Although the Tang Dynasty, a ravine dynasty, was only made funny by Lear Bi at the beginning, everything changed after Le Erbi, the fool, was chopped down by Su Jiakang.
Although Li Xuan was unwilling, he was still supported by Liu Bagou and the others and ascended the throne to inherit the throne. As a result, he led hundreds of bandits from the Tang Dynasty and began to deal with the Ming army.
While fighting, it was not known whether the Ming army was too weak, the new Tang army was too strong, or God was on Li Xuan's side. Although the process was extremely difficult and he faced the crisis of annihilation several times, Li Xuan supported him every time.
He came over, saved his own life, and at the same time led the Tang Dynasty to continue to expand.
It gradually grew from hundreds to thousands, and now occupies almost all the rural areas of Zhengtai County, with the number of people under its rule reaching 80,000.
This kind of thing is extremely rare even in the long history.
Most of these childish rebellions were suppressed by the government at the first opportunity. The government did not even need to mobilize regular troops and could successfully suppress them with only a few local bravery.
Lear's previous mortal death fully proves this point.
However, Li Xuan led Liu Bagou, Fang Dongquan and the others to expand step by step, and finally occupied Zhengtai County.
Nowadays, even if the Tang Dynasty is annihilated by the Ming army tomorrow, it will still be able to leave a record in the history books. Even if it is only a few sentences, it will be extremely rare to be able to leave a record in the official history.
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Throughout the ages, countless people have dreamed of leaving a name in history. Even if they cannot leave a name in history, they still want to leave a reputation that lasts for thousands of years.
Of course, even if Li Xuan was extremely unlucky, he would not be defeated by the Ming army in just a few days.
Nowadays, Li Xuan is still in the mood to slowly train and expand his troops. That is because he knows that he still has at least one month, or even two or three months of safe time.
In the Battle of Lanjiang Ferry, the New Army of the Tang Dynasty had already defeated the Fucheng Ming Army. In the end, only a few hundred of the 3,000 Ming Army returned. In addition, Li Xuan had severely damaged the thousands of Ming Army led by Su Jiakang several times before.
Therefore, it can be said that the regular Ming army in Xingquan Prefecture has been completely wiped out, including the regular army of three thousand households, plus the 1,500 soldiers recruited from the city.
Although these armies still retain their former names, they have lost all their elites. Now, whether it is Su Jiakang or Song Zhiwen, all they can rely on are the defeated generals and young men recruited temporarily.
However, these troops could no longer pose any actual threat to the new army of the Tang Dynasty.
If the Ming army wanted to invade Zhengtai County and annihilate the Tang Dynasty, it is conservatively estimated that they would need more than 5,000 men, and these 5,000 men must be regular troops, not young men just to make up the numbers.
However, does Xingquan Prefecture still have 5,000 regular troops today?
No!
Because relying on Xingquan Mansion's own strength, it was no longer possible to suppress the rebellion led by Li Xuan.
If the Ming army wanted to destroy Li Xuan, they had to mobilize troops from outside.
However, it is not that easy to mobilize troops from other places to Xingquan Prefecture to suppress the bandits.
Orders that require various mobilizations must be reported to the governor of Guiyang, the provincial capital. Otherwise, without the governor's order, troops from other places will not come to Xingquan Mansion. This does not mean that they are willing.
The problem is that there is no order to fight across provinces, which is against the rules and can easily be read as "unauthorized mobilization of troops".
In the end, even if the puppet Tang bandit army was wiped out, the generals who privately led the troops to participate in the suppression of the bandits would not be able to end up well, and losing their official position would be a light matter.
According to Li Xuan's own estimation, it would take at least one or two months for the Ming government to complete the mobilization procedures. Then it would also take time for the governor to mobilize troops. After mobilizing troops, these Ming troops would have to flee.
It also takes time to come to Zhengtai County.
You have to know that Guizhou is not a plain, most of it is mountainous terrain, and the marching speed of large-scale armies is quite slow.
Based on the above, Li Xuan judged that the Ming army would not be able to arrive until two months at the earliest!
By then, the expansion of the new army of the Tang Dynasty will be almost completed, the soldiers have basically completed the most basic training, and they will be able to obtain hundreds more muskets and several artillery pieces.
By then, the 3,800-strong Tang New Army under his command will be able to face the Ming Army at full strength!
At that time, if the Ming army sends about 5,000 regular troops, he will have great confidence in fighting a battle. Even if the Ming army sends tens of thousands of people, as long as these 10,000 people are not all elite recruits, then
He is half confident to fight.
As for the Ming army coming with more people, such as 20,000 or 30,000 people, well, whoever is stupid will be beaten. Li Xuan will immediately lead his thousands of troops to escape south or west. In the worst case, just learn from history.
Countless bandits spread out as they ran.
If he can't occupy a place and expand slowly, then Li Xuan doesn't mind leading his army directly on the path of bandits, and a Ming Dynasty version of the Long March.
As long as he has thousands of troops in his hands, there will always be a place for Li Xuan to find a place in the vast world.
However, this is just the worst plan made by Li Xuan. According to his prediction, the Ming army will definitely come. It may be early or late, but there should not be too many Ming troops coming.
After all, Li Xuan knew that Zhengtai County had not been conquered yet, and even Longhua Town was reserved for the Ming army.
Not to mention Xingquan Fucheng.
Today's new army of the Tang Dynasty, to put it nicely, controls hundreds of miles of land and hundreds of thousands of people, but to put it worse, they are still bandits in the mountains and valleys, unable to get on the stage.
Su Jiakang may take it seriously, and Song Zhiquan may also take it seriously, because they have all fought against the New Army of the Tang Dynasty and know that the actual combat effectiveness of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty is not weak.
But would the higher-up Ming army officials believe that these village fools were a huge threat and deploy tens of thousands of troops from surrounding provinces to attack Zhengtai County?
It is unlikely. The most likely possibility is that they will mobilize some of Guizhou's own officers and soldiers to attack, and the number may range from 5,000 to 10,000.
When Li Xuan thought this way, he never thought that Song Zhiwen did not report the fiasco at Lanjiang Ferry at all, but instead cleverly described a fiasco that cost more than two thousand elites as just a minor defeat.
Until now, the officials at the top have not received a true report that Song Zhiwen or Su Jiakang proclaimed themselves emperor. Now the adults in the provincial capital know about the puppet Tang rebel army and that the official army suffered a defeat, but they
I didn't know that the puppet Tang thief army had already taken control of Zhengtai and defeated thousands of regular troops in Xingquan Prefecture.