To defend the city? To put it mildly, you are just being a coward!
The majestic King of Ming Dynasty faced a group of bandits and rebels. It didn't matter that he couldn't wipe them out at once, but he still had to be a coward. If he said this, it would make others laugh.
The courtiers are still unsure what to say about themselves!
Long Yan will probably be furious when the time comes. Won't he be unlucky then?
Even if he did not consider the reactions of outsiders, Zhang Yue himself felt that the matter did not reach this level!
Although Wei Yan, the governor of Guangxi, said that the Tang thieves were invincible, Zhang Yue believed from the bottom of his heart that Wei Yan was trying to shirk the responsibility for the defeat, so he said this. He didn't really think that the puppet Tang thieves were so
powerful.
He felt that although the puppet Tang bandits should not be underestimated, they were not to the point where they could only passively defend!
After he arrives in the south, he will gather the troops from the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang, and Guizhou. I dare not say that the puppet Tang rebels will be wiped out overnight, but as long as he spends some thought and pays a certain price, he can still annihilate these puppet Tang rebels. But he
I didn't expect that Song Zhiwen would be so pessimistic.
If you can only passively defend after going south, but are still unable to wipe out the puppet Tang traitor army, I am afraid that the accusations of impeachment will fly into the Forbidden City like snowflakes!
Seeing Zhang Yue's hesitant look, Song Zhiwen increased his tone and said: "Sir Zhang, the battles on the Lanjiang River, the Battle of Tonggu Acropolis, the Battle of Liping Fucheng and even the war in Liuzhou are lessons from the past. For the sake of the livelihood of the people in several provinces,
I also hope Master Zhang will act cautiously when he goes south and don’t fight with the bandits in the field if he can!”
After hearing this, Zhang Yue remained silent and did not answer. Instead, he went out with a frown on his face!
A conversation with Song Zhiwen made him feel for the first time the terror of the puppet Tang traitor army, and even more so, he felt that going to the south to suppress the traitors this time would not be easy!
That night, after thinking over and over again all night, he went to the palace to have an audience with the Holy Spirit the next day. The day after the audience, he brought a group of staff, and the emperor also specially assigned him as the supervisor's bodyguard.
A thousand people from the Beijing camp went south!
But not many people noticed that when Zhang Yue went south, he also brought another person with him, this person was Song Zhiwen.
At Zhang Yue's plea, Emperor Zhengde gave Song Zhiwen an opportunity to serve his crime and serve as the new prefect of Liuzhou Prefecture. Of course, everyone now knows that Liuzhou Prefecture has fallen into the hands of thieves, so Song Zhiwen's title of prefect of Liuzhou Prefecture is just a
It's just an empty hat. His real duty is to serve as Zhang Yue's staff and assist Zhang Yue in suppressing the rebellion.
Song Zhiwen wandered around the prison and put on the crimson official robe again. His rank was not lowered, but everyone was not too surprised?
why?
Because his advisor is Xia Yan, the chief minister of the current cabinet!
Song Zhiwen is not an ordinary official. He can become a fourth-grade prefect at a young age, which is enough to prove that his background is not simple!
He was born in the Hanlin Academy, and his mentor was Xia Yan, the chief minister of the cabinet at that time. If he had not had this relationship, his family would have been confiscated and his family exterminated immediately when he was escorted to Beijing, where he could be locked up in a prison.
Judge!
There are many criminal officials in Guizhou, but there are not many like him who just walked around in the prison and then put on their official robes again.
Zhang Yue left Beijing south with Song Zhiwen and a group of other staff and a thousand soldiers. In order to hurry up, they would directly take a boat to go south through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
After boarding the ship, Song Zhiwen stood on the bow and looked south, muttering: I, Song Zhiwen, am back!
The Ming Dynasty sent a real boss-level official like Zhang Yue, the censor of Youdu, to the south to supervise the division. Naturally, Li Xuan didn't know about this. Let alone him, even the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Wang Yue, and the governor of Guangxi
Wei Yan doesn't know about it yet. When they want to know the news, it will be ten days and a half months at the earliest.
At this time, they are still worried about the main force of the puppet Tang rebel army going south!
Although the adults in the capital, even Zhang Yue, thought it was nonsense to hold the city and defend it in order to curb the expansion of the puppet Tang rebel army, in fact Wang Yue and Wei Yan had already done so.
There was nothing I could do. I was so afraid of being beaten that I really didn't dare to go out and fight with the puppet Tang rebels, let alone counterattack Liuzhou.
Nowadays, Wei Yan is extremely pessimistic about whether Wuxuan can be defended. He continuously reports to Wang Yue, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, that Wuxuan does not have enough troops and may not be able to defend it.
Although Wang Yue has been staying in Wuzhou and has never fought against the puppet Tang rebel army, he must know the strength of the puppet Tang rebel army better than others, especially the big bosses in the capital.
Take the initiative to go out and fight? Or even counterattack Liuzhou?
Stop joking, if you want to die, don't get involved with us!
As long as Wuxuan can be defended and the puppet Tang rebels control Liuzhou, it will be a great victory. If the situation is not good, Wuxuan cannot be defended, but Wuzhou must be defended. Otherwise, Wang Yue, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, will not be able to defend it.
There is nowhere to go!
The governor-general’s mansion of these two provinces is in Wuzhou!
At this time, Zhang Yue and the big guys in the capital did not know that the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty on the front line, especially the senior civil and military officials, were so pessimistic.
