I want to be emperor

Chapter 150
Luo Zhixue knew very well that no matter how great Lu Xiangsheng's military talent was, he would not be able to make his soldiers eat enough to train every day, so as to train the army under his command into elite soldiers.

It is also impossible for him to create dozens of long-barreled field artillery and thousands of pairs of first-class armor for the army under his hands.

It is even more impossible for him to conjure an elite cavalry who is good at riding and shooting.

On the other hand, he protects the countryside!

The soldiers can eat their fill and conduct intensive training. The soldiers' personal skills and tactics are not too high, but they are definitely better than those ordinary Ming soldiers who don't train once in three to five days. Just pull one out , at least at the level of ordinary soldiers in the Ming army.

Among them, the elite wearing heavy armor will definitely not be much worse than the personal soldiers and servants of the generals of the Ming army.

Not to mention the equipment, the Township Protection Army can make a lot of equipment by itself. The worst knives are iron-clad steel knives, and the heavy armor and elite knives are fine steel long knives.

All spearmen in the front line are uniformly armored.

The musketeers equipped by the musketeers are also equipped with self-made light large-caliber matchlock guns, and are also equipped with sleeve guns. This thing is much stronger than the bird guns in the Ming army, and it is basically the peak state of matchlock guns.

Most importantly, he still has twelve [-]-jin long-barreled field guns and hundreds of fine cavalry under his hands!

Lu Xiangsheng's military talent is extraordinary, and he can even lead a group of mobs to fight beautiful battles.

But Luo Zhixue believes that no matter how great your personal military talent is, you are still scum in front of absolute strength!

There are a lot of famous German generals in World War II, but in the end they were pushed flat by Su Meiying.

Facing a wise and courageous general like Lu Xiangsheng, Luo Zhixue knew very well that he couldn't play any tricks or use any messy tactics with him.

It is necessary to fight the simplest war, directly face-to-face, relying on hard power to directly crush the past!

Moreover, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't be given any chance to burst out of the small universe temporarily, so he just punched him hard and KO'd his opponent cleanly!
Thinking of this, Luo Zhixue said to the soldiers around him: "Call all ministers and brigade commanders in the city to discuss the military!"

Because Lu Xiangsheng led the army to the south, the situation was more urgent, so the ministers and brigade commanders arrived relatively quickly. After a while, most of the senior generals in Xiangyang City had already entered the meeting hall of the General's Mansion.

After everyone arrived, Luo Zhixue said directly: "Chief of Staff, let me briefly introduce the situation first."

Huang Guangmao immediately stood up and bowed, "Yes!"

Then he turned his attention to the others, and said slowly: "The spies in Yunyang have sent back urgent information. Lu Xiangsheng had already led an army of [-] people to the south two days ago, and came straight to Xiangyang."

"If there is no accident, Lu Xiangsheng will also bring officers and soldiers from Junzhou, Gucheng and other places on his way south. It is estimated that there will be about 5000 troops in the end, of which there will be no less than [-] soldiers."

"The number of cavalry is expected to not exceed [-]. It is not yet known whether they are cavalry or not."

"At the same time, the Ming army is expected to have dozens of short robes of various types, and the long-barreled heavy artillery has not been found yet!"

The officers and soldiers in the Central Plains and even the Huguang area generally did not have too many Hongyi cannons, mainly because the main targets of the local officers and soldiers were the rebels such as Gao Yingxiang, who mainly fought in pursuit and encirclement and suppression operations.

It is even more impossible to catch up with the rebels with heavy artillery.

At the same time, the Hongyi cannon is also a high-end equipment. There were not many in the Ming Dynasty, and most of the only ones were assigned to the Jiliao Frontier Army and the Beijing Division to guard against captivity.

Therefore, in inland areas, there are usually only a small number of Hongyi cannons in a few cities.

In Lu Xiangsheng's army going south, it is impossible to have long-barreled heavy artillery.

