The Guards have always been very special in the system of the Tang Dynasty, it does not belong to the army system, nor does it belong to the naval system, and the funds it needs are not even spent from military spending, but directly from the inner treasury.

The Guards are directly under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, and there is not even a commander in the Guards, because the commander of the Guards is actually the emperor Li Xuan himself.

Li Xuan is personally responsible for the daily administrative management of the Guards, and at the same time, there are three Guards Chiefs of Staff to assist Li Xuan, these three chiefs of staff are respectively responsible for the Military Administration Department, the Military Orders Department, and the Logistics Department, and then there are six deputy chiefs of staff, a total of nine staff teams to assist Li Xuan in managing and commanding the Guards.

What's more critical is that even the chief of staff of the Military Orders Department actually has no power to mobilize the troops of the Guards, and only Li Xuan has this power.

And the Guards are not only the army, it even has a small fleet of the Guards, with more than twenty river warships!

At the same time, the recruitment of soldiers and the training of officers in the Guards are also carried out independently, the soldiers are mainly recruited from Xingquan Mansion, and some soldiers from Zhaoqing Mansion, and although some of the officers are from the Imperial Academy, the Guards themselves have recently set up a Guards Officer Academy and began to train officers on their own.

And the students of the Guards Academy are not recruited from the outside world, but are all selected from the young military camp!

Nowadays, if the students of the young military camp are old enough to join the army, they will no longer go to the martial arts school and the imperial school to study, but will directly enter the Guards Academy to study, and directly serve as officers of the Guards after learning something.

In the past six months, the Guards have basically completely separated themselves from the army and navy and formed an independent system, which has led to a relatively large number of subordinate institutions of the Guards.

It has an army force of 7,000 troops, a navy force of about 500 men, and various subordinate institutions, including a Guards officer academy and two recruit battalions.

The various organizational settings are far closer to modernization than those of the army and navy, not to mention the establishment of the army, and the main force is already a combination of musketeers, spearmen, artillery, and cavalry, which is typical of the configuration of a modern army.

Even if it is a military uniform, the Guards are different from the Army and Navy!

In the second half of the third year of Xuanping, in order to distinguish it from the army and navy, the guards changed their own military uniforms, and did not use the red military uniform like the army, but used a pure black military uniform.

The Guards use a pure black military uniform, naturally not in order to better hide themselves in the dark night and the like, the modern army and the modern army, the color requirements for the military uniform are completely different, the modern army is mainly to confuse the enemy, and the color of the military uniform of the modern army is mainly conspicuous and easy to command and visual impact.

Therefore, the new uniforms of the Guards are extremely beautiful in appearance, and on the other hand, they maintain the visual impact, looking at the queue of the Guards from a distance, it is a piece of black pressing, and the visual impact is very large!

At present, the Guards has six infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, one artillery regiment, and one baggage regiment, and its main force is still in Zhaoqing, but three infantry battalions have been transferred, with a certain number of artillery units stationed in other places, one battalion stationed in Sanshui, one battalion stationed in Guangzhou, and one battalion stationed in Foshan.

In addition to the Guards, the army also has four independent fortress battalions in the Pearl River estuary area, which are stationed at Humen Fort, Changzhou Fort, Shamian Fort, and Xinhui Fort.

In addition to the relatively large four battery groups above, there are actually small and medium-sized batteries in naval bases such as Hong Kong and Ho Keng, but these batteries are garrisoned by the Navy's Marine Battalion.

The Army, the Guards, and the Navy worked together to support the defense of the Pearl River estuary.

Despite this, the defense of the Guangzhou area was still somewhat inferior to that of the past, and the vacancy created by the transfer of the Sixth Infantry Division was not so easy to fill.

Fortunately, the situation at the mouth of the Pearl River is much better than before, the Tang Navy has firmly controlled the mouth of the Pearl River, and the enemy fleet no longer dares to break into the mouth of the main Pearl River at will.

Li Xuan tossed in the rear, did not hesitate to weaken the defense force in the Pearl River Delta region, and also transferred the Sixth Infantry Division to the northern Guangdong region to garrison, all to prevent Li Chunjing from capsizing in the gutter!

And Li Chunjing, who was on the front line, obviously did not know that Li Xuan was already mentally prepared for the defeat of the Second Army, and now he was full of spirit and was ready to take a 'small' risk to seize Nanchang in one fell swoop, so as to realize the realization of the strategic goal of the entire Second Army going north.

After determining the latest strategy, Li Chunjing and Brigadier General Gu Shizhong discussed for more than two hours, and there was only one thing to discuss: to attack Nanchang!

When Gu Shizhong first heard that Li Chunjing asked him to take the fourth mixed regiment to attack Nanchang, his heart couldn't help but speed up, Nima, this task is not easy to do, if you are not careful, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out under Nanchang City!

