Chapter 692: If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent
The Guards has always been very special in the system of the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty. It does not belong to the army system, nor does it belong to the navy system. The funds it requires are not even paid from military expenditures, but directly from within.
Treasury expenditures.
The Guards were directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor. There was not even a commander in the Guards, because the commander of the Guards was actually Emperor Li Xuan himself.
Li Xuan is personally responsible for the daily administrative affairs of the Guards. At the same time, Li Xuan is assisted by three chiefs of staff of the Guards. These three chiefs of staff are responsible for the Military Affairs Department, the Military Command Department, and the Logistics Department, and there are six more below.
Deputy Chief of Staff, a total of nine staff teams assist Li Xuan in management and command the Guards.
More importantly, not even the Chief of Staff of the Military Command actually has the power to mobilize the Guards troops. Only Li Xuan has this power.
And the Guards is not just an army, it even has a small Guards fleet with more than 20 river warships!
At the same time, the recruitment of soldiers and the training of officers in the Guards are also carried out independently. Soldiers are mainly recruited from Xingquan Prefecture, and some soldiers from Zhaoqing Prefecture. Although some of the officers are from the Royal Academy, the recent Guards
The army itself has already established a Guards Officer Academy and begun to train officers on its own.
As for the Guards Academy, its students are not recruited from the outside world, but are all selected from the young military camps!
Nowadays, if the students in the Young Military Camp are old enough to join the army, they will no longer go to the martial arts school or the imperial school to study, but will directly enter the Guards School to study. After completing their studies, they will directly serve as officers of the Guards.
In the past six months, the Guards has basically completely separated itself from the Army and Navy and established an independent system. This has resulted in more institutions under the Guards.
It has an army with a total strength of 7,000 people, a navy with a strength of about 500, and also has various directly affiliated institutions, including a Guards Officer Academy and two new barracks.
The various institutional settings are far closer to modernization than the army and navy, not to mention the organization of the army. The main force is already a combination of musketeers, spearmen, artillery, and cavalry, a typical modern army.
Configuration.
Even the uniforms of the Guards are different from those of the Army and Navy!
In the second half of the third year of Xuanping, in order to distinguish it from the army and navy, the Guards changed their uniforms. They did not use the red top and bottom uniforms like the army, but adopted pure black uniforms. Although the tops still remained
The traditional Hanfu shape of Youjin is more indirect and smooth.
The Guards adopt pure black military uniforms, naturally not to better hide themselves in the dark night. Modern armies and modern armies have completely different color requirements for military uniforms. Modern armies mainly focus on confusing the enemy.
, and the colors of military uniforms of modern armies are mainly conspicuous, convenient for command and have visual impact.
Therefore, the new uniforms of the Guards are extremely beautiful in appearance, and on the other hand, they maintain a visual impact. Looking at the formation of the Guards from a distance, it is a dark place, and the visual impact is very great!
At present, the Guards has six infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, one artillery regiment, and one baggage regiment. Its main force is still in Zhaoqing, but three infantry battalions are deployed, and a certain number of artillery troops are stationed in other places. One battalion is stationed in other places.
Sanshui, one battalion is stationed in Guangzhou, and one battalion is stationed in Foshan.
In addition to the Guards, the Army also has four independent fortresses in the Pearl River Estuary area, garrisoning the Humen Fort, Changzhou Fort, Shamian Fort, and Xinhui Fort.
In addition to the four relatively large-scale fort groups above, there are actually small and medium-sized forts in Hong Kong, Haojing and other naval bases, but these forts are garrisoned by the Marine Corps Battalion of the Navy.
The Army, Guards, and Navy worked together to support the defense mission at the Pearl River Estuary.
Despite this, the defense in the Guangzhou area is still somewhat inferior compared to the past, and the vacancy created after the Sixth Infantry Division was transferred away is not easy to fill.
Fortunately, the situation at the Pearl River Estuary is now much better than before. The Tang Dynasty Navy has firmly controlled the Pearl River Estuary. The enemy fleet no longer dares to break into the Pearl River Estuary casually. At the same time, regardless of the Ming army,
Neither the Navy nor the Folangji people have the ability to send a large number of land troops to the coast, so although the number of troops is reduced, the security of Guangzhou can still be guaranteed.
Li Xuan was working hard at the rear, not only weakening the defense force in the Pearl River Delta region, but also transferring the 6th Infantry Division to the northern Guangdong region to garrison. All this was to prevent Li Chunjing from capsizing in the gutter!
Li Chunjing on the front line obviously didn't know that Li Xuan was already mentally prepared for the Second Army to return in a disastrous defeat. Now he was high-spirited and prepared to take a 'small' risk to seize Nanchang in one fell swoop, thereby realizing the entire
The realization of the strategic goal of the Second Army moving north.
After determining the latest strategy, Li Chunjing discussed with Brigadier General Gu Shizhong for more than two hours, and there was only one thing discussed: the attack on Nanchang!
When Gu Shizhong first heard that Li Chunjing asked him to lead the fourth mixed group to attack Nanchang, his heart couldn't help but beat faster. Damn, this task is not easy to handle. If you are not careful, I'm afraid everything will happen.
