Because of the needs of operations, after the strong First Army was split into two armies, the First Army with the First Infantry Brigade as the core and the Fourth Army with the Third Infantry Brigade as the core were formed.

In terms of garrison troops, the strength is relatively well preserved, and the Fifth Garrison Brigade, which still has combat effectiveness, has been assigned to the First Army, because the First Army will then march eastward into Zhaoqing and even Guangdong, and the time is urgent, and the task is heavy, so it needs the garrison troops in good condition to cooperate.

As for the Fourth Army, it is to go north to Guilin, and Guilin has no Ming army to defend heavily, and it doesn't take much effort to take it, and when they take Guilin and rush to Huguang, it is estimated that it will be more than half a month later, with these times as a buffer, the new recruits can also be effectively trained and integrated into the army.

In addition, taking advantage of this period of time, it is better to equip the Sixth Infantry Regiment with some guns, otherwise, the Sixth Infantry Regiment will not be able to keep the name of the main regular army, but the actual combat effectiveness and combat methods are all garrison models.

Then the Fourth Army went to Guilin with the Sixth Garrison Brigade, which has only a number and has not yet been formed, and at the same time, the first regiment and the second cavalry battalion will also join the combat sequence of the Fourth Army, and there is also a part of the second artillery battalion.

The reason why it is said to be part of it is because Li Xuan directly split the troops of these two parts, one to two halves, half of which retained the number and was incorporated into the Fourth Army, and part of which was changed to the Guards Army Artillery Battalion and incorporated into the Guards Army.

In this way, the Guards had three full-fledged infantry battalions (two of which had not yet been formed), an artillery battalion with twelve guns, and a cavalry battalion with nearly two hundred cavalry, for a total of five battalions.

The First Army went to Guangdong, the Fourth Army went to Guilin, and the rest of the Guards and other troops naturally stayed in Wuzhou.

In addition, the Seventh Garrison Brigade, which has not yet been formed, also has a whereabouts, and if there is no accident in the follow-up, this army will also move east into Guangdong, but although the Ming Army can be directly formed, it will take time to rectify the garrison.

From the early First Garrison Brigade to the Seventh Garrison Brigade today, it is now enough to use the prisoners of the Ming Army to form seven garrison brigades to serve in the Tang Army.

Moreover, the vast majority of the garrison brigades in the Tang Dynasty's division were fully staffed, although they often directly replenished the surrendered troops and captured weapons after the battle, with a total strength of more than 40,000 people and generally equipped with sufficient cold weapons.

Unlike the regular army, it is troublesome to replenish soldiers and guns, which makes it extremely difficult to expand the regular army of the Tang Dynasty's division.

Just look at the 6th Infantry Regiment, which has no guns yet, and the 4th Infantry Brigade, which has been formed for more than a month but still has only more than 2,000 soldiers and only more than 100 muskets.

The garrison army is easy to expand, and the regular army is full of difficulties, which has led to the number of garrison troops in the Tang Dynasty's division far exceeding the number of regular troops.

And this was something that Li Xuan didn't expect at the beginning.

At the beginning, Li Xuan used Ming prisoners of war to form a garrison, just because the Tang Dynasty division was extremely lacking in strength at the beginning, and the number of captured Ming troops was too large and it was not easy to deal with, so he would use the Ming army to form a garrison.

Originally, Li Xuan didn't have much hope for the garrison formed by these Ming troops, as long as they could assume the role of cannon fodder, then it was basically enough.

But I don't know that because the system of the Tang Dynasty is too good than that of the Ming Dynasty, after these Ming troops surrendered to become the Tang Dynasty's division, their combat effectiveness rose in a straight line, which not only surprised the Ming army on the opposite side and scolded these traitors.

Even the high-ranking generals in the Tang Dynasty were actually extremely surprised by the combat effectiveness of some of the garrisons.

In many previous battles, the garrison army has performed relatively well, although it is still unable to assume the position of the main force, and it is often defeated by the enemy's superior forces, with heavy casualties, but it is normal for a unit to win and lose, and the important thing is that these garrison brigades composed of Ming troops are still very resolute and decisive when carrying out orders.

In the Battle of Wuzhou, the Third Garrison Brigade can be said to have suffered heavy casualties, especially the Fifth Garrison Regiment, the whole regiment was only 3,000 people, but there were more than 1,000 casualties, and the casualty rate was more than one-third.

This courage and resilience to fight to the death are not available to many main regular troops.

It's just that at this time, many people directly ignore that when the Third Garrison Brigade launched a charge, there were many supervising troops behind it, including two hundred cavalry in the Second Cavalry Battalion.

And the Fifth Garrison Regiment retreated not only once, but several times, and each time it was forced to turn around and attack again by the Warlords.

In this battle, more than 100 soldiers of the 5th Garrison Regiment died at the hands of the Overseer.

Without such strict military law and a strong battle team, the Fifth Garrison Regiment and even the entire Third Garrison Brigade would not have been able to continue fighting despite such heavy casualties.

This point was obviously ignored by Hao Bonian and other senior officials, or they thought it was normal.

However, in any case, it is certain that the garrison brigade in the Tang Dynasty Division has grown into an important military force in the Tang Dynasty Division and has played a major role.

