That night, all the generals of the imperial court were assigned tasks, and then they all took their leave and returned to the camp. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Su used a plan, in fact, it was to repair the plank road in the Ming Dynasty and Chen Cang in the dark, with the help of Han Xin's strategy of helping Liu Bang to go out of Hanzhong and attack Sanqin, he clearly let the army advance slowly and test the pressure on the rebels, and secretly selected 8,000 elite people, led by the fierce general Yujuluo, and infiltrated Huoshan, to advance along the cliff and deep valley, smash the rebels' lair, and sneak attack Zhao Zikai's camp in the rear.

This strategy was highly secret, and Yang Su did not announce it in person, so when many generals returned, some were still not very clear about how to deal a fatal blow to the 100,000 rebels.

The vanguard army, the left army, the right army, the middle army, and the apse army pressed forward and had entered the land of Jinju.

The rebels here withdrew without a fight, and the territory was left to the forbidden army of the imperial court, but the warehouses here stored grain, and all the cattle and sheep and other livestock were taken away, leaving the equivalent of empty cities and empty land, because the people had no food, and they also fled from this place and took refuge elsewhere.

"The rebels are going to use a desperate strategy!" Zhou Luohu's face turned cold, and he had already guessed the intention of the rebels.

Soon, Yang Su ordered that the army be stationed outside the city, separated from Jinju City for several miles, and sent 3,000 armor soldiers into the city to control the order in the city and restore the control of the imperial court.

Yang Su has a lot of experience in leading troops, according to his habits, he will not station the army in the city, so if the tiger is locked in a cage, it can't be used, once it is besieged, or there are ambushes hidden in the city, it will be killed from the tunnel at night, and the city will be in chaos, even if there are 100,000 troops, it will collapse.

General Zhang Shou, who was sent to Jinju City, as well as Sima, Gong Cao and others, after entering the city to investigate the people's situation, they were all dumbfounded, because everything that could be eaten in the city was robbed, and the strong men were also arrested, leaving the old, weak, sick and disabled, women and children, seeing that there was not much food, and if they held on to rations for a few more days, they would have no food to survive.

General Zhang Shou hurriedly sent the information to Yang Su, and even the latter frowned, feeling that the matter was tricky, if he didn't take out military rations to help the people in the city, then the people would starve to death, after all, many old people, children, etc., could not travel long distances.

But if the military rations are taken out, then the army will soon run out of food, and the morale will be affected, and it is inevitable that the battle will be lost, and then the army will be defeated like a mountain.

This is no longer just a tactic to use soldiers, but also human nature, morality, psychology and tactics, more ruthless than anyone to the people!

Yang Su is in danger, because he represents the imperial army, if the people of the imperial court are not saved, and hundreds of thousands of people starve to death, even if he wins the battle and suppresses the rebels, he will become a scapegoat.

If he loses the battle to save the people, as the commander of the three armies, he will also be responsible, even if he is not killed, his invincible reputation will come to an end, and at that time, some political enemies will not let go of this opportunity to trip the Yang family.

"Father, this plan is too insidious." Yang Renxing was angry.

Yang Wanshi said: "Father, these people, we can't help but save them, but we can't go all out to save them, unless we give the army food, we will withdraw immediately, otherwise when the grain and grass are empty, it will be difficult for the rear supplies to arrive in time, I am afraid that it will cause a mutiny in the army, and the army will collapse without a fight." ”

Yang Su pondered for a long time, and there was no way to do both, and sighed: "Ben Shuai didn't expect that the rebels would be so ruthless and gamble with the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. ”

The middle-aged strategist Hou Moqian said: "It should be Wang Cheek's idea, after this person is a famous general in Nanliang, he is full of poetry and books, proficient in the art of war, and has outstanding talents, but unfortunately he has not received reuse from the imperial court, so he took refuge in Yang Liang, trying to be opportunistic and win a high position in the future!" ”

General Yang Zichong said: "Marshal, the top priority, the safest way is to take out a part of the military rations and give the people in the city food to eat, and then our army retreats in batches, without making a noise, lest it be pursued and killed by the rebels, and the whole line collapses!" ”

Yang Su shook his head and said: "This plan seems to be safer, but it boosts the arrogance of the rebels, when the time comes, the rebels occupy Jinzhou again, and we are in a tug-of-war, for a long time, and when the rebels sweep away the grain and grass in Puzhou and other states, at that time, we will be even more helpless, so to completely solve the dilemma, we must defeat the rebels and eliminate the soldiers and horses of Zhao Zikai in Jinzhou!" ”

The generals felt reasonable, nodded their heads, and fell silent.

Yang Su said calmly: "Immediately send someone to count how many stones there are in the army's rations, which is enough for 100,000 troops to eat, in addition, check how many people in the city will save their lives with porridge a day, and see how many days they can maintain on both sides!" At the same time, people were immediately sent to Puzhou to collect grain, as well as several large grains and grasses on the north bank of the Yellow River to transport grain! ”

"Marshal, I'm afraid that these are all within the calculations of the rebels, and the safety of the grain route must also be taken into account." Liu Quan, a strategist in a green robe, reminded.

Yang Su nodded, the rebels' move can not be described as ruthless, making him a little passive, it is precisely the difficulty of holding him as the commander of the imperial army, the rebels can ignore the life and death of the people, but he Yang Su can't let it go, he can be ruthless to the soldiers of the three armies, but he can't be ruthless to the people.

This has a moral level, but also a conscience level, although Yang Su has the talent of a hero, but he is not a real hero!

Yang Su said: "Draw out a team of soldiers and horses to protect the safety of the grain road along the way, and there can be no loss!" We can't withdraw from the army for the time being, we must gradually turn against the customer and seize the initiative! (To be continued.) )