Li Xuan, who was no longer able to squeeze out troops to rescue Nanchang, had no choice but to order the Privy Council to speed up the preparation of the Sixth Supplementary Brigade, and then strengthen the training and equipment of the two supplementary brigades in Jiangxi, hoping that in two or three months, the two supplementary brigades would be able to form actual combat effectiveness.

At the same time, the supply of troops from other directions will be suspended, and priority will be given to sending follow-up heavy equipment, especially heavy howitzers, to Ganzhou!

The Third Heavy Artillery Battalion, which is being formed, was originally intended to be assigned to the First Mixed Regiment to cooperate with next year's Nanao Island offensive, but now, Li Xuan is preparing to send the Third Heavy Artillery Battalion, which is being formed and has not yet become an army, to Ganzhou, this time not to attack the city, but to strengthen the defense!

Li Xuan tried every means to start strengthening the strength of Jiangxi, on the one hand, in order to rescue Nanchang at that time, and on the other hand, in fact, to prevent the defeat of the Sixth Infantry Division, after the fall of Nanchang, resist the Ming army to continue to move south!

Now, the battle situation in Nanchang and even in Jiangxi as a whole is actually no longer something that the Sixth Infantry Division or even Zhaoqing in the rear can decide, and now, the main factor that determines the direction of the battle situation in Jiangxi, and even whether Nanchang will be lost, is already the development of the battle situation in Huguang.

If the main forces of the First Army and the Second Army can quickly conquer Changsha and Hengyang, then after the victory of Huguang is laid, the main force of the Tang Army in Huguang will be able to advance eastward.

However, if the First Army and the Second Army were unable to open up the situation on the Huguang side for a long time and were entangled for several months, then the war situation in Nanchang and even the whole of Jiangxi would be dangerous.

Even if the Ming army could not conquer Nanchang, which was defended by the Sixth Infantry Division, as long as the city was besieged for half a year, the food in Nanchang City would have to be consumed, not to mention the ammunition.

If the Ming army continues to attack, even if it can repel the attack of the Ming army, the ammunition consumption of the Sixth Infantry Division will be very large, and although craftsmen can be recruited to make guns and ammunition in Nanchang, it will only not be made without raw materials.

Therefore, even if the Ming army cannot conquer Nanchang, it is also a question of how long the ammunition of the Sixth Infantry Division can last, and if the food is to be eaten, it will definitely be eaten up within half a year, and Nanchang will definitely be finished by then.

However, the persistence of the Sixth Infantry Division in Nanchang is also of great significance, as long as the Sixth Infantry Division is in Nanchang for one day, then it is almost impossible for the Ming army to let go south of Ji'an, Luling and even Ganzhou.

Because the number of the main forces of the Ming army is also limited, the Ming army on both sides of Jiujiang and Fuzhou combined, at best, is 60,000 main forces, as for those ordinary guards and temporary young soldiers, now whether it is the Ming army or the Tang army, in fact, no one takes them seriously, and they are already directly ignored when calculating the strength of troops.

The Sixth Infantry Division plus some auxiliary forces, about 14,000 people, if the Ming army besieged Nanchang with 60,000 people, the Sixth Infantry Division naturally had no choice but to defend.

But if the Ming army dares to divide its troops to the south, if the troops going south are only a few thousand people, it is actually useless, and it is not possible to defeat Luling, let alone Ganzhou, but if it divides 20,000 or 30,000 troops, then the Ming army besieging Nanchang will have only 30,000 or 40,000 people in the main force, and when the time comes, if the Sixth Infantry Division comes out of the city to take the initiative to fight, the encirclement of the Ming army may have to be pierced.

Therefore, the Sixth Infantry Division is dangerous in Nanchang, but it also firmly restrains the main force of the 60,000 Ming Army from moving!

Just when Li Xuan was discussing countermeasures in the rear, at the same time, the Ming army had completely surrounded Nanchang!

The main force of 60,000, plus the 30,000 guards and young men from Fuzhou and Nanzhili, is enough for 90,000 people to besiege Nanchang!

And the one who led the army to besiege Nanchang this time was the right Yushi and the commander of the left army, Du Danqing!

After besieging Nanchang, Du Danqing observed the city defense on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also began to let the troops build siege equipment, preparing to launch a general attack as soon as possible and take Nanchang!

Du Danqing led the army to Nanchang, naturally under Zhang Yue's orders!

After perceiving that the puppet Tang thief army was going to Yuezhou, Zhang Yue thought hard and meditated, but he didn't find a good solution, so he simply came to besiege Wei to save Zhao, and directly sent a large army to besiege Nanchang, he didn't believe that Li Chunjing in the puppet Tang thief army would be indifferent after knowing that Nanchang was besieged.

However, he really guessed wrong, Li Chunjing was indeed indifferent and continued to attack Yuezhou!

When Du Danqing besieged Nanchang, Li Chunjing also led the army all the way to the city of Yuezhou, and then prepared to attack without hesitation!

