(The commander of the 7th Infantry Division in the previous chapter was changed to Gu Shizhong, and the previous article has been corrected)
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Nanchang in midsummer is as hot as other places. Gu Shizhong has been to Nanchang before, but that was last year. This time he came again and would inevitably take a few more looks. It turned out that this city, like Changsha, is said to be a big city.
, but the actual residents in the city are not that many, more are the army.
Changsha and Nanchang are very similar cities. They both once existed as strategic support points for the Ming army. However, Nanchang was more bumpy than Changsha.
Because after the Second Army of the Tang Dynasty captured Nanchang last year, after the main force of the Second Army moved westward, Nanchang was besieged by 60,000 to 70,000 Ming troops, and a fierce battle began with the Sixth Infantry Division defending the city.
For this reason, Nanchang City's various city defenses are quite complete, and the traces of the war are very obvious. The outer walls of the city wall, the battlements, and the gate tower are still in tatters and no one has repaired them.
The long-term war has also reduced the number of residents in this city. Now there are only 30,000 to 40,000 residents in the city, but the number of troops stationed in the city is almost 20,000.
Nanchang is now the headquarters of the newly established 7th Infantry Division, as well as the newly established 7th Supplementary Brigade. In addition, it is also the headquarters of the 3rd Heavy Artillery Battalion that has just arrived in Jiangxi.
Although the above-mentioned troops are not the main force and most of them are new recruits, the large number of soldiers is a real force.
Although there are some adjustments to people's livelihood, the war is finally over now, and the people in the city finally don't have to worry about being besieged, nor do they have to worry about shells falling into the city every day.
Some people who had previously run outside the city also returned to the city one after another, and then looked at the large number of garrison troops in the city with various curious eyes.
Compared to those who ran outside the city to escape the war before the war, the Tang Army was actually very unfamiliar. Even though they had heard many rumors about the Tang Army, they had never seen it with their own eyes.
However, there is one rumor that is consistent with reality, that is, the Tang Army does not disturb the people!
Of course, there is no complete non-disturbing of the people. It can only be said that the phenomenon of disturbing the people is much less than that of the Ming army, and this is mainly focused on collecting food and supplies, and at the same time recruiting people to build various city defense fortifications, well
, the huge noise made by the troops of the Tang Dynasty’s royal division training every day also aroused the public’s dissatisfaction.
But compared with the burning, killing and looting by the Ming army, these are much better!
Although they were all collecting grain, the Tang Dynasty King's Division was much more civilized than the Ming Army. At least the Tang Dynasty King's Division would leave an IOU, while the Ming Army just took it away, and at the same time, they also wasted a few more grains.
Yellow flower girls are also very common.
As for the Tang Dynasty King, at least he would not abuse women!
This alone is to make the people feel good about the King of the Tang Dynasty!
However, this is only limited to ordinary people, and the gentry class has never welcomed the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, because whenever the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty went to a place, he would directly promote the local gentry to pay taxes as one, and divide the children into acres.
, and levy commercial tax at the same time.
These are all things that will cost them their lives!
However, even if they are dissatisfied, there is no way. After all, the Tang Dynasty did not only do this in Nanchang, but also did it in the Xingquan Prefecture era. In recent years, there are no people in Guizhou, Guangdong, Huguang, and Jiangxi.
There were quite a few landowners and gentry who resisted or even resisted, but without exception, they all ended up with their homes confiscated and their families exterminated.
And this kind of thing happens a lot. Without absolute certainty and extraordinary self-confidence, very few landlords and gentry dare to raise the banner of tax resistance to resist!
Anyway, they also know that if they just pay taxes obediently, these pseudo-Tang thieves will not make things difficult for them, the gentry and landlords. Furthermore, the Tang Dynasty has now become a domineering power, occupying the Tang Dynasty in the southern provinces.
A dynasty cannot be wiped out overnight by the imperial court. Whether it can even be wiped out is still a different matter.
Now that Nanchang has fallen into the hands of the puppet Tang thief army, all they can do is to save their lives and property, and wait until the Ming Dynasty King's army can one day fight back to Nanchang!
Therefore, after the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty first took control of the northern region of Jiangxi, most of the gentry were very cooperative in paying various taxes, and many even took the initiative to go to the tax department to file tax returns.
Regarding this situation, Jiangxi Governor Chen Jingyun is quite pleased. These gentry are so sensible, and his life this year should be better than last year.
The gentry paid more taxes. Although most of them were turned over to the national treasury, there was still a lot left for Jiangxi local government. With this money, many of his policy plans could be carried out.
Especially because Jiangxi has been one of the main battlefields of both sides in the past two years, people's livelihood has been greatly persecuted, and there is an urgent need to organize the people to resume agricultural production, so as to avoid famine.
