Although Su Yuanchun was angry that Wang Zhichun, the governor of Guangxi, wanted to destroy himself under the pretense of using the hands of the French army, after all, he was the governor of Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty, and the suppression of bandits was also an order of the imperial court, so it was his duty to relieve the siege of Yulin and could not be shirked.

However, Su Yuanchun saw that the army in Hainan, although it was a rebel army of the Qing Dynasty, was so brave against the French army, and he was very respectful, which was also something he wanted to do but couldn't do.

During this period, the Hainan army attacked the French army, which was equivalent to indirectly saving itself, and if it sent troops to encircle and suppress the Hainan army at this time, it would be extremely immoral.

Therefore, Su Yuanchun led his troops to stop at Shangsi County, neither attacking nor retreating. It's just a quiet wait-and-see.

At this moment, Chen Zhong ordered the remaining remnants of Qi Gang to quickly retreat to Bobai County to join them, and the Eighth and Tenth Armies of Qinzhou moved closer to Bobai County. Chen Zhong's initial plan to raid and encircle Yulin was bankrupt due to insufficient grain and grass equipment.

The current situation is extremely unfavorable for Chen Zhong, even if Chen Zhong used Chen Fangzheng's mysterious fleet in the Beibu Gulf yesterday to urgently transfer supplies, it will only be transported to the front line after three days, such a long time, everyone knows what it means for the current battle situation!

I learned from the mouth of the knife that the king of Hainan was seriously ill and bedridden, and Zhou Zhiguang and other undercurrents were surging, and at this moment, it was in vain to ask for help from Hainan.

The wind and rain are coming, and Chen Zhong's situation can be described as internal and external difficulties, and this time he encountered a crisis that is almost impossible to solve.

The night is terrible, the stars in the sky are flickering in the vast expanse, and the whole dark clouds are like raging fireworks, rolling up and down in the vast night sky, churning the time and space that changes over the years.

Chen Zhong pondered for a long time in the courtyard, this time through this era of turmoil and strife, I wanted to do a big job, do a big thing that shook the world, for our calamitous Chinese nation, to create a world, but the ambition has not been rewarded, but he is in a desperate situation, and his heart is extremely unwilling! How can you stop there!

Chen Zhong returned to his room, this was his temporary combat headquarters in Bobai County, where Blade had been waiting for a long time.

Chen Zhong didn't speak but walked straight to the military map, looked at the map, and thought hard, he believed that no matter how difficult the crisis was, there must be a way to solve it!

Blade looked at Chen Zhong, who was frowning, and approached: "Commander," Blade seemed to realize his words, looked around, fortunately, no one was around, and hurriedly changed his words: "Little Lord, are we ...... at the moment?"

Blade was about to continue, Chen Zhong turned around abruptly and looked at Blade intently, Blade was stared at by Chen Zhong, and he didn't know what Chen Zhong was going to do.

Chen Zhong looked at the blade for a long time, then grabbed the blade's arm, his eyes suddenly burst with joy, and said excitedly: "Blade, with it, we can still live!" Can we still live!! ”

Blade was confused by Chen Zhong's unusual behavior, and he didn't know what trick Chen Zhong had come up with.

Blade never doubted that Chen Zhong would be stumped by the predicament in front of him, because they had been in the army together for four years before the crossing, they had experienced pain together, laughter together, and even the test of death, they were comrades-in-arms and brothers in life and death.

Therefore, the crisis in front of him is just a small bump, and he believes that Chen Zhong will definitely come up with a way to break through, because he knows that there is never a word of despair in Chen Zhong's eyes.

Blade looked at Chen Zhong in excitement, he didn't speak, he knew that a new mission was about to begin.

"Chief of Staff Yan Xia Yan! Officers at and above the corps level were notified to immediately go to the war room to hold an emergency military meeting! Chen Zhong shouted.

Before Yan Xia could pass the order, the four army commanders and the three ministers were all in place. Where can they sleep, the enemy will attack at any time, and now the army of less than 20,000 people is alive or dead is still a question mark!

Chen Zhong stood in front of the conference table, looking at the four army commanders and the three ministers sitting on both sides of the conference table, he knew that after this battle, they had become real comrades-in-arms, and their fates had been closely linked from this moment on.

He calmed down his emotions for a while, then walked to the military map and said: "Brothers, I think everyone knows that the current situation of our army is extremely difficult, and the opponent has not given us much time, but we have no ammunition supply, no food and no water, how can we fight this battle?"

Some people say, we can grab food and water? Rob? It depends on who you rob with! Do we take guns and go to people's houses to rob them? If so, then we are not worthy of being soldiers! So, at this moment, I'm going to declare a martial right! It's military law! This military law is forbidden! I'm talking about prohibiting people from going to people's homes to grab food and things! Violators, behead! Immediately sent to every soldier, this is an unchangeable iron law! ”

Before Chen Zhong's words were finished, some voices were heard below, and someone said, "Do you want them to starve to death?" ”

"That's right! Even if you starve to death, you are not allowed to rob the common people's things! I will not repeat again, this is the order, and now I don't have time to explain it to you! Now, I want to talk about the second thing, which is about the current situation of the war. ”

Everyone in the room had their eyes wide open, lest they miss a beat.

Chen Zhong continued: "This is a top military secret, please keep it strictly confidential! ”

Chen Zhong pointed to the map and said: "Our army is now located 60 kilometers south of Yulin City, the defenders of Yulin City have successfully joined up with the 20,000 defenders of Guangdong, and about 5,000 reinforcements from Cangwu County (now Wuzhou City) in the north are still stationed in Rong County, 50 kilometers north of Yulin, and the Guangdong garrison has moved closer to Guangxi and Hainan in large numbers, and now they want to return to Hainan, then they must also land on the island from the sea. We are already in the encirclement of the Qing army. ”

Lan Hu asked: "Little prince, then we are short of guns and food, how can we break through?" Are you going to be trapped here? ”

Everyone was waiting for Chen Zhong's answer, their hearts hung in their throats, although there were people who had fought with the king of Hainan, but now this situation of disparity between the enemy and our forces, as well as the situation in which our army was in the first time, they had encountered it for the first time.

Chen Zhong knew that they were eager to know what they thought, because the battle situation in front of them was really difficult to crack, and every chess piece that fell could determine the life and death of the 20,000 soldiers in Hainan.

Chen Zhong cleared his throat and said, "This plan is to transfer out the defenders of Yulin, attack the east and attack the west, and annihilate all the defenders of Yulin near Xingye County in the north of Yulin City. ”