Chapter 923

After receiving the news, Yang Sichang did not hesitate. He immediately sent a report to Hong Chengchou to discuss the big plan together.

Yang Sichang admired Hong Chengchou's ability to lead the army. He really had the talent of a great commander. He was in charge of a huge army. He was well organized and reasonable. Although he had a bad reputation, he was indeed an expert in leading the army, better than most generals in the Ming Dynasty.

What's the use of a good reputation these days? Imagine all the officials in the imperial court who are not very famous, but what can they bring to Daming and win a battle for them?

Hong Chengchou has always been a person feared by China.

Hong Chengchou was also having breakfast, eating porridge with fried rice noodles and dried salted radish. When he heard such terrible news, he was holding chopsticks and preparing to clip the dried salted radish in the bowl, but his action solidified.

After being shocked, he reacted very quickly and immediately rushed to the map to watch the situation of both sides.

Hong Chengchou didn't look at it. As soon as he ran to the map, he found a terrible thing. On the map, it was quite intuitive. That is, they were intrigued by the Chinese army. The other party lured them to Jinan, which was to let them go deep alone, surround them, and let them have no return.

Hong Chengchou was shocked and said, "no! We're in the trap."

His reaction was the same as that of Yang Sichang. The two marshals had the same eyes. They could see the cold sweat on each other's forehead and the color of fear in their eyes.

Hong Chengchou said in a trembling voice, "what should we do?" at this time, the chopsticks in his hands had not been put down, but he didn't feel it.

Yang Sichang said, "what else can we do? We must retreat with all our strength, but it can be imagined that since the Chinese thieves lured us here, we must ambush many troops on the road. It's easier for us to come than to go back."

The two of them were still discussing big plans in the barracks. For a while and a half, they didn't know what to do. At a good time, the whole army was noisy and boiling like a nest.

Whether Hong Chengchou or Yang Sichang, they are very strict in running the army. They are not allowed to play and fight in the army. If they make a noise like this, they will kill the powerful military staff.

But now, they don't have to check, and they all know why the army is making a noise. This is because the news leaked out. Such a big thing is almost falling apart. They can't hide and block it.

In particular, Yang Sichang's army, with hundreds of thousands of people, basically came from Weihe and beizhili in Tianjin. Their hometown was captured by the Chinese army, and their nests were destroyed by the Chinese army. Most people received the news, which made them terrified and shocked.

A moment ago, they were still valiant and high spirited. They were ready to cross the Jishui River, attack Jinan, break Jinan mansion, capture Liu Yuanqiao alive, and make immortal achievements. But in the twinkling of an eye, they fell from heaven to hell and fell into unprecedented difficulties.

But all soldiers know how hard their difficulties are now. They are half surrounded by others.

Hong Chengchou sighed, "the people under him have also received the news, and they began to make trouble."

Yang Sichang took a breath of air-conditioning. He said, "Liu's father and son's teeth are so good that they have set a treacherous plan to encircle and annihilate my millions of troops!"

The other side is to lure them here, and then encircle them and destroy them in one fell swoop.

This is more than 700000 troops! How big a mouth and ambition do you have to dare to make such a plan?

Without the call of the two generals, all the generals came to the handsome tent one after another to discuss the big plan with them. The big guy's face was very ugly.

Especially these generals, who know more than soldiers, know how bad the situation is and how terrible it is. They are in a huge siege. If they are in a terrible vortex, if they are not careful, they will drown and destroy the whole army.

Everyone asked the marshals what to do.

From the huge shock at the beginning, Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang began to calm down. At this time, they all understood that there was no way to be afraid or helpless. The immediate urgency was to get out of contact with the enemy and bring hundreds of thousands of troops back to Baoding camp.

In principle, Yang Sichang's East Route Army should return to Tianjin weidaying, but their nest has been occupied by the Chinese army, and they can't go back, so they can only find a place to settle down again.

Under Yang Sichang, although there are 300000 troops, he is not sure of winning. He can counter attack Tianjin Wei and recapture Tianjin Wei from Liu bu.

This is Liu Bu, the person they fear most. The other party sent out a sea and land army to capture Tianjin Wei. It's difficult to get it back.

Hong Chengchou immediately began to deploy his troops and asked them to pack up and prepare to retreat.

