More than 20 miles south of Liuzhou City, in a small village called Wangyunxi, Hao Bonian's temporary headquarters was set up here.

And this place has long become a huge military camp where the army gathers, the original more than 100 villagers have already run, and the few who did not run are also trembling and hiding, and many villagers even want to join the Tang Dynasty on the spot, don't want money or anything, just give a bite of food to eat!

For these people who voluntarily joined the army, the Tang Dynasty division has always been favorable, and the military officials who marched with the army would soon take them away for registration and then send them to the new barracks.

The only three-entry mansion in Wangyun Creek was already occupied by Hao Bonian and many of his subordinates at this time.

In the flower hall in this courtyard, there is a huge rectangular table in front of the huge flower hall, and more than a dozen chairs on both sides of the table sit the main generals of the southbound army.

They were talking and chatting about the recent situation!

"If you want me to say, don't wait, wouldn't it be better for us to kill them directly, and directly intercept them in Jiangzhong, why waste time waiting for them to take the initiative to come over now!" The man who spoke had a rough voice, but he had the rank of major on his shoulder.

This person's words made many people want to refute, but the person who spoke was Xu Dazhuang, the commander of the Third Infantry Battalion of the First Infantry Corps.

The battalion commander of the main infantry battalion naturally has weight when he speaks, and it is not easy for others to speak.

However, at this time, there was a humanitarian: "It is not impossible to take the initiative to attack, but since we can wait for work, why don't we take advantage of the geographical advantage of Wangyunxi, as long as we add up the artillery, they will not be able to pass a single ship, and then they must come to attack our Wangyunxi, and at that time, it is not impossible to repeat the Lanjiang Battle." ”

At this time, everyone looked at the person who spoke, and saw that this person was twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he also had the rank of major, but in the hearts of everyone, this major weighed much more weight than other people's majors!

Because this person is Major Xu Ke, the commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion!

At this time, Xu Ke continued: "You see, the Wangyun River we occupy now happens to have a mountainous area, and the salient can just assume artillery, not more, a few artillery pieces are enough to block the entire river, and then the enemy will definitely give up taking the waterway, and then get off the boat and fight with us on foot!" ”

While the officers were chatting, suddenly the herald outside shouted: "The general has arrived!" ”

In an instant, many officers in the flower hall stood up one by one!

At this time, Hao Bonian also walked into the flower hall with several senior officers, Hao Bonian took the lead, Li Chunjing was on the side, and Huang Xueren and Chen Keqiao were one step behind.

Hao Bonian walked to the main seat and sat down, and then said, "Sit down!" ”

After the voice fell, the group of officers sat down in unison, and then sat upright, raising their heads and chests, not squinting, and their hands hanging on their thighs.

Hao Bonian looked around and said, "Just now, Hao has received His Majesty's latest will!" ”

Hearing that a decree was issued, the already serious crowd suddenly became even more serious!

Hao Bonian continued: "Your Majesty said that the soldiers who went south have worked hard, and also said that he looks forward to the good news from the soldiers going south as soon as possible!" ”

This is actually just an ordinary condolence decree, and there is no actual content, but for these soldiers fighting on the front line, the condolences from His Majesty are enough to find a little comfort in their hearts, so that they know who they are fighting for!

They are fighting for Datang and Li Xuan!

Of course, there are deeper reasons, such as fighting for promotion and wealth, fighting for glory and wealth, and just fighting for a full meal.

But a lot of things can't be said on that table, so they need a lofty reason and an excuse!

And fighting for Datang and Li Xuan, this is undoubtedly quite in line with the slogan of the times!

Hao Bonian continued: "In addition, there is news from friendly forces, a few days ago, the Second Infantry Brigade, the First Garrison Brigade, and the Second Garrison Brigade have successively conquered many prefectures and counties in central and northern Guizhou, and the troops will soon be able to reach Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou!" ”

"In addition, the Fifth Infantry Regiment has been officially reorganized, and His Majesty has also ordered the formation of the Sixth Infantry Regiment, the Seventh Infantry Regiment, and the Eighth Infantry Regiment!"

Listening to Hao Bonian's words, many of the officers below showed excitement and joy, because what they heard was good news, the friendly troops were fighting in Guizhou, and their own army was more and more, they would have forgotten to think about how those guns would come if they wanted to form a new infantry regiment.

In short, Hao Bonian's words can be summed up as the future of the Tang Dynasty is bright!

Let everyone's eyes light up when they hear it!

Hao Bonian smiled at this time and pressed it, and then continued: "Now that the Second Infantry Brigade of the friendly army is killing in Guizhou, the officers and men of the First Infantry Brigade cannot lag behind, right!" ”

Speaking of this, his tone became serious: "This officer has already received a report from the reconnaissance cavalry, the Ming army's troop transport ships are less than twenty miles away from Wangyun River, and the puppet Ming thief army has already discovered that our army is setting up an ambush in Wangyun River, just as the officer is speaking, the puppet Ming thief army has already begun to moor the boat, and the soldiers have begun to disembark!"

If nothing else, these Ming troops should want to bypass us and then go to Liuzhou City! ”

"But can we get them through?" Hao Bonian seemed to be asking someone else, and it was like asking himself, because he quickly said, "Of course not!" ”

"We are going to stop them, annihilate them, and use these 8,000 Ming troops to present a New Year gift to Your Majesty!"

