Chapter 892

Once the battle started, it opened in the most tragic way, and the two sides quickly entered close combat.

Yang Sichang once formed one army after another. They were deployed outside the firing range of the Chinese Army's artillery. A charge was thousands of people. Thousands of people rushed to the city. Although the enemy's firepower was very fierce, it did not dampen the enemy's morale at all.

The Ming army is as good as a hungry wolf. If it has been hungry for a long time, it will wait for meat to eat or starve to death.

Of course, in rainy days, the difficulties of both sides are great. The artillery of the Chinese army can not give full play to its maximum power, and the Ming army responsible for the attack on the other side also suffered heavy casualties. They wear coir raincoats and bamboo hats, but these effects are not good in the rain, and now the weather is cold. They all wear thick cotton clothes, making them bloated and slow.

After many injured people fell to the ground, they never woke up, but the Ming army's fierce attack without casualties was indeed useful. The Chinese Army's defense line composed of fire guns and artillery could not resist their attack like a raging wave.

Liu Feiyun personally went to the city wall to supervise the war, but the effect was not very good. Liu Feiyun sighed that there were too many recruits in the army and too few veterans. All the recruits were pushed out to fight before they completed their running in. Most of them had never been to the battlefield and had not seen blood. They were frightened by the fierce attack of the enemy, coupled with the bad weather, Ten percent of their combat effectiveness could not be brought into play. Unexpectedly, on the first day, they let the enemy attack the wall.

Although the enemy was beaten down, it also brought a great blow to their morale. Hong Chengchou, who was watching the war under the city, was greatly excited. He was thinking that it was right to attack in this way. So he ordered the soldiers to attack regardless of casualties.

Originally, rainy days and night were military restricted areas. It was fatal to fight with rainy days at night, but even at night, Hong Chengchou didn't stop attacking. Instead, he ordered more than a dozen troops under him to launch fierce attacks on Cangzhou City in turns. When they couldn't light a torch at night, they used lanterns or fight in the dark, which was extremely cruel to themselves.

Cangzhou city is equivalent to an isolated island in the rough waves.

Seeing that nothing could be done, Liu Feiyun had to order the troops to retreat. Before retreating, they blew up artillery and ammunition, burned the granary, and then made every effort to break through to the south gate.

Liu Feiyun's strategy is also right. He has only one division to defend the huge direction of Texas and has to divide troops to guard Cangzhou. The soldiers guarding Cangzhou are just a regiment. It is very difficult to defend here, but the enemy is boundless. At a glance, there are at least 100000 people. When he has no choice, he chose to retreat.

As a person at the division commander level, he is also a senior level of the Chinese army and understands the strategy of the Chinese army, that is, the scorched earth war of resistance and luring the enemy in depth. When the enemy lengthens their supply line, the lack of food and grass and the dispersion of troops will frustrate their spirit and slow their action. All kinds of shortcomings are highlighted. It is the time for them to counter attack.

Therefore, one of their tactics is very important, that is, the scorched earth war of resistance. The above strategy has been made very clear. If you can't defend it, you can retreat, but you can't leave food and usable military materials to the enemy.

In this age of common starvation, you burn the grain, which is actually a heartless and inhumane thing, because these grains can save many people, but the above has issued a clear order. Once it is confirmed that you can't defend, you have to burn the granary, and none of them can be left to the enemy.

Wang Wensheng, the governor of Dongchang, sent someone to tell Liu Feiyun that the imperial court will not hold you responsible for the loss of land, but if you leave these materials to the enemy, you will be held accountable for the crime of funding the enemy.

It is also for this reason that large-scale evacuation and evacuation of the people cannot leave useful things to the imperial court.

The Chinese Army realized that once the two sides fall into a long war, population and food have become the key, but now what is highlighted is food.

Therefore, before the Chinese army retreated, a fire burned Cangzhou City, which had never, never done in all their previous battles.

When Yang Sichang saw the enemy retreat, he didn't order to stop the attack. He knew that robbing the city and materials was their key. It was the king's way to support the war by fighting. Moreover, the Chinese army tried its best to escape, and they couldn't resist it. After all, it was night, and the other party went all out to attack, so don't stop it when they returned to the division.

Liu Feiyun led the rest of his regiment to quickly break through and retreat to Dezhou.

