A few days later, the delivery camp.

In the handsome camp, all the generals sat on the left and right, and Ming Fu was in the center, and the atmosphere was slightly dull.

"There is no need to discuss this matter again, just do what you are told! The grain and grass materials in the camp should be transported to Xianghe as soon as possible, and they must be transported within three days. Mingfu's face was not very good.

As the commander of the capital, he must consider the overall situation of the Northern Expedition, and he can't tell them too clearly about some military deployments at this time, so as not to leak secrets and be detected by the Jin army facing the confrontation across the river, which will ruin the plan.

"My lord, didn't you say it before, we will never retreat, won't we retreat? Why did you withdraw the grain and grass to Xianghe? Although the enemy has more troops than us, after so many days, they are not unable to get through, and we don't need to be afraid of them at all! ”

"yes, you're so afraid of horses? The strength of the Jin army is not very good, they can't fight across the river at all, even if we can come, we can still defeat them! What are adults afraid of? ”

"I don't agree to retreat, I want to retreat, I won't retreat anyway!"

.......

The generals questioned the decision to retreat and expressed their attitudes, and there was a lot of discussion in the conference hall for a while.

Ming Fu has always been relaxed in leading troops for so many years, and before the battle order is issued, any opinions and different views at the meeting of the generals can be freely expressed and can be brought to the table for discussion, but this also gives rise to some problems, that is, the authority of the chief general will be damaged because of this.

Fortunately, Ming Fu did not rely entirely on authority to lead the troops to fight, but explained the battle plan thoroughly and obtained the consensus of the generals.

Now this situation is also because he said too thoroughly why he stuck to the transportation camp before, and the generals also heard it in their hearts, and conveyed it accordingly, and suddenly said that they would evacuate the grain and grass materials from the transportation camp, they naturally found it difficult to accept, how to tell their subordinates? How can they be convinced that a retreat would also be beneficial to the Northern Expedition?

However, the overall battle plan needs to be kept secret at this time, and it is not the time to tell them, how to appease everyone has become an urgent problem for Mingfu to solve.

"Be quiet, listen to me!" Ming Fu raised his voice, overpowering the voices of the generals.

When the camp was quiet, Ming Fu looked at everyone: "It is not my decision to evacuate the materials from the transportation camp, it is a decision from above. I don't know what the specific meaning is, but the above gave me a clear order that the evacuation must be completed within three days, which is crucial to whether the entire Northern Expedition can end before this year's Chinese New Year's Eve! You have ideas, and I have ideas, but we are military people, and we must obey orders from above. You must believe that the understanding and understanding of the entire Northern Expedition situation is more comprehensive and deeper than ours. For example, we can only know the movements of enemy forces and friendly forces in the surrounding areas, including the Chaobaihe camp, the Haizi Village camp, and even Pingzhou, but we can't know how many troops we have crossed the sea from Dengzhou to Liaoyang City, the capital of the Dongjin Kingdom, and we don't know what the battle situation is, whether it is superior or bad, but this information is very clear. ”

"If you think that Liaoyang City is too far away and it is not appropriate to give an example, then let's take Yanjing City as an example, after going north for so long, can the sentinel scouts you send out enter Yanjing City?"

In the face of the problem of Mingfu, no one will speak.

Yanjing City is not so easy to enter, and the entry and exit inspections are extremely strict, especially during the tense situation, or during the war, it is impossible to enter and exit Yanjing City without acquaintances as guarantees.

When they went north in the Ming Dynasty, Luo Congbu, the garrison of Hejian Province, had already launched a war, captured Pingzhou City, and attacked Laizhou, so none of their scouts and spies could enter Yanjing City, and they could not even reach outside Yanjing City.

Ming Fu saw that the generals were silent, so he said: "Our people can't enter Yanjing City, but the above has laid eyeliner in Yanjing City decades ago, and we can't imagine the understanding of Yanjing City." It is believed that they made the decision at this time to order the transportation battalion to withdraw the grain and grass materials to Xianghe, which was the result of comprehensive information on the entire battle situation and careful consideration. We only need to act according to the order now, complete the transfer of grain and grass within a time limit, and don't ask too much about the rest, I don't know if I ask, and I don't have time to send someone to find out. Never or no, you all give me an answer now. ”

After Ming Fu finished speaking, his eyes swept over the generals in the camp to see if they could accept this statement and explanation, if not, then they could only continue to bother with words.

Fortunately, no one spoke out this time, no one expressed any more dissent, maybe they also knew that the order above was different from Mingfu's general order, it was not changed by them, and besides, they did not have so much time to wait or waste.

"The last will obey! Collect ships and ship now! After a few moments, the Commander stood up and made a statement.

"The last general obeys!"

"The last general obeys!"

For a while, all the generals in the battalion stood up one after another, indicating that they would act according to the order.

"Okay, the supplies must be transferred, and the position must be held! Until the new order arrives, it is important not to let the enemy know anything! Everyone stopped making a fuss, and Ming Fu's heart couldn't help but feel light, but he didn't let his guard down.

All the generals should be.

Subsequently, Ming Fu assigned tasks to each army and made specific arrangements for key tasks.

In the afternoon of the same day, the officers and men of the front battalion of the transportation battalion continued to attack and defend against the Jin army on the other side of the river, and after many days of confrontation and fighting, the battle lines of the two sides have expanded from the original dozens of zhang wide to hundreds of zhang wide.