Speaking of this, Hao Bonian stood up, and then said, "Order all departments, prepare for battle!" ”

At this time, after Hao Bonian, Li Chunjing and other senior generals glanced at each other, Hao Bonian continued: "With the Second Infantry Regiment and the Second Cavalry Battalion as the vanguard, set off immediately, and the rest of the troops will leave tomorrow with their own officers and Chinese troops!" ”

In fact, before the meeting of many officers in a hurry, Hao Bonian and Li Chunjing had already discussed, the Ming army wanted to bypass them in Wangyunxi and then go to Liuzhou Cheng, this kind of thing was naturally unbearable for Hao Bonian.

Because this will not only increase Liuzhou's defensive strength, making it more difficult to attack the city in the future, but also the key thing is that Hao Bonian's first strategic goal is not to conquer a certain city, but to annihilate the living force of the Ming army!

The 8,000 Ming army in front of him can't let him run away if he says anything!

After the Second Infantry Regiment and the Cavalry Battalion acted as the vanguard in pursuit, the Ming troops seemed to sense something and began to gather their forces.

However, it was a good thing for Hao Bonian for the Ming army to gather troops, he was afraid that these Ming troops would be divided into several groups, and he would go directly to Liuzhou regardless of it.

In this case, even if the soldiers and horses under his command have three heads and six arms, it is impossible to stop them all!

But these Ming troops seem to be cautious or because of other reasons, they actually gathered their forces, could it be that they really plan to have a field battle with themselves?

After the battle of Liuzhou City, Hao Bonian already knew that most of the generals of the Ming army on the Guangxi side had heard of the prestige of the puppet Tang thief army, and they all hid in the city and refused to come out to fight.

Now it seems that the generals of the 8,000 Ming Army want to play a field duel with themselves!

Okay, have guts, I Hao Bonian likes it!

Hao Bonian judged from the signs of the Ming army that the Ming army wanted to shrink and then fight to the death with him in the field, but it was in a small village more than 20 miles away from Wangyun River.

Wei Yan looked at the chaotic scene, as well as the soldiers in front of him who retreated and even had blood stains, and his frowning brows were never sent down.

In the morning, he was rewarded by the fast horse, saying that the puppet Tang thief army in front had set up dozens of heavy artillery in Wangyunxi, and the sailor ships could no longer pass through Yunyun.

In order to avoid accidents, Wei Yan directly ordered to get off the boat more than 20 miles away, and then walked north to Liuzhou.

And he didn't plan to go head-to-head with the pseudo-Tang thief army who went to Wangyunxi!

But if he doesn't go to the pseudo-Tang thief army, it doesn't mean that the pseudo-Tang thief army won't come to him!

No, since noon, the peripheral troops have reported that they have found a large number of pseudo-Tang thief troops and fought with each other.

Naturally, it is impossible to kill or injure many people in this kind of early contact, but I don't know why, rumors such as how powerful the pseudo-Tang thief army suddenly spread in the army, which made people panic.

But this is nothing, what really worries Wei Yan is that the reconnaissance forces of the two sides have been in frequent contact, so it means that the main force of the puppet Tang thief army seems to be not far away!

Once you encounter the main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army going south, this is not easy to fight in the wild!

No matter how stupid Wei Yan is, he has also heard the rumors that the pseudo-Tang thief army has unparalleled field combat power, and he knows even more that the fall of Rongxian was because the 3,000 soldiers guarding Rongxian ran out stupidly to play field battles with people, and the result was good, Rongxian was lost, and the 3,000 soldiers also disappeared.

And Liuzhou is doing a good job, no matter how you shout outside the city, how you bombard it with heavy artillery, Lao Tzu just won't come out!

This also made many Ming army generals realize a truth, that is, as much as possible, do not fight a field battle with the pseudo-Tang thief army, it is best to fight an offensive and defensive battle, collect it yourself, and the thief army will attack.

As for what to do if you encounter a pseudo-Tang thief army in the field?

What else can I do, if there are many troops, I will rush forward, and if I don't have enough troops, I will retreat directly, or I will go up and die?

The current Wei Yan is counting the 8,000 troops he has on hand, and it seems that there are not more than 10,000 puppet Tang thief troops!

This force is not enough, how can you fight a field battle with the pseudo-Tang thief army!

In this regard, Wei Yan is eyebrows were furrowed, and seeing the owner's sad face, his master offered a plan: stationed on the spot to defend it!

Field battles are not advisable, retreat will damage my Ming prestige, if not set up camp on the spot to repair the village, in this way, you can be full of thieves in the field of sharpness, but also to protect themselves.

When the time comes, when the soldiers and horses from other directions arrive, especially if the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the Liuzhou side go out of the city, they can still form a two-sided advantage against the puppet Tang thief army, even if it is not good, they can break through by boat.

When Wei Yan heard it, this plan was very good!

Immediately ordered the generals of the whole army to immediately build a camp and prepare to live permanently in this small village by the river!

And the master who proposed this strategy to Wei Yan, if anyone sees him, then they will also recognize that this person was Song Zhiwen's confidant Wu Nuanzhi before, well, and later this person also served as Zhu Zhihai's master!

This person ran to Guangxi after Zhu Zhihai's defeat and death, and with the title of 'proficient in pseudo-Tang affairs', Wu Nuanzhi was quickly reused by Wei Yan, the governor of Guangxi.