What Emperor Zhengde thinks, outsiders naturally don't know, and in the Tang New Army in the distant Liping Mansion in Guizhou, no one pays attention to what the old man Zhengde will think at this moment.

After the Fifth Infantry Battalion arrived under the Tonggu Acropolis, it was reinforced by 500 people the next day, and this reinforcement was led by Li Chunjing himself, that is to say, the follow-up battle under the Tonggu Acropolis will be Li Chunjing, the deputy commander of the forward, and the commander of the Second Infantry Regiment will personally command.

And Hao Bonian led the remaining 5,000 main troops to camp five miles south of the Tonggu Acropolis, waiting for the main force of the Ming army in the north to send it to the door by himself, and also waiting for the arrival of the Chinese army led by Li Xuan.

However, the main force of the Ming army in the north did not seem to be in a hurry, after besieging the Tonggu Acropolis, the Ming army in the north did not come that day, and the Ming army in the north still did not come the next day, so Li Chunjing was also a little anxious, and specially ordered the troops to launch an attack on the Tonggu Acropolis, intending to put pressure on the Ming army and force the main force of the Ming army to go south.

It's just that when the fight was fought, the 1,000 people led by Li Chunjing didn't control the strength well, and almost knocked down the copper drum acropolis, or Li Chunjing personally called an emergency stop, so he suspended the offensive, otherwise he would have lost all his efforts if he got the words.

Li Chunjing just wanted to scare the Ming army in the city, but he didn't think that he would really fight it, if it was really defeated, the Ming army in the north would not go south in a short time, and if it continued to delay for a few days, it would have a great negative impact on the overall strategy of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

This time, the action of almost breaking the Acropolis of the Bronze Drum was still very effective, which made the Ming army in the city panic, and the letters requesting reinforcements were continuously sent to the main force of the Ming army.

Under such circumstances, the main force of the Ming army finally officially moved south.

When the main force of the Ming army in the north began to move south to the Tonggu Acropolis, Li Xuan also led the Chinese army to arrive and join Hao Bonian's headquarters.

After the convergence, all the main forces of the Datang New Army were already in the vicinity of the Tonggu Acropolis, including the First Infantry Corps, the Second Infantry Regiment, the Third Infantry Regiment, the Fourth Infantry Regiment, the Fifth Infantry Regiment, the Artillery Battalion, the Baggage Regiment, the Cavalry Battalion, the Guards Battalion, etc.

Fortunately, there were already three thieves in Xingquan Mansion, with a total of 1,000 people, in addition to a number of hundreds of recruits and a team of guards who were ready to form a reserve battalion.

Although there are not many troops in Xingquan Mansion, and the combat effectiveness is not strong, it is enough to bomb the local area to ensure the safety of the rear.

As for Liping Mansion, although there are not many troops in other places, there are only a few hundred people in Liping Mansion City, and it is also a newly formed thief hunting battalion garrison, but now the main force of the new army of the Tang Dynasty is gathered in the north of Liping Mansion, and there is no need to worry about any problems in other places.

After leading the Chinese army to arrive at the Tonggu Acropolis, Li Xuan immediately summoned Hao Bonian and many other generals to inquire about the situation of the Tonggu Acropolis and discuss the follow-up strategy.

At the imperial meeting, Zeng Ziwen also put forward a new idea for the upcoming strategic decisive battle, that is, to use the Fifth Infantry Regiment and the Third Infantry Regiment, which have not yet formed an army, as the vanguard, to show the enemy's weakness, lure the main force of the Ming army to go deeper, and then use the first corps, the second infantry regiment and other perfect main forces to launch a surprise attack.

However, as soon as this idea was proposed, it was vetoed by Li Xuan!

Because Zeng Ziwen's plan is completely to use the Third Infantry Regiment and the Fifth Infantry Regiment, two new units that have not yet formed an army and have not even had muskets and artillery, as cannon fodder and let them be tempted, which is to put it bluntly, to send them to death.

Although this may inflict heavy losses on the Ming army in the north, or even annihilate them completely, if one is not done well, these two infantry regiments are very likely to suffer heavy losses.

Now that the new army of the Tang Dynasty has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, the overall strategy is also according to the predetermined plan, and there is no need to adopt such a risky strategy.

The reason why Zeng Ziwen put forward such a plan was that he believed that these two infantry regiments were newly established anyway, and many recruits had not even completed basic training, nor were they equipped with muskets and artillery, and their value was quite limited.

However, Li Xuan's thoughts were different from him!

Although the soldiers of these two infantry regiments are all new recruits and have no guns, the soldiers of these two infantry regiments are recruited according to the regular army soldiers, and their quality is much stronger than those of the capture and theft battalions and reserve battalions or garrison battalions composed of prisoners of the Ming army.

You can't be used as real cannon fodder to sacrifice at will!

And the current situation is clearly in your favor, there is no need to take risks at all!

