After the main force of the Tang Dynasty division was divided by the guests, Li Xuan personally led the first army to continue southward, and this time it went down the river much faster than when he came before.

It only took two days for the army to arrive at the place where it met with the Liujiang River, and joined the nearly 10,000 troops who had stayed here before, and then after a little rest, they continued to set sail and march east along the Qianjiang River!

This time, in the various units of the First Army led by Li Xuan, except for the cavalry and artillery, which are not at full strength, the other units are already full.

The subordinate units include the 1st Infantry Brigade of 6,000 people, the most elite main force in the Tang Army, not to mention full, and the muskets and artillery are also fully equipped, after all, this unit has always been the priority unit in the Tang Dynasty's division, and it is natural that it is fully equipped.

The second is the 3rd Infantry Brigade with 6,000 men, although this infantry brigade is also full, but only the 5th Infantry Regiment is fully equipped with muskets and artillery, and the 6th Infantry Regiment is still a pure cold weapon unit, with only a small number of muskets and old bowl guns used for training.

Then there is the third garrison brigade of 6,000 people, this garrison brigade is also the most experienced in the Tang Dynasty, after many supplements, the quality of its soldiers and equipment level in a group of garrison troops is also considered to be the top, the strength is higher than the Ming army.

Then there are more than 5,000 people in the Fourth Garrison Brigade, the strength of the Fourth Garrison Brigade is much worse, and many of its soldiers are surrendered soldiers of the Ming Army who have just been captured, and they have not undergone complete training, and they are not very suitable for the current combat style of the Tang Dynasty's division, and the equipment is not as good as the Third Garrison Brigade, and its combat effectiveness is worrying.

The above four brigades also constitute the main infantry currently used by the Tang Dynasty Division to attack Wuxuan, attack Wuzhou and even eastward into Guangdong.

As for the provisional formation of the first regiment, it is still unable to get out of Guilin at present.

The second is all kinds of auxiliary troops, the two cavalry battalions together have about 500 cavalry, the two artillery battalions together have five two-pound field guns, 12 five-pound field guns, and three seven-pound field guns, as for the second artillery battalion originally equipped with a number of three or four hundred pound bowls captured from the Ming army, they have been handed over to the Third Army's subordinates, the newly established Third Artillery Battalion.

Then in several infantry regiments, there were also twelve two-pound camp guns, and eight hundred-pound bowl cannons captured from the Ming army.

Thirdly, it is the baggage troops, the first baggage regiment and the second baggage regiment, each regiment is a full strength of 1,500 people, that is to say, there are 3,000 people in the first army alone, and these 3,000 people are not civilians, young and strong, but professional troops, whose responsibility is to be responsible for the transportation of materials on the front line.

As for the transportation of materials in the rear, it is the business of the Logistics Department, and it has nothing to do with the First Army, and in order to undertake the eastward advance of the First Army and the westward advance of the Third Army, the Logistics Department has now conscripted about 15,000 civilian men to transport various supplies for the army.

In addition to these troops belonging to the enemy army, there are also Tusi soldiers who are independent of the First Army: Liuzhou Independent Regiment, Li Xuan's personal guard guards!

Before leading the army to leave Xiangzhou, Li Xuan officially issued an order to change the infantry team to which the guard battalion belonged to the first battalion of the Guards, the cavalry team to the cavalry battalion of the Guards, and the second and third battalions of the guards who were still receiving recruits on the Liuzhou side, and at the same time shouldered the protection of the Empress Dowager Bai and other royal family members.

According to the instruction, the main responsibility of the Guards was to defend the royal family, independent of the army.

Of course, when necessary, for example, when Li Xuan personally marched, the Guards would also go to the battlefield.

There are not many guards in the east, only one hundred and fifty cavalry battalions of the Guards Army, and more than 400 people in the first battalion of the Guards Army, and its infantry is estimated to not participate in the battle much, because they take protecting Li Xuan's safety as their first priority, and they will not easily participate in the front-line battle.

After the great losses in Liuzhou City last time and the small losses in the Laibin Campaign, the Liuzhou Independent Regiment composed of Tusi soldiers has not yet been fully replenished, and the full strength of 1,500 people is currently only 1,300 people.

In addition to the above-mentioned army forces, there are eight warships belonging to the navy and more than 140 transport ships, although these ships are all small boats, but this dense is enough to cover the entire river, and there are more than 1,300 officers and men directly belonging to the navy in these ships.

Well, these people are actually not enough to operate these ships, but the army also helped the handles and sent soldiers to help drive the ships.

To summarize the above, Li Xuan personally led the troops used to advance eastward, with a total strength of about 30,000 people, and this number almost covers most of the elite forces of the Tang Dynasty's division.

The Ming army on Wuxuan's side plus Qingzhuang is only more than 20,000 people, and there are more on Wuzhou's side, but now there are only 20,000 or 30,000 people.

After continuous expansion, especially after accepting a large number of Ming prisoners, although the proportion of hot weapons and cold weapons troops is declining, the total strength is more and more, and it is less than the Ming army in the past, but now it has begun to be equal to the Ming army in terms of quantity, and even can form a military advantage in some parts.

However, the cost of doing so is also very great, that is, the consumption of food is almost unbearable for the Tang Dynasty!

