For the Tang Dynasty royal division in February of the second year of Xuanping, they still need to eat the enemy, and it is an urgent need.

Therefore, they need to fight Wuzhou to obtain food, even if the grain in Wuzhou is burned by the Ming army, but after pulling out the nail of Wuzhou, they can continue to go east to Guangdong to obtain food and various resources.

The Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong at this time was also a traditional grain producing area.

The Tang Dynasty, which had just risen, was now like a ship sailing against the current, whether it was the lack of materials, the embarrassing strategic position, or simply the morale of the army, it was determined that the Tang Dynasty actually had no way out.

Either they fought all the way, and they had to win a steady stream of victories and capture a lot of supplies to sustain the war.

Either they were besieged by the Ming Dynasty, and then they were trapped until they were trapped to death.

Today's Tang Dynasty is trapped, like a young leopard, it is trapped in the central and western parts of Guizhou and Guangxi, and is surrounded by prisons composed of several provincial armies of the Ming Dynasty, it urgently needs to break through this cage and breathe the free air outside!

For this reason, even if it is a constant battle, bloodshed and sacrifice are not spared.

Li Xuan was ready to launch a strong attack on Wuzhou with the belief that even the last drop of blood of the garrison army would be shed, and Wang Yue in Wuzhou City did not know about it.

The next morning, Wang Yue had just gotten up and hadn't had breakfast, when a thousand households ran in from outside, and said in a panic: "My lord, it's not good, the thief army is coming!" ”

Hearing that the puppet Tang thief army was coming, Wang Yue said disapprerovitically: "Could it be that they are going to attack the city again?" They are attacking the city every day, and they are nothing more than sending people to their deaths! ”

But a thousand households below said: "This time the puppet Tang thief army is different from a few days ago, they are all out of the army!" ”

"All the troops?" Hearing this, Wang Yue immediately stood up: "What's the matter, could it be that the puppet Tang thief army is going to launch a general attack?" ”

That Qianhu said: "Looking at the posture of the puppet Tang thief army, I'm afraid it's really necessary to launch a general attack!" ”

"Then what are you waiting for, go quickly, go to the city gate! At this time, Wang Yue didn't care that he hadn't eaten breakfast yet, and immediately led a group of soldiers towards the city gate tower.

On the way, he also met Wang Yue and other high-ranking civil and military officials in the city, who apparently also learned that the puppet Tang thief army seemed to be about to launch a general attack.

It didn't take long for Wang Yue to arrive at the West City Gate in a light sedan chair, and then took a group of senior civil and military officials to the City Gate Tower.

As soon as he arrived, the commander in charge of the defense of this place ran over, and then said to Wang Yue: "Lord Qiyu, the thief army outside the city has been mobilized since half an hour ago, but it has not yet been attacked!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Yue not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but his face wrinkled even tighter, if the pseudo-Tang thief army only launched a tentative small-scale attack with the usual year, there was no need to prepare for so long.

However, now, the puppet Tang thief army outside the city has been preparing for half an hour, but they still haven't launched an attack yet.

From this, it can be imagined that when the puppet Tang thief army launches an attack, I am afraid it will be a huge battle!

Immediately, he turned his head and asked the many senior generals next to him: "The puppet Tang thief army looks menacing, what direction do you think they will launch the main attack from?" ”

This Wuzhou City is not small, and it is impossible for the tens of thousands of people of the puppet Tang thief army to evenly distribute the forces to attack from all directions, even if it is a full-scale attack, there will definitely be a distinction between primary and secondary.

Immediately, Shen Xiyi, the deputy chief soldier of Guangdong, said: "The thief army outside the city is now gathered outside the west city, and this west city gate must be their main direction of attack, but the west city wall is not short, and the specific section of their attack is still discussed!" ”

Immediately, others also said: "Yes, there are more than 20,000 thieves outside the city, and now there are more than 10,000 people on the west city wall, and this west city wall must be the main direction of the thief army!" ”

"However, we also have the largest number of defensive troops on this side of the West City Wall, and if the thief army fights from the West City Wall, we will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the thief army!"

However, at this time, a middle-aged general next to Shen Xiyi spoke: "Although the number of thieves in the west city wall is relatively large, they also have a lot of troops in other city walls, and I heard that when I was in Liping and Liuzhou, the thief army had used a large number of heavy infantry to attack, and they wanted to launch a general attack on our Wuzhou, I am afraid they would also use this method, but why didn't I see the heavy infantry of the thief army on this side of the west city wall?" ”

When everyone looked at the person who spoke, they saw that it was Yu Dayou, the commander of the Guangdong Metropolitan that Shen Xiyi relied on, and everyone also knew something about this person, after all, they were all officials in the same two provinces.

I heard that this person has suppressed many rebellions, because the coast of Guangdong has been often harassed by the Japanese invaders, and even the traces of the Japanese have appeared in Guangzhou.

Last year, the puppet Tang thief army made such a big fuss in Guizhou, and Guangdong also received Wang Yue's order to recruit young people to fight against the puppet Tang thief army.

The Guangdong Metropolitan Division recruited about 3,000 recruits for arming and training, and the commander of this recruiting army was Yu Dayou.