Thanks to the large number of garrisons, the Tang Dynasty's division, which lacked regular troops, was able to calmly fight on multiple fronts, fighting at the same time in Guizhou, Guangxi, and even in the future Guangdong and Ming armies.

After the operational division proposed the plan to divide the troops to the east and go north, Li Xuan naturally did not reject this unanimous result that had been discussed by many middle and senior officers, and soon began to issue a holy decree in accordance with this combat plan.

It was ordered to prepare for the establishment of the Fourth Army, which was to be used for operations in the direction of Guilin and Huguang, and had jurisdiction over the Third Infantry Brigade, the Sixth Garrison Brigade, the First Provisional Regiment, the Second Cavalry Battalion, the Second Artillery Battalion, and the Second Baggage Regiment. Major General Chen Keqiao, commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, concurrently served as the commander of the army.

The remaining troops of the First Army have also undergone certain adjustments, the main adjustment is to transfer the Third Garrison Brigade, which was seriously damaged and performed outstanding in the Wuzhou Campaign, and directly belongs to the Privy Council, preparing to stay in Wuzhou for a period of rest and recuperation.

As for the First Army, it has the First Infantry Brigade, the Fifth Garrison Brigade, the First Artillery Battalion, the First Artillery Battalion, the First Baggage Regiment and other related units, and Hao Bonian, commander of the First Infantry Brigade, is also the commander of the First Army.

And Li Xuan is no longer the commander of the First Army in person!

Of the above-mentioned troops, the 6th and 7th garrison brigades were unable to enter the battle for a short time, unless they were really used as cannon fodder to die.

After splitting the First Army, Li Xuan ordered the First Army to march east into Guangdong the next day, to conquer Zhaoqing, and at the same time to control the rest of Guangdong as quickly as possible.

At the same time, he ordered the Fourth Army to go north to Guilin, be sure to conquer Guilin as soon as possible, and then enter Huguang Jingzhou to support the friendly forces on the side of Xingquanfu.

After the order was officially issued, the troops of these two armies did not stay, and soon marched east or north from Wuzhou, while the remaining clearing and defense tasks on the side of Wuzhou City were handed over to several other troops, including the Guards, the Liuzhou Independent Regiment, and the Third Garrison Brigade.

At the same time, the 6th Infantry Regiment was not the first to follow the 4th Army north, because they still had to stay in Wuzhou and wait for the reinforcement of new recruits, and at the same time, they would also receive the first batch of guns and equipment.

After a long period of trial production in Liuzhou, the output of guns and cannons has gradually increased and recovered, and these guns are often used to supplement the existing several main forces for a time, but the Sixth Infantry Regiment has been in the army for a long time, but there has been no musket cannon available, so that it has been in a very embarrassing position, for which Li Xuan personally intervened, and pulled out 200 muskets originally prepared for the First Infantry Brigade for spare and replacement guns to the Sixth Infantry Regiment. In addition, the 6th Infantry Regiment was provided with three 150-pound shotguns.

Although this number still can't get the 6th Infantry Regiment out of its current awkward position, it is better than nothing.

After sending the troops out, the troops left behind in Wuzhou also had a lot of things to do, but Li Xuan himself was idle.

In his spare time, he visited almost the entire city of Wuzhou under the protection of a large number of guards, and then came to a conclusion: This city is really broken!

The city walls on both sides of the east and west have been blown down for a large part, and the city of Wuzhou has been shelled almost countless times, some of the shells are hit on the city wall, causing a pothole surface on the city wall, and some of the shells are crooked, fly directly over the city, and then fall into the city, destroying many buildings.

In addition, when entering the city, because it may be caused by chaos, it may also be that the Ming army deliberately set fires, so several places in the city are on fire, if it is not for the Tang Dynasty Wangshi entered the city early and sent people to control the fire, even if the whole city is not burned, but it is still very possible to be burned down several streets.

The buildings of this year are basically brick and wood structures, and they are mainly wood, supplemented by brick and stone, if this is burned, if you don't pay attention to control, the whole city may be burned down.

After entering the city, Li Xuan originally wanted to stay in Wang Yue's Liangguang Governor's Mansion and enjoy the magnificent enjoyment of the feudal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but when he entered the city, this Liangguang Governor's Mansion was regarded as a stubborn resistance site by the Ming army, and finally suffered an almost devastating blow from the Tang Dynasty's royal division, bombarded with shotguns, hit with muskets, and even threw a lot of grenades.

The grenadiers found that grenades were more useful in the purge of the city than in the field.

In the field, the grenadiers often need to rush up twenty or thirty meters to throw grenades at great risk, but in the street battles in the city, this grenade is very useful, and after a grenade is thrown in, the room inside is immediately quiet.

The Liangguang Governor's Palace, which was used as a strong fortress, was in ruins in the fierce battle, but it was also in tatters and did not dare to live in ruins.

Therefore, Li Xuan simply found a house that had been raided to live in as he did in Liuzhou, and acted as a command center.

Anyway, it is impossible for him to stay in Wuzhou for long, and after the First Army takes Zhaoqing, he will immediately take a group of civil and military officials and the royal family to Zhaoqing.

Zhaoqing is the intended capital of the Tang Dynasty, at least until the Tang Dynasty does not sweep the country.