At this time, the main force of the Second Army led by Li Chunjing consisted of three main forces: the Fifth Infantry Division, the Fourth Mixed Regiment, and the Fifth Mixed Regiment, as well as two heavy artillery battalions, and finally a cavalry detachment integrated from the cavalry units of the three main forces in front.

This was also stimulated by the cavalry of the Ming army, which was generally used in a centralized manner, and the cavalry of the supervising standard and the cavalry of the border army far exceeded the cavalry of the Tang Army in terms of numbers.

Even in terms of the quality of the cavalry, in fact, the cavalry of the Ming army is far more than the cavalry of the Tang Army!

The advantage of the cavalry of the Tang Army is the rigid tactics of riding the wall and charging brought about by long-term training!

But this tactic is useless if the number is small, and in the end, Li Chunjing simply concentrated the cavalry in the three main forces, a cavalry battalion and two cavalry teams, and formed a temporary cavalry detachment with more than 600 cavalry!

Defend against enemy cavalry!

After arriving at the city of Yuezhou, Li Chunjing quickly commanded the troops to launch an attack, he did not waste even a day, in order to gain time, but also to avoid unnecessary casualties, Li Chunjing put on the posture of a lion and a rabbit!

On the first day of the battle, two heavy artillery battalions were put on the ground for heavy shelling, and the other field guns also opened fire intensively, and then the huge infantry unit launched a charge!

The main force of nearly 30,000 people, including twenty-four heavy howitzers, and as many as four assault battalions responsible for the first wave of siege!

There was no suspense in this battle, and the 3,000 Ming army commanders who defended the city and about 15,000 guards and young men only supported it for three days before it was declared lost.

However, on the eve of the city break, the remnants of the new army of the Governor took advantage of the fact that the guards were dragging the Tang Army in front, boarded the ships prepared in advance, and broke through from Dongting Lake.

In this battle, the Second Army suffered about 500 casualties, but the ammunition consumption was not small, and thousands of shells were knocked out.

But there are so many artillery pieces that can't stand the Second Army, just half a day, and it has already fired thousands of shells, which makes An Zichen, the chief of staff of the Second Army, feel heartbroken when he treats one shell as two shells.

Now the Second Army is out of the house, and the supply line has almost completely stopped, and the food can be requisitioned on the spot, but the ammunition can't be replenished, and one shot will be missing!

However, although the Second Army consumed a lot of ammunition, it finally took Yuezhou, and also annihilated and captured many Ming troops by the way.

In this battle, among the casualties of the Ming army, about 800 people were killed and seriously wounded by the new army, nearly 1,000 people broke through and escaped, more than 600 people were taken prisoner, and some were missing.

There were more guards and young men, more than 3,000 killed and seriously wounded, and no one was able to break through smoothly, except for a very few who escaped, most of them were taken prisoner.

The Second Army handled these prisoners of war in a different way than in the past, when they were generally handed over directly to civilian officials in the War Department in the rear, and then sent to different places after being selected by the commanders.

But now, although there are civilian officers of the War Department in the Second Army, there is no way to send prisoners to the rear at this time, so they are directly dealt with on the spot.

After discussing with the officers of the Second Army and the civilian officers of the War Department who accompanied the army, it was decided to simplify the treatment, first of all, the officers at all levels, if they have nothing to say, those who are willing to surrender will be guarded first, and those who are unwilling will be cut directly with a knife, anyway, they can't let the tiger go back to the mountain!

Then came the more than 600 prisoners of the new army, and the quality of these soldiers was not bad.

They can become the superintendent under Zhang Yue's command, holding more than the salary of the guards, this physical fitness is naturally passable, in addition, they have also undergone a certain amount of training, although the physical fitness, discipline and tactics are still inferior to the Tang Army, but the overall quality is much stronger than the simple recruits, and they have also fought, thinking that if these people can be absorbed, they can be directly added to the army.

However, in order to prevent unstable factors, the only way to do so is to adopt the principle of voluntariness, and those who are willing to continue to serve as soldiers and are not afraid of being cold and thieves will accept it, and continue to stay in the prisoner of war camp if they are unwilling.

The prisoners of war who were guarded were only selected to have about a few hundred of them with better physical fitness or special skills, such as sword and shield soldiers, cavalry, artillery and other special troops, and those who were willing to join were also temporarily added to the troops, but they were formed into a temporary infantry battalion.

And the rest, there are about 2,000 people who are still in good physical condition who are left to serve as people's husbands, and the remaining old, weak and disabled people are directly dismissed!

Because if you bring these prisoners of war, it will affect the speed of the Second Army, and the Second Army does not have much food, and now it has begun to rely on 'eating the enemy', and the food is relatively scarce, plus the Second Army currently has nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians.

Anyway, after collecting the weapons, there is no organization of Ming army officers, even if they are unwilling to go home, at most they should be stragglers and swimmers, which will not affect the overall situation.

After taking Yuezhou, Li Chunjing left the Fourth Mixed Regiment, which was good at fighting tough battles, in Yuezhou to guard against the counterattack of the Ming army in the direction of Wuchang, while he himself continued to go south with other troops!

He's going to Changsha!