Even a mere Yuezhou is not worthy of Li Chunjing's mobilization of the army, bringing the main force of the Second Army over to take risks, Li Chunjing has a deeper strategic purpose!

After several staff officers looked at the map, one of them said: "General Li's goal is here!" ”

Following the direction he indicated, others saw the two big characters on the map: Changsha!

Although Cai Erhu was limited by his own cultural level and tactical theoretical ability, he could not understand why Li Chunjing suddenly made such a strategic choice, and he could not even figure out how Li Chunjing would solve the series of problems brought about by it.

Although the plan to attack Wuchang formulated before was also risky, Cai Erhu also knew that Li Chunjing's real purpose was not to simply attack Wuchang, but to attack the enemy and save him, which caused the main forces of the Ming army in Jiujiang, Nankang and other places to come out and strive to defeat them in the field.

In the past year, the Tang Army has tried this tactic many times, and it has also achieved great results, but now, the Ming army will not be fooled again.

After suffering so many times, the Ming army has already seen through the tactics of the Tang Army's encirclement and reinforcement and ostensibly attacking a certain place, but in fact attacking another place.

So this time, not only did the Ming army in the direction of Fuzhou not move, but also the Ming army in the direction of Jiujiang and Nankang, and almost let Li Chunjing go towards Wuchang with tens of thousands of troops.

Of course, this is also because the Ming army has great confidence in the defense of Wuchang.

And this kind of confidence was also detected by Li Chunjing, Cai Erhu and others, although they did not know very clearly how much confidence the Ming army had, but it can be judged that the Ming army did not seem to be afraid that Li Chunjing would go to Wuchang with the main force!

And this is also one of the main reasons for Li Chunjing to change his original strategy, after all, if there are other options, Li Chunjing does not have to cross hundreds of miles, and then run to the city of Wuchang to fight the Ming army.

But Cai Erhu didn't understand why Li Chunjing had to take the army to Yuezhou or even plan to go to Changsha, this road can be described as a long journey, and if he is not careful, he will fall into a place of no return.

But if you don't understand, you don't understand, Cai Erhu has been in the army for many years, and he has been in contact with so many wars, and he can be regarded as having a lot of knowledge, but he can see the strategic changes caused by Li Chunjing's move!

Once Li Chunjing led the army to take Yuezhou Mansion, then he could go south to Changsha and cooperate with the main force of the First Army to launch an attack!

When the time comes, the two armies will converge, and at least the main force of more than 50,000 people will be able to be drawn, which is a full 50,000 main force, even if Changsha is a turtle shell, it will be able to gnaw it down.

After taking Changsha, Hengyang is under siege, there is no need to fight, when the time comes, it will directly encircle and blockade, and then leave an infantry division to defend, which Hengyang will be able to take sooner or later.

And what does this mean?

This means that when the time comes, almost the entire southern part of Huguang south of the Yangtze River will fall into the hands of the Tang Dynasty!

Seeing the inference of the staff officers, Cai Erhu was a little stunned!

Li Chunjing is not just a simple attack on Yuezhou, not even a simple Changsha, he wants almost the entire southern part of Huguang!

And this kind of plan of tens of thousands of troops running for hundreds of miles, and finally causing major changes in the entire strategic situation, Cai Erhu thought that he would never dare to do it, even Hao Bonian would not dare to do it.

But Li Chunjing just dares!

On the front line, An Zichen, chief of staff of the Second Army, also asked Li Chunjing with a puzzled face: "My lord, if we go to Yuezhou now, the logistics supply along the way is not smooth, judging from the materials carried by the army, at most it can support us to maintain a month's food and the needs of three large-scale battles, and it is okay to fight Yuezhou, but if we go to Changsha, if we can't get supplements in the future, I'm afraid the situation is not optimistic!" ”

Li Chunjing didn't care: "There is a shortage of ammunition, so let's save some use, besides, if there is no ammunition, won't there be a war, and our army's bayonet charge, is it used to see?" ”

"As for food, if it's not enough, it can only be eaten by the enemy!"

Li Chunjing rode on a group of blue-gray Mongolian war horses, then looked ahead, and then said: "Besides, whoever said that this official must go to Yuezhou, he must go to Changsha!" ”

An Zichen said: "Don't go to Yuezhou? Don't go to Changsha? So where do we go? ”

Li Chunjing smiled at this time: "I'll see it then!" ”

"We'll see it then?" An Zichen is even more puzzled!

This is a little incomprehensible for An Zichen, who was born in a professional class and has served as a staff officer for a long time, Li Chunjing is going to attack Wuchang, and now he wants to go to Yuezhou or even Changsha, although he disagrees a little, but as the chief of staff of the Second Army, he still dutifully formulated the relevant action plan.

But now, Li Chunjing told him: "Look at it then?" ”

What does this mean, it shows that Li Chunjing himself does not have a clear strategic direction, and it is okay to go back to Wuchang, it is okay to go to Yuezhou, and it is even possible to go directly to Changsha.

And in this way, how should he, the chief of staff of the Second Army, carry out a detailed march and battle plan?

The main force of the Second Army has more than 30,000 people, plus nearly 40,000 people who transport heavy baggage with the army, which is a huge army of 70,000 people, and it is not just anyone who wants to go there and go there.

But now, Li Chunjing is like this!

