The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 597 The Food Crisis of the Qing Army

"The battle situation in Chang'an is stalemate, everyone has a way to break the situation!"

Aobai stood in the big tent of the Chinese army, his old face was full of tiredness, and a layer of blue stubble grew on his bald forehead.

The stubble on the face is also growing in a mess!

It can be seen that in the face of the current huge military pressure, Obai has no intention of taking care of his image at all.

As the war in Chang'an dragged on, the Qing army's food and grass, which were not considered rich, began to become stretched little by little.

If Chang'an cannot be breached quickly, the Qing army may run out of food in a short time!

Because the Qing army dispatched troops in such a haste this time, the Qing court did not have time to prepare enough food and grass for the army to go out.

At present, many of the troops used by the army were recruited from the state capitals along the way, or the grain and grass of the Guanning Army were seized after the breakthrough of Tongguan.

In fact, if Wu Sangui could defend Tongguan to the death, the Qing army would not be able to fight for a long time.

If you can't overcome it for a long time, you may withdraw your troops, and the crisis in Guanzhong will naturally be solved!

But Wu Sangui was discouraged!

A Tongguan city was sent to the Qing Dynasty, and a large amount of food and grass were sent.

It gave me the confidence of the Qing Dynasty to further attack Chang'an!

The current dilemma faced by the Qing army is the best proof.

Chang'an was unable to attack for a long time, and the Qing army was short of food.

Aobai wanted to collect grain from Chang'an Zuojin, but although the people's livelihood in Guanzhong had recovered a little.

But the people in Guanzhong also survived the troubled times!
As for how to deal with the chaos of war, one by one has a lot of experience.

As soon as the war in Chang'an started, they each fled.

Either formed a stronghold to protect themselves, or simply went into the mountains to avoid the military disaster.

As long as there is some surplus food in hand, no one will stay where they are and wait to die.

And those who can't run, why do you think they can't run?

No food!
Therefore, even if Oboi is shameless and collects grain from Chang'an, he will not be able to collect much grain at all.

For the tens of thousands of Qing soldiers in Oboi's hands and more civilians, the food that was barely collected was simply a drop in the bucket.

It simply cannot meet the needs of the Qing army!

Therefore, when Oboi had this question, he had to lead his troops to break the situation as soon as possible, otherwise the disadvantages of the shortage of food and grass would appear.

But facing Obai's question, everyone was lost in thought, and no one in the Qing army could give the answer that Obai wanted.

"Why don't we withdraw our troops back to Henan first?"

A general of the Qing army said.

He felt that since the battle in Guanzhong was at a stalemate and the army was short of food and grass, it would be better to withdraw to Henan first at this time.

After the army has collected enough food and grass, send troops to fight again!

Hearing this, Aobai shook his head and said.

"No, this officer is shouldering the heavy responsibility of the imperial court and led the troops to Guanzhong to destroy the Wu thieves. How can we lead the troops to retreat before the battle situation is clear?"

Before Oboi set off for the expedition, in order to get the Qing court to approve him to mobilize nearly [-] Eight Banners soldiers to suppress the formation and supervise the battle, he issued a military order in public.

If he is not victorious in this battle, he should be slaughtered by the neck and commit suicide to apologize!
Now how can you just say back and back?

In Obai's view, the current Qing army is far from being forced to retreat.

Although the army is short of food and grass, the shortage of food and grass is not a shortage of food!
You can still stick to it!
The general of the Qing army, He Tai, stood up and said.

"My lord, why don't we follow the example of the new and the old?"

As soon as Hetai said this, everyone in the big tent felt a chill behind their backs, and the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

What is the new meeting the old?

At that time, Li Dingguo led troops to attack Xinhui, but the Qing army guarded Xinhui.

There is no food in the city, kill people and eat!

This is the old story of the new club!
What Hetai said made all the Han generals in the tent look very ugly.

Although they are traitors, they can give their lives to the Manchus for the sake of prosperity and wealth.

But this does not mean that they have lost even the most basic moral concepts as human beings.

No matter how bad the character of a scumbag is, he knows that it is wrong to eat people!

However, after Aobai heard the words, his eyes lit up and he spoke.

"Haha, this is a good idea!"

As a wild man killed from Liaodong, as a pervert who created countless massacres with his own hands, Obai's moral threshold is much lower than others.

After hearing the idea of ​​killing people for food, he was really moved!

For him, as long as the immediate purpose can be achieved, there is nothing that cannot be done.

Seeing what Aobai said, even if the other Qing generals in the tent had opinions, they dared not say anything.

I'm afraid that if they speak out, they will be dragged down and chopped down by Aobai's order!
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Inside Chang'an City!

With the large granary in Chang'an City in hand, the Guanning Army at this time is not short of food and grass.

Since it was a wartime, Wu Sangui was quite generous, and almost everyone in the Guan Ning army could eat enough.

You can even eat meat!
The morale of the Guan Ning army plummeted after the defeat in Tongguan, and under the excellent treatment of being able to eat enough, it recovered little by little.

The lives of soldiers in this era are so cheap, as long as the general can feed them, they can go all out to fight for the general.

Wu Sangui sat in the big tent, sipping delicious mutton soup.

From time to time, he took a bite of the Neijiamo with a large piece of fat in it. The feeling of the fat exploding in his mouth filled Wu Sangui with a satisfied smile.

The table in front of him was filled with all kinds of meat!

Although Wu Sangui is getting older now, his appetite has not decreased.

Every meal has at least half a catty of meat, a catty of staple food, and drinking.

A lot of food, as well as insisting on exercising his body every day, made Wu Sangui's body still strong even though he was getting old.

Still brave!

As long as Wu Sangui is not facing the Eight Banners soldiers, he can still go into battle and lead the team to charge.

While Wu Sangui was having dinner, Wu Yingxiong announced from outside, opened the curtain and walked in.

"Father, my son has something to ask for an interview!"

Wu Sangui looked up at his son, put down the half-eaten Rougamo in his hand, wiped the oil stains from the corner of his mouth, and asked.

"What's the matter?"

Wu Yingxiong clasped his fists and said.

"My Majesty, someone from the Qing prison camp outside the city sent an envoy to Chang'an to ask for an audience, and they want to fight anyway."

"I want our army to send troops out of the city to respond!"

Hearing this for the first time, Wu Sangui subconsciously became vigilant.

Before the battle anyway?Going out of town to meet him?
I'm afraid it's not setting a trap to mess with me, is it?
Although Wu Sangui's fullness phobia has various disadvantages, there are also advantages.

At the very least, because of Wu Sangui's phobia, the Qing army wanted to set a trap for him, so don't even think about it.

When it comes to the Qing army, Wu Sangui is simply too cautious!
Wu Sangui frowned and asked.

"Why? Is this thing reliable?"

Wu Yingxiong said.

"Father, it should be reliable!"

"It was Xu Youzhong, a general of the Qing army who proposed anyway, whose ancestral home was in Lantian, Guanzhong."

"The reason why he wants to surrender anyway is because the Qing army is short of food, and Oboi wants to kill people for food."

"..."

(End of this chapter)