When he pulled out of the city and looked at the burning city, he wondered what the people of Cangzhou would think of him in the future?

After only one day's Kung Fu, he actually won Cangzhou, which made Yang Sichang very excited. It was a victory!

But when he saw a fire rising everywhere in the city, his heart was not happy. The Chinese Army burned the city with a fire and did not leave it to them.

Yang Sichang knew that there were no stupid people in the world, especially when it came to real interests first.

It is said that the emperor used to be a very noble man. He said that money would pollute his ears, but now he is different. He has become a stratagem. The imperial court's strategy is to feed on the enemy and feed the war. He will rob here in Shandong and prepare here in Shandong if he needs anything.

If you go outside the pass to deal with JianNu and Mongolia, I'm afraid there are one million people who have to starve to death in the ice and snow or between white mountains and black waters outside the pass, because there are often places without smoke for thousands of miles outside the pass. It's very difficult for you to prepare enough food.

But this is Daming's hinterland. The best place, the rich place, the city is everywhere, the people everywhere, and it is not what is needed to feed millions of people.

That's why the officials in the imperial court came up with such a shady strategy. Although they were forced to take this strategy, they were still too shady after all.

It's just that you are cunning and insidious, and others are not stupid. Yang Sichang and others have heard the news from each other, and the Chinese army has set their strategy, that is, the scorched earth war of resistance, luring the enemy in depth, they will retreat step by step, and luring them into Jinan to fight a decisive battle.

From the outbreak of the war to Jinan, it has been fighting for so long and entering such a large place. If the Ming army can't find food in this area, they enter Jinan and fall into the situation of food shortage or sound shortage. The soldiers have no food and sound. There is no other way except self collapse and dissolution.

The Chinese Army's response strategy was right. Even if it was his own, he would do so. However, Yang Sichang was very disappointed to see that the Chinese army did so and burned the city when it retreated. He knew that this meant that Cangzhou was under attack.

But it's like attacking an ordinary city or mountain.

To attack Shandong, on the one hand, they want to recover the lost land, on the other hand, they need to collect enough food. If they don't have enough food and military influence, they will be unsustainable and will eventually lose.

They were very happy and excited to have captured Cangzhou. They cheered for it one after another. However, they heard that the enemy burned a fire in the city before retreating. Seeing that the fire is now in the sky, it is estimated that they have successfully attacked, and there is nothing useful left in the city.

The generals were angry. Some suggested putting out the fire and others suggested chasing the enemy.

Yang Sichang was helpless, so he had to order to send troops to chase the enemy and put out the fire in the city to see if he could save some things.

But the result was disappointing to them. The Chinese army had a plan to retreat, so many parts of the city were drenched with fierce fire oil and stacked dry firewood, which could not put out the fire at all. Although Yang Sichang sent a large number of soldiers into the city in the hope of putting out the fire, these soldiers finally retreated under the influence of the fire.

How big is the fire? It was raining. Although it was only a breeze and drizzle, it burned most of the buildings and granaries in the city when it rained. Can you see how big the fire should be?

Yang Sichang captured Cangzhou City and did not get the food and materials he imagined. There was only a city in ruins and homeless people in a corner.

The Chinese army has started evacuating and evacuating these people a month in advance, but after all, there are still many people who are unwilling to leave their homes and risk staying here.

When the Chinese army was cruel and ruthless, they didn't care whether you were the people or whether you were innocent. They directly ordered to drive these people out of their homes and burn their homes before the enemy arrived.

Liu Feiyun was indifferent to the people's requests, because he knew that it was the death order issued by the above. Once you refuse to implement it, it is easy to be investigated by the inspection section of the military headquarters afterwards.

The military headquarters clearly said that they could retreat, but they could not leave useful things to the enemy. If these people were willing to follow the Chinese army, they could provide protection, food and shelter.

If you don't want to give up the pots and pans at home and insist on staying and being the obedient people of Daming, you'll be embarrassed. This will never be allowed. They won't slaughter these people to avoid future trouble, but they will burn their houses and food.

They can not become the help of Daming, but the burden of Daming.

After a great war, there were only a few thousand people left in Cangzhou city with a population of hundreds of thousands. Other people either moved or died in the war. Yang Sichang felt like crying when he looked at the thousands of people who were left crying.

After a hard work, I finally got nothing, which was very disappointing.