When people in Wuxuan and Wuzhou in Guangxi were panicking, Li Xuan led his army down the river. However, he did not go straight to Wuxuan as the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty thought. Instead, he turned around and turned his head all the way.
guest.
The puppet Tang rebel army marched in force of tens of thousands of people, part of it by boat and part of it on land, and they marched south along the Liujiang River. Naturally, such a huge momentum could not be concealed from the Ming army's reconnaissance cavalry.
As soon as the puppet Tang rebel army marched westward, Wei Yan, who was in Wuxuan that day, received the news reported by Kuai Ma.
"The puppet Tang rebel army has advanced westward? Are they visiting guests? How many people have gone?" After hearing the news, Wei Yan immediately asked the Ming army's reconnaissance cavalry.
The scout cavalry immediately said: "Sir, most of the puppet Tang traitor army marched along the west of the Yangtze River, but they also left tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou!"
Most of them went west along the Yangtze River, and it didn't take a guess to know that they were going to the guests. However, they also left tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou where the three rivers converged. This was probably to prevent them from taking the opportunity to kill them!
Do you want to take the opportunity to kill him? Are you kidding? Whoever is stupid will get killed!
I only have more than 10,000 troops on Wuxuan's side, and the young and strong ones are only more than 20,000. The puppet Tang rebel army has more troops than I have more than 20,000.
Not to mention that the puppet Tang rebel army still left tens of thousands of people behind, probably just waiting for me to rush over stupidly so that they could come for reinforcements.
The last time the puppet Tang rebels surrounded Liuzhou and did not fight, wasn't it just to wait for themselves to foolishly go to reinforce them? The lesson learned at that time was extremely profound. The 8,000-strong army was defeated miserably, and only more than 2,000 people fled in panic.
Now Wei Yan said that he would never do this again.
If they go to attack the guests, let them do it. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses defending the guests. Maybe they can hold off the puppet Tang thief army for ten days and a half. If you go back and forth, you never know.
You can buy yourself a month.
In this way, he would have more time to strengthen Wu Xuan's defense.
Therefore, after learning that the puppet Tang bandits were coming westward, Wei Yan made the decision to hold his troops back and continue building the Wuxuan fortifications.
After Wang Yue learned about it, he also expressed his approval of Wei Yan's decision.
If the guests are lost, they are lost. At worst, the puppet Tang rebels will fight all the way to Guangxi, and it will be okay if the poor area in western Guangxi is temporarily occupied by the puppet Tang rebels. As long as they can keep Xunzhou Prefecture and Wuzhou Prefecture, to be honest
, if other places in Guangxi are lost, it will not affect the overall situation.
The Ming army paid close attention to the movements of the puppet Tang rebel army, and Li Xuan and the others also paid close attention to the movements of the Ming army!
There are many reconnaissance cavalry of the Tang Dynasty Army operating in Wuxuan and on both sides of the Qianjiang River!
When he learned from the scouts that there was still no movement from Wu Xuanming's army, Li Xuan didn't take it seriously. If the Ming army dared to go out of the city to reinforce the guests, he would be very happy, because then he could lead the army to turn around.
Go in, and then eat these Ming army reinforcements first. As for whether you fight the guests or not, it doesn't actually matter.
If the Ming army doesn't come, then it's okay. We can capture the guests first and solve all worries, then lead the army eastward. Then there will be a decisive battle. I don't believe that I can't defeat Wu Xuan.
If the Ming army did not come, Li Xuan could safely lead his army and continue to march westward to the guests!
When I came from the west, I went against the current, so the speed was much slower than when I went south along the river from Liuzhou. However, even if I went against the current, walking along the Xijiang River was still much easier than walking along those high mountains.
It took the army three full days to reach Laibin City!
The next guest siege will be directed by Li Xuan personally, well, to be precise, it will be Li Xuan’s name!
The specific planning of the entire siege campaign was naturally not his, but was jointly discussed by a group of staff officers and officers including the Operations Department.
In the Army of the Tang Dynasty, the staff system has become more and more important with Li Xuan's deliberate support. No matter whether it is a big or small battle, staff officers are basically indispensable.
When Li Xuan promoted officers, he also liked to promote officers from the staff. This also resulted in a phenomenon that many junior officers often served as staff officers for a period of time in order to be promoted.
Li Xuan is quite optimistic about this situation. Officers at the grassroots level, especially lieutenants, have served as platoon leaders, team officers, and staff officers. In this way, both in theory and practical experience in leading troops.
It is relatively rich, and when they are further promoted to mid-to-high-level positions such as battalion commander and regimental commander, they will be able to better take charge of their own duties.
With the busy work of a group of staff officers and mid-level and senior officers, a detailed siege plan was made that night. Early the next morning, the Battle of Laibin began with the opening fire of the artillery unit of the Tang Dynasty King Division.
The official announcement has begun.
Because there are not many enemy troops in Laibin City, and most of them are still young and strong, and our main force is deployed, the strength is several times that of the Ming army.
So when the siege battle started, Li Xuan was relatively relaxed and watched the battle with a telescope from behind!
Not only was Li Xuan more relaxed, but the generals were also more relaxed when formulating battle plans. In order to reduce casualties, they were very careful when formulating battle plans.
And they adopted many tactics that had never been used before, such as letting the navy's warships fire cannons and cooperate with the troops to attack the city.
In addition, they also tried to bombard the city wall with seven-pound heavy artillery, hoping to directly destroy the city wall before attacking!