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The genius remembers the address of this site in one second: (apex Chinese), the fastest update! No advertisements! Just when Zhang Yue actively readjusted the defense line and tried to close the gate of the pseudo-Tang thieves entering the Yangtze River, the news of Nanchang's fall quickly spread At first, it spread all over Jiangxi, and then it caused great panic.

To the north of Fuzhou, except for Nanchang, other cities under the control of the Ming army, there has been a large-scale wave of refugees!

Zhu Houyi, the king of Huai in Poyang City of Raozhou Prefecture, learned that Nanchang was lost and Fuzhou could be lost at any time. They will fall into the hands of thieves, and at that time, they will have to follow in the footsteps of King Jingjiang.

Even more worrier than Duke Huai was Zhu Houye, Prince of Yi, because Duke Huai was still in the area under the rule of the Ming army, and there was a Fuzhou in front of him, but Prince Yi's mansion was in Jianchang mansion.

Jianchang Mansion is just southeast of Fuzhou Mansion. At this time, although it is said that the pseudo-Tang thief army has not come yet, this is only because the pseudo-Tang thief army is still busy fighting with Zhang Yue, and there is no time to attack Jianchang Mansion. That's it.

But from a strategic point of view, Jianchang Mansion is actually behind enemy lines, and there is no heavy defense. In this ghost place, my grandmother doesn't love my uncle and doesn't care, Zhang Yue doesn't even bother to waste even a guard in this place. 's troops.

This is like many prefectures and counties. The local defense can only rely on local strength. Some guards are soldiers, and the other is recruited by local officials.

But without the main force, that can't stop the attack of the pseudo-Tang bandit army!

However, these vassal kings, like the local officials of the Ming Dynasty, could not escape without authorization, and could only passively wait to die!

Otherwise, so many local officials and even King Jingjiang of Guilin would not have been raided and exterminated in Guilin Mansion. If they could run, they would have run away.

In addition to the local vassal kings and local officials in Jiangxi who were greatly shocked, the Nanzhili side was also shocked. What did they do after the shock?

The first thing they did was not to organize troops and build guns to reinforce the city's defense. Well, although they have been doing this, it is actually not the most important thing. The most important thing is that they want to impeach Zhang Yue!

These memorials for impeaching Zhang Yue, together with the battle report of Nanchang's fall, flew to the capital like snowflakes. If these memorials for impeaching Zhang Yue were piled up, it would be enough to drown Zhang Yue!

Most of the memorials for the impeachment of Zhang Yue are about Zhang Yue's incompetence. In the past two years, he has spent countless money and food in the six provinces in the south, but it has been linked to the loss of soldiers. Not only did he fail to retake Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou, but he also lost a large number of prefectures and counties in Huguang and Jiangxi. , Now even Nanchang, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, has been lost. If it continues like this, I am afraid that Yingtianfu will fall into the hands of thieves.

Zhang Yue also knew about their impeachment, and even felt angry for it!

You are paralyzed, you have the ability to come!

I work hard every day to build guns and train new troops. This is how I managed to hold Changsha and Hengyang. Although there is a little accident in Jiangxi, but the loss of Nanchang does not mean that the situation in Jiangxi is completely ruined. His main force is still stationed in Fuzhou. Even if the pseudo-Tang thieves conquer Nanchang, it does not mean that they can enter the Yangtze River unscrupulously to threaten Nanzhili.

And you said that Zhang Yue spent countless money on the court?

He spent most of the money that Zhang Yue used to build guns and train his new army. He raised the money on the spot. Over the past few years, the total amount of military spending allocated by the imperial court to Zhang Yue will not exceed three million taels of silver!

This is the total amount. Zhang Yue can actually get no more than half of the silver, which is about 1.5 million taels at most, and with such a small amount of silver, he will only pay military salaries to his supervisors. Not enough, let alone building guns and day-to-day combat.

Most of Zhang Yue's expenses for maintaining a large number of troops in Huguang and Jiangxi were self-raised in the six southern provinces, mainly from the flat thieves' salaries.

Another part is from various fundraisers!

Even so, in fact, the military spending that Zhang Yue can get is pitiful!

The Tang Army spent tens of millions of dollars a year, and the army it raised was only in the early 100,000s. However, the total number of troops under Zhang Yue's command reached 300,000 to 400,000. In the two years of Xuanping, the amount of money spent at most was only 50,000 yuan. million or so.

Zhang Yue's army lacked combat effectiveness. In fact, a large part of the reason was the lack of military spending. When the soldiers couldn't even get enough to eat, they naturally couldn't expect them to fight against the Datang Army, who had enough to eat every day.

However, even so, Zhang Yue is still encouraging to maintain the war in Huguang and Jiangxi!

To put it mildly, it was the defense line of the Ming Dynasty in the direction of Huguang and Jiangxi. It was supported by Zhang Yue alone, and had nothing to do with the big men in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Without Zhang Yue and his supervisor, Huguang and Jiangxi would be lost in minutes!

