But Meng Chen didn't explain much, but just ordered the generals to make careful arrangements according to the layout, and start acting tomorrow night.

After the arrangement was completed, Meng Chen returned to Earth and thought about his other plans again.

According to Gao Ming's investigation, the envoy will arrive the day after tomorrow at the earliest, so his first step plan must start tomorrow night in order to be completed before the envoy arrives.

At this moment, the four-way merchant army on the opposite side is already on the verge of collapse.

Since ancient times, most of the so-called "coalition forces" can only fight with the wind. When the wind and water are smooth, nature destroys and decays all the way, but once you eat a few big defeats, then the internal problems will be immediately exposed.

At present, the 36th Route Northern Princes' Coalition Army, Xiqi Army, Jili Yuqing Army, and Qinglong Pass Zhang Guifang's Army are facing this problem.

After Meng Chen destroyed the allied army of the northern princes with the water of the Linghe River, and raided and burned most of the grain and grass of the Xiqi army, several merchant armies immediately began to panic.

After several wars, the number of merchant troops on the opposite side of Jizhou was still very large, with a total of more than 280,000 people.

The main reason why there are so many is that after Meng Chen's victory, he never accepted prisoners. Just seize these people's weapons, armor, and baggage, and then release them back to the merchant barracks.

At present, the problem of eating these 280,000 yuan has become the most headache for Yu Qing, the joint commander of several merchant armies.

Don't look at their territory in all directions, except for Jizhou, they are all Yin Shang territory, but the ration transportation and turnover of 280,000 soldiers is still extremely difficult.

The first reason is that there is too much demand for grain and grass. The second reason is that it takes time to redeploy turnaround. The third reason is naturally that Jizhou is still harassing the grain road.

The day before yesterday, Meng Chen secretly attacked Chen Qi, who came from Qinglong Pass to supervise grain, which made the situation of Yin Shang's army even worse. This move not only made Yu Qing, who was originally looking forward to the emergency rescue of grain and grass in Qinglongguan, a big headache, but also made the town guards who were transferring grain to Yu Qing in other nearby prefectures and counties even more negative.

According to the investigation of the Gao Ming and Gao Jue brothers, a few days ago, Yu Qing convened the main generals of the coalition forces to discuss the matter, and wanted to integrate the major camps, rebuild a large camp in Shenlongping, and move all the 280,000 soldiers in, so as not to be broken by Jizhou in the case of scattered camps.

But in the end, not only did they fail to do so, but on the contrary, the camp owners broke up unhappily.

The reason is that after the grain and grass baggage were destroyed several times, there is a huge difference in the grain and grass reserves of the four route armies.

The most abundant grain and grass is still the army of Qinglongguan. There are still more than 80,000 soldiers left in Qinglongguan, and the grain and grass brought by the army before are quite sufficient, and they can hold out for at least ten days and a half months.

However, the allied army of the northern princes of the 36th Route was almost all washed away by a flood in Jizhou, and the remaining nearly 100,000 people had already run out of food.

The 50,000 troops brought by Yu Qing from northern Xinjiang were lightly armed, and under the delay of the war, their own grain and grass were basically consumed. The situation of the Xiqi army was slightly better, but the old camp was burned by the Jizhou army, and the rest could only protect themselves.

It is because Yu Qing has transferred food from the army of Qinglongguan many times, and has helped the coalition army of the princes of the 36th Road, as well as the army brought by himself.

It's okay once or twice, but there are too many times, and the Qinglong Pass army is immediately afraid. Although the other generals of Qinglongguan did not dare to disobey Yu Qing's order because the main generals Zhang Guifang and Fenglin were no longer there, they secretly let the battalions hide the little grain and grass left, and it was still going on.

There are no impermeable walls, and the large military camp is not far away, and this situation cannot be hidden for long. After knowing that the Qinglong Pass army had done this, the resentment between the soldiers and soldiers of the other merchants was naturally even deeper.

Fortunately, Meng Chen raided Chen Qi's grain team before, but he just destroyed it casually and left, and did not destroy much grain and grass.

After Yu Qing sent the army to bring back most of the grain and grass, he finally let the four-way merchant army barely survive without completely running out of food.

But the discord between the four armies is still intensifying.

There is a saying that the Xiqi army is wrong, and the king of Xuan ordered the Northern Bohou and the Xiqi army to join forces to crusade against Jizhou, but after the defeat, the Xiqi army made its own decisions and encouraged the northern princes' coalition army and Wen Taishi's army to come to support, making them also fall into the "Jizhou quagmire".

Some people say that the army of Qinglongguan is not good, they were extremely arrogant before the war, but after the defeat, they still hide grain and grass, and they are unwilling to share it with other friendly forces.

It is even said that the coalition army of the northern princes of the 36th Route is all waste, and the Jizhou army is completely vulnerable in the face of the Jizhou army. In vain, let the other armies carry these 100,000 "rice buckets" that can only eat with their mouths open!"

......

All of this, there are many complaints.

