Valley Emperor

Due to the needs of combat, after the strong first army was split into two armies, the first army with the first infantry brigade as the core and the fourth army with the third infantry brigade as the core were formed.

In terms of the garrison, the strength is relatively well preserved, and the fifth garrison brigade, which still has combat effectiveness, was assigned to the first army, because the first army will follow up to Zhaoqing and even Guangdong, the time is urgent, and the task is heavy, so It needs the cooperation of the garrison troops in good condition.

As for the Fourth Army, it will go north to Guilin, and Guilin is not heavily defended by the Ming army, so it doesn't take much effort to take it down. When they take Guilin and arrive at Huguang, it is estimated that it will take more than half a month. With these With time as a buffer, newly recruited recruits can also be effectively trained and integrated into the army.

In addition, taking advantage of this period of time, it is better to equip the 6th Infantry Regiment with some guns. Otherwise, it is impossible to keep the 6th Infantry Regiment in the name of the main regular army, but the actual combat effectiveness and combat methods are all All-in-one garrison mode.

Then, following the Fourth Army to go to Guilin, there is the sixth garrison brigade, which has only a number and has not yet been organized. At the same time, the first regiment and the second cavalry battalion will be temporarily organized into the fourth army's combat sequence. Second Artillery Battalion.

The reason why it is said to be a part is because Li Xuan directly divided the two parts of the troops. One to two halves, half retained their designations and were incorporated into the Fourth Army, and part was changed to the artillery battalion of the Guards and incorporated into the near corps. Guards.

In this way, the Guards had three formal infantry battalions (two of which were not yet formed), one artillery battalion with twelve guns, and a cavalry battalion with nearly two hundred cavalry, a total of five battalions.

The First Army went to Guangdong, the Fourth Army went to Guilin, and the rest of the Guards and other troops naturally stayed behind in Wuzhou.

In addition, the 7th garrison brigade, which has not yet been formed, also has its whereabouts. If there is no accident in the future, this force will also enter Guangdong eastward, but although the descendants of the Ming army can be directly formed, it is also necessary to rectify the garrison army. time consuming.

From the first garrison brigade in the early days to the seventh garrison brigade today, seven garrison brigades have been compiled into seven garrison brigades to serve in the Tang Army.

In addition, most of the garrison brigades in the King's Division of the Tang Dynasty were fully staffed. Although they often supplemented the surrendered troops and captured weapons after the battle, the total strength was as high as 40,000 people, and they were generally equipped with enough cold weapons.

Unlike the regular army, the replenishment of soldiers is more troublesome, and the replenishment of guns is even more troublesome, which makes it extremely difficult to expand the regular army of the King Division of the Tang Dynasty.

Look at the 6th Infantry Regiment, which has no guns yet, and the 4th Infantry Brigade, which has been formed for more than a month but still has only more than 2,000 soldiers and only more than 100 muskets.

The garrison army is easy to expand, and the regular army is difficult. This has led to the fact that the number of the garrison army in the King's division of the Tang Dynasty has far exceeded the number of the regular army.

And this, but Li Xuan did not think of it at the beginning.

In the beginning, Li Xuan used Ming army prisoners of war to form a garrison army, just because at the beginning, the strength of the Tang king's division was extremely short, and the number of prisoners of the Ming army was not easy to deal with, so he would use the Ming army to surrender. Form a garrison.

Originally, Li Xuan did not have much hope for the garrison formed by these Ming army descendants. As long as they could assume the role of cannon fodder, it would be enough.

But I don't know because the system of the Tang Dynasty is better than that of the Ming Dynasty, so after these Ming army surrendered and became the king's division of the Tang Dynasty, the combat effectiveness has skyrocketed, not only surprised the Ming army on the opposite side, but also greatly call these traitors.

Even the high-ranking generals of the Great Tang King's Division were actually extremely surprised by the combat power that some of the garrison troops had erupted.

In many previous battles, the garrison has performed relatively well. Although it is still unable to assume the position of the main force, and it is often defeated by the superior forces of the enemy, with heavy casualties, it is normal for a unit to win and lose. The important thing is that the garrison brigades formed by these Ming army descendants were still very resolute and decisive in carrying out orders.

In the Battle of Wuzhou, the 3rd garrison brigade suffered heavy casualties, especially the 5th garrison. The entire regiment had only 3,000 people, but more than 1,000 were killed or injured, and the casualty rate exceeded one-third. Even so, the fifth garrison The group is still fighting.

This courage and tenacity to fight to the death is something that many main regular troops do not have.

But at this time, many people directly ignored it. When the 3rd garrison brigade launched its charge, there were many guards behind it, including two hundred cavalry in the second cavalry battalion.

And the fifth garrison regiment not only retreated once, but several times, and each time it was forcibly pressed by the supervising team to turn around and attack again.

In this battle, more than 100 soldiers of the Fifth Guard Regiment died in the hands of the supervising team.

Without such strict military law and strong supervisory teams, the Fifth Guard Regiment and even the entire Third Guard Brigade would not have been able to continue fighting with such heavy casualties.

This was obviously ignored by Hao Bainian and other seniors, or they thought it was normal.

