Wang Yiqi also took great pains to protect the south of the Yangtze River. In addition to organizing and training a new army in the south of the Yangtze River and asking for support from the Ming army in the north, he also wanted to mobilize the bandit-breaking army with Yu Dayou to the south of the Yangtze River.
But Wang Yiqi wanted to lure Yu Dayou's bandit army to the south of the Yangtze River, but it was not that easy, because if he mobilized Yu Dayou's bandit bandit army to go north to the south of the Yangtze River, he could almost declare that Fujian would be handed over to the puppet Tang bandit army.
Although Fujian has fewer people and less land, and its strategic position is far less important than that of Jiangnan, it is still the land of the emperor. Anyone who dares to say that he abandons Fujian will immediately be flooded with impeachment memorials from hundreds of officials.
Therefore, Wang Yiqi would never explicitly mobilize the rebel army to go north, and he would not even dare to say that he would give up Fujian.
Yu Dayou naturally knew Wang Yiqi's thoughts, but he refused to fight and simply gave up his plan to flee north from Fujian.
He is not willing to accept this!
He had been training for many years in order to fight against the puppet Tang rebels, and he had indeed done so in the past two years, and he had done well. When Jiangxi and Hunan fell one after another, only his Fujian remained as stable as Mount Tai.
Although the reason for this is that the Tang Dynasty did not pay too much attention to Fujian and did not invest heavy troops in this direction, but Yu Dayou's contribution cannot be ignored.
At this time, if you ask him to give up Fujian and give up the achievements he has made in the past two years, Yu Dayou will not be willing to do so!
So although he clearly guessed what Wang Yiqi was thinking, he still had some illusions and tried to take advantage of the geographical advantages of Fujian's rugged mountains and his 15,000-strong bandit army and more than 20,000 guard soldiers to defend the city.
Fujian.
He asked himself, if he concentrated on defense and did not waste the battle easily, it would still be possible to block the 10,000 or 20,000 Puppet Tang thief army. As for whether the Puppet Tang thief army would send more than 30,000 or even more thief troops.
, but Yu Dayou thought it was impossible.
Because he himself knew that even if the puppet Tang rebel army sent a large army into Fujian, it was absolutely impossible to mobilize too many main troops. After all, the main front line of the puppet Tang rebel army was not Fujian, but the Yangtze River line.
There, the puppet Tang traitor army still has Zhang Yue and Wang Yiqi, the two most important forces of life and death. If too many troops are deployed in the above places, then it is possible that the success will fall short and Zhang Yue and Wang Yiqi will seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
The puppet Tang thief army has limited strength. According to various intelligence facts, the total strength of the puppet Tang thief army is only more than 100,000. In Huguang and Jiangxi front lines, at least half of the troops have been invested. In addition, in Guizhou and Yunnan,
There are 20,000 to 30,000 people in this place, and the puppet Tang rebel army also needs to leave tens of thousands of troops to suppress the place in the hinterland of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Therefore, he estimated that the puppet Tang rebel army would only mobilize 10,000 to 20,000 people to attack Fujian.
Yu Dayou’s guess can’t be wrong, but it can’t be right either!
It was true that Fujian was not the main strategic direction of the Tang Dynasty, and it was true that the Tang Dynasty lacked military strength. However, he did not expect that the fundamental purpose of the Tang Army's Fujian offensive was not for Fujian itself, but to obtain
Enter the passage from the eastern coastal area into Zhejiang, and cooperate with the Second Army on the Anqing and Jinling lines to launch the Jiangnan strategy.
The military operations in Fujian were ultimately prepared for the third autumn and winter offensive this autumn and winter, and the Jiangnan strategy was scheduled to be launched.
In order for the Jiangnan strategy to be carried out smoothly and to avoid the same long-term confrontation in Anqing and Jinling as in Changsha and Hengyang, the Tang Army also changed its thinking this time. It is safe to rely on strong strength to crush forward all the way, but
It took too long, and there were too many casualties and too much ammunition.
If the war in the Jiangnan region turns into a long-term confrontation or a tug-of-war, it is possible that this prosperous place in Jiangnan will be reduced to ruins and people's livelihood will wither. No matter how bad the situation is, it will leave a lot of money for the gentry and landlords in the Jiangnan region to transfer their property.
time, and this is not in the interests of the Tang Dynasty!
Li Xuan and a group of important ministers eagerly rushed into the south of the Yangtze River to burn, kill and loot. Well, they can't do that now. The Tang Dynasty is no longer bandits. It should be said that they are waiting to enter the south of the Yangtze River to collect taxes.
Li Xuan and the cabinet officials thought so, and the military generals were no exception. After all, the money and food collected would eventually go into the pockets of the military and become military expenses. Therefore, it was important to preserve the vitality of the Jiangnan region as much as possible.
The entire Tang Dynasty had unanimous opinions, and the opinions of the cabinet and the military on this matter were also highly unified.
That means either not to fight, or to take over the Jiangnan area as quickly as possible in one go, and then pocket all the money and food in the Jiangnan area.
And if you want to do this, it will be more difficult to just go eastward along the Yangtze River!
This is also the main reason why the Army proposed a strategic plan to regain Fujian and then move north from Fujian to Zhejiang.