The army was annihilated at the foot of Nanchang City!
But Li Chunjing cheered him up, put on several high hats for Gu Shizhong, and patted his chest to assure him that the main force of the Second Army would definitely attract Zhang Yue's main force to Fuzhou City, especially the Ming Army's cavalry.
, and will cling to it tightly, and will never let Zhang Yue's main force interfere with the actions of the fourth mixed group.
Let Gu Shizhong boldly attack Nanchang!
If you really can't defeat it and the Ming army returns for reinforcements, just retreat directly. You can also attack Nanchang in the future.
What he said made Gu Shizhong sweat a lot. Are you kidding me? If they run to Nanchang City and cannot capture Nanchang in a short time, will the Ming army come to their senses? They will not only return the main force but also send cavalry.
If pursued, does his fourth mixed group still have a chance to escape?
No matter how powerful the fourth mixed regiment is, it only has two legs, and it also carries a large group of heavy artillery and baggage. No matter how it runs, it can't outrun the four-legged cavalry!
It’s a plan that doesn’t work this time or it will work!
However, the task assigned by Li Chunjing, and Li Chunjing had expressed his full support for it, even if he, Gu Shizhong, felt that the trip was dangerous, he had to bite the bullet and go ahead.
However, Brigadier General Gu Shizhong did not make excuses. He said on the spot that if he wanted to capture Nanchang quickly, it might not be enough to strengthen a heavy artillery battalion. It would be best to transfer another nine-pound artillery battalion to him from the 5th Infantry Division.
In response, Li Chunjing waved his hand and said, "That's it!"
Then Gu Shizhong said that in order to ensure the speed of the advance, the logistics personnel must be greatly strengthened. He hoped to transfer a supply battalion from the Fifth Infantry Division to assist. Li Chunjing was right again!
Then Gu Shizhong wanted to speak again!
But he was interrupted by Li Chunjing, who just said: "The military department can't give you more troops, but we can give you some priority in terms of ammunition, and we will give you double the extra grenades!"
After hearing this, Gu Shizhong could only nod his head in agreement!
He also knew that although his trip was dangerous, it would not be easy for the main force of the Second Army to go to Fuzhou. If he were not careful, he would be entangled by Zhang Yue's main force, and then the main force of 20,000 people from the Second Army would be killed by the enemy.
A scene of siege by 100,000 people!
Therefore, the Second Army cannot be weakened too much!
After the meeting, Brigadier General Gu Shizhong walked out of Li Chunjing's Chinese military camp, then looked up at the sky, and then sighed!
Even though he had asked Lieutenant General Li Chunjing for more assistance, he was still unsure whether the attack on Nanchang would be successful!
Especially the four thousand cavalry of the Ming army made him feel deeply embarrassed.
Then the Ming army's cavalry does not even need four thousand, but only one thousand cavalry can hold back the infantry. Then when the main force of the Ming army comes over, my fourth mixed regiment will probably be completely annihilated.
But since he has accepted the mission, and in the Tang Army, there are so many military orders, even if Li Chunjing asks him to lead a suicidal charge with the fourth mixed regiment, he must do it!
After returning to the regiment headquarters of the Fourth Mixed Regiment, Gu Shizhong led a group of officers and staff from the regiment headquarters and began to formulate a detailed combat plan.
At the same time, the Second Army was also divided into two groups, and Li Chunjing continued to lead the main force of the Second Army eastward to Fuzhou.
Brigadier General Gu Shizhong took the reinforced Fourth Mixed Regiment to Fengcheng. At the same time, in order to conceal its whereabouts, the Fourth Mixed Regiment marched at night.
In addition to the original 5,000 troops, the strengthened Fourth Mixed Regiment also has a heavy artillery battalion, a field artillery battalion, and a heavy supply battalion, with a total strength of approximately 6,500 troops.
Brigadier General Gu Shizhong led his troops back to defend Fengcheng, while at the same time he was thinking hard about how to attack Nanchang!
At the same time, Li Chunjing also led the main force of the Second Army and began to speed up and headed straight to Fuzhou. In order to speed up, they actively abandoned part of their baggage and extended the march time.
After the main force of the Second Army began to rush to Fuzhou at a high speed, Zhang Yue soon learned of the news!
"The pseudo-Tang bandits are speeding up to Fuzhou. I'm afraid these pseudo-Tang bandits want to seize Fuzhou before we arrive!" Zhang Yue looked to the southeast, then frowned!
Then he ordered the whole army to start speeding up, trying to catch up with the main force of the puppet Tang rebel army.
But one day later, Zhang Yue frowned because he found that it was almost impossible for the entire army to catch up with the puppet Tang rebel army.
One day has passed, and instead of shortening the distance between the two sides, it has been further widened. If this continues, the distance gap between the two sides will probably exceed five or even six days.
And once the puppet Tang rebels arrive in Fuzhou five or six days first, Fuzhou will be doomed. Zhang Yue does not think that the 30,000 ordinary recruits and guardsmen in Fuzhou city can stop the puppet army.
The Tang rebel army attacked with a main force of 20,000 to 30,000 people.
Let alone five or six days, I probably won’t be able to hold on for three days!