After a while of silence, Commissioner Li thought about it and still missed Jingjing a little when he heard the news.
The Ru-Shui expressway seems to be dead.
Purchasing grain from Yingguo and Yeyi is actually the most stable way. After all, the two places require him. The difficulty is how to transport the grain quickly.
Now, this difficulty no longer needs to be considered, because there is no possibility of transporting it by water.
As for the land route... Waiting for Yingguo, Ye Yi's grain was transported to Baiyi and Xincai. It is probably that the drama of "exchanging children and eating" has already started in Xincai City.
"I just asked Cai Xi to attack Zheng Guo verbally, but Zheng Guo turned out to be so awesome and stubborn?!"
Even if you are a troll, you have to come and go.
What the hell is this Zheng Guo?! Why doesn't he follow the routine?
What's even more troublesome is that Zheng Guo's wave is definitely based on the idea of quick troops, probably because the "rebels" have been fighting continuously. No matter how strong they are, their manpower will eventually come to an end!
Continuing to fight at this time is definitely not a good thing.
Li Jie frowned. Judging from the marching speed, Zheng Guo's troops could reach Xincai in five days at the fastest.
Slower, ten days and a half, it can almost pass through the Cai State.
The total number of troops is definitely not small.
Adding in Cai Guo's remaining miscellaneous talents, it is not a problem at all to gather an army of hundreds of thousands.
Maybe the actual number of front-line combat troops is only 30,000 to 50,000, but these 30,000 to 50,000 are enough to make Li Jie feel extremely sick.
"Okay! I will continue to analyze specific issues in detail!"
Commissioner Li, who had lost his temper, immediately issued an order: "Call the officers above from each brigade and squadron to come to the combat conference room!"
"yes!"
When it comes to fighting, he is now a professional, while the others, Yun Zhenlu, Gongshuqin, Cai Mei, Cai Xi, etc., are just assisting, at best giving advice and advice.
During the meeting, Li Kai came straight to the point: "To make a long story short, Zheng and Cai have joined forces. I don't know if other countries are involved yet. However, it is certain that Zheng and Cai joined forces in Shangcai. Cai people have
If Zheng's troops are emboldened, their morale will surely be stabilized. The question now is, when the enemy's army gathers, will they move south!"
The map here by Li Jie is very different from the maps of other countries. Yun Zhenlu also studied for a long time before he roughly understood the special characteristics of the map used by the Crocodile Man and the brave man.
At this moment, Li Jie hit a dark spot: "This is Shangcai. The number of Cai's ships in Rushui should be less than one in ten. But even if there is not even one in ten, there are dozens of ships, which are enough to transport several ships.
Thousands of troops are sent to Pingyu."
Li Jie nodded at Pingyu again: "The remnants of Yangtouhu fled to Pingyu. If we join forces with the vanguard of the Zheng and Cai coalition forces, it will be very difficult for us to escape north of Xincai to an advantage."
"Now Zheng Guo's idea is to use his troops quickly. After all, our soldiers are exhausted and absolutely need to rest. Even if the leading troops of Zheng and Cai's coalition arrive in Pingyu and find that they cannot win quickly, they can still speed up the consumption of us.
The army is short of food. Many people in Xincai are short of food, and Yang Tongue must be well aware of this."
At this moment, Li Jie spoke a little too fast, and the words he used were weird. As a native of Chu, Yun Zhenluo had difficulty listening, and now he could only understand a little bit.
After some exchanges, I finally understood what Li Jie had said.
However, Yun Zhenlu felt a little strange at this moment. In his opinion, the lack of food in Xincai was not a big deal at all.
How many more mouths are there competing for food...can't we just kill them?
This is what all countries do anyway.
At first, Yun Zhenlu felt strange that Li Jie couldn't understand such a simple truth? He originally wanted to suggest this, but when he thought about it, it made no sense that Cai Guoren and Sui Guoren could not think of it. Moreover, there are six people present here.
The country’s father-in-law Qin.
They are all old people. This kind of traditional operation must be clear and obvious.
Yun Zhenlu was not stupid either. Since these old birds didn't do this, it was obvious that they were not stupid and were waiting for Yun Zhenlu to get the advice. So Yun Zhenlu just sat there and said nothing, just listening and watching.
Soon, he understood that Li Jie had never considered massacring the Xincai people to relieve the pressure.
Li Jie even announced his own method to solve the food crisis. It is extremely feasible, but the cost is not small.
But this mode of thinking shocked Yun Zhenlu.
When the Chu State was prosperous, it lacked manpower and indeed plundered the young men and women of other countries. However, after it developed, in order to frighten the weak and for tactical needs, it would massacre cities from time to time, large and small, and with more or less people.
Someone as capable as Li Jie would never be able to lead the army in the Chu State. A bunch of royal families could make such a fool unable to take care of himself.
But now, Li Jie is famous for being able to fight, in every sense of the word.
Yun Zhenluo looked at Li Jie and felt strange. He always felt that Li Jie's current behavior was a bit inconsistent with the legend.
"How does Yun Zhenzi think we should defend against the combined forces of Zheng and Cai?"
Seeing that Yun Zhenlu was in a daze, Dr. Cai turned around, looked at him and asked.
