At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 126 Yao Guangxiao offered a plan to attack Jiangdu in order to alleviate the food shortage of the Sizhou army
"General, there is not much food left in Gaoyou City." Yao Guangxiao suddenly said worriedly.

Cheng De was silent.

"How long can you last?" Cheng De asked calmly.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yao Guangxiao replied, "Reporting to General, I personally took someone to check it out. At present, the food in Gaoyou City can only supply our [-] Sizhou Army for three days. After three days, there will be no food left. .”

"I heard that Zhang Shicheng in Xinghua City has a lot of food." Cheng De said suddenly.

Luo Mao and Yao Guangxiao were taken aback for a moment.

"General, Zhang Shicheng established his capital in Xinghua City and became king. He transported almost all the grain from Yancheng, Taizhou and other places to Xinghua City." Luo Mao replied.

Cheng De narrowed his eyes slightly, "Whether our Sizhou Army wants to fight Zhang Shicheng, you can talk about it."

Luo Mao and Yao Guangxiao were silent when they heard the words.

a long time.

Luo Mao said: "General, my subordinates think that we can ignore Zhang Shicheng's side for now. Right now, we set our target on Huai'an Road. Tuotuo captured Xuzhou, which wiped out Zhima Li's power, and Anton The state has also fallen into the hands of the Yuan army again. As for Zhang Shicheng, the general also said before that he can let it go, and when it is time to collect the net, he will collect the net in one fell swoop."

After Luo Mao finished speaking, Yao Guangxiao also said: "General, if we fight Zhang Shicheng, then it will be a battle among the anti-Yuan uprising army. Right now, it is not a good opportunity to attack Zhang Shicheng. Moreover, Zhang Shicheng now wants to To grow stronger, we can only go to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to find a way to break through. According to the subordinates, let Zhang Shicheng and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces Yuan army consume each other."

"When the general resolves Tuotuo's threat, and Huai'an Road has no more worries, the general can free up his hand, and the opponent is Shicheng."

"The general revealed to his subordinates before that there are people from our Sizhou army on Zhang Shicheng's side. Moreover, they have won Zhang Shicheng's trust. However, my subordinates have a worry in their hearts."

Cheng De looked at Yao Guangxiao and said, "Tell me."

"People's hearts are changeable. There are two people arranged by the general on Zhang Shicheng's side. The subordinates are worried that these two people have stayed with Zhang Shicheng for a long time. Will they change their hearts and turn to Zhang Shicheng? After all, people's hearts are unpredictable." Yao Guangxiao looked at Cheng De and said.

Cheng De was stunned on the spot.

"What you said is not impossible." Cheng De said affirmatively.

"I don't know what you can do to prevent such a thing from happening? Also, those two people, do they have their hearts towards Zhang Shicheng or me? It's been a while, and they haven't sent back any news. I'm afraid something happened that I don't know about." Cheng De's face was a little dignified.

Yao Guangxiao was shocked when he heard Cheng De's words.

"General, why don't I go and get in touch with them, just to test them out. Is my heart towards Zhang Shicheng or the general?" Yao Guangxiao looked at Cheng De and made a suggestion.

Cheng De hesitated, he turned his head to look at Yao Guangxiao: "Xinghua City is a place of right and wrong. If you go there, if there is any good or bad, it will be a big loss for our Sizhou Army. In my heart, even if those two people have betrayed, it is not worth your trip for it. Moreover, even if they betrayed, I will definitely be able to defeat this Shicheng in the future, I have this confidence."

Yao Guangxiao felt extremely moved in his heart.

Yao Guangxiao nodded, "There is another way to test whether they have changed their minds. That is to send someone who can contact them, and let them send some information about Zhang Shicheng, and then the general will send someone to investigate and verify secretly. , if there are no problems, then naturally my heart is still for the general."

"If it's true or false, then they are a little vacillating, and they are likely to defect and turn their hearts to Zhang Shicheng."

"However, if the information they send back is all true. It depends on whether the information is important or not. If it is not important, then send someone to contact them and send important information. If they don't Misinformation, or perfunctory, or adulterated, are the basis for us to judge whether they have betrayed."

Yao Guangxiao's words convinced Cheng De.

"Okay, then use your method, I will let the absolute guard who can contact them pass the information to you in the future. I will leave this matter to you."

Yao Guangxiao hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes. This subordinate will definitely take care of this matter."

Cheng De rounded up the topic, and continued: "Right now, how should we solve the food shortage in Gaoyou City?"

