Seeing that the puppet Tang thief army not only bypassed Yizhang, but was even preparing to bypass Chenzhou and continue north, anyone with a little military common sense could see that the main force of the puppet Tang thief army was definitely heading for Hengzhou.

And Hengzhou, for the Ming army in the south of Huguang, is the most important strategic support point, there is no one!

Hengzhou, not only the strategic defense support point of the Ming army in the south of Huguang, but also the transit point of troops and materials, if the puppet Tang thief army takes Hengzhou, it will almost be the entire southern Huguang nearly 100,000 troops are locked up in the southern area of Huguang, dare not say that a super dumpling, but it will definitely shake the defense line of the entire southern Huguang, and finally force their own army to strategically abandon the defensive bridgehead of Chenzhou, Yizhang and other fronts.

Because Hengzhou was taken by the puppet Tang thief army, in fact, the Ming army at the forefront of the entire southern part of Huguang would be cut off from the logistics supply line at once, although some supplies could be transported to the front line in a small fight, and the materials hoarded by the defenders in various cities were enough for them to support for several months, but in the end it was still inevitable that they would be completely wiped out.

Because in the entire southern area of Huguang, the strength of the Tang Army is not only an infantry division and a temporary regiment, but also a third infantry division and a provisional first regiment.

The total strength of the First Army is 40,000, which is enough for more than 100,000 troops in the south of Huguang to eat a pot.

Even if they perceive the danger and then take the initiative to retreat strategically, as long as the Ming army in these areas moves slowly, there will be a super-large-scale collapse.

And this is a potential crisis that many Ming generals can see, so after discovering that the main force of the puppet Tang thief army is going north, the Ming army in Chenzhou and even in the direction of Yizhang and even in the nearby direction of Linwu and Guiyang cannot sit still.

If you really want to let the main force of the more than 10,000 real thieves of the puppet Tang thief army go north to Hengzhou, not to mention that the defenders on the side of Hengzhou are all second-line reserve troops, so whether 10,000 or 20,000 people can hold Hengzhou, just let the puppet Tang thief army garrison outside Hengzhou City, it is unacceptable, because this will also cut off the supply line from Hengzhou to transfer materials and troops to the front line.

Don't think that the Ming army has the majority of cold weapons, and the requirements for logistics supply are not important, in fact, regardless of whether it is a cold weapon army or a firearms army, the requirements for logistics are very high, because the soldiers always have to eat, and the Ming army is not all cold weapon troops, in fact, the proportion of their firearms troops is not small, all kinds of messy firearms troops, in fact, still occupy more than 20 percent of the total strength, and the large and small caliber artillery is an important support for them to defend the city.

Without supply lines, there is no food, there is no replenishment of ammunition, relying on existing reserves, at most it can support two or three months, but for longer?

When many generals of the Ming army saw that the main force of more than 10,000 of the puppet Tang thief army rushed to Hengzhou, the first reaction was not good, and many people even remembered the battle of Jingzhou.

At that time, the puppet Tang thief army besieged Jingzhou, and then cut off the supply line from Jingzhou to Xingquan Mansion, forcing the officers and troops in Xingquan Mansion to divide their troops to return to help, thus suffering a fiasco of encirclement and reinforcement, and then forced the Ming army in Xingquan Mansion to lose most of their baggage and run all the way to the north.

And now, these pseudo-Tang thieves seem to want to have another 'Jingzhou Campaign', and it is a larger-scale Jingzhou Campaign.

But when most of the Ming generals were extremely worried, a few Ming generals were surprised when they saw this scene!

These bold pseudo-Tang thieves dared to go straight to Hengzhou, could it be that the defenders in the direction of Chenzhou and Yizhang did not exist?

The main force of your puppet Tang thief army is powerful, I admit that if you can't fight in the field, you can only trap the fortified city, Lao Tzu admitted, but the main force of your puppet Tang thief army went north, is it possible that we can't beat your logistics transport team?

Just as the troops used to transport all kinds of baggage in the Ming army were actually temporarily recruited people, the troops used to transport in the Tang army were actually mainly people's husbands, and only in dangerous areas near the front line would the baggage troops be escorted or transported.

As for the transport troops on the supply lines in the rear, at most a very small number of troops escorted a large-scale civilian transport convoy, and the combat effectiveness was almost equal to zero.

This is not that the Tang Army is willing to see its own logistics and transportation troops so fragile, but there is no way, to maintain the operations of the front-line troops, especially long-distance operations, basically need almost the same number of civilians to supply the materials of the front-line troops, that is to say, a soldier, need a civilian-man to provide logistics supplies.

Starting from the capital city of Shaozhou Mansion, the main material transit base of the Tang Army in the north, almost 10,000 people have traveled back and forth from Shaozhou Mansion to the front line, and where is the current front line? That had already bypassed Yizhang, and even bypassed Chenzhou, and came to the north of Guiyang and Chenzhou, and the entire supply line was almost more than 500 miles winding.