At the same time, the rear camp near the Chaobai River began to collect boats, carry grain and grass materials, and load them on ships to Xianghe County, which is dozens of miles away.

Almost at the same time, the Chaobai River battalion, which was sixty or seventy miles away from the general transportation camp, was also adjusting its troop deployment and preparing to cross the Chaobai River and launch an attack on the Jin army to respond to the transportation camp.

Two days later, the commander of the Jin army, who was anxious about whether to advance or retreat because he could not capture the general transportation camp, received news that there was an abnormal movement in the Chaobai River camp of the Song army, and a force of about 5,000 people crossed the Chaobai River and marched in the direction of Yanjing City, but considering that it was difficult for 5,000 people to attack the city, they were very likely to go south to respond to the Song army of the transportation camp.

Hearing that the other side only had 5,000 people, the commander of the Jin army said that there was no need to worry at all, because he knew that they were dispatching at this time, more to show the attitude of supporting the Song army of the transportation battalion, rather than to sincerely rescue, otherwise they would send 10,000 or 20,000 people, rather than 5,000 pretending to be 5,000 people.

Therefore, the commander of the Jin army, who was worried about how to capture the general transportation camp, immediately left this news behind him and thought hard about a plan to break the enemy.

The canal in front of him is not wide, and the water is also deep, but it is a pity that there are not many bridges on the river, and the Song and Jin armies have destroyed them one after another, making it a problem to cross the river now. In fact, if it weren't for the Song army on the opposite side to prevent the obstruction, it would have been possible to build a simple boat bridge for soldiers to cross the river in one day, but the Song army based on the geographical advantage and countless bows and crossbows and arrows forcibly prevented them from going into the water bridge, and sometimes with huge sacrifices, the boat bridge that was finally half built was also destroyed by the Song army under the rain of arrows, which is really annoying.

Yanjing City urged many times, and sent a message, saying that if it was difficult to break through the transportation camp, it could be abandoned, and it was also an option to attack the Chaobaihe camp.

Switch to attack the Chaobai River camp? Crazy!

The commander of the Jin army couldn't help but want to curse.

The camp of the Chaobai River is in the east of the river, and the city of Yanjing is in the west, the river is much wider than the canal in front of you, and the water is much deeper, although the two banks are connected by bridges in a narrow place, but once the Jin army shows the intention of attacking the camp of the Chaobai River, the Song army can completely destroy the bridge on the river in a short time, and then it will be the same as staring at the Chaobai River.

Unable to think of a suitable way to cross the river for a long time, the commander of the Jin army was very annoyed, and even his favorite roast beef sprinkled with spices in the past felt that it was not fragrant, and he did not have the slightest appetite when he looked at the barbecue meat brought in by his own soldiers.

Annoyed, he walked out of the handsome tent to breathe.

Out of the tent, the cold air entered the lungs, the feeling of boredom in my heart suddenly lightened, my head was a lot clearer, and I felt very comfortable, so I let go of my heart and walked around aimlessly from the road under my feet.

I don't know how far and how long I have walked and where I have gone.

As he walked, the commander of the Jin army suddenly saw a soldier digging in the camp not far ahead, and he immediately felt a little curious and alert.

Because there are more war horses in the camp, and the war horses run the most taboo uneven ground and the sudden appearance of soil pits on the flat ground, under normal circumstances, soldiers find that mice or hares are making holes in the camp, they will immediately fill it up, so as not to step on the war horses by mistake and hurt the horses' hooves and legs.

And at this time, the soldiers were digging in the camp, which was really strange.

The commander of the Jin army quickly stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Several soldiers were busy digging the soil, and when they looked up, they found that the commander was standing in front of them, and immediately saluted in a panic: "The little one has seen the generalissimo!" ”

After saluting, one of the soldiers replied, "Returning to the commander, the little ones are digging a well to get water." ”

"Fetch water? Isn't there a river nearby? Why are wells dug in the camp? Don't you know that wells are not allowed to be dug in the camp? The commander of the Jin army asked a few questions.

Seeing that the generalissimo's expression was not good, the soldiers digging the well suddenly became frightened, and for a while, they were completely speechless.

"Say, why are you digging a well in the camp?" The commander of the Jin army asked again, his eyes were extremely sharp.

Seeing that if they didn't answer, they might anger the generalissimo, and maybe they would cut off their heads, so one of them replied tremblingly: "Back to the generalissimo, the little ones are in charge of cooking, and they did get water from the nearby river before, but since yesterday, the river has frozen, and the damage of taking water will take a lot of time to break the ice, so they take a bucket of water, and after a while, the river will freeze again, and it will be a great delay, so the little ones want to dig a well nearby, save some time to get water, and cook for the brothers as soon as possible." ”

"Really?" The commander of the Jin army was slightly stunned after hearing this.

"The little one will never dare to deceive the generalissimo!"

Several soldiers expressed their stance one after another, saying that they did not dare to deceive.

The commander of the Jin army thought for a while, and felt that what they said was also reasonable, if too much time was wasted on fetching water and delaying the time for the soldiers to eat, it would inevitably affect the morale of the army, so he said no more and left.

As soon as he took a few steps, a few words suddenly appeared in his mind: the river is frozen!

That's right, the river is freezing!

"Back to camp! Gather for discussion! The commander of the Jin army was overjoyed, couldn't help shouting, turned around and left.

Although the guards who followed him did not know what was happening, they hurriedly stepped forward to lead the way.