Li Chunjing on the side nodded: "Didn't he Zhang Yue want to come to attack the main force of our army, just right, I will send the fourth mixed regiment to attack Nanchang!" ”

Wang Danxu said: "There were many troops in Nanchang City, but now the main force has come out to find the main force of our army, and the Ming army left in the city is probably less than 10,000 people, and there should not be many main forces, if our army sends a partial division to attack Nanchang, there is a great chance to succeed!" ”

However, when he spoke, Wang Danxu also showed a trace of worry: "But if there is only one fourth mixed regiment, is the strength a little thinner, the Ming army in Nanchang City will be counted, but the enemy army left in the city is probably more than 10,000 people, and the Nanchang fortifications are perfect, which is stronger than Luling City!" ”

"So this official will send the first heavy artillery battalion to strengthen them as well!" Li Chunjing pointed to Nanchang on the map as he spoke: "According to our intelligence, the main force of the enemy has left Nanchang and the border army has all left Nanchang to chase us, although the Ming army in the city may still have more than 10,000 people, but it should be some ordinary recruits and guards, even if there are more than 10,000 people, but the officer believes that the fourth mixed regiment can be taken!" ”

"If there is a heavy artillery battalion to help in the battle, this battle can be fought!" Wang Danxu also nodded: "It's just that the enemy still has 4,000 cavalry, we must lure them away, so that the fourth mixed regiment has a chance to break through to Nanchang City and launch a surprise attack!" ”

At this time, Li Chunjing smiled, then looked at Wang Danxu and said, "Yes, and this, it's up to us!" ”

Immediately, Li Chunjing drew a long straight line on the map: "The main force of our army will march all the way to Fuzhou, stretch the distance between us and Zhang Yue's department to more than five days' journey, and make a gesture of ambition for Fuzhou, you say, what will Zhang Yue do when he knows about it?" ”

"They will definitely speed up their march, and their infantry can't increase their speed, so they will choose to send cavalry to advance first and try to intercept our army!" When Wang Danxu said this, he said in a firm tone: "If they don't do this, then our army will be able to raid all the way to Fuzhou, and within five days, it will be enough for us to defeat Fuzhou!" ”

"Although Fuzhou is not of much use to our army, it is very important to the enemy, and this is our opportunity!" When Li Chunjing said this, he carried a strong self-confidence: "As long as the main force of the enemy army is attracted from Nanchang City, and then the enemy's cavalry is also attracted to chase our army, then the Fourth Mixed Regiment will have a chance to raid Nanchang!" ”

"Once Nanchang is captured, the strategic situation of our army will be greatly improved, relying on the Ganjiang River, a large number of ordnance and ammunition will be able to reach Nanchang in a steady stream, and then radiate to the entire Panyang Lake basin!"

"Even if Zhang Yue's department wants to return to the division to counterattack Nanchang, it will be too late at that time, there is a fourth mixed regiment in front of it, and there is the main force of our army in the back, if Zhang Yue does not want to annihilate the whole army under Nanchang City, there is no other way but to retreat!"

Although Li Chunjing said with great confidence, he also knew that this was an adventure, not only the adventure of the fourth mixed group, but also the main force of the second army!

Once the strength of the Ming army in Nanchang City exceeds expectations and the Fourth Mixed Regiment cannot be conquered in time, then when Zhang Yue's main force returns to the defense, it is likely to cause heavy losses in the Fourth Mixed Regiment.

At the same time, if the main force of the Second Army was entangled by the cavalry of the Ming army, and finally the main force of the Ming army caught up, more than 20,000 of their own troops would have to face the enemy's army of more than 80,000 or even 100,000, and at that time, the outcome would be unpredictable.

But this kind of concern only flashed in Li Chunjing's mind, and soon he strengthened his determination!

In a war, there is no risk at all, and this risk is also controllable, this battle is just a small risk.

Li Chunjing thought that he was only taking a little risk, and the risk was controllable, but in fact, he was taking the entire Second Army to take risks, and this kind of thing of taking the main force of the whole army to take risks, if it was replaced by Hao Bonian, he would never do this.

Hao Bonian's tactical style is far more mature and stable than Li Chunjing, and Hao Bonian prefers to play steadily and steadily, gradually advancing.

In July, when he attacked Changsha, he chose to take the initiative to retreat in the face of the main force of the Ming army, but if it was replaced by Li Chunjing, maybe he would find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle, and the battle would be decided.

Li Chunjing and Hao Bonian, they are both the first generation of professional generals in the Tang Army, although they are said to be outstanding in battle, but the tactical style of the two of them is quite different, Li Chunjing's tactical style is more aggressive, while Hao Bonian is more steady.

However, it was the difference in the tactical styles of these two people that was the main reason why Li Xuan chose to let Hao Bonian continue to sit in Huguang and transfer Li Chunjing to Jiangxi to preside over the autumn and winter offensive.

Because after the failure of last year's autumn and winter offensive, and this year, after holding on for more than half a year, Li Xuan already felt that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for the Tang Dynasty.