Huang Guangmao continued to point to the map and said: "According to our speculation, they will go all the way south along the south bank of the Han River, and finally arrive at the foot of my Xiangyang city, and launch an attack on my Xiangyang city."

"In response, our army has the First Infantry Brigade, the Fifth Mixed Brigade, the Sixth Mixed Battalion, the Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Personal Battalion, and the First Supply Battalion in Xiangyang, with a total strength of 500 troops."

"However, the Fifth Mixed Brigade and the First Battalion of the Sixth Mixed Brigade have just completed the transfer of personnel, and have not yet completed training and reorganization. There are also about 500 people in the Personal Battalion and the First Infantry Brigade. They are recruits who have just been transferred from Nanyang City to the south."

"Only the first infantry brigade with 800 soldiers, the personal battalion with 800 soldiers, the first supply battalion with 500 soldiers, the cavalry brigade with more than [-] elite cavalry, and the artillery brigade with twelve [-]-jin long cannons can serve as the core of the battle."

"In the area around Nanyang Prefecture on the northern line, our army still has three brigades: the Second Mixed Brigade, the Third Infantry Brigade, and the Fourth Mixed Brigade. However, the Second Mixed Brigade has just finished fighting in Nanzhao County and is currently besieging Luyang Pass. "

"The Fourth Mixed Brigade is currently in the Yuzhou area. According to the news from the Fourth Mixed Brigade two days ago, they have arrived at the city of Yuzhou. It is estimated that the Yuzhou offensive has already been launched."

"According to the plan, these two brigades will garrison Luyang Pass and Yuzhou City after conquering the above-mentioned areas, block the Yalu Ancient Road and Fangcheng Ancient Road, and attack the officers and soldiers of the Central Plains going south."

"There is news from Ruzhou that Hong Chengchou is mobilizing an army to go south. It is estimated that the number of troops going south will be at least [-]. We have to guard against it!"

"The [-]rd Infantry Brigade is currently stationed in Nanyang City and Xinye City. However, the brigade has not been organized and trained. Currently, only the [-]th Infantry Battalion is fully staffed. The other two battalions are fully staffed, but the equipment, especially the muskets, is temporarily lacking."

"The Seventh Infantry Battalion, which is initially capable of fighting, has won Zhenping and is heading south to Dengzhou as planned. The other two battalions are in Nanyang City and Xinye City respectively. They are stationed in Nanyang City and Xinye City, training while waiting for equipment."

As Huang Guangmao spoke out the comparison of the strength of the enemy and us one by one, and marked it on the map, everyone had a clearer understanding of the current deployment of the Township Protection Army.

After watching for a while, Huang Dingquan frowned and said, "So, in a short time, we have no reinforcements in Xiangyang City, so we can only rely on ourselves?"

At this time Xu Zhixian said: "There are also reinforcements. If necessary, the Seventh Infantry Battalion under the Third Infantry Brigade can bypass Dengzhou and go south urgently."

"There are not many enemy troops in Dengzhou. If we don't fight for the time being, we can't threaten our army's logistics line."

At this time Luo Zhixue said: "Leave the land of Dengzhou alone, let the Seventh Infantry Battalion go south urgently!"

With the war imminent, Luo Zhixue naturally hoped to mobilize more troops to deal with Lu Xiangsheng.

The second mixed brigade and the fourth mixed brigade cannot be transferred. These two brigades need to control the Yalu ancient road and Fangcheng ancient road to prevent Hong Chengchou's army from going south.

The army that Hong Chengchou can mobilize is much larger than that of Lu Xiangsheng. In addition to the army directly under him, he can also mobilize the army under the governors of the subordinate provinces.

Therefore, even if he is still fighting in the Central Plains with the main force of officers and soldiers and Gao Yingxiang, he can still mobilize [-] troops to go south.

The troops sent by Hong Chengchou were going south, either through Luyang Pass or Yuzhou.

