Valley Emperor

As Fujian was contributed by the pseudo-Tang thief army, and the thief army even penetrated into the southern part of Zhejiang, the situation in this prosperous place in Jiangnan instantly became tense.

And this kind of tension is not the unfounded worry of Jiangnan officials and gentry, but a real existence, because the pseudo-Tang thief army did not only appear in southern Zhejiang.

At the same time, the small-scale reconnaissance troops of the bandit army can be frequently seen in Chizhou Prefecture, and there are even traces of the bandit army’s reconnaissance and riding near Yingtian Prefecture. Even in places such as Anqing Prefecture on the north bank of the Yangtze River, there are also bandit troops. traces.

And all of this, people with a little military common sense know that the opposite pseudo-Tang thief army is already preparing for a large-scale attack.

Once this fights, I am afraid that the entire Jiangnan will be caught in the flames of war.

People are panicking, this is the best portrayal of the officials, gentry and people in Jiangnan.

Especially in the two cities of Jinling and Hangzhou, the officials and gentry in the cities were even more terrified, because they also knew that once the war broke out, it was hard to say about other places, but these two cities were definitely the key attack places for the puppet thieves of the Tang Dynasty.

Especially Jinling, this city has huge political, economic and cultural significance in Jiangnan and even the entire southern region. If the thieves want to live in Jiangnan, Jinling City must be captured.

As the top person in charge of Jiangnan Housing, Prince Taibao, the Minister of Military Affairs of Nanjing, and Wang Yiqi, who oversees military affairs in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, have been sleeping well recently.

Ordinary people felt that the situation was unusual, and the storm was about to come, and Wang Yiqi, who had more information, knew even more that a large-scale attack by the bandit army was imminent.

From the feedback of the troops in Anqing and Chizhou, the various reconnaissance units of the thief army are frequently active, which shows that it is necessary to investigate the terrain in advance, the deployment of the Ming army, and formulate an offensive route for the subsequent large-scale attack.

The situation from Jiangxi also shows that the ships of the pseudo-Tang thief army full of ordnance and ammunition are not transported one by one to Nanchang and other places, but one fleet by one fleet to Nanchang.

A certain businessman even saw with his own eyes in the pier outside Nanchang City, the shells carried by many ships were piled up on the pier, as tall as a hill!

The rain is coming!

In order to defend the south of the Yangtze River, Wang Yiqi also used all the methods he could think of to turn Anqing into a fortress. At the same time, he built fortifications in Jinling City. He recruited countless young men to build forts, thicken and heighten the city wall, and clean up and deepen the moat.

At the same time, 30,000 Jiangnan New Army was dispatched to Zhejiang to reinforce Yu Dayou.

In the area of ​​Yingtianfu, he gathered most of the main force in his hands, more than 60,000 Jiangnan New Army, 20,000 elite frontier troops, and even 4,000 cavalry!

In Anqing, he dispatched 20,000 Jiangnan new troops, and also built a super-large Jiangfang fort.

On the front lines of Anqing, Yingtianfu, and Chizhoufu, there were more than 100,000 main troops such as the Frontier Army and the Jiangnan New Army alone. In addition, there were more than 50,000 guard soldiers and temporary recruits.

A full 150,000 troops are waiting!

However, even so, he still doesn't have much confidence. Today, he is not the one who just came to Jiangnan last year. When he first arrived in Jiangnan last year, he thought that the pseudo-Tang bandit army would be able to fight a little, but as long as he himself Be cautious, it shouldn't be a big problem.

But in last year's Jiangxi campaign, especially the Ming army's siege of Nanchang, he was there in person, and he really saw how difficult it was for the puppet army of Tang thieves.

To fight against the pseudo-Tang thieves, even if they rely on a strong city to defend, but without two or three times the strength and a large number of artillery, it is impossible to defend.

And these troops must be all new troops or frontier troops, and the guards in the south are useless no matter how many.

He lacked confidence, on the one hand, he strengthened the defense by himself, on the other hand, he urgently asked the northern court for help, and also asked Zhang Yue for assistance.

However, at this time, even if Emperor Zhengde was reinforcing Wang Yiqi, he was actually unable to do what he wanted. The northern provinces of Shandong, Beizhili, Henan, etc., although it was said that they had already started to train new troops, they were added together with Jingying. There are also tens of thousands of new troops.

But before that, nearly 20,000 people were sent south to reinforce Wang Yiqi, and they became part of the new Jiangnan army under Wang Yiqi.

And the frontier troops have successively transferred no less than 40,000 people to the south, and the number of frontier troops is also limited. At the same time, it is necessary to guard against the northern Alta Khan. This Alta Khan is also a generation of heroes. He led his tribe to fight for decades and succeeded. The Mongolian Great Khan Dalaixun Kuden Khan was expelled to the east of the Xing'an Mountains, completing the unification of the Mongolian region to a certain extent.

The Tatar commanded by this person is a great threat to the Ming Dynasty. In the early years, there was continuous war with the Ming Dynasty. In the past two years, the Ming Dynasty has suffered great losses due to the rise of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, so Altan Khan also wanted to take the opportunity. In addition, he also tried to attack Datong Mansion last year, but the result was quite funny.

