The news did not reach the camp on the front line of the Yamouk River until October 16, the fourth year of the Great Min Dynasty.

Liu Renliang's plea was thrown on the table by Li Jie weakly, and then leaned on the back of the chair with his arms on his pillow, originally his battle plan was also very proud, relying on raids and harassment wars every day to hit the military morale of the Arabs, as long as they survive this winter, it is estimated that the Arabs will collapse without a fight.

More than half of the grain and grass are still stolen from the Fujian army, even if the water and grass near the Sea of Galilee are abundant, it is not enough for hundreds of thousands of troops to graze, the Fujian army can use the soybean meal left over from oil extraction to feed livestock and war horses, the Arabs do not have so many agricultural and sideline residues, Li Jie optimistically predicted, even if they survive this winter, Hussein's war horses and camels should be more than half starved to death, and then the Fujian army will attack like a strong wind blowing the sand dunes, which can achieve the effect of blowing rot and decaying.

But I never imagined that the first person who couldn't support it was myself.

Piled up on the island of Cyprus, the grain bought from Egypt, Greece, and the Italian peninsula accounted for half of the Fujian army's reserve grain, because of the problem of land transportation capacity and the guarantee of the invincibility of the Fujian Naval Division, the logistics troops only maintained the front-line demand, and did not rush out too much.

If it weren't for the fact that Constantine IV only wanted to attack the supply lines of the Great Min Sea and retreat after burning the warehouses on the shore, the southwestern bridgehead of the island of Cyprus would be in jeopardy.

Relying on the grain stocks of Damascus and the supplies transported from Tianzhu, the Fujian army could still support it for about a month, but it could not survive the winter anyway. Worse still, what hit more than the destruction of grain was the commercial prestige of the Great Min, at least the trade in the Mediterranean, and if you want to recover the losses, it will not be effective in three or five years without special means.

It's more than twice as difficult to stock up on enough food!

Li Jie looked at the top of the tent with a sad face, as if the patterns on it had become very gorgeous and attractive, and the unknown pavilion elder Li Ji carefully took the book according to the usual practice, and after looking at it twice, his old face turned white, and he casually handed it to the right servant of the Feng Pavilion who was accompanying the army beside him.

After a while, the tent was already noisy, and there were dozens of civil and military personnel who were qualified to attend the high-level meeting, some of them were about to doom, and some of them were filled with righteous indignation, scolding, and more than a dozen civil officials and important ministers such as Li Gang, the imperial historian, angrily bowed in front of Li Jielong's chair, and his tone was frozen with awe-inspiring murderous intent.

"Lu Ning should be beheaded! Liu Renliang, the governor of the Navy Division, miscommanded, and took care of one thing and the other, so that our army suffered such a loss, according to the law of our Great Min, he should be dismissed from his post and the people, please Your Majesty quickly arrest these two people and hand them over to the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department to discuss the crime! ”

More than a dozen scholars were full of jealousy and hatred, but unfortunately Li Jie waved his hand lazily.

"I'll talk about this later, the top priority is how to deal with the current predicament, let's step back first."

Li Gang is the head of the Imperial History Observatory, and it is his job to find fault with people, so it is understandable, but as the head of everyone, it is a matter of priority, and now that Liu Renliang and Lu Ning are put in prison, who will provoke the situation in the Mediterranean for him?

Li Jie didn't want to learn from Emperor Chongzhen, obviously the Qing soldiers were beaten under their noses, and Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, which caused Guanning Tieqi to abandon the battle and leave, and the whole battle situation was so hung up.

A few imperial historians retreated depressedly, but the room was quiet, and the powerful generals who had just made a lot of noise were silent.

How to deal with it? Now it's nothing more than two paths, fight or go.

If you want to fight, the 300,000 Arab army is in front of you, and the trenches and fortifications that are still dug are held out, as well as the benefits of ballistae and stone throwing machines, not to mention that you can't fight under the fight, even if the fight is over, it is estimated that the corpses of the Fujian army will have to be filled with more than a dozen, and no one dares to talk about a decisive battle lightly.

If you want to go, it is not easy to wear down the Arabs to the present, and now the Arabs are demoralized, the epidemic is epidemic in the army, and they have paid such a big price, it is a pity to withdraw from the army. Moreover, the Arabs are light cavalry, and their own army is still dominated by infantry, and if the Arabs pursue at the tail of the tail, they will really lose a lot of losses.

And I didn't know whether King Min meant to fight or go, and in hesitation, even Li Ji, Wang Xuance and others couldn't make up their minds for a while, and didn't speak.

Li Jie didn't urge, he leaned on the back of the chair with his arms on his pillow, and he was also entangled.

But at this moment, a royal historian who had just come out with Li Gang stood up again, bowed deeply, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the subordinates think that our army should fight!"

The general didn't say anything, and the imperial history, who had always been crooked and opposed to Li Jie's conquest, jumped out to support the war, and the old Li Gang, the imperial historian, couldn't help but widen his eyes, and Li Jie also leaned forward in surprise and asked.

"Why?"

