It has been a month and a half since the transfer order was issued to various places and then to the dispatch of troops and generals. It has been only a month and a half since the three Ming troops in Huguang, Jiangxi and Fujian are ready for battle, and it is not short of time.

It takes time to decide which troops in the country to participate in the war, how to prepare logistics supplies, and how to march. Anyway, there are many places that require time. If you delay a little, one and a half months will pass.

However, the Ming army in Guangdong was preparing faster. After all, the distance was relatively close, and 28,000 Ming troops had already gathered in the Huizhou Fucheng area. However, in order to wait for the other three Ming troops, Guo Cheng could only wait.

Compared with the Ming army, there were not so many troubles in the People's Army. Fang Nan issued an order directly, and the order could be executed immediately after it arrived everywhere, and there was no dispute in the Ming army at all.

Logistics is important to the Ming army and the People's Army. The People's Army's logistics is mainly food, grass, ammunition, etc. Ammunition is supplied by Hutouzhai and the Second Arsenal of Yong'an County, so food and grass are simple.

The Ming Dynasty had ruled this land for hundreds of years and had a deep family background. When the Ming army went to war, they could allocate food and grass from various places nearby, but the People's Army did not need this. At present, the food and grass from the People's Army came from the gentry and merchants who were confiscated.

Most of the gentry and merchants in the eleven counties under the rule of the People's Army were confiscated by the People's Army, and their wealth was countless, including food, gold, silver, antique calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, etc.

These grains are more than 60,000 soldiers a year, and the People's Army can even use gold and silver to pay the officers and soldiers.

However, buying land at a low price requires money, buying vegetables, fish and cloth requires money. There are many places to use money, and the People's Army also needs to be careful in calculating. For the time being, farmland can only be used as the salary for officers and soldiers. When the People's Army has a sufficient foundation, it may be able to conquer the world and then pay the salary for officers and soldiers.

The half-army and half-civilian guards in the Ming army were not counted. If you want to recruit soldiers to fight, it would be impossible to have no money. Originally, recruiters joined the army just for money, and who would fight to death without money?

Because of logistics preparations, the Ming army took a little longer. Guo Cheng and the other three Ming troops sent a message and had already set the time to attack the People's Army on December 13th.

After all, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the commanders of the four Ming troops want to wipe out the People's Army as soon as possible, and maybe they can go home for the New Year.

Because the Ming army was defeated in the first time, the commanders of the four Ming army attached great importance to the People's Army and sent a large number of spies to investigate the situation of the People's Army under the rule of the People's Army, and even used money to buy ordinary people to collect intelligence. In addition, there were also gentry and merchants who took the initiative to send intelligence to the Ming army.

Through various means, the Ming army obtained a lot of information from the People's Army. Of course, there was not much important information, and the People's Army would not be so stupid that it would leak important information at will.

The Ming army attached the most importance to the People's Army is the number of troops and the distribution of troops. The Ming army's goal was to wipe out the People's Army. No unit of the People's Army could let go. If one part was left alone, it might rekindle in the future, which was very troublesome.

Then the commanders of the Ming army received information about the general difference in the People's Army's military strength. This was the result of the joint efforts of the spies from the four Ming army, and it was not too far from the actual strength of the People's Army.

"hiss!"

Seeing this information, Guo Cheng and other commanders of the Ming army were very surprised. They did not expect that the thieves' troops increased so quickly, which was no worse than the Ming army.

"Can we wipe out the thieves?" Guo Cheng was a little unconfident.

However, after learning about the specific information, Guo Cheng and other commanders of the Ming army were relieved and even confident in defeating the People's Army.

Because the intelligence shows that most of the People's Army are newly recruited recruits, with poor combat effectiveness and far from comparable to the Ming army. In this case, the Ming army may be able to wipe out the People's Army in one battle.

Guo Cheng knew that the People's Army's firearms were sharp, but Guo Cheng knew that the People's Army's sharp firearms were relatively small. With absolute strength advantages, Guo Cheng believed that even if the People's Army had sharp firearms, it would not be an opponent of the Ming army. In addition, Guo Cheng also learned from Ren Jianxiu's lessons and not only took the initiative to attack the city guarded by the People's Army.

For example, there are a large number of people's army in Guishan County, and Guo Cheng has 28,000 troops in his hands, but Guo Cheng will not force the attack on Guishan County. If one is not good, he will suffer heavy losses.

Because of the last time when the Ming army was ambushed by the People's Army, Guo Cheng did not even plan to lead his army to attack Guishan County from Huizhou Prefecture City to the east. The road was narrow and there were too many places suitable for ambushing. Even if you were careful, you would easily have accidents. It would be better to change the road.

With so many soldiers in his hands, Guo Cheng knew that the Ming army was more suitable for fighting on a battlefield with a broad vision.

Looking at the information collected by the spies, Guo Cheng had a big plan.

The People's Army is mainly stationed in several areas, and it can be said that it is empty inside. As the center of the People's Army, there are not many defenders in Yong'an County. This is Guo Cheng's opportunity. Guo Cheng plans to lead his army to Boluo County, then cross the border areas of Heyuan County and Guishan County, and take Yong'an County directly.

Once Yong'an County is captured by the Ming army, the various departments of the People's Army will be separated and defeated one by one by the Ming army.

The plan to capture Yong'an County is good, but Guo Cheng is also worried about accidents. For example, the army leaves Huizhou Prefecture City and marchs into Yong'an County, and then Guishan County's People's Army attacks Huizhou Prefecture City. Even if Yong'an County is captured by Guo Cheng's army, if Huizhou Prefecture City is broken by the People's Army, Guo Cheng will be blind.

Therefore, Guo Cheng could not take away all the Ming army in Huizhou Prefecture area. At least three thousand soldiers were left behind. In addition, the guards of young and powerful families were recruited to gather five or six thousand people to defend the city. If the People's Army attacked in a large scale, it would not be able to easily capture the city. After receiving the news, Guo Cheng led his army back and destroyed the people's army that had attacked the city.

If the People's Army did not attack Huizhou Prefecture City, but left Guishan County to intercept the People's Army led by Guo Cheng, it would be even better, the Wild/War Ming Army would not be afraid.

The general combat plan was decided by Guo Chen. Just waiting for the arrival of December 13, Guo Chen led 25,000 troops to fight.

Guo Cheng was waiting, and Fang Nan, who had already arrived in Guishan County, was also waiting, waiting for the Ming army to attack.

The People's Army can only defend passively and will not change in a short period of time. The four Ming troops are either near the city or close to the city. If the People's Army catches it, if the Ming army hides in the city, the People's Army really does not have the strength to capture the city that is heavily defended by the heavy troops.

The best choice for the People's Army is to defend the city and be attacked by the Ming army or fight in the field.

There are four battlefields in total. The battlefields of Guishan County and Huizhou Fucheng District gathered the most troops of the People's Army and the Ming army. It can be said that it is the most important battlefield. Fang Nan came to this battlefield to take charge, hoping to defeat the Ming army with one click on the most important battlefield. Then the Ming Dynasty's second encirclement and suppression of the People's Army can basically determine the result.
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