Once the battle begins, it will be opened in the most tragic way, and the two sides quickly enter a close contact.

Yang Sichang once formed one troops after another, and they were deployed to assemble outside the range of the Chinese army's cannons. One charge was a few thousand people and thousands of people to rush to the city. Although the enemy's firepower was very strong, it did not discourage the enemy's morale at all.

The Ming army was as good as a hungry wolf. It had been hungry for a long time, so it was waiting for the meat to be eaten or starved to death.

Of course, on rainy days, both sides have great difficulties. The Chinese army's artillery cannot exert its maximum power. The Ming army, which is responsible for attacking the side, has suffered heavy casualties. They are wearing straw raincoats and bamboo hats, but these are not effective in the rain. And now the weather is cold, and they are all wearing thick cotton coats, which makes them bloated and slow to move.

Many injured people never woke up after falling to the ground, but the Ming army's fierce attack without regard to casualties was indeed useful. The Chinese army's defense line composed of muskets and cannons could not resist their attacks like stormy waves.

Liu Feiyun personally went to the city wall to supervise the battle, but the effect was not very good. Liu Feiyun sighed that there were too many new recruits in the army and too few veterans. Before the resellers completed the running-in, they all pushed out to fight. Most of them had never been to the battlefield or seen blood. They were frightened by the enemy's fierce attack method. In addition, in the bad weather, even ten percent of the combat power could not be exerted 50%. On the first day, they let the enemy attack the city wall.

Although the enemy was beaten down, it also brought a huge blow to their morale. Hong Chengchou, who was watching the battle at the city, was greatly excited. He was thinking that it was indeed right to attack in this way. So he ordered the soldiers to launch an attack regardless of casualties.

Originally, it was rainy and dark, and fighting against rainy days was a waste of time. However, even at night, Hong Chengchou did not stop the attack. Instead, he ordered his dozen troops to launch fierce attacks on Cangzhou City in turn. If he could not lit a torch at night, they would use lanterns or fight in the dark, which was extremely cruel to himself.

Cangzhou City is equivalent to an isolated island beating in the stormy waves.

Seeing that things were not done, Liu Feiyun had to order the troops to retreat. Before retreating, they blew up cannons and ammunition, burned the granary, and then broke through to the south gate with all their strength.

Liu Feiyun's strategy was also right. He only had one division in his hand to defend the huge Dezhou direction and had to divide his troops to guard Cangzhou. The soldiers guarding Cangzhou were just a regiment. It was already very difficult to defend this place, but the enemy was boundless. At first glance, there were at least 100,000 people. He chose to retreat without any choice.

As a division commander, he is also a senior member of the Chinese Army and can also be regarded as aware of the Chinese Army's strategy, which is to fight the war of scorched earth, lure the enemy into deep, and wait until the enemy lengthens their supply line, lacks food and grass, and disperses their troops, which will frustrate their aura, slow movements, and various shortcomings will highlight them. It is the time for them to counterattack.

So among their tactics, one is very important, which is the scorched earth war of resistance. The above strategy has been explained very clearly. If you cannot defend it, you can retreat, but you cannot leave food and useful military supplies to the enemy.

In this era when people are generally starving to death, it is actually a matter of being destined to burn food, because these foods can save many people, but the above has issued clear orders. Once it is confirmed that it cannot defend, the granary must be burned, and no one can be left to the enemy.

Wang Wensheng, the prefect of Dongchang, even sent someone to tell Liu Feiyun that the court would not hold you responsible for losing land, but if you leave these materials to the enemy, you would be held accountable for the crime of investing in the enemy.

Large-scale retreat and evacuation of the people was also due to this consideration, and useful things could not be left to the court.

The Chinese Army realized that once the two sides were trapped in a long war, population and food became the key, but what is now highlighted is food.

So before the Chinese army retreated, it burned Cangzhou City with a huge fire, which had never been done in all their previous battles and would never have done this.

When Yang Sichang saw the enemy retreating, he did not order a blockade. He knew that robbing the city and robbing supplies were their key, and fighting was the king. Moreover, the Chinese army was going to escape with all their might, and they could not resist it. After all, it was night now, and the other party was attacking out with all his might. Don’t stop returning to the army.

Liu Feiyun led the remaining half of his regiment to quickly break through and retreat towards Dezhou.

When he evacuated from the city and looked at the city full of fire, he was wondering, what would the people of Cangzhou think of him in the future?

