Although the overall strength of the Tang Dynasty is still very weak, it is completely different from the previous situation of only a few hundred people.

After having thousands of troops, Li Xuan also had more strategic choices, the most intuitive embodiment of which was that if hundreds of people were killed or wounded in a battle in the past, then the entire Tang Dynasty would be abolished.

However, in the second Lanjiang Campaign, more than 200 soldiers and soldiers of the Tang New Army were killed on the spot and seriously wounded, and more than 300 were wounded, with an overall casualty of more than 500.

But this casualty figure was not taken into Li Xuan's eyes, and even when the post-war meeting was summarizing, everyone did not show much surprise after hearing this casualty figure.

Because the current Datang New Army is already enough to withstand hundreds of casualties.

After the increase in scale, the Datang New Army, when carrying out some strategic planning, no longer needs to adopt an extremely risky strategy every time, either succeeding or failing miserably.

However, now, the battle plan for crossing the river proposed by Hao Bonian is still this very risky plan.

If it succeeds, it is naturally easy to say that everything is easy to say, not only can it annihilate the thousands of remnants of the Ming army on the east bank of the Lanjiang River, but also can conquer Xingquanfu City in the most relaxed manner, and there is no need to worry about facing a large number of Ming troops on Xingquanfu City.

However, if it fails, then the end is very bad, and if one is not done well, the main force crossing the river from the No. 3 ferry may be completely annihilated.

And this has a very big negative impact on the Tang Dynasty!

The hesitant Li Xuan successively summoned Hao Bonian and other generals, especially those young generals from the Imperial Academy, to listen to their opinions.

Even the opinions of generals like Fang Dongquan and Wang Danxu, who were bandit leaders, Li Xuan listened to them all.

At the same time, Li Xuan also asked them to continue to plan other combat plans.

Regardless of whether or not this risky plan will be determined in the end, it is always necessary to compare other combat plans, and only with comparison can we draw advantages and disadvantages.

After two days of intensive discussions, in a new round of Imperial Battle Meeting!

Zeng Ziwen stood in front of the large map next to him, holding a small wooden stick and pointing at the map: "Our No. 1 plan, the most critical point is to establish a beachhead after crossing the river head-on, and then start to advance gradually!" ”

"According to our observation and the feedback of the scouts, the puppet Ming thief army has also established a large number of fortifications on the east bank of the river, with low walls, arrow towers, distance horses and other fortifications, if you attack head-on, the firepower of our musketeers is afraid that it will be difficult to destroy the enemy's defense in a short time.

To this end, we have devised the use of grenadiers to break through the dense grenade bombardment to destroy the enemy's low wall defenses, as long as we break through their low walls, we will rush forward and use intensive hand-to-hand combat to completely break the enemy's defenses! ”

At this time, Li Xuan spoke: "What about our artillery?" Isn't there a plan for the artillery to cross the river? ”

Hearing Li Xuan's question, Zeng Ziwen immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, our artillery is too heavy, and the ships we have prepared are not big, it is okay to cross the river, but getting on and off the boat, plus building artillery positions, I am afraid that it will be difficult to put into actual combat in a short time, and the power of our artillery is great, if it is fired at the bow of the small boat, the small boat is afraid that it will not be able to withstand it!" ”

"It will take at least an hour to transport artillery across the river and then put it into battle!"

Li Xuan frowned slightly when he heard this, if the artillery can only be put into battle after an hour, let alone support the infantry in battle, the cucumber dishes will be cold at that time.

It can be expected that once their own troops begin to land, the Ming army will definitely fight to the death on the beachhead, and the battle between the two sides will definitely be very fierce, and considering the morale and training quality of both sides, this kind of tragic battle cannot last too long.

Maybe a quarter of an hour, maybe half an hour, the battle can be divided between winners and losers, either the new army of the Tang Dynasty is repulsed, or the Ming army cannot resist and collapses.

The artillery team is destined to be unable to enter the battle in time.

At this time, Li Xuan just wanted a light infantry support artillery even more!

Ma Dan, it is necessary to let the workshop of the Ministry of Industry immediately start designing and building light artillery, not to mention the power or something, but to talk about it.

Otherwise, in the event of a river crossing operation or an emergency maneuver operation, the infantry will not be able to get artillery support.

Li Xuan waved his hand and motioned for Zeng Ziwen to continue!

Zeng Ziwen continued: "After the main force of the front line breaks through the enemy's beachhead, the follow-up troops will immediately break through this gap and completely defeat the remnants of the enemy on the east bank of the Lanjiang River.

At the same time, in order to prevent the enemy's fleeing troops from fleeing to Xingquanfu City, which will cause us trouble in the subsequent attack on Xingquanfu City, the troops crossing the river must march lightly and pursue them closely, so as not to give them the opportunity to reorganize their forces, let alone allow them to flee back to Xingquanfu City.

Once our army arrives at Xingquanfu City, we will immediately launch a large-scale attack on Xingquanfu City, and strive to take Xingquanfu City in one go before the city reacts, so as to lay the foundation for this victory! ”

Li Xuan said: "How many casualties are expected?" ”

Hearing Li Xuan's question, Zeng Ziwen's voice couldn't help but lower: "In the stage of crossing the river, if it goes well, it is expected that the casualties will reach between five hundred and eight hundred, and we expect that the casualties will mainly come from the shooting of the archers of the Ming army.

If the Ming army does not defend the city during the siege phase, casualties are expected to be between one hundred and three hundred! ”

Hearing this, Li Xuan frowned: "What if the crossing of the river is not smooth, what if the remnants of the Ming army flee back to Xingquan Mansion City to resist?" ”

Zeng Ziwen's voice at this time was even quieter: "If the crossing stage is not smooth, it is expected that the casualties will further increase to about 1,000 people, if the remnants of the Ming army fled back to Xingquan Mansion and launched the young and strong people in the city to defend to the death, our army is afraid that it will not be able to take Xingquanfu City in a short time, and we must wait for the artillery unit to arrive, and the troops will rest and replenish their strength before attacking, the specific casualties are difficult to judge, and it is expected that there will be at least 500 to 1,000 casualties." ”

Hearing Zeng Ziwen's casualty prediction data, not to mention Li Xuan's frowning, even the generals like Fang Dongquan and Wang Danxu frowned.

Wang Danxu said directly: "The casualties are too great, and we will have to break our bones after this fight!" ”

Li Xuan also secretly said in his heart: It's not okay to fight like this, the casualties are so heavy, don't talk about the injuries and bones when the time comes, I'm afraid that I won't be able to win the fight, because when the casualties are large to a certain extent, the troops will collapse directly! ”