Although this kind of recruitment is strictly speaking, it is also considered to be young and strong, but it is naturally completely different from those young and strong people who are forcibly recruited temporarily, and these recruits are professional soldiers who are being paid for military salaries, and their weapons and equipment are better than those of the guards.

These 3,000 recruits are basically the most combat-effective troops in Guangdong at present, and they only began to enter Wuzhou last month.

Generals with strong soldiers will naturally be taken seriously, so when Yu Dayou spoke, several other people also listened carefully, and after hearing this, they came to their senses: yes, what about the heavy armor of the pseudo-Tang thief army that is specially used to siege the city?

Most of them have also heard that when the puppet Tang Dynasty thief army attacked Liping Mansion City and Liuzhou City, they used a large number of heavy armored troops to carry out a strong attack, and whenever the thief army dispatched these heavy armored troops, it was often the time to launch a general attack, and the attack direction of the heavy armored troops was naturally the direction of the main attack.

They didn't know that the assault battalion in the Tang Dynasty Division's division was temporary, and it would be disbanded and returned to the temporary establishment of the troops immediately after the battle, and they thought that there was such a special heavy armor unit in the Tang Dynasty's division.

However, at this time, they didn't see a large number of heavy armored troops in the pseudo-Tang thief army array outside the city, what about their heavy armored soldiers?

Although there are heavy armored troops in the pseudo-Tang thief army outside the city, they are not stupid, and they have long known that the ordinary troops of the pseudo-Tang thief army also have heavy armored infantry units, and the heavy armored units in this ordinary army are completely different concepts from the specially concentrated heavy armored troops.

Wang Yue also noticed the suspiciousness of this point, and immediately said, "What about other directions?" Did you find a large number of heavily armored thieves in the pseudo-Tang? ”

Someone immediately reported: "Tell your lord, except for the ordinary infantry of the thief army, no heavy armored thief army has been found!" ”

"Strange, where are they?" Hearing such an answer, Wang Yue frowned slightly, he didn't think that the Pseudo-Tang Thief Army would rely on ordinary infantry to rush up, instead of using the heavy armor attack that had been proven effective before.

In fact, after hearing about the example of the puppet Tang thief army using a heavy armored army to conquer the capital city of Liuzhou and the city of Liping, Wang Yue himself wanted to build a heavy armored force specially used for attacking fortified operations.

However, although there is a lot of armor in the Ming army, and there are a lot of soldiers wearing heavy armor, it is very difficult to use it in a centralized manner.

These heavily armored soldiers are generally the elite of the Ming army, and most of them are the personal soldiers of many high-ranking generals and middle and low-level officers, and they want to concentrate them to fight? It's almost impossible.

Draw out those middle and low-ranking officers and use them as ordinary heavy armor sword and shield soldiers? Let's not mention whether they are willing or not, what about the ordinary soldiers under their hands? Throw it away?

There are also the pro-soldiers of the senior generals, who want to be drawn out and used intensively? What kind of joke is this, these pro-soldiers are the most descendant strength of the senior generals, for these high-ranking generals, it is nothing for ordinary guards and young soldiers to die 18,000, but the death of so many elite pro-soldiers under his command has to die of heartache.

These elite soldiers will not hand them over if they are killed.

Therefore, Wang Yue's idea of building a heavy armored army can only be imagined, and the military system of the Ming Dynasty has eliminated the possibility of him doing so!

Of course, if he could get so much armor himself, he would be able to build such a heavy armor army, but the armor needed was not a small amount, even if he was a governor of Liangguang for a while, he couldn't get it!

The Ming army at the head of the city has naturally been monitoring the movements of the puppet Tang thief army outside the city, especially after the puppet Tang thief army is now five or six hundred meters closer, it can be seen clearly, but they have not found the possible heavy armor force of the puppet Tang thief army.

This made a group of senior generals of the Ming army at the head of the city a little worried!

Because they can't judge the active direction of the puppet Tang thief army!

Since it is still impossible to judge, Wang Yue can only stand still first, and strictly order the defenders on the city walls to prepare for battle, and at the same time, he is also the only strategic reserve in the city, he, the governor of Liangguang personally recruited and trained 3,000 people, ready to reinforce the city head that is the main attack direction of the thief army.

And this reserve will be led by him personally!

Of course, it is said that he is personally led, but it is more accurate to say that he should be personally commanded, after all, he is a civil official, and he is also an elderly civil official, and he must not be able to fight in person if he is powerless.

But it's still okay to verbally command the army to fight!

This also reflects the special military system of the current Ming Dynasty, that is, the civilian officials are the actual commanders of the army, and the generals below are only responsible for leading the troops to fight.

Time passed little by little, just when the Ming army at the head of the city thought that the puppet Tang thief army would not attack, suddenly there was a rumbling sound outside the city, and everyone knew that it was the heavy artillery of the thief army when they heard it!

Then, they opened the pseudo-Tang thief army in the direction of the west city wall, lined up in a neat phalanx, and slowly moved towards the city wall!

Seeing this scene, the civil and military officials of the Ming army and the ordinary soldiers at the head of the city knew that the general attack of the thief army had begun!