experienced after he went south to Guangxi. many.

If the casualties of ordinary soldiers can still be regarded as cold numbers, then the large number of casualties of officers is unacceptable to Li Xuan and the others.

In this battle, one lieutenant colonel was killed and two were wounded by Wang Shi of the Tang Dynasty.

In the system of the King Division of the Tang Dynasty, the officers above the major belong to the middle and senior officers, because in the whole King Division of the Tang Dynasty, except for a few brigade commanders who are major generals, the other deputy brigade commanders, regimental commanders, and battalion commanders are all school officers. .

A major battalion commander leads a force similar to that of the thousands of households in the Ming army, and a lieutenant colonel is basically more important than the commander of the guards of the Ming army, and even comparable to the generals in the Ming army. .

A colonel, in general, can be compared with the general commander and deputy commander in the Ming army system.

More importantly, it was not easy for the Grand Master of the Tang Dynasty to train these middle-level officers who had gone through the martial arts school and the imperial school and had accumulated so much combat experience. It not only required a lot of time and energy, but also They pay tuition.

For a general to grow up, unless it is unfortunate or a general of the sky level, the necessary training is indispensable for ordinary generals to grow up, and there will be more or less mistakes in the process of such training. .

It's okay to make mistakes in daily training. If there are mistakes in the process of combat, it may cause unnecessary casualties to the soldiers under his command.

For some less serious mistakes, under normal circumstances, the senior generals of the Great Tang Dynasty turned a blind eye. As long as they could learn lessons to avoid the same mistakes, they would generally not lose their jobs.

This is not only the case with the grassroots officers, but even the senior generals!

For example, during the Battle of Rongxian County, although the battle was won, there were still mistakes. The cavalry rushed to the wrong place and launched a charge towards the Ming army infantry phalanx listed in the phalanx. At the same time, when the infantry fought , but also because it underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Ming army's 3,000 soldiers, resulting in certain losses.

However, Li Xuan did not blame Li Chunjing, the then commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, nor Lu Yuzhi, the battalion commander of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion.

Instead, he continued to reuse it, and Li Chunjing was further promoted to the commander of the Fourth Infantry Brigade.

If this kind of thing is placed in other rigid and rigid armies, it is estimated that many high-level generals will be responsible for stepping down, but in the Tang Dynasty, this kind of thing is taken out for post-war analysis and then discussed. Learn how to avoid mistakes in the future.

Why did Li Xuan do this?

Because he deeply understands how difficult it is to train an officer, especially a middle and senior officer. The Great Tang Emperor has been in the army for so long, and he has trained a few senior generals who can fight in battle. They were dismissed after a defeat or some minor incidents. Where would Li Xuan find someone to replace them?

You think that the senior generals who can lead thousands or even tens of thousands of people to fight are Chinese cabbage. They are all over the street, and you can grab a lot with one hand.

After all, there is no general victorious. Victory and defeat are common affairs in military affairs. Occasionally, Li Xuan can tolerate a small defeat or two.

Of course, if Hao Bainian, Li Chunjing, and the others get dizzy one day and damage a large number of main players, causing irreversible bad effects, Li Xuan will naturally be angry. Give them a glass of poisoned wine to warn future generations!

It is rare for the officers of the Great Tang Emperor to have such a heavy loss this time, so everyone is naturally not happy.

But everyone also knows that this is a war, and there is no one who is not dead. This time it is nothing more than a little more dead!

Moreover, although there were a large number of casualties in the Wuzhou battle, the 1st Infantry Brigade as the main force suffered little losses, especially the 1st Infantry Regiment. The number of casualties was only a few dozen, and most of them were transferred to the 1st Assault Battalion. The 1st Infantry Regiment did not suffer casualties and injuries in its own operations. Is that Mao? Because the 1st Infantry Regiment never participated in the battle from beginning to end, although an infantry battalion was finally sent to the southern front, it did not catch up with the main battle.

The casualties of the 5th Infantry Regiment are not too big!

The 2nd Infantry Regiment has slightly more casualties, but the largest is the 6th Infantry Regiment. This is strictly speaking, it has not yet formed an army. Many soldiers in the army are new recruits, and there are no muskets and other weapons. In this battle, they were directly regarded as They used the same cannon fodder as the garrison, and suffered a lot of casualties.

Then there is the Liuzhou Independence Regiment, which has just been incorporated into the regular army, and there are also some casualties.

In general, there were no small casualties in this battle, but the main force was not damaged!

Paying the death and injury of 5,000 people and nearly 100 officers, in exchange for a Wuzhou, nearly 10,000 enemies, nearly 20,000 prisoners, and enough troops to eat food for half a year, and more importantly, it improved the embarrassing strategy of the Tang Dynasty. In this situation, after pulling out the nail in Wuzhou, the core main force of the Army of the King of the Tang Dynasty will be able to free up its hands.

It is possible to go east to Guangdong, north to Guilin and even to Huguang.

Therefore, from an overall strategic point of view, this tough battle is worthwhile, and this is also an important reason why Li Xuan was determined to attack Wuzhou before.