In this distance, if they sent a large army from the defenders in Yizhang, Chenzhou and other places to attack the logistics transport team of the puppet Tang thief army, they would definitely be able to completely cut off the logistics supply line of the puppet Tang thief army.

Once the supply line of the main force of the puppet Tang thief army in the north is cut off, then the main force of the puppet Tang thief army in the north, that is, the fish on the sticky board, whether it is steamed or boiled, it all depends on the mood of the Ming army.

It is best to take out all the main forces of the Ming army in the surrounding directions, and then encircle and annihilate the main force of this pseudo-Tang thief army in the area from Hengzhou to Chenzhou.

Therefore, at this time, many generals of the Ming army saw an almost once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the current strategic turning point: first cut off the supply line of the main force of the puppet Tang thief army, and then draw troops from all directions to besiege the main force of the puppet Tang thief army who dared to go north.

Immediately after that, with three or four times or even five or six times the strength advantage, even if the main force of the puppet Tang thief army is strong in combat, but they are not iron-clad, once the supply line is broken, how long can they hold out when the ammunition is exhausted?

Even if they can hold on, as long as they are determined, even if they pay the price of some casualties, they will encircle and annihilate the main force of this pseudo-Tang thief army.

Once the main force of this puppet Tang thief army is defeated, it will definitely be a turning point of victory for the entire suppression campaign to exterminate the puppet Tang Dynasty, which means that it is very likely that your side will be able to enter the strategic offensive posture from a strategic defensive posture.

Why?

Because the generals of the Ming army also know that the real thief unit of the pseudo-Tang thief army in the north is the first infantry division of the pseudo-Tang thief army, although this number is a bit strange, which makes many civil and military officials of the Ming army sound or say a little awkward, but they are very clear that the first infantry division of the pseudo-Tang thief army was formerly the first army of the puppet Tang thief army, and its core is the first infantry brigade.

Its commander is the most famous in the puppet Tang thief army, and he is also the most familiar to the civil and military officials of the Ming army, even Emperor Zhengde knows Hao Bonian, and the Ming army even calls him the left arm and right arm of the puppet emperor Li Xuan.

This army is a strong force, under the leadership of Hao Bonian, the leader of the Tang thieves, has conquered Liuzhou, Wuzhou, Zhaoqing, Guangzhou, Shaozhou and other places, and the Ming army lost in the hands of this pseudo-Tang thief army alone, a total of no less than 100,000.

If you can annihilate this puppet Tang army and kill Hao thieves, then it is not even as simple as simply annihilating the 10,000 puppet Tang thief army, but you can cut off the arms of the puppet Tang!

Although the puppet Tang thief army has a large number, and the figures reported by the Ming army on the front line are also exaggerated, in fact, most of the senior generals of the Ming army in the Huguang area also know that the main force of the puppet Tang thief army is just those armies, well, there are several divisions now, and among these divisions, not every division has such a strong combat effectiveness.

Only the 1st Infantry Division, the ace of the puppet Tang Thief Army, can make them pay so much attention!

They firmly believe that after defeating the first infantry division of the puppet Tang thief army, the impact will definitely be very great, for example, after annihilating the first infantry division of the puppet Tang thief army, who else can stop the 100,000 troops in the southern region of Huguang from going south to Guangdong?

At that time, the southbound army can first seize Shaozhou Mansion, and then go straight to Zhaoqing, which was stolen by Tang thieves and used as a pseudo-capital by Tang thieves.

And such a turning point can definitely be called a victory turning point!

So when they thought of this possibility, many Ming army generals couldn't help but start getting excited!

Immediately, many generals of the Ming army began to send fast horses, communicate news with each other, and then work together to fight, after all, to complete such a grand strategic concept, it is far from enough to rely on a certain part of the Ming army.

Not to mention anything else, even if the supply line of the puppet Tang thief army is successfully cut off, if you want to entangle the main force of the puppet Tang thief army and prevent them from escaping immediately, it is impossible to do it without a force of 20,000 or 30,000.

If you want to be insured, it's best to have more than 50,000 people!

In this way, we will be able to entangle the last and besiege the main force of this pseudo-Tang thief army!

At the same time, if you want to attack the supply line of the puppet Tang thief army, you must first contain the 3,000 puppet Tang thief army near Chenzhou, otherwise they are there, and the Ming army will not be able to easily cut off the supply line of the puppet Tang thief army!

In less than a few days, after passing through countless fast horses to and from Yizhang, Chenzhou, Guiyang and other places, the Ming army in various places was already grinding their fists and palms, ready to do a big job!

At this time, although Hao Bonian was aware of the Ming army's movements, even he himself could not have imagined that the Ming army's movements would be so big.

Now Hao Bonian is like fishing, originally just took a small boat out to sea to catch a few sardines, but he didn't expect to catch a fierce shark, this carelessness, the fishing rod or fishing line will be broken, and it is possible that even the boat under the ass will be overturned!