Valley Emperor

In order to protect Jiangnan, Wang Yiqi also took great pains. In addition to compiling and training the new army in Jiangnan and asking for the support of the Ming army in the north, he also wanted to send Yu Dayou's bandit army to Jiangnan.

But Wang Yiqi wanted to send Yu Dayou's bandit army to Jiangnan, but it was not so easy, because Yu Dayou's bandit army was sent north to Jiangnan, so he could almost declare that Fujian was handed over to the pseudo-Tang bandit army.

Although Fujian has fewer people and less land, and its strategic position is far less important than Jiangnan, it is also the land of the emperor. Anyone who dares to give up Fujian will be immediately overwhelmed by the impeachment of hundreds of officials.

Therefore, Wang Yiqi would never say that he would send the bandit army north, and he would not dare to say that he would give up Fujian.

Yu Dayou naturally knew about Wang Yiqi's thoughts, but he didn't even fight, so he just gave up his plan to flee north of Fujian.

In this way, he is not reconciled!

He has practiced the army for many years in order to fight against the pseudo-Tang bandit army, and he has indeed done so in the past two years, and he has done well. When Jiangxi and Hunan fell one after another, only his Fujian was as stable as Mount Tai.

Although there is a reason why the Tang Dynasty did not pay too much attention to Fujian before and did not invest heavily in this direction, Yu Dayou's credit cannot be denied.

At this time, you ask him to give up Fujian directly, and give up the achievements he has adhered to in the past two years, Yu Dayou is not reconciled!

Therefore, although he clearly guessed Wang Yiqi's idea, he still had a slight illusion, trying to rely on the geographical advantage of Fujian's rugged mountains, relying on his 15,000-strong thief army and more than 20,000 guards to defend Fujian.

He asked himself that it was still possible to block the 10,000-20,000-strong pseudo-Tang thieves army when he was focused on defense and did not fight easily. , but Yu Dayou thinks it is unlikely.

Because he himself knew that even if the Puppet Tang Bandit Army sent a large army into Fujian, it was absolutely impossible to transfer too many main troops. After all, the main front of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army was not Fujian, but the Yangtze River.

There, the pseudo-Tang bandit army also has Zhang Yue and Wang Yiqi, two life-and-death places. If too many troops are deployed in the above-mentioned places, it may fall short, and Zhang Yue and Wang Yiqi will seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

And the troops of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army are limited. According to various intelligence facts, the total force of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army is only more than 100,000 people, and at least half of the troops have been invested in the front lines of Huguang and Jiangxi. In addition, in Guizhou and Yunnan There are also 20,000 to 30,000 people in this place, and the pseudo-Tang bandit army also needs to leave tens of thousands of troops in the hinterland of Guangdong and Guangxi to suppress the place.

Therefore, he estimated that the pseudo-Tang bandit army estimated that 10,000 or 20,000 people would be dispatched to attack Fujian.

Yu Dayou's guess can't be wrong, but he can't be right either!

It is true that Fujian is not the main strategic direction of the Tang Dynasty, and it is true that the Tang Dynasty lacked troops, but he did not expect that the fundamental purpose of the Datang Army launching the Fujian offensive was not for Fujian itself, but to gain. From the eastern coastal areas to the passage of Zhejiang, cooperate with the Second Army of Anqing and Jinling to launch the Jiangnan Raiders.

The military operations on the Fujian side were finally prepared for the Jiangnan Raiders scheduled to be launched for the third autumn and winter offensive this year.

In order to launch the Jiangnan Raiders smoothly and avoid a long-term confrontation in the Anqing and Jinling areas like the previous Changsha and Hengyang battles, this time the Datang Army has also changed its thinking. It took too long, and the casualties and ammo was too much.

If the war in the Jiangnan area turns into a long-term confrontation or a tug-of-war, then the prosperous area of ​​Jiangnan may be turned into ruins, people's livelihood will wither, and no matter how bad it is, it will leave a lot of money for the gentry and landlords in the Jiangnan area to transfer their family wealth. time, and this is not in the interests of the Tang Dynasty!

Li Xuan and the important officials of the vote, but eagerly rushed into Jiangnan to burn, kill and loot. Well, we can't do this now. The Tang Dynasty is no longer a bandit. It should be said that they are waiting to enter Jiangnan to collect taxes.

Li Xuan and the cabinet officials thought so, and the generals of the military are no exception. After all, the money and food collected will eventually go into the military's pocket and become military expenses. Therefore, try to preserve the vitality of the Jiangnan area as much as possible. The unanimous opinion of the Tang Dynasty, the cabinet and the military's opinions on this matter are also highly unified.

That is to either not fight, or to take the Jiangnan area as quickly as possible in one go, and then take all the money and grain in the Jiangnan area into your pocket.

But if you want to do this, it is more difficult to just go east along the Yangtze River!

