Based on Hao Bonian's original plan, he just hoped that a part of the Ming army on the Yizhang or Chenzhou side would come out to attack his own logistics supply line, and then let the hidden First Infantry cooperate with the cavalry troops to eat a part of the Ming army that dared to come out.

After weakening the Ming army in the direction of Yizhang or Chenzhou Prefecture, he would lead the main force of the First Infantry Division to turn back, and then storm and capture Yizhang or Chenzhou Prefecture, and finally take the entire Chenzhou.

He didn't expect that he would be able to mobilize nearly 100,000 Ming troops in almost the southern part of Huguang to go north!

If he knew, he would definitely be greatly surprised, he was surprised not by the determination of the Ming army, but by the poor command system of the Ming army, which could complete more than 100,000 troops, and it was a coordinated operation with simultaneous action in multiple directions? Even if you are yourself, you can't do such a super-large-scale tactical mobilization!

This kind of super-large-scale tactical mobilization requires quite high requirements for the command system, and it also requires an efficient communication system; otherwise, all units will not be able to effectively cooperate and achieve the effect of coordinated operations.

Therefore, Hao Bonian never thought that the Ming army would rely on the backward and traditional way of transmitting information on fast horses, and it was ready to launch a campaign with a scale of 100,000 people and simultaneous action in multiple directions.

Today, he is still on the Ming army in the direction of Yizhang and Chenzhou!

Although he continued to go north with the main force of the First Infantry Division, the speed of the northward movement was not fast, this was to be able to return south to Chenzhou and Yizhang at any time.

As for the First Infantry Corps and the First Cavalry Battalion, they had already hidden in a small village with hidden terrain shortly after bypassing Yizhang, and at the same time sent a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to monitor the Ming army in the direction of Yizhang and Chenzhou at any time.

On the eighth day of December, just a few days ago, the southern part of Huguang ushered in a sudden cold wave, which led to a large drop in the southern part of Huguang, although the southern part of Huguang is in the south, and the ice and snow are not as cold as the north, but it is also a bitter cold wind, if you just wear thin autumn clothes, then the Tang soldiers who fought in the southern part of Huguang are afraid that there will be a large number of non-combat casualties because of the severe cold.

However, this battle, the Datang Army has been planning since the first half of the year, and naturally took into account the problem of winter operations, and the relevant troops have already received winter military uniforms before they officially went north to fight.

The winter uniforms of the Tang Army are basically the same as the summer uniforms, but they are mainly cotton jackets, the same blue shirts and red pants, some of these military uniforms are produced in Zhaoqing, Wuzhou, Liuzhou, Foshan, Guangzhou and other places directly under the Ministry of Industry, but more are produced in those private workshops in various cities.

These private workshops cooperate with the garment factories of the Ministry of Industry, collect the raw materials, and then process them according to a unified system, and then ship them again, so as to earn a processing fee that is not too high.

In fact, not only army uniforms, but also many other uniforms in the Tang Dynasty were produced by private workshops in this way, including naval uniforms, uniforms of patrol officers and tax inspection teams all over the country.

Even the clothes of the workers in the major factories and mining areas, and the clothes of the soldiers in the cantonment regiments, most of them are produced in this way.

Because it is a large-scale production, and the raw materials are directly produced by the textile mills of the Ministry of Industry, the cost of cotton yarn is much lower than that spun by folk women, and the cost of cloth produced by large-scale looms is also lower.

The cost of raw materials is relatively low, and because it is a large-scale production, even if it is still hand-sewn, the price of ready-to-wear is still much cheaper than the price of ready-to-wear of the same quality on the market.

This was originally a production model that the Tang Dynasty came up with in order to save the cost of quilting, but in Li Xuan's view, it can be regarded as a mistake to create a modern textile industry.

Although whether it is a yarn mill or a weaving mill, its technology is still at the average level of this era, in Li Xuan's view, it is extremely backward, and it does not introduce steam power, but uses the most primitive storage and even manpower, but even so, the cost of integrated large-scale production is still incomparable to those ordinary families and small workshops.

When you have a cost advantage, you can have a market, and after you have a market, you will naturally be able to make profits and promote a new step in the development of technology.

Even if Li Xuan of later generations did not systematically study the development of modern industry, he also knew that modern industry began with the textile industry.

Owning the textile industry is equivalent to the beginning of industrialization!

Today, the military uniforms worn by the soldiers who go north to Huguang are the crystallization of the initial industrialization of the Tang Dynasty!

In fact, if it were not for the factory with the Ministry of Industry to reduce costs, it would have been a huge expense to equip nearly 100,000 army and navy officers and men.

However, the soldiers' uniforms are provided directly by the military for free, but the officers' uniforms are paid for out of their own pockets.

On the one hand, there are more military uniforms for officers, and they are divided into combat uniforms, dresses, court uniforms, etc., and there are summer and winter, etc., on the other hand, the fabrics used are also better, such as the winter coat that school officers and generals like to wear, which is satin, and the price is not cheap.

