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Li Xuan wanted to attack Guangxi first before the Ming army reacted, defeat the Ming army in Guangxi first, and avoid the confluence of the Ming army in Guangxi and the Ming army in Huguang.

Inevitably, in the next few months, the Ming army will inevitably mobilize a large number of troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, and where will these troops come from? On the one hand, there are the remnants of the local guards in Guizhou and the newly recruited recruits, and on the other hand, they are drawn from Huguang, Guangxi, and even neighboring provinces such as Yunnan and Sichuan.

If the scale of the war expands and persists, it is possible to draw troops from other provinces, such as Nanzhili, Guangdong, Henan, and Shaanxi, and it is not surprising that border troops are drawn.

However, I won't say it in advance. For the Tang Dynasty, the biggest threat is the Ming army in the Huguang area and Guangxi area.

Huguang is a big province, close to the south of the Yangtze River, and the water and land transportation is relatively convenient. Entering Huguang can easily attract a large number of even hundreds of thousands of Ming troops to suppress. Li Xuan is not willing to imitate the rebellion of King Ning, and foolishly goes to the Yangtze River Basin to seek death!

In Guangxi, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and the mountain road is difficult to travel. This is certainly difficult, but it is also extremely difficult for the Ming army from other provinces to come!

Otherwise, Li Xuan would rather go to Huguang!

And speaking of Guangxi, we have to mention the local toast!

To talk about the situation of the chieftains in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places, it cannot be said clearly in one or two days. In short, in these southwestern regions, especially in the areas where there is no reformation, the local hereditary chieftains actually Rule the local area, and have military and judicial rights.

However, these chieftains also needed to be loyal to the central court and pay taxes in the name of tribute. At the same time, when the court levied troops, they also needed to send troops to follow the command of the court.

On the Guangxi side, there are naturally a large number of toasts, and some of the prefectures and counties have relatively strong toasts, especially the Cen family in Tianzhou.

But it is worth mentioning that although the local chieftains in Guangxi are relatively powerful, they are still not as strong as the local government forces, just like those in Guizhou.

Even a local snake like the Cen family in Tianzhou, in a rebellion launched by Cen Meng more than 20 years ago, his father-in-law had to obediently turn the gun and attack his son-in-law Cen Meng's rebels with the imperial army, in order to protect the entire family. That's it.

In fact, after the mid-Ming Dynasty, although it was said that the chieftain system in the southwest region was still preserved, and it still had its own military and judicial powers, in fact, it could no longer be compared with previous years.

Otherwise, when the Ming Dynasty tried to reform the land and return to the current state, these chieftains would not even dare to fart, and obediently gave up the official hat of a native emperor like a hereditary chieftain.

Before the 1st Infantry Brigade entered Guangxi, Li Xuan also learned about the situation in Guangxi through various channels!

After studying it in detail, he believed that when he entered Guangxi, the local chieftains would not cause him too much trouble in the military. The real trouble was the future rule.

Because of purely military discussions, the current Ming army in Guangxi is still dominated by guards, with dozens of large and small guards. In fact, no matter the quantity or quality, they are actually enough to crush the local chieftains. Although the local chieftains still have troops, they are no longer the main defense force in the area.

The reason why later generations looked at the chieftains in Guangxi, especially the local white wolf soldiers, was mainly because of the Anti-Japanese War and the performance of Mrs. Wa!

But this does not mean that the local toast forces in Guangxi are all so powerful!

Especially when the local chieftain power has been weakened by the Ming Dynasty with various excuses and reasons, it has become weaker and weaker.

Take the Tianzhou Cen family where Mrs. Wa is known to many people as an example!

Now Tianzhou prefecture is Cen Zhi, and this person is the grandson of Cen Meng who rebelled back then. In other words, his grandfather and father both died in the hands of the imperial court because of the rebellion. It's a strange thing to have a good impression. Local officials and court bosses like to do something to weaken the Tianzhou Cen family when they have nothing to do.

For example, if there is a war in the field, the first thing you will think of is to send Tianzhou's Cen family to the battlefield, what? If you don't go, this is a rebellion and must be encircled and suppressed!

According to the original historical time and space, Cen Zhi will not be long before being transferred by the imperial court to Hainan to pacify the Li disorder, and finally die in battle!

But a few years later, the imperial court recruited Tianzhou Cen's family to send troops to Jiangnan to fight the Japanese. At this time, the Cen's family basically could not find an adult man who could lead the army.

But the court's orders had to be obeyed. In the end, Mrs. Washi had to take her children and grandchildren to fight. The result was good, and several of her sons and grandchildren died!

After the Anti-Japanese War, Mrs. Wa was called an anti-Japanese hero, but the Cen family in Tianzhou was basically finished!

From this perspective, it can be seen that in the past few decades, the Ming Dynasty has spared no effort to attack the Tianzhou Cen family who participated in the rebellion and other local chieftains in Guangxi. What was the result of such a blow?

The strength of the local chieftain is naturally getting weaker and weaker, and there is even only one nominal chieftain left. The military strength is actually worrying!

An obvious example, when Mrs. Wa went on the expedition, in addition to the troops and horses of the Tianzhou headquarters, she also summoned the troops of many nearby chieftains, and even most of the chieftains in Guangxi.