But Li Chunjing cheered him up, put on several high hats for Gu Shizhong, and patted his chest to ensure that the main force of the Second Army would definitely attract Zhang Yue's main force to Fuzhou City, especially the cavalry of the Ming Army, which would be entangled to death, and would definitely not let Zhang Yue's main force interfere with the actions of the Fourth Mixed Regiment.

Let Gu Shizhong boldly attack Nanchang!

If it really can't be defeated, and the Ming army also comes back to help, just retreat directly, and it is okay to fight Nanchang in the future.

What he said made Gu Shizhong break out in a cold sweat, what are you kidding, if you run to Nanchang City, if you can't take Nanchang in a short time, will the Ming army come back to your senses, not only will the main force return to help but also send cavalry to pursue, and your fourth mixed regiment will still have a chance to escape?

No matter how awesome the fourth mixed regiment is, it only has two legs, and it also carries a large group of heavy artillery baggage, so it can't outrun the four legs of other cavalry!

If it doesn't work out this time, it's a benevolent plan!

But Li Chunjing's assignment, and Li Chunjing has already expressed his full support, even if he Gu Shizhong thinks that this trip is dangerous, he has to bite the bullet and go ahead.

However, Brigadier General Gu Shizhong did not support him, and said on the spot that it was not enough to quickly take Nanchang, and it was probably not enough to strengthen a heavy artillery battalion, and it was best to transfer another nine-pound artillery battalion from the Fifth Infantry Division to him.

In this regard, Li Chunjing waved his hand and was right!

Then Gu Shizhong said that in order to ensure the speed of the march, the logistics personnel must be greatly strengthened, and he hoped that a baggage battalion would be transferred from the Fifth Infantry Division to assist, and Li Chunjing was accurate again!

Then Gu Shizhong wanted to speak again!

But he was interrupted by Li Chunjing, and only listened to him: "It is impossible for the military department to give you any more reinforcements, but the ammunition can give you priority to support a part, and the grenades will be doubled for you!" ”

After Gu Shizhong heard this, he could only nod his head and say yes!

He also knew that his trip was dangerous, but it was not easy for the main force of the Second Army Headquarters to go to Fuzhou, and this accident would be entangled by the main force of Zhang Yue's department, and then there would be a scene of 20,000 people of the main force of the Second Army being besieged by 100,000 enemy troops!

Therefore, the Second Army must not be weakened too much!

After the talks, Brigadier General Gu Shizhong walked out of Li Chunjing's Chinese military camp tent, then looked up at the sky, and then sighed!

Even if he had already asked Lieutenant General Li Chunjing for more assistance, he still had no bottom in his heart about whether the attack on Nanchang would succeed!

Especially the 4,000 cavalry of the Ming army, he was deeply embarrassed.

The cavalry of the Ming army is not used for 4,000, as long as there are 1,000 cavalry, you can drag your own infantry, and then wait for the main force of the Ming army to kill, and your fourth mixed regiment is afraid that the whole army will be wiped out.

But since he has already taken over the task, and in the Tang Army, the military orders are like mountains, even if Li Chunjing asks him to launch a suicidal charge with the Fourth Mixed Regiment, he must do it!

After returning to the regimental headquarters of the Fourth Mixed Regiment, Gu Shizhong led a group of officers and staff officers with the regimental headquarters and began to formulate a detailed battle plan.

At the same time, the Second Army was also divided into two routes, and Li Chunjing continued to lead the main force of the Second Army eastward into Fuzhou.

Brigadier General Gu Shizhong took the strengthened Fourth Mixed Regiment to Fengcheng, and at the same time, in order to conceal his whereabouts, the Fourth Mixed Regiment marched at night.

In addition to the original 5,000 troops, the reinforced Fourth Mixed Regiment also had a heavy artillery battalion, a field artillery battalion, and a baggage battalion, with a total strength of about 6,500 men.

Brigadier General Gu Shizhong was returning to Fengcheng with his troops on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was thinking hard about how to attack Nanchang!

At the same time, Li Chunjing also took the main force of the Second Army and began to speed up and go straight to Fuzhou.

After the main force of the Second Army began to speed up and rush to Fuzhou, the news was soon learned by Zhang Yue!

"The puppet Tang thief army is speeding up to Fuzhou, these puppet Tang thief army probably want to seize Fuzhou before we arrive!" Zhang Yue looked in the southeast direction, and then showed a frown!

Then it was also the herald that the whole army began to speed up, trying to catch up with the main force of the puppet Tang thief army.

But a day later, Zhang Yue frowned, because he found that it was almost impossible for the whole army to catch up with the pace of the puppet Tang thief army.

A day has passed, and the distance between the two sides has not been shortened, but has been further widened, and if this continues, I am afraid that the distance between the two sides will be more than five or even six days.

And once the puppet Tang thief army arrives in Fuzhou five or six days first, then Fuzhou will be finished, Zhang Yue doesn't think that the defenders composed of 30,000 ordinary recruits and guards in Fuzhou City can block the attack of the main force of the puppet Tang thief army of 20,000 or 30,000.

Not to mention five or six days, it is estimated that it will not be able to hold on for three days!