Although Wang Yiqi hesitated in the early stage, when he really found that there was no other better choice, he was also very decisive, and decided to send troops to Xuancheng on the spot.

And when he sent troops to Xuancheng, he was not prepared to leave too many troops in Jinling City, but only left only 3,000 Jiangnan New Army and 7,000 guards and Qingzhuang, and only 10,000 people stayed in Jinling City.

However, the rest of the main force of nearly 100,000 people was taken away by him, preparing to attack Xuancheng with thunder, and then annihilate the fifth infantry division of the thief army first, and then meet the main force of the second army of the thief army.

At the same time, he also sent a fast horse to Anqing, so that the Anqing defenders should not stay in Anqing stupidly, the puppet Tang thief army did not plan to kill along the Yangtze River at all, and it was no longer meaningful to continue to defend Anqing, he asked the Anqing defenders to immediately cross the river and go south.

Occupy Guichi first, and then go all the way south to cut off the supply line of the thief army, and even take the opportunity to test the reality of Pengze Lake Mouth, which is rumored to be the logistics supply station of the puppet Tang thief army, hoarding a large amount of grain, grass and ammunition.

However, he also knew that it was easy to cut off the supply line of the thief army, but it was estimated that it was impossible to attack Hukou, although the second army of the thief army had entered Nanzhili, but there was still the first army of the thief army on the Jiangxi side.

He had already learned that the first army of the thief army, that is, Hao Bonian's department had taken over the defense of Huguang and Jiangxi, and that Hukou, as the supply and logistics base of the thief army, was even stronger than in Nanchang.

The thief army only had two or three thousand troops in Nanchang, but it was rumored that there were more than 10,000 in Hukou.

Of course, Wang Yiqi didn't know that although the Tang Army on the Hukou side had more than 10,000 people, only one infantry regiment was actually a regular army unit, and the rest was the Seventh Supplementary Brigade, which had just been established not long ago.

However, the difference between the supplementary brigade and the regular army, because the difference between military uniforms and even weapons is not too big, if you don't have an in-depth understanding, it is difficult for the Ming army to distinguish whether this is a new recruit or the main force of the thief army.

At this time, Wang Yiqi couldn't help but want to complain about Zhang Yue, Zhang Yue had 100,000 heavy soldiers, but he was watching a play in Huguang, and he had sent several letters asking for help, but Zhang Yue was stunned and didn't move at all.

There was no news of a large-scale cross-river counteroffensive at all.

At this time, Zhang Yue was also complaining about Wang Yiqi!

Ma Dan, if it weren't for Lao Tzu helping you contain the first army of the thief army in Jiangbei, the first army of the thief army would have gone to the south of the Yangtze River long ago, and then your Wang Yiqi would be even more unstoppable.

Could it be that Lao Tzu has to be sent across the river to die to help you?

In fact, Zhang Yue was also very difficult, because the strength of the First Army, which was against Zhang Yue, was not weak, with three infantry divisions and two mixed regiments, which was one more infantry division than the Second Army.

After such a long period of rest, the First Army has also recovered its combat effectiveness, and all the units under its command have also completed the reorganization, of course, the artillery is still slightly lacking, and the ammunition is also insufficient, but this does not affect the fact that the First Army has recovered its combat effectiveness.

After all, the Seventh Infantry Division on the side of the Second Army is still a new unit, but all the units of the First Army under Hao Bonian are all old troops, and the First Infantry Division, the Second Infantry Division, and the Third Infantry Division are all in the First Army.

Judging from the pressure faced by Zhang Yue and Wang Yiqi, a conclusion can basically be drawn that the current strength comparison between the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty has actually changed.

After several years of continuous warfare, the Tang Army actually surpassed the Ming Army units on the Southern Front in terms of strength.

The First, Second, and Third Armies combined had six infantry divisions, six mixed regiments, four heavy artillery battalions and other main forces, with a total strength of more than 140,000 troops. If we add in the five supplementary brigades in Hunan and Jiangxi, then it is 160,000 troops.

However, as for the Ming army on the other side, their total strength is naturally more, counting the guards and the young men who were temporarily conscripted, I am afraid that they are more than 500,000, but what can be fought is actually far from so much.

Zhang Yue's department has 100,000 people, and Wang Yiqi's command has about 150,000 people.

The gap between the two sides in terms of the strength of the main forces is not as big as last year.

However, even if the Ming army still occupies the advantage of troops, the gap in personnel quality and equipment is relatively large, the most obvious of which is the field artillery and other heavy artillery, and the Ming army on the opposite side is only about one-third of the Tang Dynasty at most.

Of course, the Ming army's bowl cannons, Franc machine guns and other shotguns are numerous, which exceeds the number of shotguns of the Tang Army.

These gaps between the two sides also caused a relatively large gap in the combat effectiveness of the two sides, and this also offset the strength advantage of the Ming army.

If this were not the case, the Ming army would not have been able to defend passively and dare not take the initiative to attack.

Zhang Yue did not move, and Wang Yiqi could only rely on himself.

He made up his mind, and he also led the army south with the attitude of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, and the 100,000-strong army went south!

And this situation was not long known by the reconnaissance cavalry of the Tang Army, and then Pegasus reported it to Chen Keqiao of the Fifth Infantry Division.

When he learned that Wang Yiqi personally led an army of 100,000 to the south, and that he was still coming towards his Xuancheng, Chen Keqiao knew that a big war was coming.

