After the decision, the red warbler gave orders for war preparedness to Ruzhou and the towns and counties in the north of Nanyang.
For a time, eight counties in the north of Nanyang and Ruzhou were busy. All adult men had to bring weapons even if they went out to work.
In just a few days, each county was armed with tens of thousands of people. Under the leadership of county captains, they were on standby while practicing outside the city.
The farm work can only be done by those women, children and children. Although it is time for the wheat harvest, all the people have no complaints and do not need publicity. They also understand what they want to defend.
In the past few days, Chuang Jun has mobilized 100000 troops to attack the three camps of the Chinese army in turn, all of which have failed.
The three camps of the Chinese army are lined up in a row, each ten miles apart. Not only 7000 cavalry rush back and forth to help, but also the thunderbolt grenades and artillery fire guns produced by Nanyang Arsenal will be transported in the first time. Cold weapons are transported to all counties to equip the people. If the Chinese Army loses one person, one person will be recruited from one hundred surnames.
So in the past few days, the three towns of the Chinese army have not fought at all. They are defended by cannon fodder troops and militia, that is, the cavalry will rush twice from time to time.
At the moment, in the camp of Chuang army, the Chuang king and all the generals look very ugly.
"Your Majesty, according to the news from the inquiry, the Chinese army has recruited a large number of young people in nearby counties, at least no less than 100000. The red lady made it clear that she wants these mobs to consume our army''s troops and fight a decisive battle when our morale is low."
"Yes, that smelly woman is so shameless that she can''t continue to attack. She suffers too much."
"I think we should simply divide our troops and send two teams of people to take a detour to Ruzhou and Nanyang to kill him."
"What''s your opinion, military master?" Chuang Wang ignored the clamor of the old brothers, but looked at the military division on one side.
"Your Majesty, the Chinese army wants to bring down our army alive. Judging from the current situation, it may be difficult to break through their camp directly. It''s not advisable to besiege them. But it''s too risky to divide the troops. It''s easy to be ambushed by the other party less, and it''s easy to be broken by each other more. It seems that the matchmaker is really not simple."
In the face of this turtle tactic, the military division who broke into the army did not have any good way to crack it, and his face was dignified.
In fact, if he was not afraid of affecting the morale of the army, he would like to say that what he is considering now is not dividing troops to defeat the Chinese army, but the food and grass of the army.
Although the army''s grain can still support ten days, and the second batch of grain is on the way, the second batch of grain can also support half a month at most, but the third batch of grain is still unavailable, which is what he is most worried about.
According to common sense, a large army of more than 300000 people must prepare at least half a year''s grain before they can start, but they don''t even have two months'' grain. They are just trying to steal all the way.
In fact, this can''t blame Chuang Jun and Chuang Wang, because Chuang Jun used to come like this. I didn''t expect that I couldn''t grab a grain of food along the way, which was greatly beyond everyone''s expectation.
Chuang Wang frowned. Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with the military division''s no substantive answer, so he said in a deep voice: "so, the military division doesn''t approve of dividing troops?"
"No, your majesty, in the current situation, you have to divide your troops to break the situation, but the art of war says that you should think about defeat before you think about victory, so you need to think about it in the long run!"
"What a mess, brother. I''m willing to take 100000 troops and horses to attack Ruzhou. I''ll take Ruzhou in ten days." A bearded man patted the table impatiently and stood up.
Other generals also clamored. Some asked to lead troops south to fight runing house, and some threatened to attack Nanyang directly. The noise was so loud that they had to wave their hands to announce the adjournment of the meeting.
After everyone retreated, the military division came to Chuang Wang with a worried face and said carefully: "Your Majesty, our army has only ten days of food left. Plus the second batch of grain and grass being transported, it is not enough to support January. Therefore, it is urgent to raise the third batch of grain and grass as soon as possible and transport it within January.
Moreover, the minimum amount of grain and grass for the third batch should not be less than 100000. Otherwise, once the army sent to attack Ruzhou is defeated, I''m afraid our army will not even have enough grain and grass to withdraw. "
"Alas, I don''t know, but where can I raise these 100000 loads of grain at a time?"
Chuang Wang carried his hands on his back and sighed helplessly. There was a severe drought in Shaanxi and he was waiting for him to grab food back. The food in Henan Prefecture had been almost collected this time. The only rich plain Prefecture didn''t have time to organize people to grow winter wheat last year, so I''m afraid there won''t be much food.
"Your Majesty, if there is no one hundred thousand or fifty thousand, there must be no less, otherwise we can only..."
"Only what?" Chuang Wang stared.
"Your Majesty, I don''t know what to say." The military division also went out of his way. He gritted his teeth carefully. In fact, 50000 tons of grain and the consumption on the road are already very dangerous.
"Say!" As soon as the king waved his hand, it was obvious that he had been devastated by food and was impatient.
"King, in fact, the safest way for our army now is to withdraw immediately, and then recuperate while plotting Sichuan. Now the king has occupied Luoyang. As long as he has Sichuan, he will have no worries about food and grass. At that time, the king can wave his troops eastward at any time to compete with the Chinese army for the world."
In his opinion, with the current national strength of Dashun country, it is simply impossible to support 300000 troops to fight, and the red lady obviously sees this, and it is too dangerous to continue to be strong.
"Nonsense, at this time, our army has 300000 people and horses. The king doesn''t believe it and can''t take Nanyang Ruzhou!" The Chuang Wang immediately shouted and hit the table with a fist.
"Think twice, king."
"Needless to say, the king has made up his mind, so he will send someone back to Beijing to let Prime Minister Liu raise 50000 loads of grain in January anyway, and send 100000 troops to attack Ruzhou tomorrow!"
The military division wanted to persuade again, but the Chuang Wang waved his hand and hammered his voice. Obviously, he was unwilling, so he returned.
After all, the more than 300000 troops consumed so much food and lost thousands of cavalry. In the end, they didn''t even get a fart. This is unacceptable to Chuang Wang anyway.
The military master''s surname is Li. He is about 30 years old. He is a scholar in Yan''an house. He is not only a fellow townsman, but also the same surname as Chuang Wang. Therefore, he has been highly valued by Chuang Wang since he took refuge last year.
At this time, seeing that Chuang Wang insisted on his own way, he had to sigh helplessly.
The next day, Chuang Jun did not attack the camp of the Chinese army, but divided 100000 troops to Yuzhou in the northwest, ready to attack Ruzhou.
The chief general is still Li Guo. King Chuang not only asked Li Junshi to accompany him, but even 3000 cavalry let Li Guo take two thousand, leaving only one thousand to protect his life.