Therefore, it is necessary for the second mixed brigade to capture and guard Luyang Pass, and the fourth mixed brigade to capture and guard Yuzhou City. The rural protection army must block these two strategic passages connecting the Central Plains to control the safety of the Nanyang Basin. , to ensure the strategic security of Liqingdian Arsenal, Nanyang City and other places in the rear.

Among the remaining troops, there is only one third infantry brigade.

But the Third Infantry Brigade was organized by Luo Zhixue before he went south to Xiangyang. At that time, many soldiers in the brigade hadn't even finished the recruit training, let alone the equipment.

Now more than half a month has passed, and only one seventh infantry battalion has initially formed combat effectiveness, and the other two battalions are still training and waiting for equipment.

But for Luo Zhixue, even just one reinforcement from the Seventh Infantry Battalion would be good.

Next, everyone had an active discussion on how to face Lu Xiangsheng in the future. During the discussion, Xu Zhixian strongly supported taking the initiative to go out of the city and choose a favorable battlefield to directly fight a field battle with the Ming army.

"Sitting in Xiangyang City, our army is safe and sound. Not to mention Lu Xiangsheng only brought 5000 people, even if the strength is doubled to 4 to [-], it is impossible to forcibly capture our Xiangyang City."

"But although it is impossible for the enemy to capture Xiangyang City, they can blockade Xiangyang City, not only on land, but it will not take long for them to transfer a large number of warships from Huguang and even the Yangtze River to block Hanshui directly."

"At that time, my Xiangyang City will be a lonely city, completely losing the supplies from the outside world."

"And once the opponent is besieged and the fortifications are repaired, when we want to take the initiative to fight, even breaking through will be difficult and pure!"

"Conversely, if we take the initiative, then we can exert our most important and most advantageous force by far."

At this time, Xu Zhixian turned his attention to Zhang Malin and Wang Xiazi: "That is our fine cavalry and artillery."

"Our artillery brigade has twelve [-]-jin long cannons. The cannons are flexible and have an extremely fast rate of fire, and can be quickly deployed and fired in front of the formation."

"In the past few battles, especially in the Battle of Zhaozhuang, the power of the [-]-jin cannon has been fully proved. This kind of cannon was born for field battles, and it should not be used on the top of the city. .”

"In the field, can Lu Xiangsheng's infantry phalanx withstand our long-distance intensive shelling?"

Needless to say, Zhang Malin stood up by himself and said, "It will never be able to resist. The intensity of our army's artillery fire is definitely not something that flesh and blood can resist!"

"There may be an army in this world that can resist the intensive bombardment of artillery with flesh and blood, but it will definitely not be Ming officers and soldiers, let alone Ming officers and soldiers in the hinterland of the Central Plains."

Xu Zhixian nodded towards Zhang Malin and said, "We still have more than two hundred elite cavalry, these two hundred elite cavalry are enough to restrain or even defeat the enemy's cavalry on the battlefield, and create a new era for our infantry and artillery. Favorable opportunity."

Blind Wang stood up at this moment and said, "I don't understand other things, but I am still confident in cavalry."

"I am a cavalry soldier of the Yulin Frontier Army. From my point of view, although my cavalry brigade is small in number, its combat power is no less than that of the elite cavalry of the Frontier Army."

"Even because our army has better treatment, better equipment, and higher morale, its combat power is even better than that of the frontier army's Jingqi!"

"Didn't Lu Xiangsheng have five hundred cavalrymen? It doesn't matter what half-baked cavalry or fine cavalry are good at riding and shooting. I am blind and have the confidence to kill them. No matter how bad they are, I can contain them. They interfere with the main operations."

Xu Zhixian nodded slightly towards Blind Wang, looked around again, and finally looked up at Luo Zhixue:

"As long as our cavalry can suppress the enemy's cavalry, we don't even need to annihilate them. As long as we can create opportunities for our artillery and infantry to face the enemy head-on, our army will surely win this battle!"

(End of this chapter)