Chapter 514: The adults are not good, the thieves are coming
For the Tang Dynasty King's Division in February of the second year of Xuanping, they still needed to feed the enemy, and it was an urgent need.
Therefore, they need to capture Wuzhou to obtain food. Even if the food in Wuzhou is burned down by the Ming army, after pulling out the nail in Wuzhou, they can continue to march eastward to Guangdong to obtain food and various resources.
In this era, the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong was also a traditional grain-producing area.
The Datang Dynasty, which had just emerged, was now like a ship sailing against the current. Whether it was a lack of supplies, an awkward strategic position, or simply military morale, it was determined that the Tang Dynasty actually had no way out.
They either have to fight all the way, win a steady stream of victories, and seize a large amount of supplies to sustain the war.
Either it was besieged by the Ming Dynasty, and then it was the main force until it was trapped to death.
Today's King of the Tang Dynasty is trapped, like a young leopard. It is trapped in the central and western parts of Guizhou and Guangxi, and is surrounded by prisons composed of armies from several provinces of the Ming Dynasty. It is eager to
We need to break out of this prison and breathe the free air outside!
For this reason, even if it means continuous fighting, bloodshed and sacrifice, we will not hesitate.
Li Xuan was preparing to launch a strong attack on Wuzhou with the belief that even the last drop of blood of the garrison would be shed, but Wang Yue and others in Wuzhou City did not know yet.
The next morning, Wang Yue had just gotten up and had not had breakfast when a man from a thousand households ran in from outside and said in a panic: "Sir, it's bad, the bandit army is coming!"
Hearing that the puppet Tang bandits were coming, Wang Yue said indifferently: "Could it be that they want to attack the city again? They attack the city every day, and they are just sending people to die!"
But a Qianhu below said: "This time the puppet Tang rebel army is different from the previous few days. They came out in full force!"
"All the troops are out?" After hearing this, Wang Yue stood up immediately: "What's going on? Could it be that the puppet Tang rebel army is going to launch a general attack?"
The Qianhu said: "Looking at the posture of the puppet Tang rebel army, I'm afraid it is really necessary to launch a general attack!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go to the city gate tower! At this time, Wang Yue didn't care that he hadn't had breakfast yet, and immediately led a group of soldiers towards the city gate tower.
On the way, he also met Wang Yue and other senior civil and military officials in the city. They apparently also learned that the puppet Tang rebel army seemed to be launching a general attack.
Not long after, Wang Yue arrived at the west city gate in a light sedan, and then boarded the city gate with a group of senior civil and military officials.
As soon as they arrived, the commander in charge of the defense here ran over and said to Wang Yue: "Master Qi, the bandits outside the city started mobilizing half an hour ago, but they haven't attacked yet!"
After hearing this, Wang Yuefei did not breathe a sigh of relief, but his face wrinkled even more tightly. If the puppet Tang rebel army had just launched a tentative small-scale attack as usual, there would be no need to prepare for so long.
However, now, the puppet Tang bandits outside the city have been preparing for half an hour, but they still haven't launched an attack yet.
It can be imagined from this that when the puppet Tang bandit army launches an attack, it will probably be a huge battle!
Immediately, he turned around and asked many senior generals beside him: "The puppet Tang rebel army seems to be coming with great force. From which direction do you think they will launch the main attack?"
This Wuzhou city is not small. It is impossible for the tens of thousands of puppet Tang rebels to attack evenly from all directions. Even if it is a comprehensive attack, there will definitely be priorities.
Immediately, Shen Xiyi, the deputy commander of the Guangdong side, said: "The bandits outside the city are now gathering outside the West City. The West Gate must be their main attack direction, but the West City Wall is not short. The specific section they attack is Let’s discuss!”
Immediately others also said: "Yes, there are only more than 20,000 rebels outside the city, and now there are more than 10,000 on the west city wall. This west wall must be the main direction of the rebel army's attack!"
"However, we also have the largest defensive force on the west city wall. If the rebels attack from the west city wall, we will definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on the rebels!"
However, at this time, a middle-aged general next to Shen Xiyi said: "Although the rebels are more numerous on the west city wall, they have a lot of troops going to the other walls, and I heard that before When they were in Liping and Liuzhou, the bandit army used a large number of heavy armored infantry to carry out strong attacks. If they wanted to launch a general attack on Wuzhou, they would probably use this method. But, why didn't I see anything when I was waiting on the west wall? A large group of heavy armored infantry of the bandit army?"
When everyone looked at the person who was speaking, they saw that it was Yu Dayou, the commander of Guangdong Province, whom Shen Xiyi relied heavily on. Everyone knew about this person, after all, they were all officials in Guangdong and Guangdong.
I heard that this person had suppressed many rebellions, because the coast of Guangdong was often harassed by Japanese pirates, and even traces of Japanese pirates appeared in Guangzhou. This person also fought against Japanese pirates many times, and he made outstanding military achievements and was promoted to the rank of Guangdong. They all command everything.
Last year, the puppet Tang rebels made such a big fuss in Guizhou that Guangdong also received an order from Wang Yue to recruit young men to fight against the puppet Tang rebels.