But in any case, the garrison brigade in the Great Tang King Division has grown into an important military force in the Great Tang King Division, and it is certain that it will play a major role.

Thanks to the large number of garrison troops, the King Division of the Tang Dynasty, who lacked regular troops, was able to fight on multiple fronts calmly, while fighting against the Ming army in Guizhou, Guangxi and even the future Guangdong.

After the combat plan proposed by the Department of Operations to divide troops eastward and northward, Li Xuan naturally did not reject the unanimous result that had been discussed by many middle and senior officers, and soon began to issue the imperial edict according to this combat plan.

It is decreed to prepare for the establishment of the Fourth Army, which is to be used for the operations in Guilin and Huguang. It has jurisdiction over the 3rd Infantry Brigade, the 6th Garrison Brigade, the 1st Regiment, the 2nd Cavalry Battalion, the 2nd Artillery Battalion, and the 2nd Transport Regiment. . Major General Chen Keqiao, commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, also served as the commander of the army.

The remaining units of the First Army have also undergone certain adjustments. The main adjustment is to transfer the third garrison brigade, which was severely damaged and outstanding in the Wuzhou campaign, directly to the Privy Council, and is ready to stay in Wuzhou for a period of time. .

As for the First Army, it has jurisdiction over the 1st Infantry Brigade, the 5th Garrison Brigade, the 1st Artillery Battalion, the 1st Artillery Battalion, and the 1st Consignment Regiment. long.

And Li Xuan is no longer the commander of the First Army in person!

Among the above-mentioned troops, the 6th and 7th garrison brigades cannot be put into battle in a short period of time, unless they are really used as cannon fodder to die.

After splitting the First Army, Li Xuan ordered the First Army to advance eastward to Guangdong the next day, be sure to conquer Zhaoqing and control other areas of Guangdong as quickly as possible.

At the same time, the Fourth Army was ordered to go north to Guilin, to capture Guilin as soon as possible, and then to enter Jingzhou, Huguang, to support the friendly forces on the side of Xingquan Prefecture.

After the order was officially issued, the troops of the two armies did not stay there either. They would soon move eastward or northward from Wuzhou, while the remaining tasks of clearing and defending Wuzhou City were handed over to several other troops, including those in the vicinity. Guards, Liuzhou Independence Regiment, 3rd Guards Brigade.

At the same time, the 6th Infantry Regiment did not follow the 4th Army northward immediately, because they had to stay in Wuzhou to wait and receive new recruits, and they would also receive the first batch of guns and equipment.

After a long period of continuous trial production in Liuzhou, the production of guns and guns has also gradually increased and recovered. These guns and guns are often used to supplement the existing main forces for a while, but the 6th Infantry Regiment has become an army. It has been a long time, but there have been no muskets and cannons available, so that he has been in a very embarrassing position. For this reason, Li Xuan personally intervened and gave the 1st Infantry Brigade the two muskets that were originally intended for spare and replacement guns. Hundreds of them were given to the Sixth Infantry Regiment, and three 150-pound shotguns were also allocated to the Sixth Infantry Regiment.

Although this number is still unable to get the 6th Infantry Regiment out of its current awkward position, it is better than nothing.

After sending the troops out, the troops who stayed in Wuzhou also had a lot of work to do, but Li Xuan himself was free.

In his spare time, he visited almost the entire Wuzhou City under the protection of a large number of guards, and then came to a conclusion: This city is really broken!

The city walls on the east and west sides were collapsed for a long time, and Wuzhou City was bombarded almost countless times. Some of the shells hit the city walls, causing a pitted surface on the city walls. Crossing the city head, then falling into the city, destroying many buildings~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In addition, when entering the city, it may be caused by chaos, or it may be deliberately set on fire by the Ming army, so there are many places in the city. If the fire broke out, if it hadn't been for Master Wang of the Tang Dynasty who entered the city early and sent someone to control the fire, even if the whole city would not have been burnt down, it was still very possible that several streets would have been burnt down.

The buildings these days are basically made of bricks and woods, and they are still dominated by wood, supplemented by bricks and stones. If this is burned, if you do not pay attention to control, the whole city may be burned down.

After entering the city, Li Xuan originally wanted to stay in Wang Yue's Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi to enjoy the style of the feudal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. The location was finally dealt a devastating blow from the Grand Master of the Tang Dynasty, bombarded with shotguns, shot with muskets, and even threw a lot of grenades.

The grenadiers found that grenades were more useful in clearing the city than in the field.

In field battles, grenadiers often need to take great risks to rush up to 20 or 30 meters to throw grenades, but when fighting in the city, this grenade is very useful. The room fell silent immediately.

In the fierce battle, the Governor's Palace of Guangdong and Guangxi, which was used as a strong fortress, did not dare to say that it was turned into ruins, but it was too tattered to live in.

So Li Xuan simply found a house that had been raided to live in, just like in Liuzhou, and acted as a command center.

Anyway, it is impossible for him to stay in Wuzhou for long. After the First Army takes Zhaoqing, he will immediately take a group of civil and military officials and the royal family to Zhaoqing.

Zhaoqing was the intended capital of the Tang Dynasty, at least until the Tang Dynasty swept the country.