Valley Emperor

Brigadier General Qi Wenhuan led a total of more than 4,000 troops to land. Even if the Ming army on the island fought desperately, it was unlikely to really block the attack of the Tang landing troops.

As for the effect of Qin Zhifu's temporary situation, it is actually very limited. Even without Qin Zhifu's situation, Qi Wenhuan is confident that the battle will be completely ended within today, and the general military mansion and port area will be captured.

Of course, Qin Zhifu's can't be said to have no effect anyway, at least he made the battle end a few hours earlier, which can also reduce the casualties of the landing troops.

After the battle, Qin Zhifu led a few confidants under his command to meet Qi Wenhuan. When he saw this person, Qi Wenhuan muttered in his heart, this Ming army general is anyway, and Zhaoqing did not know how to deal with this person.

However, he is very clear that although this person does not have much use in the military, he still has some political roles, and this is not something he can intervene.

Therefore, Qi Wenhuan did not have an in-depth conversation with Qin Zhifu, but after saying a few words on the surface, he took this person to the Lianzhou outside the port by a transportation boat.

After all, in this Nan'ao Island battle, the highest rank was Vice Admiral Ouyang Gui. On the surface, Ouyang Gui was the supreme commander, so Ouyang Gui had to deal with such matters.

But at this time, Ouyang Gui didn't know that Qin Zhifu was in any way. He stayed on the Lianzhou. Although he also saw that the Ming army seemed to have civil strife in the port, he did not expect that it would be on Nan'ao Island. The top commander of the Ming army, the chief soldier of Nan'ao Island, anyway!

Now he is still busy accepting the Ming army ships in the captive port.

When the Third Tang Army began to land, the ships of the Ming Army Navy tried to rush out and used the remaining fireboats, but they were all blocked by the powerful artillery fire of the mobile fleet.

When the landing troops took over the General Military Mansion and the port area, even Qin Zhifu was out of order, and he couldn't rush out, so the Ming army navy who stayed in the port gritted his teeth and finally surrendered very simply.

This time, more Ming army ships surrendered in the port, and some of them were relatively intact ships. At the same time, there were many Ming army sailors captured. Naturally, Ouyang Gui could not ignore them, and he needed to arrange for these ships to be accepted.

Yesterday's naval battle in the open sea, coupled with today's landing operation, can be said to have wiped out the Ming army navy on Nan'ao Island. The more than 100 small, medium and large ships of the Ming army navy were all but a few yesterday. Except for a few who escaped, the others were either sunk or captured. Of course, most of them were small offshore boats, which were of little value.

However, after statistics, there are 16 ships of about 100 tons, and 5 ships of more than 200 tons. Although these 21 ships are traditional lucky ships, wide ships, and sand ships, their value is still not small.

Among them, the more than 200 tons of ships can be converted directly into armed merchant ships and then directly into service.

The remaining ships of about 100 tons can also be allocated to the Logistics Department and used as transport ships.

It's just that most of the ships need to be repaired, and many of them are still seriously damaged, and it will take some time to repair.

Ouyang Gui had just finished dealing with these captive ships when he welcomed Qi Wenhuan and others. Even Ouyang Gui was surprised when he learned that Qin Zhifu, the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao Island, was in any case.

He immediately met Qin Zhifu in person, but he still didn't have any in-depth discussions, but told him to return to Guangzhou with the fleet tomorrow and then go to Zhaoqing.

How to arrange him specifically is a matter of Zhaoqing. He has no control over Ouyang Gui, nor does he have the power to control it.

This made Qin Zhifu a little worried about gain and loss. He was in any case, and he was reluctantly considered to have donated the city, but when it came to the Tang Dynasty, it was unknown whether he could enjoy this glory and wealth!

But this is the end, he Qin Zhifu has no way out!

I had to stay on the Lianzhou for one night, but the next day I continued to take the Lianzhou and returned to Guangzhou with the Datang Navy Mobile Fleet.

The scale of the motor fleet returning to Guangzhou this time is even larger than when it came. When it set off, there were only nine main ships and more than 20 armed merchant ships, but when they returned, they were only part of the motor fleet itself. In addition, there are more than forty captive ships.

According to the plan made earlier, Ouyang Gui directly left a squadron here, with one cruiser, three frigates, and twelve armed merchant ships of over 200 tons.

The above ships are in relatively good condition and have not suffered major damage in the battle. They can be directly maintained and repaired on Nan'ao Island and stationed on the island at the same time.

Other ships, more or less, need to be repaired, especially a few seriously damaged ships that need to be brought back to Guangzhou for repair.

The Guards troops returned with them, and there were more than 8,000 Ming army prisoners at the same time.

Even the troops of the Army's First Mixed Regiment left Nan'ao Island on the same day and returned to Chaozhou Prefecture, while the two marine battalions stayed on the island and began to build coastal fortifications and forts on the island.

The island will be combined with the original Chaozhou Laiwu Island Fortress in the future to control the coastal security of western Guangdong.

