It has been a month and a half since the dispatch of orders to various localities and the dispatch of troops and generals, and the three Ming armies in Huguang, Jiangxi, and Fujian have only been ready for battle, and the time is not insignificant.

It takes time to decide which units in the territory to mobilize to participate in the war, it takes time to prepare logistical supplies, and it takes time to march.

However, the speed of preparation of the Ming army in Guangdong was faster, after all, the distance was relatively close, and there were already 28,000 Ming troops gathered in the Huizhou Fucheng area, but in order to wait for the other three Ming armies, Guo Mian could only wait.

Compared with the Ming army, there are not so many troubles on the side of the people's army, Fang Nan directly gives orders alone, and the orders can be implemented immediately when they arrive everywhere, and there is no bullying behavior in the Ming army at all.

Logistics is important to the Ming army, but also to the people's army, the people's army's logistics are mainly grain, grass, ammunition, ammunition is supplied by Hutouzhai and Yongan County No. 2 Arsenal, grain and grass is simple.

The Ming Dynasty has ruled this land for hundreds of years, with a deep family background, the Ming army went out, you can transfer grain and grass from all over the place, the people's army does not need this, the current people's army grain and grass are from the gentry and merchants who have been robbed.

Most of the wealthy gentry and merchants in the eleven counties under the rule of the People's Army were raided by the People's Army, and the wealth of grain, gold and silver, antiques, calligraphy, paintings, and jewelry obtained was incalculable.

This food supply is more than enough for 60,000 soldiers of the People's Army for a year, and even the People's Army can use gold and silver to pay officers and soldiers.

However, it takes money to buy land at a low price, it takes money to buy vegetables, fish and meat, and it takes money to buy fabrics, and there are many places where money is used, and the people's army must also be careful in its calculations.

The Ming army's half-army and half-civilian guards are not counted, if you want to let the recruits fight, you can't do it without money, the recruits originally joined the army for money, and who would fight to the death without money.

Because of the logistical preparations, the preparation time of the Ming army was a little longer, and Guo Mian and the other three Ming armies sent a message that the time for attacking the People's Army had been set, which was on December 13.

After all, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and the commanders of the Ming Army of the Four Routes want to exterminate the People's Army as soon as possible, and maybe they can go home for a New Year.

Because of the defeat of the People's Army in the encirclement and suppression of the People's Army for the first time, the commanders of the Ming Army attached great importance to the People's Army, and sent a large number of spies to the People's Army to investigate the situation of the People's Army, and even bribed ordinary people with money to collect intelligence.

Through various means, the Ming army obtained a lot of information from the People's Army, of course, there was not much important information, and the People's Army would not be stupid enough to leak important information at will.

The Ming Army's goal is to exterminate the People's Army, and all units of the People's Army cannot let it go.

Then the commanders of the Ming army received information on the approximate difference in the strength of the People's Army, which was the result of the joint efforts of the spies of the Ming Army of the Four Routes, and the difference between the actual strength of the People's Army was not too far.

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Seeing this information, Guo Mian and other commanders of the Ming army were very surprised, they didn't expect the thieves' forces to increase so quickly, and they were not much worse than the Ming army.

"Can we exterminate the thieves?" Guo Mian is a little unconfident.

However, after learning the specific information, Guo Mian and other commanders of the Ming army were relieved, and they were even full of confidence in defeating the People's Army.

Because the intelligence shows that most of the People's Army are newly recruited recruits, their combat effectiveness is very poor, and their strength is far from being comparable with the Ming Army, in this case, the Ming Army may be able to exterminate the People's Army in one battle.

Guo Mian knew that the People's Army had sharp firearms, but Guo Mian knew that the number of sharp firearms of the People's Army was relatively small, and under the absolute advantage of strength, Guo Mian believed that even if the People's Army had sharp firearms, it would not be the opponent of the Ming Army.

For example, there are a large number of people's troops in Guishan County, and Guo Mian has 28,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but Guo Mian will not storm Guishan County, and if one is not good, he will suffer heavy losses.

Because of the last time the Ming army was ambushed by the People's Army, Guo Mian didn't even plan to lead the army to attack Guishan County directly from Huizhou Fucheng to the east, that road is relatively narrow, there are too many places suitable for ambushes, even if you are cautious, it will be easy to have accidents, it is better to change the road.

With so many soldiers and horses in his hands, Guo Mian knew that the Ming army was more suitable for fighting on a battlefield with a wide field of vision.

Looking at the information collected by the spies, Guo Mian had a big plan.

The People's Army is mainly stationed in a few areas, it can be said that the interior is empty, as the center of the People's Army, Yong'an County does not have many defenders, this is Guo Mian's opportunity, Guo Mian plans to lead the army to Boluo County, and then cross the border area of Heyuan County and Guishan County, and take Yong'an County directly.

Once Yong'an County was captured by the Ming army, the various units of the People's Army would be separated and then defeated by the Ming army one by one.

The plan to capture Yong'an County is good, but Guo Mian is also worried that things will have an accident, such as the army leaving Huizhou Mansion and marching into Yong'an County, and then the People's Army of Guishan County will attack Huizhou Prefecture, even if Yong'an County is captured by Guo Mian's army, if Huizhou Mansion is broken by the People's Army, then Guo Mian will be disgraced.

Therefore, Guo Mian could not take away all the Ming troops in the Huizhou Fucheng area, at least 3,000 soldiers and horses should be left, plus the guards of the young and strong families and large families, and gather five or six thousand people to defend the city.

If the People's Army does not attack the capital city of Huizhou, but leaves Guishan County to intercept the People's Army led by Guo Mian, then it is even better, and the field/war Ming army will not be afraid.

The general battle plan was set by Guo Mian, and just waiting for the arrival of December 13, Guo Mian led 25,000 soldiers and horses to the battle.

Guo Mian was waiting, and Fang Nan, who had already come to Guishan County, was also waiting, waiting for the Ming army to attack.

The People's Army can only defend passively, it will not change in a short time, the Ming Army of the Four Roads is either near the city, or relatively close to the city, the People's Army fights over, if the Ming Army hides in the city, the People's Army really does not have the strength to capture the heavily defended city.

The best choice for the People's Army is to defend the city by itself and be attacked by the Ming army, or to fight in the field.

There are a total of four battlefields, Guishan County and Huizhou Fucheng area battlefield gathered the largest number of troops of the People's Army and the Ming Army, it can be said that the most important battlefield, Fang Nan came to this battlefield to sit in town, is to hope to defeat the Ming Army in this most important battlefield quickly, then the Ming Dynasty's second encirclement and suppression of the People's Army can basically determine the result.

You must know that Fang Nan's arrival has increased the victory rate of the 3rd Mixed Brigade a lot.