The Guangdong Dusi recruited about 3,000 soldiers for arming and training, and the commander of these soldiers was Yu Dayou.
Although strictly speaking, this kind of recruited soldiers can be considered young and strong, they are naturally completely different from those young and strong civilians who are temporarily recruited. These recruits are serious professional soldiers who receive military pay, and their weapons and equipment are better than those of the guards. Even better.
These three thousand recruited troops are basically the most powerful troops in Guangdong at present. They only started to station in Wuzhou last month.
Generals with strong troops will naturally be valued by others, so when Yu Dayou spoke, several other people also listened carefully. After hearing this, they came to their senses: Yes, the puppet Tang rebel army was specially used to attack cities. Where are the heavy armored soldiers?
Most of them have also heard that when the puppet Tang rebels attacked Lipingfu City and Liuzhou City, they used a large number of heavy armored troops to carry out strong attacks. Whenever the rebels dispatched these heavy armored troops, they often launched a general attack. time, and the attack direction of the heavy armored troops is naturally the direction of the main attack.
They didn't know that the assault camp in the Royal Division of the Tang Dynasty was a temporary establishment that would be disbanded and returned to the various units immediately after the battle. They thought that the Royal Division of the Tang Dynasty had such a specialized heavy armor unit.
However, they did not see a large number of heavy armored troops in the formation of the puppet Tang rebel army outside the city at this time. Where were their heavy armored troops?
Although there are heavy armored units in the Puppet Tang thief army outside the city, they are not fools. They have known for a long time that the ordinary troops of the Puppet Tang thief army also have heavy armored infantry units, and the heavy armor in this ordinary army Units and specially concentrated heavy armored troops are completely different concepts.
Wang Yue also noticed the suspiciousness of this point, and immediately said: "Where are the other directions? Have you found a large number of heavily armored thieves from the puppet Tang Dynasty?"
Someone immediately reported: "Tell me, sir, apart from the ordinary troops of the thief army, no large group of heavily armored thief troops has been found!"
"That's weird, where are they?" Hearing this answer, Wang Yue frowned slightly. He didn't think that the puppet Tang rebel army would rely on ordinary infantry to rush up, instead of using heavy armor, which had been proven effective before.
In fact, after hearing about the battles in which the puppet Tang thief army used a heavy armored force to conquer Liuzhou Fucheng and Liping Fucheng, Wang Yue himself wanted to build a heavy armored force specially used for offensive operations.
However, although there are a lot of armors in the Ming army, and there are also a lot of soldiers wearing heavy armor, it is extremely difficult to concentrate them and use them.
These heavily armored soldiers are generally the elite of the Ming army. Most of them are the personal soldiers of many high-ranking generals and middle- and low-level officers. Want to gather them together for battle? This is almost impossible.
Pull out those middle and low-ranking officers and use them as ordinary heavy armor, sword and shield soldiers? Putting aside whether they are willing or not, what will they do with the ordinary soldiers under their command? Leave them alone?
There are also the personal soldiers of the senior generals. Do you want to draw them out and use them intensively? What a joke. These personal soldiers are the most direct forces of the senior generals. For these senior generals, ordinary guard soldiers and green soldiers
It wouldn't matter if 18,000 of his strong men died, but it would be heartbreaking to die if dozens of his elite soldiers died.
These elite soldiers will not be handed over if they are beaten to death.
Therefore, Wang Yue's idea of building a heavily armored force can only be imagined. The military system of the Ming Dynasty eliminated the possibility of him doing so!
Of course, if he could get so much armor himself, he could build such a heavy armored force, but the amount of armor required is not a small amount, and even if he is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he can't get it in a short time.
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The Ming army on top of the city has naturally been monitoring the movements of the puppet Tang rebels outside the city. Especially now that the puppet Tang rebels have approached each other five to six hundred meters, they can see it clearly, but
However, they did not find the possible heavy armored force of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army.
This made a group of senior Ming army generals on the city wall a little worried!
Because it is difficult for them to judge the active direction of the puppet Tang rebel army!
Since it is still unclear, Wang Yue can only hold his troops for now and strictly order the garrison on each city wall to prepare for battle. At the same time, he also has the only strategic reserve team in the city. He, the governor personally recruited and trained by the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi,
Three thousand men were prepared to be ready at any time to reinforce the city head which was the main direction of attack by the bandit army.
And this reserve team will be led by him personally!
Of course, it is said that he personally led it, but it should be more accurate to say that he personally commanded it. After all, he was a civil servant, and he was also an old civil servant. He would definitely not be able to fight in person if he had no strength.
But it is still possible to verbally command the army to fight!
This also reflects the current special military system of the Ming Dynasty, that is, civilian officials are the actual commanders of the army, and the generals below are only responsible for leading the troops to fight.
Time passed little by little, just when the Ming army on the city thought that the puppet Tang rebels would not launch an attack, suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound outside the city. When everyone heard this sound, they knew it was from the rebels.
The heavy artillery fired!
Then, they opened their mouths and the puppet Tang rebel army in the direction of the west city wall arranged in a neat phalanx and slowly moved towards the city wall!
Seeing this scene, the Ming army's civil and military officials and ordinary soldiers on top of the city knew that the rebel army's general attack had begun!