According to the judgment of Ouyang Gui, Qi Wenhuan and others, there are two marine battalions with more than 1,000 people, plus more than 20 artillery pieces removed from the warship and deployed in the port area. If the Ming army wants to counterattack, it will not It is impossible to invest five or six thousand troops.

What's more, they have to pass the naval fleet first.

After solving the worries of Nan'ao Island, the first mixed regiment will be able to mobilize more forces for the battle in the direction of Fujian.

Since the Datang Army captured the area south of the Yangtze River in Huguang and Jiangxi, Fujian has become a prominent part of the entire Ming Dynasty and the Datang Dynasty.

However, because of the mountainous area in Fujian, the roads are difficult to travel, and the naval strength was not good before, and even Nan'ao Island could not be conquered at that time, so the war in Fujian was also delayed again and again.

But now the Tang Dynasty did not want to drag it on any longer, and the capture of Nan'ao Island was actually a prelude to the attack on Fujian, so that the first mixed group could free up their hands to go north to Fujian.

Of course, there are still more than 10,000 thieves troops of Yu Dayou in Fujian, and there are also many soldiers of the Ming army guards. It is too reluctant to rely on one first mixed regiment, and if you are not careful, the ship will capsize in the gutter.

Therefore, in the battle plan formulated by the Privy Council, the first mixed regiment was not the main attacking force, but the main attacking force.

That was the 6th Infantry Division.

Since the end of the Nanchang Battle, the Datang Army has deployed a large number of troops in Jiangxi, and it has also entered the stage of confrontation, and it is impossible for all the front-line troops to be invested in it, so the Sixth Infantry Division took the opportunity to withdraw to Fuzhou to rest.

After the rest, the 6th Infantry Division will attack from west to east, and go straight to Fuzhou without going anywhere else!

As long as Fuzhou is captured, then basically Fujian can be declared to be taken, even if Zhangzhou and other places are still in the hands of the Ming army, there is nothing.

The 6th Infantry Division and the 1st Mixed Regiment will continue to go north, all the way to Zhejiang. If they can browse the hills and mountains in southern Zhejiang and enter the northern Zhejiang Plain, that is, the area of ​​Hangzhou, then basically it can be declared a big deal. Tang Wangshi has entered the prosperous land of Jiangnan.

However, after the 6th Infantry Division and the 1st Mixed Regiment went to Fujian, the original defense areas of these two units needed to be refilled.

The 1st Mixed Regiment is still pretty good. There are still two marine battalions on Nan'ao Island. At the same time, the Guards are also continuing to expand their troops and fortify the Guangdong area. However, after the 6th Infantry Division was transferred away, the 2nd Army's Strength will be affected to some extent.

One infantry division and two mixed regiments are not enough.

To this end, the Army has once again proposed a plan to form a new main infantry division and two mixed regiments!

But this time, Li Xuan did not directly veto as before, but began to consider the gains and losses.

Expanding the army is naturally a good thing, and after two years of war, after winning Jiangxi and the areas south of the Yangtze River in Huguang, Yunnan, Kunming and other places, Datang's ruled area has been greatly expanded, both in terms of population and taxes. There is a relatively substantial increase.

In this way, the basis for military expansion will also be established.

However, how to expand the military expansion needs to be carefully considered.

Li Xuan did not reject the Army's plan, but he did not directly approve it. Instead, he asked the Army to carefully consider the expansion plan.

After hearing Li Xuan's remarks, Zeng Ziwen's face did not show any disappointment, and he immediately said with great joy: "I will complete the plan as soon as possible, within five days, no, within three days, I will submit the details to Your Majesty. new plan!"

After these people from the Army were sent away, the people from the Secretary Section of the Hanlin Academy immediately reported that it was a great victory on Nan'ao Island.

Li Xuan was not surprised that Nan'ao Island won the battle. The navy had been preparing for this battle for more than two years, and it would be **** if he couldn't win~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But what made him curious was that this Nanao In the first battle of the island, there was actually a general soldier of the Ming army anyway.

This thing is new!

Even Li Xuan couldn't help but curiously ordered to go on, and when he arrived, he would bring him over to see him. In addition, he also asked the people from the Ministry of Rites and newspapers to prepare the propaganda article. This is the initiative of the general soldier. That would be too wasteful.

Qin Zhifu hasn't arrived in Zhaoqing yet, but the article promoting his deeds has already been written in the hands of several pens of the Korean Newspaper Division, and several articles were published together, and he was going to have a special report. Generously prepared two pages for Qin Zhifu, and will continue to report for several issues, trying to maximize the influence of this matter.

The title of the article to be published in the next issue is four big characters: Abandon the Darkness to the Brightness!

You can't tell anything just by looking at these four words, but what is really shocking is the subtitle: Qin Zhifu, the former commander of the pseudo-ming Nan'ao Island, is committed to Wang Shi, and he led his troops to submit to my Tang Wang Shi before the battle!

After reading this article about Qin Zhifu's anyway, the second article is: Anti-Ming Ming fighter Qin Zhifu reveals the secret and denounces the shady scenes in the officialdom!