In the city of Jinzhou, there are about 100,000 people, which is basically the same as the number of troops outside the city, while the Sui army's grain is only half a month, and it needs to be continuously transported later, and it is impossible to bring enough grain and grass for a year with an army of 100,000 at once, usually two or three months of storage.

There are many reasons, such as the transportation capacity, which cannot be carried so much; The second is the speed of raising food, which cannot mobilize 100,000 troops for a year's rations in an instant; The third is also for safety reasons, once it is attacked by the enemy and burned, it will be fucked up.

Yang Su has encountered many years of unifying the army, thorny problems, this kind of suppression of the rebels, he strives for perfection, so that he can retire honorably, if there is a deviation, regardless of the life and death of the people in the city, even if the rebellion is suppressed, his fate will be very sad!

This is no longer purely a strategy of leading troops to fight, but a conspiracy and trickery, using all means and unscrupulous means.

"The rebels have reached the end of the mountain and the water and have become bottomless, but the old Yang Su still cherishes this feather, so it is difficult to untie this dead button!"

Mai Tiezhu arched his hand and said: "Commander, it is better to let the last general lead an elite army to kill it, severely damage the enemy army, and snatch back some food!" ”

Yang Su shook his head and said: "It's not proper, I am afraid that I will let the ambush soldiers be ambushed, once it is damaged, it will have too much impact on the morale of our army, and it will be even more difficult to hold on in the future." ”

Zhou Luohu is also considered to have been on the battlefield for a long time, and he somewhat understands Yang Su's mind of resolutely not retiring from the army, and also guesses where the last hole card of the marshal is, and asks: "Marshal, how much time will it take for General Yu to do so?" ”

Yang Su said in a deep voice: "The mountain road is rugged, the whole army walks, hundreds of miles, at least ten days!" ”

"That is, our army will hold out for ten days, and then wait for a counterattack?" Zhou Luohu asked.

"That's pretty much it." Yang Su did not hide it, in fact, he still had a hope, that is, he hoped that Yujuluo with 8,000 elite soldiers could sneak attack Zhao Zikai's rear camp, so that the commander was killed and captured, and the rebels on the front line would naturally be defeated, and the Sui army could continue to go north.

The food problem and the resettlement of displaced people could be properly solved at that time.

Zhang Shou sighed: "The area around Puzhou has been besieged for a month, and there is a shortage of grain and grass, so it can only be transported across the river from a few granaries on the south bank of the Yellow River, and then escorted over. ”

Strategist Hou Moqian calculated: "The grain and grass of our army is enough for the soldiers inside and outside the city for seven or eight days, and the soldiers of the first army need at least three days of rations to attack the rebels in the north, and the same is true for the people in the city, so the grain and grass transported must reach at least half of the current grain stock in the military camp before they can barely pass the test!" ”

Yang Su said calmly: "Pass the order, be sure to transport the military rations, there must be no loss, each battalion should arrange food reasonably, it must be reduced every day, and the food cannot be rashly cut off, which army has mutiny, come and see!" ”

"Yes!" Several generals felt the murderous intent on Yang Su's body, and they all became serious.

………

A few days passed, and a team carrying grain from Guangtong Warehouse was heading towards the Puzhou area, but when it came to a mountain and woodland, there was a sudden sound of fighting, and the stragglers who were lying in ambush outside, the dead soldiers of the rebels, had long been hiding in this place where grain transportation must pass, and carried out an ambush.

Although the rebels were small in number, only a few hundred, against more than 2,000 armor soldiers escorting the grain pile, they did not seek to kill the enemy, did not seek a big victory, the purpose was only to burn grain, so it was easy to succeed by surprise.

"Hurry up and save the food and grass!" A captain's face is green, and there is no food and grass, how can he go to work and return to his life!

………

This similar scene was also played out in another grain transport team, when the grain and grass transported from Changping crossing the river were attacked and destroyed by fire after walking hundreds of miles, even if some traitors were killed, it was useless.

When these news were transmitted back to the battalion of the advancing commander, Yang Su completely changed his face, and killed two captains on the spot to deter the army!

What the generals feared still happened, the rebels had already released a lot of men and horses in Jinju, lurking in a few hidden mountains and forests, maybe only a few hundred people in each team, waiting to burn grain and grass.

"Marshal, while it can still support for three days, withdraw the army quickly, otherwise, the army will have no food and endless troubles!"

Yang Su shook his head and said: "The commander doesn't want to listen to the strategy of retreating for the time being, generals, do you have other plans to solve this crisis?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and felt helpless.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Yang Su had already told the story of Yujuluo leading elite soldiers to sneak attack the rear, but even so, far water could not quench the thirst of the near, and the soldiers were still helpless about the urgent need for food.

Yang Su swept his eyes and saw the young and calm Luo Zhaoyun, and asked, "Luo Cheng, what do you think about relieving Ben Shuai?" ”

Luo Zhaoyun was named, stood up, hugged his fists and said: "Qiyu Marshal, the current situation is unfavorable, so I can only retreat." ”

"Smack!" Yang Su slapped the table, his face showed a little anger, and a trace of disappointment, he originally thought that this Luo Zhaoyun was a little strange and extraordinary, but he didn't expect that it was such a vulgar view, and his expectations were shattered, which made him even more angry.

"The commander has already said that he doesn't want to retreat, and if he insists on it for another seven days, he will be sure of a big victory. Yang Su scolded.

Luo Zhaoyun was not in a hurry, and continued: "The retreat that the last general said is to retreat as advance!" ”

Yang Su was stunned, restrained his anger, and said suspiciously: "What does it mean to advance as retreat?" How to get in? ”

Luo Zhaoyun said calmly: "Since the rebels have already made the idea of the grain route, in a short period of time, desperately blocking it, even if our army is escorted by elite soldiers, it will not be able to withstand a group of dead soldiers who will attack and set fire regardless of their lives." Therefore, the situation of our army is not optimistic, and I am afraid that the rebel generals have already understood through the special means of scouts. Our army resists hard, there will be no progress, if we deliberately retreat, lead the rebels to chase and kill, and then, ambush and kill. Once successful, when the time comes, the time will come to take meat from the pockets of the rebel soldiers who died in battle, as well as the wounded and disabled soldiers, and maybe support it for a few more days, and then attack back and forth to break the enemy army in the rear! (To be continued.) )