Li Xuan wanted to attack Guangxi before the Ming army reacted, defeat the Ming army in Guangxi first, and avoid the merging of the Ming army in Guangxi and the Ming army in Huguang.

Inevitably, in the next few months, the Ming army will inevitably mobilize a large number of troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, and where will these troops come from? On the one hand, there were the remnants of the local guards in Guizhou and the newly recruited recruits, and on the other hand, they were drawn from Huguang, Guangxi, and even neighboring provinces such as Yunnan and Sichuan.

If the scale of the war is expanded and protracted, then it will be possible to draw troops from other provinces, such as Nanzhili, Guangdong, Henan, Shaanxi and other regions, and it is not surprising that even border troops will be transferred.

However, let's not talk about the follow-up in advance, at present, for the Tang Dynasty, the biggest threat is the Ming army in the Huguang region and the Guangxi region.

Huguang is a large province, close to the south of the Yangtze River, and the water and land transportation is relatively convenient, entering Huguang can easily attract a large number or even hundreds of thousands of Ming troops to suppress, Li Xuan is not willing to learn from King Ning's rebellion, stupidly go to the Yangtze River valley to find death!

Guangxi, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and the mountain roads are difficult to walk, which is of course a difficulty, but it is also extremely difficult for the Ming army from other provinces to come!

Otherwise, Li Xuan would rather go to Huguang!

And when it comes to Guangxi, you have to mention the local toast!

In short, in these southwest regions, especially in the areas where the land has not been changed and returned to the stream, the local hereditary Tusi actually rules the local area, and has the right to the army and justice.

However, these Tusi also needed to be loyal to the central court, paying taxes in the name of tribute, and at the same time, when the court requisitioned troops, they also needed to send troops to obey the command of the court.

On the Guangxi side, there are naturally a large number of toasts, and the toasts in some prefectures and counties are still relatively strong, especially the Cen family in Tianzhou.

However, it is worth mentioning that although the local Tusi power in Guangxi is also relatively strong, it is still not as strong as the local government power in Guizhou.

Even if it is a local snake like the Cen family in Tianzhou, in a rebellion launched by Cen Meng more than 20 years ago, his father-in-law had to obediently turn his gun and attack his son-in-law Cen Meng's rebels with the imperial army, in order to protect the entire family.

In fact, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, although the Tusi system in the southwest region was still preserved, and it still had its own military and judicial powers, it was actually no longer comparable with previous years.

Otherwise, when the Ming Dynasty tried to change the land and return to the stream, these toasts would not even dare to let go of a fart, and obediently gave up the hereditary toast, the official hat like the emperor of the soil.

Before the First Infantry Brigade marched into Guangxi, Li Xuan also had a detailed understanding of the situation in Guangxi through various channels!

After studying in detail, he believed that when he marched into Guangxi, the local Tusi would not bring him too much trouble militarily, and the real trouble was his future rule.

Because if you simply discuss the military, the current Ming army in Guangxi is still dominated by guards, and there are dozens of large and small guards, in fact, whether it is quantity or quality, it is actually enough to crush the local Tusi. Although the local Tusi still has troops, it is no longer the main defense force in the local area.

The reason why later generations took a high look at the Tusi forces in Guangxi, especially the local white wolf soldiers, was mainly because of the Anti-Japanese War and the performance of Mrs. Washi!

But this does not mean that the local toast power in Guangxi is so strong!

Especially when the local Tusi power has been weakened by the Ming Dynasty under various pretexts and reasons, it is already getting weaker and weaker.

Take the Tianzhou Cen family where Mrs. Washi is known to many people as an example!

Now Tianzhou Zhizhou, it is Cen Zhi, and this person is the grandson of Cen Meng who rebelled back then, in other words, his grandfather and father died in the hands of the court because of the rebellion, and it is strange that the Ming Dynasty has a good impression of the Tianzhou Cen family.

For example, if there is any war in the field, the first thing you will think of is to send the Cen family from Tianzhou to the battlefield, what? No, this is a rebellion, and it must be encircled and suppressed!

According to the original historical time and space, it won't take long for Cen Zhi to be transferred by the imperial court to Hainan to pacify the Li Rebellion, and finally die in battle!

But a few years later, the imperial court conscripted the Tianzhou Cen family to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River to fight against the Japanese, and at this time, the Cen family basically couldn't find an adult man who could lead the troops out of battle.

But the orders of the imperial court could not be disobeyed, and in the end, Mrs. Washi could only take her children and grandchildren to fight, and as a result, her sons and grandsons died several times!

After the Anti-Japanese War, Mrs. Washi was called an anti-Japanese hero, but the Tianzhou Cen family was basically finished!

From this point of view, it can be seen that in the past few decades, the Ming Dynasty has spared no effort to crack down on the Tianzhou Cen family and other local Tusi in Guangxi who participated in the rebellion.

The power of the local toast is naturally getting weaker and weaker, and even there is only one nominal toast left, and the military strength is actually worrying!

For obvious example, when Mrs. Washi set out on the expedition, in addition to the soldiers and horses of the Tianzhou headquarters, she also gathered the troops of many nearby Tusi, and even most of the Tusi in Guangxi.