However, the white wolf soldiers who collected more than half of the Guangxi chieftain's troops, how many total troops were in the end?

More than 7,500 people!

This number is actually not worth mentioning when compared with the army of the Ming Dynasty that is currently facing more than 100,000 provinces in the future of the Datang Army!

Entering Guangxi, what really worried Li Xuan was not the obstruction of the local chieftain force, but the main force of the Ming army in Huguang and Guangdong and Guangxi.

The main force of the Ming army must have at least 30,000 to 50,000 people. If the local Ming army generals are shameless and recruit more young men, it is possible to create 70,000 to 80,000 people.

In a barren Guizhou, Zhu Zhihai can draw 50,000 to 60,000 troops, and Huguang and Guangdong and Guangxi regions can pull out 100,000 troops. of.

In addition, he is more worried about the recruits in the coastal areas who fight against Japanese pirates all the year round!

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army in the inland and coastal areas, recruited soldiers to the point where they assumed the main force of the Ming army!

In the future, facing the encirclement and suppression of so many main forces of the Ming army, Li Xuan has to adopt a more radical and even risky strategy, and taking the initiative is such a risky strategy!

If going south to Guangxi goes well, at least he will be able to defeat the main force of the Ming army in Guangxi before the Ming Dynasty reacts!

In this way, not only can the threat from Guangxi be eliminated, but also a solid rear can be established. There is no need to worry about tens of thousands of Ming troops coming from Guangxi and piercing their own chrysanthemums.

When it comes to fighting, the first thing you need to protect is the chrysanthemum. Otherwise, you will have a great time fighting in the front, and someone will sneak a thick and long stab at the chrysanthemum in the back.

In addition, after winning Guangxi, not only can you build a stable rear and keep the chrysanthemum, but you can also plan for Guangdong, Huguang, and retreat to Guangxi and Guizhou.

At that time, even if it is impossible to sweep the world, it will be much less difficult to separate the place!

Yes, until now, Li Xuan still doesn't think that his Tang Dynasty can really overthrow the Ming Dynasty in just a few years. At present, his biggest ambition is to separate the provinces.

Then rely on these provinces to develop and build a real modern army. At that time, it will be time to sweep Kyushu and unify the land of China.

Now, it's still self-defense!

Attacking Guangxi is such a self-protection strategy, or it can be said as follows: attacking instead of defending!

The 1st Infantry Brigade set off, and also took away most of the artillery in the 3rd garrison brigade and the artillery battalion, including five 500-jin artillery pieces, three 800-jin artillery pieces, and even half of the cavalry battalion was taken away. , and also took away a full half of the baggage.

And these auxiliary units that were taken away also adopted new designations one after another. The artillery unit established a new second artillery battalion, the cavalry unit also established a new second cavalry battalion, and even the baggage unit was established. The second baggage regiment .

Two full-staff brigades plus several independent troops, the total number of this army exceeds 13,000, with Hao Bainian as the commander-in-chief of the entire army!

At the same time, in order to recruit troops on the spot as much as possible to replenish new troops, and to collect food supplies, Li Xuan also dispatched many officials from the cabinet to stand by at any time. The front-line army conquered a county and established a political power in a county, and then began to raise food and grass, and collect resources. Recruit soldiers.

Before the army entered Liuzhou Mansion in Guangxi, Li Xuan had already appointed the prefect of Liuzhou Mansion of the Tang Dynasty in advance.

This person strongly begged him to return to Liuzhou to serve, why, of course, he went back to take revenge.

At the beginning, Li Xuan promised him that when Tang Bingfeng stepped on Liuzhou Mansion, it was time for his Ma Wei to take revenge!

Li Xuan can imagine that after Ma Wei followed the army back to Liuzhou Mansion, it is estimated that there will be a **** storm in Liuzhou.

The 1st Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Garrison Brigade have gone south to Guangxi~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and the 2nd Infantry Brigade is also heading west and north with the 1st Garrison Brigade and the 2nd Garrison Brigade, and is currently seizing other places in Guizhou Province, He even wanted to knock down Guiyang.

The Liping Mansion also returned to calm. Li Xuan led the 5th Infantry Regiment, the 7th Garrison Regiment and other troops back to Xingquan Mansion. After all, there is Huguang in the east of Xingquan Mansion, although there is no news yet. The Huguang side began to move troops westward, but they had to go back first and prepare in advance!

Nowadays, most of the army goes out, Xingquan Prefecture is too empty, and many workshops of the Ministry of Industry in Xingquan Prefecture are still producing a lot of guns, ammunition and other ordnance for the army, so the base of Xingquan Prefecture still needs to be protected. , without being taken away by the Huguang Ming Army!

But when he just returned to Xingquan Mansion, Liu Bagou just found him, and this opening was to move the capital!

Move the capital? It didn't take long for you to move to Xingquan Mansion. Are you going to move again? If it is relocated, it is easy for Li Xuan to move, and it is easy for the royal family to move, but the workshop of the Ministry of Industry is not so easy to relocate.

And this is not the most critical question, the most critical question is where to move?