After the establishment of the Southern Autonomous Government, Zhang Yuanzheng said at the Southern Autonomous Conference: "Since we have already established the Southern Autonomous Government, we must make up our minds to solve the enemy south of the Yangtze River in the shortest possible time, and the Ministry of National Defense must come up with a plan as soon as possible to completely eliminate all the enemies south of the Yangtze River by March 1861." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

As soon as the meeting was over, the entire national defense army began to carry out combat preparations, relevant materials were being actively prepared, and the troops began to assemble at the predetermined location; while actively preparing for war, Zhang Yuanzheng recalled the military commanders of various ministries and held an operational meeting in Guangzhou.

On December 1, 1861, the Battle of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan was officially convened, and Zhang Yuanzheng asked: "Have all the ministries come?" The staff officer replied: "Report to the commander, all the participants have arrived." "After a series of reorganization and expansion, the total strength of today's national defense force has exceeded 600,000, and its overall strength has long surpassed that of the Qing army and Hong Xiuquan, who was entrenched in Nanjing.

Zhang Yuanzheng then asked: "How is the reorganization of the various ministries going now?" The military staff of the Ministry of National Defense replied: "Commander, at present, the various armies have not yet completed their reorganization, and the main problem now is that the main military commanders of the three group armies to be established have not yet been elected. After listening to the senator's words, Zhang Yuanzheng thought that this was indeed a problem, and thought that since everyone had arrived today, he would solve this matter later.

The officer on duty said, "Commander, it's time for the meeting. Zhang Yuanzheng stood up and walked to the map and said: "In the previous stage of the battle, our army fought bravely and took the entire territory of Jiangxi, and then we will take the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and at present our national defense forces have been reorganized, and the whole army of 600,000 people has been rectified into three group armies. Zhang Yuanzheng smiled and looked at the group of officers.

After waiting for a while, no one spoke, Zhang Yuanzheng continued: "Since no one said it, then I will directly appoint it, Wang Yong as the commander of the First Group Army, Xu Zhi as the commander of the Second Group Army, and Nie Shicheng as the commander of the Third Group Army, do you have any opinions?" All the officers replied unanimously: "Report to the commander, there is no opinion, and resolutely obey the orders of the superiors." ”

Zhang Yuanzheng smiled and said to the three of them: "After the meeting, immediately go back to reorganize the troops, the fighter plane is fleeting, remember that I only give you ten days, and after ten days, all departments will attack as planned." The three of them saluted and replied, "Resolutely complete the task." ”

Zhang Yuanzheng looked at the three of them with satisfaction and said, "The appointment of the appointment is over, and the meeting continues." "The operational meeting continued, brainstorming, and all the officers were actively discussing.

After some deliberation, Zhang Yuanzheng ordered: "The Second Group Army is responsible for the attack on Yunnan and Guizhou, the First Group Army is responsible for advancing to the southeast of Sichuan, and the Third Group Army is responsible for defending the enemy in Fujian, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, and is ready to counterattack at any time. How to fight on the front line is the business of the three of you, I don't care, I just want the result, you think about the strategic and tactical issues yourself, I don't interfere. The three of them immediately stood up and saluted: "Commander, we promise to complete the task." “

Zhang Yuanzheng continued: "By the way, the army commanders and division commanders can negotiate and appoint them on their own and report to the headquarters. After the arrangement, Zhang Yuanzheng returned to the office, feeling deeply tired, and slowly leaned back in his chair and fell asleep......

The next day, Zhang Yuanzheng came to Yang Huaifang to discuss the establishment of a central guard force directly under the headquarters, responsible for guarding the security of the headquarters, remembering that the two soldiers who were promoted to the military academy during the battle of Guangxi, and a junior general in the battle of Guangxi, Zhang Yuanzheng asked someone to find these three people, and said to Yang Huaifang: "Now that our family business is getting bigger and bigger, the security of the headquarters organs is a problem, and it is time to form a guard force directly under the central government." ”

Yang Huaifang said: "Well, chairman, this matter should be resolved as soon as possible, now our stall is getting bigger and bigger, and it is impossible to do without a guard force to defend the central organs." ”

The three of them were soon called from the Huaxia Military Academy to Zhang Yuanzheng's office, and the three of them were very strange, when they came to the office, they saw Zhang Yuanzheng and Yang Huaifang, and immediately saluted: "Report to the commander, Zhang Zhichao, Wu Shiyong, and Xie Weizhan were ordered to report." ”

Zhang Zhichao Yinggong has been promoted to division commander, Wu Shiyong and Xie Weizhan stayed in the Huaxia Military Academy, Zhang Yuanzheng looked at the three of them, and was very satisfied with the three of them, they were all trained by the Huaxia Military Academy, the elite backbone of the National Defense Force, Zhang Yuanzheng said to the three: "Do you know why you were called here?" The three returned: "Report, I don't know." ”

Zhang Yuanzheng said solemnly: "The Central Committee has decided to set up a central guard force, with Zhang Zhichao as the commander, Wu Shiyong and Xie Weizhan as the two deputy commanders, you must pull the troops up in the shortest possible time, and at the same time ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops. The three saluted: "Guaranteed to complete the mission, commander-in-chief, then who are our soldiers?" ”

Zhang Yuanzheng looked at the three of them: "The soldiers are selected from the field units, the guard unit is tentatively set as the establishment of three divisions, directly under the central command, stationed in Guangzhou, you can go to the Ministry of Defense to go through the formalities later, and the equipment and personnel will be given priority to supplement you, now that the battle of Yunnan, Qianchuan is about to begin, I hope you can pull up the shelf of the troops as soon as possible, if the war requires, you must rush to the battlefield as quickly as possible, don't think that if you become a guard force, there is no battle to fight." “

Time passed quickly, and the time for the launch of the campaign was getting closer and closer, the First and Second Group Armies had already advanced to the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan area, the Third Group Army was on alert to Fujian and Zhejiang, the radio stations developed by the National Defense Forces had already been distributed to the regimental and battalion levels, and Zhang Yuanzheng, who was sitting in Guangzhou, was able to understand the situation of the various units at any time, and all the units had already entered combat positions.

On December 15, 1860, Zhang Yuanzheng issued the order for the beginning of the battle of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and the First and Second Group Armies launched a fierce attack on Yunnan, Qianchuan in multiple ways.

The Wehrmacht's offensive was fierce, and before the enemy could react, it captured many places, but gradually the enemy began to recover and began to deploy defenses, and the offensive that had made rapid progress in the early stage had to be temporarily stopped, and because the front was stretched too long in a short period of time, the Wehrmacht had to make new tactical adjustments.