Seeing that the defeat was brushed aside, Lei Lan stopped thinking about it, raised his hand, and asked:

"How does the general plan to fight against the Han army next?"

"Wherever the general is useful, he will go through fire and water, even to death!"

Zhang Yiping stayed up all night and naturally came up with some countermeasures.

The thumb of his right hand that was clenched into a fist stretched out and rubbed it on the thick beard on his chin:

"This general guesses that the Han army will definitely take advantage of the opportunity when our army is reorganized and has no time to care about other things. With the momentum of great victory, it will seize many counties around Rinan County and grab the autumn harvest grain."

Lei Lan was anxious at that time:

"The general still needs to find a way to stop the Han army!"

"This is no small matter. If the Han army can capture the counties around Rinan County and start harvesting, they can replenish the supply of grain and grass."

"Coupled with the continuous arrival of supplies from Vung Tau Port, if our army wants to cut off the Han army's food supply, it can only rely on typhoons at sea to sink the Han army's ships!"

Lei Lan said it very tactfully.

If the Han army were to successfully seize the enemy, coupled with its already strong combat effectiveness and the military morale brought by the emperor's taste of herbs, they would be able to become invincible in a short period of time.

Everyone in Jiaozhi could only pray to gods and worship Buddha, hoping that bad weather at sea would affect the supply of the Han army, so that they might gain a chance of victory.

In such a dangerous situation, Zhang Yiping behaved quite calmly, as if he already had a plan to deal with the enemy.

He just took out a military order from his armor and handed it to Lei Lan:

"Take a look, I'm illiterate and can't understand."

Lei Lan was stunned. Everyone knew that the general was illiterate. Someone should have been reading the military orders directly when they were sent.

He took a few glances at the content and understood.

It’s not that General Zhang can’t understand, or that no one reads it, but he just doesn’t want to understand or listen.

This is a military order issued by Gao Xiangguo.

Gao Rang stated in his military order that the people whose land had failed to be harvested this year had been transported to the south.

Now Zhang Yiping is asked to take over and send these people to the counties under Rinan County.

As the name suggests, the surplus grain in the county and the taxes that will be paid after the autumn harvest are used to provide local relief.

In this way, damage to food during transportation can be avoided.

The country of Cochin is rich and suitable for farming, but there are still cases of land failure.

After all, there are many reasons for poor harvests, and there are always problems every year.

But there was no time when people were deliberately driven to the south. After all, there was not more food in the south than in the north, so there was no need to go around like this.

Therefore, Lei Lan immediately understood that this was Gao Rang's vicious plan.

The victims went to the county seat under Rinan County. If the Han army had not captured the county seat, the victims would receive relief and the Jiaozhi Kingdom would win the hearts of the people.

These victims could even be used to slow down the advance of the Han army.

If the Han army captures the county town and also chooses to provide relief to the victims, then the Han army will not be able to receive food and grass supplies, and there will still be problems with material supplies.

If the Han army captured the county and drove away the victims, not to mention the Han army would definitely lose their support.

If at this time, the Jiaozhi side takes in the victims again and provides relief, then the Han army will not only lose the hearts of the people in Jiaozhi, but also the hearts of the people in Jiaozhi will become more unified.

What a tactic!

Lei Lan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Gao Xiangguo was really powerful. No matter what he did, the Han army fell into passivity.

At this time, he also understood why Zhang Yiping said he couldn't understand.

Because such a strategy is really not in line with Zhang Yiping's character.

It is really difficult for a general like him, who comes from a humble background, to use disaster victims and refugees as props to carry out strategies.

No wonder General Zhang wants to protect himself!

Lei Lan was not ambiguous, he just did what he said and immediately accepted the order:

"General, I understand that this is Prime Minister Gao's plan. Just leave it to me!"

Looking at Lei Lan's retreating back, Zhang Yiping closed his eyes again.

Even if he could defeat the Han army and drive it out of Jiaozhi, the common people like him who could not read a few words would still suffer from the war.

"Is that why the Han Emperor did not hesitate to cross the ocean and set the battlefield in Jiaozhi?"

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"The last general is greedy for merit and has rushed forward. Please ask Your Majesty to kill him in order to correct the military law!"

Li Jingji did not carry the thorns on his back, but his intention to strictly enforce military law with his own life was obvious.

He was a Taoist priest and was valued by Xiao Yuanchang, who allowed him to join the imperial court and even follow the emperor in his own expedition.

In the end, he led the army alone.

What a great honor is this?

What did he do?

He lost the first battle. He was ambushing others, but he was ambushed by others, and his armor was thrown away.

Liu Ke looked at Li Jingji's tired face, raised his index finger and traced his iconic nose.

There was sweat on his fingers, so he wiped it on his body, and then said:

"Li Qing spent the whole night gathering the defeated troops?"

Li Jingji cupped his hands and said, "Exactly."

After a huge defeat, wouldn't the sin be even greater if we didn't try our best to gather the defeated troops?

Liu Ke said again:

"How many soldiers were defeated?"

Li Jingji said:

"More than 3,500, including 500 wounded."

Liu Ke nodded and recognized his ability:

"I only gave you five thousand troops. Counting the casualties during the confrontation between the two armies, even though Li Qing was accidentally ambushed, he only lost less than a thousand men."

Li Jingji was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the emperor to say that.

Liu Ke continued:

"But with Li Qing pretending to be defeated, Lei Lan's love rival rushed in and attacked at night."

"Only in this way can I lead my troops to ambush and kill them all in one fell swoop."

"At the cost of less than a thousand people, we killed the enemy and captured nearly eight thousand people in total. Isn't this a great victory?"

Li Jingji immediately blushed, veins on his forehead popped out, and argued:

"How can this be considered a fraud?"

He didn't fake defeat. He followed the tactics carefully and fought seriously, but he didn't win.

"Well, the general is indeed cheating."

But the emperor was trying to excuse him. Although he had the consciousness to repay the emperor's kindness with his own life and follow the military rules, who really wanted to die?

Li Jingji admitted that he was cheating, but the original friendly expression on Liu Ke's face changed and became more serious:

"Even if it was a false defeat, did those nearly a thousand soldiers die in vain?"

"The last general."

Li Jingji spoke, the emperor's heart was unpredictable, and he was really not sure what the emperor was thinking.

Liu Ke interrupted him again and looked directly at Li Jingji:

"You have to remember why they died and think of a way to keep them alive if you encounter such an ambush next time."

There is no shame in losing a battle, but shame in not knowing how to sum up experience.

Seeing Li Jingji's expression change, Liu Ke continued:

"You will personally arrange the families of the nearly a thousand soldiers and soldiers after they return to Qiongzhou."

"Their parents, wives, and children are your parents, wives, and children, do you understand?"

"You will eventually understand."

Li Jingji nodded his head heavily, his breathing became thicker, and there was something different in his eyes.

Liu Ke then waved his hand and sent Li Jingji away:

"Go down, take a short rest for a day, and then follow me to capture the surrounding counties of Nichinan County."
Chapter completed!