However, before the people sent by Shan Minglei could figure out the truth of the matter, more than ten boats crossed Poyang Lake for hundreds of miles and came to the mouth of the lake, but it was Liu Neng who brought people back, and the news brought back made Chen Yue and the generals happy.

After burning the grain land of the West Thieves in Lutan, Liu Neng and Duan Liang, the commander of the West Thieves, and his subordinates took a boat overnight to avoid the depths of Poyang Lake, and then went straight north to Jiujiang.

The road was very smooth, Poyang Lake was extremely wide, the widest part was a hundred miles wide, and such a vast area belonged to the Western Thieves, and those sailors could not block it at all. What's more, the crew members are all wearing the uniforms of the thief army, and among them, there is a real Western thief officer like Duan Liang, who can easily deal with the sentry ship of the Western Thief Naval Army.

It's just that the distance from Lutan to Jiujiang is one hundred and ten miles, and it takes two days to row around the clock, and the fleet does not have much food. There were no other waves.

When the fleet arrived at the mouth of the lake, the thief army was attacking, the fleet avoided the thief army's sailors, docked on the west side of the lake, and after contacting the Ming army's sailors, left the boat at the lake's mouth, Liu Neng immediately rushed to Jiujiang from the lake, and reported to Chen Yue the news of the burning of the thieves' army's grain land.

"Millions of loads of military rations were burned by you like this, Liu Neng, you are really the lucky general of your father!" Hearing the news, Chen Yue couldn't believe it, and said in surprise.

Millions of loads of military rations, which may be most of the grain and grass of the thief army, were burned all at once, and the thief army would soon run out of food, which can also explain why the thief army attacked the city like crazy. As far as the thief army is concerned, I am afraid that the army's grain stock will not last for a few days, and if it cannot enter Jiujiang as soon as possible and rob the Ming army's military rations, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of thief troops will be in danger of collapse.

"More than 400,000 thieves outside Jiujiang and Hukou City, nearly 10,000 loads of grain a day, it is estimated that the remaining food of the thief army can not eat for a few days, according to the estimation of his subordinates, Zhang Xianzhong will attack the city for two days at most, if it still can't be captured, the troops will be withdrawn on the third day.

Taking advantage of the fact that the thief army is running out of food, our army will send troops to attack, and as long as you entangle the thief army without fighting to the death, you can easily defeat them. Gu Junen said, "The current thief army is like a trapped beast, it is the most ferocious time, once it runs out of food, it is bound to be chaotic, the stomach is empty and the mind is tired, and when it comes, the army of 500,000 is not much stronger than 500,000 pigs, and it can be easily defeated." ”

Chen Yue nodded, "What Mr. Gu said is very good, let's be patient for two days for the time being, and wait for the thief army to exhaust itself!" ”

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In the camp of the Western Army, the mud and wooden sticks were tied into a simple camp wall, and the trench in front of the wall was deep enough, and the messy trees at the bottom of the ditch were full of sharp wooden thorns.

In the camp, there are mostly simple barracks, and a pit is dug in the ground, and a few wooden sticks are propped up on the pit, and the wooden sticks are covered with messy thatch, which is a simple barracks, barely able to shelter from the wind and rain.

Most of the Western Army wore tattered military uniforms, which were a batch of military uniforms made by Zhang Xianzhong when he established the Great Western Kingdom, imitating the style of the military uniforms of the Illuminated Army, but the color was not the red that the Ming Army liked, but the black used, and a hat on his head.

However, this is also the only batch of military uniforms, never in the future, most of the expanded army in the future are wearing military uniforms captured from the Ming army, the conditions are better and dyed black, and the conditions are not good, they are worn like that, and the costumes of many soldiers are not much different from the Ming army.

In a fierce battle, about 20 percent of the army took turns to attack the city, these two percent of the army suffered heavy casualties, more than 5,000 people died under Jiujiang City, the wounded soldiers were almost the same as the dead, a large number of camps mourned all over the field, and the wounded soldiers howled in pain throughout the camp.

The soldiers guarding the camp also stood staggered, looking back in the direction of the wounded barracks from time to time.

When retreating from the city, the miserable appearance of the retreating soldiers was seen in the eyes of every soldier, and no one knew whether it would be their turn to attack the city tomorrow.

When the sun had finally set, the fire had been extinguished in the camp, and the soldiers sat on the ground in a mess, gobbling up wooden bowls, and complaining from time to time that the meal tonight was better than usual, and that they could not even fill their stomachs.

"Damn, Lao Tzu fought hard and almost died under Jiujiang City, so I gave Lao Tzu these things? Is it possible that the grain has been embezzled by the officials? A stout western soldier spat out a stone in his mouth and said with a curse.

"Shhh, Zhang Shan, don't say it, I can barely eat half full now, and I'm afraid I won't even be half full in two days." Another soldier sighed.

"What? Is it impossible to let Lao Tzu go hungry and attack the city? Where has the food gone? Soldier Zhang Shan said angrily.

"Shhhh I have a cousin who was a lieutenant in His Majesty's military camp, and according to my cousin, our grain storage field was burned by the Ming army, and millions of quintals of grain were burned. Now there are only 10,000 or 20,000 quintals of grain left in the army, and so many of us can't last long. The soldier whispered.

"Ahh If you don't have food and attack a fart city, retreat from Jiujiang quickly! Zhang Shan exclaimed.

"Withdraw, where to withdraw? It is the time when the green and yellow are not harvested, and the people of Jiangxi have been looted by us, where can we find enough food for hundreds of thousands of troops to eat? And how could the Ming army let us retreat? I'm afraid that as soon as this side retreats, it will be a big defeat!

Your Majesty is afraid that while there is still some food, he will desperately fight Jiujiang and rob the Ming army of food to make ends meet, so that we can desperately attack the city! ”

"Desperate siege? The Ming army is guarded like an iron bucket, and the entire Jiujiang City is like a huge hedgehog, I am afraid that the city will not be able to beat it, but we will be pierced by the hedgehog! Zhang Shan sighed.

Even Emperor Zhang Xianzhong of Onishi issued a ban on speaking the news that the grain land was burned by the Ming army. But it's not easy to hide such a big thing, and the increasingly reduced food is even more proof of food exhaustion. The news of the burning of the Lutan granary spread quickly in the camp, and hundreds of thousands of troops were in panic.

If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry, and if a strong man is hungry for a day, he will have no strength in his body. For an army, a lack of food is a harbinger of defeat! Zhang Xianzhong, the emperor of the Great Western Kingdom, knew this, but now he was helpless.

Hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed under Jiujiang City, and the slightest carelessness will lead to the risk of the entire army being defeated. Zhang Xianzhong is a gambler, he thinks that he will rely on the last bit of military ration to launch a desperate attack on Jiujiang, if he can attack the city, he can turn things around!

However, after a day of strong attack, in exchange for the loss of nearly 10,000 soldiers and the full camp of wounded soldiers, there is also low morale. Zhang Xianzhong doesn't know if he should continue to attack tomorrow!