At the beginning of this year, a small-scale famine occurred in southern Jiangxi. Although the scale of the disaster was only a few counties, it still left nearly 100,000 people without food.
This incident made Chen Jingyun, who had just taken office as the governor of Jiangxi, very anxious. While relieving the victims, he also needed to cooperate with the military to suppress large-scale refugee riots. After the disaster relief, he lost several pounds, and
I still made two excuses and went to Zhaoqing twice in order to meet the saint in person and then ask for money and food relief.
They lost face again and asked for help from the governor's offices in Hunan and Guangxi provinces. With help from many parties, the famine was able to survive without large-scale riots.
Relieving this famine also earned him the word "diligence" from Li Xuan.
However, although the famine had passed, the people's livelihood in central and northern Jiangxi Province was greatly damaged by the long-term confrontation between the armies of the two sides. It was not easy to restore production. Putting aside other things, the money and grain required was a huge one.
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Now the landlords and gentry are more cooperative. After the taxes are collected, the local governments will have money and food to use to restore people's livelihood. Then they will write a few letters on their faces to complain, and strive to get some money and food support from the central government. As long as they survive
This year, it will be easier until next year.
While Jiangxi Governor Chen Jingyun was busy with civil affairs, military generals such as Li Chunjing were also busy reorganizing the army!
This summer, many generals of the Tang Dynasty Army are still very busy, and they will not be any more leisurely than during the autumn and winter offensives. The Second Army in Jiangxi needs to expand the 7th Infantry Division and at the same time add the 6th Infantry Division.
The reorganization will enable this unit that has made great achievements in holding on to Nanchang for several months to become a standard unit like the Fifth Infantry Division, the First Infantry Division and other units.
After the Sixth Infantry Division is reorganized and the Seventh Infantry Division is also established, the Second Army will have the huge strength of three infantry divisions, two mixed regiments, and three heavy artillery battalions.
Although the Sixth Infantry Division will enter Fujian and will not be able to participate in the war in Jiangxi and South Zhili, there will still be two infantry divisions and two mixed regiments to participate in the battle. This is barely enough.
Compared with the situation of the Second Army, the situation of the First Army is slightly worse, because after the autumn and winter offensive ended the Battle of Changsha, the First Army directly transferred a large amount of equipment and some soldiers and replenished them.
The Second Army allowed the Second Army to restore a certain combat effectiveness in advance and continue fighting, so the Second Army was seriously lacking in soldiers and equipment.
To put it bluntly, after the Battle of Changsha ended, the Second Army had actually lost its main combat effectiveness.
In the following months, because the Army's strategic focus was on the Second Army in northern Jiangxi, the First Army's supplements were relatively small. Until now, even the First Infantry Division still lacked equipment.
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This situation also made Hao Bainian deeply uneasy. The current Second Army can be said to be the weakest from last year to now. There is no hope of crossing the river to attack Hanyang. Even the defense is quite difficult.
But Hao Bainian had no choice about this. As an army lieutenant general, he knew better than others where the strategic focus of the Tang Army was now. There was no doubt that it was Southern Zhili and even the entire Jiangnan region.
As for Huguang, after capturing Changsha and Wuchang, the Tang Dynasty has basically given up launching large-scale offensives in this direction, and the overall strategy will shift from offense to defense.
Now for the Tang Dynasty, nothing is more important than winning Jiangnan!
This would not only improve the Tang Dynasty's own strength, but also obtain soldiers and taxes brought by a large population and fertile land, and also cut off the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
Although Hao Bainian was not in the center, he still guessed the plans of the Privy Council!
In mid-July, Li Xuan decreed the establishment of the Third Army, which had jurisdiction over three units: the First Mixed Regiment, the Ninth Mixed Regiment, and the Sixth Infantry Division. The commander was Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong.
He had outstanding achievements in the offensive. As the chief of staff of the First Army, he also served as the commander of the forward troops. He led the forward troops and made great contributions to the complete annihilation of the Hengyang Ming Army. Later, he commanded the troops to fight in northwest Hunan, severely damaging the supervision mark there.
, trained more than 20,000 troops, and completely drove Zhang Yue's troops out of the area south of the Yangtze River.
After the autumn and winter offensive, this person was promoted to Army Lieutenant General because of his outstanding military exploits and seniority. He was then transferred back to Zhaoqing. Although he did not hold an actual position for two months, this person was
They attacked in two directions for three days and were received by His Majesty.
Therefore, no one thought that he was a man of power, or that he had great achievements, but everyone knew that this person was going to be reused.
Sure enough, after Li Xuan decreed the establishment of the Third Army, Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong became the first commander of the army with an absolute advantage.
With the establishment of the Third Army, various units near Fujian frequently changed defenses and mobilized. From this, it can be seen that the Tang Dynasty's offensive against Fujian was about to be launched.
Yu Dayou, who is in Fuzhou, feels this situation even more profoundly!