"Our army has a way to win!" This Yushi, who is in his early thirties and has a long face, looks like a barbarian more than a civil official, is not stage frightened at all, and talks eloquently with a wat board.

"First of all, my king Shengming, benevolent government, in the land of West Asia, widely spread benevolence and righteousness, won the support of the people of all ethnic groups, the north and south of the two rivers, the people eat pot pulp, welcome the road, the name of the king of Fujian, ten thousand people admire, and the Arabs are brutal, sexually good to plunder, barbaric exploitation, forcibly promote their religion, provoke the disgust of all ethnic groups, our army is a way to fight without a way!"

"Secondly, our army is very strong, outnumbered, well-equipped, and recently His Majesty has taken turns to attack, and all the armies are not too tired, and they can fight calmly, on the other hand, the Arabs, every time our army attacks, the other side has to mobilize almost all the soldiers to resist, and it is restless day and night, and now it is physically and mentally exhausted, and the expression is lazy, and our army is waiting for work!"

With a solemn face, this imperial history bowed deeply.

"The third point! It is also the most important point, Your Majesty's hegemony is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat! This time, with a slight difficulty, they retreated, how could they still conquer this fertile land? If you don't die if you fight a snake, there will be endless troubles! Today, let these more than 300,000 desert barbarians leave safely, and in other days, these sand bandits will come back with tenfold and hundredfold revenge, and when the time comes, our army will fight hard for many years, and the untold results of the money will be wasted! ”

The first point is nonsense, the second point explains the advantages of the Fujian army, and the third point is the reason why the Fujian army cannot be retreated.

Li Jie, who was hesitating, nodded even more energetically, and then asked again.

"Then how do you think our army should fight?"

"Just keep fighting!"

Specifically involving tactical battles, this imperial history turned into a face full of confidence, and said eloquently: "Our army has been harassing the Arabs for more than a month, and the other side has become accustomed to our army going deep into his trenches with small forces and fighting with them. Covering our army with camels and horses, first sending warriors to capture a trench, and then riding out of the right road, attacking its ribs, and when it was paralyzed, the army suddenly rushed to its place, and the Arabs could not defend it! ”

It's not like a temporary idea, this imperial history is more than a gesture to explain the details to Li Jie in front of the emperor, but unfortunately under the murderous eyes of his boss Imperial Doctor Li Gang, he retreated stupidly and bowed his head obediently.

Listening to his words, Li Jie's face also changed cloudy, and after thinking for a while, he waved his hand.

"The widow knows, go down!"

King Min didn't ask his name, but the imperial history showed a look of disappointment on his face, but he also retreated without saying a word. His face became serious, and after a few seconds of pause, Li Jie suddenly stood up with a serious face.

"The widow has decided! Tomorrow, fight to the death with the Arab bandits! The generals of the various departments are now returning to the army immediately and passing on the decision of the outnumbered, can there be any objections? ”

At this time, who would dare to object? Although they felt that the time was too rushed, Li Ji and the others still bowed together respectfully.

"Wait for the order!"

After receiving Li Jie's decisive battle order, Li Ji, as the actual commander-in-chief, issued the order in a deep voice.

"Su Lie, the former army commander, the left army's general manager, Li Rang, the king of Hezhong County, and the cavalry chief lost the medicine Geluo, and the rest of the people retreated and stood by according to the order, remember, do not divulge the content of the meeting! Violators will be killed! ”

The civilian officials retreated with solemn faces, the generals were full of heaviness and murderous intent between their steps, the rest of the people were reduced to less than ten figures, the efficiency of the meeting was improved again, the huge strategic map was opened, and the tactical details that added a lot of details were narrated like clouds under Li Ji's baton, and every important general who listened to it had a solemn face, and some of them even showed excited looks.

The military meeting in front of the imperial court was held until the evening, and the senior officers who were short of time and heavy tasks were allowed to ride away, and in one afternoon, because of the sudden windy weather and rested for two days, the various military camps were already full of murderous atmosphere, and the sergeants already knew that tomorrow's total, and some tents could still hear the sound of Huo Huo's sharpening of knives, and the tense atmosphere seemed to be infected even by the heavens, and the strong wind that had been blowing for two days actually stopped.

Taking advantage of the rare good weather, the baggage officers were even more busy sending out supplies, military rations, dry food, arrows that needed to be replenished, and to the consternation of the sergeants, a large number of bamboo poles were sent through the middle bamboo joints, and there were also sleeves made of spun yarn.

There are already a bunch of these things, not to mention that they still occupy space, and some sergeants even use them as firewood, but since the order was issued by the king of Min, although it is not clear, the chief of each tent still accepted it according to the order, and pressed it under the heavy tent that was more than half a meter long.

At night, the sky had just darkened, and the messengers who had come from each battalion to report on the preparations had already returned one after another to report on the preparations, but in the same report, Li Jie's attention was more on a personnel file on the table.

After a while, Li Jie was full of smiles, and closed the file with a smile as if he had won a good card from the Three Kingdoms Killing, and nodded and muttered.

"Lou Shide, it turned out to be this guy!"