In just one day, he actually took over Cangzhou, which made Yang Sichang very excited. This was a victory!

But when he saw fires rising everywhere in the city, he couldn't be happy. The Chinese army burned the city with a torch and did not leave it to them.

Yang Sichang knew that there were no stupid people in this world, especially when talking about real interests first, everyone would know it very well.

It is said that the emperor used to be a very noble person, and he would feel that money would taint his ears, but now he is different and he has become a scheming plan. The court fought with the enemy and used the strategy of fighting to support the war, so he went to Shandong to grab anything, and went to Shandong to prepare for anything.

If you go outside the pass to deal with Jiannu and Mongolia, you are afraid that even a million people will starve to death outside the pass between the snow or the white mountains and black waters, because outside the pass is often uninhabited places for thousands of miles, and it is very difficult for you to prepare enough food.

But this is the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, the essence, the rich, the cities everywhere, and the people everywhere. It is not a problem to get food to support millions of people.

That's why the officials in the court came up with such a sinister strategy. Although they were forced to take this strategy, they were still too sinister after all.

But you are cunning and insidious, and others are not stupid. Yang Sichang and others have also heard the news from each other, and the Chinese army has also decided on their strategy. This is the scorched earth war of resistance. If you lure the enemy into the deep, they will retreat step by step, and lure them into the Jinan area to fight again.

It has been fighting for so long since the war broke out to Jinan and entered such a large place. If the Ming army could not find food in this area, they would have fallen into a shortage of food or a shortage of noise when they entered Jinan. Without food, there would be no other way except for self-destruction and disbandment.

The Chinese Army's response strategy was right. Even if it were himself, he would have done this. However, seeing that the Chinese Army did this and burned the city when retreating, Yang Sichang was very disappointed. He knew that this meant that Cangzhou had been captured.

But this is similar to conquering an ordinary city or mountain.

When attacking Shandong, they wanted to recover lost land on the one hand, and on the other hand, they needed to collect enough food. If there was not enough food and military news, they would not be able to continue and would eventually lose.

Originally, the generals under his command were very happy and excited. They cheered for it, but when they heard the enemy retreat, they burned a fire in the city. Seeing that the fire was soaring into the sky, they probably successfully captured it and there was nothing useful left in the city.

All the generals were angry at it, some suggested putting out the fire, and some suggested chasing the enemy.

Yang Sichang had no choice but to order to send troops to chase the enemy while entering the city to put out the fire to see if he could save some things.

But the result disappointed them. The Chinese army had a plan to retreat, so many places in the city were poured with turmeric oil and dry firewood, so it was impossible to put out the fire. Although Yang Sichang sent a large number of soldiers into the city, hoping to put out the fire, these soldiers eventually retreated due to the fire.

How big is this fire? It was raining. Although it was just a breeze and drizzle, it actually burned most of the buildings and granaries in the city when it rained. This shows how big the fire should be?

Yang Sichang captured Cangzhou City and did not obtain the food and supplies he imagined. There was only a city that turned into ruins and homeless people in a corner.

The Chinese army had already begun to evacuate and evacuate these people a month in advance, but in the end, many people who were unwilling to leave their hometowns and took the risk to stay here.

When the Chinese army was cruel and ruthless, they would not care whether you were a commoner or not, but whether you were innocent or not. They directly ordered these people to be rudely driven out of their homes and burned their homes with fire before the enemy arrived.

Faced with the people's grievances, Liu Feiyun was also indifferent because he knew that it was the death order issued by the above. Once you refused to implement it, you would easily be investigated by the Military Inspection Section afterwards.

The military headquarters said it very clearly that it can retreat, but it cannot leave useful things to the enemy. If these people are willing to follow the Chinese army, they can provide protection, food and shelter.

If you are reluctant to leave the jars and jars at home and insist on staying behind and becoming the obedient people of the Ming Dynasty, you will be embarrassed. This will never be allowed. They will not massacre these people to prevent future troubles, but they will still burn their houses and grains.

They cannot become the support of the Ming Dynasty, they can only become the burden of the Ming Dynasty.

After a big battle, only a few thousand people were left in Cangzhou City, which had a population of hundreds of thousands. Others were either relocated or died in the war. Yang Sichang looked at the remaining thousands of people who were hungry and hungry, and he felt like he wanted to cry.
Chapter completed!