Just when Zhang Yue actively readjusted the defensive line and tried to close the gate for the puppet Tang thief army to enter the Yangtze River, the news of the loss of Nanchang also spread quickly, first in Jiangxi, and then caused great panic.

North of Fuzhou, except for Nanchang, there was a large-scale wave of refugees in other cities under the control of the Ming army!

After Zhu Houxian, the Huai King in Poyang City, Raozhou Mansion, learned that Nanchang was lost and Fuzhou could fall at any time, he was panicked all day long, was active, trying to leave the war-torn place, otherwise, no one knew when Raozhou Mansion would fall into the hands of thieves, and when the time came, their Huaiwang Mansion would have to follow in the footsteps of Queen Jingjiang.

More sad and even more worried than King Huai is King Yiwang Zhu Houye, because King Huai is still in the Ming army's ruling area, and there is a Fuzhou in front of him, but King Yi's Mansion is in Jianchang Mansion.

Jianchang Mansion is just southeast of Fuzhou Mansion, although it is said that the puppet Tang thief army has not yet come at this time, but this is only because the puppet Tang thief army is still busy fighting with Zhang Yue and has no time to attack Jianchang Mansion.

But if you look at it from a strategic point of view, Jianchang Mansion is actually behind enemy lines, and there is no heavy defense, this ghost place, grandma doesn't love uncle and doesn't hurt, Zhang Yue doesn't even bother to waste even a guard soldier in this place.

As in many prefectures, the local defense can only rely on local forces, with some guards and the other recruited by local officials.

But without the main force, it can't stop the attack of the puppet Tang thief army!

However, these vassal kings, like the local officials of the Ming Dynasty, could not flee without permission, and could only passively wait for death!

Otherwise, so many local officials and even the King of Jingjiang in Guilin would not have been exterminated in Guilin Mansion, if they could run, they would have run away themselves.

In addition to the local feudal kings and local officials in Jiangxi, Nanzhili was also shaken by this, what did they do after the shock?

What they did at the first time was not to organize troops to build guns and artillery to strengthen the city defense and prevent it, well, although they have been doing this, but in fact this thing is not the most important, the most important thing is that they want to impeach Zhang Yue!

These twists and turns of impeaching Zhang Yue, together with the battle report of the loss of Nanchang, flew to the Beijing division like snowflakes, and if these impeachment notes against Zhang Yue are piled up, they are enough to drown Zhang Yue!

In the past two years, he has spent countless money and food on the six southern provinces, but he has lost his troops and generals, not only failed to recapture Liangguang and Guizhou, but also lost a large number of prefectures and counties in Huguang and Jiangxi, and now even Nanchang, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, has been lost.

Zhang Yue also knew about their impeachment, and even felt angry about it!

You are paralyzed, you have the ability to come!

Lao Tzu struggled every day to build guns and train the new army, which was not easy to hold Changsha and Hengyang, although now there was a little accident in Jiangxi, but the loss of Nanchang does not mean that the situation in Jiangxi is completely ruined, his main force is still guarding Fuzhou, even if the pseudo-Tang thief army conquers Nanchang, it does not mean that it can enter the Yangtze River unscrupulously to threaten Nanzhili.

And you say that Zhang Yue spent countless money and grain on the imperial court?

Spend a fart, most of the money used by Zhang Yue to build guns and train the new army is raised on the spot, and in the past few years, the total amount of military expenses allocated by the imperial court to Zhang Yue will not exceed three million taels of silver!

This is the total amount, Zhang Yue can actually get no more than half of the silver, that is, at most about 1.5 million taels of silver, and just such a little silver, it is not enough to pay his military salary, not to mention the need to make guns and daily operations.

Most of the expenses spent by Zhang Yue on maintaining a large number of troops in Huguang and Jiangxi were raised by him in the six southern provinces, and most of them came from the salaries of the thieves.

In addition, some of them come from various fundraisers!

Even so, in fact, the military expenses that Zhang Yue can obtain are pitiful!

The Tang Army spends tens of millions of dollars a year, and the army it raises is just over 100,000, but the total number of troops under Zhang Yue's command has reached three or four hundred thousand, and in the second year of Xuanping, the amount of silver spent is about five million at most.

Zhang Yue's army is not enough to fight in combat, in fact, a large part of the reason is the lack of military spending, when the soldiers can't even eat, naturally they can't be expected to fight with the Tang Army, which has enough to eat every day.

However, even so, Zhang Yue is still encouraging to maintain the war in Huguang and Jiangxi!

To put it mildly, it is the defense line of the Ming Dynasty in the direction of Huguang and Jiangxi, and it is supported by Zhang Yue's own strength, and it has nothing to do with the group of bigwigs in the Beijing Division in the Ming Dynasty.

Once there is no Zhang Yue and his supervision, Huguang and Jiangxi will be lost in minutes!

