Chapter four hundred and ninety-two large-scale southward migration
Liu Bagou even made a fuss about moving south to Liuzhou Prefecture. Listening to his tone, it seemed as if the Tang Dynasty would perish if he didn't move to Liuzhou.
That's right, Liu Bagou really thinks so in his heart!
Nowadays, the main army of the Tang Dynasty is in Guangxi. This army, and the main army, has been away for a long time. Even if His Majesty trusts Hao Bainian and other generals, who knows what will happen!
In the past, Liu Bagou would still be worried about Li Xuan's military expedition, but now, he wished that Li Xuan would go south to Guangxi as early as possible, and then firmly hold the army in his hands again.
Everyone has known for a long time that Shengjia is going south, and everyone agrees with it, so no one has any objections to this matter. The only disagreement is how to relocate.
It’s easy to move personnel, but should the various workshops in Xingquan Prefecture be relocated together? After the relocation, what will happen to the reduction in ordnance production caused by the shutdown?
Also, to the east of Xingquan Prefecture is Huguang. Although the Ming army from Huguang has not yet attacked, there is news that Huguang has gathered a large army, and it is certain to march westward to Xingquan Prefecture in the future.
In this case, should Xingquan Prefecture leave some troops for defense? If no troops are sent, how will the many workshops in Xingquan Prefecture be protected? Wouldn't it be easy for the Ming army to take over all of them!
But if the troops are left, it will not work if the troops are small. If there are more troops, it will definitely affect the subsequent southward strategy. From now on, when attacking Guangdong such as Wuzhou and Zhaoqing, it will be difficult to rely solely on the existing southward troops.
Wuzhou is not Liuzhou Prefecture. The terrain there is extremely suitable for defense, and the Ming army has a large number of troops. Even the city walls are extremely tall. It is not that easy to fight.
If he goes south, the Holy Emperor will definitely bring some troops, especially the 3rd Infantry Brigade composed of the 5th Infantry Regiment and the 6th Infantry Regiment. This infantry brigade has always stayed in Xingquan Prefecture and Liping Prefecture. Everyone has long known that wherever His Majesty goes, this infantry brigade will definitely follow.
Your Majesty has gone south, and this infantry brigade will definitely not stay in Xingquan and Liping Prefectures.
However, after the infantry brigade leaves, the 1st Cavalry Battalion, 1st Artillery Battalion, and 1st Baggage Regiment will definitely leave, not to mention the Guards Battalion. In this case, there will only be one Second Battalion left in Guizhou. The infantry brigade is a regular army.
Then there is the 1st Guards Brigade and the 2nd Guards Brigade.
With such a force, it is necessary to conquer Guiyang, suppress the huge Guizhou, and guard against the Ming army in Huguang, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places. To say it is insufficient is an understatement.
Many disagreements made everyone a little noisy, but at this time, Li Xuan usually stayed on the Diaoyutai and would not easily leave to participate in the discussions among the ministers.
But now the quality of these civil and military officials is slowly improving. Even Liu Bagou, the fortune teller, has become more and more like a qualified official after being the chief minister of the cabinet for so long.
This method of handling the matter was also quite sophisticated. Like Li Xuan, he did not express his position easily. Instead, he let the military and cabinet officials continue to quarrel, while he himself was constantly at odds with each other.
Finally, the civil and military officials discussed a solution that was not a solution!
All the workshops in Xingquan Mansion cannot be moved away, but they cannot all be left behind either!
The Ministry of Industry wants to move some craftsmen and some skilled workers in Xingquan Prefecture to Liuzhou, while the remaining craftsmen will continue to produce weapons in Xingquan Prefecture.
And a second relocation will be carried out in the later stage. As for where the second relocation will be?
Guiyang!
After all, Guiyang is the provincial capital of Guizhou, and the Tang Dynasty will definitely continue to march into Yunnan in the future. There will definitely be a need for an ordnance production base of a certain scale in the Yunnan-Guizhou region. After all, in the southwest region with inconvenient transportation, there is always
You can't transport ammunition across hundreds of kilometers or even thousands of kilometers, as that will make the logistics department miserable.
However, if it is relocated for the third time, it may be to Huguang. In short, the Xingquan Mansion workshop will definitely be moved in the end.
There is no way, who told Xingquan Mansion to get nothing, it is really not suitable for industrial development!
Before Xingquan Mansion completely moves out various workshops, the military will also send some troops to protect these troops!
According to the combat plan of the Operations Department, after the Holy Spirit drives south and the 3rd Infantry Brigade and various regular army units follow him, the entire defense of Guizhou will be provided by the 2nd Infantry Brigade, the 1st Garrison Brigade, and the 2nd Garrison Brigade.
Take it upon yourself!
And the early goal was set, that is, to defeat Guiyang first, and then fight against the possible arrival of the Huguang army!
Whether the army will continue to expand in Guizhou in the later period is certain, but that is a long-term goal, not now. For now, Guizhou's defense can only be left to these three forces!
Li Xuan himself also has thoughts on whether to continue to expand the army in Guizhou, that is, the regular army should slow down first, especially the regular army equipped with a large number of firearms.
Because the ordnance output of the Tang Dynasty was limited, and of the two infantry regiments of the 3rd Infantry Brigade that went south with him, only the 5th Infantry Regiment was initially satisfied, while the 6th Infantry Regiment was still armed with cold weapons.