On the other hand, the fear of the Jizhou army also spread rapidly among the middle and low levels of the Shang army, and even among the senior generals of the Shang army. Meng Chen had defeated the Shang army several times before, but he had never surrendered his weapons and armor and had never taken any prisoners. As for the effect of Jizhou's move, the generals of the merchant army have finally seen it clearly.

Most of the merchant troops who have been captured by Jizhou have lost their morale, and now they stay in the merchant camp, not only have to open their mouths to eat, but they are idle after eating, and they are often spreading intentionally or unintentionally, and the Jizhou army is as strong as a tiger, and it is not at all that the merchant army can defeat......

It seems that after Meng Chen took over the military affairs of Jizhou, not only did the combat strength of the Jizhou army skyrocket, but also the strategic plan of each step was interlocking, gradually forcing the four-way merchant army into a place with little resistance to death.

......

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No matter what the Four Roads merchant army thought, Meng Chen was an old god, just in the Gutanling residence, cultivating and improving.

At the same time, his various arrangements are also in full swing in Jizhou City, the world of the gods.

The next day, a scene that made the merchant army stunned and confused appeared.

In just one night, outside the west city of Jizhou City, according to the city wall, a fence camp with a length of four or five miles and a width of more than one mile was actually built.

In addition, the 20,000 troops in Jizhou are setting up a formation outside the simple camp for protection, and there are still 20,000 young people in the camp, and they are using the soil and stones dug out when the ravines are being dug to further strengthen the camp.

By the afternoon, the camp had been completely constructed. Finally, along the west city wall of Jizhou City, a rudimentary camp about five miles long and about a few miles wide was circled.

After doing this, the Jizhou army withdrew to the city, and then on the battlements of the western city wall, hundreds of huge bed crossbows used by the Jizhou army were faintly erected.

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"What do you think of the actions of the Jizhou Army?"

In the main camp of the four-way merchant army, Yu Qing asked the other main generals with a gloomy face.

Jizhou Army, it's too arrogant!

Right under their noses, the West City fortifications were built. None of their generals dared to lead the army out to interfere with the impact.

"The Jizhou army seems to have eaten the lack of food for our army, so it built a defensive depth outside the city of Xicheng to prevent our army from attacking the city, confronting us for a long time, and wanting to completely drag us down!"

The chief general of the alliance of the 36 princes was respectful, and he took the lead in speaking with his fists clenched.

The newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, respects youth and vigor, and leads the alliance of the northern princes of the 36th Route to avenge his father and rescue his cousin. Unexpectedly, after coming to Jizhou, he didn't even touch the edge of Jizhou City, and he didn't even see Meng Chen's shadow, so he was destroyed and fell into a dilemma on the battlefield of Jizhou.

In this case, how could he not be angry.

It's a pity that he is full of "pride and ambition", and when he wanted to lead the army to attack the 20,000 guards in Jizhou this morning, not only the northern princes of the 36th Route were unwilling to follow, but even Yu Qing, the commander of the 4th Route Army, shook his head again and again, telling him not to be impatient......

"General Nangong, what do you think?"

Yu Qing ignored Chongzhong, but asked directly to Nangong Shi, the commander of the Xiqi Army.

“...... Jizhou Meng Chen's use of troops is difficult to speculate, but his move is definitely not as simple as building a defensive depth......"

Nangong Shi was silent for a moment before he spoke.

"Why does General Nangong want to increase the prestige of others and destroy the spirit of our army? If it is not to build a defense, what else can it be for?"

Chongzhong on the side saw that Yu Qing ignored him, but asked Nangong Shi instead, and his face immediately turned red and he was angry.

"For a while, I couldn't think of the intention of Jizhou's move. However, if we build a defensive depth to confront our army, it will be unfavorable to the Jizhou army in the long run...... Judging from the previous actions of Jizhou Military Master Meng Chen, he should not have done such a thing......

Nangong Shi sighed.

When Yu Qing heard this, he was silent for a while.

After a moment, he looked at Taidian again.

Without waiting for Yu Qing to ask, Tai Ying had already taken the initiative to take a step forward, arched his hand towards Yu Qing and said, "General Yu Qing, as General Nangong said, Meng Chen's move is definitely not a simple construction of defense...... But what its true purpose is, I can't figure out for a moment......"

“......”

Yu Qing was speechless for a while.

Xiqi Taidian has always had a reputation for being "wise and resourceful", but in the several battles in Jizhou City, he has hardly made any achievements. This made Yu Qing a little dissatisfied with Taidian.

Tai Dian's eyes flashed twice, then he bowed to Yu Qing, and said again: "General Yu Qing, don't worry too much, Meng Chen's use of troops is real and real, which is already difficult to guess...... However, if you really want to build a defensive depth to confront our army, then you must build a defense together with the four cities. At present, our army can respond to all changes with the same and wait for two days to see if Jizhou City will continue to build defenses in the other three cities. ”

"It seems that this is the only way to go...... Let's go back to the camp and stay at the camp for two days. ”

Yu Qing sighed, then waved his hand to the other camp leaders, signaling them to leave.