Chapter seven hundred and seventy-six cordial condolences from the ancient sage
Speaking of a certain day, well, to be specific, it should be late August in the fourth year of Xuanping. The Intelligence Department of the Privy Council of the Tang Dynasty is not sure of the specific day, but it must be a certain day.
After Yu Dayou led his army back to Fuzhou, he received another report from Nanping, saying that the puppet Tang rebel army was less than ten miles away from Nanping City and Nanping was in danger!
After receiving this report, Yu Dayou's face instantly became extremely gloomy. Finally, he issued a military order, asking the soldiers and civilians of Nanping City to defend Nanping and never allow a single bandit army to cross Nanping. At the same time, he urgently recruited young men from inside and outside Fuzhou City.
Improve Fuzhou city defense!
Although the situation is critical, he still hopes that Nanping can hold on!
At the same time, I also hope that my side can hold on.
As for being unable to hold on, he had no choice but at this time, he still did not choose the option Wang Yiqi gave him: lead his troops to withdraw to Zhejiang.
He won't give up, he won't give up!
The terrain in Fujian is inconvenient. If you can't stop the puppet Tang rebel army by taking advantage of such terrain, even if you retreat to Zhejiang, you won't be able to stop the follow-up attack of the puppet Tang rebel army.
If we retreat from southern Zhejiang, we will reach central and northern Zhejiang, and this place can be regarded as Jiangnan in a broad sense. The south of the Yangtze River is so flat that there is no hope of being able to stop the menacing puppet Tang bandit army.
And even if he couldn't stop the puppet Tang rebel army in the end and had to retreat to Zhejiang, he still needed to buy time for the defense at the rear.
He had already sent an urgent report to Wang Yiqi five hundred miles away. Although he said he was asking Wang Yiqi to reinforce Fujian, to be honest, he did not expect Wang Yiqi to actually send troops to reinforce Fujian, because by the time Wang Yiqi's reinforcements arrived, the cucumbers and vegetables would be cold.
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I believe Wang Yiqi can see his true intention. He wants Wang Yiqi to be prepared and re-defense in southern Zhejiang. In this way, even if he is defeated and retreats, at least he can retreat to southern Zhejiang.
There is a line of defense to block it.
Yu Dayou, who thought this way, actually had no hope of defending Fuzhou, so when he was preparing for the city defense of Fuzhou, he was already quietly preparing for a retreat.
Originally, he was planning to retreat directly from the sea, but the navy reported that a large number of warships of the puppet Tang rebel army appeared in the outer sea, and after the Fujian navy suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Nan'ao Island, what is left now
Although there are a lot of ships, there are not many big ships. Of course, a large number of small boats can be used to block the warships of the puppet Tang rebel army from the Min River and prevent them from advancing along the Min River and going deep into Fuzhou, but they want to go to the sea to the north.
If you try to escape, then there is basically no hope.
Although the warships of the puppet Tang thief army can't get in, they can't expect to get out either!
If retreating by sea was not feasible, he would have to take the land route. For this reason, he had already begun to arrange for a large number of officials and family members of the gentry who were willing to go north to go north, carrying a large amount of valuables and so on.
In addition to arranging for the evacuation of his family members, he also quietly prepared for the retreat of the army, preparing a large number of carriages, livestock, etc. At the same time, when setting up the defense, he did not imitate the Ming army on the other side of Changsha. They were all scurrying inside the city wall.
, so if you are besieged by others, you will not be able to escape even if you want to.
In addition to deploying a large number of guards inside the city to defend the city, he also built fortifications on several small mountains outside the city. However, he himself led 7,000 bandits to garrison here and the guards inside the city.
The soldiers formed an angle.
In this way, the puppet Tang rebels can be contained, making them unable to attack the city with confidence, and they can also retreat directly when the situation is not good.
While Yu Dayou was painstakingly setting up defenses in Fuzhou, Wang Chaohong was leisurely leading his troops northward. His speed was not even fast. In order to ensure that the artillery and baggage troops could keep up, he deliberately slowed down.
The marching speed of the troops.
Anyway, judging from the current situation, he is not afraid of Fuzhou growing legs and flying away anyway. As for Yu Dayou's escape, he is more willing to capture Fuzhou without any blood. That is also a good thing.
Being able to make the enemy give up their turtle shells and go out to fight or escape is something that the Tang Army has been pursuing hard in the past two years. If they hide in the city, the Datang Army may have more trouble, but if they give up the city, they will
What else can you do besides running away? Is it possible that you dare to fight openly with the Tang Army in the wild?
Wang Chaohong was not in a hurry, and neither was Cai Erhu, who was marching into Nanping. This was not because Cai Erhu had the same strong self-confidence as Wang Chaohong, but that attacking the city was something that could not be rushed.
This time when we arrived at Nanping City, nothing good happened as the Ming army was on the verge of battle, so we could only attack by force.
