Nanzhao is located on the west side of Annam, and its territory is not small, and the land bordering the Tang Dynasty is not only Annam, and Annam is further up, and Guizhou, Shu and other places also have direct borders.

Zhenla is much smaller, located on the south side of Annam, and if you look at the map, the southernmost territory of Annam, the periphery is completely enclosed by Chenla.

If these two forces were placed in the past, they would have been relatively tough opponents, but now.

I can only say sorry, the reform of the Tang Army, the reform of the Tang Dynasty, will inevitably cause a certain amount of chaos internally, plus the minds of some people inside.

So in the early years, the Tang Army still had a record of fighting with these two regions.

Of course, it was not a large-scale fight, it was a battle of 100 people.

But it was these battles that made these two countries realize the strength of Datang and their backwardness.

In the era of cold weapons, the formed musket units were butchers in front of them, and there was no room for bargaining at all.

A battle of small scale completely subdued these two countries.

If you don't accept it, it's not okay, it's only the one hundred and ten people in the more than 14,000 garrisons who are fighting with them, you must know the elite of the Tang Dynasty, the 19th Army has nearly 60,000 people watching from the sidelines, but those guys didn't move, but as soon as they also moved, then it was exciting.

It's a pity that there is no if, the other side is still quite cowardly, especially since they were able to take Tubo with cold weapons before, which still brought them a great shock.

Li Daozong frowned, he had been away from the army for a long time, so much so that until now, he didn't think much about a problem as a general.

Li Daliang's worries were not unfounded, the 19th Army stationed in Annan hung above their heads like a sharp sword, staring at them all the time.

And as weak beings, what qualifications do they have to relax?

Of course, they spared no effort to stare at the movements of the Nineteenth Army, if there was any trouble here, they would have to react immediately, it was impossible to take the initiative to attack or provoke, if they didn't have the guts, passive defense......

Forget it, even if this is difficult, but it still has to be done, if you don't even have this bit of courage, then you still have to play Maomao?

"Organize a drill? Scatter the troops in the name of exercises? Li Daozong hesitated.

"Let me think about it!" Li Daliang frowned slightly and responded solemnly.

In the name of exercises, this is indeed a good idea, and in normal times, they also have exercises, an average of three times in two years.

But those were all regular exercises, they were all pulling troops to a certain area and then conducting exercises, which were large-scale.

But this time, large-scale is definitely not possible, according to the news from Tian En, Yang Biao's forces have penetrated into every city, which means that if the Nineteenth Army wants to cooperate with Li Daozong to complete the task, it must disperse its troops to every city.

Each city needs at least one battalion of troops, but in order to complete the task better, it needs at least two battalions or a regiment to complete.

In Jiaozhou, at least two regiments are needed.

There are 37 counties in three prefectures in Annam, and there are not many counties that can be named, and the size of these counties is also very small, but the population of Annam is also quite large, adding up to more than 3 million people.

This meant that at least twenty regiments needed to be sent out to complete control of the forty cities and complete the arrest operation.

This also means that the 19th Army must come out of the nest to barely complete this task.

There are four regiments in a division of the first type of troops, exactly five divisions and twenty regiments, but not all the troops can go out, and there must be reserve forces, so this is a headache and a pain.

"It is impossible for the troops to pour out of the nest, the garrison must leave a division of reserve forces, and the garrison cannot move, there are only sixteen regiments, and the strength is slightly insufficient......" Li Daliang said slowly: "If the secret guard can provide accurate information, this side is not a big problem, you can adjust the number of people arrested according to the need, and the difficulty to adjust the troops allocated to various places." ”

"This problem is not big, preliminary intelligence shows that the arrest of people this time is about 300, and only in Jiaozhou, Aizhou, and Suizhou, these three prefectures account for half of the number, and in other counties, two battalions are sent for those with a large number, and one battalion is enough for those with a small number." Li Daozong said directly, he has not yet informed Li Daliang of the specific situation, which needs to be summed up by the two people in detail to determine.

"If that's the case, the three divisions won't be able to run out." Li Daliang breathed a sigh of relief.

There are four battalions in one regiment, 16 battalions in one division, 32 battalions in two divisions, and 48 battalions in three divisions.

"It is better to arrange four divisions and reserve a battalion in a certain area as a backup, just in case, and after the capture, the troops cannot leave, and they can only leave if they help the newly transferred officials stabilize the political situation, and according to expectations, this will take at least three months or more." Li Daozong reminded.

"Just enough to practice these bunny boys......" Li Daliang smiled.

In two months, it will be time for this year's exercise, and there is nothing inappropriate to carry out it in advance, and besides, such sudden exercises will often be very effective.

Thinking of this, Li Daliang also had a plan in his heart: "Let's operate like this, let's ...... first"

"Well, the old man will notify Tian En first, and ask him to send people to hide in various places secretly, and when the troops enter the city, the two sides will connect, and before they react, they will be arrested directly." Listening to Li Daliang's plan, Li Daozong couldn't help but nod his head secretly.

It's a good plan, and it sounds a bit flawed, but from the point of view of the exercise, it's normal.

Who stipulates that the drill must be played according to the normal routine? Occasionally, it's okay not to play cards according to the routine......

The garrison of the 19th Army was also scattered, with divisions as the unit, Jiaozhou as the top priority, not only stationed a regiment of garrisons, but also two divisions stationed in a position of about 30 miles in the south and one in the north, and the other three divisions were stationed on the two borders of one south and one north.

Therefore, if you disperse, it is actually not difficult, and it only takes a day at most, and each battalion can reach the predetermined position.

There was no need for too large a plan, and there was still time, Li Daliang immediately sent someone to notify the division commanders of the five divisions to come to the military headquarters, and at the same time, Li Daliang discussed some details with Li Daozong.

Tian En was a key task at this time, and it was inconvenient to enter and leave the barracks, so as not to startle the snakes, so the duty that should have belonged to him was temporarily replaced by Li Daozong.