Originally, I wanted to take advantage of the emptiness, but I didn't expect that the frontier army in Datong Mansion had already been upgraded and equipped with a large number of guns.

Although the Ming army couldn't handle the pseudo-Tang bandit army, it was quite good at suppressing various rebellions and Tartar attacks.

However, even if it can be defended, a large number of troops are contained in the border town.

In the past few years, the Ming Dynasty actually built a large number of guns in the northern provinces, but half of them were equipped with frontier troops, and the remaining half were equipped with new troops from Jingying and northern provinces.

However, although he lost a game last year, he didn't give up. The weak Ming Dynasty can't be encountered anytime. If he doesn't take the opportunity to make a wave now, he can't feel sorry for himself. The army is also under great pressure.

Today, the Ming Dynasty's troops in several northern provinces are very tight, otherwise, Emperor Zhengde would have dispatched more troops to the south.

However, even if it was difficult, Emperor Zhengde knew that Jiangnan could not be lost, so he still searched for troops everywhere, and finally gathered 20,000 reinforcements to prepare for the south to reinforce Wang Yiqi.

Now the only person who can give practical support to Wang Yiqi is actually Zhang Yue. This support does not mean that Zhang Yue should directly send reinforcements to Jiangnan. It is difficult to reinforce Jiangnan.

But they can launch a counterattack directly to contain the forces of the pseudo-Tang bandit army.

As long as Zhang Yue can contain more troops of the pseudo-Tang bandit army, it will relatively reduce the pressure on Wang Yiqi.

But does Zhang Yue dare to counterattack?

Counterattack is a fart. After Zhang Yue received the letter from Wang Yiqi asking him to launch a counterattack, he burned the letter directly. What a joke, now he is relying on the Yangtze River for defense, but let him cross the river to counterattack. Counterattack, but let him go to death!

Other people's pseudo-Tang thieves have hoarded heavy troops in Yuezhou, Wuchang, Jiujiang and other places. I will not say whether my army can cross the river. Even if it can successfully cross the river, how many people will it take to successfully counterattack? Can you come back here?

Zhang Yue has no confidence in this.

It's not that he was afraid of being attacked by the pseudo-Tang bandit army, but that he fought against the pseudo-Tang bandit army for several years. Although he has been defeated, but in terms of understanding of the pseudo-Tang bandit army, in the entire Ming Dynasty, only He knows best.

If you want to counterattack, you basically don't expect to have more than three times the strength, and this is the most elite superintendent under his command.

With the gradual increase in the ruled area of ​​the pseudo-Tang thief army, the military strength is also increasing. The current Ming Dynasty is actually fighting more and more difficult as it gets older. It was able to defend Huguang and Jiangxi two years earlier, but these two places After being captured by the pseudo-Tang thief army, if you want to defend again, in fact, you can only rely on the Yangtze River moat.

As for Jiangnan, Zhang Yue doesn't think he can hold it!

Although he knows that once Jiangnan is lost, it will cause a great chain reaction, but if you really want to say it carefully, it has little effect on his supervision and training, because his supervision and training basically do not depend on the supply of the court. , it's none of his business if Jiangnan lost it.

At present, it is Sichuan and Hubei who support his army, so these two places are also his key defense areas.

Sichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but he dispatched a full 20,000 troops early to guard Chongqing Prefecture, Bozhou and other places.

Due to the complex terrain and the difficulty of supplying both sides, the battle between the two sides gradually evolved into the same situation as the Yunnan side. Small-scale battles were frequent, but large battles could not be fought. This kind of battle, Whether it is the pseudo-Tang bandit army or his superintendent to train the army, it is quite difficult to fight.

Of course, the reason why the battles between these two places in Yunnan and Sichuan were in a stalemate, in addition to the geographical constraints and the objective reasons for the difficulty in supplying, was actually the main reason because these two places were not the main offensive directions of the Tang Dynasty.

Although there is a 4th Infantry Division in Yunnan, this 4th Infantry Division has not been reorganized until now. There is a shortage of guns and ammunition. The replenishment of ammunition is intermittent. Even recruits are difficult to replenish. Since Yunnan, the 4th Infantry Division has never been full. After all, the supply priority of the Fourth Infantry Division has always been very low within the Datang Army.

Now there are not many troops entering Sichuan ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ only the 7th Mixed Regiment and a regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division, and their supply priority is also very low.

You must know that the supply priority of the Datang Army to the First Army is not high now, and most of the ammunition supplies are given priority to the Second Army and the Third Army.

Lack of ammunition supplies, and even insufficient personnel, it is natural to hold back and make little progress.

And this is also a major drawback of the Datang Army, that is, it is very dependent on guns and guns during the battle. Once the supply is not smooth, the combat effectiveness will be instantly reduced in the battle.

The puppet thieves of the Tang Dynasty were not active in attacking Yunnan and Sichuan, which enabled Zhang Yue to always ensure the control of these two places. Now, when he realized that Jiangnan might not be able to keep it, he cared more about the safety of Sichuan. Began to send a large number of henchmen into Sichuan.

Among them is Song Zhiwen!

Song Zhiwen went to Sichuan, of course, not to fight. In Zhang Yue's opinion, Song Zhiwen's ability to fight is average, but his ability to build guns and train troops is not bad, so he asked Song Zhiwen to go to Sichuan to build guns and train troops.