Qiming 1158

Chapter 278 Kong Yanzhou's Scorched Earth Tactics
The military meeting was held in Kong Yanzhou's living room.

Because the summoning order was issued in a hurry, several generals arrived in disheveled clothes, with an unusual flush on their faces.

It can only be said that things gather people in groups.

"The main force of the rebel army is here. It is said that there are many people. It should not be easily defeated by us. Our army is only [-]. The strength of the bandit army is several times that of our army. It cannot be confronted head-on. Therefore, should we defend or retreat? ?"

Kong Yanzhou looked at his old subordinates.

Old subordinates, look at me, I look at you, and finally a guy with long eyes and eyes stood up to speak.

"Since the total strength of the bandit army is several times greater than that of our army, even defending the city is not a good thing for our army, and now that spring is coming, the water volume of the Yellow River is increasing. If the bandit army controls the river with water, it can prevent our army from returning. road.

At that time, our army will be in a dilemma. Originally, Caozhou and Shanzhou were not necessary for me. Your Majesty only asked us to ensure that Nanjing is safe. If this is the case, then simply retreat. Defending Nanjing is more important than anything else. "

Kong Yanzhou thought for a while, nodded slowly, and then looked at the others.

"Does anyone else have anything to say?"

Everyone shook their heads in support of this view.

If so, then do it like this.

Across the Yellow River, many military operations will have inexplicable risks. It is better to retreat to the base camp and offset the risks.

In this way, the Restoration Army may not come.

Even if they do come, it is because their logistics and transportation are more difficult than their own, and they are even more unfree to fight.

In order to increase the logistical difficulties of the Restoration Army, Kong Yanzhou felt that he could not simply walk away.

It is absolutely impossible to leave the relatively intact land of the two states to the rebels, and even if they can't get what they can't take, they will definitely not leave it to the rebels.

So Kong Yanzhou gave an order.

After burning, killing and looting, destroy roads, bridges, dig traps, and then quickly cross the Yellow River back to the other side, leaving a tattered scorched earth for the rebels.

Kong Yanzhou may not be the strongest in marching and fighting, but there are really few people who dare to say that they are stronger than him.

When he was fighting in the Southern Song Dynasty, he once tossed the land of Hunan into a piece of scorched earth. After so many years, the skill of tossing will only increase and not decline.

Under his leadership, [-] robber-like bastards in official uniforms grinned and started an inhumane slaughter.

The previous looting was aimed at the wealthy, land and beautiful landowners and old wealthy people. It was a key attack and a key harvest. The poor, jingle people didn't bother to spend their time at all.

But this time is different. This is a scorched earth strategy. In order to better block the southward footsteps of the Restoration Army, the people of Caozhou and Shanzhou will be sacrificed as sacrifices.

Don't blame me.

Blame you for being born in Caozhou and Shanzhou!
Kong Yanzhou smiled wickedly, and his heart was full of twisted pleasure.

This is the case for the superior, and the same for the subordinates. Kong Yanzhou's army of [-] beasts sharpened their knives and began to indulge their desires.

When they see people, they kill them. When they see good-looking women, they rob them and take them away. When they see property, they rob them. When they see good things that they can't take away, they are either broken or set on fire.

Men and women, young and old, no matter who they are, whether they come or go, they will kill when they see it.

See villages destroy villages, see towns destroy towns, see villagers kill villagers, see citizens kill citizens.

In short, as long as it is alive, it must be killed.

From the 23rd to the 25th, Kong Yanzhou's troops completely destroyed Caozhou and Shanzhou. In the past few days alone, his beast army killed more than 4 people, an average of two per person. civilian.

Of course, the common people will not just stand and wait for them to kill. As long as there is a chance to escape, they will run away.

As a result, more people became refugees, looking for places to hide, dragging their families and fleeing around, crying and shouting resounding throughout the land.

In a whimper, Caozhou and Shanzhou were completely turned into scorched earth.

Afterwards, the [-] Beast Army returned with full load under Kong Yanzhou's order. Before leaving, they did not forget to destroy roads, bridges, and dig pits, completely destroying the tactical value of the two states.

When Zhao Kaishan got the relevant report and decided to enter the army, all he got was scorched earth and dead bodies.

This situation shocked Zhao Kaishan. He personally went to the scorched soil of Erzhou to check the situation. What he saw and heard all shocked him and made him strongly shocked.

The broken corpse, the headless corpse, and all kinds of tragic scenes stimulated Zhao Kaishan's nerves.

He is more or less a person with relatively normal moral values ​​in line with this era.

He felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart in the face of the horrific things done by an inhuman bastard.

And not only that.

If this bastard is allowed to continue to do such things, killing all the people in the prefectures and counties that surrendered to the Liberation Army as revenge, and the Liberation Army cannot protect the places where they have surrendered, then it will inevitably lead to the future of the Liberation Army. It's getting harder and harder to walk.

This is very politically detrimental to the sustainable development of the Restoration Army.

"Kong Yanzhou!!"

Zhao Kaishan chanted Kong Yanzhou's name angrily, gnashing his teeth in hatred for this inhuman bastard, wishing he could chase after Kong Yanzhou and smash his corpse into ten thousand pieces.

It was a pity that Kong Yanzhou had already run away. Before he left, he had destroyed the roads of Caozhou and Shanzhou, and destroyed all the ferries and bridges, so as not to allow the Restoration Army to catch up with him, and to prevent the Restoration Army from obtaining any materials that could be used for combat.

At this point, Kong Yanzhou has offended Zhao Kaishan to death.

Zhao Kaishan thought about it seriously, and felt that the conflict with Su Yonglin was temporarily buffered by the gold owner Wanyanliang, so it was a feasible strategy to put aside the conflict with Su Yonglin and use Su Yonglin to continue to protect him from disasters in Hebei.

But he and Kong Yanzhou were a bloody feud close at hand. He could threaten Kaifeng as long as he went west with all his strength, and there was absolutely no reason not to do so.

He also had to do something to let everyone see what would happen if he offended the Restoration Army!

So Zhao Kaishan immediately ordered the rear to support him in logistics. He established large camps in Caozhou and Shanzhou, rectified troops and horses, repaired roads, filled sinkholes, and built naval warships and simple bridges for the army to pass through.

When everything is ready, he will cross the Yellow River to attack Kaifeng and make Kong Yanzhou pay for what he has done.

But this time, it was Zhao Kaishan himself who paid a bigger price.

Because Caozhou and Shanzhou were completely destroyed, it was impossible to collect strategic materials that could be used on the spot, so that everything had to be transported from the rear.

The officials in charge of the logistics department were full of complaints, and the people were also very angry.

The battle of the Daming Palace had just ended, and none of them remembered what to rest and started to act again.

They are really tired.

(End of this chapter)