After reporting the casualties of the enemy and myself, Li Xuan made important instructions to let the troops further and thoroughly eliminate the remaining enemies in Wuzhou City. Although there is no large-scale Ming army to resist in Wuzhou City, there are still many scattered soldiers.

Before the city, there were 30,000 regular Ming troops and 20,000 young and strong Ming troops. The Ming army of more than 50,000 people was killed, nearly 10,000 people were seriously injured, 20,000 people were captured, and 2,000 or 3,000 people escaped by boat. It is estimated that there are thousands of people who fled from other directions while the chaos is running, but even if this is the case, there will still be nearly 10,000 people scattered around the city.

And I dare not say that these routed soldiers in the city will not be organized to launch a counterattack or riot again.

Therefore, it is very necessary to continue to clean up the remaining soldiers.

In addition, Li Xuan also pointed out that the warehouses in the city for storing grain must be strictly guarded. Don't be afraid of wasting troops and hard work. This batch of grain is the reassurance of the King of the Tang Dynasty. After this batch of grain is obtained, the subsequent Datang Master Wang's battle can continue.

Furthermore, he also instructed the Ministry of War to complete the screening of prisoners of war as soon as possible, quickly classify the prisoners of war, and give preferential treatment to the Ming army prisoners of war who voluntarily join the Datang King Division, and who have passed the physical and basic military qualities, and select some to be added to the regular army. force.

As for the voluntary participation, the lower troops of average quality supplement the existing garrison troops and form new garrison troops.

For die-hards who are unwilling to surrender, they will take care of them on the spot, and the labor ministry will send someone to take over.

The Ministry of Industry has recently changed the idea of ​​building a large number of workshops in a certain city, because it is more difficult and the goal is bigger.

Just like Xingquan Mansion and Liuzhou Mansion, with the westward advance of Huguang Ming Army, Xingquan Mansion was in danger. In order to avoid the death and injury of craftsmen, the Ministry of Industry had to transfer most of the craftsmen in Xingquan Mansion. A small number of ordinary workers are left to continue production, but the production is also consumables, such as bullets, gunpowder, bows and arrows.

The workers who made cannons and guns, especially the technical backbones and craftsmen, were swept away.

Originally, the Ministry of Industry used this batch of withdrawn craftsmen to continue to expand the power of the workshops in Liuzhou, but now that Wuzhou has been conquered, and it can be expected that Zhaoqing will not be able to stop the attack of the King of the Tang Dynasty. The large-scale construction in Liuzhou has already ended ahead of schedule, but it is ready to be transferred to Wuzhou, Zhaoqing, and mainly in Zhaoqing.

Because Zhaoqing was already the established capital of the Tang Dynasty, um, although Zhaoqing was still in the hands of the Ming army at this time, this did not prevent a group of senior officials from the cabinet from formulating various construction plans for Zhaoqing.

At the same time, although Wuzhou will not be used as the capital, the transportation in this place is also extremely convenient, and its own business is extremely developed, and it can be regarded as the west gate of Zhaoqing, and it supports each other with Zhaoqing.

Because it is also feasible to carry out certain industrial construction in Wuzhou!

It is worth mentioning that in a series of future plans of the Ministry of Industry, the future large-scale workshop center is not in Liuzhou, nor in Wuzhou, nor in Zhaoqing, but in Foshan!

The reason is very simple~www.wuxiaspot.com~Foshan is the largest hand-smelting steel city in contemporary China and even the entire East Asia!

And this reason alone is enough!

In the future, Foshan will be a large-scale mass production center for various industrial products that require steel in the Tang Dynasty, including artillery, muskets, and cold weapons.

Several other cities, such as Liuzhou, Wuzhou, Zhaoqing and even Guangzhou or other places, are based on the establishment of small-scale workshops, mainly to produce expendable combat materials, such as gunpowder, bullets, shells, bows and arrows, etc. Reduce logistical transport distances.

To establish so many workshops, the more the number of craftsmen is required, the better is the requirement for ordinary workers.

The prisoners of war who do not need to pay wages are the most excellent labor in the eyes of the Ministry of Industry. They have even formulated relevant plans. After Guangdong, they will use prisoners of war as miners to Luoding, Dongan, Nanxiong and Shao. The iron ore mines in Zhouzhou, Lianzhou, Yangjiang, Huaiji and other places went to mine, and the young and strong labor force in Yishui did not say anything, and they did not need to pay wages.

The city must be cleaned up, the spoils of war must be cleaned up, the prisoners of war must be cleaned up, the dead on both sides of the war must be buried, and the wounded must be rescued. This series of aftermath work is quite a lot.

However, at this time, Li Xuan's eyes have already left Wuzhou, but have been put on Zhaoqing, Guilin, and Xingquan House.

After the First Army captured Wuzhou, it was impossible to stay here for too long. After a little rest, they would start their journey again. The question now is whether to go north to Guilin or return to Liuzhou all the way to Xingquan Mansion. Or send the main force eastward to seize Zhaoqing and even Guangzhou.

These choices are related to the strategic development of the entire Tang Dynasty in the future, and must be cautious!