Chapter four hundred and seventy seventh recruiting the pseudo-tang
The southern provinces have always lacked cavalry, and the Guangdong and Guangxi regions are even more miserable than the Yunnan-Guizhou region. At least there are Southwest horses available in the Yunnan-Guizhou region. Although the Southwest horses are not qualified as cavalry horses, they are still horses after all.
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However, there are no places in Guangdong and Guangxi that produce horses, and the Guangdong and Guangxi areas have never been a key defense area for the central dynasty. It is impossible for the imperial court to spend a lot of effort to transfer Mongolian horses from the north and southwestern horses to the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, and then form cavalry.
The elite cavalry forces of the Ming Dynasty were generally deployed in the northwest, north China, northeast and other regions. Even the prosperous Jiangnan region did not have much cavalry force, let alone the southwest of Guangxi and Guangxi.
The cavalry of the Tang Army were slowly accumulated one by one. Almost all the horses in the Guizhou and Liuzhou areas of Guangxi were collected. Whether they were military horses captured from the Ming Army or civilian horses, almost all of them were already
Requisitioned.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Tang Army to organize the current cavalry troops. Even if the two cavalry battalions, the cavalry teams of the guard battalions, and the reconnaissance teams of each infantry regiment totaled only seven or eight hundred cavalry, this would still be extremely difficult.
difficult.
If you don’t dare to fight, it’s not enough to just stand there and get beaten. Do you really want to run away in embarrassment?
Retreating is actually possible. These Ming troops came by boat, and these boats are still moored at Anjia Pier. If they want to retreat, they can just get on the boat and leave!
But after such a dejected retreat, how will others view Wei Yan in the future? Especially how will his immediate superior, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Wang Yue, view him?
Wei Yan did not want to retreat, even though many generals had already hinted to him in very obvious words, the thirty-six strategies were as mentioned above.
But he still doesn't want to retreat!
Seeing that many generals under his command were helpless, Wei Yan turned to look at his newly recruited master Wu Nuanzhi: "Mr. Wu, you are well versed in the affairs of the Puppet Tang Dynasty and have personally fought against the Puppet Tang thief army. In my opinion, Mr.
,what should we do?"
Wu Nuanzhi touched his goatee, then spread out the folding fan in his hand and said, "Sir, Wu has been dealing with these pseudo-Tang thieves for more than a year. Last year, he even personally led people into the mountains to encircle and suppress these pseudo-Tang thieves.
The thief army has a little understanding of the pseudo-Tang thief army.
The biggest reliance of this puppet Tang bandit army is their sharp firearms. They have heavy cannons for long-distance combat and muskets for close combat. Their musketeers often fire their guns first and then use their muskets for hand-to-hand combat. It can be said that they can attack and defend!
But this puppet army of the Tang Dynasty is not without its weaknesses. This weakness is that their soldiers have just been recruited, and most of them have been in the army for only a few months. They only rely on strict military discipline to fight!
And the reason why those surrendered troops worked for the Puppet Tang thief army was just to survive. To deal with this Puppet Tang thief army, we cannot defeat them, we can only outwit them!"
"How to outsmart him?" Wei Yan played the role of a lord very well and asked shamelessly: "Please teach me, sir!"
Wu Nuanzhi said: "It's very simple. Just two words, appeasement. As long as Hao Bainian, a high-ranking official in the puppet Tang thief army opposite, is promised a generous salary, it is very possible for him to surrender to the Ming Dynasty before the battle!"
Hearing what Wu Nuanzhi said, Wei Yan showed hesitation and asked, "How is this possible?"
The Pseudo-Tang thief army opposite is not an ordinary bandit or bandit, nor is it even an ordinary rebellion. Their Puppet-Tang Dynasty has officially established itself as the emperor.
The adults in the capital have already come to a conclusion. This Puppet-Tang rebel is so audacious that he not only rebelled but also dared to proclaim himself emperor. This is simply impatient and must be suppressed, must be wiped out and then all the Puppet-Tang traitors will be killed!
Only in this way can we deter future generations and prevent anyone from imitating Li Xuan and his son!
There cannot be two days in the sky, and there can only be one emperor in this land of Jiuzhou!
Therefore, the puppet Tang rebels must die, and Li Xuan must die!
To appease, that is absolutely impossible!
If the established government can surrender and even receive preferential treatment from the court after proclaiming themselves emperor and rebelling, wouldn't this encourage later generations to proclaim themselves emperors and rebel?
From now on, there must be a few false emperors popping up every year!
So after Wei Yan thought about it for a while, he said: "The recruitment is of great importance and is not something I can decide. Let's discuss it later!"
However, if the political impact is not taken into consideration, this recruitment is actually very attractive to the civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty. The people in the Tang Dynasty were all a group of careerists, and in the later period, they were those who defected to the country.
Basically, they come here with the idea of getting promoted and making a fortune, and seeking wealth for the rest of their lives.
If it is shown that the dynasty began to recruit civil and military officials from the Tang Dynasty, for example, giving several major generals of the Tang Dynasty the title of hereditary commander, and then giving a general title such as chief soldier, staff general, guerrilla, etc., someone might still
Will surrender.
As long as the price is set high enough, for example to a Duke, Marquis or the like, even Hao Bainian may surrender!
But can the current Ming Dynasty offer these conditions to recruit and surrender the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty?
impossible!
Because even though the puppet Tang thief army has swept through Guizhou and moved south to Guangxi, in the eyes of the court bosses and even Wei Yan himself, the strength of the puppet Tang thief army is only temporary. They are just taking advantage of the chaos.