In addition, there is a very important point that the salaries of officers are also relatively high, in the Tang Army, the basic monthly salary of a second lieutenant is twenty-five taels, in addition to the combat period, there is also a combat allowance of ten taels, that is to say, even if there is no war, the monthly salary of a second lieutenant is twenty-five taels of silver, and if it is a combat mission, then there are thirty-five taels of silver per month.

That's not a small number!

After paying the officers a relatively high salary, the military will naturally not play the role of the wrongdoer, so the officers' military uniforms and even the food they want to eat will need additional expenses.

At this time, Colonel Sun Shuangxi, the commander of the First Infantry Corps, was wearing a satin military coat worn by many school officers, and was discussing with several other officers.

"The scout cavalry has reported that the Ming army in the direction of Yizhang has begun to leave the city, and there are quite a few Ming troops out of the city, more than 8,000 people, and judging from their direction, there is no doubt that they are going to intercept the logistics supply line of our army!"

"However, we have already informed the Fourth Transport Regiment of the Logistics Department in advance that they will evade it in advance, and if nothing else, they should not be in contact with the attacking forces of the Ming Army, but before we defeat these Ming troops, the Eighth Transport Regiment will definitely not be able to continue to advance!"

Although the Fourth Transport Regiment bears the name of a regiment, in fact it is not a standing military force, but a civilian unit directly subordinate to the Logistics Department, and except for a few civilian officers of the Logistics Department and a very small number of escort soldiers, the vast majority of them are temporary conscripts.

In order to provide logistical transportation for all units on the front, the Logistics Department has set up a large-scale logistics and transportation contingent, and for the sole purpose of supplying the First Infantry Division of the First Army and the provisional Fourth Regiment for operations, the Logistics Department has organized a full eight transport regiments, each with a size of about 1,000 people, and is responsible for the transportation of one of the routes, which will be carried out in the form of relays.

On other fronts, the logistics department also organized a large number of transport regiments, but the number of these transport regiments varies, and the specific number depends on how many troops they want to supply and supply, because the transport regiment is not mobile, but only responsible for one of the routes, so the size of some transport regiments reaches more than 1,000 people, and may even exceed more than 2,000 people, but some are only two or three hundred people.

The civilians in these transport units are not uniform, but are directly recruited from neighboring areas on an ad hoc basis, and need to bring their own tools such as flat baskets, and the logistics department will also provide wheelbarrows and other tools, and will not pay salaries, but will give rations.

In these years, it is not easy for people to have enough to eat, and the transportation team only transports the baggage in the rear, and will not go directly to the front line, and the transportation of materials near the front line is the task of the baggage troops in the various combat units, so the safety of the people can still be guaranteed.

Being able to eat well, and being safe and secure, made it easier to recruit people, especially when the farm was slack.

However, the conscription time cannot last too long, after all, they are all farmers, and if it is the busy season, they need to go home to farm, so the mobility of the people of these transport troops will also be very large.

Of course, even during the busy agricultural season, if the troops have a combat mission, the military will not easily let them go, but they will also give a certain amount of subsidies to reduce their resistance.

The Fourth Transport Regiment is the transport unit responsible for the first section of Yizhang, because this section of the road is more dangerous, and it is also equipped with a team of soldiers to protect it.

However, a mere group of soldiers naturally could not resist the attack of the Ming army of 8,000 people.

At this time, it is time for the first step of the Corps to appear.

And this is also the goal of Hao Bonian and many other generals, going around such a big circle, just to annihilate the 8,000 Ming troops who came out of Yizhang, as long as these 8,000 people are killed, the Ming army in Yizhang City will be left with a few thousand people at most.

Therefore, after the first regiment was attacked by the Yizhang Ming army, they did not hesitate to move, they would quickly pounce on the eight thousand Ming army, and then eat them.

But at this time, the soldiers of the First Infantry Corps did not know, and Hao Bonian did not know, the Ming army in the direction of Chenzhou City, Linwu and other directions attacked, and even the Ming army in the direction of Guiyang Prefecture, the capital of Hengzhou, also attacked.

At this time, the Ming army in the direction of Linwu was galloping towards Yizhang!

About 10,000 Ming troops in the direction of Guiyang Prefecture, the capital of Hengzhou, were directly attacking the rear of the main force of the 1st Infantry Division!

The Ming army in the direction of Chenzhou converged with more than 10,000 Ming troops in Chenzhou City and nearby areas, and killed the fourth regiment of the provisional formation!

Even the Ming army in Hengzhou Mansion took the initiative to attack and was advancing towards the First Infantry Division!

For a time, the Ming army gathered many troops from many directions to attack, in order to cut off the supply line of the Tang thieves in the north, and then besiege the main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army of the First Infantry Division.