And this is also the main reason why the Army proposed the strategic plan to recover Fujian and then go north from Fujian to Zhejiang.

To this end, the Army has invested heavily. The newly established Third Army has an infantry division, two mixed regiments, and is expected to be assigned a heavy artillery battalion.

At the same time, the navy has also made a commitment. Before the battle is launched, the navy will send the main fleet to completely block the coast of Fujian and make every effort to ensure the safety of the sea transportation line. At that time, a large number of logistics supplies will be directly transported from Guangzhou to the sea. Fuzhou and other coastal port cities in Fujian.

Even if necessary, the Navy will send at least two Marine battalions to cooperate!

At the same time, the navy will be able to directly remove a large number of artillery pieces from the warships and move them to the land, providing sufficient artillery cover for the army!

Yu Dayou didn't know that in order to capture Fujian and destroy his army of thieves, the Tang Dynasty had put a lot of effort into it.

At the beginning of August, Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong, commander of the Third Army, arrived at Nan'ao Island on a naval battleship with the Fifth Heavy Artillery Battalion. However, he did not stay in Nan'ao Island for long. He soon arrived at Chaozhou Prefecture on a naval vessel and officially took over Command of the First Mixed Regiment and the Ninth Mixed Regiment.

In fact, most of the backbone of the ninth mixed regiment was drawn from the first mixed regiment, and a small part was drawn from several fortress camps garrisoned along the coast and along the river.

Therefore, the first mixed group and the ninth mixed group are related to the same origin to some extent.

Although the combat effectiveness of the First Mixed Regiment has declined due to the large number of backbones being recruited, this is also the reason why the Ninth Mixed Regiment has just been established, which means it has preliminary combat effectiveness.

Just when Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong arrived in Chaozhou and led two mixed regiments and another heavy artillery battalion to attack Zhangzhou, Cai Erhu, the commander of the 6th Infantry Division, also received an order from Lieutenant General Chaohong.

The 6th Infantry Division is currently stationed in Jianchang House in eastern Jiangxi, and its division headquarters is set up in the palace of the pseudo-King Mingyi.

However, it is worth noting that the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division was located in the Yiwang Mansion, and it was only temporarily borrowed, because this Yiwang Mansion, like the other palaces of the former Ming Dynasty kings, was directly rebuilt as the private property of the royal family.

This is the beginning of the palace of King Jing. At that time, Li Xuan took the palace of King Jing as the private property of the royal family and planned to use it as a palace. Unfortunately, Li Xuan has never visited this former palace, which was used as a palace. Pass.

After opening this head, later the kings of the Tang Dynasty successively conquered several vassal palaces occupied by Jiangxi and Hunan, and they were also directly incorporated into the private property of the royal family by the following people.

However, although it is the private property of the royal family, it is often used for other purposes. For example, in Hengyang, due to a fire, many buildings such as the Hengyang Mansion and Yarn were also burned down, but the one in the city has been abandoned. The palace is in good condition, although it is said that King Anxi has passed away and his feudal state has been abolished, and the palace is in many tatters.

But it is precisely because of this that he was able to survive the fire. In the end, this palace was ordered by Li Xuan to be used as the school buildings of Hengyang Higher College and Hengyang Junior College.

The Yiwang Mansion in Jianchang Mansion was temporarily used as the headquarters of the Sixth Infantry Division.

Although Cai Erhu brought the people from the division to the Yiwang Mansion, he naturally wouldn't dare to live in the main hall, he just lived in the side hall and worked.

At this time, Cai Erhu was discussing military affairs with a group of officers from the 6th Infantry Division, because Cai Erhu had already received an order from his immediate superior, Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong, and ordered him to launch an offensive to attack Shaowufu and move east along the Minjiang River. , kill Fuzhou.

The military orders were like mountains, so naturally Cai Erhu didn't dare to give any negligence. He hurriedly summoned the officers of the 6th Infantry Division to discuss how to march~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But when the following people were discussing, he was very conscious. Close your mouth.

Cai Erhu is still very self-aware. Although he is the commander of the 6th Infantry Division, he lacks the necessary military literacy. You have no problem in letting him fight. Barely.

Whether it was the previous Nanchang battle or many previous battles, Cai Erhu's command of the troops was more dependent on the advice of the staff officers. Basically, as long as the officers below formed a unified opinion, it was time for him to give orders.

The purpose of entering Shaowu Mansion is very simple, but the specific march and combat is a huge and complicated project. After coming up with a detailed combat plan, Cai Erhu officially ordered the army to move out!

Cai Erhu's 6th Infantry Division had not yet entered the territory of Fujian, but the two mixed regiments led by Wang Chaohong had already forcibly launched an attack. Tens of thousands of troops went straight to Zhangzhou, together with the naval 3rd from Nan'ao Island. The second fleet, the huge fleet headed straight for Fuzhou!

For a time, the Ming army in Fujian felt the huge pressure from the mountains and rains!