Although on the surface, the Tang Dynasty continued to win victories, annihilating a large number of enemies and gaining a large amount of territory, but in fact, it was gradually depleting the war potential of the Tang Dynasty.

In the first year of Xuanping, the Tang Dynasty only took a year, that is, it came out of the mountains, and then swept through most of Guizhou and Liangguang, and the action was extremely fast.

However, from the second year of Xuanping to the present, it has been a full year and a half, although the Tang Dynasty seems to be stronger, and has captured several prefectures and counties in Huguang and Jiangxi, but compared with the sharp offensive in the first year of Xuanping, it is not worth mentioning at all.

In this process, the Ming army from the very beginning of the touch of the collapse, lost thousands of miles, into the current city and defended, in Huguang, the Ming army used Hengyang and Changsha two fortified cities, blocked the first army's northward offensive, in Jiangxi, before also using Ji'an, Fuzhou, Nanchang to block the second army's northward passage.

I dare not say that the turning point of the war has been achieved, but it is a fact that the Ming army has gradually reacted and stabilized its position.

What worries Li Xuan even more is that the Ming army has also begun to train the new army on a large scale of firearms, and the superintendent under Zhang Yue and the thief army under Yu Dayou are stuck in the throat of the Tang Army like a bone spur, making the Tang Army extremely uncomfortable.

If the front line continues to fail to make a large-scale strategic breakthrough, Li Xuan can almost foresee the future.

The Tang Army was trapped in the land of the three provinces, unable to have enough population and finances to continue to maintain a high-intensity war, and became weaker and weaker, but the Ming Dynasty, relying on the wealth and population in its huge ruling area, continued to build guns and train new troops, maybe there will be no danger in the Tang Dynasty in three or five years, but what about three or five years later?

By the time the Ming Dynasty trained hundreds of thousands of new troops, the situation was worrying!

Therefore, Li Xuan hopes to let the situation stalemate, even if it is to pay a certain price, but to break the current confrontation situation, the Tang Dynasty must drink the Yangtze River, and then burn the war to the south of the Yangtze River, shaking the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule!

Based on these considerations, Li Xuancai chose Li Chunjing as the commander of the Second Army to be responsible for this year's autumn and winter offensive.

Even if Li Chunjing crippled the entire Second Army, as long as he entered Jiangnan, then Li Xuan would be able to accept it!

Isn't it tens of thousands of troops, as long as the Tang Dynasty increases its conscription, it won't take three months to be able to pull out a second army again!

Although the loss of ordnance is a pity, it is not insurmountable, and now in the six medium and large arsenals under the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of ordnance and ammunition are being produced every month.

As for the issue of military spending, now Li Xuan is also preparing to rely on the Royal Bank to issue 'silver bills' to solve it.

Therefore, Li Xuan is mentally prepared for the fact that the Second Army may suffer certain losses in Jiangxi, or even be hit hard!

Since Li Chunjing has been used, he naturally needs to be mentally prepared for Li Chunjing to bury the entire Second Army!

Even, Li Xuan had already made preparations in advance, and instructed the War Department to increase the intensity of recruitment, recruit new soldiers in advance, and provide new recruits for the subsequent departments of the Second Army.

At the same time, after the Battle of Ji'an, because the Second Army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, plus hundreds of people lost in other small battles, the total strength was already 3,000 casualties, and the Fourth Supplementary Brigade had already sent almost an entire supplementary regiment to the front line to replenish the various units of the Second Army.

However, Li Xuan felt that with Li Chunjing's combat style, the number of casualties would probably increase further, so he was especially only giving priority to supplying recruits for the Fourth Supplementary Brigade, and at the same time, the Fifth Supplementary Brigade that stayed in Guangdong also sent a supplementary regiment to Ganzhou, ready to provide reserve soldiers to the Second Army at any time.

Even in order to prevent the Second Army from being completely annihilated and causing a major change in the strategic situation, Li Xuan had already instructed the Sixth Infantry Division deployed in Guangdong to defend against the central and northern parts of Guangdong, the headquarters of the Sixth Infantry Division to stay in Shaozhou, and one infantry regiment to be stationed in Nanxiong and one infantry regiment to be stationed in Dingnan.

The deployment of the entire Sixth Infantry Division has been transformed from the previous Pearl River Delta to the north-central region of Guangdong.

First, the Second Mixed Regiment was stationed in Lianzhou, Qiongzhou, and other prefectures and counties in western Guangdong, and its defense area has been expanded to cover the entire western part of Guangdong.

Although the defense area of the First Mixed Regiment is still dominated by Chaozhou Prefecture, the defense of part of Huizhou Prefecture is also included, and almost the entire defense of eastern Guangdong is entrusted to the First Mixed Regiment.

The defense of the Pearl River Delta region has been handed over to the Guards and the Fifth Supplementary Brigade.

Li Xuan went to get it, they went there, Li Xuan didn't move, they stayed in Zhaoqing's immobile Guards, and now they also began to send troops to alleviate the shortage of troops in the army.