On the one hand, it was to accelerate the consolidation of Xuancheng's city defense, and on the other hand, it was also to send a fast horse to report to Li Chunjing.

Under the desperate pursuit of the fast horse, Li Chunjing soon learned the news that Wang Yiqi led the army south, and immediately said to An Zichen: "Look, aren't they just coming out!" ”

"Let's go, let's turn around and go north, and we will fight to the death with Wang Yiqi in Xuancheng!" When Li Chunjing said this, he no longer had the same lightness as before, but rarely showed a cautious look.

His planning for more than 20 days, all kinds of actions are not just to force Wang Yiqi out of Jinling City, and now he is finally out, but Wang Yiqi led an army of 100,000 to the south, and the next decisive battle is inevitable.

In this kind of decisive battle, any strategy of the two sides is useless, and the competition is who has more troops, whose artillery is more, and whose real combat effectiveness of the two sides is compared.

After all, in this kind of strategic Armageddon with more than 100,000 troops on both sides, any conspiracy and trickery will be crushed by the army!

Li Chunjing shook a shot, did not go to Hangzhou but led the army back to Xuancheng, Wang Yiqi naturally doesn't know now, but it is estimated that he will know in a few days, but this is no longer important.

Since Wang Yiqi went south with an army of 100,000, he didn't think about going back empty-handed!

If you go, you will either severely damage or even annihilate the main force of the second army of the puppet Tang thief army, or the 100,000 army will be wiped out!

This battle will directly determine the ownership of this prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River!

It will even directly affect the situation of Tang Ming's hegemony in the future!

And all this, whether it is Li Xuan in Zhaoqing or Emperor Zhengde in the Forbidden City, is unknown.

Although it is said that the generals on the front line on both sides will frequently send back news to the rear, these news will be delayed, from Jiangnan to Zhaoqing and the Forbidden City, without seven or eight days of hard work or even longer, it will not arrive at all.

Now Li Xuan doesn't even know that the army has taken Xuancheng, and he doesn't know that Li Chunjing is already making a false shot outside Hangzhou.

Emperor Zhengde also didn't know that the situation in Jiangnan was already facing the most dangerous time, and at this time, Emperor Zhengde had just received an excerpt from Wang Yiqi to Beijing ten days ago, and Wang Yiqi was still full of confidence and said:

Although the thief army repeatedly marched into Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion and other places, but the thief army continued to run for hundreds of miles, it was already the end of the crossbow, and when the thief army came to Jinling City, he would lead the army to entangle the main force of the thief army, and then let the Anqing defenders go south to cut off the supply line of the thief army.

When the time comes, a big victory can be expected!

But the top level of both sides did not expect that in just a few days, the change in the situation in Jiangnan was a great change, and the person who brought about this change was Li Chunjing!

Through a series of tactical changes, he threatened Wang Yiqi to attack Hangzhou and lead his army out of the city to the south for a decisive battle!

And this is almost a dignified conspiracy, Wang Yiqi knew that it was extremely dangerous to go south, but he had to go south!

In the last days of October, the armies of both sides were maneuvering at high speeds.

On the last day of October, that is, on the 30th, Li Chunjing sent an order to Chen Keqiao through a fast horse, asking him to abandon Xuancheng and continue to march east to seize Jianping.

And he himself also led a large army north to Guangde.

On November 4, a small number of cavalry units of the Ming army arrived in Xuancheng and found that Xuancheng was empty, and immediately reported it to Wang Yiqi's army, which was already in Liyang.

And Wang Yiqi quickly realized that the thief army might want to converge, so he immediately led the army to continue to set off from Liyang!

On November 6, Wang Yiqi's forward cavalry found that the thief army had occupied Jianping, and the thief army that captured this place was the 5th Infantry Division of the thief army, which was their previous target, and then Wang Yiqi's army went to Jianping.

And it didn't take long for Wang Yiqi's scouts to discover the main force of the second army of the thief army that went north from Guangde, and at this time, he had no time to besiege the Jianping thief army first.

Do you continue to besiege Jianping, or do you just set up a position and then meet the enemy's main force, or retreat to Liyang?

The generals under Wang Yiqi quarreled for a long time, arguing and arguing, and there were major differences, but their controversy did not affect Wang Yiqi's decision in the slightest!

Because Wang Yiqi had already decided that he wanted to directly lead the army to continue south, not to besiege Jianping, let alone retreat, but to directly fight the main force of the thief army!

If you continue to attack Jianping, I am afraid that you will fall into the trap of the front and rear attacks of the thief army.

In addition, the morale of their army is not bad now, and the soldiers are also holding the mentality of becoming benevolent if they do not succeed, but if they have not seen the puppet Tang thief army now, they will flee back to Liyang in disgrace, and their morale will suffer a great loss.

And more importantly, the puppet Tang thief army is not stupid, now that they have retreated, if they chase all the way behind, this retreat will become a big rout if they don't do it well!

Therefore, retreat is not within the scope of Wang Yiqi's consideration!

When he led the army out of the city from Jinling City, he knew that this battle was inevitable and extremely risky, and although the current situation deviated from the original expectation, it was also eight 'nine and ten, and it was just a fight!

So in the end, he overwhelmed the generals and decided to set up a position outside Jianping City and fight to the death with the puppet Tang thief army!

If this battle is won, then everything is easy to say, but if the battle is lost, then Wang Yiqi will send someone to send the pre-written memo to the Forbidden City.

There are a lot of words in this excerpt, but the other words are nonsense, and Wang Yiqi really wants to say only two words: negotiate peace!