At this time, Li Chunjing turned his head and looked at An Zichen, and then said to his deputy: "Chief of Staff, do you remember what His Majesty's will was to this official?" ”

An Zichen naturally knew, and immediately said: "Your Majesty has a will, let the adults find an opportunity to fight, severely damage the puppet Ming thief army, and lay the foundation for marching into Nanzhili!" ”

Li Chunjing said: "So how can we enter Nanzhili, is it just to send 10,000 or 20,000 people to bypass Fuzhou, Jiujiang and other places, and then directly enter Nanzhili, is it considered a success?" ”

An Zichen immediately shook his head: "Naturally not, this is not in line with the tradition of my Tang Dynasty Prince, and it is not in line with the interests of my Tang Dynasty!" ”

Li Chunjing said: "Yes, where did my Tang Dynasty Wang Shi go, there has never been a precedent for retreating, and when we march into Nanzhili, we naturally need to pocket the entire Jiangnan, so that the land of Jiangnan will become the source of troops and taxes for my Datang, which requires complete control of Jiangnan, and at the same time solve the worries!" ”

"What are our worries?"

An Zichen said: "Naturally, it is Zhang Yue's supervision!" ”

"Not bad!" At this time, Li Chunjing took a deep breath and said: "The strategic goal of our army in this battle is not to gain or lose one city or one place, but to annihilate the main force of Zhang Yue's supervision!" ”

"In this way, we can solve the worries of our army when it advances eastward, otherwise Fuzhou will be able to block the full force of our second army? Your Majesty is wise, and he has already seen all this, so he will let this official find an opportunity to hit the puppet Ming army! ”

Immediately, Li Chunjing said again: "This time our army went to Yuezhou? The Ming army can't move? Once they move, our opportunity will come, whether it is Wuchang or the Ming army in the direction of Jiujiang comes out, this officer has the confidence to fight with them! ”

"If the Ming army in the direction of Changsha moves, then Brother Hao's first army will also have a chance!"

"If they don't move, then this official will take Yuezhou, cut off the connection between Wuchang and Changsha, and together with the First Army, form a front and rear attack on the enemy in Changsha and Hengyang, and even a strategic encirclement posture!"

"If the enemy army is still immobile and still stubborn, then this officer will lead the army south to Changsha to contain the enemy in Changsha, and then with the strength of the first army, it is promising to concentrate forces to besiege Hengyang, and as soon as Hengyang is taken, the enemy of Changsha will not be able to resist for long!"

"When the enemy forces in these two directions are solved, the enemy troops in the direction of Chenzhou will not be worried, and then our two armies will merge in one place, seize Wuchang, Jiujiang and even kill all the way to Jinling City in Nanzhili!"

At this time, An Zichen said: "What if the enemy army moves? What if the puppet Ming thief army gathered the enemy in Nanchang or even Jiujiang to aid Yuezhou and Changsha? ”

"What if the enemy army takes the opportunity to counterattack Nanchang?"

"What if the enemy army takes the opportunity to capture Fengcheng, leaving a section to contain the Sixth Infantry Division, and then rush to Luling and even Ganzhou?"

"What if the enemy follows our army and takes the opportunity to attack our army in front and behind?"

An Zichen was obviously not persuaded by Li Chunjing, but put forward a series of hypotheses!

In this regard, Li Chunjing smiled: "In a war, it is naturally impossible to plan all the plans in advance, and it is impossible not to take risks at all!" ”

Regarding Li Chunjing's statement, An Zichen could only sigh, Li Chunjing is the commander of the First Army, and His Majesty has fully delegated power to him, what Li Chunjing wants to do now, in fact, no one can stop him.

He An Zichen can only check the gaps and supplement the details later, and arrange detailed strategic and logistical affairs for Li Chunjing as much as possible, so as to reduce the risk of Li Chunjing's many tactical choices as much as possible.

And he also knew that this was the main reason why His Majesty sent him to be the chief of staff of the Second Army.

An Zichen's early experience was different from that of other staff officers, although he had attended the martial arts academy and also studied in the imperial academy, he studied the baggage department for a long time, served as the commander of the baggage battalion and the regiment commander of the baggage regiment at the grassroots level, and then served as the deputy director of the logistics department in the Privy Council, during which he was promoted to brigadier general.

In August, Li Xuan summoned him and asked him if he would like to go to the Jiangxi front to serve as Li Chunjing's deputy and serve as the chief of staff of the Second Army.

To be honest, he was actually a little confused at that time, because he felt that he was not a chief of staff who was good at strategic planning, but was better at handling chores and logistics in the army.

But His Majesty personally appointed the generals, and the post of chief of staff of the Second Army was also quite tempting, much better than the deputy minister of the logistics department.

So he came to the Jiangxi front to serve as the chief of staff of the Second Army, of course, he can also guess that His Majesty asked him to come to Jiangxi, just to use his expertise in handling chores and logistics to complement Li Chunjing.

Now Li Chunjing said with a relaxed expression that it is impossible to do everything well in a war, and it is impossible not to take risks at all, although he does not agree, but he can only do his job well.

To tell the truth, it is not good for him An Zichen to lead troops to fight and make such an almost unbridled tactic, but it is still okay to be a good housekeeper for Li Chunjing and help him deal with the many complicated affairs of the huge Second Army.

Li Chunjing did not come to Wuchang with the Second Army, but turned west and went to Yuezhou halfway, and the news quickly reached Zhang Yue's ears!