The troops of Guangxi and Guizhou provinces add up to so much, and the daily consumption of food is an extremely large number, and on the Guangxi side, the total number of troops is more than 40,000, and the daily consumption of food is hundreds of stones, even if there is the food supplied by the Cen family in Huaiyuan County, but it is still a drop in the bucket, if it is not for the capture of a lot of military rations of the Ming army in the battles in Xiangzhou, Liuzhou, and Laibin, now the Tang Dynasty Wang Division has run out of food.

But Li Xuan still felt that he couldn't continue to swell so uncontrollably, otherwise he would starve to death sooner or later, and it was not possible to capture a large amount of food in every battle.

Moreover, although the troops of the Tang Dynasty are constantly expanding, most of the expansion is the garrison army, while the regular army is actually very little expanded.

The Fourth Infantry Brigade is a virtual head, and the Sixth Infantry Regiment in the Third Infantry Brigade still has no guns available, which is strictly calculated, in fact, the regular army infantry regiments that can be fought in the Tang Dynasty's division are not much more than before, and there are still only three or four infantry regiments.

Li Xuan thought that after taking Guangdong and initially stabilizing the situation between the two provinces, it would be necessary to start to control the expansion of the garrison army, focusing on expanding the scale of the regular army.

A huge Tang Dynasty royal division, shamelessly, can be said to have divided the two provinces, with 100,000 troops, but there are still only a few thousand muskets and more than 20 field artillery, which can laugh off the front teeth of other peers!

Part of the army sat down the river in boats, and some marched on the shore, which was not fast, but it was definitely not slow.

Starting from Xiangzhou, in just three days, the forward force of the Tang Dynasty's division of about 3,000 people, that is, the forward force composed of the Fifth Infantry Regiment and the Second Cavalry Battalion arrived at the foot of Wuxuan City.

As soon as they arrived, countless people in Wuxuan City shouted in their mouths and hearts: The puppet Tang thief army is here!

And Wei Yan also ran to the head of the city for the first time to look at the puppet Tang thief army in the distance, when he saw these puppet Tang thief army, he frowned slightly, because he saw the puppet Tang thief army in the distance, wearing blue clothes and red pants, and this outfit is the military uniform of the genuine puppet Tang thief army!

The puppet Tang thief army went south to Guangxi last year, and Wei Yan also learned about the puppet Tang thief army from many channels, knowing that the puppet Tang thief army is divided into regular army and garrison army, and its regular army is the authentic puppet Tang thief army, that is, the thief army equipped with a large number of firearms, and those garrison troops are descending troops.

Looking at the three thousand thieves in front of them, all in blue clothes and red pants, this is the real pseudo-Tang thief army!

Immediately, Wei Yan ordered the city gate to be closed, and even in order for the city gate to be broken, he also ordered the city gate hole to be blocked directly.

Then it was a strict guard, so as not to be attacked by the pseudo-Tang thief army.

As for what's next? One word: Run!

Waiting for the puppet Tang thief army to attack, and then stubbornly resisting and defending it yourself, it is self-seeking!

In fact, Wei Yan originally had the intention of defending Wuxuan

But as time passed, the more the Ming army knew about the puppet Tang thief army, especially after hearing the report of the scouts, although the puppet Tang thief army in the south had divided its troops, there were still at least 50,000 thieves in the east (the Ming army's scouts were also counted in the people who followed the army).

Among the 50,000 thieves, there are at least 20,000 real thieves, well, real thieves and fake thieves, this is the name of the regular army and garrison of the Tang Dynasty by the officials here in Guangxi recently, the regular army is the real thief, and the garrison is the fake thief.

There are 50,000 thieves in it, and there are 20,000 real thieves in it, this is not easy to fight, not to mention whether Wuxuan can hold it, I'm afraid Wuzhou will not be able to hold it.

Wang Yue, who was in a hurry, quickly repented and transferred back the thousands of troops that had been sent to reinforce Wu Xuan. At the same time, it is also a letter to Wei Yan, asking him to strictly guard Wuxuan, if the thief comes to attack, he should act at the opportunity, and he must not be reckless!

This is basically just a matter of telling Wei Yan directly: Wu Xuan is still a fart, hurry up and bring the army back to Wuzhou to the official!

Wei Yan was naturally able to understand the words of his boss Wang Yue, and he couldn't see the reinforcements arriving in Wuzhou for a long time, and Wei Yan already knew that the governor was afraid that he had completely given up Wuxuan.

However, he still had a little illusion, for example, he had expected the guest to be able to hold on for ten days and a half months, but unfortunately the guest was broken before he could hold it for a day.

This situation frightened Wei Yan, the guests had tens of thousands of troops, and they didn't hold it for a day, although the city defense of Wuxuan allowed itself to be reinforced, but in the final analysis, it was only a small county town, and the city wall was not much higher than the guests.

I'm afraid I can't keep it!

But if the thief army hasn't come yet, he will run away, that would be too unreasonable, and I don't know how many people will impeach him for this, so he has to continue to stay in Wuxuan and guard until the day when the puppet Tang thief army arrives.

And now, the vanguard of the pseudo-Tang thief army has appeared, which means that it is time to go!

I have been guarding Wuxuan for the Ming Dynasty for two months, and the soldiers have also held on to the last moment, and now, it's time to retreat!