As for a force attack, it takes time to prepare. It is impossible to just give an order and have tens of thousands of people rush forward in a swarm. Even if it is a force attack, there are still tactics of force attack!
Although the war in Fujian is still going on, the battle report Wang Chaohong sent back to Zhaoqing is very optimistic. He said that Fuzhou can be captured in as little as half a month and as much as a month. The Third Army must be sure
It is possible to occupy Fujian before the Mid-Autumn Festival and then push the front to Zhejiang, thereby creating favorable opportunities for the Second Army's autumn and winter offensive.
After receiving the battle report, Li Xuan nodded slightly and said nothing more!
In terms of specific tactics, he has never interfered with the frontline generals. Even in terms of general strategy, he did not interfere much with the plans of the Privy Council Operations Department.
After all, they were the professionals when it came to things like fighting, and Li Xuan himself felt that he was still a little behind.
However, he didn't understand such matters as commanding operations, and he didn't get involved. However, he was still busy with the war. The battles on the front line were only an important part of the war.
In the war machine of the Tang Dynasty, the army was the fangs at the front, and behind it was the control center, power system, travel system, etc.
Countless parts made up the war machine of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Xuan's job was to ensure that this war machine operated smoothly and exerted greater power.
The most important components are still finance and military production!
On August 28, Li Xuan met with the supervisors of various important factories under the Ministry of Industry and listened to the R&D and production plan reports of their respective factories.
When he heard from the Zhaoqing Arsenal that they had improved their craftsmanship and had begun to hand-produce 24-pound naval guns in small quantities, the Eternal Sage said that large-caliber naval guns were an extension of the Tang Dynasty's maritime territory.
Within the range, all is the Tang Dynasty sea territory!
I hope that all engineers can work hard to overcome difficulties and build more and better cannons.
Later, the Eternal Saint also listened to a report from the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant. In order to put the plant into production as soon as possible, the construction workers worked overtime day and night. They were exhausted, injured, and so on. Finally, the construction period was advanced by one day, and it is expected to be completed in early September.
The first batch of equipment has been installed and debugged, and it is said that small-scale production will be successfully launched by November, and large-scale production will be started by December.
The Eternal Sage said kindly that I will never forget the efforts and contributions of the construction workers, and neither will the tens of millions of subjects of the empire forget their contributions. Then he ordered the secretary of the Secretarial Department of the Hanlin Academy who was recording on the side: "Go back to the injured
Disabled construction workers and their families presented them with banners to commend their efforts and contributions.
Dear great Li Xuan, the eternal sage who is greater than the sun, highly praised the efforts of the staff of the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant and asked the supervisor of the factory to convey his greetings to the factory personnel. The supervisor of the Foshan Iron and Steel Plant on the side was holding a small notebook.
While writing this with charcoal pen, I shed affectionate tears and said that I would definitely convey His Majesty’s greetings to every construction worker.
Immediately, when the Wuzhou Arsenal was giving a work report, the kind Eternal Saint Lord Li Xuan learned that the Guangzhou Arsenal's five-pound field gun production expansion plan was not going well. The Eternal Saint Lord Li Xuan said that it does not matter, the difficulty is definitely there.
Yes, we can overcome the difficulties as soon as possible and reach the scheduled output as soon as possible.
Finally, he kindly asked the secretary of the secretarial department on the side to record, remove the supervisor of the Wuzhou Arsenal and other main persons in charge of the expansion plan, and transfer them to the judiciary for dereliction of duty. The trial must be fair and just, and a good person must not be wronged.
I can't bear it.
The dismissed Supervisor of Wuzhou Arsenal shouted excitedly, "Long Live the War", and was finally happily taken away by the guards on the side.
After a military production meeting, the great and loving Eternal Saint King dragged his tired body and left the meeting room with the love and care of his courtiers, and then returned to the harem, but our Eternal Saint King was still busy.
Down the line, he still has a lot of work to do.
He first went to visit the Tang Dynasty Palace Dance Troupe, admired their recently choreographed dance, and gave high praise. Then he had dinner with the members of the dance troupe.
During the dinner, they worked tirelessly to massage the members of the dance troupe to relieve them from the fatigue of dancing for many days. The moved members of the dance troupe were so excited that they also wanted to give the Eternal Saint King a massage. During the massage, some members of the dance troupe
I even shed tears of emotion!
Afterwards, we had friendly dance discussions with various members of the dance troupe, one-on-one, one-on-two, even one-on-three or even more. During this process, the Eternal Sage worked tirelessly and insisted on discussing with every dance troupe member.
They were so busy until midnight that they ended their condolences, and were very considerate of the dance troupe members, fearing that the road back would be difficult, so they were allowed to stay in the dormitory.
At night, he was afraid that they would catch cold, so he used his body temperature to warm them many times!
In this way, the busy day of the Eternal Saint King is over, but as the Eternal Saint King who cares about all people, Li Xuan said the next day, you guys have a good rest today, and I will come back to give you a massage in the evening!