Similarly, in fact, Yu Dayou and his bandit army, the main source of their military spending is self-raised!

Not only Yu Dayou and Zhang Yue, but in fact the many recruits in the southern provinces and even the soldiers in the guards are basically self-funded. The central institutions of the Ming Dynasty basically did not have much ability to arm and maintain such a huge army. to fight.

Moreover, this method of self-financing military expenses and recruiting troops to fight has also greatly increased the power of local officials, especially the governors of the southern provinces, represented by Zhang Yue, whose power has climbed to history in just two or three years. New peak!

From this, it can be seen how weak the central financial capacity of the Ming Dynasty is!

The annual income is only a few million taels of silver, and it is necessary to maintain a huge administrative system. The silver that can be used as military expenses is only a small amount a year. Emperor Zhengde has also grasped such a small amount of money tightly. Years are spent on Jingying, but Zhang Yue can't get much.

But this does not mean that the dynasty is poor. In fact, the local government is still rich. It is a proof that so many local officials can organize recruiting troops without spending a dime from the imperial court.

As for those officials and gentry, they are all wealthy, and the bigwigs in the court are all rich enough to rival the country!

Therefore, it is not the Ming Dynasty as a whole that is poor, but the central finance of the Ming Dynasty, or more precisely, the Emperor Zhengde!

This kind of deformed physique, coupled with the war period, Zhang Yue naturally does not worry that he will be impeached, and it sounds a bit nasty. As long as he quits today, Huguang and Jiangxi will be finished tomorrow. !

However, Zhang Yue knew about these things, and so did Emperor Zhengde, but many officials didn't know, or they knew but didn't care, and they still impeached Zhang Yue with nonsense.

The Tang Dynasty has also heard about the contradictions and turmoil of the Ming Dynasty itself, but it has not paid much attention to it, because no matter how the Ming Dynasty changes, the Datang Dynasty will continue to expand at its own pace. !

After the news of the successful capture of Nanchang reached Zhaoqing, Li Xuanlong was overjoyed, and immediately rewarded Li Chunjing with a marquis!

Immediately instructed Li Chunjing to keep the current fruits of victory, and at the same time to continue to maintain a high pressure on the Ming army, strive to seize Jiujiang, and completely open the channel into the Yangtze River.

It can divide Huguang Ming Army and Nanzhili into two, and create a favorable foundation for the subsequent army to advance eastward to Nanzhili and seize Jiangnan.

And Li Xuan is not the emperor of Zhengde, he only knows how to let the horse run without giving grass. While he let Li Chunjing attack actively, he also personally ordered the Privy Council to replenish the Second Army as soon as possible.

The Second Army has been fighting on the front line for more than a month, and the casualties are not small. Now is the time for large-scale replenishment, not only recruits, but also artillery shells.

At the same time, we are also preparing to further increase our troops in Jiangxi!

In addition to preparing to send the newly formed Second Artillery Battalion to the front line in Jiangxi, Li Xuan is also preparing to transfer more troops!

He ordered the 6th Infantry Division to move the line of defense further and enter Jiangxi directly to reinforce the Second Army!

In this way, the defense of the ~www.wuxiax.com~ Guangdong region is completely handed over to the two mixed regiments and the guards, but now the coast of Guangdong is considered safe. Although the troops are less, the security is still can be guaranteed.

Now Li Xuan is even more looking forward to continuing to open a breakthrough in Jiangxi, so it is also necessary to deploy reinforcements from the 6th Infantry Division.

After receiving the order, the 6th Infantry Division began to travel north from northern Guangdong. After they entered Jiangxi, the main force would go north along the Ganjiang River. At the same time, some areas along the way that were still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, such as Jianjiang, would be cleared. Changfu!

Subsequently, the cabinet was also ordered to keep up with the pace of the military, bring the newly occupied areas into rule as soon as possible, and start conscription and taxation!

The continuous expansion of the Tang Dynasty requires a steady stream of soldiers and taxes to support it!

In the past two years, the qualified soldiers in Guangdong and Guangxi and Guizhou have been recruited. Because the Datang Army has relatively high requirements for soldiers, many young people actually do not meet the standards. If they are forced to recruit, they will be recruited. The quality of the soldiers will be insufficient, and it will also affect the development of the normal local industry and agriculture.

Now, according to the preliminary estimates of the Tang Dynasty, the total population of Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi and Guangxi is only tens of millions. It is a mystery how many people there are, and no one knows.

According to the estimated scale of 10 million people, the total number of the army and navy of the King Division of the Tang Dynasty has now reached 150,000, including the combat troops and the recruits being trained in the rear. Fifteen, and this number is already relatively large.

In traditional feudal dynasties, the ratio between the army and the people is about one to one hundred, and if it exceeds this figure, it can basically be regarded as a military force.

And the current Datang Dynasty is naturally a typical example of military use!