Yao Guangxiao frowned in thought, while Luo Mao lowered his head in thought.

Cheng De thought about corn and potatoes again.
After he sighed in his heart, he brought his thoughts back to reality.

Only by fighting to support war can it be possible to support the army.

However, to support war with war, the heavy pension cannot be ignored.

This is also a major financial burden for the Sizhou Army.

Cheng De was worried. He thought that if there were potatoes and corn that came out, it would be fine.

The journey is far away and out of reach.

He was a little at a loss, and he didn't know when high-yield food crops such as potatoes would be introduced to China's territory?
While Cheng De was thinking about this, Yao Guangxiao suddenly said: "General, the current strategy is to take Jiangdu. If we take Jiangdu, it may solve the immediate food shortage."

"Jiangdu?" Cheng De's thoughts were pulled back to Mr., staring at Yao Guangxiao in a daze.

Yao Guangxiao continued: "That's right, it is Jiangdu. The subordinates learned that there is a lot of food in Jiangdu. If the general takes Jiangdu, our Sizhou army will not have to worry about food shortage in a short period of time. Moreover, Jiangdu has gathered many For merchants with millions of dollars in wealth, if the general secretly sent another Sizhou army disguised as bandits after taking Jiangdu City, and ransacked these merchants, wouldn’t it be fattening for my Sizhou army? Just right, those The merchants in Jiangdu have no money in their hands that is not stained with blood, so they can kill two birds with one stone."

Hearing Yao Guangxiao's words, Cheng De's heart skipped a beat.

Luo Mao, who was silent on the side, suddenly said: "General, I thought Yao's method of offering wine may be tried. This Jiangdu, our Sizhou army must take it. The only problem is that our navy is currently only Tanghe. , Geng Zaicheng and the others led a total of 4000 soldiers. It may not be so easy to take down Jiangdu City."

"Li Sanqi wiped out a group of water thieves. Adding those water thieves, we have more than 5000 people in the Sizhou army and water army." Cheng De laughed.

Luo Mao also laughed, "If that's the case, the general can bring Chang Xianfeng with him. Perhaps Chang Xianfeng's bravery may improve the morale of the soldiers of the navy. By then, the soldiers of the Sizhou Army will have high confidence in combat and their combat effectiveness will also increase." It will be enhanced a lot.”

Cheng De thought for a while, nodded and said: "What Luo Canjun said is exactly what I want."

"Qinghe and Qingjiang sailors are all transferred here. As for Qinghe, Zhou Dexing will be guarded, and Qingjiang will be guarded by Zhong Yang. In addition, an order will be sent to Li Sanqi to escort the water thieves he captured to Gaoyou City."

"Yes." Luo Mao responded with a bow.

"How many ships will it take to accommodate these 5000 people? Let Luo Canjun be in charge of building the ships!"

Hearing Cheng De's words, Luo Mao nodded.

Then, Cheng De's eyes brightened, "When attacking Jiangdu, we must also guard against Zhang Shicheng. I will order He Sanwu to lead the troops around Xinghua City to attract Zhang Shicheng's attention in Xinghua City. On the other side of Yancheng, let Li Do some March [-]th activities to hold off Zhang Shicheng's troops in Yancheng. As for Taizhou, I will send Liu Chongwu to lead a group of troops near Taizhou to hold off Zhang Shicheng's troops stationed in Taizhou."

"In addition, I intend to transfer Feng Guoyong here. I will send him to lead the army and attack all the way to Jiangdu City by land, so as to attract Jiangdu City's attention, so that Tang He, Geng Zaicheng, and Chang Yuchun can catch them by surprise. , Jiangdu will definitely belong to our Sizhou army."

"The general is wise." Luo Mao and Yao Guangxiao bowed and said in unison.

"Luo Canjun, just as I said just now, you are responsible for drawing up several order documents and sending them to Feng Guoyong, Tang He, Geng Zaicheng, Zhou Dexing, Zhong Yang, He Sanwu, Li Sanqi and others."

"Yes."

Afterwards, Luo Mao and Yao Guangxiao resigned one after another, and went down to arrange things.

Cheng De stood on the wall of Gaoyou City, looking in the direction of Jiangdu.

Jiangdu, I will definitely take you down.

Only by taking you down can the food shortage of our Sizhou army be alleviated.

Cheng De clenched his fists and looked in the direction of Jiangdu with fiery eyes.

(End of this chapter)