Woolen cloth.
Moreover, the two newly established battalions of the Guards in Guangxi and the two regiments of the Fourth Infantry Brigade will also need ordnance.
It is expected that in the next six months, the Tang Dynasty's ordnance output, especially guns, will basically be needed to satisfy the above-mentioned new troops, and at the same time, it will continue to maintain the supply of guns and guns for the existing troops. The troops will lose ordnance when fighting.
After the war, some guns and artillery will be damaged to some extent, and the same is true for daily training. If you want to maintain the combat effectiveness of the existing troops, these guns and artillery must be continuously replenished.
As a result, if we want to establish a new army, we can only wait half a year later, especially when the Ministry of Works workshop in Liuzhou City begins large-scale mass production.
The troops equipped with guns and artillery do not need to be established first, but a few more reserve troops can still be established, and the garrison can also be continuously expanded.
These cold weapon troops do not need guns and cannons. As long as there are people to handle them, the cold weapons will naturally be sent by the Ming army.
Moreover, reserve battalions and garrison troops are actually quite useful. Aren’t the troops going to Guilin and the troops going to Qingyuan Mansion composed of reserve battalions and garrison troops? Although they are not as good as the decisive battle with the large-scale Ming army.
Yes, but it is still possible to defeat a dozen of the Ming army's small-scale local garrison troops and ordinary young men.
Of course, this kind of thing is not appropriate to talk about today. In the future, he will just give orders to the various departments of the Privy Council.
Today’s theme is still going south!
After discussing for most of a day, the royal strategy meeting was finally over, and then the official relocation began!
Each department went back to prepare for the relocation!
Li Xuan himself also returned to the harem and told Queen Mother Bai, Dong Yunyun and others about his decision to officially go south in three days.
Naturally, they would not object to Li Xuan's decision. They all began to instruct the maids to pack their belongings and prepare to go south with Li Xuan!
Three days passed by in a flash. Early in the morning, Li Xuan took the guard battalion and members of the royal family to the station that became the Fifth Infantry Regiment.
The cabinet and a large number of officials also packed up their belongings early in the morning, and most of them took their families with them to go south.
As for the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, there are a large number of them. They have started setting off one after another since yesterday. The first batch of craftsmen and skilled workers to Liuzhou is about two thousand people. In Liuzhou City, construction has started urgently and civilian houses have been requisitioned.
It is used as a workshop, and workshops these days don’t need any professional equipment because they are all done by hand.
The tools required for some manual work are naturally carried by craftsmen and workers. After arriving in Liuzhou City, they can resume production immediately without too much delay in military production.
On the Xingquan Prefecture side, some craftsmen are still left, but they will gradually go to Liuzhou. In the end, the number of craftsmen and workers on the Xingquan Prefecture side will only be about a thousand people, and their ordnance
The output is mainly to supply the needs of the troops in Guizhou.
There were also many officials and their families who went south with the army, totaling almost 2,000 people.
These officials all knew that after going to Liuzhou this time, they would probably never return to Xingquan Mansion again, so this family would definitely need to be brought with them.
In fact, not only these officials and their families, but also many gentry, landowners and businessmen who were related to the Tang Dynasty also ran away with the army. Why? Naturally, they were afraid that after the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty left, they would obviously
When the army comes, they will be in trouble.
For example, the Dong family!
Their direct daughter is the pseudo-Tang empress. If the Ming army attacks from now on, no one in the Dong family can expect to survive.
There are quite a few people in this part of the country, more than a thousand people in total.
So for this relocation, there are almost 4,000 people just from these people. This team can be said to be huge!
As for the army, the 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Battalion, 1st Artillery Battalion, 1st Baggage Regiment, Guards Battalion and other troops will also go south with him!
Subsequent defense work in the entire Guizhou region will be undertaken by the Second Infantry Brigade, the First Guard Brigade, and the Second Guard Brigade. For the time being, Xingquan Prefecture and other eastern Guizhou areas will be undertaken by the Third Infantry Regiment and the First Guard Brigade.
Responsible.
The army and accompanying officials, family members, gentry, businessmen, etc., numbering in the tens of thousands, marched south from Guizhou. They first went from Xingquan Prefecture to Liping Prefecture, then passed through Liping Prefecture southward into Guangxi and entered Huaiyuan.
After arriving in Huaiyuan, you will take the fleet organized by the Logistics Department, Navy and other departments to continue southward, all the way to Liuzhou Fucheng!
However, the speed of the people is relatively slow. If tens of thousands of people leave together, it is estimated that they will not arrive in a month. So in fact, Li Xuan will lead the Guards Battalion, the Fifth Infantry Regiment and the main senior civil and military officials first.
Go south.
They must arrive in Liuzhou as soon as possible and start work!
After all, it is impossible for the army going south to wait in Liuzhou Fucheng for only a month or two. This will miss too much time!
The war will not stop just because Li Xuan wants to go south to Liuzhou!
Especially in Guangxi, after the defeat of Anjia Wharf and the capture of Liuzhou City, almost the entire Guangdong and Guangxi regions were shaken. It is said that Wang Yue, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was extremely angry and personally called Wei Yan to Wuzhou City to curse him.
Then the troops from Guangdong and Guangxi were fully mobilized. It is said that even the troops from Guangdong have already begun to set off along the Xijiang River to enter Guangxi.
Under such circumstances, the army heading south cannot sit still and wait for death!