The stunned Yun Zhenlu frowned slightly, as if he had just come back to his senses. He paused for a moment, then considered it, picked up the tea cup on the table, held it in his hands for a while, and then said: "The soldiers are exhausted, the only way to defend is to
Attack on your behalf. Once your morale recovers, you will naturally have nothing to fear."
After saying this, Yun Zhenlu looked at Li Jie again: "General, now that the floods in Huaixia have receded, we can borrow troops from Biyang Kingdom and drag them on for a month. Biyang's troops should be able to enter Cai."
It is a good idea to replace the attack with defense, and then launch a defensive counterattack. After all, the actual situation must be taken into consideration. The morale of the righteous soldiers and Yi Cong has reached its highest peak after several victories.
However, it would be difficult to suddenly relax after a victory and then want to become murderous again.
We can only wait, we can only grind until the will to fight is restored, and the murderous aura boils over again.
"Shou Li, stationed in Macheng, Pingyu and headed south, the road is smooth. The combined forces of Zheng and Cai are fighting on the mainland. Not only are they familiar with the roads, but they also have local support. Even if they fortify the walls and clear the country, the effect should not be great."
Sha Hen and Jia Gui lurked in various places in Cai State, and they really found out a lot about the real situation.
"Jia Gui, what do you think?"
The atmosphere in the conference room was not serious. Seriously speaking, if the righteous men and women were cornered, they would definitely be able to fight back, but the losses would be huge.
"This subordinate agrees with Lord Yunzhen's words."
Jia Gui nodded slightly at Yun Zhenlu. It was originally an action of treating each other as equals, but Jia Gui used it to match his vulgar appearance, and it actually had a strong flavor of flattery.
Even though Yun Zhenlu knew that Jia Gui didn't mean that, he still felt happy inside. He suddenly felt that Captain Jia was really interesting and very honorable.
"Our army is insufficient in strength. How many are the combined forces of Zheng and Cai, and who will lead them... We have no idea now. If we stick to it, we may not be able to afford it."
After listening to what Li Jie said, Jia Gui nodded, looked at Li Jie and said, "General, why don't you imitate the story of Biyang Kingdom?"
"Um?!"
Li Jie was stunned, "What do you mean? Tell me."
With Li Jie's encouragement, Jia Gui first smiled at the people around him, and then said: "General, why don't you repeat your old skills? When you dug ditches in Biyang State, you can do the same in the north of Xincai.
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Everyone here, including Cai Mei, the doctor of Shangcai, all know that Li Jie fought the second Biyang War in Biyang State by digging ditches, building walls and fortifications, and forcibly turned the Song Dynasty allied forces into mentally retarded
.
But the resources that Li Jie had at that time were different from what they are now. Behind him, there was the support of King Gou Chen of Wu. In addition, there were countless countries that wanted the death of the Song Dynasty. They secretly wanted to destroy the great powers of the Song Dynasty, and even the Jin Dynasty.
An established overlord like China.
Now it is another matter. The overlord against Cai has always been Chu.
But now that Chu State is dormant and recuperating, there is no way it can come and step on Cai State.
Even if the Chu State did not lie dormant, it would not cooperate with Li Jie, and the hatred between the two parties was over.
The resources in different places during the two periods were completely different. You must know that at that time, important material transportation channels such as Surabaya and Hangou were all controlled by Li Jie or the State of Wu.
But Huai River, Ru River and even Ying River all have certain local forces and even regional powers.
What's even more terrible is that the difficulty of transporting supplies from east to west on the Huai River is much higher than that of Hangou and Surabaya. The pressure on logistical supplies is obviously much greater than in Biyang Kingdom.
The situations in the two places and the international environment they have faced are completely different.
However, Jia Gui obviously understood this and just suggested: "In a hurry, if you want to imitate the scale of Biyang Kingdom at that time, I'm afraid it's not possible. However, General, our army only needs to delay the war and wait for the opportunity. In this way,
It doesn’t have to be as large as the Biyang Kingdom. If you can restrain it a little and slow down the pace of Zheng and Cai’s coalition forces step by step, then it will be done..."
After everyone listened to Jia Gui's suggestion, they were surprised and couldn't help but think about the feasibility.
In fact, Jia Gui's suggestion is very feasible. Anyway, Xincai now has a lot of manpower, and they don't need to do high-level projects. They just need to dig more trenches and load more soil, making the north of Xincai a mess.
It is enough to prevent Zheng and Cai's coalition forces from marching freely.
In the meantime, build a few more fortresses or high platforms. If you can shoot, shoot, and if you can't shoot, run away. No matter what, you can slow down the footsteps of the Zheng and Cai coalition forces.
If this drags on for a month, Yi Cong, who is a righteous man, should have recovered a lot.
But whether Zheng Hou and Cai Hou will give them a month is another matter.
"Laojun, Zheng and Cai allied forces have joined forces in Shangcai. I have to ask Laojun to find out the military situation."
"I should try my best."
Cai Mei is not sure about this. After all, his family has withdrawn from Shang Cai. Even if he still has eyes and ears in Shang Cai, how effective he can be depends on luck.
"Jiang Wen!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"Purge Xincai, prohibit play, close the market, and implement rationing."
"yes!"
After a few orders were issued and the meeting was dismissed, Commissioner Li, who had just rested for a few days, suddenly became busy again.