"The last general bowed to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!" As soon as Li You led the army into the territory of Guanning Army, he felt something was wrong. The soldiers and horses he saw were all old, weak, sick and disabled. The core generals of Guanning Army and the civil servants stationed here were gone. This was the case until he entered Ningyuan City. Only a few guest generals with low status came out to greet Li You, Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou and others were gone.

"Get up, what's going on?" Li You called the guest generals to his side and asked. His troops under him quickly took over the city defense of Ningyuan City under the leadership of Lu Xiangsheng and others.

"Report to Your Majesty, the general of the Mo heard that the slave chief, Tai Hong, led his troops south again. The General of the Superior and General Zu said that His Majesty urged them to go north to meet the enemy. Now is a good time to fight against Jiannu, so he led all his troops out of the city to fight Jiannu, leaving only the general of the Mo to guard the city here." They replied tremblingly.

Zu Dashou's excuse was good. I asked them to go north to fight Jiannu. They would not go out to play, but they just waited until I led the troops to Liaodong to fight. It would be impossible if there was no problem. Li You asked questions about the whereabouts of Zu Dashou and others and the situation of the troops led by Huang Taiji. However, these guest generals were not the locals in Liaodong who have always been excluded by the Guanning Army. Where can they figure out these things out, they just kept shaking their heads.

"Your Majesty, the general of the city has searched all the warehouses, grain, firewood, firewood, weapons, gunpowder, etc.." Just when the man retreated, Lu Xiangsheng brought back another bad news, "Just just now, the defenders in the city came to ask for food and grass when they saw the general of the city, but now the food and grass brought by the army is only enough for us to use, and I am afraid that they will not be able to help them."

Zu Dashou was so cruel to use his skills. Do you want to force me to withdraw automatically after exhausting the food and grass? If the surrounding cities are all elderly, weak, sick and disabled, there are quite a few people. If the food and grass in the Beijing camp are distributed to them for enjoyment, it will probably be exhausted soon. Even if the food and grass are allocated from the capital, it must be obstructed by the imperial officials and they will not arrive on time. Zu Dashou and others have posed a problem for Li You.

"Immediately count the number of people in the surrounding cities, organize armor and manage according to their residences, strictly investigate the spies of Jiannu, and then distribute daily rations according to the population, and do not give local officials the opportunity to be corrupt." But these are the people of the Ming Dynasty after all, and Li You could never verify that they were starving to death fairly, but he would never distribute food without any scruples.

"In addition, I send someone to send a letter to Beijing, so that they can transport the next batch of food and grass quickly." No matter how the civil servants in the rear dragged their feet, they always have to do what they should do. If they can get the food as scheduled, they'll be the best. If they can't get it, wait to go back and settle the accounts for them. Then another group of imperial officials will definitely visit the imperial prison.

"The last general will take the order!" Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a while, but still did not persuade him, because he could not do anything to let these people starve to death, and could only try his best to ensure that the food can be distributed to the people in need.

"I don't believe it if I send someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Guanning Army and Jiannu. More than 100,000 people can disappear without a trace?" Liaodong is a place of bitter and cold. Without a city to keep warm, these people would definitely not be able to live in the wild for too long, so they are not too far from Ningyuan City compared to them.

"Yes!" Lu Xiangsheng also made the same judgment. He immediately went down to receive the order and arranged it. Soon, a group of elite cavalry, led by local guides, scattered in all directions, searching for the enemy's movements in different directions.

Li You stayed in the city to carefully check the nearby terrain. Ningyuan City is located at the critical point of defense against Jiannu. The city defense is solid and it is very different from the several cities I have moved into before. I believe that Jiannu would not come to die head-on. Then their plan would definitely use the issue of food and grass to force himself to leave the city to fight to the decisive battle, and then introduce his own troops into the terrain that is beneficial to them, and then the decisive battle started.

This is indeed a good idea. Jiannu's field battle skills are quite good, and he is familiar with the climate and geographical environment of Liaodong, and with the help of Guanning Army, the situation is much more beneficial than the original Battle of Zunhua. Looking around, all the red cannons that should have been placed on the top of Ningyuan City were gone. Maybe they had been placed in a suitable place by Zu Dashou and others to deal with the cannons of the Song army. It seems that if they leave the city to fight the decisive battle, the Liu Wan army led by Li You may face an arduous battle.

But everything has its advantages and disadvantages. After leaving Ningyuan City's walls to resist the cold wind, how long can the Guanning Army last in the wild? And there was not much gain during this entry into the pass. The Shanxi Shang Group, which provided them with food, grass and weapons, was uprooted by Li You. How much grain does Jiannu have now available for the army to use?

At present, both sides have reasons to fight as soon as possible, but they are unwilling to act according to the other party's rhythm. Jiannu and Guanning Army want to force Li You out of the city as soon as possible and enter their ambush land; but Li You want to wait for a while to continue to consume Jiannu's food and grass, and then fight again when they are tired.

"Khan, there is not much food or grass in the army now, but the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty stayed in Ningyuan City and refused to send troops. If we waited any further, we might have to lose food!" Yue Tuo told Huang Taiji.

"Don't worry about this. Zu Dashou and the others are more anxious than us. They have food and send people to ask them for some. They told Zu Dashou that if they don't give it, we will withdraw our troops back to Shenyang." Huang Taiji now tightened Zu Dashou's mind, knowing that they would not dare to give up this only life no matter what, so they simply dragged the Hope Family, which supplies food, to Zu Dashou.

Anyway, they would not dare not give it to them. If they took out the food, they would preserve the hope of continuing to live. If they win this battle, they could still occupy Liaodong and enjoy millions of taels of Liao salary. If Huang Taiji left, they would have to face Li You's anger alone, not only themselves, but even their family would be uprooted by Li You.
Chapter completed!