At this time, the soldiers under them began to quit. They asked a very realistic question one after another. Retreat now! What do these soldiers eat? What are you wearing?

You know, when there was no army, they were fooled by the imperial court to send troops to attack Jinan, hoping to feed on the enemy. But now, the enemy didn't fight and didn't get any benefits. Instead, they had to rush back to Baoding camp eight or nine hundred miles away. What did everyone eat along the way? What are you wearing?

A more important question is, can these hundreds of thousands of troops return to Baoding camp to accommodate so many troops? What do these soldiers eat? What are you wearing?

These officers and soldiers, however, know that beizhili has been ruined by them. In other words, there is no oil and water to squeeze, just a pile of soil and stones. So many of them go back to eat bark or soil?

This situation really makes Hong Chengchou and them in trouble. They all know how dangerous the situation is.

In this case, it's really a fool's dream to attack Jinan. The other party doesn't have to fight with you. Even hiding in the city and procrastinating will drag you to death.

But there is also a difficulty. Hundreds of thousands of their troops quickly withdrew to Baoding camp, which is nearly thousands of miles away. They robbed them all along the way. There is no food. What should they do?

They were able to overcome these difficulties, break through the layers of resistance of the Chinese army, and return to the Baoding camp. The hundreds of thousands of troops passed by like locusts crossing the border without leaving any grass. After arriving in beizhili, the place became poorer and hundreds of miles of bare land. What do you eat? Hundreds of thousands of people, but also dozens of mouths.

Such a request is really worrying. As you know, it really answers a dilemma.

Hong Chengchou sighed: "Liu Qingzhi is really an expert in military use. It is such a simple strategy, but we are in a mess. We are tired of running. Hundreds of thousands of troops of the imperial court did not give full play to his actual power, but consumed their strength in dragging East and West."

Yang Sichang also thought of this problem, which made him a great headache.

In fact, the former Yang Sichang had been reading the book of war and had been studying how to deploy troops and how to use tricks to defeat the enemy. However, he had never been in charge of logistics. Without the book of war, he could write logistics, which made them very headache.

During the period when he was often in charge of the army, how to get enough food to fill these soldiers' mouths made him spend most of his time and energy, so that he thought that he was full of classics and tricks, but he didn't use them.

In this situation, they are really in a dilemma.

This is really the ups and downs of life. One moment they are still in high spirits, waiting to enter the highlight of life. The next moment, they are in an absolute dilemma, and it is difficult to stand on their own under the layout of the enemy.

When the generals saw that the generals stopped talking, they knew they had no good way. In fact, at this time, everyone knew that the gods could not think of any good way. They had hundreds of thousands of people and dozens of mouths. It was very difficult to feed these hundreds of thousands of people.

They were surprised that after they invaded Shandong, they would attack and occupy so many cities so easily. It was the intention of the Chinese thieves. They gave up these cities. Don't you see that most of the cities they occupied have been fortified and cleared, and they won't leave food for them, which makes many of them unable to eat enough.

It can be seen that the Chinese army is very aware of their weaknesses and has hit them seven inches with a stick. It is believed that the other party will continue to implement such a policy. As long as the other party continues to implement such a policy, they will not be able to do anything at all.

At this time, even the most optimistic people know that before they open it, they have lost, just above the temple calculation.

The imperial court is very smart. It's a tactic to support the war by fighting, but the other party also sees the imperial court's dilemma, so they give up these cities and implement the scorched earth policy. They occupy so many cities and control such a large territory, but they don't have any food. Most people are hungry.

It is estimated that the other party just wants to drag them down with the policy of procrastination.

Since ancient times, the two armies have been at war with each other. Everyone knows that the most formal thing is to cut off each other's food channels, make each other short of food, cause chaos in the morale of the army and self collapse.

Originally, they were full of confidence. They thought that we had 300000 troops here. There were so many troops here. They could not go anywhere. Now they think that they have no food at all. In fact, they are a beggar's army.

300000 troops, so what?

In the war of Changping, Zhao Kuo had 400000 troops. After falling into food shortage, even the 400000 troops were also killed by the enemy. How much better is our current situation than the Zhao army in the war of Changping?

Think of these, but let the soldiers of this army are very afraid, most people are sweating and afraid.