Although he was distressed that Wu Beisheng's losses were too large, Chen Yue was still very satisfied with their performance. In the face of the Manchu cavalry, which is twice as numerous as himself, he can fight like this, and there are few troops like the entire Ming Dynasty.

So, Chen Yue praised Deng Bingzhen greatly and promised to appoint him as the chief soldier of the newly formed army and a town. Chen Yue was very interested in the better performers in the martial arts students mentioned by Deng Bingzhen, especially Zhang Huangyan. Zhang Huangyan is a celebrity in another time and space, Chen Yue is very concerned about him, with Zhang Huangyan's fame and good military quality, he is already up to the task, Chen Yue is ready to give him a position in the new army.

After sending Deng Bingzhen down, Yu Feng stayed behind and mentioned Zhang Huangyan's worries about the grain road.

"Lord Wang, the last general thinks that what Zhang Huangyan said is very reasonable, the Manchu Qing has the advantage of cavalry, and can bypass the Liaocheng defense line at will to reach our rear, Liaocheng has more than 100,000 troops, and the food supply must be transported from Xuzhou in the south, if the rear is unstable and the grain road is cut off, after a long time, the army of more than 100,000 people may be in danger of overturning."

Chen Yue nodded: "There is a danger in this regard, but there is no need to worry about it." Liaocheng is stuck in the passage of the south by the canal, and all the prefectures and counties south of Liaocheng are heavily guarded, if the full cavalry bypasses Liaocheng to the south, we naturally can't stop the small army, such as the hundreds of Qing cavalry attacking Wu Beisheng. But if there are too many of them, they can't carry their material baggage without going through the official road, such as the red-coated cannon used to break the city. Of course, it can meet its needs through plunder, but it is not so easy to defeat the states and counties occupied by our army, and an army without logistical baggage and heavy materials will only get weaker and weaker in combat effectiveness, and how long can it last? ”

As early as the discovery of the Qing troops from Beijing to the south, Chen Yue deployed, Liaocheng south of the prefectures and counties are stationed in 1,000 to thousands of soldiers to guard, although the strength is not much, but can definitely not be carried out under the Qing army without baggage for a period of time, and in this short time, Liaocheng's Ming army reinforcements can naturally arrive.

Therefore, it is not easy for the Qing army in the city of southwest Lu to bypass Liaocheng and capture it. Of course, the cavalry of the Qing army can cut off the team transporting grain, but each team transporting grain will also have heavy guards, and the Qing army has to bypass the cities to run to the rear, which is very difficult.

"Our army has a vast territory, countless people as backup, grain will continue to be transported from behind, the territory of the Manchu Qing is only near Beijing, and their grain and grass are more tight than ours. Although the Manchus had tens of thousands of cavalry, it was not so easy for tens of thousands of war horses to feed. One horse eats more food than three soldiers.

This is also the reason why the small Qing troops are constantly attacking the countryside, and they need to loot food from all over the place for the army to eat.

Dolgon confronted our army in Liaocheng, but he was unwilling to storm Liaocheng at the cost of huge sacrifices, in a vain attempt to cut off our army's rear route by attacking and harassing him, and in vain trying to cut off our army's grain route and force our army to lack food. You must know that this is not Liaoxi, how can it be so easy to repeat the battles of Salhu and Tashan! Chen Yue sneered.

"The full man of the dog day knows that you are powerful, where do you dare to make a time, when the main force of more than 100,000 eight banners of the two roads went south, but we beat the flowers, now the strength of the Manchu Qing is not as good as before, and our strength is several times that of the past, Dolgon is not stupid, he definitely does not dare to storm Liaocheng." Yu Feng laughed.

"Okay, you've finally learned to understand your brain now." Chen Yue said to Yu Feng with a smile.

Chen Yue and the staff discussed day and night, analyzed according to the situation and strength of the two sides, and concluded that the Manchu did not have the strength to capture Liaocheng, and these days, the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been entrenched in Liaocheng, which fully proves everyone's idea. That is, Manchu will not storm Liaocheng.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can know that after Manchu experienced a big defeat, the Eight Banners suffered a lot of losses, and now the Manchu of Linqing must be its last main force, if it is defeated again, let alone attacking Nanming, it is not easy for Manchu people to protect themselves.

How to defeat the Ming army without forcibly attacking the city? Only by giving full play to the advantages of cavalry in the field battle, so during this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had been waiting for the Ming army to take the initiative to attack. Unexpectedly, the Ming army was so cautious, not only did not take the initiative to attack, but retreated the army from the plains, and did not even occupy Dezhou, which was subordinate to Jinan Prefecture.

Since the Ming army had no intention of continuing to attack Beijing, it was bent on consolidating the territory it had already occupied. Naturally, the Manchu court could not allow this situation to continue. Otherwise, the Ming army really consolidated all parts of Shandong and Henan, with the huge strength of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the famous general Chen Yue as the commander, while the Qing army only owned the territory near Beijing, and the strength of the two sides will become greater and greater.

That's why the Manchu regent Dolgon poured the power of the whole country south.

And for Chen Yue, since the plan has been decided, how can he attack Linqing again? Yes, yes, time is on the side of the Ming army.

"Therefore, in the next time, I am afraid it will be the battle of the grain road, and the Manchu Qing will spare no effort to try to send troops to bypass Liaocheng to attack the rear of our army, looting grain and trying to cut off our army's grain route.

Our army will defend the cities and protect the food routes of our army, and your army is the only cavalry of our army, and it will bear the heavy responsibility of going to the aid everywhere. Chen Yue said solemnly to Yu Feng.

"Subordinates obey!" Yu Feng replied with a high degree of urgency, and asked hesitantly: "But Lord Wang, if this continues, our army has been passively beaten, after all, the Manchu cavalry is far stronger than our army." If it lasts for a long time, I am afraid that the surrounding prefectures and counties and countryside will be completely ruined.

Can't we take the initiative to attack Linqing, where the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is entrenched? ”

"Take the initiative? The Manchus wished we were like this. Although the strength of Liaocheng is as much as 150,000, it is less than twice that of the Qing soldiers, which is enough to defend the city. And the Qing army has so many cavalry, and the field advantage is much greater than ours, how to fight?

What is going on now is a war to destroy the country, which is related to the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty, how can there be a woman's kindness! “

"Yes, my subordinates understand." Yu Feng said gloomily.

Looking at Yu Feng's appearance, Chen Yue knew that the biggest problem with this guy was that sometimes there was the kindness of a woman, and the cavalry led by him was too important, Chen Yue was really afraid that he would bring the cavalry battalion into the pit, such as falling into a trap in order to rescue the people of the village who had been attacked and plundered, so he had to explain and comfort a few words.

"Rest assured, this won't last long. This king is already planning an offensive against the Manchus, and it may not take three or five months for the situation to be completely reversed, and the time to break the Qing army is not far off! ”

When Yu Feng heard this, his spirits suddenly perked: "The last general understands, and the last general will retire!" ”