In Quzhou, Chuzhou, and Anhua Town, the confrontation between the Ming and Qing armies had already taken shape. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 More than half a month has passed, and there has been no substantive breakthrough on either front, and even any intention to break through the stalemate has not been shown except for the impregnable fortress in Anwar Town.

This situation can be described as extremely abnormal, as the attacking side, the Qing army is only tens of thousands of soldiers and auxiliaries twice this number, the daily consumption is extremely alarming, for the Qing army is a great burden.

Moreover, the army was blocked at the gate of the Ming army, and the grain road was not short in any direction, and the people along the way ate and chewed, and the longer the grain road, the greater the loss.

Perhaps, the Qing army on the eastern front was small and had the Oujiang River to transport grain, while the Qing army on the northern front could rely on the Puyang River for circulation. But these two roads are not the main force of this battle, the Qing army on the west bank of the Qujiang River just gathered nearly 30,000 soldiers, and the grain road from Jiangxi to the front line is hundreds of miles away, even if there is water transportation in Changshan Port in the last section, the consumption on this road is unimaginable.

In contrast, the Qing army could also replenish military supplies by going to the grass valleys in the countryside, while the Ming army, at present, not only is the confrontation still continuing, but also carrying the big burden of the people in the two counties of Jiangshan and Changshan, and the grain inventory has long been unable to make ends meet even if it is spent heavily in the occupied areas to purchase grain and grass, but I am afraid that it will not be long before the grain will be completely cut out.

The army will disperse if there is no food, this is the most reasonable thing for soldiers, Chen Wenzi is anxious, especially whenever he sees those warehouse reports from various counties, even more so.

However, the army's food ration cannot be reduced, and those refugees will lead to even greater losses if they are left unchecked, and they can only be consumed in this way for now.

In fact, in order to prevent trouble, Chen Wen and Sun Yu discussed and organized the strong laborers of those refugees into large and small militia teams, which were scattered to various counties to help strengthen the city defense and carry materials. And those people can also get an extra ration to feed their families, which is a double win.

During this time, in the refugee camp between Tangxi and Longyou, because the strong labor force was in the hands of the Ming army and distributed in various places, even if there were large or small contradictions between the people, it was not enough to intensify into chaos, and they were able to get relief from the Ming army, and they all praised Chen Wen and Sun Yu, who was in charge of this matter, for having a bodhisattva-like heart, and even set up an immortal tablet for Chen Wen and Sun Yu to thank him for this kindness.

"With the goodness of the Chinese people, if the officials can still force the people to rebel, those corrupt officials also deserve to live in the world?"

In Chen Wen's view, those people actually regarded the relief of the disaster year as a supreme kindness, but they did not know that this was the responsibility of the state, otherwise what moral qualifications would they have to collect taxes. Even from a utilitarian point of view, the wool comes out of the sheep, the common people are dead, and who will the government find to collect taxes?

In this regard, Sun Yu thought so, but they also knew that now was not the time to worry about this matter, and there were more important things that they needed to do. And first of all, we must try to win this anti-encirclement campaign, otherwise there will be no future.

In terms of civil affairs and military supplies, Sun Yu, Gu Shouli, and officials such as Xu Yi have always done their best to make Chen Wen have no worries in the logistics system of today's Zhejiang Ming Army.

Only when there are no internal constraints can there be the possibility of exerting all one's strength externally, which is an eternal truth. And now, Chen Wen's opponent does not seem to be much different from him in this point, and his strength is even stronger, so he can only defend and find another opportunity to find a breakthrough to reverse the situation.

Since even if the other lines were completely reversed, the impact on the overall situation would be very small, because the main force of the Qing army was on the other side of the Qujiang River, and that large army was the most threatening opponent. However, the Qing army always strictly guarded the Qujiang River, and it was impossible for his army to fly over to fight it.

These days, Chen Wen has always been thinking about whether to show weakness to the enemy, temporarily withdraw the army, and lure the 30,000 Qing troops across the river. But if you think about it carefully, now there is only the water camp of the Ming army on the waterway of Qujiang, and the Ming army has retreated, and the water camp has also retreated.

In addition, it is also the principle that the army will be scattered if there is no food, and the difficulty of the Qing army's grain and grass supply is far better than his. In this case, if you jump to the outside line, it can be a miraculous strategy to be able to cut off the food and grass.

In fact, the roads of northern Fujian and Huizhou were not easy to follow, and the grain and grass of the Qing army of such a scale must have been transported from Jiangxi to the front of the army. As long as Jiangxi tries to bypass it, cut off the grain route of the Qing army, or even burn down the key places where it stores grain, it will be difficult for the Qing army to continue to hold on.

But after thinking about it, he almost didn't know where the Qing army's grain was located, how the grain roads were arranged, and the direction of the roads in Guangxin Mansion. Even if Zhang Zisheng and other local snakes in Jiangxi are found, I am afraid that they may not be able to know all about Guangxin Mansion, which has few activities in the past.

Besides, there is a way to return to the teacher, not to strangle, and the siege must be lacking. The Qing army is indeed still a feudal army, which is worse than the uneven combat effectiveness of the army in his hands. But in the face of the hungry Qing army returning to the division, the army with nearly 30,000 soldiers alone, and the seven battalions may still have the strength to fight, and the soldiers and horses with only these battalions in their hands really have to be cherished.

Similar plans have been deduced countless times by Chen Wen and his staff department, but when the main force of the Qing army takes advantage of the geographical advantages to strictly defend itself, it is indeed difficult for the Ming army to break through here. In that case, he had to find another way, but before that, there were more important things that he needed to do himself.

On May 14 of the seventh year of Yongli, Chen Wen led several civil officials from several Quzhou capital cities to personally worship Confucius in Nanzong. In the current situation, it seems that the sacrifice of the hole seems a little out of place, but this move can also unite people's hearts, at least Sun Yu did it not long ago, and it is extremely normal to pray to God and worship Buddha in the current situation of this great enemy.

However, in Chen Wen's view, in addition to uniting people's hearts, this move also has a more important purpose. For example, let the Qing army know that he was still in Quzhou and did not leave this place.

Quzhou is a place where businessmen gather, and no one will believe that there are no Manchu spies here, so this sacrifice to Kong, although there is no deliberate momentum, but under the help of people with intentions, the rumors in the city have risen, and there are not a few people who know.

To worship Confucius, Chen Wen also invited Kong Yanzhen, who had not yet inherited the doctor of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy, to preside over the sacrifice. In fact, Chen Wen was quite dissatisfied with the Kong family, in addition to the previous matter of asking the Manchu Qing for an official position, Kong Yanzhen had almost moved, but the patriarch of the Kong family stopped Kong Yanzhen from joining the Huaxia Revival Association. For no other reason, the Confucian family Nanzong wanted to maintain a neutral position in righteousness and theory, and did not want to be mixed with Chen Wen's organization that was not moderate enough.

In order to protect himself, this is understandable, at least compared to the Northern Sect, the Southern Sect is already much stronger in terms of integrity. Moreover, Chen Wen is not a good man in Liangshan, and he can't try to pull up the mountain depending on who is useful, so this matter will naturally come to an end.

After paying homage to the Confucian Temple, Chen Wen had a light meal at Confucius's house, and in the evening he feasted the local gentry, and only after these people were drunk away did he swagger to the temporary camp outside the city to form a corner with the city.

In the process of pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the Nantang battalion had already boarded the troop carrier after sneaking for a certain distance and went down the river. And after Chen Wen rushed back to the camp, the guards in his hands and the second battalion of Shentang were also setting off. (To be continued.) )