There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 290
"My lord, Wu has a plan. I wish my lord to win Shunyang, Rangxian, Xinye and other counties."

Li Chu smiled, and hurriedly asked Zhu Wu to speak: "Please help me, sir."

At the same time, Li Chu asked people to take out the satellite map of Nanyang and spread it out on the ground. The map was spread out to four square meters. Zhu Wu folded a small branch in his hand and drew a circle in Nanyang. "My lord said to Zhu Wu earlier that Wang Qing led [-] bandits to attack Ye County on the eve of New Year's Eve, and was defeated by General Li Han in one round. Only a few of the [-] troops returned to Nanyang. As I said before, Wang Qing led his army to forcefully cross Fangcheng Mountain when the sky was covered by heavy snow, nearly ten thousand people died of freezing, may I ask my lord, how many troops are left in Nanyang at this moment?"

Li Chudao: "The latest news from the detailed work shows that this Nanyang has forcibly recruited [-] people in the surrounding area as soldiers. Including the original bandit soldiers, it is estimated that there are [-] to [-], and [-] at most."

Zhu Wudao: "Then dare to ask, what is the fighting power of these fifty thousand rebels?"

combat power?
What fighting power can a group of peasants who have been forcibly conscripted have?The previous battle in Ye County has already explained everything.Suddenly Li Chu understood Zhu Wu's meaning, yes, even if there are 3 bandit soldiers in Nanyang, I am afraid that only about [-] of them can fight, and there are more than [-] remaining, how can they be willing to sacrifice their lives for Wang Qing?

However, Li Chu still couldn't guess Zhu Wu's strategy, so he humbly asked Zhu Wu for advice: "Dare to ask, sir, will the plan come out?"

Zhu Wu said with a smile: "These Nanyang bandits are all newly conscripted, their morale is not stable, and they have no training. Both discipline and combat power are very low, and they can't even serve as an army. Such an army must not be good inside. Stable, even with Nanyang's strong city as defense, how many days can it last? Why don't you besiege instead of attacking, my lord?"

Surround but not attack?
I saw Zhu Wu slid down the branch in the south of Nanyang again, and said: "Nanyang Basin is surrounded by counties that can support Nanyang. Of the five Yang counties, Gucheng is the farthest, and Rang County is the closest. I saw that my lord sent Brother Lin Chong to sweep off Nanyang's retreat route. According to Wu, why don't you let a messenger from Nanyang ask for help go out?"

"Siege the city and fight for aid?"

Li Chu blurted out in an instant, guessing Zhu Wu's plan.

"My lord is wise." Zhu Wu also immediately flattered him.

Li Chu smiled awkwardly, and then asked Zhu Wu to continue talking.

Zhu Wudao: "The five counties of Shunyang, Qiande, Rangxian, Xinye, and Biyang are different from Nanyang. There are tens of thousands of soldiers in Nanyang who can fight, and the rest are recruits. It is easy for the lord to take Nanyang. However, Wang Qing of these five counties The management is old, and the soldiers who can fight in the city are veterans of several battles. If the lord takes Nanyang first, the five counties will definitely stick to the city after getting the news. In a tough battle, it is better to surround Nanyang and make a violent attack on Nanyang, luring Nanyang to send messengers to these five counties to ask for help. The lord can send a large army to set up an ambush on the only way that the five counties must pass to support Nanyang, and attack them while waiting for work. If the reinforcements of these five counties are destroyed, these five counties will also belong to the lord."

Li Chu: "Then follow the strategy of the military division."

Immediately, Li Chu wanted to order again, but Zhu Wu stopped Li Chu.

Zhu Wudao: "General Lin Chong will continue to block Nanyang's escape route, and he cannot let a Nanyang bandit soldier go to deliver a letter. Wu heard that many of Wang Qing's surrendered troops were taken under the account of the lord?"

Li Chu nodded.

Zhu Wudao: "You can choose a few people who are familiar with Nanyang from the surrendered army to serve as messengers sent by Nanyang to ask for help, and then take Wang Qing's letter to the five counties to ask for help. I will have the final say on the situation in Nanyang." In this way, all aspects are under the control of our army."

Li Chu ordered Lu Junyi to lead [-] Water Margin Army to besiege Nanyang, let Yang Zhi lead [-] to the southwest of Nanyang, and ambush the three reinforcements from Rang County, Shunyang, and Qiande, and let Li Han lead [-] Qilin Army to ambush In Xinye, the only way to go to Nanyang, Biyang is headed by Sun An's Yingshui Army.

Li Chu himself followed Lu Junyi to Nanyang in a Leopard 1 tank with a convoy of incendiary bottles.

At the same time, at the Fushui Daying Camp in Rufen Town, Li Xuan also received Li Chu's order to fly to Nanyang in a hot air balloon.

Shi Tianyi was in charge of the rear area of ​​Rufen Town. Chai Jin was an officer of the Household Department and a grain officer. Chai Jin was responsible for the food supply for all the armies in Rufen Town. At this time, Chai Jin had prepared enough for one hundred thousand yuan. Chai Jin couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the carts of food.

When I was in Liangshan, Chai Jin was also responsible for the grain and grass in Liangshan. In the Hebei area, the price of this grain and grass soared, and it was so expensive that people almost suffocated.But after arriving at the Qilin army, when they asked about the price of grain and rice, they were so shocked that they couldn't say anything.

In such a turbulent place, the price of this grain and rice is actually three levels lower than that in Bianjing City?
How can this be?

In particular, the price of grain sold in the market is not much different, which makes Chai Jin, who is used to the exorbitant price of grain, feel a little uncomfortable.When asked about the reason for the food officer beside him, he learned that it was the Qilin Army's coercive policy, and finally had to admire Li Chulai.

Compared with Song Jiang, Li Chu is more like a prince, but Song Jiang, after all, is short-sighted and not upright, he can only be a thief.

After all, the local production in Xiangcheng County is limited, and it is all supported by the surplus food of several major families in Xiangcheng County. Among them, the two brothers Su Qing and Su Mu also played a lot of roles. Both of them came from business families and took refuge in Li Chu Later, Li Chu appointed Su Qing as the industrial and commercial director of Rufen and Xiangcheng, responsible for local investment promotion matters. In the investment promotion of Rufen Town, grain and grass are also the top priority.

The Su Qing brothers are from the aristocratic family on the Jiangnan side, and the Jiangnan side is a large grain-producing area. The two brothers directly contacted many businessmen from the Jiangnan side for the Qilin Army through their own connections. Provided there, at least the supply of grain and grass for this year is enough.

Nanyang.

When Li Chu was about to arrive in Nanyang, thick smoke was billowing in the direction of Fangcheng County, and the thick smoke rising in the sky could still be seen at intervals of tens of kilometers.

The burning of Fangcheng County was handled by Fengyu here.

If so many corpses are not dealt with, the weather will become hot soon, and I am afraid that there will be a big battle here. Now that farming is imminent, he doesn't want to cause other moths.

Moreover, Fangcheng County will also be rebuilt in the future, so it will be easy to rebuild in the future.

"I hope the people of Fangcheng County who died in the war can rest in peace."

Li Chu silently prayed for them in his heart.

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