However, the purpose of the Imperial Strategy Meeting was originally to put forward a variety of strategic ideas, so as to check and fill in the gaps, and hope that a small idea, a small shining point, will create a victory.

So after Zeng Ziwen's idea was rejected, he didn't feel anything, in the past few months, countless plans he proposed were vetoed by Li Xuan, and even he didn't know how many there were, which doesn't mean anything.

In the Privy Council, he still sits firmly in the position of director of the Operations Division.

Although the total number of the Datang New Army, which gathered outside the Tonggu Acropolis, has reached 10,000 people, in fact, there are far fewer people who really have combat effectiveness.

Because only the 1st Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Infantry Regiment were fully equipped, and although the 4th Infantry Regiment was also fully equipped, there was only one regular infantry battalion in the 4th Infantry Regiment, and the remaining two were garrison battalions composed of Ming prisoners.

The 3rd and 5th Infantry Regiments were even more miserable, although there were enough soldiers, but many of the soldiers in them actually did not even complete the one-month recruit training period, but because of the urgency of the situation, they were directly crossed out of the recruit camp and used first, and then continued the basic training after arriving in the troops.

Therefore, you can't expect a group of recruits who can't even line up and have only joined the army for more than ten days or even a few days to take their swords and guns to kill the enemy, and their actual combat effectiveness now will not be much stronger than the young and strong people who were temporarily recruited in the Ming army.

Li Xuan didn't bring them to fight, but to let them see blood on the battlefield, and meet the enemy while training by the way.

Of course, it is not excluded that they should be on top at critical moments, even if ten people are used by one person.

The situation of the baggage regiment was also that there were many recruits, and there was only one battalion of veterans.

Not to mention the artillery battalion, according to the establishment, they should have four artillery teams and one artillery transport team, equipped with 18 800-pound guns and 6 1,300-pound heavy guns.

However, the reality is that there is only one team of five 500-pound artillery pieces and one team of five 800-pound artillery pieces, and if the artillerymen plus musketeers and artillery transporters are concerned, there are only about 300 people in total, which is far from reaching the scale of the full establishment.

In addition, there was a shortage of horses to transport artillery and ammunition, and the artillery battalion had to get some cattle and even donkeys, and the ammunition was carried by personnel on wheelbarrows or simply on their shoulders.

In short, this artillery battalion is not worthy of its name.

The cavalry battalion is similar, there are only more than 100 cavalry people, and there is not even a third of the full establishment, because the cavalry battalion is organized according to the regulations, and it also needs four cavalry teams, but now there is only one cavalry team a little more.

And the quality of the cavalry is not good, and the horses on which they ride are not bad, they are said to be cavalry, but in fact they are mounted infantry, so that they are basically unreliable to charge and fight, at most they are used as reconnaissance horses, and in fact, so far the cavalry of the Datang New Army is mainly engaged in reconnaissance and cavalry, and charging on the battlefield is not their strong point.

If you calculate it carefully, you will find that among the tens of thousands of people in the Datang New Army, there are actually only five or six thousand people who can fight, and there can be no more, and the rest are brought over to watch the play!

With five or six thousand people and more than 20,000 Ming troops fighting with the main force of the Ming army, the pressure was still very great, so Li Xuan did not put anything on the show at the strategic meeting in front of the emperor, but encouraged the generals to speak freely, regardless of whether what they said was useful or not.

Maybe a small idea from someone can bring a huge tactical advantage!

War, especially this kind of large-scale war, it is impossible to say that the Lord will pat his head and then make all the decisions, this kind of large-scale war, there are too many things involved, even if the Lord General is a command genius, but he also needs many people to help him deal with many miscellaneous things.

This time the strategic meeting in front of the emperor was very careful, basically all aspects of the matter were taken out, such as artillery, the position of the artillery battery should be placed there, in order to effectively support the whole army in battle, and at the same time to be able to protect itself safely, will not be threatened by the infantry or cavalry of the Ming army.

Then how many solid shells to prepare near the gun position, how many scattered shells to prepare, how many spare ammunition to prepare in the rear, and then how many spearmen to prepare near the battery to protect the artillery position and resist the possible cavalry attack of the Ming army.

All of these need to be arranged one by one in advance, and it is not something that the artillery battalion itself can decide, but requires the cooperation of the whole army.

Just when Li Xuan and the others were sitting and preparing for battle, the main force of the Ming army, which had been belated, finally arrived under the Tonggu Acropolis!

When Li Xuan saw the main force of the Ming army, his brows furrowed slightly, because he saw a large number of cavalry from the array of the Ming army!

That's a cavalry of at least a thousand horsemen!

Although Guizhou is not located in the north, but the Yunnan-Guizhou region is a traditional horse-producing area, although the quality of the horses is not good, but there are a lot of horses, and it is normal for the local Ming army to have cavalry!

But it's a bit abnormal to have so many cavalry!