It just caught the imperial officers and soldiers by surprise.
However, the Ming Dynasty had a territory of thousands of miles and millions of troops. As long as the court was serious about it, it would not be a matter of minutes to wipe out the puppet Tang rebel army.
Wei Yan had already received news from the capital, saying that in view of the fact that the puppet Tang rebels had caused harm to Guizhou and Guangxi provinces, the imperial court had issued an imperial edict, allowing Huguang, Guangxi, and Yunnan and Guizhou to jointly send troops to encircle and suppress the puppet Tang rebels.
The Huguang side has begun to recruit young people, claiming to send 100,000 troops to march westward to Guizhou. On the Guangdong side, his immediate boss, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Wang Yue, has also begun to gather troops from Guangdong and Guangdong, and the troops from Guangdong have also begun to march westward.
Wuzhou.
It won't be long before Wang Yue, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, will personally lead his troops north from Wuzhou!
The eight thousand soldiers he led were nothing more than the vanguard!
Under such a situation, Wei Yan didn't think that the puppet Tang rebel army could withstand the suppression of the imperial army!
The puppet Tang thief army will be defeated sooner or later, maybe two or three months later, maybe half a year later, but he definitely does not think that the puppet Tang thief army can survive the encirclement and suppression by hundreds of thousands of troops from several provinces of the imperial court.
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In this way, do we still need to use high-ranking officials and generous salaries to recruit and surrender these pseudo-Tang traitor troops?
No need at all!
Although the imperial court often recruits and surrenders bandits and thieves, this is limited to ordinary bandits and thieves. Even ordinary rebels can be recruited and surrendered. However, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty that established itself as emperor must be completely eliminated!
Even the puppet Tang rebels who surrendered must be killed, otherwise how can they warn future generations?
Surrendering is not advisable, and it is said that Hao Bainian, the leader of the Puppet Tang thief army and even the top general of the Puppet Tang thief army, is even less likely to be easily surrendered. Under such circumstances, we must consider continuing this battle.
It's impossible to run away, it's impossible to surrender in the middle of battle, and it's even impossible to be beaten passively!
The only solution now is to try to take the initiative to launch a counterattack. I hope the pseudo-Tang bandits on the opposite side are not as powerful as the rumors say!
Hopefully, our counterattack will be successful!
Wei Yan, who had made up his mind, no longer cared about the retreat hints of his generals, and immediately ordered: "The rebel army is currently present. How can we, as officers and soldiers, retreat so easily? Let's prepare to launch a counterattack!"
"We still have 4,000 martyrs and 8,000 troops. The number of puppet Tang rebels opposite us is only about the same as ours. There is absolutely no reason to retreat in a timid manner!"
"After this battle is completely won, I will personally ask for credit for you!"
"The soldiers are the most elite force of our army. Whether this battle can be won or not depends on the soldiers. Pass the order and let the soldiers be the central army!"
Wei Yan was determined to fight to the death, but when the generals below heard this, they were all frightened!
Someone immediately said: "My lord, think twice!"
"The troops facing the Puppet Tang Dynasty are all elite thieves. If we fight, I'm afraid...I'm afraid..."
"My decision has been made!" Wei Yan also showed his majesty as a governor at this time. If these generals dare to disobey orders, he will have to kill some of them to sacrifice the flag!
However, in order to appease these generals and give them hope, Wei Yan immediately said: "We can slow down the counterattack later. If we really can't rush through, then we will make more plans then!"
Upon hearing Wei Yan's words, many Ming army generals breathed a sigh of relief. Wei Yan's plan to make further plans naturally meant retreat.
If you can't defeat, then retreat. That's fine. But if you're afraid of fighting to the death, if you don't retreat, then you'll be completely doomed.
Immediately, many generals had already made up their mind to pay attention. If this was the case, they would wait for a while to lead some of their own men to charge a little and then retreat.
Naturally, Wei Yan didn’t want to force them to die!
No matter what, he, Wei Yan, will always have a fight with the puppet Tang bandits, even if he is defeated and retreats in the end!
Only in this way will he be able to hold his head high in front of Wang Yue, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi!
He said that he retreated not because he was afraid of the rebel army, but because he was actually inferior to others. After fighting, he had no choice but to retreat if he couldn't defeat him.
This way you don’t have to bear the infamy of running away without a fight!
That's right, at this time, Wei Yan's first consideration was not victory or defeat, but that he could not bear the infamy of running away without a fight.
And his decision and idea, whether successful or not, will cost the lives of many Ming army soldiers in vain!
As the governor of Guangxi, Wei Yan was the actual commander of this army. After he personally issued an order, the generals had to follow it whether they wanted to or not.
As the order was conveyed, soon the Ming army in the camp began to move. Groups of Ming army soldiers began to line up and move forward despite the continuous bombardment of the puppet Tang rebel army!
However, in another corner of the camp, hundreds of Ming soldiers have already rushed to the shore and started to board the boats. They will control the boats and prepare to retreat at any time.
And Wei Yan's soldiers have also brought their own horses, and at the same time prepared a batch of the best horses for Wei Yan, ready to retreat with Wei Yan at any time!
The Ming army came out!
This situation was naturally discovered by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Army at the first time. In the Second Artillery Battalion position at the rear, Butcher Chen was already getting excited and immediately said: "Shoot quickly and hit him hard!
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On the hillside at the rear, Hao Bainian also showed a faint smile and said: "Look, they can't help it anymore. Let the infantry start, let them know what will happen in a field battle with our Tang Dynasty King's Division!"