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Chapter 960 The Final Battle ([-])

After deliberation, the imperial army finally reached a consensus that only the coldest time of the year is the best time for a decisive battle.

Therefore, the forbidden army was looking forward to the heavy snow coming soon.After the heavy snow came, it was the decisive battle.After the decisive battle, the soldiers can go home.

Nearly a year after the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom, many soldiers inevitably began to feel homesick.

"Wang Zichun, do you know that the soldiers are already homesick!"

A fat man set up the tent, and a gust of cold air rushed in.

"I said, General Lu, can you put down the curtain door? I know you are fat and you are not afraid of the cold, but we are afraid of the cold!" Yang Huaiyu said dissatisfiedly while gnawing dry food and boiling water.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." The fat man was Lu Chenhuan. He said sorry, but he didn't apologize at all, and walked to Wang Shao's side.

"Isn't it normal to be homesick?" Wang Shao didn't raise his head, "Most of the soldiers are from the Central Plains, and it's understandable that they couldn't withstand the severe cold in the North."

"Autumn comes under the plug, the scenery is different. Hengyang geese go without paying attention. There are sounds from all sides. There are thousands of peaks. Long smoke and sunset. The lonely city is closed. A glass of turbid wine is home for thousands of miles. Yan Ran is not reined in. There is no plan. Qiang pipes are full of frost. The ground, people sleepless, the general's white hair makes the husband cry." Lu Chenhuan suddenly recited a poem with emotion.

Yang Huaiyu laughed and said, "General Lu, when did you become so polite? You look like a scholar!"

The military is different from the society. The society thinks that scholar is a respectful title, but in the army, scholar is an out-and-out derogatory term.

Lu Chenhuan shook his head with a wry smile, but remained silent.

"You don't learn but you don't have skills, this is Fan Xiang's words!" Wang Shao has received a lot of teachings from Fan Zhongyan, and has always regarded Fan Zhongyan as a teacher. He will never hear anyone speak ill of Fan Zhongyan.

Yang Huaiyu stuck out her tongue, not daring to say anything more.

"This poem, you can't hear the helplessness in it?" Wang Shao continued to scold.

Yang Huaiyu shook his head, at most he would memorize "Moonlight in front of the bed", poetry, what does it matter to him?
But Lu Chenhuan felt the same way: "When Prime Minister Fan was an envoy, he saw that the court had indulged the Liao Kingdom again and again, but he didn't want to make progress. He wrote this poem in despair. Think about it, how many years have the frontier soldiers not returned? Playing at home? Fan Xiang worried about the safety of the country, complained that the imperial court did not reorganize its military equipment, and was even more resentful that the authorities did not have a correct policy, so that the frontier troops stayed in the "siege" for a long time; But he cannot be reunited with his wife."

In this way, Yang Huaiyu understood a little bit, isn't this the current situation of the imperial army?However, the difference from Fan Zhongyan's meeting was that the imperial court had already gone to the north, and they were only temporarily homesick, and there was no old or weak in the army.

They were silent for a long time, but when they heard cheers like thunder outside, both Lu Chenhuan and Wang Shao stood up suddenly in fright: "What's wrong?"

At this time, a soldier rushed in: "General, it's snowing outside..."

"Snowing?"

The three of them looked at each other, knowing what this meant, and couldn't help being shocked.

"The decisive battle is imminent!" Lu Chenhuan was the first to rush out of the camp, and Yang Huaiyu also came to his senses. When he wanted to follow out, Wang Shao stopped him: "First order the troops and horses of the headquarters to stay where they are!"

They are food guards, and they will definitely not go to battle so early.Wang Shao estimated that they would at least wait until the next batch of food and grass arrived and distributed to the soldiers before they would engage in a decisive battle.

A decisive battle with the Liao Kingdom did not happen overnight.If there is not enough food and grass, it is simply not extravagant.

In fact, there has been no Yellow River flood in Dashun in the past few years, and the grain harvest is abundant every year.The Changping warehouses are full. If the imperial court did not control the price of grain, the price of grain would have dropped to hurt the price of farmers.

The imperial court purchased grain on a large scale and used it as military rations, but it also raised the price of grain, which can be regarded as a good thing for the country and the people.It's just that within the territory of Liao State, it is troublesome to transport grain and grass.The army consumes a lot, and it has to be transported regularly every month.All in all, the dry food of the forbidden army is almost bottomed out.

With food in hand, don't panic.But if there is no food in hand, the morale will be hit.

Wars are actually about logistics and the economy.Just like this year, Liao's fragile economy has been exposed, and it is almost not self-sufficient.Many Khitan people heard that in the southern grasslands, many of their fellow tribes were assigned to the grasslands, and they could raise cattle, sheep, horses and camels without being exploited by the imperial court. Most of them were moved.Those who are close have already quietly taken their families, cattle and sheep to Dashun.Those who are far away have also made sufficient preparations and plan to move south.

As a result, the population of the Liao Kingdom dropped sharply.The population will drop sharply, and food will not be guaranteed.At that time, even if the forbidden army didn't want to fight decisively, the Khitans themselves would rush towards the forbidden army like crazy.After all, in the eyes of the Khitan people, the imperial army has plenty of food!
Just when Yang Huaiyu was about to leave violently, a messenger came outside suddenly: "Report to the general, there are four generals outside, and they have brought food and grass."

Wang Shao was taken aback, but before he could react, Yang Huaiyu had already rushed out: "It's the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother!"

"This kid is almost 30 years old, and he is still so out of touch..." Wang Shao shook his head and said helplessly.

After handing over the rations, Wang Shao asked the generals of the various ministries to collect dry rations and distribute them to their soldiers.

After finishing this matter, Wang Shao breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, just prepare for the decisive battle..."

Seeing Yang Huaiyu's angry expression, he asked puzzledly: "A decisive battle is about to take place, are you unhappy?"

"This old man is deceiving people too much. When will my Yang family be scared? It's the decisive battle, and he even asked my three elder brothers to escort the food and grass. Isn't this a scapegoat!" Yang Huaiyu said through gritted teeth.

Wang Shao understood, sighed and said: "Huaiyu, when will you become handsome! It is your three elder brothers who are superb in martial arts and prudent, so that you give them such a heavy burden. If you don't believe me, look, after this battle, you The three elder brothers must be the first ones!"

"First credit? It's not bad to get the credit!" Yang Huaiyu couldn't believe it a hundred times, "What credit can I get for escorting food and grass?"

"The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first." Wang Shao said with a smile, "This is the life of 40 soldiers. Do you think it is the first achievement?"

Yang Huaiyu snorted coldly: "Exaggerated words!"

Wang Shao said with a smile: "You understand if it's unreasonable, so I won't talk about it. But Lao Taishan asked me to take care of you and nurture you, but you are so useless, I am so disappointed! As a general, Taishan collapsed Standing in the front without changing color, the elk is on the left side without blinking, and follows the military order. Once the military order is issued, it must be implemented immediately. But you, how can you achieve great things because you are always acting on your emotions?"

Yang Huaiyu said disdainfully: "I don't want to make a big deal, if there is a battle, it will be done!"

Wang Shao knew that Yang Huaiyu was no longer young, even if he was taught some things, he would not listen to them.Instead of doing this, it's better to let him suffer so that he can learn something.Thinking of this, Wang Shao stopped talking, sat down in front of the case, and opened the map to look at it.

(End of this chapter)