However, the white wolf soldiers, who have recruited most of the Tusi troops in Guangxi, how much is the total strength in the end?

More than 7,500 people!

This number is not worth mentioning compared with the current Ming Dynasty army of more than 100,000 provinces faced by the Tang Army in the future!

When entering Guangxi, what really worried Li Xuan was not the obstruction of the local Tusi forces, but the main force of the Ming army in Huguang and Liangguang.

The main force of these Ming troops must have at least 350,000 people, and if the local Ming army generals are more shameless and recruit more young and strong people, it is possible to get 70,000 or 80,000 people.

In a barren Guizhou, Zhu Zhihai can pull out 50,000 or 60,000 people, and Huguang and Liangguang can bring out 100,000 troops, which is not unusual at all, and it is even possible to double it to 200,000.

In addition, he is more worried about the recruits in the coastal areas who have been fighting against the Japanese all year round!

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army in the inland and coastal areas recruited troops to the point where they assumed the main force of the Ming army!

In the future, he needs to face the encirclement and suppression of so many main forces of the Ming army, and Li Xuan has to adopt a more radical and even risky strategy, and taking the initiative to attack is such a risky strategy!

If the southward march to Guangxi goes well, at least he will be able to defeat the main force of the Ming army in Guangxi before the Ming Dynasty reacts!

In this way, not only can the threat from the Guangxi direction be eliminated, but also a solid rear can be established, and there is no need to worry about tens of thousands of Ming troops coming from the Guangxi direction and stabbing their own chrysanthemums.

Fighting, the first thing to protect must be the chrysanthemum, otherwise you are fighting very happily in front, and people are sneaking in the back to take a thick and long stab your chrysanthemum, and it is strange not to lose miserably!

In addition, after taking Guangxi, not only can you establish a solid rear and keep the chrysanthemum, but also you can seek Guangdong, Huguang, and retreat to defend Guangxi and Guizhou.

At that time, even if it can't sweep the world, it will be much less difficult to divide the place!

Yes, until now, Li Xuan still doesn't think that his Tang Dynasty can really overthrow the Ming Dynasty in just a few years, and his biggest ambition at present is to divide several provinces.

Then rely on the development of these provinces and establish a real modern army, and then it will be the time to sweep Kyushu and unify the land of China.

Now, it's better to protect yourself!

Attacking Guangxi is such a self-preservation strategy, or it can be said that "offense replaces defense!"

The 1st Infantry Brigade went on the march, and also took away most of the artillery in the 3rd Garrison Brigade and the artillery battalion, including five 500-pound guns, three 800-pound guns, and even half of the cavalry battalion was taken away, and a full half of the baggage regiment was also taken away.

The artillery unit has set up a new second artillery battalion, the cavalry unit has also set up a new second cavalry battalion, and even the baggage unit has also set up a second baggage regiment.

With two full-strength brigades and a number of independent troops, the total strength of this large army exceeds 13,000 people, with Hao Bonian as the commander of the whole army!

At the same time, in order to recruit troops on the spot as much as possible to replenish new troops and collect grain and grass to supply the army, Li Xuan also sent many officials from the cabinet to be on standby at any time.

The army has not yet entered the Liuzhou Mansion in Guangxi, and Li Xuan has already appointed the prefect of the Liuzhou Mansion of the Tang Dynasty in advance.

This person is trying to ask himself to return to Liuzhou to take up his post, why, naturally he went back to take revenge.

At the beginning, Li Xuan promised him that when the Tang Dynasty soldiers set foot in Liuzhou Mansion, it would be the time for him Ma Wei to take revenge!

Li Xuan can imagine that after Ma Wei returns to Liuzhou Mansion after following the army, it is estimated that it will set off a bloody storm in Liuzhou, and I don't know how many people will be exterminated by Ma Wei's revenge!

The 1st Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Garrison Brigade have gone south to Guangxi, while the 2nd Infantry Brigade is also moving west and north with the 1st Garrison Brigade and the 2nd Garrison Brigade, and is currently seizing other places in Guizhou Province, and even trying to defeat Guiyang.

And Liping Mansion is also back to calm, Li Xuan led the Fifth Infantry Regiment and the Seventh Garrison Regiment and other troops back to Xingquan Mansion, after all, there is a Huguang to the east of Xingquan Mansion, although there is no news that Huguang has begun to draw troops to the west, but after all, it is necessary to go back first and prepare in advance!

Now that most of the army is out, Xingquan Mansion is too empty, and many workshops of the Ministry of Industry on the Xingquan Mansion side are still producing a lot of guns, ammunition and other ordnance for the army, so the base area of Xingquan Mansion still needs to be protected, so as not to be wiped out by the Huguang Ming Army!

But as soon as he returned to Xingquan Mansion, Liu Bagou just found him, and this opening said that he wanted to move the capital!

Moving the capital? It's not long since I moved to Xingquan Mansion, and I'm going to move again? If you move, it will be easy for him Li Xuan to go, and it will be easy for the royal family to go, but the workshop of the Ministry of Industry is not so easy to relocate.

And that's not the most critical question, the most critical question is where to move?