To this end, the Army has spent a lot of money. The newly established Third Army has an infantry division, two mixed regiments, and is expected to be equipped with a heavy artillery battalion.
At the same time, the Navy has also made a commitment. Before the battle is launched, the Navy will send its main fleet to completely blockade the coast of Fujian and make every effort to ensure the safety of maritime transportation lines. By then, a large amount of logistical supplies will be transported directly from Guangzhou to Guangzhou by sea.
Fuzhou and other port cities along the coast of Fujian.
Even if necessary, the Navy will dispatch at least two Marine battalions to cooperate in the operation!
At the same time, the Navy can also directly move a large number of artillery pieces from the warships to land to provide sufficient artillery cover for the army!
Yu Dayou didn't know that the Tang Dynasty had put a lot of effort into seizing Fujian and destroying his bandit army. They didn't just send a few troops into Fujian on a whim.
In early August, Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong, commander of the Third Army, arrived at Nan'ao Island on a Navy warship with the Fifth Heavy Artillery Battalion. However, he did not stay on Nan'ao Island for long. He soon arrived at Chaozhou Prefecture on a Navy ship and officially took over.
Command authority of the 1st Mixed Regiment and the 9th Mixed Regiment.
In fact, most of the backbone of the Ninth Mixed Regiment were drawn from the First Mixed Regiment, and a small number were drawn from several fortress camps garrisoned along the coast and along the river.
Therefore, the first mixed group and the ninth mixed group are from the same source to a certain extent.
Although the combat effectiveness of the First Mixed Regiment has declined due to the transfer of a large number of backbones, this also allowed the Ninth Mixed Regiment to have preliminary combat effectiveness just after its establishment.
Just when Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong arrived at Chaozhou Prefecture and led two mixed regiments and a heavy artillery battalion to attack Zhangzhou Prefecture, the commander of the 6th Infantry Division Cai Erhu also received an order from Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong.
The Sixth Infantry Division is currently stationed in Jianchangfu in eastern Jiangxi, and its division headquarters is located in the palace of the puppet King Mingyi.
However, it is worth noting that the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division is located in Prince Yi's Mansion, and it is only temporarily borrowed, because this Prince Yi's Mansion, like several other palaces of former Ming vassal kings, was directly redone as the private property of the royal family.
This started from Prince Jing's Mansion. At that time, Li Xuan took Prince Jing's Mansion as the private property of the royal family and prepared to use it as a palace. Unfortunately, Li Xuan has never visited this former palace that was used as a palace.
Pass.
After this initiative, the Tang Dynasty kings successively conquered Jiangxi, and the several vassal palaces occupied by Hunan were directly included in the private property of the royal family by the people below.
However, although it is the private property of the royal family, it is often used for other purposes. For example, in Hengyang, many buildings such as the Hengyang Mansion Office were burned down due to a fire, but one in the city has been abandoned. The former Ming Dynasty King Anxi's
The palace is in good condition. Although King Anxi has passed away and his feudal kingdom has been abolished, the palace is still in a lot of tatters.
But it was precisely because of this that he was able to survive the fire. In the end, this palace was ordered by Li Xuan to be used as the school building of Hengyang College and Hengyang Youth College.
Yiwangfu in Jianchang Prefecture was temporarily used as the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division.
Although Cai Erhu brought the people from the division to live in Prince Yi's Mansion, he naturally would not have the courage to live in the main hall, but would only live in the side hall and work there.
At this time, Cai Erhu was discussing military affairs with a group of officers from the Sixth Infantry Division, because Cai Erhu had already received an order from his immediate superior, Army Lieutenant General Wang Chaohong, ordering him to launch an offensive to attack Shaowu Mansion and march eastward along the Minjiang River.
, kill towards Fuzhou.
The military orders were overwhelming, and Cai Erhu naturally did not dare to show any neglect. He quickly summoned the officers of the Sixth Infantry Division to discuss how to march. However, while the people below were discussing, he consciously kept his mouth shut.
Cai Erhu is very self-aware. Although he is the commander of the 6th Infantry Division, he lacks the necessary military qualities. There is no problem if you let him go into battle to fight, but if you let the 6th Infantry Division with huge intelligence and scale, it is actually very difficult.
Reluctantly.
Whether it was the previous Battle of Nanchang or many previous battles, Cai Erhu's command of the troops relied heavily on the advice of his staff. Basically, as long as the officers below formed a unified opinion, he would issue an order.
The purpose of marching into Shaowu Mansion was very simple, but the specific march and operations were a huge and complex project. The Chief of Staff of the Sixth Infantry Division and many staff members discussed with several regiment commanders for a long time before coming up with this
A detailed combat plan was drawn up, and finally Cai Erhu officially ordered the army to set off!
Cai Erhu's Sixth Infantry Division has not yet entered Fujian, but the two mixed regiments led by Wang Chaohong have already launched a forcible attack. Tens of thousands of troops went straight to Zhangzhou. Also acting together were the 3rd Marine Corps from Nan'ao Island.
The second fleet, a huge fleet, headed straight for Fuzhou!
For a time, the Ming army in Fujian felt the huge pressure of the coming storm!