Similarly, in fact, Yu Dayou and his thief army are mainly self-funded!

Not only Yu Dayou and Zhang Yue, in fact, many recruits and even the expenses of the guards in the southern provinces were basically self-raised, and the central institutions of the Ming Dynasty basically did not have much ability to arm and maintain such a large army for combat.

Moreover, this method of raising military funds to recruit troops for combat has also greatly increased the power of local officials, especially the governors of the southern provinces, represented by Zhang Yue, whose power has climbed to a new historical peak in just two or three years!

From this, it can be seen how weak the central financial capacity of the Ming Dynasty is!

The income is only a few million taels of silver a year, and it is necessary to maintain a huge administrative system, which can be used as a silver for military expenses, which is only a little a year, and Emperor Zhengde also grasps such a little money, and in the past two years, it has been used on the Beijing camp, but Zhang Yue can't get much.

But this does not mean that the dynasty is poor, in fact, the local government is still rich, and so many local officials can form a recruit, and it is clear that they do not spend a dime on the court.

As for those officials and gentry, they are all rich, and the bigwigs in the court are all rich and rival the country!

Therefore, it is not the Ming Dynasty as a whole that is poor, but the central finance of the Ming Dynasty, more precisely, Emperor Zhengde!

This kind of somewhat deformed physique, plus it is now a war period, Zhang Yue naturally does not worry that he will be impeached, it is not good to say, as long as he does not do it today, Huguang and Jiangxi will be finished tomorrow!

However, Zhang Yue knew these things, and Emperor Zhengde also knew about them, but many officials did not know, or they knew but did not care, and they still impeached Zhang Yue with nonsense.

For the contradictions and turmoil of the Ming Dynasty itself, the Tang Dynasty has also heard of it, but it has not paid much attention to it, because no matter how the Ming Dynasty changes, the Tang Dynasty will continue to expand at its own pace!

After the news of the successful capture of Nanchang reached Zhaoqing, Li Xuanlong's heart was overjoyed, and he immediately rewarded Li Chunjing with a marquis!

He immediately instructed Li Chunjing to keep the fruits of the current victory, and at the same time to continue to maintain a high-pressure posture against the Ming army, strive to seize Jiujiang, and completely open the passage into the Yangtze River.

It was necessary to divide the Huguang Ming Army and Nanzhili into two, so as to create a favorable foundation for the follow-up army to move eastward into Nanzhili and seize Jiangnan.

And Li Xuan is not Emperor Zhengde, he only knows how to let the horses run without giving grass, and while he let Li Chunjing actively attack, he also personally ordered the Privy Council to replenish the Second Army as soon as possible.

The Second Army has been fighting on the front line for more than a month, with many casualties, and now is the time for a large-scale replenishment, not only with new recruits, but also with artillery shells.

At the same time, it is also preparing to further increase the strength of troops in Jiangxi!

In addition to preparing to send the second heavy artillery battalion that had just become an army to the front line in Jiangxi, Li Xuan was also preparing to transfer more troops!

He ordered the Sixth Infantry Division to move the defensive line further forward and directly into Jiangxi to reinforce the Second Army to fight!

In this way, the defense of the Guangdong region was completely handed over to the two mixed regiments and the Guards, but now the coastal areas of Guangdong can be regarded as safe, although the number of troops is smaller, but the security can still be guaranteed.

Now Li Xuan is looking forward to continuing to open a breakthrough in Jiangxi, so it is also necessary to send reinforcements from the Sixth Infantry Division.

After receiving the order, the 6th Infantry Division began to move north from northern Guangdong, and after they entered Jiangxi, the main force would go north along the Ganjiang River, and at the same time, some areas along the way that were still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, such as Jianchang Mansion!

This was followed by an order to the Cabinet to keep up with the pace of the military, bring the newly occupied territories under rule as soon as possible, and start conscription and taxation!

The continuous expansion of the Tang Dynasty requires a steady stream of soldiers and taxes to support!

In the past two years, the qualified soldiers in the Liangguang region and Guizhou have almost been conscripted, because the Tang Army's requirements for the source of soldiers are relatively high, so many young and strong people actually do not meet the standards, if they are forcibly recruited, the quality of the recruited soldiers will be insufficient, and it will also affect the normal development of local industry and commerce.

Now, according to the preliminary estimate of the Tang Dynasty, the total population of Guizhou, Liangguang and Sandi is only 10 million, and how many people there are is a mystery is a matter that no one knows.

According to the estimated scale of 10 million people, the total number of army and navy of the Tang Dynasty Division, including combat units and recruits being trained in the rear, has reached 150,000, and the ratio of military to civilian personnel has reached 1:65, and this number is already relatively large.

The ratio of soldiers to civilians in traditional feudal dynasties is about 1 to 100, and exceeding this number can basically be regarded as reckless military force.

And the current Tang Dynasty is naturally a typical example of reckless military force!