Fifty miles away from the county seat of Qingchuan, in the secret barracks of the Ganning New Army, a new army of the imperial court, with a tired and panicked face, reported to Zhang Zhongming, the governor of Ganning, the bad news that the county town of Qingchuan was occupied by the Tiger and Leopard Army.

At first, Zhang Zhongming didn't believe what the soldier said.

However, when he learned from his relatives that the imperial court grain and horse team that was supposed to go to the military camp three hours ago, there was no news until now. Zhang Zhongming couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and a bad premonition came to his heart.

Just when Zhang Zhongming analyzed this matter with a solemn face.

Deputy General Huang Yongzhong suddenly broke into the tent with a solemn face.

After glancing at the situation in the tent, he frowned, walked directly to Zhang Zhongming's side, and whispered: "My lord, the last general has an urgent military situation here, can you let the irrelevant people go out first......

Zhang Zhongming shook his head and replied: "They are all important ministers sent by the imperial court, for them, I Ganning New Army does not need to be secret...... Say, what important military information makes you so nervous......"

Huang Yongzhong no longer hesitated, and said directly: "My lord, we went out of the mountain to pick up the scouts of the grain transport team and came back to report that they found a battlefield not far from Qingchuan County, and a large number of soldiers of the New Army were killed......

"Because it was too sudden, in order to avoid exposing the target, the scout team did not continue and returned directly to the mountain......"

"In addition, we scattered scouts in other directions and found a large number of signs of Haw Par Army activity outside the mountain...... Not surprisingly, our secret camp here is already known to the Haw Par Army. The end will be thought. We have to prepare in advance. to deal with the unexpected......"

This time. Zhang Zhongming's solemn facial expression has been unconsciously replaced by gloom......

After taking a deep breath, he said to Huang Yong and others: "It seems that Qingchuan County is really occupied by the Tiger and Leopard Army...... With the loss of Qingchuan County, a logistical supply base, tens of thousands of soldiers of our Ganning New Army will face a situation of running out of food and salaries...... "It's okay to say that the military salary will pass after a while...... However, food is a big problem...... There is no food. If I don't use the Tiger and Par Army to attack, my Ganning New Army will collapse on its own......" "High, really high...... The Haw Par Army is just a matter of not making a move, and as soon as it makes a move, it will block the lifeblood of my Ganning New Army......"

As a deputy general, Huang Yongzhong does not have such a good mentality.

As soon as Zhang Zhongming's words fell, he asked impatiently: "My lord, what should we do next...... After the food road is cut off and there is no food supply, will we just sit here and wait for death......

"Rather than this, it is better to have food in our hands. Directly send troops to fight out of the mountains and fight a decisive battle with the tiger and leopard army outside the mountain. The last general will not believe it. Our tens of thousands of Ganning new troops can't take over the more than 10,000 tiger and leopard troops outside the mountain......"

As soon as Huang Yongzhong finished speaking, Zhang Zhongming shook his head and vetoed......

"No...... You're not fighting a decisive battle with the Haw Par Army, you're going to die......"

"Didn't you just say that there are signs of a lot of Haw Par Army activity outside the city...... Not surprisingly, the Tiger and Leopard Army operating outside the mountain has already laid a net outside, waiting for us to drill and wipe ......us out." "There are indeed only more than 10,000 people in the Tiger and Leopard Army outside the mountain. However, the equipment of the more than 10,000 tigers and leopards is by no means comparable to us. Especially on the field battlefield, the large-scale firearms equipped by the Haw Par Army are deadly to us......"

Zhang Zhongming's answer made the atmosphere in the military tent directly become a lot more solemn.

For a while, everyone's faces showed a look of despair for their future.

At this moment, Huang Yongzhong spoke again. As a military general, he will never give up until the last moment. Looking at Zhang Zhongming, he asked retorted with an unwilling face: "My lord, are we just stuck here trapped and starved to death...... No, the last general will never give up, the last general will die on the battlefield, and he will not be so aggrieved to starve to death here......"

For a while, everyone focused their eyes on Zhang Zhongming, hoping to see a glimmer of hope from Zhang Zhongming.

As a governor from scratch, Zhang Zhongming did not disappoint everyone.

Facing everyone's gaze at him, he replied: "There is a way, find a way to recapture Qingchuan County from the hands of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and withdraw from the two provinces of Gansu and Ning......"

"If the Haw Par Army can cut us off food once, it can cut us off a second time, and even block all the passages from Sichuan to Gansu, completely cutting off our connection with the imperial court......"

"If the situation really develops like this, do you think that my new army in Gansu and Ningbo will still survive in the two provinces of Gansu and Ningbo......

Huang Yongzhong shook his head and replied: "Every year there is a drought, and the two provinces of Gansu and Ningbo have been close to no harvest for several years. With limited food, you can't even feed your own people, not to mention tens of thousands of troops...... As long as the new army of Ganning loses the support of the imperial court, it will automatically collapse within two months......"

"Therefore, in the case that the Tiger and Leopard Army is stuck in the lifeline of our new army in Gansu and Ningxia, we have only one way to choose from withdrawing from the two provinces of Gansu and Ningbo......"

Seeing a look of approval on the faces of his subordinates, Zhang Zhongming continued: "There is also a reason why this official chose the breakout point in Qingchuan County......

"First of all, the Haw Par Army has just occupied Qingchuan County, no matter how much the Haw Par Army is popular with the people, it is impossible for the Haw Par Army to gain a firm foothold and win the hearts of the people in such a short period of time......... In this way, in the face of our attack, the Haw Par Army can only rely on its own strength to block the attack we may launch......"

"Secondly, according to the report of the soldiers who escaped from Qingchuan County, there were only more than 2,000 people in the Tiger and Leopard Army attacking Qingchuan County...... In addition to the losses in the attack, they can use the strength to defend the county, and it would be very good to have fifteen hundred men......"

"So, in terms of troops, we have an absolute advantage......"

"Finally, attack Qingchuan County, withdraw from Qingchuan County and Ganning Province, my Ganning New Army does not have to fight alone, you can get the support of the new army of the imperial court, attack and occupy Qingchuan County......"

"Based on these points, this official has decided to break through from the direction of Qingchuan County and withdraw from the two provinces ......of Gansu and Ningxia."

"However, all of these qiē require the cooperation of the imperial court...... Without the consent of the imperial court, the new army of Ganning under the command of this official would not even be qualified to abandon the two provinces of Ganning and enter Sichuan......"

"Therefore, this official hopes that the Lord Qincha can truthfully report the situation here to the imperial court...... This official believes that the imperial court will never watch the tens of thousands of elites of the new army of Ganning and Ningxia be trapped and killed by the tiger and leopard army in the two provinces of Gansu and Ning......"

Zhang Zhongming was not wrong, the imperial court in Nanjing, especially Emperor Chongzhen. It is not easy to have an army that dares to fight against the Haw Par Army and wins. Say anything, and you won't watch it perish.

Because, Chongzhen also expects it to defeat the Tiger and Leopard Army on other battlefields and recover the country for himself...... (To be continued......)